The Days of a Man [1914 



A sugges- At one time the news that some one had waded 

 iive mci- across the Bistritza from the other side set the whole 

 camp in an uproar. The culprit proved to be only a 

 Roumanian (Vlach or Wallachian), whose race is 

 scattered far and wide in Macedonia. He was at once 

 hustled back to Bulgarian soil and the affair thus 

 ended without casualty, though it showed how easily 

 tension might turn into violence. 



Almost up to the end of our stay the General 

 seemed suspicious in regard to Holman's camera, not 

 allowing any photographs to be taken. He now 

 came to me, however, to inquire softly in French if 

 my secretary would be willing to photograph them 

 all. I said he certainly would, and the company was 

 Looking accordingly lined up on the highway. Here Tsanos 

 "pleasant" ^^^ J stood iu ftout, the mcu behind. A Vlach from 

 Raikovska having crowded in among the latter, 

 he was immediately thrown out with a vigor which 

 would have done credit to a football squad. 



For the journey from "Christos Aneste Hellas" to 

 the railway, we had ordered a carriage by telephoning 

 from the camp to the barracks at Demir Hissar. It 

 was very slow in coming, however, and we finally got 

 horses at Raikovska and started to ride down. Jean 

 Our en- Papamilos from West Virginia then volunteered to 

 f^f'^/'-'^ go the whole thirty miles as a guard against brigands, 

 and told the commanding officer that if he might 

 accompany his "American friends," he would at once 

 start back on foot after seeing us safely to our 

 destination. But before we started the General 

 graciously allowed him the privilege of spending the 

 night with the Demir Hissar garrison. 



The Raikovska horses had never seen a carriage, 

 and when ours came in sight, my mount "threw fits." 



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