The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-09-05
! EVANSVILLE, IND, SATURDAY MORNING,

hospital at Lake Providence. He was
also our second cousin on mothers side /.
l went to the hospital and staid two
weeks nursing him till he died Then I
took boat to go to Cairo, in order to go
to New York, and from thence by ship
to New Orleans, but on the way, not
getting my trunk checked, lost it, with
500 in gold, and some green backs, a
revolver that cost $50, and an ivory
handled stiletto. The trunk was too
heavy for me to carry. to the stateroom,
and, the porter neglected to do it, and
the next morning it was missing. Then
L had left only money enough to take me
to St Lonls, where l concluded must
go and try to get work
l got there about the 29th of March or
the lst part ofApril, and went first to
the Taylor House, but stayed only short
time, when | got work at the Everett
House, as dining room boy. / was all
the time anxious and almost distracted
about my only remaining brother, from
whom / could hear nothing, and after
writing 10 him in vain, I wrote home and
So was left ali alone Ac -itnes effve7 es-
House | succeeded as waiter, though |
had never done any house work, and my
sex was not discovered, though l had to
sleep with boy. / could not knead
bread, but could make pastry, having
learned it as a pastime. | had to be
among the boys as one of them, and they
urged me to go to the Bowery and Va
rieties, till at last consented, and one
night went with Jimmy and another boy
TO the Bowery We were followed by
two fellows of the house, who accused us
both of being girls, which l denied but
Jimmy said that he was one. One of
them went off with him, and the other
staid by me and | could not get rid of
him, but would not go back to the hotel
for fear of trouble. At last told him
he must leave or would call watch
man; he refused, and the alteration
| drew the attention ofa watchman across
the street, who called us to him. l told
him to come to us. Then | said to him,
'.What shall / do, for l am really girl?'
My companion told me to run up fight
of stairs, and so / did, but the officer
caught me and locked me up. The Re-
corder took an interest in me and re-
leased me, advising me to change my
dress and leave the city. l went and
enlisted as Majors orderly and went to
Rolls, where he was so pleased with my
capacity that he promoted me as clerk.
| While / was thus employed an Iowa
young man, an officer, made my acquain-
tanee, and frequently came to see me,
and seemed to be very fond of my com
pany, but without suspecting me. Fl
nally, / fell desperately in love with my
visitor, but concealed the fact. We con
tinued intimate and much together, and
finally disclosed to him my true charac-
ter The result was we engaged to be
married this fall. He owns small store
! in Davenport We arranged that
would come to st. Louis, resume female
attire, and get discharge from the ser
, t - c., that nI1rnnse arriving
two. weeks ago In passing the Everett
House / was recognized by a Pottrvruu"
, who arrested me- Itold him who was
! and begged of him not to make it public
Z as it might bring a crowd. / was brough
: in here. 1 dislike lodging here; woul
0 prefer to sleep on the ground, as | hav
r frequently done without cover and IN tn
: rain.-St Louis Dem, Sept Isl;