He was not one to sentimentalize, but the sight of the defiant flag, the most beautiful in all the world, stirred him in every fiber.

It was the flag under which both his father and Colonel Talbot had fought.
"It has to be, Harry," said St.Clair, who was watching him closely.
"If it comes to a crisis we must fire upon it.

If we don't, the South will be enslaved and black ignorance and savagery will be enthroned upon our necks." "I suppose so," said Harry.

"But look how the people gather!" The Battery and all the harbor were now lined with the men, women and children of Charleston.

Harry saw soldiers moving about Sumter, but no demonstration of any kind occurred there.