Show fi KI kii T i IR v A marl L EM UL DAY DAf daftary 1 TORY ry AY zy claire wallace iyer arnn HE r rat at a tat of the drums and the dauntless 49 voice of 7 the fife began bega n to awaken the quiet streets early in the morning orning M adam adain koth roth brought to hia his window by the in tall lail of the cifes fifes raised his big eyes to the cloudless blue of the spring sky and then let them shift back uneasily to his shabby room As an the sounds died away adam went and stood beside the bed on it was aid laid tho full uniform of a zouave discolored colored dib with the smoke of many battles ragged and worn with the stress of weary marches near one shoulder a faded stain spoke of a wound received at alexandria adam looked long on this uniform and then brushing away a mist before his eyes he whispered the name dan dan the brave brother who it had ad first donn donned ed them in 61 who had with unabated lore love and energy and pride worn them on every memorial Ale mortal day since the first had gone to the great assembly and only adam waa was aft aud zid adam I 1 there waa was no ito part for him in all these half pleasant half was dead the whole poet post had who then of it near nearly ay a yar ago a s figure was as this silent m springing suddenly from th the e crowd and joining them asked the bean IE an nho ho are you moment before it be e adam wavered a answered the simple aul query ery blotted out his cherished dream P perhaps chaps it would make the continuance ce of his march impossible but finally he turned and answered din dan iloth roth s brother suddenly be he felt the silent enchul en coul argement of a handshake the vet eran meant to be his friend then the co command of forward march camo came to them and they were ott once more this time flashing warm triumph ant into river riverside ilde drive the long march was aa over beside him stood the color bearer holding aloft the tattered glory of the regiment the words of the orator floated on the quivering air and the cannon boomed from the gunboat in the river but all 11 8 sounds no now w seemed to come to adam from a great dia dis tance he lie was vias aflame with the spirit of devotion abo darkened lamp of patriotism had been lighted anew in him arnd in the whole world there was nothing else presa presently antly adams kindling kindlin g eyes fell upon a in man an among the crowd of spectators a man whose haggard face and an d XV 77 1 4 IF IF 11 f IM there goi goes one of those grizzly F fighters ight ers boy boys tad mad reunions these enthusiastic pa rades through the great city these glorious a awakenings aken ings of 0 memories me morlea of deeds well done in the past that was what ate into bis his soul and blotted out the light in his face lie ile had been a coward coward t in those days when the uniform before him haij hail been a bright red and the gun leaning against the foot toot of the bed had sparkled and shone he haj failed to answer the bugle call of tin lis country the sounds in the street below rew grew louder and the sun streamed into the room sending a sudden riot to adams heart the veins in hie his temples throbbed like ceaseless threshing ma chines separating all the chaff of hie his long life of failure and cowardice from this strange burning that sprang up within him that he might once only once go forth in the un form of the country be he loved to mancl march behind the hag flag be had failed to protect pr 0 to be an american soldier tie ile found himself taking off his coat with shaking hands bands and almost be fore he be realized it he wae was hurrying into the uniform lie ile dusted the moth eaten fez and put it on his head the worn tassel fal fel over his e air tr and be he oed it back with a new free fling of his head the mantle ol 01 dan seemed truly too ti have fallen upon him bringing with I 1 if the spirit ot of IGI 61 A man leading two to little boys by the hand pointed him out to the children there goes one ot of those grizzly old fighters boys I 1 tell you they did great work the words reached adam and sent a glearn to his eyes with one great throb ot of his heart adam stepped into the street and wung swung into line the maa man next tu him hini glanced in his direction and his face w whitened dan mu surely old dan roth floth j t twitching body marked him apart rage wild it lid unreasoning rage at fate cried ot from nil all his features with some fascination adam noticed that his eyes were fastened upon the flag or all that was left of it but what a gize g ize ills glance was a menace hia his look burnt with the hatred of ono one whose hand band la Is forever set against the insignia of law and royalty r 0 balty the ceremonies w ere drawing to a close A bugle topped stopped forward fo rard ana played the farat bar of the star span aled banner ban ner from prom his higher place adam saw the man whom he had been watching 9 push hie ills way to the edge of or the crowd directly facing the flag the people were sin glitis cow now the man a e arm shot out something gleamed in the sunshine something sang in th air above the words in fit hall shall wave and an old zouave stumbled and nd fell forward upon the white stones the commander of the post stooped at dolid over the head the fallen man and lifted d his roan man was a stranger him to he lie looked at a zouave near silently standing questioning him sir air lie ile just puttied in front ot of paterson Po terson as that scoundrel fired he lie tried to graap grasp the flag nag sir air I 1 guess be he baw what the fellow aimed at it A ho la Is he bev asked the hat Is be officer and doing here he lie Is of my men not one on he ile was dan aloth a brother have ve all heard of him boy r wag was the that wouldn hohe I 1 join in 61 out but today the old man inan knelt down beside just below the dim adam stain on the der of about dans dan a jacket the stala stain marked which that day at alexandria was as a new freeh fresh there lay beneath it one the heart that ti at was at fit peace by j v U co |