The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-03

titude could align themselves. so the procession could march through, the bands were in sight.
 Virginia had strained even her re" sources to do honor to thas heroic. pa thetic little army that had gathered for it's last rally in the city for which they had gladly shed their blood In those old, old days
 So Virginia heralded their march with her best music, her own sons both veterans and sons of veterans led the way. as if to proclaim 60 the whole world that those who followed were to be honored by all men! When the spruce young soldier boys of the present day had passed, Virginia's grim ranks of war-worn veterans brought forth acclaim from loving friend and friendly former foe. But the libation was saved until the pitifully thin ranks of that once invincible band had reach ed that spot-a very Mecca to them where, calm and serene, on that fateful morning he had gazed forth on the serried ranks of the conquerors, and had said he and his men must live for the South--even as so many had died for it. Here he faced his comrades once more. What if 1t were in cftigy! That bronze figure would surely stir directly and the calm order would come for Stuart or Jackson! And they he knew he could trust themA-they would throw up their old caps. give their old yell and go anywhere he sent them What? Forty years? Lee dead like Jack son and Stuart? The caps were lifted-but-instead of the old past were flowing down those worn old faces, so lovingly. yearningly pathet- ically raised to his. Forty years!
 But there was a silver lining" to their cloud; there was little child to lead them into the pleasant things of the present, and to point them to the future they sang of in "Lorena," around the campfire, when they knew not what the day would bring forth. Up there. up there, 'tis heart to heart" There, right beside their chieftain, seeming to lean upon that great ncart-were the jewels of Richmond. the children in row on row, like pearls and sap phires and rubies! A living Confeder- ate flag! When these loyal old fellows realized what sort of a welcome to Richmond this meant for them, they and those children went wild together! And Richmond and her guests wept for joy! And when ''Dixie' pealed forth from those young threats, singing for the honor of old Dixie. everything went mad with excitement and the sad joy of the past! The children could not sit still. Their movements caused a ripple to run through their semblance of a flag, az the wind had shaken out the folds in the old battle flags. Then the head of the procession swept around the monument of Lee and retraced its steps to where the great yelled statue of J. P. B. Stuart awaited their com ing. How patient was that great null titude. One would complain of the length of the many speeches; another would facetiously reprove him, with & reminder of how steadily he had stood fire in the old days when the bullets
 were whispering" in his earsi Don't mind litle thing like hot air, Jimp' Three hours were indeed short in which to tell the story of such a man as Jeb Stuart A man who fought like a tiger, yet who committed no act of needless cruelty. who matched his wi- ly foes and often outwitted themi A