The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1869-10-06
Nptah MeCastev--A Reminisoenoe
Of the Missouri Campaign.


Npfah MeCastev--A Reminisoenoe
Of the Missouri Campaign.
No,ah McC Cartey won. by her
courage that name of the jennie
Deans Of the West. She lived in
the interior of Missonri--a ittle,t
pretty, black eyed girl, with q soul
as huge rs q ffiountaiD, and d form
ss ffail as q fairys, and the scour-'
age and pluck Of % buccaneer into
the bargain. Her father was an
old mama secessionist. She had
but a single brother, inst growing
from boyhood to yontllhood, bni.
sickly and lamed. The family had
lived in Kapsas during the troubles
of '57, when Norah was mere
girl Of fourteen, or tbereabonts.-
But even then her beauty, wit and
devil may care spirit were known
far and wide ! and many stories
were told along the border Of her
sayings and doings. Among other
charges laid at her door, it is said.
that she broke all the hearts of the
young bloods far and wide, and
tradition does even go 90 far as to
assert that, like Bob Acres, she
killed q man once q week, keeping
Q private church,yard for that pur
pose OF decently bnrying her dead!
Be this as it may, she was then.
and is now, a dashing, finelooking,
lively girl, and o prettier heroine
tl'an will be fonnd in a novel. as
will be seen il the good natured
reader has o mind to follow ne to
the close Of this sketch. we so =. : >, =
Not long after, the federals
came into her neighborhood, ard
after they had freed her father to
take the oath, which he did partly
because he was a very old man.
unable to take the field, and hoped
thereby to save the security of his
household, and partly because he
could not help himself; not long
after these two important events
in the history of our heroine, a
body Of men marched mp one even.
ing, whilst she was on a visit to a
neighbor's, and arrested her sick.
ly, weak brother, bearing him off
to Leavenworth City, where he
was lodged in the military guard,
house. - ,,,5.-., sI -. !
/. was very late before Norah
reached home. When she did so,
and discovered the outrage which
had been perpetrated and the grief
of her old father, her rage knew
no bounds. Although the mists
were falling and the night was
closing in, dark and dreary, she
ordered her horse to be re.sadd!ed,
put on thick surtout, belted a
sash ronnd her waist, and sticking
q pair OF ivory handled pistols in
her bosom, started off after the
soldiers Tie post was many miles
distant. But that she did not re
gard. Over hills, through marsh,
under cover of darkness, she gal.
loped on to tho headquarters of the
enemy. At last the call, OF o sentry
brought her to o stand,, with q
lioarse--o se1ss Fr~t 4 : - s'asE q
"Who goes there9" 81, w.
"Nosmatter,a che replied, !"
wish to see Col. Prince, yonr. com.
manding officer, and instantly,
too.", R1.H.Y Va ~ atSsEEE
Somewhat awed by the presence
Of a young female on horseback al
that late hour, and perhaps strnck
by her imperious tone of com
mand, the Yankee guard, without
hesitation, conducted her to fhs
Notifications, and thence to ths
quarters Of the Colonel command
ing, with whom che was left alone
Well, madam, |" said the Federal
officer with a bland politeness, "a tc
what dol owe the honor of this
visit " I. - q ~ ~ ylas7E gss
saIs this Col. Prince e. replied
the brave girl, quietly. r'g.jSt' "a
@It is, and You arc" q -
No matter. ] have come here
oinqaire whether you have d Lao
BY the name of McCartey o pri
soner2n . g '.s.s -, ..,... !,
"Thero is such a prisoner.n Ia
May ] ask why he is aprison o
erf" :, -. -, -, =
!" Certainly For being suspect
ed Of reasonable connection with
the enemy, ,s,.v =, .,,y,s,,.,,., 49,,
ISsdsona6ie competition with tn,
enemyi Why the boy is sick ane
lame He is besides my brother
and / have come to ask his imme
diate release" ssy3 Ees !, 6a. ~
| Ths officer opened his eyes; wa
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