| Show B an old soldier I 1 ft sa s1 pa by ta u f M katherine edelman 3 2 WAS an old man with the HE weight of many years upon his shoulders yet as he walked along the bus busy Y crowded street he held hla his head high and walked as straight and erect as a younger man there was a quiet pride in his bearing that made mada itself feltey all who saw him a sort of inward satisfaction and content that reflected itself in his face mingled with it a look of half wistful sadness was there too but it took a keen observer to see it the little pin that he wore in Us his coat lapel told his story lie he was a soldier of his country but this was not all that he had given his own doing and fighting was as nothing compared to what he had given when his son went to the far off battlefield never 11 As he looked aloft to where old glory fluttered to return but although it had been f hard beyond telling he be had been glad when he watched him go had been proud that another of his race was willing to give his all for his country now he was nearing the end himself soon he would meet with those who had gone before and he was happier than most men in the sunset of life for he felt that he had done his duty and more that he had done it through love As he looked aloft to where old glory fluttered in the breeze the took look of pride upon his face deepened and he whispered softly to himself slay may the little I 1 and mine have done help others to keep you all through the years as bright and shining as you are today as true an emblem of the cause of liberty and freedom as you are ara now 0 1833 1933 western newspaper union |
