inondaly funny stary, and asked pormiasion to tall it himself. Soveral timos after that he leaned over and spoko to Montague, who felt a slight twinge of puilt ax he recalled his brother’s eynival advios, “ Cultivate him! The Judgo was go willing to bo cultivated, however, that it BtVe one’s consciconoe ligtle chanoco.
Thoy wont bavk to the tlocting-room again ; chairs wero shifted, and little groups formed, and cigars and pipos hrought out, They moved the preaiouy battlo- flags forward, and somo one produced a hugld and a conplo of drums ; thon the wally of bho place shook, as the whols campany burat forth -—
“Hring tho good ald bugle, hoya! we'll sing anothor nog. Ning it with a spirit dat will start dho world nlong— Bing {bai we wed to aly it, Afty thonaand strong While wo wore marghhiy through Goorgia !
[t was wondorful to witriass tho fervour with which thoy went through this rollioking chant—whoae spirit Wo miss hocauso wo herr it tov atten, Thoy wore not slcitlod ruusioinns—they could ouly sing loud ; but the fra loaped into thoir oyos, and thoy swayed with tho rhythin, and sang ! Montagno found himaolf watching the old blind soldier, whoa sat heating his foot in time, upon his fase tho Inok of ono whe seen Visions.
Aud thon hie noticad another tion, 4 little, red-faced Trishman, one of the dyunmors. ‘Lhe very spirit: of tho dram acomed to have entered into himiuto his duvndy and his foot, his ayes and his head, and hia round little body, Hoe playad a long roll between the verses, and it weomed an if he must surely bo swept ‘vey upon the wings of it. Catohing Montaguo’s oy, ho nodded and snsilod + and after that, overy once in a whilo thoiy eyes would mivot and oxohange a grast- ing. Thay sang “The Loyil Logionor ? and “ ‘Tho
