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

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12 THE BLACK AID GOLD siekeningly in the saddle. hut exerting her Will. straightened up. delivered the paper to the man in charge of the soldiers. and told him the story of the afternoons happenings. Then quite overcome and exhausted. she lurehed forvvard in the saddle and would have fallen had not one of the soldiers leaped forvvard and caught her. The next day Janice yvas taken home, and her parents, after hearing of her adventure. were indeegl proud of her. -Hope E. Briggs. '1-L ,...i...-1. En my Iittlr C9112 Come. come. my little vveary one. And lay your head upon my breast. And before the summer day is done Your tired mind vvill be at rest. Avvalte. axvake. my little rested one, 'Tis time for you to rise. For fully an hour the sun Has been sinking in the skies. -Emily Vaughn. 'l5. V QW

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THE BLACK AND GOLD 11 knew this, but she did not expect anything unusual to hap- pen. The horse was going at a good pace and she was just beginning to feel sure of getting at headquarters be- fore long, when, as she was passing the mill, a figure stepped from the door and commanded, '4Halt! Frightened by his sudden appearance and seeing he was clad in the uniform of a British soldier, Janice gave a sharp cry. She did not obey his command, instead she gave her horse a fierce lash with the whip and leaned for- ward in the saddle. The officer, seeing it was a woman, did not fire, but leaped to the saddle of his horse and was after her like the wind. HGo, Dandy, go, she half sobbed. 4'We haven't much further to go, but we must make it. Though very tired by now, the horse seemed to under- stand and did his best, while Janice urged him on. So pursued and pursuer dashed along, enveloped in a cloud of dust, the latter gradually gaining, the former with fast beating heart, determined to hold out till the last. Knowing that he was steadily gaining on her, the soldier did not fire, because he did not wish to fire on a woman, nor did he wish to cause useless bloodshed, but he had been ordered to halt every one that passed his station at the mill and he certainly intended obeying orders. He was losing patience now, but his British determination urged him to keep on and win, besides, he knew she was going on a mission, obviously of a great importance, judging from her strange behavior. . As Janice dashed over the brow of the hill she suddenly saw advancing toward her, several horsemen in the uniform of the Continental soldiers. Given new strength by sight of them, Janice, though weak and exhausted, urged her horse on and dashed down the hill into their midst. She swayed

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THE BLACK AND GOLD 13 Qlhrintmaa at thr Img human T WAS just two days before Christmas and lfncle Jan and Aunt Nancy sat by the fire in the cabin, talking of the Christmases that were past and the Christmas that was to come. For the first time in their lives they were to spend Christmas away from home. By '4home they meant the big house on the hill, miles and miles away, where for three score years and more they had been, first slaves and then servants, of the Jeffer- son family. Uncle Jan had been the butler and Aunt Nancy the family nurse. She had nursed all HMiss Annie 's chill- uns, and later, after young Marse Robert had brought his charming young wife home, Aunt Nancy had again be- come mistress of the nursery. Marse Robert's only child was little Miss Elizabeth, and being Aunt Nancy 's charge from birth up, she was naturally devoted to her. Things had changed greatly now. During the past year both the dear old Massa and Missus had passed away. After their death Marse Robert had yielded to his wife 's plans to allow Uncle Jan and Aunt Nancy, who were now very old and feeble, to go live with their son Jacob in a nearby negro settlement. 'LI say, Jan, 'twont seem Christmas dis year t'all. Dis am de fust time in all dis nigger's life dat she did'en hope fix fer Christmas et de Big House, en de fust time dat we aint gwine to eat turkey en de sech like in de kitchen of de Big House, Aunt Nancy remarked, gazing wistfully into the fire. I tole ye so, ole womun. I knowed et wuz gwine ter cum. Las' Christmas I stood by en waited on de Massa en de Missus when dey et dere denner. May de good Iiawd