Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-06-16

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" the substance OF the newspaper ar
ticle concerning the lady in question.
The majors face assumed o thought
full expression az he slowly whitfield his
cigar.
That was not q fake. A. You seem
to think" he said in his deliberate way:
"Miss Booker was NO fiction. In her
DAY che 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.
Il should say do" was the answer.
IF you have q few minutes to spare
I will tell you all about It"
I resumed my chair, and waited with
my curiosity pleasantly excited.
EARLY In '66," said the major, Il
was with General Young In South Car
olina. We were banging on Sherman's
danks, doing what We could to worry
him, without much success, must ad-
init You see, that dashinS trooper.
Fitzpatrick, was always on hand to hold
rs In check, and We had . hard road
70 travel. Our fellowv were plucky
enough. They would ride and skirmisb
all day. and dance all night. but they
were living on half rations, and were
no match for the Fedsral cavalry. Still.
We made Kilpatrick hustis. and many
. night we routed him oot q bed and
made him change his quarters In hur-
~.
Before the fall of Columbia We spent
a few days there. One afternoon Gen
eral Young was standing with me on a
corner discussing the campaign when
he suddenly nudged me and pointed up
the street.
only a few rods away, advancing
toward us. was the most dazzling vision
Of loveliness that ever blinded the eyes
of mortal man!
I'VE saw a girl Of perhaps eighteen
summers, dressed in exquisite taste,
skipping along with step 30 light
that IL would not have crushed a flow
er. She was a radiant creature, with
golden hair. brown eyes flashing under
long dark lashes. and her complexion
was absolutely transparent.
Her fauitlcss form and features, and
the mingled haughtiness and grace of
her manner and movements would
have attracted admiring attention in
a crowd of the worlds fairest women,
and 1t is no wonder that We rough sol
diers We're struck dumb with speech
less admira ton.
THE general was the first TO recover
In husky whisper he requested me to
/ e ;nr
necessary. Little groups of officers
We're coming in our direction from ev-
cry quarter, and then was seen a
strange spectacle Walking up the
main street of the town was this par
alyZing beauty. and following her ut a
respectful distance sauntered a score
Of officers with Gathering sabers and
| ilnglinG spurs.
Yes. We continued our promenade
until the girl stepped into carriage
and was rapidly whirled out Of sight.
We returned TO camp badly demor-
allied. We had learned that our charm
er was certain Miss Boozer. a belle
who was very popular in Confederate
military circles, and very unpopular
! with her own sex.
Nothing was said against her char
acter. but several persons looked at us
! In a peculiar way when they spoke of
her
"Our cavalry had TO leave that night,
and some of the officers rode off with
heavy hearts If they could have Sc
cured Miss Boozer they would have re-
manned and surrendered to Sherman.
! ..'r--=--- later, when we were
] maj, ,rE. Zisay, some Of our fellows
| joined us and reported the capture of
| Columbia. That did not interest us
much. What We wanted to hear about
was the beautiful Miss Boozer. How
had she Jared? That was the question.
Fitzpatrick drove us nOrthward. but
we were frequently overtaken by ref
ugees and from them We learned that
our fascinating siren had captivated a
crowd of Federal generals and colonies
and was having a good time.
| You may imagine our rage and de-
| spair when we learned that Miss BOOZer
had left Columbia with the invaders.
She had departed under the protection
| Of one Of the officers, and travelled in
great state. riding in a fine carriage
belonging to the father-inlaw of Gen
! eral Wade Hampton.
| 1T was q long time after that before
| heard any more about this wonderful
young woman. l am sorry to say that
did not hear any good of her. She
| found Washington and New York too
slow, and soon made her way to Paris
where she lived in royal style as the
| favorite Of a prominent French states
man. Then she went to st. Petersburg
with o Russian prince and remained
several years.
In the course of time she returned to
Paris, where she enslaved a wealthy
Turkish pasha- The goddess rascal
showered diamonds upon her and in
duced her to go with him to his prov
ince as the star attraction Of his harem
The fair South Carolintan retained
her health, vivacity and beauty, and
| successfully defed the ravages Of time
/ At the age Of 40 she was prettier and
younger looking than most women a,
80.
But she made the mistake Of her life
when she got the notion into her head
that she had civilized the pasha and
could disobey him with impunity. She
bribed her attendants and several times
slipped out at night to meet distinguish,
/ ed foreigners who had been among her
| admirers in Paris.
"The sleepy looking old Turk who
owned her body and soul was In reality
a very wide-a wake old scoundrel. He
knew exactly what was going on, and
one night he set a trap for his pretty
bird. She was caught In disgrace, and
was locked up on bread and water fol-
| q week.
"The pasha then took supper with
her and gave the half-famished crea
ture the choicest viands and the rares'
wines She felt sure that he had re-