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Updated: June 10, 2025
When the traveller will have completed the journey from Tiflis to Vladikavkaz, he will have arrived at the dépôt and point of transit for all goods brought by rail from Russia, and there transferred, for conveyance to the Transcaucasian provinces, to clumsy, unwieldly carts or vans drawn by horses or oxen; those in charge of the caravans never being in a hurry, completely indifferent as to when they start, or when they arrive at their destination, and rejoicing in a lengthened stay at Mlety station, after having accomplished the most tiresome part of the distance the ascent and descent of the pass.
Black figures drift by me, heavy vans clatter, a newspaper rough tears by on a motor bicycle, and presently, on the Albert Embankment, every seat has its one or two outcasts huddled together and slumbering.
I think big people do too. We all papa and mother, and the boys and I, and even Pierson and the other servants got used to feeling something was going to come. We got used to living with people coming to see the house, and every now and then great vans coming from the railway to take away packing-cases, and an always feeling that the day the dreadful day was going to come.
About three o'clock, I, as lookout, descried the big red vans, each drawn by four horses, at the foot of the hill. Now Clovertown is not full of hills, rather it consists of hills. It is not quite as bad as Mt. St. Michel, for that is all one, but Clovertown consists of a series of small Mt. St.
Ashleigh's consent, on the promise to save her all trouble; came back, sent for the landlord, settled the rent, lease, agreement; engaged Forbes' vans to remove the furniture from Kirby Hall; told Forbes to begin with the beds. When her own bed came, which was last night, Anne Ashleigh came too. I have seen her this morning. She likes the place, so does Lilian.
They wear a uniform and helmets, something like those of the firemen, and generally follow close in their wake in their own vans when fires break out. "Mother," said Master William Willders one night to his parent, as he sat at supper which meal consisted of bread and milk; "he's the jolliest old feller, that Mr Tippet, I ever came across."
The officer led them to an enclosed and partially roofed area at the back of the parcels office, where the vans from the shops unloaded their traffic. In a corner under the roof and surrounded by a little knot of men stood a taxi-cab. As Willis and his companions approached, a sergeant of police separated himself from the others and came forward. "We have touched nothing, sir," he announced.
Showmen's vans, with pictures outside of unknown monsters; merry-go-rounds, nut stalls, gingerbread stalls, cheap Jacks, and latterly photographic "studios"; behind all these the alehouse; the beating of drums and the squalling of pigs, the blowing of horns, and the neighing of horses trotted out for show, the roar of a rude crowd these constitute a country fair.
The curious eagles wheel about my path: With sharp and questioning eyes they stare at me, With harsh, impatient screams they menace me, Who, with these vans of cunning workmanship Broad-spread, adventure on their high domain, Now mine, as well. Henceforth, ye clamorous birds, I claim the azure empire of the air!
At daybreak, after a hasty breakfast, the motors and vans and the cavalcade of riders left the Clearwater station for a week and that the last week of their stay up in the lovely canyon Ruth and her two girl chums had found. We might be following the Santa Fe Trail, all so merrily." "Only there were no motor-cars in those old days," remarked Ruth. "Nor portable stoves," put in Helen with a smile.
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