The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-04-28
voice, and pointing toward tho Stars and

voice, and pointing toward the Stars and
Stripes, he demanded,
"'IVho hoisted that rebel nagP'
Mrs. Day stopped sweeping and confront
ing the rude inquirer with scornful frown.
said in firm voice, made more vehement by
her indignation,
a" 1T is not rebel flag, sir, but the hag offs
free people. Who are you?
"'Pul! down that 1agp roared the red
faced Briton in rage, 'or you'll 6nd out 10
your cost who am
"'Who are you9' again inquired Mrs.
Day.
"'I'm his Maiesty's provost marshal,
charged not to allow rebel flag TO hy in
this town before noou to-day. Pull down
that fagp
"'I will not do it, said Mrs. Day firmly,
keeping her eyes fixed on the glowing face
Of the aRgy officer. 4 raised that flag with
my own hands. II the king himself stood
where YOU do and commanded me TO pull
it down, wouldn't do IT, ..5 i.
'Hurrahr shouted man from an upper
window Of her house. ~
You cursed rebel In petticoatsp ex,
claimed the officer. III you were not q
woman I'd hang you on the spot. That
rebel rag shall come DOWN. 80 -
"'He seized the halliards, when Mrs.
Day sprang forward like roused tigeress,
and with her broom struck the intruder
upon the head with heavy and rapid blows.
His hat went off at the frst blow, and she
made the powdoe fly from his wig. l saw
1t glisten in the sunlight like l.ttle spray.
A brutal nature is always cowardly one.
As the man in the window shouted 'hunahpl
Justify, and the woman's weapon was not
at rest moment, the burly Briton, no
doubt believing that prudence 10 the better
part of yslor, released his hold of the hal
lizards, ,snatched up his hat from the ground,
and moved off as rapidly as be came, mutt
lering curses. Mrs. Day was left the vail
ant mistress of ber castle and her banner
waving in triumph. capped my little
hands as loudly as l could, as Mrs. Day
started for her house, a victor in the last
battle OF the Revolution. At her door she
turned and dropped curtesy." ''-''' hq 's'
DO you know who her antagonist wasp 3
1 inquired. falie '2Hl
"The man who saw the whole affair from
the window told my father that be vas
Bill Cunningham, The Infamous proyost-
marshal, who treated the American
prisoners in New York so cruelty, selling
the rations that were provided for them,
putting the money In his own Yocket and
allowing them 20 starye to death. 1t 10
said that when he was on scaffold, in
England, and about 10 be hung for some
crime. lie was filled with remorse, and con-
essed to the attending priest that he had
thus murdered fuly'two thousand Amerio
can prisoners at New York. IVhen my
father came home At sunset he was in high
spirits. lie had seen the last British
transport sail out upon the ocean, never to
return. The British, TO avoid seeing their
dag hauled down from the staff at Fort
George on the Battery, had nailed IL fast
and slushed the pole, that 1t might not be
climbed. But 1t was climbed by brave
youth, who nailed elects on the flagstaff a.
ne assembled 1t, SO forming ladder. He
tore down the British flag and put the
Stars and Stripes in lis place while some
Of the British ships weIe yet within the
Narrows. When he heard the story Of
Mrs. Days victory and that saw the
light, he said, 'Aleck, never forget IT, I
never have forgotten it." M
BENSON J. LOSING, Ii. D.