St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-05-12

on his own deck by the $50 men of his
crew.
Sword in hand, he demanded their
return to their posts.
"Or | will put you to death with my
own hand Do you, sirs, want to take
the command from me p he inquired,
with "A surprise at their bearing, natu
raj in the son (even the second sony of
an earl.
Eyes, sir" answered one of the ring
leaders, without hesitation.
1t was the barber.
But his followers were far from pos
sessing so much audacity under their
superiOr's indignant eye.
"Stand by me-" said the latter to
his officers "And now you others
pass to starboard that are loyal !"
All but Dyer and four or five more
left their places and fell in under the
flag. The unsubdued were overpow-
cred and put in irons.
II have written home, and have beg
ged and prayed for my discharge"
said John, as they secured him in the
bilbOes. every well. Scarborough
warning, masters mate | shall take
French leave"
Indeed, before the trial, which did
not stint the lashes for his comrades,
Dyer ran away in long boat. Though
well aware that the French and Span
ish, as enemies of George H., detested
the Englishman, he turned his back on
all Christendom, and navigated the
boat to Tetuan.
"No one requires so much clean
shaving as your Arab" reasoned he :;
''and my skill in frizzling will just
suit the turbaned Turk who scorns the
world, and struts about with his wills
kers curled. | shall go back to Bris-
tol, maybe, with a sack of sequins" !"
He had little money, the cOllec-
tion of the mess by way of compensa-
ton for their having deserted his stan
dard. He went straight to the chief
priest, and was so rapidly converted
into Il Mussulman, that he doubted the
moral sOmersault was effected. Thus
fortified he hastened to the capital,
where he set up BARRIERS shop in the
street of Bab-AzOum, and began
''scraping acquaintances," literally, in
the bath where he let himself out as an
assistant also. He rapidly became
famous. No one could shave like him,
that was patent; and he had the art
of turning up a beard or mustache so
that the meekest man strobe out of the
shop looking fit to battle with horde.
He also invented some perfumes,
which overpOwered ambergris and
musk, and hence were highly esteem
ed. Then he prattled delightfully."-,
could cure complaints with celerity,
and, above all, could play the fiddle,
sing and dance. He soon had two
pairs of helping hands in his shop, so
that he could reserve himself for the
grandees of his ward, including the
sergeants of the soldiery. AS evening
came on he would plant himself by
his shop door, while the gathering
crowd Obstructed the narrow and tor
tuOus street, and tell tales fresh be-
yond dispute over the interminable
and musty narrations of the native
story-spinners. The nimblest-tongued
NeapOlitan imprOvisatOre was eclipsed.
! There would be heard nothing but
! laughter indoors and out and when
he played the fiddle the negro boys
and the very scavenger dogs would
! caper till the graVest tradesman,
peeping out of his shadOwy bazaar,
and blessing the multitude which i'm
proved his business, would smile and
| praise the mirthsOme neighbOr.
Muley MahOmet Etfendi, Dey of AL
giers i'll the West, representative of
the Grand Seignior, had swayed the
sceptre some years without too much
trouble. He was a ripe old man, who
knew pretty well how to govern such
Il people and manage the .janissaries.
But the year l75l was very good and
| h.H ha ha
tribes paid their tributes with the most
eXasperating willingness and there
was positively no excuse for sending
out the janissaries among them, upon
those raids which afforded them eXer-
else, diminished their numbers, and
weighted them with booty. The sol
diery were doomed to lounge in the
shadow of the guardhOuse, and smoke
away the hours and Smyrna tobacco
This enforced idleneSs would soon be
found intolerabl", though it suited the
barber, as keeping his matrOns in
town. The troopers accused the Dey
of having forgotten them. The eXecu-
ton of offenders presented no abiding
sOlace and the least inactive would
not have gone round the corner to see
his best friend beheaded. The spoils
too, of score of Jews could not suffice
for an army of war-hawks and the
irreverent barrack-rOOm jokers Knocked
at IA process which stripped a usurer tC
the bones, yet somehow left hin
enough to resume i'll IA larger way o
business, much as is the case with mod
en bankrupts made to disgorge.
There were writings on the wall
literally, that another Dey might bring
forth something more satisfactory
Combined with this state of things OF
land, the outlook to sea was cloudy
The Franks-English, French or Amer
lean (fOr that almost unknown country
at distance showed its teeth)-resent.
| ed the taxes laid on their merchant
men and called the cOrsairs pirates
and what was worse for their necks
treated them as such. Since there haC
only been one Dey registered as hav
] ing died in his bed, and five were ap
pointed and slain between dawn anI
! evening on an occasion fresh in Muley'
: memory, he was more than uneasy.
~ am the least happy man in M.
. city," he lamented to himself.
! Which reflection, becoming mOnOto
: nous by frequent repetition, led him t.
= the opposite branch of the proposition
Who might be the happiest? Wit
: that adventurous vein peculiar t.
5 pOtentates, and most valuably ex
= emnlitied in Haroun Raschid, o
e tOry-telling fame, Muley skulke'
B., about the town in order to learn tin
a worst in store for him. He was great
t ly vexed i'll his misery, but more a
e finding the street of Bab-Azoum chok
. ed up by a laughing, jigging mob, agi
e tated by the music of "A voice and
= violin in a trumpery barber shop.
D ..It is the halifax lbarber.l Giovanni