Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-09

their mother had done laundry-work at home. that
the children might have bread. Pierre wished he
could earn little money. But people did their own
not let him go away from home. She feared the
crowded busy streets the hqrrying trolley cars the
and milk she did not go TO school. but Pierre was
teaching her to be good AdFGa1 tb s .tfee too
What is that Marie?" cried her brother.
"C'est rhom41e," :. answered the child
'Gest lie mans said Marie laughing
"a "a man with hsg CORRECTED 5 her bTother
carrying proudly bright flag.
See, Pierrep she cried "the red white and blue I!
I shall it from my window hang. Where then is
thinc?"
"The money have not" said Pierre, slowly. Our
money goes to Monsieur the doctor"
Rebecca nodded and passed along. Across the
street Christina and Antonio. banging tiny flags
have one so sHaallr cried Pierre. Marie why can
we not make .GtabTiquer) flag like Rebecca :!
old skirt of scarlet and thy blous of bue?"
Eben Howe, on his way to Mount Hope to deco
rate the graves of some of his comrades, with dc
bed short before the door of the Michauds home
Something draped over it. 1t was fearfully and
wonderfully made. The stripes were of different
widths and very crooked, and of the stars made
of old cotton cloth, were fvepointed and some six.
and they were pasted into an irregular hed OF blue
but Sergeant Howe knew what it Pierre and
Marie sat proudly beneath it, and the gay colors
glowed in the morning
He halted his Iittis squad Atte9toa' Salute he
sauted, a smile single face. Pierre stood up
his face glowing.
90 thank you'll" he said 1--WE made it. the flag;
have not all the put in, there not cloth
are Aefcan ms. Marie and l. but we could buy no
@"fhafs too bad" said the Sergeant, kindly; you
did well to make flag.
What do you with many fags?" asked Pierre.
Eben Howe looked at him in ast9nishment Was
there child in the United States who did not know
the customs of Memorial Day? Then he rerenl-
borcd That's the way VIC keep the day sonny he
answered gently. 1--WE mark all the comrades graves
FORGOTTEN them We're going to Mount Hope now
Want to come along? You carry some of the
flags if you want to-" Pierre needed no second IN
yes. go, Pierre, cried his little sister 81 of the
It was a long walk to Mount Hope, but TO Pierre,
bearing flags. the proud progress vas all toe short
Sergeant Howe sent him With FIVE of the squad across
formed their gracious errand at Mount Hope Pierres
and beautiful white hair thick and curling under the
soft SLOUGH hats, and Henry Owen a Waterman at
t Whom i the Sunday Clothes and the hat with the
cord about it, and the G. A R. button on the blue
The sum shone brightly on the simple crosses above
the quiet seePers and as the old soldiers femoyed
under years storm and sunshine, and placed the
beautiful fresh colors in their stead Pierre telt
and Needed the call of duty in the hour of the
tons need He touched the whte-bearded man gently
Were you with General Washington" he asked.
Nathan Talbot threw back his head with hearty
laugh in which Owen joined but seeing the boys
answered, NO lad. I'm not quite, old enough for
that; I was with General Grant" "And with Gen,
erai Sherman, marching through Georgia" said
canoe for Pierre. The Civil War farther over in
history than Miss Sargents little pupils had studied
and his knowledge of the Father of his Country was
There Nate, 1 guess we've remembered all the
Irish comrades" said Owen as he placed his last
He was fighting next to me at Gettysburg when EN-,
what hurt him"
AN these men are strangers to me- went from
same regiment as Howe We were at Gettysburg too.
There weren't many Irish with us but there was a
there's Revolutionary soldier over in the north
west corner and then we're through Inc laugh
led the ' way ' and Pierre followed slowly Were al
graves of the Irish, then? Were not the French
enough to fight for it, He must ask; DO you have
here French put flags above? Did we never Tor
the county fshta?% he asked t1;.ro around NO YOU
folks want here then; there were Frencn n the
South wss but ggess I'VE ol fo1e9nee
again. No reflected glory shone upon him THIS was
only the Americans country. after all Suddenly HI;
eye caught the name upon the tablet which marked
the restigplace of the solitary soldier of the Revo
luton. "Edouard Fortier was the name on thc shir
ing marble. The blood rushed to~Pierres face, his
H5s ec e M OVEN Gtth he cried orteri he was
French LIKE eQ . pleas Tshd e Te't read Talbot
Torn in Paris, France I75s; died in this city 1875:
A brave soldier of the Count dc Rockingham he WIS
at Yorktown at the surrender of Lord CORVALLIS
"Thcn we 5ecre brave some of French he
a0h ycs; there were French il the Rcvoluto,"
said Telbct. "I-afayettc and the Count here. Ebe1
the War of Independence"