UncleDemetriosProfaneAct

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UNCI,E DEI'ffI|RIOSI PBOPAI{EACT IN pEnGA,t't0N

Of all Denetrlos, whtls

peoplcr got lnto

galloplng

serlous

hlneclf

ras pltch

rt

he war oomlttlng

6rc

and allghted

dark,

to notloe

fron

foudEr lord

urlnstlng

before

d,orvlehce.

Fortu-

of com two hund,rcd, fest,

they hcar,{ thc sound of ry unolc re nlnor

oosls

DikcLlt

tcmlfled

hla llfa,

gall0pcd

thet

fcroolous

?ery nornlng

dcrvlehce,

uncre.

hG lcapcd, erlftly

eray torards

tho alty

tha uln

strcct

of galLoolng

thea'trlo

Ths dcrvlehos

hlm, even by n:nnlng

aB feet

at

cynthle rn hls alL

of tha torrn and flnally of the vlzlr

Eomn bothe.

plor

Belng streanllned

of, psrga8on.

f,oanlng horee ln frsnt

Tho

rho had danocd on

on to hls nrc

nlatakc

whcn

watcrfaLr.

on ths mrnlolpal

ny chrlgtlan

he nd.a thc nsartry fatal throtrgh

thclr

and ehouted nKlopcku (Doql and, ttlaqrrn

a d,latrnoc

of thoso tro

that

bcl,onged to

howevcr, bctng aavagos, ?hcy dld not rupprcrs

(Infldel)

rlth

agelnet

the thlrd

on thc epot of two fanatloal

uphcaval,

all

to urlnatc

The wall

hc had not flnlehcd

cnotlonsl

llvc

hc falt

of Pergenoilr

unfortunately,

elght

from DlkcLl,

and hc fallod

Ahmed ALl,

of tho goLd.cn valley

nataly,

outatd.e nodern Farganon,

a aaorllogor...

the Moaquo of sulelnen

the arrlvel

troublo

hle rlne-coloursd

the urgc to reLlevc a, tr81L....

noat ploua brothcrn

W fatherra

end

frlght,

tha way

haltcd

hlr

Han, n6ar the auphloould not oatoh up

aa they oould..

But thelr


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berbarlo

corâ‚Źams ;uooasd.cd ln slcrtlr$

populet!,o'n, to lnapcot

lte

oglou (thtg

ny unol6 had urgcnt

was also

lnrnunlty

ferenoe from tho Turklsh

fatc

arrl thuc

oarc of,

hc advLsed extroue

vlew,

ard do not Loevef lttr. Kaldlr' early

by two powcrful logloal

oautlon.

tonorror..r,

olosed Landau, antd for

$oolctf,.,..

for

e

an lntcnrtew

gusrds

asgursd. ny unole thanka

rstey for

to htc wledornt hor-

out of publlo the bleEaed aoaport

Iou rllL

your proteotlon

!{ontoncgran

lndoore

}lodyrta

Nestredtnc

c?er,

untll

for

day, Hr. Softanos

wlth

Eob.

Judge.

had becn takcn

thorough aoquelntanca

of lntcr-

to aaoapc thc sed,

Turklah

hc oould arrsnge

At Lunohccr nert

of Dlkcll

As auoh, hc

any klnd

advlged ny unola to ctey

tho $g5!![r the rallslouc

cvcrytlrlng

rho

So ny unolc wag vcry

by thc bloodthlraty

of lynohlnE

ccnrpla of daya, untll

thet

(fron

authorltleg,

lndccd, to flnd, arylun

Mr. Softanos

wlth

Mtr. Ar18-

tnrslncse rlth

of ths Pergamon Antlqultles.

Curator

enJoyed. ertra-terrltorlal

fortunats

tcer hln to

ths Managar of thc Banque dt0rlcnt,

$oflrnoa,

todlnos

t{ cr ll

of ths aob chotrt60.

tho lcrdar

Lrrohtlyr

the lnfldcl),

dog, the ton of a d,og),

(Gr cck ncr ohant) ....

n ru to u sl rr

plcoccrn

(trra lnftdclr

thc glcour

bou kl,opck of klopck th l s

GornGr tr411....

wet anCl emll.y

sThe giaotr"

or rode to thc !{olqt16

ralked

and so!!c fanstloe

Turklsh

tho oltyte

trcvcl

ln a

you w111 be csoortcd

of the Gernan Arohsao-

I do not nsod thon mrch hcrof

alnoc


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the Glente arc alrsady

lnstallcd

hcd they

tho rloh

flnlshad

( shrodd.ed rcheat, horney and. thtok Arablsn

pertphcry

by thc hlgh

fle hsd arrtngctt

$oflanor

ovcrythlng

ny unoLe,r{as en[loug

and tho blnoh

that

ny unole

had

Sglllg

of the

benoh of fourtacn

syos bore wltnoss oonf,lnensnt

st

havs nany d.efoota,

lt

vordlot

a long,

uy frland !,4 true,

ohord.s, thelr

But

ln tho botrlng....

ao rapldly. nlght

Hlt

nmslon,

thlrty*snc-day relntlvely

Domtrloor...

tnnt lf

fanatloa ra0

hc hed epcnt tn

Curatortg

house hs hed fal,t

le eo eluplo,

to ue all....

carly

thc Arohecol,ogloal.

Hr. $oftenosf

ted,or

not at alL curprleod....

to the aleeplcra

6vory hqtrr had sccnad lllce

ItIt

rar

to know hotr t,hose rell,glous

hail rsaohed thab favourable

thelr

kandptf

of Pcrgcmon.

Arlstod,luog

but st

tknpl

purG crcan)

thc happy tldlnse

brought

besn aoqultted

apaolal

when tho ucEsengGr of the Banque dt0rlent,

ooffoe,

KJrr Sotlrl,

ln the!.r

ll

EuEoum 1n Bcrllrt... Ii*rrtly

rafsLy

when

monthl eafo. The Turka

you know hcrr to touoh

rosponso ls eo advantegeoue

"

rDo not kcep ne ln euepcnoc, your Exoelleno|...t| pLeadod rny trncLe. [Iour osnnot walt slupl,e

pothar

was patlent

srsn for

Bto!f,. . . .

egked. hle ulfe

Lct

for

e few ulnutce ue hlve

nlns whlle

anotbar

nonthe,

ard. you

I tell-

you thls

oognee. . . tt And he

to bri.ng aonG nore coffee

end ocnntlnued.


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ttTha flrst ?ilag rgbst klnd

suletmn

ebout froch

oglou,

1 wf,red to our d.lstr!.ct baeket of tnanty

ourtpotcnt

ths vaLot, thon,

flgs

thct

was e quarter

tt

lt

snd

to tha dooratep

nyeclf,

pest tcn,

wap ssfe to lseve thc preolqra

Un ny d.eparture,

tho valet

goLd colns

tol0

In6 thet

&.s I had wlth

I could not havc plcascd

$tSoftsnoglou ths hcert vlotln

Effendler

of, thc ptqrs

Kyrloa

of fmah

all.kc.n.r alnost

l(aldls,

Douctrlss

f,19a, Iluetafa

doge , they are al,rayo ceusln$ alrd whlle utterlng

grabbcd

mG of th*

ln Eunmor...r

ths l{lghty Al1eh wlll

of the bl-ackmalXlns dor"vlshss I s

lne the bsskct

sll.ver

hln oo nruah

fraah f!.$e, $o early

thooo tsenty

Lnalde

6ven 1f I had glven

the @$l* a hurulred, poundr ln gold and a thoreend ured.zlte ln aodltlon,

wlth

flga

tnrt I had no a1tornative..,.

blt.

a llttl"c

was

thc @l[

to awaken hl&....

al-thmrgh, hevtng etuok trcnty

I norrl,td

at tcn thls

and convontlonE

aeieep and the val,ot wss afreld

i thoght

to Eond m a

S$llf,. ..

I'Although 6tll.1

uy prlds

ars'zy

*re not yat rtpat

Thcy arrlved

flgs.,.r

thc beckot of trcnty

oarrlsd. of thc

tergc

our flgs

bnlght*

thst

he le

ua that

ln Dlke1l

Eneser

and. I set asldo

nornlng,

Hlo vslat.

told

I{e11, elnoi

flga....

our nes K$dX

to knwr about

he llkcs...r

of f,rult

Xust*fa

looklng

I nantcd

thlng

troublo,

thc poor

lesatonatel.y

sddsd,'tf l hnw

cfo* these

to Turks and Grecke

thece ayrpathotlc

f lga rlght

bleaa

ln frmt,

wordr'

ha

of ay eyes. r r r


*5'

fiow I felt.

dear Denttrlos,

stretchlng

hte left

UntlL

gentlc

thls

Kyr Sotlrls

then lntaot,

thp hwrgry-looklng

elnce, lfuetafa

but the preolous

the lggg

ulth

well

logloal.J.y,

ewa1low not

onLy

a1L, wsrc onl,y a oovGr for

ny rutlc r

Havtng no alter-

and not darlng

teld,

by awakcntns hlm eo earl,y

to offand, tr Left

ln the nornlng,

I had. no other oholoe...tf

c ur tody....

$y unole wae onerwheLned by the flne a d.elLonta sltrretl.on,

the bleseed

qulte

I reflected

gold solns eE we1"1....

t h sm l n :l u e tg fa l g

betkott....

thc Sovarcnd i(Frd& worrld not

nlsht

&F I havs already

natlvcr

arrlved

that

- whlohr aftcr

the flgs

uoncnt nhcn I snw hlu

hand. towarris tho preolqra

netrn, I wae very womlcd recelve

at thst

end thsnkcd hle hort

handllng

of ruoh

the botton

frm

of hle heart. At that

uoment, the lawyer who had. bsorr asalgned to

d.efcnd ny uncle $lvrlsearlan,

ln oourt,

entered

the lngenlous

the cllnlne

lnto

hls hand.kerohtref .

vost

pocket and shouted.:

roon,

l*dles

everythlng

nnd qontlomen, was nore ei).oquent

Except for

went ernoothLy, r..

calLecl tho court

and splttlng

tsAXIZ

tiran ny prepared. epeeoh, whloh, to de1lvo?....

pufflng

Stefan

IIe produoed. a goJ.d ooln fronn hle

BA,XIZ nThe bsrls,

Arnenlan

to !4/ sor:rsr,

e rlnor

lntra-nural

lnetdent,

The Heversrul K*Ut soleunly

to ord,er an0, wlthout

the two derrrtehee to taettfy

I had, no ohanoe

botherln$

or ne to epeek for

to oaLl the defend.ent'


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saldn Ln a tr*nbllng stthls

ls * eertous

of our patron a gl*our

sonlle

offonsa

agalnet

contsnlnate

lt

wlth...

.tnd slnce

fiven to nentton rrhat ha le al.leged to

wlthdut

I{onrr6vor, I am here to

qlorloue

I an a nelrsomar to thls aoolt to glve a thorough

very

Ilfets

d.eed"sr6orns good" and sono evll,

All,ah,

I thought aertous

lt

propor,

offsnse,

of ey estoemed colloagusa At thet

polnt,

pltch

to thu ALnlshty

bsfore

I pasaed fatr

to obtaln

the oollsottvo

and, othar

Itl,{ustafa, hls

valet,

Judgnont advlcr

paroowrgour.

rellglous

thXe glaour,

of tho d^oubt and aoqult

and

aaoo'r.rnt of ln}r long

of tireu told. ne that

d.a,rk we ahould. glvo

the benef lt

dletrtct

hc ral,eed hle voloe and. sald,

fPourteon

blushlng,

preJudlcâ‚Źrrrr

or rellglous

raclel

lntand

on thls

To hsvc

I hed bsttcr

.rrlth....

hava d.one wou1d be a raor11ego..." rend,er Justlos

the oaorod, &lcaquo

Sulelna,n the ilagn1ftcer1t....

aalnt,

keep slJ,snt,...

voloer

wlthout

stnoe lt

wa.s

Denetrl,os ltaldls,

h1&... I

ahocked. the fanatto

audlonce

by sayl^lrgs stlour fourteen...

ad,vtsorc,

rof6

tw*nty,

end, not

I

'rThe li**l pocket,

your hoaour,

trted

t,o oount the gold plaoae ln hle

but stoppsd abruptLy....

and lnterrupt,ed rflle retlrsd oourted, olowly.

He Mnged the gavel

the proooed.lngs for to hl"s prhnte once, trLce,

flve

mlnutos...

chamber, and. there

threo

ttneg...

To hls

he surprlcc


*7n

Thers w6r6 $txll

ntmber....

&5 ho hnd announoed

fourtoen,

to the paoked a'udlence ln the oourt.

so sorrâ‚Źetly

f'Obvlously

effendln,

I{O nOre anrd'

f!{ere le the 119t.

lixaotly fotlrtcGn....

I eatd the @![

arrt s].owly anl dtstlnotly

out tho nanes of fourtogn "The velet

they

that

sudtenoe

&8 he hg.rt sAid. before...r

Iiefe fqrfteen,

end

he roturned, to the htgh ahalr

hlnself,

and g:rraveLy awrognoed to the eqrprlaed.

no l"es6..|.

of trls ssrvant

annoyedl by the audaolty

to control

trylng

ln

lnerease

the gold Oolns would not

and dlaappolntnent,

r6ad

hdgassâ‚Źcr*r

luaglnary

i{ustgfe. flrose, apploglzlng

f or the lntor*

ruptlon. ntlou are rlsht, rtebt

r+hon I tnelst

too,

yo u w 1 1 1 p e rn l t fri l ro co sd " r

the lilunerLl

he gaLd, rfbut I an

they xtcra tiqonty,

thst

l !e , I shall

or plaln

sald thc ltn$

trrT h * D l u rl rg l

(seomnrs

yanr honourrr

son), ,'-1or A1l (tttna

sllght

oonfusl on...l

tlntdLy.

( bleoksnlth) ,

(tax coLlector),

thle

and 1f

the Bataksl

and. also

( chlsel1e r ) r

bhe Ylmldgl

oglou

Al.1) and, tire Borlket-Ogl.or

ttiro son of Abunda,noe) * 411- thase elx hod.gasssa, be1n6 CfIPPLJD ccrul"d not ',irali{ upstalrE

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