Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-28

ting. Right through the solid rock.
straight almost as line, it ran from sea
j to sea without single rock.
The little steamer shot at full speed
along the narrow channel, shut in by
two enormous cliffs, rising like walls on
either hand to height of three hun
| dred feet while on each side along the
level of the water row of lamps shone
out in steady succession. The spectacle
was sublime one, such as could hard
ly be matched anywhere else on the sur
face of the globe. 1t was like passing
through tunnel arched with stars.
In the morning they found themselves
out in the Gulf of Corinth, smooth and
land-locked sea, whose waves rolled
peacefully between the rugged Pelop-
onnesus shore climbing up to the haunt
ed Slopes of Parnassus
Vaughan stood on deck, and again
the strange sensation crept over him
voyage to Crete. He was travelling in
a mythic world, he forgot the people
around him, and felt himself moving
in region of the dead. The memories
of the past lowered over him. There
was the seat of the Muses., here the site
of the sacred Delphi, and the temple of
Apollo. In these waters had been fought
more than one famous battle. On this
point the Athenians had erected a tro-
ply; that bay had witnessed the ia
nous encounter between the galleys
OF Augustus and those of Antony and
Cleopatra
At last they saw rising from the
southern shore the town of Patras, rem
iniscent, not of classic, but of Venetian
days, when the famous Italian republic
held sway over a large part of modern
Greece.
The town rose picturesquely from
the edge of the gulf. crowned by the
, walls of the old Venetian fortress and
backed by green hills and lofty noun
tain ridges ON which there still lay
thousand feet of snow.
! The steamer entered the harbor TO
take in stores, and the three volunteers,
| with Kalarakis in attendance, landed
to explore the town.
Major Cheriton, who had not yet ven
| tured to formally commit himself as
| volunteer, in view of the disapprobation
of the war Office, now summoned NJ
courage to purchase a weapon. The
! Greek army used the rife which had
formed the equipment of the French
army in the Franco-German war.
These rifles. discarded by the French,
were on sale in every town in Greece
at the ridiculous price of five or ten
shillings apiece Each of the volunteers
equipped himself with one. and bought
a sufficient quantity of ammunition to
last him until fresh supply could be
| obtained.
Soon after they had landed, and while
/ they were sitting at little breakfast in
, the Hotel D'Angleterre, they heard out
side a noise of bands and shouting.
Hastily finishing theii breakfast, they
rushed out into the streets. to find
themselves in the midst of an excited
crowd, carrying banners ana escorting
certain iower-crowned heroes, who
! marched past with stolid tread
graciously acknowledging the plaudits
| of their admirers.
| A glance was sufficient to show that
| they were fellow countrymen. They
! formed. in fact, a new batch OF vol1n-
teers sent out by Mr.. Septimus Calcraft
to join the Foreign Legion.
Vaughan and his friends pushed for
ward through the crowd and exchanged
hearty handshake with the new ar
rivals, who appeared overwhelmed by
the enthusiasm OF their welcome.
/ This was not the only scene that
awaited the party. They learnt that by
the same steamer which had landed the
volunteers there had come band OF
English nurses. despatched BY the
| Princess of -, and as they neared the
railway station. in which train was
about to start. they observed four ladies
attired In official nurses costume wait
| ing to depart for Athens. Three OF these
nurses showed themselves at the win
| dow, and graciously bowed in answer
i TO the cheers Of the crowd. The fourth.
i who had also been looking out as
! Vaughan approached. withdrew sud-
!; denly before he came near enough to
/ distinguish the faces q the ladies.
4 strange Impulse fo which be could
not accoun< impelIed IN = ~ forvnr1