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Heroes of the Telegraph
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John Munro
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Bad
weather
coming
on,
they
took
shelter
in
Siphano,
of
which
Jenkin
writes:
'These
isles
of
Greece
are
sad,
interesting
places.
They
are
not
really
barren
all
over,
but
they
are
quite
destitute
of
verdure;
and
tufts
of
thyme,
wild
mastic,
or
mint,
though
they
sound
well,
are
not
nearly
so
pretty
as
grass.
Many
little
churches,
glittering
white,
dot
the
islands;
most
of
them,
I
believe,
abandoned
during
the
whole
year
with
the
exception
of
one
day
sacred
to
their
patron
saint.
The
villages
are
mean;
but
the
inhabitants
do
not
look
wretched,
and
the
men
are
capital
sailors.
There
is
something
in
this
Greek
race
yet;
they
will
become
a
powerful
Levantine
nation
in
the
course
of
time.'
In
1861
Jenkin
left
the
service
of
Newall
&
Co.,
and
entered
into
partnership
with
Mr.
H.
C.
Forde,
who
had
acted
as
engineer
under
the
British
Government
for
the
Malta-Alexandria
cable,
and
was
now
practising
as
a
civil
engineer.
For
several
years
after
this
business
was
bad,
and
with
a
young
family
coming,
it
was
an
anxious
time
for
him;
but
he
seems
to
have
borne
his
troubles
lightly.
Mr.
Stevenson
says
it
was
his
principle
'to
enjoy
each
day's
happiness
as
it
arises,
like
birds
and
children.'
In
1863
his
first
son
was
born,
and
the
family
removed
to
a
cottage
at
Claygate,
near
Esher.
Though
ill
and
poor
at
this
period,
he
kept
up
his
self-confidence.
'The
country,'
he
wrote
to
his
wife,
'will
give
us,
please
God,
health
and
strength.
I
will
love
and
cherish
you
more
than
ever.
You
shall
go
where
you
wish,
you
shall
receive
whom
you
wish,
and
as
for
money,
you
shall
have
that
too.
I
cannot
be
mistaken.
I
have
now
measured
myself
with
many
men.
I
do
not
feel
weak.
I
do
not
feel
that
I
shall
fail.
In
many
things
I
have
succeeded,
and
I
will
in
this....
And
meanwhile,
the
time
of
waiting,
which,
please
Heaven,
shall
not
be
so
long,
shall
also
not
be
so
bitter.
Well,
well,
I
promise
much,
and
do
not
know
at
this
moment
how
you
and
the
dear
child
are.
If
he
is
but
better,
courage,
my
girl,
for
I
see
light.'
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