. The Burton Holmes lectures;. %^. SHOD WITH TUFTED TSARUKIA 1^ THE WONDERS OF THESSALY 241. GREEK WARRIORS OF TO-DAY We of courseare the objects ofconsiderable curi-os i t y , the newsthat four Ameri-kis are on boardhaving been givenfrom mouth to^ mouth and fromcompartment stops at un-f important sta-tions give us tineopportunities forstudying the peo-ple on the platforms and to become acquainted with ourfellow-passengers, some of whom are no less picturesque thancordial. The list of station names in the time-table nowreads like the report of a war-correspondent ; Volo, Vel
. The Burton Holmes lectures;. %^. SHOD WITH TUFTED TSARUKIA 1^ THE WONDERS OF THESSALY 241. GREEK WARRIORS OF TO-DAY We of courseare the objects ofconsiderable curi-os i t y , the newsthat four Ameri-kis are on boardhaving been givenfrom mouth to^ mouth and fromcompartment stops at un-f important sta-tions give us tineopportunities forstudying the peo-ple on the platforms and to become acquainted with ourfellow-passengers, some of whom are no less picturesque thancordial. The list of station names in the time-table nowreads like the report of a war-correspondent ; Volo, Vel-estino, Gherli, Pharsala, recall panics, skirmishes,and battles ; but when in 1896 we heard these names shoutedby the guards, they were to us mere sounds and departure of the train is always announced not by thefamiliar command, * All aboard ! nor by the French request,Ell voitur(\ ,s // vous plait. Messieurs ! but by theutterance of a dignilied, almost Homeric ])hrase, Oristc,kirii, is /(is l/icsis sets . Pray, gentlemen, get you toyour places ! and this is uttered by t
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