The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-30
On Memorial Day

h'te ola man An oid-fashioned soldiers cap was
perched jauntily on his head and beneath this
fell few scattering locks of gray The aged
s hsa an leaned heavily on his cane Time had
me ears OF the old warrior longer keen.
ana ne did not hear the honk- honk motor be-
nIno NM The touring that swept around the
asn , survs thrust him aside roughly and sud
at the side Of the road % '"' oi''"
o,, WITH barely pereeptibe the great ma
he gray old soldier but Irritating Incident
four not one to an, I ride The ehaut
the face Of victim
Fred corliss in his wheezy little runabout came in
Ezra Ezra Aathsay thin stream rIckiing from his
en rous'd himself ana suddenly made waver-
balanced preoariousy on two totterly and emaciated
legs showed signs OF sudden collapse Coriiss
Why Uncle Ezrai" he exclaimed, what. the
Uncle y, Ezra Hathaway. az he was Familiarity knowa
Who'd a thought" came from the recovering
testify. that I'd lived to come through
one of them pesky benzine buggies''
Young corliss gave relieved laugh with hi. own
ing from slight Gu, in the old mans forehead and
tie machine
, Tn all right. Fred" protested the injured man,
sut Corlss a tall youth with determined eye
Uncle Ezra lived soms miles on, Of censr. On
Memorial day he invariably arrayed himself In
but marched with the comrades Of his post to the
lutte cemetery half mile beyond This the
cult to the old soldier. hut ne acknowledged
himself
You shouldn't do this" demonstrated corliss
have horses and a hug and mo ra1s /. , ~, n,,n
not what they ten years These touring
sense Of hearing Is sonaerfnllz -.-. :.
Huh nn s3ortea Uncle Ezra Il see myself riding
The old mans scanned face strangely pale
it was evident that the accident had Jared him
In the Horton domictie just skiriting the
spell and ai't eramplea against his eompanon VIM
closed ewes and pahd countenance
| This doubly unfortunate.
The Horizons we're the last psope In the world whom
tween vyacious Dolly Horton rred had been
broken of by mutual oonsent-an engagement planned
had felt strange sense OF agsrieyance although.
previous to shis he had believed that his future was
spoiled by this prearranged match.
! No could complain .
This evident she came tripping to the door
in response to Horizons knock.
Her eyes wells of twinkng sunshine. and even
he fhuderea S@nb befoe tss zen
'"You!" she said and the careless laugh in her
Yes II is l." he shortly, hts proud head
ttermtned angle. II not here however. to cali
Uncle Ezra Hathaway has met with an accident and
seems to be seriously hurt--how seriously don't
we're opposite this house and must ask to
for MIN while go for doctor -
the girls face underwent change The ooquetry died
from her eyes 10 give chance to womanly look
Father" she called. suddenly. Come here"
! elderly lesurely ont of the house.
and. in a second, the situation was made clear to
from the runabout and taken into the house From
afar came the stirring rhythm of drum and afe The
to their hero-dead
i On his way to the nearest doctors the brain q
j1pE ia nf rin fhoIg all
Ezra, predies mont, II had suddenly come to him
and with startling emphasis-that this nufry furbe-
lowed girl with the gold In her hair was vitality es-
unto themselves tender light hitherto unassociated
with thoushs Of the maid but his knowsdss ,s Of her
back to him without struggle in n, fa9 he was Was
who had suggested that the lifelong engagement be
broken
. mutton-chop wniekers. steel-bowed glasses and
chin m rsaro the s From an sssn
came onto them the music Of rafssd drams ana the
plantiys minor e OF the hfes' The march to tho
He IS badly shaken up" diagnosed the little doc
tor. He wants rest and quiet otherwise there il
nothing more serious the matter with hm--no frac.
However, he must not be moved for several daya.
eAn. TO thinh. eo,nrained the octogenaran Who
trouble I'm asoin to miss the doins to-day for the
Don't feel bad" seothed Dolly. a tender tn
her voice sho placed a ccol, soft little hand ON
Corlisa gazed at the girl wistfuy Every momeny
il was being brought home to him that he had lost
a jewel.
"Darn such iuckl" grumbled tn. Disseminated unris
Ezra
The eyes of repentant ioNer sped talepathie
message to brain OF the maid and, responding
this Ehe turned her head and looked at him and
blushed.
On the broad veranda the young man was
taking his leave, he suddenly turned to the pretty
girl who had accompanied him.
Must the engagement remain broken ?" he asked
plantively
Why. IL thought you wished IT co." she replied,
eyes cast down, "but IL you don't, why. cf--ot
90 SSna-"
4 To the of tho jubiiant corliss speeding
homeward moments later the stirring
4 notes OF The Girl Lett Behind Me" The veterans
4 were coming back
If sFafters saueAied It would he much
/ more dangerous practice far the public con-
! cerned than II H. The that thieves are sure
/ sooner later TO- fall out IL the salvation 6 ~
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