Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-05-07

1 but as the line swung into the SQua re
there came a moment when the tune
| was ended and the musicians paused
| for breath and there fell comparative
quiet. Among the ranks of the "busi-
ness men" ambled Mr. Wilkerson. sing
| ing at the top Of his voice and now he
/ could be heard distinctly enough for
those near him to distinguish the mel
| ody with which it was his intention to
favor the public:
GLORY. glory. halleluiah!
AS we go marching on"
The words, the air, that husky voice.
recalled to the men of Carlow another
| day and another procession not like this
| one. And the song Wilkerson was
l singing is the one song every northern
| born American knows and can sing
The leader of the band caught the
| sound, signaled to his men. twenty in
| struments rose as one to twenty
| mouths. the snare drum ratified. the big
| drum crashed. the leader threw his
baton high over his head. and music
burst from twenty brazen throats:
GLORY. glory. halleluiah!"
Instantaneously the whole procession
| began to sing the refrain. and the peo-
pie in the street and those in the
| wagons and carriages and those lean
ing from the windows Joined with one
| accord. The ringing bells caught the
| time OF the song, and the upper air
! reverberated in the rhythm.
I The Harkless club of Carlow
| wheeled into Main street. 200 strong.
with their banners and transparencies.
| Lige Willetts rode at their head and
| behind him strobe William Todd and
Parker end Ross Schofield and Newt
Tfbbs and Hartley Bowlder and even
Bud Tipworthy held a place in the
ranks through his connection with the
Herald. They were all singing, and
behind them Helen saw the dag COW
cred barouche and her father, and be-
side him sat John Harkless, with his
| head barred She glanced at Briscoe
He was standing on the seat In front
of her and Minnie and both were sing
ing. Meredith had climbed upon the
back seat and was nervously fumbling
at cigarette. "Sing, Tomw the girl
cried to him excitedly
81 should be ashamed not to-" he
and began to sing John Browns
Body" with all his strength. With that
| she seized his hand, sprang up beside
him, and over the swelling chorus her
full soprano rose, lifted with all the
power in her.
The barouchs rolled into the square,
and as it passed Harkless turned and
bent sudden gaze upon the group in
the blackboard, but the western sun
was in his eyes and he only caught q
glimpse of vague, bright shape and
q dazzle of gold, and he was borne
along and out Of view down the singing
street.
GLORY. glory. halleluiahI
Glory. glory. hslleluiahl
Glory, glory. halleluiahi
AS we go marching on"
The barouche stopped In front Of the
courthouse, and Harkless passed up a
lane they made for him to the steps
When he turned to them to speak, they
began to cheer again, and he had TO
wait for them TO quiet down.
I'VE can't hear him from over here"
| said Briscoe. Were too far OF. Mr..
Meredith. suppose you take the ladies
closer in; I'll stay with the horses"
Hes great man, isn't hep" Mere
dith said to Helen as he handed her
out of the blackboard. 'I've been try
ing to realize that he's the same old
fellow I've been treating so familiarly
| all day long"
Yes. he Is great man." she an
swered. This Is only the beginning"
\ That's true" said Briscoe "Only
wait awhile, and Wen all go on to
Washington and get thrill down our
backs when We hear the speaker say,
The gentleman from Indiana and see
John Harkless rise to speak. But hurry
along. young people"
Crossing the street. they met Miss
Tibbs. She was wiping her streaming
eyes with the back OF her left hand and
still mechanically waving her hand
kerchief with her right Isn't It beau
tiful?" she said, not ceasing to uncon-
sciously futter the little square OF cam
brio. There was such a throng that
l grew faint and had to come away.
don't mind your seeing me cry. Pretty
near everybody cried when he walked
up the steps and we saw that he was
lame"
John Harkless looked down upon the
attentive. earnest faces and into the
kindly eyes Of the Hoosier country peo-'
pie. and as he spoke the thought kept
recurring TO him that this was the place
he had dreaded to come back TO; that
these were the people he had wished to
leave. these who gave him everything
they had to give. and this made IT diff.
cult to keep his tones steady and his
throat clear. Helen stood so far from
the steps (nor could she be induced to
penetrate farther. though they would
have made way for her) that only
fragments reached her, but these she
remembered.
Il have come home. Ordinarily a
man needs to fall sick by the wayside
or to be set upon by thieves in order TO
realize that nine-tenths OF the world is
Samaritan-and the other tenth only
too busy or too ignorant to be- Down
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