Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1898-11-18
A GIRLS


tic meeting and courtship Of her father
and mother. It is a cry Of the civil
war, and the famous Confederate spy
who dresstd as a woman and was
known as Sue Mundy hguresin her mar
rative:
You know, all Of mothers folks wero
C~onfederates, while fathers people be-
ionged 20 the other side.
On account Of this little apron tho
SOY, Sue Mundy, was suspected by tho
Union soldiers of being a man and a
spy. l will tell you about it.
The apron, you will notice, is made
Of alternating stripes Of red and white
and forms, as you see, the flag of seoes-
sion. This stain here is n witness 70 the
first meeting of my father and mother.
My mothers father was an officer in
the Confederate army. He was killed
in the beginning Of the war, leaving
grandmother with three children, all
girls. They lived On a farm not far
from Fairfield, KY, and were fairly
well of. At the tire mother mado this
apron she was about 10 or 10. Her old
est sister had Just come home from
boarding school, bringing q friend with
her. Tire friend in question was none
other than Sue Mundy, who had come
for the express purpose Of spying on the
Yankees, who woro encamped a short
distance from town. If l remember
rightly, the camp was the headquarters
Of General Buell..
Mother says Sue Mundy was one of
Nln ,e.u-4 aNaasfr~afn $50, ak, r-ar a,-~
He was unusually slender for a man,
and had snail, delicately formed hands
and feet, an oval face, large black eyes
and long, ripping, dark brown hair.
He was also the possessor Of O good So
prano voice.
He came prepared with IN extensive
wardrobe and carried of his part Of q
fashionable and fascinating young lady
TO perfection. OF course rly mother aud
Miss sue in time made the acquaintance
Of some Of tho officers stationed near
cur town, enc Of when becan Q very
much infatuated with Hiss Sue, and
baskets Of fruit and flowers came al
most daily bearing his card.
OF course, owing to the troubled
times, there was a dcarth of parties and
bA4lc. 4OA anANEEiltAb AlAy hllb Alb
Miss Sue were in the habit Of attending
the dancing class to which my mother
ard her younger sister went enc evening
Of each week.
One evening before going to dancing
school mother made this apron ard
were it over her white dress for the
benefit Of the Yankees who were Ger.
tain to be present. About the middle
of the evening mother and Miss Sue
went into the smaller room for n drink
Of water. A man bearing the bars of q
sergeant en- his arm was just raising
the dipper to his lips when mother said
mischievously;
"a health to JEFF Davis"
As quick as a fash oamo the retort.
"Yes, miss, here's a health to your
apron" while the contents of the dip
per were dashed over that offending ar
ticle of attire.
At this insult to the southern colors
Miss Sue forgot that Drawn did not en-,
ter into the make up Of the young la
dies of those days and gave the yoanl
officer q right handed blow which sent
him like a log TO the floor, from which
he did not rise at once. When he did, il
was with a graceful low to his late as
sailant and an apology for his rudenesl
to mother.
After this the YGnkLss put theil
heads together, and, remembering the
information which had gone to The
"Johnnies'' concerning their forces
Miss Sues aptitude at sketching and
ON top Of IL all the knock out Of tn,
uHf~rw it, ..~~. -am-s--.I A.
Miss Sue was not what she pretended q
be. A watch was kept on her move
ments.
By the timo of the next dancing les
son a plan was made for the escape O
Miss Sue from quarters that were be
ginning to be rather warm for her.
Mother and my aunt went as usual &
the dancing class, and 10 all Inquire
concerning Miss Sue they replied tina
she was at home with a headache. II
reality that interesting young person
was booted aud spurred and waiting
for the appointed time to dash by thu
pickets and start ON his 40 mile ride Il
Louisville.
Near the end of the lesson there wa
the sound of hurried footsteps on thl
btilIb anu III u mulNtut que MunQ1
came hurriedly into the room. For soml
reason there were no Yankees present
In a few words he told Of how be hat
tried to pass the Fickets, had been fire,
on end had jumped from his horse an,
hid in the bushes by the roadside anG
saw the Yankees go by in hot pursui
Of his frightened horse, which wa
making straight for the farm from
which it had been bought a few day
before. Sue Mundy then waited til
their hoof beats grew faint, and theI
under cover Of the darkness he mad
his way to the dancing school. Finding
tho coast clear, he had come up, know
ing that all the dancing people wer
southern sympathizers and would do al
they could for him.
They quickly formed their plans, III
oily thing they could have done unde
the circumstances. They had him III
down under one Of the benches at thI
far end Of tho room, while two or tire