uv ther
soldiers, 'nd how ther hull town turned out 'nd yelled 'nd yelled 'nd
sung ther Marseilles, 'nd yet ther scars and humilitation uv ther mighty
defeat war still fresh upon them. They'r ez hopeful ez ther Irish, same
time they is a great deal closer traders. Ther stranger pays fur eny bow
they make, for any smile they give. Still, they is country-loving; every
one uv 'em 'r ready ter die fur ther beautiful France, 'nd ther women ez
jest ez'thuseastic ez ther men. If I war young 'nd cud round up
ther language a little, I'd camp heah fur six months."

"The place is worth a longer visit," said Sedgwick, "just to study its
past, to go over the spots made sacred in history, to study the
monuments, to visit galleries; to dream of all the events which
transpired to round the present city into form; to trace the city's
career through wars, revolutions, uprisings, victories and defeats; to
learn the processes, and count the throes which were necessary before the
manhood of the people asserted its superiority over the manhood of kings.

"Think! It is but sixty years since the great Corsican led his army out
of here to his last campaign. One can picture him now in thought, moving
up this very street, the old familiar sovereign face, eyes straining
towards the star that even then had become a fallen star, his ears
thrilled with the plaudits of shouting armies and shouting people, his
soul imperturbable in its dream of conquest. Then the man was everything,
the people nothing; now the people are everything, the man--he is asleep
and his heart is not colder in the grave than it was in life."

CHAPTER XVII.

ON THEIR TRAVELS.

But at last the hour for leaving came, and Sedgwick and Jordan took
the train and proceeded without delay to Marseilles, where one of the
steamers of the French Imperial Messenger Line was about to sail for
Port Said. They at once secured transportation, went on board, and a
few hours later the ship proceeded to sea. The weather was fair on the
Mediterranean, and putting aside any personal sorrows, Jordan exerted
himself to be cheerful for Sedgwick's sake.

"This are ther water on which men fust learned ter be sailors, arn't it,
Jim?" he asked. "I mean whar they fust got inter ther notion of venturin'
out whar ther old shore-shaker could git a good hold on 'em?"

"Yes," replied Sedgwick. "This and the Red Sea. The Egyptians, the
Carthagenians, the Phoenicians, the Syrians, the Greeks, the R