The black and gold [serial] . began uncovering things in the wagon. At this grand-father quietly pulled an old gun out of the wagon andpointing it at them, said: Hands up, or Ill shoot you both. 22 THE BLACK AND GOLD They were rather taken aback by this; somewhat re-luctantly they raised their hands. Grandfather went on to say that these provisions weregoing to the camp and from there part of them would goto the homes for the deserters wives and in all probabilitypart would go to their wives; and if they had stayed in thearmy the other part would have gone to them. Bill thenmeekly replied that
The black and gold [serial] . began uncovering things in the wagon. At this grand-father quietly pulled an old gun out of the wagon andpointing it at them, said: Hands up, or Ill shoot you both. 22 THE BLACK AND GOLD They were rather taken aback by this; somewhat re-luctantly they raised their hands. Grandfather went on to say that these provisions weregoing to the camp and from there part of them would goto the homes for the deserters wives and in all probabilitypart would go to their wives; and if they had stayed in thearmy the other part would have gone to them. Bill thenmeekly replied that they hadnt had anything to eat forthree days, and if he would give them a days provisions,they would let him alone. Thinking this the best way tosave the load, grandfather did as they requested, and sawthem off, still at the point of his gun. As it was then day-break, he hitched up and started on his way. He reachedthe camp in safety with the provisions about noon. —Margie Hastings, 15. ®tje 2Cu Kinx IClan in (Sermatttott. ERMANTON is a small town between WalnutCove and Rural Hall, but it was even smallerduring the Civil War. When war broke out,| most of the men volunteered to fight; whenthe government called for conscript soldiers,only ten men were left in the town, and they were disabledor too old to serve. These ten men were left to guard thetown, and protect the women and children, who were unableto protect themselves. It was not an easy task as you mayhave supposed, for although the town was very small, theenemy did not think it too small to plunder or add to theirpossessions. The town was also full of negroes, which endangeredit much more, for they were very mean during the Civil THE BLACK AND GOLD 23 War. After the government compelled men to serve, Ger-manton was left to the mercy of the negroes, and they tookadvantage of their opportunity. One night the men were alarmed by a fire in one part oftown. They went to fight the fire, and before it could beput out, anothe
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