Some One Asked The Boy If His Father And
Mother Knew Where He Was, And He Replied, With Amusement, That They
Had Run Away And Deserted Him, And That He Had Remained Because He
Wished To See What A Turkish Army Looked Like.
He was a much more
plucky boy than the overrated Casabianca, who may have stood on the
burning deck whence all but him had fled because he could not swim,
and because it was with him a choice of being either burned or
drowned.
This boy stuck to the burning deck when it was possible for
him at any time to have walked away and left it burning. But he
stayed on because he was amused, and because he was able to help the
soldiers from the city in safety across his native heath. He was
much the best part of the show, and one of the bravest Greeks on the
field. He will grow up to be something fine, no doubt, and his
spirit will rebel against having to spend his life watching his
father's sheep. He may even win the race from Marathon.
Another Greek who was a most interesting figure to us was a
Lieutenant Ambroise Frantzis. He was in command of the mountain
battery on the flat, round top of the high hill. On account of its
height the place seemed much nearer to the sun than any other part of
the world, and the heat there was three times as fierce as in the
trenches below.
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