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Show MADE THE WORD MEAN MUCH 1 . W' j All the English Pretty Bulgarian Un - m dsrstood was "London," but 8h 'Si Gave If Dacldtd Expression. m It is curious thnt the nnmo Loudon. m l more generally known the- worldr over than tho name England Is. Ia B commercial "circles I'London" stand; for most nrtlcles of Kngllsh miinufue- H ture. In nil the Kust It represents a na I. tlon. Tho author of "Under tho Itcii R Crescent," who was a surgeon of the- l -Turkish nVmy In 1877, found that In.' K the near Kust, no farther away tham ff" Bulgaria, "London" served to Identify- Jc him. It did even moro than that 2 In a conversational way, ns ho tells u " J In his bool(. h My first landlord who wns land- ( lord In name only, for of course, r f never paid him any rent wns a Hul-gnrlnn, Hul-gnrlnn, ho says, nnd Ids daughter was-- one of tho few pretty women thnt T ever saw In Uulgurln. Conversation, with her, however, was restricted by-our by-our Ignorance of each other's Inn-gunge, Inn-gunge, for I knew scarcely nny Uul- gnrlan. and tho only word of English. 5 thnt she could sny was "tondan." i Whenever I saw that girl sho wouh " show her wlilte teeth with a charming- r smile. Hash her big, blnck eyes, runt J with bcnutlful It relevance cjnculutes "London I" i Whether she knew what Lon.dotx' i. I meant I cannot "nyi -but her -limited' ' ' vocnhttlnry expressed moro In Its wur . J Ihnn tho guthfng phrases of mnny tnor- J7f"5j hrllllnnt talkers.; ' j t When sho snld ''Londc'- with ft.; , I bright nlr of welcome and n frank tl 3 smile as I camo homo nt night tired t . ' out with my day's work, I know that .) ho meant "Good evening, doctor I r .5 hope you haven't had very hard dor today; and see, hero is your toast and coffee ready." Wlit-n sho uttered the word with ft backward turn of the bond and with ft pretty glance as she imssed out or T tha door, It wrts very evident that she- I wus really saying: "Good night now. ' 11 I doctor I Pleasant dreams to you, nn . j I hopo a Itusslnn shell won't find you . In tho morning." Youth' Compan- fe Ion. w |
