The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-22

albeit she was a trif1e pale behind the
rouge that she had thought best to
! wear for this one night. Miss Cushman
advanced to the front of the stage, and
raising a w~ineglass on high in her
slender hand, said, clearly, deliberately
and defiantly: Here's to Jefferson Da-
Wis and the southern confederacy. May
the south always maintain her honor
INC her rights"
The house. became a pandemonium
on the instant, and the terrified man.
ager, who had never believed that the
dashing actress would carry out what
he considered an idle boast intended to
advertise herself, rang down the cur
tain before the wineglass touched the
laughing lips.
Tha night Pauline was discharged
from the company, and the next day
she was the idol of every scutherner
who heard the story. Every door and
every heart was open to her, and when,
after being lionized for some time in
Louisville, she was sent beyond the
lines on account of her openly ex-
vile, considering her a victim of Yam
kee tyranny, welcomed her enthusi-
astically n lauded her to the skies.
Not for many months was the truth
even suspected. No one save the act
ress herself and those under whose or
ders she was working knew that pre-
vious to that sensational episode in
} Louisville she had made a confdant
| of Colonel Moore, the provost marshal
of the district, convinced him of her
staunch loyalty, taken the oath Of al
legiance and entered the secret ervice
of the United States.
All the while that she was being
entertained by southern admirers she
was gaining from them information as
to how they managed to send supplies
across the lines, and the practices Of
the guerrillas, the plans of the army,
n the names of those most inimical
to the government. The southerners
kept no secrets from her, since they
believed her fully in accord with them.
and the knowledge which she gained
was almost invaluable to the army at
hat time.
Her thorough familiarity with the
roads and the different localities in
Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Missis-
sippi and Alabama made her services
as a scout most important, and her un-
faltering bravery and %unfinching de-
votion to what h thought her duty
made her seem almost a second Joan
of Arc to her comrades in arms.
Her adventures were numerous and
exciting, but her histrionic ability and
training stood her in good stead many
IN o1S oloou IL olI VI a.
up and character acting to perfection,
n her expressive face and tall figure
lent themselves readily to many dis
guises. AS a bent, Wrinkled, crack
voiced old woman; an overgrOWn, out.
ish country youth; a buxom, sun-bon-
neted damsel, or a g~ray-cOated soldier
on sick leave she explored the country.
the forts and the camps afterwards
sending full reports to her superiors,
and through it all her woman's quick
wit stood her in good stead and kept
her from b%etraying herself, no matter
what the pressure of circumstances
might be.
Her narrow escapes were any but
perhaps her narrowest was when she
was captured by the famous guerrilla.
Jack Morgan.
Out on a scouting expedition. misad-
ventures on the road had caused Miss
Cushman to seek temporary shelter in
the house of a small planter, and Nor
gan, sWooping down upon the place in
his unexpected fashion, a found her
there and straightWay suspected her
of being what she really was-a spy.
Not wishing to take the responsibility
of deciding Upon her case, he conclud-
ed to turn her over to General McKin-
stry, the provost marshal, and she was
sent to the headquarters of General
Bragg, known, because of his wiry,
angular physique and his cold. reserved
INC unimpressiOnable name as Cast
Iron Bragg.
Beauty in disguise a no effect on
this stern martinez. A spy was a spy
whether in petticoats or trousers, and
whether handsome or ugly. He put
the fair captive through a searching
cross-examination and then tried her
by cOurt-martial and sentenced her to
be hanged.
To the fact that the excitement and
anxiety which she had experienced
made her too i'll to rise from the rough
pallet in her prison, she WED the
preservation of her life. Even the grim
general did not care to hang a woman
spy though she Was-whO was so sick
hat she could not stand upon her feet.
and taking her cue from this mex
pected leniency the clever actress grew
worse instead Of better daily. Her case
seriously puzzled the skilled physician
called in to diagnose it.; her captors
were beginning to suspect that she was
quite we'll enough to be hanged if she
wanted to be, when General Rosecrans'
advance guard came rafting into town
and restored her to life. liberty and
the pursuit of happiness"
After that she was a little more eau
tious than she had been previously,
and although she was wounded twice,
once so seriously that she never fully
recovered from the effects of it up
to the time of her death, she was never
again capturd by the enemy. She serv-
ed faithfully up to the end of the war,
and the soldiers Of General ROsecrans'
command fairly worshiped her.
A majors commission was given her
honorary, of course, as it is in all
cases where it is bestowed on women
but in her eyes of inestimable value
as expressing something of the army's
feeling regarding her.
Fate was not kind to her in the long
years that interviewed between those