"To say nothing of his grit and nerve," chimed in Tom.
""Twas this that did it," added Bert, as he reverently unfolded the faded battle flag that had waved over Perry"s glorious squadron.
"Running with this, I couldn"t lose."
On other fields of struggle and achievement that flag was to be his inspiration. How fully he honored it, how n.o.bly he fought for it, how stainless he kept it will be told in
"BERT WILSON AT PANAMA."
THE END