The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-08-09

i Il need not dwell here upon the details Of oul
plan suffice it to say procured the necessary dis
guise, and that, provided with most natural wig
and somewhat whitened and rouged, my make VI
| was most successful one. 1850
"Yousweet little taipg. n said Carrie. kissing me
most afectionatelY; ~ can hardly believe it AIM
. girls'ga ssaa sap3aass1 stvsisS1 .as3
l felt aggrieved at this, and embraced her with
vigor which brought prompt and peremptory
Cease this nonsense, sir!" Satisfied with &c
much of . victory, I subsidized into my assumed
role and waddled about in that confounded' crino
line in manner which caused Carrie the greatest
amusement. That night took my leave of the
dear girl, and in due course Of time arrived near
the lines Of the rebel army. Now came my hour
| Of trouble, and with beating heart sat beside
the farmer whom had hired toadrive me in his
wagon to the extreme outposts. At last the man
arrived ct APPOINT where he halted and informed
me that he dared go NO further. M ase4sa aisd
| "You see Miss, am afeerd these soldiers win
take my horse, and l can't afford to lose him.
They have already seized my best teams, and il
they were to take Sorrel should be in nice
mess" I made no endeavor to persuade the man
| to 80 further. paid him thu. sum we had agreed
upon, and as he turned around and drove quickly
back trudged man-womsnfully forward. Ipass-
ed several groups Of soldiers; but they paid little
attention to me. 1t ia true that my dress was Of
most simple material and that my appearance was
not calculated to draw attention to me; still
feared the rude and terribly dirty ragamuflns
whom met. / avoided them. however, and ct
last felt persuaded that was safely through the
lines. This was mistake, however. had not
as yet approached them, % found out to my
cost Turning an angle Of the road, came plump
upon foraging party.
,"That's nice gall" said one Of the men. The
ofncer. hearing this, turned around, and, seeing
me, came up and said ssea
well, ma'am, which way,' became con-
fused, and said / only wished to see the camps.
"Have you passs" inquired the young ofiicer.
mo, sir, have none." 8t laaW
"Whom are you looking for-whom do you wish
to seer" 7Tggt sa@ s @aAF
could give no satisfactory answer to these in
quiries, and the officer seemed at last to become
suspicious
young ladies are not In the habit OF running
about in this way, I believe" said he, CURLY.
"You must come with me to the Colonels head
quarters. 1t is some distance to the camp, and
you will have to get up behind me-"
He was on horseback. I, of COURSE attempted
no opposition. am sorry to say that came
near betraying myself here. was on q
stump from whence was to get upon the horses
back, and made, unthnkingly, an effort to straddle
the animal. My crnoline prevented the successful
carrying out of this purpose. Blushing deeply at
my absurd mistake, l assumed proper position
behind the lieutenant As did so, observed that
the men were laughing at my blunder. sssa y
"That's high old gall" said one Of the rufians,
to the great amusement of those not occupied
searching in the carpet bag had carried, and
which contained change Of all the needed ap-
parel. They found nothing suspicious or valuable,
and 80 the sack was returned to me. ~ s..s
"Here, boys. one Of you take care of this," said
the officer, and then we trudged until We reached
the Oolonel's quarters. ascertsined that my cap
tors formed the extreme outpost Of the rsbel army
and that had I managed to escape them, I could
have reached the Union lines. is
"Hallo! Jones, who have You theres" said q tall,
red-facsd officer, as we rode up to the house which
was occupied by the Colonel the TALL redfaced in
dividual in question.
"A young lady when we found roaming about
our lines. She has no pass and can't tell what she
wants, and, as female spies are not'natral impos-
sibilities, thought would hand the lady over to
| your care Colonel" 6ae .elMt@
"You did right. sir. viii you please walk into
| this room?' said the Colonel to me. did az he
| requested.
"Now, then, miss, what 10 your object-what do
you desires"
.weI, sir. I only wished to see the camp, . ma.
tural curiosity, and II. Here the Colonel
| interrupted me. .s
"Boy." he shouted, "teu Lieutenant Jones to
come In here" That ofRcer soon made his ap-
pearance. tsatr ~ i
L
"Have you searched this lady's baggage,v
YES sir; we found nothing" there concluded
It was better to attempt diversion, and 80 STAN
mered something about dear friend who was in
the army, and whomI had not heard from for a
| long, oh, SO long time! an He
"Ah, yes!" said the Colonel, melting at the view
of my tears. "a case OF love. Well, well. We will
see what can be done for you. You must remain
here until tomorrow, and then / will aid you in
your search. Come, don't cry. You shall sup
with myself and my officers and the colonel Of
| guerilla band, whom I have invited TO share
our meal. You can have room to sleep
| in, safe from annoyance, and tomorrow
| we will endeavor to find out something
about that dear fellow of yours" or course
| could but accede to this proposition, although
| was terribly afraid should bctray myself ere
the evening was over. went to the room indicat-
| ed to me, and arranged my wig, washed my
hands and assumed my most maidenly appear
ance as the colored servant Of the Colonel came
to announce TO me that supper was ready. As
neared the door Of the room where that meal was
laid heard loud voice uttering the following re.
mark
Looking for lover' More likely spy. I'd
slap her under arrest and send her TO the Rich
mond jail IL she couldn't give good account Of
herself"
IAN interesting looking girl" said the Colonel
in deprscatory tone.
"AIi the more likely to be . spy" said the
rough voice. "These damned women are smart,
tell you." Here I was ushered in, and the discus
sion ceased. felt no fear that should bs dis
| covered aa muat own that IN NV disOuaa Iook