The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-08-02
BELLE BOYD
The Ez-confederate Agent Who
Lives in Philadelphia and has
"Doubles' in Every Part
Of The Country.

Sitting last evening on the porch
Of comfortable residence in the ex-
treme northwestern section OF the city,
with sweet little miss OF three and
another OF seven summers playing
llde-a -and-seek around her chair, was a
lady who score Of years ago bore an
international reputation. Few, il
any, of those who knew her once
would now recognize in the hand
some, well-preseryed woman, Of COM
lnanding presence and high-bred
bearing, with complexion like rose
and lily combined, wealth Of sun.
ny, chestnut brown hair, sparkling
eyes, a sweet, mobile mouth, and
face capable Of most vsrping express
sion-thc vivscious, daring girl who
in war times had but one name, and
that "Belle Boyd, the Confederacy
spy"
The story Of Belle Doyd's life reals
like romance. Born in Virginia OF
good old cavalier stock, she had bare
ly graduated and made hel debut in
Washington society when the war
commenced, and her father, with sew
cral others If her kindred took nm.
arms in tho Conf.derate canse When
Gen., Robert Patterson with his
troons e,tcrej Mnt,nsbnrg her ma.
,;ve nlsce sbe was octinr tbo mart of
tbe miuisterin,; anceI 10 The wounded
in ,be ;n,nroyised bosn;tal Whilo
engaeod IN these ,,u,;os MANY scrons
of ;niormo,;on concotn;ng thu ,nnve.
mouts of tho EoJerJ aI,ny came 70
hor ooro onJ I'm. !, was thot Win
AN imnnlsivenoss and ardor due,
largely to bor vontb shn euter.l nnnn
| lths tasl, with winch her name becamo
20 nrom;non,l, ;Jor,;eod Soyor.I
lad;rs oi tho njsce wbo hoa .lso hesn
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