The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-03
oDox, OF MONTGOMERY.

figure that shall grow more luminous in American history as the years go by.
 As the veterans were wearily, y't proudly marching, one old couple that had evidently come from thS far Nir- ginia mountains, for this cle day of their simple lives, stood viewing the moving throng. the old man held a large cotton umbrella over her, while she gently waved a huge turkey-tail fan, in search of some stray coolness in the enveloping heat Suddenly she cried Look there Look theree What has that man gotT' The North Caroli- ma trops were passing and three com rades, marching abreast. were carry ing the very largest hornets nest ever seen by any in that vast crowd. One was as large as dining chair, if one end were brought to point at the top of the back. Those old fellows had been known in the old days as their battle line swung into position, as them North Caliny Hornets" and they had evidently searched their mountain fastnesses for those trophies. Such yells of recognition and appreciation from the same old scared comrades, from Virginia, Georgia. Alabama and old Miss'sip! "Rebels?" Nay! How could one think of 1t! They had tried "the arbitrament of the sword'-that most foolish, glorious and tragical way of settling any question the world has ever tried! They were the pitiful vic- tims of an enthusiasm gone nladl Yet they had paid the full price-"heaped up, pressed down and running over." Yet they had accepted consequences with a dignity that might have taught others a wholesome lesson! Let a tribute be paid to tho brave men who had faced them in the battles front not one has ever failed to do justice to his brave Southern foe!
 Say, Johnny. let's get out of this crowd, they'll never stop talking n I'm tired! Nav Dyer think I fol- lowed Stuart through all these scrim- images. n left my blow back wonder in them mountains to come dewD here to see him. to go way from here till they pull that there rag off? I'm here to stay" Some one, overhearing, made room on the sweet grass of the park and the time worn soldiers thankfully sank off their feet. to await the mo- ment of unveiling.
 The splendid beams of 8 Southern sun fingered as if loath to depart un- til they had added their tribute of glory to the august figure and its occa- sion. As the tiny hand of the great soldiers little granddaughter loosed the cords and gave those waiting vet erans their first glimpse of a face they had treasured in their memories fol more than a lifetime, the children ol The Flag. tho soldiers, the fifes, drums and great military bands burst forth into the grand harmony of Dixie
 Then all sound died away and there was one moment given to silence while those war worn men communed with their leader in spirit. The golden rays streamed over monamont and liv. ing, and the bonnie blue" of the Sou. thern sky bent in benediction abovs them, Leaving the great soldier with Lee, to keep wach over the trusting city. the vast oonoourse took it's way tc Hollywood cemetery-that historic spot where the great tomb of Monroe conseorates the ground. It was Memo rial Day in Virginia, and especially fol Richmond and the Southern States, her guests. To the strains of the old