In Greek Waters

rned on board again. Horace dined at the club, of which he had been made an honorary me

ou get here? Why, the coach does

uded that it would be much more comfortable to post. He does not like being crowded, and it was doubtful whether there would be room for the two of us; and there was the luggage, so we had arranged for a post-chaise to come for us a

f, and had just finished his dinner when Horac

ather," Horace said; "but I did not think

bronzed and well, my boy, you and your friends seem to have done wonders in getting everyt

xpecting us to-night, and I am sure Martyn and the others will like to have everything in the best possible order when you go on board. We have been expecting those boxes of books you wrote

hink about, and I am sure it would do you a deal of good to give it up altogether for a time, and you will take it up freshly afterwards. Besides, you will have people coming on board, and your advice will be asked, and you will have to decide all sorts of things, and you know you won't be able to bring your mind out of your books if you have them on board.' He said something like it when I first began to talk of packing, but it seemed to me impossible that I cou

not so large by a good deal as the main cabin in the Surf; besides, if you had your books you would be always shut up there, and what I thought of all along,

uable, Horace?" Mr. Bev

that you should be like the rest of us while we are out on this expedition. As Zaimes says, you will have a lot of things to decide upon, and we are going to lead an active, stirring life, and it is new Greece we shall have to think about, and not the Greece of two thousand years ago. It is your aim to raise, not the Greeks of the time of Miltiades, but a people who in these two thousand years have become a race, not only of s

e right; but it is a wrench to me to cut myself

going to do about clothes?" Hor

peated vaguely. "I have brough

ted tail-coats are all very well on shore, but the first time you are out in a good brisk gale, you would wish them anywhere. What you want is a couple of suits, at least, of blue cloth like mine, with brass buttons, and a low cloth cap like this that will keep on your head whilst it is

nd I did remark that my heels lef

d be agony to Will Martyn to have the be

e now, it is half-

. Besides, there are twelve hours before we start, and by paying

the morning, and to put on extra hands to turn out fresh suits for the person for whom they were intended. The gold lace, white facings, and other distinguishing marks would be removed, and plain brass buttons substituted

sed for a masquerade, Hor

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, and a lot more comfortable

hat Horace had urged his father

owner of as smart a craft as ever sailed out of British waters, and he will look a good deal more at home

nce on occasions when he had gone out with him in the Surf had

ye of Zaimes. As they were seen, the smart gig with its six rowers, which was lying a short distance

ton, father, our s

d, shaking hands with the young officer. "I hop

dn't be comfortable on board the Creole

age were placed in the bow. The bowman pushed the boat off with the boat-hook. The oars, which had been tossed in man-o

threaded through the anchored craft and made their way seaward

When we have done with Greece, you

ever find t

onths in the year and be all the better for it. When you

: "That is the Creole, father, lyi

I expected, Horace, though h

big in proportion. She will be a bit higher by the time we get out. Fifty men consume a considerable weight of stores and water every week. You will be pleased wit

d the ladder first, then Tarleton, and Mr. Beveridge followed. Martyn and Miller recei

ptain Martyn, for my son wrote me that she had nothing but her lower masts in her when you took posse

order, sir. We have a capital crew, and no on

und the ship, and expressed himsel

, sir?" Martyn asked. "We have been expecting som

hing coming, Captain Martyn. I am perfectly r

wait for, sir; we a

round the capstan, while others prepared to make sail, and Mr. Beveridge felt a keen sense of pleasure as he watched the active fellows at thei

n-officers and men were alike pleased with the ship; the provisions for the sailors were of the best quality; the duties were very light, for the sails had not required

ng flush from end to end. Horace attended to his duties as third officer regularly, and the nights were so warm and pleasant that the watches did not appear long to him. There was no stiffness in the cabin when they gathered to their meals, or in the evening, and

et out by the time we arrive in the Levant. For the credit of the ship I shall have to give orders for us to be supplied with the same rations as the men, and go in for luxuries only on Sundays. We are not accustomed to be tempted in this way at every meal. It is all very well for

aimes that I cared so little for the good things he provided me with. I can assure you I really begin to look for my meals now, and it is a pleasure for me

food is simply wasted on him, he will never do credit to your cooks. But Tarleton, with those dark eyes of his and his gentle sort of way, was what the ladies would c

" he said; "but we won't always go on in this quiet sort of way. As for what Martyn sa

y fell in with dead calms and were a fortnight in getting to Gozo, where they again replenished their stock. They abstained

f the progress of the revolution, and whether Corinth, Patras, Nauplia, or Athens are in the hands of the Greeks or Turks. Well, I should say, sir, that our best plan would be to put in at Zante, where, as it is English, and therefore neutral ground, we shal

ight go in or out of any of the harbours as neutrals; but if by any chance it leaked out wha

idge, as there is no object to be served by it. I will

sland does at a short distance from the mouth of the Gulf of Corinth, upon which were three of the most important towns in Gre

nglish flag at her peak, dropped anchor in the port. As

he asked the first of

belonging to Mr. Beveridge. The own

o merchandi

lish gentleman doesn't bring out merchandise for sale

tyn came

" Miller said. "You h

artyn took the officer below a

t you were bound from England t

as Mr. Beveridge was anxious

n to deck again, for after leaving Malta the eight twelve-pound

would hardly recommend anyone to be cruising a

e. You would be all right with the Turks, although from your appearan

he varied population. Mingled with the native population of the island were Greeks from the mainland; Albanians in their white pleated petticoats, bristling with arms moun

n the English officer in command here and invite him to dinner

aptain O'Grady, whose house, at the entrance to the barrack, was pointed out to them. T

. Beveridge said. "I know very little about the etiquette of these things, but it see

be, and where she had come from. If it hadn't been for the flag and the tidiness of her I shoul

veridge said, "for she was a slaver, captured and sent hom

t thing in the way of yachts I ever saw. I don't at all see why a gentleman sh

ith me at six o'clock to-day. I have come straight from England, and have heard nothing as to how matte

very glad to come off with me if he has no special engagement, which is not likely, for it is a mighty dul

town shopping, and told them that there would be guests at dinner. They met also Will Martyn and Tarleton, who had

ap, and as they haven't set foot ashore for five weeks it is not in the nature of an English sailor to resist temptation. I don't care much as long as they don't get into rows with the G

should be at the steps for him at a quarter to six. Hora

el about in a craft like this. It is like taking a floating palace about with you." But if the officers were surprised at the fittings of the cabin they were still more so at the excelle

hing that goes on on the m

way. To hear them talk you would not think that such valiant men had ever lived since the days of Noah; and yet, with the exception of a little skirmish, all that they have done i

ot been much of that," M

. The poor beggars of farmers and villagers were killed; man, woman, and child, in hundreds of villages the whole of them were destroyed without resistance; and it has been the same in all the large towns. The Greeks began the work at Kalamata, which surrendered un

ries; and though at the beginning I hoped that the Greeks would drive the old Turks out, faith I have come to think that if I were to hear that the whole race were utterly exterminated I should feel more comfortable in my mind than I have been for some time. Not content with murdering the poor creatures, in many cases the villains tortured them first. I have heard fellows who came over here boast of it. One Albanian ruffian who told me that he had done this, told me, sir, as if it were a thing to be

ernal convulsion in restraining himself from bursting into a laugh; and Will Martyn, who was facing Mr. Beveridge at the bottom of the table, looked so preternaturally grave tha

es, you must remember how long the Greeks have been oppressed by the Turks. A people who have been in slavery for hundreds of years to strangers, aliens in blood and in religion, and themselves in a very primitive state of civilization, except in the cities, would be al

s no denying that you have turned the tables on me there. It is

-was at least as great as that of those who have been massacred here. The revolt called the Jacquerie, in the middle ages, was equally ferocious, and the number of victims would probably have been as great

eridge, though I did not look

re their l

f the spoil, it seems to me they would make a much better fight than they are likely to do. There is a fellow called Odysseus, which is their way of pronouncing Ulysses; he used to command the Mohammedan Albanians under Ali Pasha. Now he has turned round, and fights against his old master. He is one of the chief of them. Then there are Kolokotronis and Mavrocordatos. I should say they are the two principal men just at present. Then there is a chap called Prince Demet

hbishops?" Capta

ble for the money and for the doings of their district. Nicely they ground the people down and feathered their own nests. Naturally, when the Turks went they became the local leaders. The people had no one else to look to but them and the priests. In the Morea these two classes have all the power in their

prevent it from succeeding. The great thing with all the chiefs is to get spoil. The people are different; they really want to fight the Turks and to win their freedom; and it is because they see that not one of their leaders is honest, that th

llow who will begin by hanging a hundred politicians, as many chiefs, bishops, and primates; who would organize first a government and then an army; and would insist that every halfpenny taken as spoil from the Turks should be paid into the public treasury. Then, sir, I believe that the Greeks would polish off these sleepy Turks in no time, with the advantage they have in knowing every foot of the mountains, in being as active as goats, and in possessing the idea that they are fighting for freedom. Mind I don't say that the Turks will beat them even

nd of the sea? There the Greeks

seems to be to launch fire-ships at them. A man-of-war was burnt while at anchor a short time back by Knaris, who is the best sailor the Greeks have got. Still, at present the Turks are so far masters of the sea that they take their convoys where

all on one sid

e work of massacre. The Greeks hate the Turks, and their object is to root them out altogether. The Turks despise the Greeks, but they don't want to root them out by any means, because if they did there would be no longer any revenue to collect. The Turks seem to strike more at the leaders. They have strung up a lot of Greeks living in Constantinople, and as the whole affair was g

t will go mighty hard with them everywhere when the Turks come to know the atrocities that have been perpetrated over here. If the Greeks had thought for a moment when they began they would have seen that it was a game two could pla

on board neutral vessels that put into harbour with a few wretched Turkish fugitives, and murdering them. The fact is, the Greeks believe that they are Christians, but they are just as much pagans as they were two thousand years ago. My sympathies are altogether with them in their struggle for liberty, and I try to make every allowance for their actions; and I do believe that if what O'Grady says could be carried out and all their leaders, and politicians, and bishops, and primates hung, the people the

You mentioned a French colonel commanding th

ese have got employment of any sort. As to any attempt to introduce military discipline, or raise anything like a body of regular soldiers, it seems impossible. They believe entirely in fighting in their own way and dispersing when they choose, just as the Spanish guerilla bands did during the Peninsular War. In fact it seems to me that the Greek character resembles the Spanish very much, the peasantry in both countries

went ashore. When they had left the

these things will right themselves in time. As you said, they are no worse than the French when they rose, or than the Spanish peasantry whenever they got a chance, or the Irish peasantry, and we must not look at it from our own standpoint; once they are free they will get a settled government and become a nation again, and that is what we have go

uch horrible atrocities, but the cause remains the same, and the atrocities are, as you say, such as have occurred among other peopl