K.- Over the gently alert erowd assembled
J* taround the platform a gentler quiet settled
j^- sas the minister rose and offered prayer, and,
-afterwards, gave place to the singers. The
.&''(*'-suggestive
**nusic of plaintive voices in
thacegracious, spotone' heart ros in long
I .swells beneath it like the ocean at eventide.
/Th wind that brushed one's cheek was like
V. benediction. i I',.
jjfyi Thon the speaker arose,'
**L\ V' Did not the heart of the war-scarred
V("veterans among them move with alight
j-oigh of pathetic diversionof-tender
diver-ing,
c:**ion"^
that
i
slim,gdapperand
youth, child of
Sentle evenin light spoke out
peace and favorite of fortune, came forward
'iPyt
tJi
-Mt&'4-ln clear, oratorical tones lines of such fine
isontiment, vicarious pathos, inherent pa
4riotism? He to tell of war who had known
HE WATCHED HEB WITH WISTFUL EYES.
