text: THE GREAT STONE OF SARDIS
  
  BY FRANK R. STOCKTON 
  
  THE GREAT STONE OF SARDIS 
  
  CHAPTER I. THE ARRIVAL OF THE EUTERPE-THALIA 
  
  It was about noon of a day in early summer that a westward-bound Atlantic liner was rapidly nearing the port of New York. Not long before, the old light-house on Montauk Point had been sighted, and the company on board the vessel were animated by the knowledge that in a few hours they would be at the end of their voyage. 
  The vessel now speeding along the southern coast of Long Island was the Euterpe-Thalia, from Southampton. On Wednesday morning she had left her English port, and many of her passengers were naturally anxious to be on shore in time to transact their business on the last day of the week. There were even some who expected to make their return voyage on the Melpomene-Thalia, which would leave New York on the next Monday. 
  The Euterpe-Thalia was one of those combination ocean vessels which had now been in use for nearly ten years, and although the present voyage was not a particularly rapid one, it had been made in a little less than three days.
tokens: THE GREAT STONE OF SARDIS BY FRANK R. STOCKTON THE GREAT STONE OF SARDIS CHAPTER I. THE ARRIVAL OF THE EUTERPE - THALIA It was about noon of a day in early summer that a westward - bound Atlantic liner was rapidly nearing the port of New York . Not long before , the old light - house on Montauk Point had been sighted , and the company on board the vessel were animated by the knowledge that in a few hours they would be at the end of their voyage . The vessel now speeding along the southern coast of Long Island was the Euterpe - Thalia , from Southampton . On Wednesday morning she had left her English port , and many of her passengers were naturally anxious to be on shore in time to transact their business on the last day of the week . There were even some who expected to make their return voyage on the Melpomene - Thalia , which would leave New York on the next Monday . The Euterpe - Thalia was one of those combination ocean vessels which had now been in use for nearly ten years , and although the present voyage was not a particularly rapid one , it had been made in a little less than three days .
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nps.text: CHAPTER I.
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nps.text: THE ARRIVAL
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nps.text: The Euterpe-Thalia
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