The Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1919-current, 1922-09-15

DO Il IN ten minutes Astonishing u
this all there was ~ Troy and DID this
little stronghold Withstand a nine
yean siegc and nill remain unc0n.
quered By forcei lmpossiblsi The
whole liill u nium may have been
fortified and 10 some extent populat.
81 otherwise bow was the nrris0n
provislonedi unpcstic details nke
these never troubled Homer. - Wig
bother about them
Unsarthsd b. sehllsmann.
Eyey student knows u the rcnark-
able vork u schliemann IN unear.hinE
these ruins and establishing dleir
identify as those u me yeritabls Troy
of Homer. of the iudefaugabls tcal.
tle determined search Cor ths losnuoa.
The haif.eiiiing consent u the Turkish
government. aud tie financial and
physical obstacles % be- overcome hat
he wurk ana bean AZ last. and the
nri walls % appear beneath the spade
uere strange walls not those d.
scribed by Homer. aud the order vas
81 dis deeper san further ruins q
dts after city weir unearthed. an
humers Troy. ell that Il lcfi o. H.
wus LAID bare
ouly he antiquarian can SO the
siuincancc OF an these things a. be-
scrumbles 40 and down within aud
amcug these disoriercd piles o. what
onoe vas masouy bot even en- unin-
formed tourist can So he di1srcnce
between ne ruhbls sails q q later
date and he uorthisr structures
which provided then
Their are wallis to-. which show TIE
marks q q mighty counarrafioa, and
these % O. oplnei av the sane
whence Aeneas
-pid fFum the flames q rrOy upoa he
shoulder
The Old Anchisss bear"
ou that last terrible nigh, q destruc
iion one insiinciirsly lcoks Cor the
up in the wall through which the
uu,.ion horse vas lntroduccd. but he
iooks IN vain Earthenwarr cstsrus
~ some ~ gallons capacity. Cor hold.
ms 90 ~ wine were built into TIE
walls. while BITS ~ lfidescsnt glass
p'cccs " pottery. cobblesiouss and
ciay Werr filled On aruund them.
Wall o. PHsm suu s,snsa
nut thcrc b. sun lcft ous prsd0us
-bit % HomeFic architccture. n TIE
arCharolosisis arr corrvci. raising ne
cruau as hlgh a. any % TIE walls q
subsequent date. Il h part u a bas
uon facing toward he Hlu ~ nium
and known 81 thc Wall q Puam Il
vas mcant o. stand throughout the
acrs whoever vas o. builder. and
uuc aricuily wishes O. rsc the credit
Coz iis construction % those times Il
ls uohis wau well poiuied. veu
. laid we'll preserved. capable yst u
uiihsianfInr sugh assaults az whea
-Alaa strives some stones vast
ssighi 10 throw
: FrUm iu cUmcf overlooking ths
r.a.n 10 simols an outside stairway
. Icsoeuis toward enc river. possibly q
! later feaiurr Gould Tits have tcsn the
ooucf ~ me vail where stood TIE
scucan Gate whrrv m yensuhls
. rufteF rriam brought the bcauiirl
Hf'rr iu orisr o. stoa hsr ths sne
ni. Der uuu cuuniJmeu and k.ndnct
. an Co., plain hglpa aherc be- pliaici
. QUO tts leaders. uamius then iltlyid.
! ul.tf arI thtfr ID Meueiaus ny
former hushnudr q may veil have
. rstu ttc amc and rouanoc 40 least
, viu have % 81
Scattered about are bits Of .calP
mrod marble. the remains perhaps Of
Roman or AloSandrnc occupatioa GA
lu thc drcaml distance lies rcncios-
sinister r,ucdoA uot discerulble st.
J / crpi iu thc clcarrst weather and By
ihp shorv near where the pardnnsllsl
, . mocts the SEA. whcncc rheiis might
+ No any moment arise Il tumulas
, known al the tomb " Achilles. and
! NEARBY smother the tomb u patfo.
, clus.
The excavations az Troy have ~
,saled that no less than nine LAYERS
, exist upon which 10 various times dur.
, has iho past teo years. human habi.
. ( miions ha,, begu built