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It was quite a shock for Ollie to hear that his dad had decided to hock Great Great Granddad’s gold watch.
Captain Howard Miller had received the timepiece directly from President Jefferson Davis for his part in running the blockage and bringing much needed stock to the beleaguered people of Charleston. Such was his keen skill as a pilot, that he has able to almost dance his steamer past the Yankee frigate that tried to block his entry into the harbour.
Yes, the watch was truly an important family heirloom, and a piece of Southern history. It was almost a mockery of the past, that it was a new state tax that was going to force the family to part with the treasured artifact. How could a Southern legislature, mock such heroism, just to raise money? Surely honour and pride were the Carolina way.
But no, sad as it was, Dad undid the lock on the glass case on the mantelpiece and removed the embodiment of history. Soon it would be at the auction house, to be transformed into property tax.
Padre
Saturday Mix – Rhyme Time, 7 March 2020
“‘Rhyme Time’ focuses on the use of rhyme to build your writing piece. You will be given six rhyming words and need to use all of them (but not limited to these) in your response, which should be a poetry form of your choice.”
Our rhyming words this week are:
mockshockstocklockhockblock
Padre's Ramblings 
Interesting story and prompt… liked it very much
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