The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1902-07-03

] There, there, Lousy MAY. Don
you mind that impudcnt little sass,
box! You sing our song now. Come
grandpa will start yc oil on ~"
The old man picked up the iar which
she had let fail 60 the platform, and
| holding its Etau In one hand while his
other arm WIS round Louisa Mays
waist, he began 80 sinR In a thin, way.
criug, but not unmuslcal voice:
''oh say. eau you sec. by tho Gawr'a carly
light,
what so proudly we hailed at the ,wl.
lights last ElramirE
I whose broad Etriups and hflEb. stars.
through thr Ter.ious fEhi.
| O''r ihs rnmrtrtb We watched. were a.
gaiIaruy streaming
lie stopped at the end Of these linea
and said gently So Louisa May:
"Come, now honry, ynu sing too"
She had taken her hands from her
| face, and ~ she looked into the sym.
pathetic faces 81 the people before
I her, she felt her courage rise. When
the old man began to sing the next
| lines Louisa Mays voice, clear and
steady aud sweet, rose high above his
own:
"And the rockets REQ glare. the bomb,
bursting 90 air
Gave proof through the night that our dag
was Etill there.
/ Oh s"y. does that star'Bpanglcd banner set
wave
Ger the land ui the free aud the homo o{
the bravcg'
Something Of the lofty spirit II
the grand old song suddenly filed
Louisa Mays heart, and made her
forget her wounded feelings. Her
grandfather held the Tag go that
itS folds were falling about her,
and her eyes were shining and her
face was smiling rs she began
The second sian2a in O voice without the
least quaver. The old man did not siug
nos. lie stood beside her with one
arm still around her, and nodded time
with his sno~y herd and gently waved
the flag above the singer.
When Louisa Mays voice died away
after the last lines, the applause was
deafcning. While Il was still at It's
height, her grandfather stepped Go the
edge Of the platform. holding the flag
aloft When he could be heard he
called out shrilly:
Everybody join me In singing the
last two lines! Come, now, every bn5y
siuRl"
''And the siar-spangied banner In triumph
shall wave
Der the land Of the free and the home Of the
brave"
The woods and the hills rang with
the melody; they rang sgain with the
shouts Of the people when the lines
had been sung not only once, but three
times.
The governor himself congratulated
Louisa May, and handing her the bean.
iifnl little silk flag he had been holding
In his hand be said:
"Let me give you this to remember
me by"
Louisa May thought that she could
never be any happier than she was
during the rest Of that day. but she felt
much the same way three days later
when, ON coming home from the straw
berry patch, she found Grandpa Hat
field waiting for her 10 ihs hall. lie
flung open the parlor door behind him
as he kissed her. and Louisa saw In s
corner Of the room a beautiful shin
Ing new plano.
"Why, grandpair she exclaimed, aud
flung her arms around his neck, half
Laughing and half-erying. His dim eyes
had a strange light IN them. and hiss
voice was not yery steady az he said;
II tell ye. Lonlsy. don't know when
I have heard angthing that took Eneh
bold Of me as the way you sung that
grand old star -Spanglsd Banner /
want II TO be the first song you sing
90 your new pisno. IN play Il and well
sing A. together
A few moments later q passsr-by
sinsd up bis horse In froHs Of the house
10 listen to tbs fresh ycang vnEce and
the old ard ausverinx one siugsng to-
gelAsx;