uous, terrible fire they slowly, sullenly, recrossed the
plain,--all that was left of them, but few of five thousand.

[Illustration: Position of troops at time of attack on left centre on
3rd day of battle of Gettysburg.]

Thus ended the greatest charge known to modern warfare. Made in a
most unequal manner against a great army and amidst the most terrific
cannonade known in wars, and yet so perfect was the discipline, so
audacious the valor that had this handful of Virginians been properly
supported they would perhaps have rendered the Federal position
untenable, and possibly have established the Southern Confederacy.
While other battle-fields are upturned by the plough and covered with
waving grain, Cemetery Ridge will forever proudly uphold its monuments
telling of glory both to the Blue and the Gray, and our children's
children while standing upon its crest will rehearse again of Pickett's
wonderful charge.

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THE PATRIOT, SAMUEL ADAMS.

BY EDWARD P. GUILD.

[Illustration: SAMUEL ADAMS. FROM COPLEY'S PAINTING.[1]]

Three years ago the old State House in Boston was restored to its
original architectural appearance. After having fallen a prey to the
ruthless hand of commerce, been surmounted with a "Mansard roof,"
disfigured by a legion of business signs, made a hitching place for
scores of telegraph wires, and lastly been threatened with entire
demolition by the ever arrogant spirit of "business enterprise"; the
sentiment of patriotic veneration asserted itself and came to the
rescue. With an appropriation of $35,000 from the city, work was begun
in the fall of 1881, and by the following July the ancient building had
been restored to almost exactly its appearance in the last century. As
the Old State House now stands, it is identical with the Town House
which Boston first used for its town meeting May 13, 1713. This was nine
years before the birth of the man destined to become the foremost
character in the Boston town meeting of the eighteenth century--Samuel
Adams. Probably no other man who ever lived has been so identified with
the history of the Old State House as was he. The town meetings were
held in Faneuil Hall after 1742, but through the stormy years when the
Assembly met in the old building, Samuel Adams was in constant
attendance as clerk. His desk, on which he wrote the first sentences
ever ventured for American independence, and by which he arose, a