| Show VETERANS TRIBUTE TO LEE moat most impressive scene of the civil war wae was that after surrender of appomattox men X en who saw the defeated general when he came forth from the chamber where he had signed the articles ol 01 capitulation say that bw paused a moment as his eyes rested once more on ahe he virginia hills emote hie his hand hands together as though in some excess ol 01 inward agony then mounted hia his gray horse traveler and rode calmly away it that wa was the very gethsemane Oetha emano of 0 hia his trials yet be must have bad then one moment of supreme preme eu it ch chust istenes ened joy af As he rode quietly down the lane leading loading from the scene of capitulation he passed into view of his men of ot euch such as remained of them the news of the surrender had got abroad and they were waiting grief icken and dejected upon the hillsides hill sides when they caught sight of their commander on ov the gray horse then ensued one of the most notable scenes of the histon of the war in an instant they wen werl about him bareheaded with tearea tear wet eyes thronging him kissing bis hand hind bis his boote boots his saddle weeping cheer ing him amid their tears shouting hia his name to the very skies lie ile said men fen we have fought through tho the war together I 1 have done my beat best for you in my y heart Is in too full to say more from I 1 robert E lee the southerner by thomas nelson page pu published bUshed by y scribner s |
