The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-12-02
Belle of Richmond.


Belle of Richmond.
Already in her early teens the girl
displayed the talents and indomitabie
courage even to audacity which during
the rebellion kept hundred officers cf
the Confederacy and President Davis
himself in mighty quandary. Inc
educational advantages of Richmond
being inadequate, as her father bellev
ed. Miss Lizzie was sent North 10
school in one of the fashionable dis
tricts of Philadelphia, as BETTING one
destined to hold forth in the splendo1
of her Southern surroundings.
This education had more than one
effect. 1t made the naive and rough
ishly winsome girl woman OF uner-
ring intuitions. of dauntless determn-
alton. and of such original charm IN
coouetry that brought to her feet every
eligible in the land. Why it was that
with scores of offers from men who
| have since become factors IN the al
fairs of the nation she allowed signing
gallants to Turk about the princely do
mains. fight duels and curse their RI
walls ready to let blood for the very
favor of her smile, and still remained
uncaught will never be known.
| Some Frenchman has said that the
ideal coquette never marries-that the
homage of hundreds is preferable to
the yoke even with paragon OF manly
chivalry and power. Be that as 1t may
| if fair Lizzie Van Lew ever loved, and
| a little corner of her heart was clipped
off by disappointment after she mad
shattered completely so many others
supposed to be stronger and Drawer
she nursed her wound we'll, and to her
diving day her few lifelong intimates
never knew why Aunt Lizzie remain
ed an Van Lew instead of amaigamat
ing her family history with that OF al
most any illustrious name in the ma
lion with whose bearers she and hel
people we're on terms of intimacy.
But il is in the stirring events OF th'
inevitable conflict between the Nortf
and the South that the wiiful htti'
creature showed her consummate dip
Iomacy. Northern education had mad
Miss Van Lew staunch abolitionis'
and with utter disregard of consequen
ces. she took up the firebrand IN be
half of the negro. combating in hot al
gument the young Southrons. who fun
, ed and chafed under her lash. Will
! they ate at, her fathers board. ga
lantry forbidding them to make repl
: to arguments and structures which. /
; a man, would have been the death c
any one that uttered them.
Feeling herself protected under hs
own home, encouraged by lifelong vel
+ Grafton. Miss Van Lew dared what
man or woman ever dared before
/ that hotbed of accession and pro-sia
: ery sentimen. she spoke right ont
meetin'r and made her influence te
with often blood-letting effect
The negroes have black faces, b
/ white hearts she was often heard
y saw. and as IL TO carry conviction TO
. poin, by practical example she ga
e one of the cleverest OF female slay'
:. her freedom. sen-.ug her North to
+ educated. When the war broke OF
Il pereeiying the advantage OF having
n faithful ally about her, this form
a slave was recalled TO Richmond al
d installed again in the old hill mansi'
~ till some time later when the Davis'
r. who occupied the White House OF {
10 Confeieracy at Richmond. and we
= on intimate terms with the Van Lev
re desired trusted servant What mo
is natural than for Miss Van Lew to