. Lest we forget. e schools academies and colleges became hospitals; or stood tenantlesswith broken shutters and doors ajar. That brief, bloody, four years of war, swept away youth andmanhood. The nucleus of an empire, that Xirginia was nursingfor conquest of the industrial realms of the south and west. At the close, when charred walls and fenceless lands failed tomark its pathway,—a riderless horse stood in the stable, or roamedthe pasture field. Or an empty saddle hung on the rafters, or aspur or gauntlet, over the fireplace; reminders of him who liesasleep in the churchyard, or o
. Lest we forget. e schools academies and colleges became hospitals; or stood tenantlesswith broken shutters and doors ajar. That brief, bloody, four years of war, swept away youth andmanhood. The nucleus of an empire, that Xirginia was nursingfor conquest of the industrial realms of the south and west. At the close, when charred walls and fenceless lands failed tomark its pathway,—a riderless horse stood in the stable, or roamedthe pasture field. Or an empty saddle hung on the rafters, or aspur or gauntlet, over the fireplace; reminders of him who liesasleep in the churchyard, or on the field where he fell, or theprison where he died. - ? • - The maimed with crutches, gave further expression to thisvoiceless woe. Little children scarce knew,—for the hand ofsorrow touches them lightly ; but their future was marred, theirmeans of education, of culture, suddenly withdrawn. Many wereorphaned and helpless. The property loss was incalculable andirretrievable. Measureless was the CYCLOPEAN ToWEKS, AUGUSTA iy knfivvn as The Chimneys. Wr Forget 19 THE BELLS OF LONG GLADE The pastor, who on the viUag^e square prayed and exhorted, ashe gave the silken banner to those who went forth to the fray,—many of whom returned only for burial beneath the oaks of thechurchyard,—labored 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 o
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