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srio-v hoc^-H‘ it*tor -insFrom the St. Louis Democrat.ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.St.Woman.Cl -toscicirArmy.and29tlfirst8 hoiHoutimemvA young woman was arrested by a po-m O * • | || y•pie jiroman list. Saturday, on Fourth street tor i ,{)Uj u^e j vvearintr male attire. Some three months1 a jo she was arresied on the same charge.tow w I Vn« •li?. j Her appearance, manners, style of converzedtheerna -salion and the account she gives of herself, place her above the o»diu;»ry class of women who affect the garb of the opposite sex. All who converse with her are ira-ery I pressed with the eonvictioa that her story Jp' is true. In light grey pants, vest and coat,the ® ® * r ...niyur -himleueleft ithent-L*u,mdtheoeecanyoovlt;I copasthadandVarDig!thelow*beioJimm iceerearewenme,wouble.I’dalteimat)to h I sa girl' affita- d light felt hat. she looks like a sprightly bov of fourteen. She is of medium (wo-he j man’s size, black and curling hair, largeltcs | lustrous dark eves regular features, ruddy•* • ^j - and fresh looking, and in very generous,m.j health Her narrative, received from herere in the calaboose, is a’fnllows:I was born in Mi'-higan, near to andnorth of Kalamazoo City. My father wasHeir to a large landed estate in England.and had an abundance of money.with whichon j he traveled about for pleasure. I was takenfrom mv birth-place when only a fewmonths old. My mother died when I wasthe i seven years old, then my father had the • 1 ' . • » *,n ; whole care my two brothers ar.d me.—11 ** We had a private tutor who traveled with us. Brothers were sentito college. When re-11 was elete.i father died. At fourteen irX I was married to a member of a minstrel j fh0! troupe. He had some five thonsund dol-1 11 - \ m • i • •lajs in money, and with it went in partnership with hi- uncle,who lost his liteand themoney while crossing the Atlantic. When# 1 -r • ~ T‘‘n I had been married eighteen months my ,j husband died, and I was left w holly U the care of my two brothers. The elder wuis ,re clerk in shanking house, and the other was 'Hstill a' college in Ohio. When the war 'l* | broke out my younger brother cair.o home bo I and they both enlisted. First they consuk-w* led me about enlisting. I at last consented, i considered that the country needed everyable-bodied man to aid in putting down therebellion. Their regiment went to Balli-j^’] more, and afterwards I became uneasy and j wanted to join them. My younger brother J ^ ^ was eager 1 should, and my elder brother j reluctantly consented. Goitig to Baltimore i eft 11 entered the hospital and was nurse to the | sick and wounded. There I frequently ,j^ j met my two.brothers and was tolerably ^j k, j contented; hut at length I received insults | ^ust! and ungrateful return from some of the re ;1 covered. Some were * kin(l-hearilt;»d anai)eme,ieavMayle vp ru r emp madtn-,n Jaottheichleaci-tolo slt;com natT itor, ed i I y d resupurthere 'grateful. I was determined to. be wiih my : brothers, yet 1 could not 'Wodure the oon-Uinued insults, and so I asJftd my brothers’ consent to die# in male attire and join theirurean,woweDIDtobroiwon bav in tir^iuicm. m some oapaclty SO RS io oe near , ^them. 1 proposed to act as Orderly to the dmin-1 Major, who was our second cousin on my ex- , father** side. My brother first peremtorily! refused his consent, but the younger andis*' ^ .s lee headatyounotimyself insisted, and he finally bnt reluct-been,aotlj yielded. When ( assumed muleWtAticloibes my younger brother complimented * V* too and said 1 lo ked like a great greeu boy* | lerH© thought the diguise «■«*» perfect, lie jnigvcred | loo* me to some rough plaeen to accustom j wh | me to act naturally- 1 recollect going with i ou» » !H Urrrt* imrtv where the gVta*e«* were hand- ‘ rn»-ed round to drink. As 1 undertook to “tip j outi the glass” mv hand trembled awkwardly, q*
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Delphi Weekly Times
Delphi, Indiana, US
Sat, Sep 19, 1863
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