Show Z C ia A 0 1 V 4 Z J C I 1 I 1 0 o ea dp mi ill rattle of drums and shriek of fifes cifes the procession swept up the hill passed into the cemetery mid arid halted in the central plaza not for from the soldiers monument which was the pride of howelton at the word of coni com annd the various arlous squads squad tiled filed off to right and left to decorate the flag marked graves and ranks were broken and parade w was as dismissed to await their return captain graham marshal of the da turned to to the gentleman riding at his hi side and 1 I suppose we might as well dismount general and stretch our legs I 1 dont know how it la is with you but im free to confess that I 1 dout ride as 99 easily nowadays lib as I 1 used to when we wont went scampering up and down dixie at the baeli of dilill sheridan im afraid that I 1 must make tile the smile confess confession bm graham returned the other n till of middle age although with gray gra hair against whose mat coat was pinned loosely till nil empty sleeve beg M ddn caan said tile the cemetery caret nIcer alivin fit at tills this instant but I 1 wish out oud step this way a minute theres mathill sa thill under kinder cerui gol fiol on lest jest the ho other ide of the hie hedge it it little burus cu rus perhaps hut but it was certainly more than a little pathetic just a tiny flag stuck in ili the round ground with n rude wreath of wua flowers beside it and a small alt with a army musket over ills shoulder doing sentry duty before it ten prices paces forward wheel nebout fact ten stops steps hack back up and down lie he went ji q regularly as an a pendulum and with siu li intentness illint he balled to note ow faces watching him through tile hie hedge hii t tile the whispered word ord of baul 1 I wonder he thinks think lies hes doing lih 1114 arid ho he fileni fared about quI quietly ekly and recognizing lle file military rank of ills aili his to the piment arl ent in the most ninetter of fact any ijunior iT unior ing hn his fil fillacy licy tile the two gravely returned tin the sni salute lite 1 I sep that lint you ou are on nn special nde julij tile he aln I clint Is our det dethill nill irn im deer radii find anil guarling the he arrive nf ghinter IIi Th inter corn com inlay ingv n B our ono dred and sev av ith cai now new yolk volunteers 11 anns ill hp reply the general started annl seemed phout about to lint but thought hofter of it 11 II 11 ml I 1 mid graham I binter I 1 IIi inter ter I 1 I 1 bought I 1 knew every avei burled bulled in this Irle terY hut but hints it now new to nit nip sure sun boll ll 11 nindo rii nili a are you thit ills ill body it fo dipre oil no ill ir and there heie ans 11 v very ry jiller iiller of lilt alio ln ali lip llis this no sar lie he aint burled buried liere here you see sir he he was my father ther air anil lie was mils killed in ili the war mill arid nobody knows where he was burled anil and and I 1 bear to think that there lie be any lowers flowers on ills grave gime nud that nobody would remember 11 idin and so so no I 1 thought that id just make believe lie was waa burled buried here belilah tills this hedge out of 0 sight of everybody over yonder and 1 I 1 I thought that if I 1 put a ling hag up tip for him and sonic some flowers flow era by the side of it knebbe debbe held hed know it somehow 0 IV and would be glad that he vil mit a altogether forgotten lor gotten there there aint no hurin harm in it Is there sir they they aliey wont think im makin fun nor not liln will they sir and in ili earnestness of appeal the boyish hands were thrust out and the clumsy old musket fell cluttering clattering to the grou ground noi something seemed to be the mat matter ter with captain grahams thront throat making speech difficult for a moment and before lie he could answer general generah bower s stepped forward and said ans your fathers name calvin bunter sir or sergeant corn anny n B one hundred and eighty sev anth regiment new york volunteers do you know where lie he was killed not exactly sir but somewhere in the Will wilderness erness the paper said that t it a regular battle but just a little skirmish like captain Capt graham said the general if you please id like to have a little talk with this boy suppose you KO go back anck to the rest ind and leave roe me here form your line when you ou tire are ready and move on up to the monument ell t ill be there in time tor for my part oi of the program I 1 they were wondering what aliat hall had become of lie hie orator of the tiny abt was the lie ra matter titter 1 lind anything latip bened was lie sick it lind been a great card for Ilo Hot tolton welton to capture for memorial day orator n man in so great demand ns as general bowers once governor oi 01 tile lie state and now congressman gress nian from the thirteenth district were they to be sifter ill nil no there he cames and holding fust first iris his hand Is a lad to the lie older people but quickly identified hv the numerous hos boys present hiim nt as the tild mil conic to live tit nt nl ben martins on they canie camp together the lie ill assorted pair tind in anted ahe platform the seeing to it chilt a sat s at was provided for ills young voting coin coal danlon i then he li MIS ready for 10 ills speech probably no one who heard it II will ever forget it lt it ihmie haq as the poin erlia nion mon of the nr the he man who lin in the lie binks arid did tire ho and for there wais MIS little reward dennl of rowe or of nt gian varv cry ten enderly lie spoke of 0 the hp nien who li nover cime brick who lie bere the alipy fell whose resting pences no one linas on whose graves tic flirten ire re hilo tn ili loving losing rein embra lice shrill we think today of our own lead only he asked Is this it time of werely merely personal person nl and selfish eions should not our memorial take wider sweep I 1 wish that on oil every ever memorial lay hereafter when en each ch nag fing marked grave in this cemetery re le calves its token a wreath might he be lilt lold nt at the lie foot of tills this beautiful roon moll aliment in grateful thought of tile un known bend scattered throughout tile the southland shall it lie so will you sou make tills this a part of your memorial ob servi inces all those in favor ay ayel aye suns rung oll out t post commander gray cray tind aye rang in a mighty shout from the milli multitude 1 I thank you on friends friend q general bowers tr s said aid in behalf of those who can call not speak their thanks themselves now just one story you know that we old soldiers tire arc great on spinning stories of the war one jay day in ili the wilderness ram laign a captain arid and it a detail of a sergeant er rind and twenty men on special out lilt post duty ran upon a large force of if the enemy several of the he men were hit but stumbled on all but tile the cup call tsan who fell severely wounded see ng this the sergeant turned brick back in ili the faco face of if almost certain death took the insensible officer on lilg ills shoulders and staggered forward only to fill fall himself shot rough Ili the lilt lend hend just as a party of our men dashed up to the rescue it was ns a incident of the war and attracted no attention when the captain came out of the hospital wl weeks eka after no one could tell him whore the serg sergeant erint was burled buried ali and to tills this lay day that captain has been unable to fand any ally trace of the man to whom lie owes his life or of tiny any of ills his family though lie he has done ills best to tills this tiny day I 1 say A little while ago my attention was called to a singularly beautiful and pathetic scene over yonder render behind that hedge out of sight of the lie gathered people this boy was standing guard over a lag flag and a bunch of wild flowers his offering to ills his soldier fathers memory questions brought out his story men and women of howelton you ou ane lust just promised that hereafter you will remember in your gift of lovers flowers the men who sleep in unknown giavis we will begin today see here are two wrent wrentha hs somewhere in the wilderness Wildern esq of virginia lies iles the body of calvin call in hunter sergeant B one fl hundred undred and eighty sevenah regiment new york volunteers we hurry hunter ills his only son tin and jasper rowers bowers er 14 who eliose re life he lay these wreaths in ili ills his memory at the foot of yonder monument 1 rung out captain arn hams brinis common command sharp ebarp and clear find and tit at the word woid every man sprang to ill hi place soldiers present prinst all uncover and with baled heeds and in tb rillIng till and breathless silence the areat stood and watched the eminent man find the unknown boy down from th taj platform und rev evently lay the flowers tit nt the birse base of the monument on oil the top of which a carved soldier stood with will face ever turned toward the southland |