The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19

legiance and entered the secret service of the United States.
 All the while that she was being en- tertained by Southern admirers she was gaining from them information as to how they managed to send supplies across the lines, the practices of the guerrillas, the plans of the army, and 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 al most invaluable to the army at that time.
 Her thorough familiarity with the roads and the different localities in Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Missls- sippi and Alabama made her ~N~v1ces as scout most important, and her unfaltering bravery and unffinch1ng devotion to what she thought her duty made her seem almost 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 times She understood the~ art Of makeup" and character acting to perfection, and her expressive face and tall figure lent themselves readily to many diSguises. AS a bent, Wrlnkled. craek-voiced old woman; an over grown, loutish country youth; bux- om, sun -bonneted damsel. or a gray coated soldier on sick leave she ex- plored the country, the forts and the camps, afterward sending full reports to her superiors, and through 1t all her woman's quick wit stood her in good stead and kept her from betraying her self, no matter what the pressure of circumstance might be.
 Her narrow escapes were many, but act 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 small planter and Mor- gan, sweeping down upon the place in his unexpected fashion, had 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 concluded to turn her over to General McKinstry, the provost marshal, and she was sent to the headquarters of General Bragg, known because of his wiry, angular physique and his cold, reserved, unim- questionable manner, as "cast-iron Bragg"
 Beauty in distress had no effect on this stern martinet. A spy was a spy Wnetner III peItlCOaJS or ITOuSeTS ana whether handsome or ugly. He put the fair captive through a searching cross examination, then tried her by court martial and sentenced her to be hanged.
 To the fact that the excitement and anxiety which she experienced made her too i'll to rise from the rough pallet in her prison she owed the preservation of her life. Even the grim general did not care to hang a woman-spy though she was-who was so sick that she could not stand upon her feet, and talk ing her cue from this unexpected leni- ency the clever actress grew worse in- stead of better daily. Her case seri- ously puzzled the skilled physician called in to diagnose 1t; 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 rattling 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 re- covered from the effects of it up to the time of her death, she was never again captured by the enemy. She served faithfully up to the end of the war, and the soldiers of General Rosecrans'