tried to soothe her-but to no purpose; she could not have moved had the bath been in flames. I addressed myself to another-and a third,-assured them I came to punish their enemy as well as my own,-pointed to the dead body of the Disdar-all in vain! Wild with fury and despair, I rushed forward as chance directed, and-found myself at the entrance, now besieged by a crowd of people, chiefly Greeks, residing in the neighbourhood, who had been attracted thither by the frantic screams issuing from the bath. I burst open the door-rushed forth -stumbled against the Voivode, who had that instant made his appearance-felled him to the earth with the bunch of massive keys I still grasped in my right hand-cast them from me-drew my ya taghan-and with my sword in one hand, and my dagger in the other, forced my way through the multitude, who recoiled from me with horror vividly painted in their countenances. It required, in truth, no great stretch of imagination to persuade them, that they actually beheld a demon, or spirit of darkness, come hot from hell on some dreadful errand; or perhaps his infernal majesty himself, who had probably been superintending the execution of his work. Be this as it may, to the influence of superstitious fear I undoubtedly owed my escape. I availed myself of the panic I had created-retreated with the speed of an antelope-entered the garden of a friend of which I had previously obtained the key-leaped the opposite wall without an instant's

hesitation passed the city gate-and in a few minutes joined my trusty Albanian and the trembling Haroun at the appointed rendezvous. The latter, overcome by his fears, and believing from the delay that fortune had played me false on this occasion, had several times urged my Albanian to flight; but the faithful xxrns, who, for ten years, had eaten of my bread and of my salt, and to whom I had been as a brother and a friend, scoffed at the natural terrors of the poor slave, and threatened him with immediate death if he ventured to stir from the spot. His delight at seeing me safe, expressed in a few emphatic words, as I was mounting my horse, served to calm a little the agitation into which I had been thrown, and to rally my spirits for whatever chances might yet befal us.

"To Marathon !" exclaimed I, after a few moments spent in examining the condition of my arms, and adjusting myself in the saddle; and instantly we gave our horses the rein. With our motive and cue for speed, it may be supposed that we did not spare the generous high-mettled animals we bestrode; but as it was necessary to make a considerable detour, in order to avoid the houses scattered in the vicinity of the city, and to gain the road, or rather path, that leads to that famous spot, some time was unavoidably lost before we were fairly en route. This was the more unfortunate, as, from the alarm that had been given, it was extremely proba, ble we had been observed, and absolutely certain

that we would be pursued. The worst that could happen, however, would not find us unprepared; successful vengeance had braced my courage to the most exalted pitch; the Albanian, Giorgio, was true as the steel by his side; even Haroun, unlike the generality of his brethren of the third sex, was brave, when there was no alternative but battle, and no hope but victory; in short, we were desperate men, ready for combat, reckless of odds, and certain to exact a fearful atonement before we could be overpowered. The circuit we had been compelled to make naturally excited our fears, lest, by some accident, we should be anticipated in the path, and cut off from the only asylum to which we could fly. Once at Marathon, and we were safe. The Albanian peasants who inhabit the village would shelter us-join us, if necessary, in fighting the Turks, and in case of extremity, conduct us to the inaccessible defiles of the neighbouring mountains.

Animated with these hopes, and trusting the rest to fortune, we entered on the path, and after proceeding a short way to the cover of some thick foliage, pulled up to breathe our horses, which were all over with foam. We could not discover the slightest trace of horsemen having passed immediately before us, and already began to feel secure. Giorgio ascended a little eminence to reconnoitre the plain below, as well as part of the route that lay before us, and wound along the southern side of a considerable hill, covered only with creeping shrubs

and stunted heath; and after remaining a considerable time, returned to report to me that all was tranquil on the plain, and that to all appearance we had not been anticipated on our route to the village. This intelligence, gratifying as it was to a certain extent, might, however, prove delusive; so we resolved to proceed with the utmost caution, and, if possible, to deviate from the regular road, which we had hitherto for a short way followed.

With this determination we once more set forward; Giorgio, who knew every dingle, bush, tree, and thicket, riding a little in advance, and Haroun, as ignorant as myself, keeping close by my side. Our progress was necessarily slow; but all was silent and peaceful around us, and not a living thing visible, save some goats browsing or frisking on the ledges of the adjacent cliffs.

Whether it was superstition, or that strange presentiment of coming danger, which some minds involuntarily develope, I cannot tell; but I confess, that with all the daring courage which men have chosen to ascribe to me, I could not help considering this deep silence as ominous of some fast approaching peril, and being impressed with feelings painful and dejecting. Speculative men, who conceal a great deal of learned ignorance under the name of philosophy, will, I know, deride these mental forebodings, as casual suggestions of fear sometimes fortuitously realized. But he who has been conversant with danger, who has mixed as à unit in the mass that swells the tide of battle, and

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who has seen the miraculous preservations and strange fatalities of the field, must know, that the brave as well as the dastardly are visited by such presentiments; and, in spite of the vagaries of men who know the great world only by report, will listen with humble awe to the secret voice of his own spirit, when it breathes out a prophetic warning, or note of preparation. On different natures, however, these secret intimations, or inward misgivings, if you will, produce the most opposite effects. The factitious courage of the coward, losing its last sup port, dies away within him, and he depairs; the resolution of the brave man becomes doubly firm, now that he thinks he knows the worst; and while destiny secretly whispers" Farewell, hope," he responds "Farewell, fear," and overmastering the weakness of rebellious nature, calmly goes forward to the combat from which he shall never return.

But to take leave of such visions, as they will be called, the realities of our present situation were sufficient to excite well-grounded apprehensions. It is only in quest of vengeance that the Osmanlis manifest high energy and courage; and had not I inflicted on them the deadliest, most inexpiable insults? The bath violated-one officer murderedanother felled to the earth by a ruffian blow-and the perpetrator of these enormities a Greek-a Giaour!-enough-more than enough-to kindle the most sluggish natures into fury, far less men so sensitive to insult, so prompt to punish it, so insa