hought of them tenderly; he
murmured the closing words of the "Charge," and by them he meant the men
who had stood outside his window and cheered:

"When can their glory fade?
O th' wild charge they made!
All th' world wonder'd.
Honour th' charge they made!
Honour th' Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred!"

An hour afterward they came in together, his four Thorndyke soldiers, in
their uniforms--all but Uncle Arthur, who, because he was a clergyman,
and had had to make a speech, had felt obliged to put on a frock coat.

"Here's the fellow who's been worrying over his Memorial Day address!"
cried Uncle Stephen proudly.

"It was a rousing good one," declared Stuart.

"Never heard a better," agreed Uncle Chester. "He's gone 'half a league
onward,' if the rest of us have stood still."

Uncle Arthur came round, his face rather red, and sat down beside David.

"Don't you believe them, Major," he said softly. "I could have done it
much better if I could have worn my corporal's uniform."

THE END

A COURT OF INQUIRY

BY GRACE S. RICHMOND.

This is a charming story of a group of girl and men friends and the
effect of their pairing off upon the narrator and her "Philosopher."
Althea, Azalea, Camellia, Dahlia, Hepatica--and their several
entanglements with the Promoter, the Cashier, the Skeptic, the Judge and
the Professor, form an admirable background of diverse personalities
against which grows the main love story. One sees these charming groups
through the eyes of the one who tells the tale--and very shrewd and
delightful eyes they are, seeing life in its true perspective with much
real philosophy and true feeling. Mrs. Richmond has never written
anything more fresh and human and entertaining.

ALSO BY THE SAME AUTHOR:

Red Pepper Burns.
Mrs. Red Pepper.
The Indifference of Juliet.
Round the Corner in Gay Street.
With Juliet in England.
Strawberry Acres.
The Second Violin.

A. L. BURT COMPANY

Publishers,--New York

[Transcriber's notes:

"Where-ever" on page 78 has been changed to "Wherever" to be consistent
with the spelling in the rest of the text.

"everbody" on page 96 has been changed to "everybody".]

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