The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-10
woMEN IN ZEE wAR.
How Two New Orleans Women Tool
Gems and Papers Through the Lines

-
From the New orleans Times DEMOCRAT
Here is enc little incident Of the war
times in our city Mrs. having heard
that her husband was dangerously i'll on
the other side. determined TO go to him.
She pawned silver, watch ana jewelry to
leave her children provided with bread
and contided them 10 the care of her
mother
IN the confusion at the opening of the
war a sister who was out in the cOnfede-
racy had left with her box of precious
stones, complete set of rubies pearls
and some costly diamonds being among
them. All the property belonging to the
family had been cOnhscated by the United
States government, and these valuables,
had they n OF been well secreted, would
have shared a like fate. AS they were
great source of anxiety Mrs c. de-
termined to risk getting them to their
owner, as well as taking with her other
contraband articles.
After procuring pass it was necessary
TO plan escaping the vigilance of the Off
Ger in charge at Lake Pontchartrain,
from which point schooners conveyed pas
sengers across either TO Vaudeville or
| Covington.
Mrs. c. was young aud attractive,
and knowing the value of these woman's
weapons, she determined to try them on
the enemy Accordingly she took up her
abode at the Lake End the day before
the schooner was to leave managed to be
| introduced to the colonel who was SUI
perlor officer, and not only chatted with
him in friendly way, but before bed
time beat him at game of euchre. When
came the hour of saying good night she
casually said: "I'll see you in the morn
ing, )" adding, by the by, colonel, want to
ask favor of you" and IN a most guile
less way she told him how much she dis
liked to have her wearing apparel ex-
posed; that in fact it was beautifully ruff
fed and trimmed, and she could not bear
to have it even mussed. Then she begged
that he would obllge her by examining
her trunk himself, and he promised
Next day the fascinating young woman
was again with the colonel, and when
she, in the most innocent way, handed
MIN her keys saying: "You know YOU
promised me, colonel he opened the
trunk, merely running his hand into the
corner. Then he closed, locked and
sealed 1t, with many hundred dollars
worth of jewels in it, Fourteen pair of
| shoes, needles, thread, medicine and
other contraband articles that would
have made trouble for the owner if dis
covered BY not single tremor did Mrs.
c. betray her fears. On the contrary,
until the last minute she was entertain
ing ner mated Toe, trying 20 move about
gracefully with her feet encased in pair
OF clumsy boots for her husband.
The buttons on her gown were import
ant letters, made into mOlds and covered
with cloth. In a couple of half used
spools of thread in her satchel were val
liable papers written on thin paper tightly
rolled and put In the hollow in the spool
with the numbers each side pasted over
1t. After the schooner had gotten under
way cannon shot from the shore checked
her; in few minutes a United States
frigate was beside her, and the colonel
announced that personal search would
have to be made, sas At was reported
that important documents belonging
to the confederate government were
supposed TO be in possession of
someone on board Mrs c. gave
the o1icer q smiling welcome, intro
duced him to a lady beside her, who, as it
turned out, was the suspected party: the
ladies laughingly took it rather as a Joke,
and the accused rose gladly when her
turn came, saying: "Why, of course |
am willing TO be examined, " and took off
! her bonnet, asking her companion to keep
! 1t until her return. She was Searched
| and took the disagreeable handling very
! good-naturedly, and as the documents
were found, the colonel apologized for his
enforced duty, and the frigate steamed
| away, leaving the important documents
! slowed away between two coal scuttle
bonnets bound together, which were lying
| carelessly in Mrs C-'s lap as the
colonel babe her goodbye.