Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-21

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@3E1s with that immortal argument con-
e1G2hg life beyond the grave. In this
1mall neighborhood, within so brief q
space. had passed the splendid pageant Of
Athenian glory. Themistocles had ruled
and conquered; Pericles had built and
ruled: Aeschylus had brought his chorus
On the consecrated stage to chant in sonor
GUS numbers the Persians' overthrow;
Sophocles had sung in those ecstatic
S-r6pnes the praises Of the white Colonus
and the Attic land; Euripides had struck
the tender note of human passion; and
A~ristophanes had awoke the wild spirit of
Bacchic revelry. Here Plato and Aristotle
had met, n given rival laws to the world
{ thought for ever: Thucydides had
penned his splendid chronicle, and Demos
themes had moved the people with the
magic Of his imprisoned zones. All these
were the spirits of which lowered above
the shadowy city; and, by their silent in
carnations, seemed to summon her people
to renew the greatness of the past. The
centuries rolled by and disappeared; the
wrecks of Grecian liberty, submerged so
long, lifted their heads once more above
the flood of Dangerous conquest, a new
Ci1 oika q <AtlICi9 CPl dl6 uP ~
confront the Oriental and proclaim the
liberty of the Greek race.
He returned to the hotel. Upon the ter
race he oun a crowd of men brought
thither by the blast OF the war trumpet.
There were bronzed wal correspondents,
lingering one night on their way to the
front, and telling anecdotes as they sat
over their coffee of adventures in China,
and in Canada, in the Soudan, or the Tar
tar deserts. There were mysterious Greek
politicians, wrapped up in their intrigues
against the government which were going
on beneath the surface. There also were
certain persons rumored to be royal spies,
for 1t was said that not a volunteer came
to Greece but some emissary was told off
to watch him, int sound his intentions in
the not improbable event Of the spectre
of revolution raising its head.
Vaughan went to bed. He had lain
down, but sleep had not yet overtaken him
when he was reused soon after midnight
by a knock at the door. He sprang from
the bed and bade the knocker enter. The
door opened and Theodore Kalarakis came
in pale and breathless.
IA telegram has just arrived" he said.
''Three thousand men of the Ethnike lave
crossed the frontier and invaded Turkey,
and at last we are at war"
Weir" said Vaughan, gazing curiously
into his companions face.
What are you going to do?" the other
asked him. Shall you join the Legion.
or hall you go to the front?'
Vaughan hesitated.
'sWhv do Won ash? '' he said.
Because 1 am ready to go with you if
you need my assistance Kalarakis re-
Piled. an the Legion. of course, you
would have no difficulty; but If you should
think of going Onward by yourself, you
VIII find yourself badly in need of some
one to interpret for you among the people
of the country.
The offer sounded friendly. 1t was one
it was difficult to decline.
II am obliged to you.' Vaughan said,
after a moments thought. Perhaps you
will let me consult Major Cheriton, who is
going with me, and then 1 lave no doubt
we shall be glad to avail ourselves of your
offer"
Kalarakis appeared satisfied. He went
away and left Vaughan to sleep as best he
under the influence of the exciting
intelligence.
The next day there came a lull. The
that the Andartes, as they were call
is to say, the Irregulars-had
the frontier was confirmed; but, to
everyoness surprise, the government still.
hung fire. and failed to follow up this
movement by a bold declaration.
What was going to happen? Would the
Turkish troops close around the invading
force and capture them; or would they be
destroyed to the last man; or would they
overpowered by numbers and driven
back into Greek territory?
These were some of the questions that
were being asked in the streets and cafes.
Curiously enough, there was another
open to the Turks, and which had
yet occurred to any of them.
Vaughan took the first opportunity of
consulting Cheriton as to the offer of Kali
The Major, who had no reason to be
prejudiced against Vaughan's rival, saw
but good in the suggestion, and
Smith, as soon as he heard of it, was
ready to accept.
BY this time, whatever were the inten-
ions Smith had come with, he found him.
self too far committed to the character of
q warlike hero to contemplate returning
before the war. Vaughan continued to
believe the youth had no serious intention
Of fighting when he set out from London;
he was not even sure now as to what
would be his conduct If war were actually
declared; but, at all events, he expressed
as ready to go to the front. One
question only remained to be decided:
Which of the two frontiers-the west or
he east-should they repair to? Little did
Vaughan know how much turned upon the
At the very moment that they were hes
Itating between Volo on the Macedonian
and Arta on that of Epirus, a
train was leaving London for Dover. bear
ng with it one whom Vaughan had little
to behold a~gain-under different
skies and IN strange surroundings.
The deciding words were spoken by The
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