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20 THE EXAMINER.

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Ta uaa MARCO BOZZARIS

BY FITZ-GREENE HALLECK,

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At midnight, in his guarded tent, The Turk was dreaming of the hour When Greece, her knee in suppliance bent, Shall tremble at his power: In dreams, through camp and court, he bore The trophies of a conquerer ; In dreams his song of triumph heard ; ‘hen wore his monarch’s signet ring: Then press’d that monarcl’s throne,—a king ; As wild his thoughts, and gay of wing, As Eden’s garden bird. At midnight, in the forest shades, Bozzaris ranged his Suliote band, True as the steel of their tried blades, Heroes in heart and hand. There had the Persian’s thousands stood, There had the glad earth drunk their blood ‘On old Plate’s day: And now there breathed that haunted air The sons of sires who conquer’d there, With arm to strike, and soul to dare, As quick, as far as they. An hour pass’d on—the ‘lurk awoke ; That bright dream was his last ; He woke—to hear his sentries shriek, “To arms! they come! the Greek! the Greek !” He woke—to die ’midst flame and smoke, And shout, and groan, and sabre stroke, And death shots falling thick and fast As lightnings from the mountain cloud;

And even she who gave thee birth, Will, by their pilgrim-circled hearth, Talk of thy doom without a sigh: For thou art Freedom’s now, and Fame’s ; One of the few, the immortal names, | { ‘hat were not born to dié.

aa GHOST.

BY ALFRED CROWQUILL.

| (Concluded.)

“ Fatigue, and the warmth of the blazing logs, soon idrew our eyelids together, and our conversation became ‘broken murmurs, At last my friend appeared, by the, ight of the lamp, to have taken to dance up and down

ever rest, consequently they cannot want the chair to . . . r - ‘ sit down in, or the bed to lie in; but its a Red Sea

(ll lay them in, if there is any faith in rifle barreis. I’ve

‘an idea; mum— say nothing on parade, or to that thief lof a landiord. We'll circumvent them yet; these are

much too good quarters to be so resigned,’ ; sa¢ tallein We “Daylight broke in upon us as we Sat taiking over

. . is Nt aliik cette ” ‘our schemes, of which more anon. We went quietly » v - “oY ry ‘ : 7 Te vrys m ¢ li. ers “Vy arrn ve} aT CePsSsar ty . th a THE GHOST OF A STORY ABOUT A muster, and made every arrangement necessary for the

comfort of our men. Ly “The landlord followed us about with officious assi-

duity, as if he longed to ask us how we fared during the past night, expressing a decided belief in our being

nothing less than saints in horsemen’s boots to be shield- ed, as we evidently had been, from the interference of bad spirits. We should have taken all this in good faith, if we had not perceived a waggish curve about

‘in the most eccentric manner. He then became more the corners of his mouth.

indistinct. I heard one satisfactory snore from him, and| ithen [ slept.

“ A shriek of most powerful shrillness, like a trumpet) blast, pierced the very depths of our slumbers. We! both started to our feet with the blood throbbing and’ tingling through our frames, at the suddenness of the alarm. We listened hardly conscious of where we were, | when our ears were struck by another shriek, which seemed to hover around us, and then with faint echoes) die away with most mournful cadence, through the dis-| tant corridors. |

“By this time our senses became a little clearer.| We looked at each other, aud without a word prepared |

‘for action, De Courcy quickly replenished the fire, SO)

‘that we might have the full benefit of the blaze, whilst

“*Wait till it is our turn to play,’ whispered De Courcy, ‘and if we don’t rub off scores, carbonado us.’

“We turned our attention, during the day, to the outside of our quarters, saw no appearance of any other entrance being used but the one by which we had en- tered, and carefully barricaded upon our host’s retiring the night before.

“ We laid in stores during the day for our night’s en- tertainment, repelling every attention from the land- lord, who seemed rather surprised at our coolness. A- mongst other things, I saw an old hamper conveyed by De Courcy’s direction late in the evening to the haunt- ed mansion by our [rish drummer. We quickly fol- lowed him, and resumed our position of the previous night. ‘The drummer departed, after receiving instrue-

walla | And heard with voice as trumpet loud, [trimmed the wick of the lamp, the melancholy state! tions to keep a good look out in case of any alarm from Bozzaris cheer his band: of which, told plainly the length of our slumbers. We. us, “ Strike—till the last arm’d foe expires ; looked to our pistols; then, quietly, resumed our chairs.|} “ After everything was quiet, and preparation made Strike—for your altars and your fires; “A deep groan, of a most sepulchral nature, sounding against surprise by peeping into all the nooks and cor- Strike—for the green graves of your sires, in close proximity to the door of the chamber we occu- ners, De Courey opened the before-mentioned mysteri- God—and your native land !” pied, put us on the alert. We peered cautiously over/ous hamper, and out crept a large bull dog, which I They fought—like brave men, long and well; the backs of the chairs in the direction of the sound, and reeognised as belonging to the drummer, and a beauti- They piled that ground with Moslem slain; [ confess for the moment, our young nerves were start-| ful specimen he was of his kind, and a great favorite of They conquer’d—but Bozzaris fell, = led by seeing the chamber door move noiselessly on its| the regiment. Bleeding at every vein. apo hinges, as if to give entrance to some supernatural} De Courcy laughed at my surprise. I immediately His few surviving comrades saw ae | visitor. saw his design and applauded his judgment, for they i His smile when rang their proud RB “ We waited with beating hearts the entrance of our! must be quick ‘of foot who would escape our canine And the red field was won; Ra _ junbidden guest. I thought it turned out to be some| friend. He stretched himself out before the blazing os oe oe close poor injured ghost, he or she might have been legiti- logs ; and after an intelligent look, as much as to say : mly, as to a night’s repose, mate enough to have walked in after a fashion of its kind, |‘ call me when you want me,’ sank fast asleep with his } _ Like flowers at set of sun. withour opening the door, which had a sad mortal effect.' nose on his paw. . Come to the bridal chamber, Death ! “We soon heard footsteps echoing along the passage, “Our evenine passed much as the last, exceptin Come to the mother’s, when she feels, in rapid approach towards our chamber. “ only the slee ing which we had peers a" wai A = For the first time, her first born’s breath: ** Reserve your fire” said De c i r hee \ elit Sie aes, ; _ sveserve your lire, said De Courcy tome in ajtaking a long siesta. We watched anxiously for the | -—— Come when the blessed seals whisper. ‘If it is a genuine ghost, it is of no use, and/expected natural or supernatural visitors and th | That close the pestilence are broke, if it is not, I do not see the fun of making it one.’ hour of midnight ipovaathad we laid back in our chalre, ~s And crowded cities wail its stroke ; “I determined to follow his advice, feeling that some-|as if sleeping. Scarcely had we done so, when our «| The, mri cg 8 ghostly form, thing must be intended either by mortal or ghost, which | ears were saluted by the most horrid din of shrieks and . Phe earthquake shock, the ocean storm ; as yet was a mystery, and mysteries always pleased me,| groans, banging of doors, and every other noise in the Come when the heart beats high and warm, so | withdrew the muzzle of my pistol from its point, | catalogue of host! anno’ ances \ With banquet-song, and dance, and wine, and my finger from the trigger. 1 @ The ioe ran fe Saas onl uttered a low ] : And thou art terrible—the tear, “ Now I have already said that we were both young,|but was ail iuaeea by asign from De C ease | \ The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier ; and in the full vigor of life, with all the devil-may-care hand ; aii Slat to Mt fee with his ears bitched > o And all we know, or dream, or fear naturally concomitant; used to death in all its mostland his t il ca edit . — ' Of agony, are thine. Maltiel. shane oh the batia Wate ce d ail erect, a beautiful picture of watchfulness, But to the hero, when his sword 8 ; nerves strung to The door, as before, slowly revolved on its hinges ; ‘

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Has won the battle for the free, Thy voice sounds like a prophet’s word: And in it’s hollow tones are heard The thanks of millions yet to be. come, when his task of fame is wrought — Come, with her laurel-leaf, blood-bought— Come in her crowning hour—and then Thy sunken eye’s unearthly light To him is welcome as the sight Of sky and stars to prison’d men: Thy grasp is welcome as the hand Of brother in a foreign land, Thy summons welcome as the cry That told the Indian isles were nigh To the world-seeking Genoese,

Like torn branch from death’s leafless tree, In sorrow’s pomp and peagantry,

The heartless luxury of the tomb, But she remembers thee as one

Long loved, and for a season gone ;

For thee her poet’s lyre is wreathed, Her marble wrought, her music breathed ; For thee she rings her birth-day bells; Of thee her babes’ first lisping tells ;

For thine her evening prayer is said

At palace couch, and cottage bed;

Her soldier, closing with the foe,

Gives for a sake a deadlier blow,

His plighted maiden, when she fears For him, the joy of her young years, Thinks of thy fate and checks her tears: And she, the mother of thy boys,

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jenjoy what they can’t enjoy themselves, Why a dis.

meet surprise, and minds made up to meet death at a moment’s notice, in all which little philosophies we had been properly initiated during our Peninsular campaign. But I must own that our breathing grew rather short, and an odd sort of chill crept to our very marrow, as we beheld a face of the most pallid and unearthly cast peer round at us with lack lustre eyes,

“It was that of a female, with large folds of black dishevelled hair, thrown back from her brow, which at that distance, showed stains of dark crimson blood. » It continued to gaze on us with the same mournful ex- pression, and from which it seemed impossible to with- draw our eyes: we were fascinated.

“After some few moments, which appeared an age, the figure seemed to glide into the room, gazing around

stopped by the entrauce of a figure so completely en- veloped in a dark cloak that no feature was distinguish- able. An extendedarm clasped the female by the hair and dragged her noiselessly from the room; the door slammed violently, and again we heard the dreadful shrieks and groans ring through the passages.

“We both leaped from our chairs and rushed towards the door; it quickly vielded to our touch; the dark cor- ridor yawned before us, but nothing was to be seen Without a word De Courcy discharged his pistols in the darkness, but no other sound met our ears than its echoing reports.

“We closed the door and returned to our seats.

then with almost imperceptible motion, the same figure of a female entered the room. The appearance was ghastly and startling. It did not venture so far into the centre of the chamber as on the previous night, but kept a wavering noiseless motion at some distance in the obscurity.

“The dark figure, enveloped as on its former appear- ance, glided after her with its arm extended as if to clutch her. Upon its nearing her, the same appalling Screams vibrated through the chamber. De Courcy seized the dog by the neck, hardly able to restrain his efforts to spring upon the intruders; but the moment he saw the female figure glide from the room, he loosened the dog upon the retreating male. He vanished with most ghost like rapidity. Upon our following to the

th i0r, % i i oot one sat down to deliberate, and morning found “Upon issuing from the back door at da rlight, w were surprised to find a small keg of one a roll of a ae mga such as olives, savalois, +» packed in a basket, to which w : on which was the following ot ae

“ Dejarnos y les dejaremos,” which, freely translated, meant, ‘ Let us alone, and we’ll let you alone.” We picked up our prize and return- ed to stow it away; which, having done, we pur- sued our way to the posada. The host’s face wore a look of quaint cunning when he gave us the mornine’s. greeting ; and, as he turned to leave the room, he show-

“*We are unwelcome visitors here, it would seem.’ said De Courcy ; ‘but I never could make out the dog: in the manger feeling of ghosts, who won't let others.

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ed the less of half the lappet of his coat,

“Our invisible Commissariat department went on from that day in t glorious style. Our brother of- ficers wondered at our luck, the secret of which we ne-

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; the chamber as if in search of somethin It was ar-| doo i ! . ar- th ; = aed wind, oo woods of palm, rayed in what was apparently a night dren: which was/ed hoch wie cao = “ dp ae him, he rush- f Blew che - e He oo hands of balm, pressed tightly to the breast by her clasped hands. Hay- shaking savagely we oad od ss ; — _was Bozzaris! with the tne sl I = . eee ies eae ie ean it a gaged it from his jaws, when we saeiinet iter ees G : : » and the figure, fromthe la -looking j : Rest theethere is no prover o Suey the intenseness of cur gaze, appeared to vibrate before, «« Ok on? ‘onaneiny aoe ‘3 “* ai see th thes ve, us. h : a. ee ois Cana, a ts “At last De Courcy seemed to be summonine up ensue ee | ; or thee, courage to address it, for I saw that his lips were vet-| « ing w al : | Nor bade the dark hearse wave its plume, ting into form to say something ; but his sipubaicns a ete. Wheeled 8 heavy piece of furniture against :