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AN AMERICAN THERMOPYLÆ.
BY KIRK MUNROE.
"My!" exclaimed Bryce Gordon, with a deep sigh, as he softly closed theGreek history over which he had been intently poring for the lastfifteen minutes, "I want to go and see that place some time."
"What place?" asked his army uncle, Captain Frank Gordon, looking upfrom the evening paper.
"The Pass of Thermopylæ," answered Bryce, who had just been reading ofLeonidas and his wonderful battle with the hosts of Xerxes. "That is thekind of place I want to visit whenever I have a chance to travel," hecontinued, with flashing eyes, "and I should think Greek boys would beawfully proud of it. I only wish we had a Thermopylæ in this country;but there doesn't seem to be any such thing nowadays."
"Doesn't there?" replied his uncle, laying down the paper. "Then I amafraid you are better posted concerning old Gr