Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-09-01
II Secret
Serx,ice Girl
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waiting for dinner we talked over old
times.
Women are the worst enemies we
have to meet In war" | said. III l
were general, I'd have corps OF wo-
men To defeat the schemes of women or
the opposite side Men are no match
for them"
"Klnsey," Collins protested, you were
always a woman hater. The stories or
how southern women carried informa-
ton are all rubbish. l never saw nor
heard any of II. married a south
ern girl.
II expel ced It." l went on. 1T
was in the early summer of 1862.
was then a second lieutenant of cRval.
ry and on duty at Pulaski, Tenn, with
a picket guard on one of the turnpikes
leading northward. We We're stationed
some five miles out of town on crest.
SO that | could look either back to town
or up the pike. OF course had orders
TO let no one go through except those
who had passes. Well one morning,
looking back to Pulaski. l saw wag-
on coming loaded with furniture, ana
when IL reached me | noticed that
woman, a very pretty young woman,
was driving IT, The major was in COM
mand of that part Of the picket line
and happened to be at our post at the
time
I'm going MOTH said the lady. I'm
tired OF this war country Pm moth
n woman anyway, and I'm going to
Join my friends In Ohio
LET me see your pass said the ma
Jor
Haven't any pass; didn't know I'd
have 10 get one
You can't go on without pass
'I was standing directly behind the
major, and the woman was looking
right over him TO me. She was little
more than a girl, and I sympathized
with her. didn't see any reason why
ten miles should be added TO the jour
ney of a northern woman trying TO get
out OF the south. | gave her the wink
and, suddenly pushing forward, threw
my arms around her neck and kissed
her, eXclaimtng:
"'Why, Alice, who would ever have
thought of meeting you hereF
''She twigged az once and received my
caress without making any fuss. Then !
/ turned and introduced my cousin, AL
ice Warfeld This fixed matters. The
major not only passed her through. but
gave me permission to accompany her
some distance up the pike. | rode by
her, she thanking me with the sweetest
OF words and the most honeyed smiles
for saving her the trouble of going
back for her pass. l asked her at what
point In Ohio her people lived but she
said she'd never been there herself and
didn't seem 10 know much about IT.
She explained this by saying that she'd |
lived In the south ever since she was |
ten years old.
"Well, we were riding through wood |
when heard a Gathering of the hoofs |
of many horses. We become accustom- |
ed to noticing small things In war, and |
/ couldn't understand how the coming |
cavalry-for such II must be-made no |
din OF sabers. Our men always wore
sabers, but the southerners didn't Sud |
denly saw between the trees a Con- |
federate flag coming. l was about to |
turn when the girl in the wagon whip |
ped out revolver and called on me to |
throw up my hands. / was too late |
anyway, for the comers were right on |
me. so / obeyed her order
when the troopers came up, it turned |
out that General John Morgan, the cell |
ebrated Confederate partisan leader. |
a. l. 4,
20 the girl In the wagon, with whom
he was evidently well acquainted.
"'For heavens sake he exclaimed.
what are you doing with all that fur
nitureT
The girl laughed. i tried hard to
get pass to come out to meet you, but
the Yanks were too smart for me. so l
played the northern woman trying to
60 home This gentleman helped me
through by owRing me for his cousin.
But, general, there's a Yankee wagon
train at Pulaski, and I've taken all
this trouble to come out and tell you.
There's small guard, and you can
easily capture the whole kit
General ! said, take me south,
please, somewhere, anywhere, where
I'll not see my comrades again. I'd
rather go to Libby than meet one OF
'em.'
The general laughed, but | was
obliged 10 go with him back to Pulaski.
The girl left her household effects in a
fsrmyard on the road and, mounting a
horse, rode back with us, guying me
pleasantly all the way.
That was the way John Morgan
came to know OF the wagon train being
at Pulaski He drove off the guard and
after helping himself to what supplies
he wanted burned the rest"
by Jove" exclaimed Collins. "She
was a plucky girl, wasn't sheF'
"Yes, and there were plenty more OF
the same sort In She south. / have Of
ten wondered If the girl ever married.
Her husband might expect to wake up
any night with the cold muzZle of
revolver on his temple"
At that moment Mrs. Collins entered,
and her husband rose, as / did also, to
Introduce me. | started, and Mrs Col
lins looked at me scrutinizingly She
was the girl who had tricked me-
Colonel Kinsey, my dear, has been
telling me n cock and bull story
about
ITS all true" she said. Il was the
woman. and I've never forgotten the
gentleman's kindness. ! never told you
the story for fear OF incurrlng your
prejudice, but now that it's all out !
will admit have a Confederate medal
for the secret service work did on that
occasion" ALFRED TOWNSEND.
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