a wd?) haha wd Fite) ’ aN 4 Oney fred Sweet: | nies nodded in the yard between the sagging and the di lapidated porch. On the porch sat an old man leaning on his cane. Past the boy on roller skates, . With an aerobatic swung through wait prea te nte gate swept a twirl, the walk, hos from tl away he the “You'll be picking the flowers morning,” the thusiasm, be hanging your flag Tomorrow—" . in the boy greeted out on the porch. mused the old man. me march or not,” went on the boy ¥ hot so long.’ He balanced himself on the skates the big house across the street. stop me,” speaking to some far off, these legs of mine— I said last year It was my last. | was all played out before we got to the The boy looked at the old man, his hands on his hips, his élbows crooked. “I think I'll march anyhow.” he con- cluded suddenly, “1 think it must have been great to have been a soldier. You can remember all those battles yon were In and how you marched behind the flag. You can remember what you did for your country.” The old man smiled. “We're old timers now, Tommy-— worn out old timers with nothing much but those memories. And the weaker we get in the flesh and bomes the stronger those old memories come back. Ed Howse, he's 8 worthless old crab In a way, but he wears the little bronze button on the lapel of his coat, and—well, I just can't tell you how I feel toward him. He was with a regi ment way off in another part of the country from me, but I know he went through It, too, or he wouldn't be wearing the liftle bronze button. To morrow he'll de marching up to the cemetery back of the band with the look in his eyes that detles thé world to say he ain't a boy again. He will be a boy again. He'll be back again as , he was when he fought for the flag!” The boy seated himself on the porch steps. “I've studied about it all In school” he puzzled, “but It all seems so long ago. 1 don’t suppose there'll be any more wars” “No,” agreed the old man. we fought to save the Union | guess it finished up things pretty well so far as thiz country Is concerned, And the old fellows are dropping off so fast there won't be any of ‘em to warch out to the cemetery soon. They'll me one so fl ais Ceiwiery. iil be sleeping out there. When you think of "em, yvou'llsonly remember the years when they offered themselves to ig. good cause and you'll for. get the"faults they had” The | t great b ught, | morn. | y's face clouded with th “If I cbme over early in the ing.” he the #1 asked, “will yon let me have § 2 nlw carried up | I'l see that they got you've there yourself? to a flag marked grave “You bet I will," cut ‘em for you in the morning. They bloom this way just for Decora You can’t tell me that they that they're Wers Ive { smiled the old man. tion day, don’t i : know for soldier ! graves” - - Lilacs and and nodded between the sagging gate and | the dilapidated porch. » * ® ® . snowhalls peonies | On the porch nt an old man leaning on his cane, and at 1 gate approached a booyant in a belted coat, tight-fitting “Good morning I” The old man strained his eyes, “Good morning, Tommy. I was look. “You've got out the old flag on the | 1h.” the youth smiled. “You haven't “You'll Be Picking the Flowers in the Morning.” forgotten that it's Decoration day, but I guess I'll have to cut the flowers my- self this morning.” The old man shook his head. “Nope, I'll cut ‘em for you,” he in- sisted. “I've done it these ten years that you've come along. I was just waiting for a little—a little breath. You're getting to be a big fellow, Tom- my.” The youth began to help the old man down the path, “You were wrong about wars being at an end,” he sald finally. “Things are pretty lively in the old country.” “Yes, yes, over there,” admitted the old man. “I don’t know where our | muzzie loaders would come in with | those machine guns and alrplanes and gas. But we're clear on this side of the water. They'll be mighty careful not to tread on our rights. The old flag never touched the ground and the Germans know It. They'll be care. ful not to rile Uncle Sam.™ “1 guess you're right,” the youth re sponded with tightened lips, “They know the old flag'll never touch the ground, or they better know it. You sit down now and take It easy. The pro. cession's almost here, I'll Just follow slong. I'm out of school now, but I'l see that the flowers get where they be long.” 4 * . . * . . Lilacs and snowballs: and peonles nodded in the yard between the sag: ging gate and the dilapidated porch, On the porch sat an wan lenning on his cape. be In & few days flutter from the porch. peculiar sweetness, Heaven would seem pretty close be Des i The morning bres folds of the flag cafise the red, whi 2, kle anew In the The sration day! ze would catch the on the music of the Every The d would grow it had been the chirping in robin virg invaded by the town. The voices of the quartet carried off over the prairie breeze, The children heaping roots and violets above the flag-marked graves, Ed Howse had limped in at the sag address, thelr by the school blood giog gate and Ed pushed back his slouch felt hat and with an effort the old man leaning on his cane, sented * * few days” he panted, try to make the march once more.” The old man on the porch nodded, 5 the speaker says” Ed went on. “1 won't know whether he's talkin’ that fght back or hold Amiens to D- all “The old flag never “I 1 quavered Ed. iy. ground.” . " micer than [ ever see ‘em. The man leaning os the cane cleared his throat. He glanced toward the gate-the gate where “They ain't going to be cut this year,” he said finally. “They know he'll never come after ‘em again. Those lilacs and snowballs and peo- nies have got to carry their fragrance a long way on Decoration day this “Somewhere in France.” year. They know what they've bloomed for every May. 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