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Extraordinary Instances Of Gratitude.
EXTRAORDINARY INSTANCES OF GRATITUDE .
( From WATKINS ' S Travels . )
LORENZO MUSATA , a native of Catania , in Sicily , was in the year 1774 taken in a Maltese ship by an Algerine . corsair . When the prize was carried into port , he was sold to a Turkish officer , who treated him with all the severity that the unfeeling disposition of a barbarian , rendered intolerant by bigotry , could inflict . It happened fortunately for the Sicilian , that his master ' s son Fezulah ; ( about ten old ) became extremelfond of him andby
numyears y ; , berless little offices of kindness , alleviated his slavery . Lorenzo , in ' consequence , became as much attached to the boy , as the boy . was . to him ; so that they were seldom separated from each other . One day , as Fezulah ( being then sixteen ) was bathing in the sea , the current carried him off ; and he certainly would have perished , had not Lorenzo plunged in and saved him , at the hazard of his life . Plis
affection was now heightened by gratitude , and he frequently interceded with his father for his deliverer ' s emancipation , but in vain . Lorenzo often sighed for his country , and Fezulah determined that he should return there . With this resolution , he one night conve 3 'ec ? him on board an English merchant-ship that lay off Algiers ; aridhaving embraced him in tears , retired with all that exquisite glow of pleasure and self-approbation which virtue feels in acting with
gratitude and generosity . The Sicilian returned to his country , where he found that a relation had bequeathed him a small tenement ; upon which he settled , and enjoyed the sweets of competency and repose , rendered infinitely more grateful , than they otherwise would have been , by the remembrance of his past slavery . At length ,, growing tired of a sedentary life , he accompanied his kinsman , a master of a vesselto Genoa On landing in the D ' arsenahe heard a voice
cry-, . , out— - Oh , my friend , my Lorenzo , ' and instantly found himself in . the arms of Fezulah . He was at first lost in surprise and joy ; but how rapid was the transition to grief , when he perceived by his chains " that Fezulah was a slave !—He had been taken by a Genoese galley , on his voyage to Aleppo . You have already seen that the ruling passions of Lorenzo ' s breast were generosity and gratitude ! and to to
these ^ he now determined sacrifice every other consideration . Having divided his purse with his former companion , he took his leave , ' telling him he should be again at Genoa within two months . And so he was . He returned to Sicily ; sold his little tenement , though to great disadvantage , and with the money ransomed his friend ,, whom he sent back to his country . Fezulah has lately visited . Lorenzo at Catania , where they now are , and has not only purchased for him his estate , but considerably enriched him ,
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Extraordinary Instances Of Gratitude.
EXTRAORDINARY INSTANCES OF GRATITUDE .
( From WATKINS ' S Travels . )
LORENZO MUSATA , a native of Catania , in Sicily , was in the year 1774 taken in a Maltese ship by an Algerine . corsair . When the prize was carried into port , he was sold to a Turkish officer , who treated him with all the severity that the unfeeling disposition of a barbarian , rendered intolerant by bigotry , could inflict . It happened fortunately for the Sicilian , that his master ' s son Fezulah ; ( about ten old ) became extremelfond of him andby
numyears y ; , berless little offices of kindness , alleviated his slavery . Lorenzo , in ' consequence , became as much attached to the boy , as the boy . was . to him ; so that they were seldom separated from each other . One day , as Fezulah ( being then sixteen ) was bathing in the sea , the current carried him off ; and he certainly would have perished , had not Lorenzo plunged in and saved him , at the hazard of his life . Plis
affection was now heightened by gratitude , and he frequently interceded with his father for his deliverer ' s emancipation , but in vain . Lorenzo often sighed for his country , and Fezulah determined that he should return there . With this resolution , he one night conve 3 'ec ? him on board an English merchant-ship that lay off Algiers ; aridhaving embraced him in tears , retired with all that exquisite glow of pleasure and self-approbation which virtue feels in acting with
gratitude and generosity . The Sicilian returned to his country , where he found that a relation had bequeathed him a small tenement ; upon which he settled , and enjoyed the sweets of competency and repose , rendered infinitely more grateful , than they otherwise would have been , by the remembrance of his past slavery . At length ,, growing tired of a sedentary life , he accompanied his kinsman , a master of a vesselto Genoa On landing in the D ' arsenahe heard a voice
cry-, . , out— - Oh , my friend , my Lorenzo , ' and instantly found himself in . the arms of Fezulah . He was at first lost in surprise and joy ; but how rapid was the transition to grief , when he perceived by his chains " that Fezulah was a slave !—He had been taken by a Genoese galley , on his voyage to Aleppo . You have already seen that the ruling passions of Lorenzo ' s breast were generosity and gratitude ! and to to
these ^ he now determined sacrifice every other consideration . Having divided his purse with his former companion , he took his leave , ' telling him he should be again at Genoa within two months . And so he was . He returned to Sicily ; sold his little tenement , though to great disadvantage , and with the money ransomed his friend ,, whom he sent back to his country . Fezulah has lately visited . Lorenzo at Catania , where they now are , and has not only purchased for him his estate , but considerably enriched him ,