Rete country ” The blood of pilgrim nations r Decoration Day | covere was, on the tery, and the wall rounding it defaced and sunk- stone An oblong supporting two monumental urns, rested in the cen- and It heaped high wreaths and tre, was with soms, the tribute a na honored dead. The insecriy name of ff th erals of Randall, rough coping stone with gl ment she wondered twenty-five she had led would find it. In belief in the ge: Boral eral « one « o the Was wo many years, if 1 been scheme of the universe, refrain some things that she ranged differently ing, in a confronted drawn up ray, and, after her commo herself was ¢ i of life sat i week to think, disastrous sitting straig 1 strands of he fastenings, figure like a her gaze from the gon, and looked ng “Killed, while forlorn charge.” sl I ean unde moment, and blaze of battle: s sn, swift tinction, exul that is a wear ont the comn one’s worst fo self, that is dying by Worse a li p Her iddenly perceived a figu the mound sil It was of an old man, "bent shrunken with but Lucinda ticed the square set of the shoulders, the attempt at earrying them well sot back, and a general air of alert brisk ness, which, to her observant procinimed him to be an from thinking irom thinking t desponden 1 per ht from ne i ng n Rloud. T » heroism of the inches; (path ™ g death. widened eyes as that age, eres, ex-soldier fluttering flags at either end. Wheel- ing sharply, as he reached the spot, he stood erect, and gave a smart military salute, with a precision evidently born of long training; then, stooping, he placed on the grave a small bunch of dandelions that he carried. “The Day We Made That Charge.” Then be turned to Lucinda, smiling cordially. “i reckon you think this kind of i) Sy re ra ’ with a and laying one hand tenderly “but I've saluted the genera! every Memorial vay for twenty years, miss; I've followed him Io many a battle, and I don't forget; and somehow I can't think that the general does, either.” His shining eyes looked across the tablet at the girl. “Maybe be did you a kindness, too, miss? he asked sympathetically. “He did many he sald, Western accent, strange,’ speaking on the stone, = The him, “General Eastwood was my uncle,’ she said, simply. Ihe old girl flashed a pleased look at soldier's face beamed. ‘le, miss?" he I've wondered any a day t to general's kin; ®O lucky enough getting short now given up hope.” He ud impulsively comprehen ght " m the fighting general had had them to endure, have conquered blood.” “Don't the old her downcast face checked | miss?” he sald, “Yes, 1 do” “There are forms of battle general had different even " you believe It, 1 1 ible . i soldier, stoutly, but a s A y. ¥ miss, { intery rogativeiy. she sald, more ‘ no conception. His stirring and each act tion. He stood high is of He had fame. Did he ever | on, stormily was ap men. “what exist, to spend one's life your youth and strength Did be ever sensation of * she said heard my thought of “That's right, too,” sald the soldier, “Why, miss, the day we made that charge at —, it was hotter than blazes, and the general was in the thick of it, and always at the frant, miss, always at the front.” He shook his bony forefinger warningly—"Don’t you forget that. The bullets were flying like hail, and the general was sitting his horse like an iron man, and we were plunging after him, when Dick Fallon's horse was shot under him, and he tumbled on the ground right alongside of the general, Dick expected it to be the last of him, for the cavalry was sweeping solid over the field. Was it? No, indeed! The general just swooped down on him sideways, and lifted him across his saddle bow, and led the charge just the same. Dick never forgot that. I've heard him tell it over and over, and not one of those who saw It ever forgot it, either. Oh, I tell you, miss,” ~the old man chuckled, carried out of days, and becoming loquacious In praise of his hero-—"there never was anything could daunt the old general He had the real blood In him-the fight. ing blood, we called It. Nothing ever beat it yet.” He turned to the girl, his eyes luminous with feeling, and his white hair blowing In the wind. Her gaze was fastened on the vanish. ing line of smoke from an ocean steam. er, and the old soldier looked disap- pointed, “1 think,” Lueinda sald, slowly, her hands unconsciously destroying the daisies that she had, “that there are, perhaps, some things which, If the 3 have whelming ifort » brave old face ; that the gen- slie den queer ie into sympathetic lines at the girl's out- burst, but his faith in his bero was not to be shaken. “No, miss,” he sald, patientiy. “Reg- ging your pardon, for 1 can see that you must have had a hard battle your. say wouldn't have made the general give In." His eyes met hers. “It's harder for a woman,” he sald, gently. The girl's eyes filled at the words, but she kept her head defiantly high, “lI have lost all 1 eared for In the | He met her look directly. “And you his blood, miss!™ reproachfully "the fighting blood The words stirred the girl's senses, like a call to arms. She sprang quickly | to her feet, sweeping her long skirts aside, and drawing her lithe figure to ita full height. “You're right,” she said, abruptly. “The fighting blood does not give In. What Is your name? ‘Macallon? Now Mr. Maecallon, we're ready for the en- jemy. Hurrah for the banner of the She smiled brightiy he said, her changed mood, and catching the spirit of excitement, swung Iinvolfin. tarily around. Together they saluted the grave, the old and the young eyes flashing In unison. The clear note of a departing bugie lent color and reality to the scene. The old man's volce quavered on the alr, “"Tention!” he piped, shrilly. “Eves front! 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