Show CHARLEYS riddle atis nuutti to want irmi hi or bonah diu inmei boy be longed young ho w i I 1 is fair in tanned b he old sn his blue es inami out liko vcr lot net 1110 nt n t in the dull dirl ahe sud s ud in amp tint be was a loi aal surely th ann in then w iv like a bun burnt iiren tilled him chailee Chai lei tilled anni ol 01 scones tar adiv auero thoo whom the men loved lied and listened to nd apai 1 whit w is neve told to older lo 10 corn dimois fir soni ehor hn tico and light laugh td these men and maio then confide in iceie was even i kumoi thit kieen ik n i wilo r hum the ind to d L about hii 0 da arl anda s blile CC n oer at little aoah lou aiu a is no lime no place for bi barn men an aired for and e m war it fujs not rt tamp hies in alleg al the giamp tramp of the sentry se ila i ts 1 tall airn nik ficie aie tilba ot loep and bonow aad loas and atje ind told to lidnin lit nin cir blut her ahi ii iet dil a do ahr antul death aduron or soft ot thu afla nil vi arty thoughts ot the sol diers about him olten in tin duk the men re loi eang about the camp and ane stars pc crin faint iv out aboe the vente tents would conia a WAilin cr sound on alio breeza and tre would top in their dicio of caid or their wild mile mi be a litter nd SA charley a addle an did an one loo ajr the bi ht rutht bo se p robed upon a beje or bittina lil on the troung ria thin pieced down and his bo in his hand crap in dolefully out of his shabby violin all the oi old tuna and oine 0 the n w ones m i lo 10 tor the war and even opie lovelorn bitti which had come by ady and into caius so hee he e purple ahmo vs when the ano 01 the all there was d around ho chirped ch arle play the tuot of aap did h p amt pmt ml av ane were baini glaiel and bunt b m careless in tb ciesiel acme filled anh rumors of ar not un if J but api dut Jf aarle had levei bae in an cipiti an tie men taid dont bo anxious bj it HI cone boon enois and it did come boon enough for him lh irlby ciote 0 o hi aunt that camp lie has ut the foi 1 nn oily ri v s so ali alo arll the bosan itkis relative be had in the and anat jhb vis a queer old woman of ill and temper aal that aa angia with him for R wiy aiom hei for or other ho she borto him ib it fas all he loli them and effot a joke up about aunt leila aal often poe 0 her to ch ailcy ind him when the siw him buy to bo sure send much 0 their love to her you don 11 new her said charley ovi wouldn t in ike so liast of it h she bouli take any ot you hand idan doud never know what hurt aou and so he wrote to hor bat charley sf ild well apart of him he loved it he the miserable little tunes hp could la on it he loved to sit down a and at adv lime and strike up one ol 01 those li tie tuns auns aal play binl till it wai a wonder how much andu lane ba not to mention hu man and patience 11 aoud pat his addle almost a hoah it A little chill and blur e boull bis hands swept avei the string and the time on ard ar d n th in chailey s dru tapa his fiddle thoc it up hie ivero pic pra tion for 1 battlo pom on ahe anem wire and charlay WA lul hut quiet lh re was anre t T aftin in camp now and the pic e duty was not sen am more except thai it was men had been picked aff b scout and the ot tie boys looked like death when alwy beard it yet one pl panr cool night while te lon white streeta ot in the moonlight moon liKht and it was not ad for the mer to turn in ahir ie was seen bv busily a leter on his hanf lad charley sandy preen and the boy nodded and I 1 hen tap old man stood there a lon tim and wat clied him he baw the pleasant brown face with abo blue ayi s bent over tho he as a very man mini youa atah red man oter than middio life too an 1 one to whom trouble wis no account it must be surmounted and he stool there in the early moonlight tho boy writing a letter boin old wonna charts looked up when he bid fin issued ho study you then he bettt r an 1 directed it cindy agno it posted for me wila you do it you ve got more than I 1 have so bandy to k the letter and said as he turnce to clorley do 0 know boy that we expect a IRO to morion mori ow yes harlai knew it inu bo was glad he got sin ly to tel him over aarun about lie battles that had been leforc he laih adi bright and chirpy over the sto iii and the old min with hia ano licht in he boys eve and ended by pal tini linn on tho back you it boho us a tune to why knows well give us i bunel tunel so charley bis fiddle and sat down on the side of his drum and danly laid ins on the around head on hand ihen a tune libit and gay went broil the little flaule n 1 the tune w ent on and on till the and piew buh tei and all it anio hind nd bi tt idile us the sons ou lat la t I 1 hero wis a pauses find then quietly plain tieh on ahn pleasant air tho 0 d tune of hoina sweet home toft li and slowly played till crinthe air wit kind annei hibits of the llie bo s held dropped over his addle on bis drum was pieced baid into am head and the tune went on and on and the sparkled the charpel deac fully when all it D ce a bugla sounded ado wa borne td ahem aandy was oil his feet dial ley s di urn was in hii hand and th enemy was upon them ho gin tell of the dread of terille gitlit of that cartie 1 lit into 1 ha b n orrim when innocent daisies were red arid loik t ind be leabes of aers and scorched by powder who cin tell of tho wild faces turned ly up to the sky ala dead hands tho sra ahe torn and soiled clOt bir antt ed with a littan new hole whence life bad tinted ou r lone into the d i it and litre wore no more birds heard ahe white 0 the aira cone and a confuted irin 0 o rie inn ded and all hitler instead and the fidot was ended the enemy had digap paired ind mea were victorious tho hialit they all r aed to have beird too drum ahti seeing young chier le s hi little boch inure in the thickest ot the fight tor there had been sall order it could nolle otherwise othir wise and some of thim said he atti seen wilh a in his hand idalin and lanng brave and soldierly sol dierl and wa a those were not ins di urn tip and somebody elst sounded the oil call as these men stool up to anwer to their name wen anany papa in abc loll 1011 mei mhd andrer to but cri roll call mole the mighty roll of th hist I 1 and when s ri was called there w no re pan t and many eyes 10 other eia in inquiry aj on ll 11 a roll went ani at la binda grean name was called no answer alfain it wai ballel and then sandy liens voice far aviv and hev saw him cammi up the bill cinsley on ax shoulders white afna man ve they did and bandy stood in the milt ot them hn ley wounded by a ball and told how ho had been fourd by olarle On arle when a was il out to make in end of him but that hid Us d used in own bayonet t dreadful and sandy bad att n save 1 gujt str arise tosa the bo had not seemly ti recognize him bandi hid aiken bim on hi shoulders or the bay had faint and white haa cabied his camei but a blank look was alt tbt deply be received douai leys mind had va looker at the men a smile on his lace but an un jeanina look in hi tine ec chiy looked at hm they rook airi by the hand but he aid nothing be no one he surgeon came and shook his head iTi git he said but banay green cried its a lie your birdon tightened 1 or all tant it mada small to I 1 y after daiy diy as this portion of the army made whre they were and prepared prep ired for win ter quarter tor this point must be recai del charley loitered about the hospital not sick linc bat with bis mind cloudel one ot the bov hunted foi hi fiddle but only the frace ments and the st ings were left anc these gheen had taken charge 0 bo lay in his cot for nd he maki boy rford surgeons lne eve it 7 ane to a fie opportunity for experiment and experiment they and still and went I 1 ar p knolmar no one to no one nursing nothing he had be tore known iho men when they met him called out hi Charle yand be ceded to iw ples d at that nothing more often they would look at him of him for you iee they had all ao aked him and band arreen was grieved at though bis manner was as rude as ever ader awhile the surgeons came to a itt ranc conclusion 1 hey said the life of charley from the first on memorable evening that night ho had seen the fight was blank they said was no bridge to connect the time before and the time after that terrible experience 1 I bey cited vast authorities and confused about them ana co far confused bandy green who was about that the inan looked on charley as though bo were a choit one day amdy oreen flenn in big ceet found the letter which charley had written to aunt teddy and had never bien posted and had beeri cati since at of it ho went foi piper ani pencil chit ho tod the boys ho hai n to Cb arlve aunt the from charley s letter aunt coming to camp bo said of trem in remembrance mem brance of their old humor over charleys ChAi leys relative sandy grean has written to her telling her all about the boi j lol A few days after a tall api ration gunt and grim in ray ade its apa rince in the hos pital binfor kin for charley moran and in than an hour it was known all over that 8 aunt conus all who coull sauntered past the window enst to at hr but tiny did adt RO ibue f r hoi tr colok m somewhat and i was where nt once ahe were afraid of her they could faco ano incy but aunt toddi nas more and charley ablio aust went up to the poor lad and took hia face her two bony tondi harle 1 and I 1 e turned his smiling laco her and and did nut know her she it quietly down and rocked no aunt teddy could do nothing fiaher ao abo ilnia wore on and of he boj siaw her titling beside charley holding his hand in heri and looking ceicel about her liko a goneis guard she would not bevc him alir aiom her and he deemed pr p r eltty conten hd beside alfr and when the men saw her silting ther fierce and on holding the boy hand in her own and he smiling and happy looking they felt a lump in their throats thi oats and in a way they re aunt fedir morn if she had cried over him lorin names hr they saw tr enith there lille abir own lor and di you know it ans said sand groin w hinmin hi omin on that dar he ho led u u fast as he in with a white dee and would not go near arr when he aked for the man wh hd witten to bar about ch arle he too was afraid the gaunt grim ai caration pa ration lo 10 the doktors doo tors sh was K little mere and although she told cherti they did not andor tand their bu niesi yet onn of teem llanyd down and ened to shiirley Chi irley s and bera to att it a shake she said don t please 1 I 1 want to holu him to lie sf all I 1 got and the doctor not lit p ff rasping hers wi h x gibat choke in his throat if we could awaken charley to some memory of the pat aid lie doi tor to tier one day it w could bring anu back to the day beffie the fight t he could something be hid known then we might save him per baas am not a rich woman wa the r riv but write this instant to my adgent 0 o sell my bouse and mon e all I 1 have in this world pire to tho man who annga my boy back to mr now all this was duly reported viboit the gimp all ahn and more and it ws told to sandy green among others he shook his hed gruffly but in the middle of the night bandy rose up like one awed and searched sear thed around and lound an old flat cigar bo all tie nest day lo 10 worked at that box worked and fant lookers on away foi tw f spra ed at il un inn third charley wi s to vo anav with his aunt for she had ed to tale him home on this lait sindy green was een lu ikins about the hospital and once when leddy rose and went to see about some final ration foi the d laiture pa iture he darted in caught chirley by the band and limp ing away with him took him to A little luola far off took him to a drum laid sideways on the ground and set ting him tape pilled cal a ciar box shaped rudely like a violin the strings of charleys own ecat instrument stretched upon it then he brought sat dowl cherr and s ailed vaguely up at abo sky janjy drew the bow arross the strings but before he could repeat it a rustling sound was heard and thero was aunt feddy frightened half out of her wits at miss ing charley and she was followed by balfor the bos and the two sawas among chent banda groen raised bia band to warn them ibey stopped motionless then scowl laboriously out on the evenna air came the oil tune of home sweet home rudely and brokenly played bart there it wasl there it paiit ihfe smile on charlys face faded out like the light of the faiuu fa tuu a startled expresion came instead hi leaned forward be listened the boys pressed closer and closer oreen s fingers trembled so that ha hold the upturned eddlo all at once two teara rolled down charleys tace be skirted up looked confusedly ab ut him opened his lips abat fed feddie dhe cried lie was iveda hn aunt was kneel ID at bis fret hugging bis knees crying wildly I 1 he bob stood them A glitter in their eyes unil un il the two doctors went up to sindy green and hook him by the hand for be had done more than they could do and they owned up to it then they all caery man of them went up to sandy green and wrung his hand he let tha fiddle fall to the ground and bis rough face was flooded with tears here somebody lead the to sandy green cried a voice the of char leys aunt for I 1 cant see him am crying GO hard and my arg are clean gone from me and aunt teddy was manned up to him but not before charley had caught both of 8 andya bandi in bu and what did aun teddy do she just threw her annig arnig around bit neck and gave him sounding kiss all the boyston boys too and from a score of came a cry abreo cheers for sandy green and and sho shook hands with them acry one aunt laddy did not have to sell her house as a reward to anybody who could save hei boy box fiddle nay bo often seen there and i often seen by sindy ind and it 13 ahns enad Li urley s fiddle little tim good night mamma mamma wh you auit not 0 o to bed yet not had your acup per little rim oh no I 1 in not KO ing to bad bpd I 1 thought you were play child tins it my mother hubbard |