The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-04

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aain,a IN Ensiand ere the M~ayf7oWers
keel had cut the ocean PLYING "eo:
ward. He told how IN America -
had grown thrice precious 10 Us o"n
ars. for that almost every 1Aiiei =
leader Of the Revolution had slppeu
exhilarating IRON - 80 hon
Gus crystal depths. He told nov
about thi. very board there gathered
around nat bowl, when chance anu
change of war permitted, nNe ola1eei'
Of the revolutionary army, al o. ~
name and blood; General john Ashe,
his son. Captain Samuel Asne, Colonei
John Baptista Ashe, Samuel Asle'
later to be the first governor OF Nortn
Carolina, chosen by the people. ana
C~incinnatus Ashe, q captain OF ma
rines, and besides these five solo1ers
there vas another, a private. otiho
too young to hold q commission, put
not too young to give his life TO MS
country.
.Mistress Ashe," cried Leslie. "F
soldier OF any nation may feel
ored to taste a drauSht from a s-
that SO many brave men nave qC
Now since YOU have 50 amply enter.
tanned YOUR can you not ado
to your hospitality, l pray you, a
Idraught from the Ashe punch bowl:
Triumph at the success OF his fhse
shone on the rudy countenance OF
Tarleton.
Mistress Ashe ordered the brew to
be brought. After the delay neces-
sary to the connecting Of SO ricn d
beverage the bowl was borne into the
dining hall.
The crimson sides Of the bowl
caught the summer sunshine ana
gloWed with deeper rudescence. rag
rance Of roses. spices, vines, Ilieu Tue
hall. On top the softly surglnS, VINE
rich waves floated 4 million rose
ro+a1. Wild rnca
from golden centers.
Mistress Jones, intrepid woman that
she was, trembled where she stood.
She felt that if Tarleton must now
quaff a luck drink to his declared de-
signs from that bowl, destruction in
decd awaited her country and its
leaders.
Mistress Ashe rose from her seat al
the head of the table, General Leslie
and his officer rose with her.
General Leslie" spoke Mistress
Ashe, this bowl is the most precious
possession of my usbano peopie'
Generation after generation have sip
ped the nectar OF this brew there
from. The men who have tasted OF
this f~ragrancy have ever been OF the
brave and brayest. yet were they gen
tie as woman to the weak and the de-
fenseless. To such q one, Genera
Leslie, be he friend or foe. / will Offer
a draught from this bowl"
Whereupon she poured a glass fol
General Leslie. While the Genera
held his glass uplifted, waiting th'
filling Of the glasses, Mistress Asht
turned TO address Tarleton.
Colonel Tarleton,' she said, ="
have heard of your triply strung oath
7 have heard hat you have sworn t.
plant the f1ag of England on the roo
of every American nome, or, failln'
that, on it's ashes I have heard tina
yo, la va sworn To carry our leadp
in chains to the foot Of the throne"
The coloneIs face gloWed wit
fierce anger.
"And I have heard pursued Mis-
tress Ashe. that you have vowed t
take your stirrup cup, ere you rid
he forth on the accomplishments Of thes
ler ~intents, from the Ashe punch BOWL
ke There was a moments silenc'
when Mistress Ashe spake again:
Heaven grant that our leaders /
~ war may become our rulers in peace!
ad Mistress Ashe put her slender hanc
-as about the bowl and lifted it hig
"a above her head.
I'D Colonel Tarleton." she cried daun
'he Lessly, "as now snaps one cord Of 20,
bit triply strung oath, SO may all arrow
ger shiver from the Stacked bow Of tt
~braggart: For never, Colonel Tarl
ed ton, from the Ashe punch bow sha
m cup be offered to the cruel foesma
rs. Of our people."
Of So saying she let fall the precio'
burden from her uplifted hands.
out Drenched with the ruddy dew. n
hair with the rOse Wrea'
ms, that had fallen from the bowl as 81
sly, cast it from her, with red rose peta
> huttering from erect shoulders to his
his arched feet, she made a picture beal
ess tiful, dauntless.
the General leslie dronned his glass !,
line touched m the crimson wreck tn
had Sn11ShnH itC hriiliancv oEar +
wayaned floor IF the hall
'uiu Outside in the brilliant sun Of Ju
eral n,iIl;on roseh1,ds grew for fro
en- h1oom;ro hit navar more would ..