Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-12-21

Cushman important dispatches and do
tailed instructions as to her movements
after she should leave Louisville.
II was agreed both by the provost
marshal and by Miss Cushman that her
toast TO jeff Davis would cost her her
place in the theater and at the same
time make IL much easier for her TO
penetrate To the south.
That night, as Miss Cushman was
playing one Of the most thrilling pas
sages in her part, she turned to the
front of the stage and exclaimed, In a
rich, full voice:
Here's to JEFF Davis and the south
ern confederacyl May the south main.
tain her honor and her rightr'
A scene of wonderful confusion
followed the utterance OF the actress
Her loyal friends, who knew OF her life
in Cincinnati and professed friendship
Tor the federal cause, were panied and
indignant They hissed her; the
rebels hurrahed. But neither knew the
real motive which underlay the girls
utterance.
As she anticipated, Miss Cushman
was dismissed In disgrace from tho
company at Woods theater that night
Her rebel friends hurried her TO the
south, which was the very thing that
she hoped would happen out the cloud
which still hung over her In the north
could not be lifted for many months.
When Pauline Cushman reached
Nashville the chief of army police In,
formed her how TO get inside the rebel
lines, and she entered upon q career
Of almost unequaled romance and adl
venture.
The best Of fortunes followed Misa
Cushman in her adventures through
the south. Her dashing beauty dis
armed the severest of her foes But q
change came; the good luck which had
been hers seemed to desert her COM
pletely. She was captured by John
Morgan, who offered her his heart, apdl
having been refused, delivered her over
TO the tender mercies of Gen. Forrest
of Fort Pillow fame.
I'm glad to see you," said Forrest,
despite the fact that he was man
proof against woman's wiles. "rve
been looking for you for some time and
now I've got you You know all this
region, | supposed All the highways
and byways? All, my girl, I've got the
last shuttle here, and I'm going to keep
your
Every word you utter is as false as
your own traitorous hearti" exclaimed
pretty Pauline Cushman, as she drew
herself up to her proudest pose "Ihavo
never been here beforel And l should
like to send bullet through the heart
Of the man who dares say havei"
Yes, and I'll send one through you
II You repeat that assertioni Blu.
you're pluclSy piece, even II you are
woman"
Next Pauline Cushman was carried
before the tribunal Of Gen. Bragg,
where she was tried by court-martal
and sentenced to death as spy. But
II was not destined that she should DO
hanged. A serious attack of typhoid
fever saved her from the gallows.
When Richmond fell and the union
armies entered the city, colonel of
Gen. Granger's troops saw In the barred
window of deserted building the form
of a woman in white She was beck
oning feebly for aid. The soldier hur-
ried to her rescue. The woman proved
to be Pauline Cushman, who had been
deserted to her fate by her cruel cap
tors and left to die IN locked cell. But
the pluclsy little federal spy recovered
and lived TO be proud Of the title of
"major," which Gen. Garfield conferred
upon her-Chicago News.
The Trenton battle monument, COM
memorating the victory of Gen. George
Washington over the combined British
and Hessian forces, December 20, 1910,
was unveiled at Trenton, N. j., oc-
tober 10, with military parade, speech
and banluet