. Sponsor souvenir album : history & reunion (1895) . s and dignity of Lee. He was worthy of you. Butthere were righteous judges in those days, the charges slunk away, ashamed topollute his presence, and his suffering ended. Once more he is the inmate of acountry home, once more blessed by the woman who exalts and who consoles,in the person of his noble wife, in the person of his noble daughter, who hasbecome the daughter of every one of us because she was born in our Confederacyand because she was his daughter, and because she is one of the noblest of allnoble women. There he lived until he w
. Sponsor souvenir album : history & reunion (1895) . s and dignity of Lee. He was worthy of you. Butthere were righteous judges in those days, the charges slunk away, ashamed topollute his presence, and his suffering ended. Once more he is the inmate of acountry home, once more blessed by the woman who exalts and who consoles,in the person of his noble wife, in the person of his noble daughter, who hasbecome the daughter of every one of us because she was born in our Confederacyand because she was his daughter, and because she is one of the noblest of allnoble women. There he lived until he was gathered to our other dead, and wasbrought to be buried on the banks of that river which brought the first of theSaxons to our shore, and murmurs its sweet requiem to one of the best and lastof them. It is his monument that is our monument, whose corner-stone you shalllay in 1896. Will you, can you, refuse? I think not. XH X «o Hi 3 O> >0 o « « « bd o ^ % - si 3> u > x co M > M o o>> H > O o >-3 W w r MO o > >. 54 SPONSOR SOUVENIR ALBUM. INCIDENTS OF SPECIAL INTEREST. RECEPTION AT LIGHT GUARD ARMORY. Miss Winnie Davis attended a reception at the armory of the famousHouston Light Guard, on Wednesday evening, given in her of people gathered in and about the great building, eager tograsp the hand of the daughter of the Confederacy—thousands morethan could get inside the hall. It was calculated that at one time Ave thous-and people were gathered upon the streets outside. Seeing the disap-pointment pictured upon their faces, Colonel Lombard, of New Orleans,a friend of Miss Davis, conducted her to the balcony, where she could atleast be seen by the multitude below. The cheering with which theygreeted her appearance showed the reverent love held by the people of theSouth for the daughter of the man who suffered all for their sake and thesake of principle. After seeing Miss Davis, the outside crowd quickly andquietly dispersed.
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