Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 651
ming was announced by,the two trumpeters, who were hand-somely dressedin d a r k-b 1 u ecoats, — silver-trimmed, anddecorated withwhite silk frogsand loops,—white breeches,tall, shining top-boots, and whitegauntlet gloves,and they carriedrichly decoratedbugles. Besides these,there werefourteen… … ONE OF THE TRUMPETERS. and they carried javelins about ten feet long.They stood in line, a dignified escort, on eitherside of the carriage when it came to a halt, andpreceded it wherever it went, whether going tothe church, the court-house, the station, or thehotel. The mingling of rich materials…
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