R J Reynolds High School - Black and Gold Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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THE BLACK AND GOLD 29 that the inost stirring ambition of the young 1llEIl1,S life-to do deeds of valor for his country-was denied Karl and the other young inen of the Brethren's House. File by Hle the Red Coats inarehed into Salem. A little past noon, Cornwallis and his staff drove up the cobble- stoned streets, and halting before the quaint. tile-roofed honie of the Single Sisters, they were about to take posses- sion, when in great consternation, Herr Marshall and the head of the church caine tlying across the square. Your Lordshipf' they said in their inost courtly fashion, it will never do, the Single Brethren 's House inust be your headquarters. So to the Single Brethren 's House they departed. Have your best supper served, was Herr Marshall's orders. So to the kitchen, Herr Schmidt, the head of the house, went with a smile on his round face, and began nani- ing to the cook various good things which he thought would please his Lordship. Suddenly he stopped, arrested by the look on the eook's face, a look of unutterable scorn. Ile in- quired what was the inatter. and was told that if anybody thought he was going to cook supper for those Red Coats they were sadly inistaken. He couldn't fight thein, but he certainly wasn't going to cook for thein. lt was in Vain that Herr Schmidt reinonstrated with hiin, inildly at first, but soundly, as the eook reinained stubborn. Finally, in low spirit he sought out Herr Marshall and told hiin the state of affairs. But Herr Marshall received no better results in talking with the cook. so he and Herr Schmidt, after a hur- ried consultation in the hall, decided that some one inust go over to the Sisters, House and see if they would not prepare supper for their distinguished guest. Now of all the girls in the Sisters, House, there were none who could cook so beautifully as Anne Henrietta and Gretchen, so when it was found that supper was to be pre-

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THE BLACK AND GOLD 31 pared in the Sisters' House for Cornwallis, the elderly sister, who had charge of the kitchen, begged that these young girls might assist her in serving a. meal, in keeping with the housewifely reputation of the Moravians. So that was why it was that Karl and Johan. when they came with great hampers to carry the supper across the street, had chance for a word with their beloved play-mates of the old Infant-School days. How fine a thing it is to be a soldierf' said Karl. As if you k11ew anything about it. answered Anne Henrietta, Q-obbling about in the Brethren 's House, for Karl was learning to be a cobbler. If I were a man, said Gretchen, I would go out in the world and do something . The boys determined as they went baek to the Brethren's House to show Anne Henrietta and Gretchen that they could do something. As they were serving the supper to Cornwallis, they overheard some of his plans for out-wit- ting Greene. As if oblivious to the fact that the two boys were in the room, Cornwallis began bragging about a cer- tain trap he had set to catch Greene in. 'tNow is the time. said Karl, as they slipped from the room, to do something for our country. For after all, we are Americans, and though we have not been able to show our love for our country, even now we may prove that we are patriots. They slipped down to the barn to talk over their plans. Several days before this, stragglers from Greene's army had passed through Salem and through them the boys had learned that Greene was making for Guilford Court House. Now at the supper table, Cornwallis had bragged of a certain trap he was setting to prevent Greene from uniting his two forces at Guilford. Ulf we could just get to Greene before Cornwallis can