The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-08-13
THE STORYS Sequel.


"aAfA AN'H NNNNMfANf WV NA ~
party which had gathered benraih the
shade Of n shelterlng maple. IN the
heart of the great silent cemetery Il
was Decoration day that unique les.
uval upon which the nation yearly
honors ia dead defenders. and every
member OF the aoup carried some
wreath or floral token with which 10
decorate the graves Of departed soldier
friends
My dear the story viii keep" an
swcred the person addressed ~
grandfather" tail. grzzied veteran
with medals On his breast; "lct MS iirsi
81 all place our flowers upon the dif-
forent graves. This l. old soldiers sec.
ton Of the cemetery. you know. and
every tomb covers the body OF s0mc
brave fellow Ry the way.
yonder Is q grave without any tomb
sione-not new grave. either ! won
der who he Is that lies bencathT
He pointed toward where. near the
cOnhnc OF the Old soldiers section. an
humble mound of earth marked the
last resting place Of sumc warrior less
fortunate than his fellows.
Come. children" continued Col
Flanders such were his name and
rank, Il have fancy i0 lay au offer
INK on that poor deserted guye.lf any
wrcaths are lelt when we have dec
GRATED the inmhg ui my dear coin
ladies. We mJsl bring them over there
Whp knows bat that some gallant lad
lies beneath that nnmclcss griycE
"liui the stony grandfather. Tell us
the story ns We -p along insisted thr
ilaXen.luclod little woman who had
first spoken.
Col Flanders shrugged bis shout
dcrs. siill broad aad straight o., n
campaigning days H. knew aha, 30
was useless in contend against ibis
iyIant in short dresses and sn. as lhr,
wandered from monument 90 m0nu.
m,nt having here wreath and there
fragrant nos~gay. De- todd tor iAr
twentieth ilmc 'hr tale demanded %
made q pnty picture and Tender
enc wlihal- illg uf the old nghicr sIr-
rounded hy his hOwprlndrn grand
children. recalling times of storm lld
Etnss, whilc hr lovingly dcckrd tIr
guvrsicncs 90 comrades and kn
Many passCrhy stopped 90 look after
the little Procession with >nllrs bright
or wlsiful. ami one spectator especially
slard So hard that De- drcw thc col.
oncl's Kindly cyrs in his direction.
This was lad uf twelve or ihcIcl.
louis. pale and pluchod of face. with
grai dark eyes aud cloihiur that was
even ragged
"rolr hiiir chap. commented the
kindly veteran. "Suc huU OBVIOUSLY
DE- eyes our flowers Perhaps hr ias
got some r'lalhc buried here. Too. !
must ask hint"
rui the boa. as though dlvuius bis
purpose. had turned ard WIS Hlrpaiy
Fastening down Soc gravel walk CO.
Flanders sighed anj conilr1cd lbs
story
. III tgs az ihc ,..ea II Nirh.hufs"
hc said "lud tlir usriiH- was fart AMI
funuus I think ! never. heiuru ur
since. saw VAR Toe 30 ii. terror Or Poe
al It's r,urg as l' ih1i scigr
We had capurcd q Confederate luu
nid held O from ~ o'clock m ibr
morning until O'Clock lu tAr nlIcr
tu0u With shot lll shrll rafting
about us from a dozen different dlrv-
lions A. 4 u'oln.k thr Confederate
came down upon us iu force cur mm
foight like ODE Tiaurh hearts they
we're. hut wc cnuii un nau.m asnin,t
numbers. aud were uuillv. after dies
per .tc struggle. lrlv,n ow II our posi-
lion aud beck iu thc Federal limos %
war uul Whrn Ne rallied with BALI
~ eur men dead or missing that
Dis ovcry Wds made dire hvS uud ttli.
iug % the soldiers car Our colufs
The ilurrd nag which had waved a.i
Gay over thc fOrt-Wcrc m ihr hands
~ the tncmv Nou have Do idea my
dsiis. of thc disgiac brought hy the
boss W his rCe.mruial cnlnrs upul toe
rnldicr Some of our men. Whca thcy
hoaul Zoe news. aciullly sIt down sud
went nkr babies: others went almost
mad aud aauird ta storm the turl then
lud there liut Wiser cumscis prc
vailed. md finally q mau volunteered
to siip bach into ihc font. under cover
81 The darkness. and. u posslhlc, Ic.
cover thc Tag
THAT man WAS You. grandfather.
wasn't lif' asked little ilaNcu.hiir
The colonel nodded his hr1d glyrly
EYES twas !. hr said "Thcrc Wcrr
mauy volunteers hut | was chosen for
The attempt 40 nigmfail accord ugy
! Slipped past unr srnirics. aud. hy
cruuChlug hrhIud iuouuds and even
ctcrplng among dead bodies ou the
battlefield. ! suvi cptlrd Ia passing The
cncmys plcAgts Jnl reaching ihc ditch
below the cscarpmcni of The font llrr
I lay Tor snmv momcn's listening "a
the steady tramp of q sentinel un the
eecarpmcnt above Then. knowing
that auickncss ~ action was every
thing. I clamorcd mp the lans. hand
over hand. aud rolled Into tue fort
Fortunately fell up0u a pile of sack
ing. ~ that my fall did not disturb The
gentry. whose pray-cuatcd back saw
Ia The moonlight ut some distance.
m that uuick hook lruuud I
saw something else us Wen. Our dear
flag had not even been torn from the
siau a. which u WAS nailed. hut suil
IIMNa NANfAN NMM WNNNAH ANNiNN NNNNN"
quarters. no doubt with the Cunfedcr-
ate colors nauhtng above it
II took me lus, q minute 90 dart acruss
the enclosure aui wrench both n1gs-
nur own aud our rnen'yg from the
pole. Then ! sprung behind q broken
gun carriage. Just as ihc sentry turned
aud begun his return beat
II can tell you, my dcars thai your
old randfather's heart huat a tattoo
On his ribs while that sentry wa, pass
lnc. Would he see mry Would be- mo-
ilce the absence of the nugst Fovlu-
natcly he did neither. llr was not "a
Nerg good srntry, that otv, Tor be-
never looked up rs b. paced ALONG the
Csparpmput.
"Whca ! thought | might venture
forth arusc and ran Ia a STOPPING poe
elll0n Tor thr hreasiwarks. My foot
was on the cscapmcni in another mo.
mcnt should have SLID trlumphanily
lntu ilc d;rh. when the scriry urncd.
llnwn I duckcd beyond the friendly
nile Of fgpklur. lint my movements