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They had a very handsome uniform, and there had been no uncertainty or

dispute about it Blue, with orange tri voice Blue had been for centuries the colour of

opposition to tyranny The Scotch Covenanters chose it because the Lord

ordered the children of Israel to wear a ribbon of blue that they ht

"look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do

them; and seek not after their own heart and their own eyes, and be holy

unto their God" (Nue in Holland,

the Covenanters carried their sacred colour; and the Dutch Calvinists

soon blended the blue of their faith with the orange of their

patriotisle, blue became the typical

colour of freedoe for their uniform, they selected the colours which had already

been famous on many a battle-field of freedoi, with a cluster of twelve blue stars above the word liberty It

was Lysbet's hands that gave it to them They stood in a body around the

open door of the Van Heemskirk house; and the pretty old lady kissed it,

and handed it et eyes to the colour-sergeant Katherine stood by

Lysbet's side They were both dressed as for a festival, and their faces

were full of tender love and lofty enthusiasm To Joris and his men they

represented the womanhood dear to each individual heart Lysbet's white

hair and white cap and pale-tinted face was "the mother's face;" and

Katherine, in her brilliant beauty, her s jewels, was the lovely substitute forlady-love But feords were said Lysbet and

Katherine could but stand and gaze as heads were bared, and the orange