. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. of the largestdogs and put the collars on them andled them out. Then they went to a little shod and opened it. There lay nets piledup. Spears of all kinds leaned against thewalls. We will not take nets, said Leonidas; this is to be a fair fight between the boarand me. Each boy took three spears. One wraslong, with a slim, sharp tip. One wasshort, with a heavy shaft and broad had long guards sticking out halfwayup the shaft. These dogs and spears andnets belonged to the city. Any Spartan hada right to take them whenever he needed. The twro boys wra
. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. of the largestdogs and put the collars on them andled them out. Then they went to a little shod and opened it. There lay nets piledup. Spears of all kinds leaned against thewalls. We will not take nets, said Leonidas; this is to be a fair fight between the boarand me. Each boy took three spears. One wraslong, with a slim, sharp tip. One wasshort, with a heavy shaft and broad had long guards sticking out halfwayup the shaft. These dogs and spears andnets belonged to the city. Any Spartan hada right to take them whenever he needed. The twro boys wralked on toward the moun-tain. Their matted yellow hair shone in thesun. The wind waved their short graychitons. The spears glistened above theirheads. Their bare arms and legs flashedwhite over the green grass. The dogsbarked and leaped about them and tuggedat their leashes. Suddenly Leonidas stoppedand lifted his hands to the sky. 56 Men of Old Greece 4 O Artemis, huntress, I vow to give youa share of our game. Give us good luck.:. ARTEMIS As he walked on, he said: It is a hot day. I think we can run himdown Leonidas .~>7 Now they were* making a steep clinil). Tiiev were uoin 1 ~ •/ looked to right and lell for marks of aboar. Tliev wound out of the forest and V came upon a high cliff. % Ah! cried Leonidas,and pointed. See!Sparta! The blue4 Kurotas and its flat,green valley! The market-place, with itscrowd of buildings! The temples, scatteredeverywhere among the trees! North are themountains that shut us out from our is the country I would die for, Pisan- i dcr. And he turned and walked on up themountains. Soon one of the dogs began to pull hard atthe leash. She put her nose to the groundand wagged her tail. She has a track, whispered Leonidas. See! cried Pisander, pointing to a mark of a tusk on the bark. Now another dog got the scent. 58 Men of Old Greece Unleash Augo, said it
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