St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-05-12
fear the bastinado again" ."

fear the bastinadO again"
But they did not resist.
Il am not going to stain my first day
of reign with cruelty to please any one.
On the contrary, l shall be just, and
you must obey and respect me-
All was calm, and his orders were
cheerfully performed.
BY the babble of the town, which
had always flowed so freely to his shop,
he knew everybody so well that he
dealt out justice admirably. The ru
NOR of the faultless ruler who had sue
ceeded him reached Muley Effendi in
his refuge, and led him to fear that he
ought not to have let more popular
Prince rise to power. So he secretly
called the bastinadOed captains of the
bodyguard to him, and agreed with
them to foment revolution. They
went to their comrades with the prom
Use of money and the plumber of the
twenty leading Jews. The legion ac-
quainted the barber-ruler.
"God is great" said he, "and you
are UNNECESSARILY mean. If You gave
me the power only to serve out wrong
and misery, take back the ladle and
set up another cook in the galley.
drop it, and return to my shop, where
my boys are knuckle-deep in business.
Pick out another Dey and hand over
my bowl and razors. The Lord be
praised-I beg your pardOn-Bismal-
lah it is a good ending"
He quilted the palace: but the peo-
pie of his street, then of his quarter,
and lastly of the whole city bore him
hanl- lilo .A,.ly ha hillnn- and
Numbered at the gates.
"Who are these cut-thrOats who close
the doors upon our lord ? We will
make mincemeat of the bullies if they
deny you ~
Meanwhile Muley had been brought
into the palace by back-stairs. He
was terrified at the tempest opposed to
him. But there was no collision; for
the barber would not allow resistance,
and gave himself up. He was dragged
to the Dey's feet.
"This is charming way in which
You would reign over your benefactor,
you recreant!
.'Well, fair pawn never shamed his
MASTER" replied Dyer, shaking off the
fellows at his elbows.
''YOu shall pay with your life for
your boldness and ingratitude."
"Sidi," said the Englishman, 81 new
er asked to be set in your stead, all
know" What you flung ut your feet,
they picked up and put in my hands.
Do your will but you will soon want
these hands and my pen, for the Brit
ish squadron is at your harbOr mouth"
They led him into captivity; but he
sang all the way;
Commodore Keppel with his good design,
Commanded the squadron, six sail of the line,
To take AlgieTs-it must be dOnel
In decided earnest the English fleet
was in the otiing. As if the barber had
been prophet, everything went off
badly. One of the guns of the fleet,
firing ii salute, had Il shot i'll by mis-
take, which did little damage to the
palace. Then the red flag was inter
preted by the reinstated Muley as pOr-
tending war and was i'll no state fOI
battle. He was forced to half release
the barber, so familiar with these very
vessels, for his counsel, and thanks to
it, baf1ied and delayed the Envoy. En-
bOldened. he went so far as to insult
him; but Keppel was of the-giveand-
take school.
The Dey reproached him for his
smooth chin.
"Had my MASTER" was the reply,
supposed wisdom was measured by
the length of beard, he would hav,
sent your Dey- ship he-goat."
The infuriated sovereign, spite OF
Dyer's signs to the contrary, bade the
mutes advance to the bOwstring. The
British commander had landed witt
only boats crew, and stood there
alone. But he merely stepped to the
window and pointed to the fleet,
"YOu may put me to death" he said
"but yOnder are enough of my country
men to make my funeral pyre of yOm
palace"
The demand for damages, for capture
of English ships and goods, was met
by disputes. As Muley MahOme Effen-
di frankly admitted, ''My yielding t.
you will cost me my head :" so the
matter became entangled for months
in correspondence. Keppel Learned
that the monarch's secretary was JOIN
Dyer, the man who had bearded him
and was furious to have him handed
over to him.
"But it is contrary to our laws t.
give up II convert" answered the Dey
| though wearied at the Importance o
his secretary. "But come, as he ha.
| been IL defiant rebel to me, and it il
death on either side, | will take off hi
head"
Keppel accepted the solution, anC
our barber was executed.