Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1912 — Heroism. [ARTICLE]

Heroism.

Who bears the standard Into thickest :• fight, : fe - 2. .■, • 7“ \: : Through rain of shot and shell moves ever on, Nor lets It waver in defence of right, Nor turns it back before the field is won, - . He has the meed of praise In shouts the people raise When he returns with spoils of victory. In age-outlasting words The sculptured stone records Deeds of a strong right arm and a dauntless bravery. Vftio wears a glad and happy look the ■ -i while ■ -y.r ; : Y / His frame Is racked by torturing dlsr. ease. .Who greets hiß days of anguish with a smile. His nights of pain as cheerfully as these, He is the hero grand To those who understand How brave it hr in silence and alone, With not a comrade near. With not a rallying cheer. To fix all trust in powers that are not of one’s own.- “