The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-01
by Ernst VOn WiIdonhu~ch

"!u Out OF the penboy q nanhaIgoA
~ pen IN it. With this he hegan
hrothap 1he rand which held his
the bic fa,, cra1cery so savagel~-Ahat
hna started in to whip his sien9orr
olother. With his head hara and ~
odIhp curls clinging to his nala daii
49, lali, the thin lad sprane at Ione
hnNo IKE a fury, raining blow after
~" upon nm thick and fast. while
lh0 pump BOY. regaining his wind
spfang to his brothers assistance anI
sides. '"oh ana
got the worst of i ana
Grew off. He had enough for the dav
me OLD colonel was delighted. ana.
Sdiihs the tWo Victors to the window.
ne handed out TO the thin boy his glass
OF Wine saying: You are a pluckv
youngsters; there. have a taste Of that
as a The boy took a sin and
instantly passed the goblet on to his
bro'her. The little rascal cried the
colonel, n passed around
my glass of wine without even by Your
leave. Wen, was it good?" And the
boV as he handed back the glass. an
sWered that it was, and that he was
much obliged. Then, lifting his cap
ne and his brother went on their
homeWard way. The cooper was much
scandalized. and aVerred that it was
'A'NI ~ - u We l W tI
TO fight 10 a public place, bat the col
onel answered that there was no harm
Ia IT; that boys must have some lib
erty; that it was both right and heal
thy for boys to pulnmel each other oc-
c~asionally. 1T is in boys Of that kind"
said he, that the real nature is appa-
rent. When they grow up they are all
alike 1t is strange what interesting
studies can be made of boys like
those"
The colonel looked ruefully at his
empty glass and the cooper seemed
suddenly to wake up. "Will the col
Onel nave another g~lass?' HIM
some other kinda kind that you can
not buy by the glass, though-that is
the one I want But the whole bottle
is rather too much for myself" He
looked about the room, and, for the
first time, seemed to notice the law
Yer. The lawyer saw the mute ues
ton in the old soldiers eyes and re-
piled to it with. IF the colonel will
allow me [ should be delighted to
empty a bottle with him" The colonel
bowed md, pointing to a name on the
wine list, said with the air and in the
tone of q field marshal. Fetch me
a bottle of that Then, turning to
the lawyer, TT is a brand, sir, We'll
known to mean excellent brand-it
is called Noble Blood. h old col
Onel turned and gaZed dreamily out
Of the window, looking up to the sky,
in which was reflected the red light of
the sunset. 1t seemed as if he saw
visions of that lost time when he had
been a boy AMI thought Of those who
were young with himvlost form and
faces, lost hopes and feelings scattered
through the dim vista of the years and
now dimly seen in the fading light cf
the dying day.
The bottle of Noble Blood which
the cooper placed before the colonel
and the lawyer was a delicious Bor-
deaux. brown and oily with age-the
"beeswing" floated on the glass When
il was poured out. The lawyer broke
the colonies revere with a relhaik
on the wine. L agree with you, Sir
it is indeed Noble Blood" said he as
he sipped from his glass. The glass
of the old man slowly returned TO ms
guest. TT ic strange said he now
as one grows older, he reVerts so mueh
more to the past-thlnks 50 nt dnaa
more of his earlier days than he does
If those few which are yet permltted
to him to enjoy" The lawyer heio
his neace. for he realized that "heh
men recall the past they become poets,
and poets should not be qaeStIoheu
or interrupted at their "oIh. In
was a long pause, and then the colohei
eaid. "In this life how many dlfieref'
GOVT Of people one gets TO Know
There are some that live on ana ~
ana vet it would have been much oei,
Ter if they had never lived at All Anu
others leave US how much 100 800
1 J y lies a great deal nde that
u I nee enraad out his palm and passed 1t
oVer the table as if it meant to him
the surface Of the earth ana ne va
referring to those who slept IN aeaan
beneath it's sod. Those ooys nrln5
pofore maevery time / see them
pelole ,nction Of my own experience
..+AirO which 1 saw.
The waiter had Withdrawn to ha a a 1nFv
her corner Of h room; and no tn nelo onsy
y with its many pauses, coming d IKE stir hr-
full gusts as the A nlnd this 81 was the story
rec t IId In Berlin. behind the new
a. tn.u there stands a huge
b baiIi which was the old as G puilt
school before the new w. one 1ar was outer
out at Lichterrelde. Inc With nth weeds