The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-07-05

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IL assns tia, ss cart be bilnd 10 the
Sorrows snd sadness a ether lires, little
one They rise up aud conironi ns vheis
ever We 90. Very liteiy se stall never
tpow snylhlng more shout Abasr Pe,tis
than ws kaov nos, ha, this glimpse Of his
hi.iory 10 enough 10 eouvinee ms there
N ust have been . rsssou sby they laid
him ia ihi, lovely spot. Add an surs Il
vas by cor oss desirs. Dear. yen cant
s,udss IL TO him.
! dent know, sre urosd Mrs. Llnnard
slosly. IL seems 10 ne coward Isl pref
ly poor specimen Of humanity. Asd 10
have /, on bis tombstone, tool
Tue evil tbst nen do lives after then:
The good is Oft inferred wilh tber bonss.
aoied the professor We are ignorant OF
the Circumstances. Perhaps 10 his place
you aud would hsvs been towards too.
Youi She broke into soft. incrsd uious
isushtsr. His msulinessssnd courage bad
aIFthitu W ltf sbnfe tvNiyt"bb sto''
They were the very foundations OF her
love for him. You run from sn enemyY
Sometimes the coward stays end fights,
the brave man walAs away, answered Len
psra, fixing long gazs on the misty hills.
But not in battle, Roberi she protested.
That is only 10 . moral scrap.
The moral scraps sre the mighty battles
OF the world. sweetheart, and they srs be
ing fought sll about us every day. unseen.
uuhesrd. Their victims fall by thousands.
Even those who come out OF thsm bear
scars they carry TO their graves
He spoke very earnestly, and Cynthia,
wondering in her turn, went on With en-
eryg;
Well. Abner Pettis may have been that
sort OF coward. don't believe IL.
though. He was = soldier in the army,
mark my words, did something TO be
ashamed Of. and his family would not have
him put in the lot with those whose name
be had dissrscsd. Let MS ask some one
in the yiIlsge about it, Robert. II am
right, then you surely cannot object to
having this removed.
The professor drew a deep breath and
buried his face 10 handful ofthe fragrant
clover that he had been pulling absent
while be talked. Then he
shook his head, and round bis mouth |
crept thu determined expression that she {
had cause to know 20 we'll. When she
saw that, she realized that she had run up J
,gsinet an iron will, rigid, inheIible, not 7
10 bent by love or broken by time
No, he said. | have made up my mind
hst we will not ask any one iu the village 9
Lei the dead pact bury its dead. Many O
nan is bonofed by bis fellows as hero o
v bo is a coward st heart, and there may 3
% some towards who would wear the d
,roudest laurels and cit on ths thrones il %
be true story Of their lives was known. .
So there's no credit 10 facing q can 3n's q
nouth' said Cynthia ssrcssticslly. 4
Credit, yes. II takes brave spirit to Y
aarch into the Jaws OF death. into the "
Mouth OF bell. but that's only for one mad, n
1cited day, when one may be swept along 81
" torrent aud have no chance to choose b
eliberstely whst be shall or shall not do.
Isn't you see. Cynthia, what q finer, "
ober kind Of courage it is that turns
way day after day from fierce tempta o,
ions, not even yielding to the satisfaction q,
I fighting them, cure as one may be OF Il
oming of couqusror 10 the end' b,
She scrambled to her feet. b,
Are you going to be quixotic Robert' in
be asked, brushing back her ruff ed curls in
nd locking particularly young and girlish IL
, she stood before him. You can't forbid al
e to ask questions, and when learn the "
I'M snce OF Abner Aettis, aged 20, which is HI
ire to be quie com monplsce. you'll have o,
hear il. Hsrkl Is that music2 OF
The eounds OF iie and drum we're blown m
Istinctly to their ears from the winding m
,ad, OF which they could catch elimpses "a
sre and there through the trees below. m
Oh, yeti she pursued. 1t lie Memorial ra
". The procession must be going to w
10 cemetery. II eouhds ss il 1t we're in
,ry nesf. e1
She rsn 10 the brow OF the knoll and ne
sepei again. ST.
Robert, they are turning down our lsnel NJ
hat does II mesn2 m,
She looked over her shoulder at him,
excitement. her lovely face flashed, her -
,lden hair flying 10 the breeze.
Lennard rose mp and saw that che WAS fe,
II mistaken. Louder add louder grew in
e music. The stars and stripes Cleaned srj
nong the boushs, advancing steadily IN,
ward them and presently out into fuli an
sw across The meadows s'fsgg'ei see
,sll, scattering company Of soldiers ct il
nded by swsrms Of children and idlers. tn
They ara coming bsrel cried Cynthis. On
Then . sudden illumination s,s
lrst upon her VII
Robert /, is Abnsr Psttisl Bat IL he es
10 q coward why do they decorate his va
svef liy
The professor made no reply, bat drew fsl
Z b.ek where they we're screened from let
ssrvation by the huge mossy Trunks OF sol
Q sluas, aud the busile and stir OF the oll
nis,urs procession sscsndsd tho slope. ths
usine With . shriIl flourish Of busles yol
out the solitary grave a hollow sqnsre me
g formed. The officsrs stspped iorwsrd
a dropped ssrlsnd after garland Of cal
lite and purple lil.cs over the long
esn moaud. One elder than the rect 10 az,