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Page' Eight The L'nknown Soldier (C(wtmue'o /'-0111 ('1g;: Sri''''') dan;:-crou~lr near his hrl(f\. I tore myself a w a), promising him that I'd come to see him at the first-aid-tem after we'd taken the town.\ He s w allo w ed a lump that seemed to r ise in his throat. nnd then w ent on. \It w as a w hole week before I could get leave. I wcnt to the first-aid-hospita l and w alked Oetw~n the rows of w ounded, but Georg i e w as not there:' Charlie turned his face a w av as a tear traced a path down his cheek: Then he rurne<! back and continued. \I w ent w ith a heavy heart to the fi e ld w he r e the dead ha d been buried, but his n a m e appea r ed on no w ooden c r os~ f t his I w as ce r - ta in . for I spent t he w hole day there, cove r i n g t he fielel three times . The r e w ere a few mounds that bore 110 identifi- cation . These harbored bodies that had been mutila t ed beyond re(Qgmt1on . Either Geor~e i~ alive. or he Iie~ there in foreign soil. an unknown soldie r .\ And they waited ior George to come. ior he had endeared himself to the whole family. But the months passed, and all the soldier~ had returned . and still George came not. Fi n n!!y t hey g n ve up hope. Then in Wash i ngton on the third a n11i\'er\'1.ry of the signing of the Armis - tice a !!reat crowd w as gathered to,t::etht'r. Heroes from all o\'er the wo r ld had come there for a great celebration. Silence prevailed and head~ were bared as the long procession marched slowly by. The h • .'\1\d played \Our Honored Dead .\ The khaki-dad ann)' saluted. Washing- ton was paying' homage to ih l..'nknown Soldier. Heralded by mo t orcycle polic~. mount- ed officer~, and the solemn btat of tilt muffled drums of the great amI\' hand. the procession passed slow l y by. ESCOrted by soldiers and s.1ilo r s. the funeral car finally came along.-a caisson drawn by six black horse5 . Then came soldiers in khaki. and ci\'iliaus-the highe~t in the l and-darl in black. But down illS. ahead of them .... '35 a solid mass of while. the w hite of the sailors' hats. \ nd in the m iddle of the flag-draped ca~ket was ('I1e gorgcom houquet of white chrysan- th e mu ms, Slowly the cortege w ound its way up the hill to _\rlington cemeterv. Tears blurred the eyes of Charlie Clayton as he m.1. r ched along some di~tance behind the caisson. It was not until tb.11 mom- in!.:' that he knew. But 110W he knew with certain t y he was following Georgie up tb.1l hill p:t~t the White House. 011 and on. even to Ihe t op, Other~ might not know whom they were honoring . but the spi r i t of the l..'nknown So l dirT had w hispered his secret to his olel p.al. THE GLE:\XER \t I~H they lll<fl rea,·hl.\ll _\r1in~n, Taps ann{lunc~ a perk ... 1 oi sile!lce and fervent praytr. Then l':lme the ~peech oi the pre;;idcllt and the be,tOwal of \'ari- O\I~ medals hy mini'lI:r~ from Bc1,!:'illm. Great B r itain. Frann·. /{uull1ania. Polnnd, Czecho-~Io\'akia. al1(l Cuba. How after ro\',' of medals was !linn.!d to the casket. Then the body was lowered into the w hite marble sarcophat!I1' ancl the crowd slowly and re\'erentlv withdrew, T w o gu a rds alolLe remained. one with tears in his eves and a hca\'cnlv ~mile on his lips. Visitors throughout the day re- marked that one of the guards looked a>' though he had seen a vision. or knew the ~ecret of the Unknown Soldier, Littlr did t hey realize how true their remark harl been, And people who are fre<ll1ently found paying: homa,ge at the tomh of the Un- kno w n Soldier IUl\'e often remarked th.at (Ii the perpetual g\lard kept on duty there, one smiling face is ,~n 1I10~t often. '\1. B. T. '19, N • .;. c. P en Po i nts Ha~I1't October heen a beautiful month? + + + Xazareth seem~ III hale heen rushed religiously, studiously. and socially dur- ing' the last 30 days. + + + Three meab nnd a little pettin,g can make el'en a hlack and gra\ kitten ~leek and purring, if administered' in the prnper quantiti6, hn't it ~,,~ .!, .:. ... We won't ';'enti;m ~I«tion in this column. hut we do hope \·ou didn't bet hea\·ily . :\'evcrthtles~. 'our \Happy \\'arrior\ is ~till our hero. + + + By the way. it you tl'cr wnnt s~gges tions for a \'er~' ~p()l)k~' Hallowe'en party. try the Seniors. 'I'he Snphs say they know all about il. J arn e!:> Passero GE~~RAL CONTRACTOR El m wood A\'enue Phone, Monroe 36 7 8 M o onlight walked out onte b~' moon l ight, I wandere<l wide and iar. '-lLW a wondrous lo\'ely sight . \ lone bright t w inkling star . The moon was shy and laughing. She wore a golden gown. The baby leaves were sighing. And a hreeze cam e tumbling dOWll, wal\(ed Ollt once by moon l ight, I went a lonely way, lost my pride, my foolis h mi ght, .\nd found a je w elled d a y . R . -Y f. l~. '3 2. Frank H. Dennis Stores In cor p o rate d C A:\'DY ).1a i n 506 152 St a te St . Z E R O ZONE LIFE-TI M E REFRIG E RAT I O N l nstllllcd i n N azareth Co llege b y Huber Electric Co. 6S So u th A ve nu e R oc heste r 's Mos t Modern DAIRY KUNZER - ELLINWOOD , Inc. 1 2 3 Ba r berr y Terrace Phon e , Stone 293 8 DWY ER ELE C T R IC C O. , Inc . Wish to A n no unc e T he Open i ng o f a R eta il E l ectrical Store at 2 1 3 Monroe A v e n u e m co n nect i on wit h thei r E l e ct rical Contrac t in g Bus i n es s at 2 1 Griffith Street P ho ne , Stone 554 8