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. XXXV. NO. 22.
CHICAGO, ILL. , SATURDAY,
JUNE 1, 1907.
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By '1‘. C.
With crutch by chair the veteran sits alone by open doo
He hears the ii
ves or hero:-5 true who o
whom he fought in regions far away,
uezora Columbia sunctmed her arm Memorial Day.
No longer does he guide the ‘Blow, us once with steady hand
lite. its triumphs and its tears. ‘
mrades brave lmd true,
Secure from battle‘: rude alarms, immortal in their blue.
again? what if
VV'hat it his eyes grow moist his hair is white?
2 light;
He 1 s as you as h n he rched so nobly to ill
The story that his crutches tell is hlazanel an t a a
where pen has wr en or r most he
Again he guards the silent cnmn beside the lovely rill.
The echoes of the bugle’: blast are there to thrill his soul.
e . , ears the drums’ long roll.
ooks uvim the slowly movlnlr line:
no quick recalls the hosts that Xought beneath the ghostly pines;
The grayhehrds limp arlown the street behind Old Glory fair,
I the country: e in gay s tire are there,
old and STIHI. his heart is tar law:-IY
‘Mid scenes that Memory fondly links to this Memorial Day.
"Thank God!" he rrlrs, "I see the flag beneath Whose (Girls I Stood
went screaming mm‘ the wood;
ountry 'neath the stars,
It floats betore a woliderlmz‘ world and on
Where our united country broke tore’er the pow'r of Spam.
"I cannot mar:-h, but still YYIY heart 506! with ‘the boys" today a
ter ix-her Y comrades esp the wreaths ot rose and spray,
11 tile?!) beneath the pines upon the hillside tall‘,
Where not 3 battle sh d lo stir the summer air;
In glory‘s blvouiac (0 rest until the Grand Re
Wh A n who fought in gray will march beside the blue-
Where all the chi, old comrades on the grand, eternal plain,
Will greet their old commanders true and elbows much again."
The ranks have vanished down the street, the veteran hows his head
And breathes IL prnyor (or those who share the hlvounc ol the dead‘
He seems to sea the II ‘
bmeze beyond his open door;
wh e hr hmrs the sounds or music far away
And gives his benediction on the land’: Memorial Day.
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