Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-11-28
Roy, The Royalist.
BY WILLIAM WEsTALL.

YES, according to our ideas. But
you must remember that Djezzar is a
Turk, and that here, in the east, human
life is of no more account than it was
when Samuel hewed Agag in pieces be-
fore the Lord, and Joshua thought he
was doing God service by killing all his
prisoners of war, houghing their horses.
and burning their chariots with fire. He
acts according to his lights. And let us
do the old barbarian justice; he can do
a generous action. Some time after he
had walled up his second batch of wives
he was sitting in his divan, surrounded
by his officers, and dispensing justice in
Oriental fashion, when the door was
thrown violently open, and a hooded
stranger, wearing a robe of camel-skin,
burst into the room, thrust aside of
flccrs and htigants, and stood before
the pasha.
"'Who art thou? asked Djezzar, lay,
ing his hand on the Ratchet which he
has always within reach.
Tho stranger threw back his hood
%, my father he cried, 4 am thy
slave, Soliman. cannot live away
from thee. am come to die at thy
hand
"Diczzar sprang to his feet, brandish
ing his hatchet. Three times he raised II
to strike. Soliman neither stirred MOI
spoke, nor showed by the CULVER of an
eyclid that he feared the death that
lowered over his head. Then the pasta
throw his hatchet on the marble floor.
For once in his life, Djezzar has
forgiven he exclaimed. Come and sit
by my side. Thou art my son.
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Smith, that you may know what like
of man Djczzar is; for so soon us you
arc in port you must see him. Tell him
that am now coming with my squad
ron to his help. Encourage him to re-
sist to the utmost-if he needs any en-
enlargement, which l doubt, for they
say that Notwithstanding his more than
thrcescore years and ten he is a man OF
immense vigor and resolution. And,
though you may see things repuguant
to Your ideas of civilized warfare, don't
cross him. lie won't stand 1t. A Ia
gucrre CONNIE a Ia guerre. Unless we
pull together, we shall not save Acre;
and saving Acre means the defeat OF
Bonaparte and the destruction or sur
render of his army. Remember, also,
in your intercourse with Djezzar, that
he is n man of great importance,-sera-
skier, or gcncralissimo, of the Turkish
forces in these parts and viceroy OF
Syria and Palestine. Col Phelippeaux
a royalist engineer officer, is seeing tC
the dcfenses. l will give you line tc
him, also to Capt. Miller. The colonel
knows Bonapartc well and hates him,
think, as much as do. They were al
Briennc together. The wind is fair
weigh as soon as you get aboard you
ship. You should be at Acre the day
after tomorrow"
weighed within the hour, and short
ly after sunrise on the second morning
following we sighted Mount Carmel.
few hours later we were off Acre.
l was not very sentimental in those
days, nor (having gone to sea at twelve
years old) particularly we'll read; yet
knew my Bible and felt in full measure
the influence of the historic and ro
ligious associations which had made
forever memorable the sacred soil 9!
Palestine and the famous city whose
white walls were washed by the waters
of the Great Sea" Yonder was Car
| mel, where the prophet of God haC
| called down the fires of Heaven on tn,
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arcth, and the track which led to Beth
| saida and Capernaum; the river Jordan
| and the lake of Tiberias.
Hard by was Cmur-de-lions mount
where many Christian knight ant
Moslcm cmir had bit the dust; and un
der those very battlements Sir Godfre,
de Roy, my own ancestor, had persisted
while upholding the standard of tn
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now, though | knew it not, Acre wa
about to witness q tiercer struggl
| "a struggle which, by turning the tid'
of revolutionary conquest from east t.
west and restoring to France her great
est general, would profoundly affec
the course of European history for al
time.
let go alongside the Theseus, ant
reported myself to Capt. Miller, VIII
was good enough to take me ashor
in his gig and present me to Col. Phe
ippeauX and the pasha-
Acre was like beehive when tn
bees are swarming. The population
seemed to be all out of doors. A pre-
cession of camels, laden asses and lie
horses was winding through the nal
row streets. Djezzar's Albanian an
Maugrabin mercenaries, armed to tn
teeth, Turkish soldiers and British blue
Jackets and marines were hurrying t
and fro. Withholding horsemen in tn
picturesque garb of the desert were try
ing to force their way through tn
throng. The air was thick with dust
the din terrific. Men were shoutin
and swearing in all tongues Of Europ
and the east. Thousands of peopl
were at work on and about the FORTH
cations-some wheeling earth an
widening bitches, others repairing an
strengthening the walls and towers
| hauling stones. mounting GUNS an