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A few near hian to take up the burden of the

song, singing in slow tie; then those further away took it

up; it spread, reached the leaders; they, too, began to sing, taking off

their hats as they joined in; and soon the whole concourse, sole--a thunderous requie lower and the edges of the world were eold while that deep volu of a

stern, savage, just cause--sung, perhaps, as so with Ha walls of a hostile city

It had iron and steel in it Thethe fence heard the dirge rise and grow to its hty fulness, and

they shivered One of them, posted nearest the advance, had his rifle

carefully levelled at Lige Willetts, a fair target in the road When he

heard the singing, he turned to the hed

harshly: "I reckon we'll see a big jae th,

and swelled to power, and rolled and thundered across the plain

"John Brown's body lies a-round,

John Brown's body lies a-round,

John Brown's body lies a- on!

Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!