Fast That They May Eat

Por a ínonth before Christmas every pions G reek has observed a rigid fust, Baysa traveler, conseqnently the "table," which on that day ia Bpread ín every house, produce.! somethiny; akin to festivity. Jly friends of the evening before begged vno to sit down and partake of the moa] that they liad pvepared. It was somewhat of a struggle to me, 1 must (vu, for I expected it would not be served in very inagniücent style. Still, I was uot prepared for what actually happenod. ün a small round table was placed a perfect mountain of macaroni and cheese - not such cheese .".:; we are aecustomed to put with ours, but coarse sheep's milk cheese, which stung my mouth like Inustard, and left a ptmgent taste therein which tarried there for days. Thru there w ere no platee, noforks, no apeona The master of the house had a knife with which he attacked the dish, and the one which on ordinary occasions feil to the mistress was now kindly ilaced at my disposal. As for the rest of the family, they were an example of the adage that fingers were made before forks. and these fingers grew perceptibly cleaner as the meal progressed. What a meal it was, indeed; as if it were a contest in gastronomic activity. Yet it was pleasant to see the appetite with which great and small entered into the contest and filled their mouths to overflowing with the savory mass. I was left behind in the contest, and had, I fear, to teil inany untruths concerning my appetite and the excellence of the dish, and great was my relief when it was removed and dried fruits and nuts took its place. To drink we had resinated wine - that is to say, wine which had been stored in a keg covered with resin inside, which gives the flavor so much reliühed by the Greeks, but which is almost as unpalatable to an Englishman as beer must be to those who drink it for the first time. The ho wever, had the effect of loosening the tongues of my friends, who had been too busy as yet to talk, and they told me many interesting mas