te = WW AE Lh yj AG Df PALALAZZ! SISNET IMEI NIA NLL VIALE. MLL LLL AP VAL LDLLDLPLDANLDLAIAIAIZE X AY) OAS Entered as second-class matter, September 21, 1911, at the postoffice at Rock Island, Ill., under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879 “a0 x Re) is LLAL ALLL ALDLDLD LLL LL AAA DALLA ALL AAA (LLL ALA LALA AALAND ALD ADLD ALAND LALA TZ oy | | YOY cn = as BO FLAG OF MINE ——— | cc They have sent my flag a-flying to a far off battle line, To the ghastly woods and ridges, to the sodden trench and mine. Not for conquest, but to show To a fierce, vindictive foe That, where liberty is trampled, there my free-born flag must go. TTT ccc ccc ——— ey They have sent my Hag a-sailing on the great roads of the sea, For the highway of the nations it must evermore be free. Lurking, waiting in the deeps, Lo, a venomed reptile creeps, But my flag shall crush and spurn it from the: proud high course she keeps. i an cn ll eens ey AAA l They have sent my flag a-winging till the very cloud- lands hide, | Where the planes, like stormy petrels, on the crest of battles ride, Stripes that burn and stars that shine. O, whatever quest is thine, I will 0 where glow thy colors, flag of mine, dear Hag of mine! cA —Chicago Tribune. TA = 3 || ® | x ppm 1918. Namber 9. SN TTT AAT : / iE & sR (> oma ££ F a , S RO)