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The noisy twittering of multitudes of ubiquitous sparrows, equally at home in Doric temples as amongst the sooty chimney stacks of London; the twinklings and rustlings of the lizards in the young leaves and grass; the polyglot babble of excursionists from Naples or La Cava that a warm day in Spring invariably attracts to Paestum:—these are not sounds that blend well with the solemn spirit of the place.
But the next year the cakes bore a rude effigy of Lion's Head, and she said that one of her boys had cut the stamp out with his knife; she now charged five cents a cake for the sugar, but her manner remained the same. It did not change when the excursionists drove away, and the deep silence native to the place fell after their chatter.
The mob merely helped to swell the host of thieves, cutthroats and pickpockets with which the region is infested. The trains which had passed us, going from Johnstown to Pittsburgh looked as if they might be made up of joyous excursionists.
The first fall of Napoleon had thrown the continent open to English excursionists, anxious, let us suppose, to improve their minds by foreign travel; and I the slight check of the "hundred days" removed, by the genius of Wellington, on the field of Waterloo was now added to the philosophic throng.
This supplementary program also instructed the excursionists to provide themselves with light musical instruments for amusement in the ship, with saddles for Syrian travel, green spectacles and umbrellas, veils for Egypt, and substantial clothing to use in rough pilgrimizing in the Holy Land.
He hauled up alongside and the excursionists begged him to go ashore and visit their city. He was feeling sore and declined the kind invitation; other boats came up until he was surrounded.
The reception at Memphis was in accordance with the enthusiasm of the excursionists and Paul resumed the voyage Monday afternoon with the well wishes of the populace. That night another terrific storm almost overwhelmed him. Huge trees were borne to the earth on either side of him as though they were reeds. Rain turned to hail and the river was whitened by the icy stones.
"Is that Miss Stanhope?" shouted a strange man, who seemed to be the sole occupant of the craft. "Yes, I am Dora Stanhope," answered the girl. "Dick Rover sent me over from the other side of the lake. He told me if I saw you to take you over to Nelson Point." Nelson Point was a grove situated directly opposite Cedarville. It was a place much used by excursionists and picnic parties.
The following, printed on Red Cards, was issued throughout London and many of the larger towns: "Card of Membership. "A select party of English Excursionists intend to visit South Italy. The Excursionists will be furnished with means of self-defence, and, with a view of recognizing each other, will be attired in a picturesque and uniform costume.
To the coming and going of the friars, too, the village people have become well used, and the infrequent excursionists, for lack of intelligence and of any knowledge that would refer to history, look at them without obtrusive curiosity. It was only from a Salvation Army girl that you heard the brutal word of contempt.
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