. Lest we forget. bored to give such comfort as he could to strickenhomes, for: Oer every hearth the erstwhile tossing become an emblem of mourners gloom ;The bells were tolled for Bells who fell,lentil they resounded from hill to dell;The clan had answered the beacon call,Rut they had been met with steel and ball;Their tartan plaids were stained with red,And sire and mother wept over the dead. Wf. Forgrt 21 THE FLAG BEARER. The wheels of the mill turned on, hut its ^rindini^- was slow;the oray-haired miller was there, hut his athletic helper wasbearino- other grist: l*or in hi
. Lest we forget. bored to give such comfort as he could to strickenhomes, for: Oer every hearth the erstwhile tossing become an emblem of mourners gloom ;The bells were tolled for Bells who fell,lentil they resounded from hill to dell;The clan had answered the beacon call,Rut they had been met with steel and ball;Their tartan plaids were stained with red,And sire and mother wept over the dead. Wf. Forgrt 21 THE FLAG BEARER. The wheels of the mill turned on, hut its ^rindini^- was slow;the oray-haired miller was there, hut his athletic helper wasbearino- other grist: l*or in his stalwart hands,—a glorious deed,—lie bore the symbol of a Xations pride,-V cross of stars in azure gleaming:.—to lead:For those who saw, gave wild huzza! and cried,A battle cry, and rushed on foe that gleaming- steel or cannons hail,—a stateThv own,—1)rave color guard on southern side;Stitzer, no mailed cuirass could fend their hate;Jlravc t]ag-bearer, thv doom was sealed I)\- the hand of CASILE HILL BLUFF Wi-: F()Rr,;-:T 23 THE BOOMING GUNS OF FIRST MANASSAS It .might be said witli truth that ihe booming- of cannon at thel-irst Manassas, or iUill Run, ann.)unce(l the real war in air currents carried the reverberations to unknown, and atthat time marvelous distances from the field of battle. Sometimesthey came like heart-throbs, yet slower. A hundred miles woiddbt long and almost imbelievablc distance. Vet with ear attuned to catch the sound, it s ;on became familiarand easily recognizetl. Such an assertion is toilay readily ac-cepted. The guns of Manassas were heard far ;ind wide. ( )ver themountain they came, a dull thud as the hoofbcat of a horse onthe metaled turnpike of the Shenandoah Valley, wiiich for ninetymiles from Winchester to Staunton, became the great militaryhighway for the opposing armies. Located nearly in the centre,on the crest of the water shed, and nearly equi-distant from themountains on either side. As a stand
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