The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-10-02
.1oid you ever hear Of the beautiful

's1t0 you ever Hcdt % ZIG DSootiAeA !
Miss BoozerT asked the major.
laughed heartily, and told him brief
" the substance Of the newspaper ar
ticls concerning the lady in question.
The majors face assumed thought
full expression as he slowly whitfield his
cigar.
"That was not a fake, as you seem
to think" he said in bis deliberate way;
miss Boozer was no fiction. In her
day she was the prettiest woman south
of the Potomac, and the pasha was IN
big luck when he got hold Of her.
'Do you know anything about herr
asked In surprise.
II should say do" was the answer.
eff you have few minutes to spare
I will tell you all about 1t"
resumed my chair, and waited with
my curiosity pleasantly excited.
hEarly In 49," said the major, Il
was with General Young In South Car
| DINA. We were hanging on Sherman's
tanks, doing what we could to worry
| him, without much success, must al
NIT. You see, that dashing trooper,
Fitzpatrick, was always on hand to hold
us in check, and we had hard road
to travel. Our fellows were piucKy
enough. They would ride and skirmish
all day, and dance all night, but they
were living on half rations, and We're
no match for the Federal cavalry. stiil'
we made Fitzpatrick hustle, and many
a night we routed him out of bed ana
made him change his quarters IN hur-
ry.
Before the fall of Columbia we spent
a few days there. One afternoon Gen
Grad Young was standing with me on a
corner discussing the campaign when
he suddenly nudged me and pointed Up
I the street.
"Only a few rods away, advancing
t toward us, was the most dazzling VISION
of loyeltness that ever blinded the eyes
of mortal mani
1--WE saw a girl of perhaps eighteen
summers, dressed in exquisite taste
. skipping along with a step so Ign
10 that It would not have crushed now
or. She was a radiant creature, witt
n golden hair, brown eyes flashing under
long dark lashes, and her complexion
a was absolutely transparent.
"Her faultiess form and features, AM
the mingled haughtiness and grace 0
her manner and movements woul'
:, have attracted admiring attention l.
) q crowd Of the worlds fairest women
and II is no wonder that we rough SO
n diers were struck dumb with speech
/ less admiral ton.
3 1.-THE general was the first to receives
!. In a husky whisper he requested me
. follow him. The invitation was vi
necessary. Little groups of officer
were coming In our direction from e
cry quarter, and then was seen
strange spectacle Walking up Il
h main street of the town was this pa
alyzing beauty, and following her at
respectful distance sauntered SEQ
of officers with Gathering sabers al
jingling spurs.
sYes we continued our promena
until the girl stepped into a carrla
no and was rapidly whirled out of sigh
1--WE returned to camp badly dem'
"'u allied. We had learned that our char
or was a certain Miss Boozer, a be
who was very popular in Confeders
military circles, and very unpopul
het with her own sex.
"Nothing was said against her en-
SO acter, but several persons looked at
In peculiar way when they spoke
her.
"Our cavalry had to leave that mig
and some Of the officers rode of w
,aze heavy hearts, If they could have
cured Miss Boozer they would have
will NAMED and surrendered to Sherman
1.-TWO days later, when we W
we many miles away, some or our reno
Joined us and reported the capture
u 10 Columbia. That did not interest
much. What we wanted to hear aD
al. was the beautiful Miss Boozer. ID
had she Jared? That was the quest
put Kirkpatrick drove us northward'
wa were frequently overtaken by
low, ugees, and from them we learned
our fascinating siren had captlvate
wife, crowd of Federal generals and Colo
and was having a good time.
"o "You may imagine our rage ana
sno,r when we learned that Miss Bo
had left Columbia with the invao
wife. She had departed under the protec
of one Of the officers, and traveie
ere great state, riding in fine carr
belonging to the father-in-iaw Oh
eral Wade Hampton.
our .It was long time after that Dc
heard any more about ibis wond'
' Young woman. l am sorry to say
o hev I did not hear any good OF her.
found Washington and New Yorl
essin' slow and soon made her way to
where she lived in royal style a'
avn favWite of a prominent French 81
man. Then she went to 81 fe'ers
~ an with a Russian prince and REM
N, we several ~ears.
III we ain the cocrse of time she return
ONO Paris. where she enslaved we
turkish pasha The goddess
showered diamonds upon her al
duced her 20 60 with him to ms
ince as the star attraction OF MS q
,,D "The fair South Carolinian ret
LII. her health, vivacity and beauty
successfully defied the ravages OF
sensa- At the age of 40 she was prettie