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haughtily。   ;In   the   mean   time   take   this   precious   gem。;   And   drawing   a 

diamond   ring   from   her   finger�察  �she   placed   it   with   a   roll   of   MSS。   in   my 

hands and vanished。 

     Although unable to procure more than L1 2s。 6 d。 from an intelligent 

pawnbroker to whom I stated the circumstances and with whom I pledged 

the ring�察�my sympathies with the cause of a downtrodden and chivalrous 

people   were   at   once   enlisted。   I   could   not   help   wondering   that   in   rich 

England�察  �the   home   of   the   oppressed   and   the   free�察  �a   young   and   lovely 

woman like the fair author of those pages should be obliged to thus pawn 

her jewelsher marriage giftfor the means to procure her bread� �With the 

exception of the English aristocracy��who much resemble them��I do not 

know of a class of people that I so much admire as the Southern planters。 

May I become better acquainted with both� �

     Since writing   the above�察 �the news of Mr。  Lincoln's assassination   has 

reached me。 It is enough for me to say that I am dissatisfied with the result。 

I   do   not   attempt   to   excuse the   assassin。 Yet   there   will   be   men   who   will 



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charge   this   act    upon   the   chivalrous   South。   This      leads   me    to  repeat   a 

remark   once   before   made   by   me   in   this   connection   which   has   become 

justly celebrated。 It is this�此�

     ;It is usual�察�in cases of murder�察�to look for the criminal among those 

who   expect   to   be   benefited   by   the   crime。   In   the   death   of   Lincoln�察  �his 

immediate successor in office alone receives the benefit of his dying。; 

     If her Majesty Queen Victoria were assassinated�察�which Heaven forbid�察�

the   one   most   benefited   by   her   decease   would�察  �of   course�察  �be   his   Royal 

Highness       the   Prince   of   Wales�察   �her   immediate      successor。    It  would     be 

unnecessary to state that suspicion would at once point to the real culprit�察�

which would of course be his Royal Highness。 This is logic。 

     But I have done。 After having thus stated my opinion in favor of the 

South�察�I would merely remark that there is One who judgeth all things�察�

who weigheth the   cause between brother   and brother��and awardeth   the 

perfect   retribution�察  �and   whose   ultimate   decision   I�察  �as   a   British   subject�察�

have only anticipated。 

     G。 A。 S。 



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                                     CHAPTER I。 



       Every reader of Belle Boyd's narrative will remember an allusion to a 

;lovely�察   �fragile´looking      girl  of  nineteen�察─   �who    rivalled   Belle   Boyd     in 

devotion   to   the   Southern   cause�察  �and   who�察  �like   her�察  �earned   the   enviable 

distinction of being a ;rebel spy。; 

     I am that ;fragile; young creature。 Although on friendly terms with the 

late   Miss   Boyd�察  �now   Mrs。   Hardinge�察  �candor   compels   me   to   state   that 

nothing      but   our   common       politics    prevents    me    from     exposing     the 

ungenerous spirit she has displayed in this allusion。 To be dismissed in a 

single paragraph after years of But I anticipate。 To put up with this feeble 

and forced acknowledgment of services rendered would be a confession of 

a craven spirit�察�which�察�thank God�察�though ;fragile; and only ;nineteen�察─�I 

do not possess。 I may not have the ;blood of a Howard; in my veins�察�as 

some people�察�whom I shall not disgrace myself by naming�察�claim to have�察�

but I have yet to learn that the race of McGillup ever yet brooked slight or 

insult。 I shall not say that attention in certain quarters seems to have turned 

SOME   PEOPLE'S   heads�察  �nor   that   it   would   have   been   more   delicate   if 

certain   folks   had   kept   quiet   on   the   subject   of   their   courtship�察  �and   the 

rejection of certain offers�察�when it is known that their forward conduct was 

all   that   procured   them   a   husband�   �Thank   heaven�察  �the   South   has   some 

daughters   who   are   above   such   base   considerations�   �While   nothing   shall 

tempt   me   to   reveal   the   promises   to   share   equally   the   fame   of   certain 

enterprises�察�which were made by one who shall now be nameless�察�I have 

deemed it only just to myself to put my own adventures upon record。 If 

they   are   not   equal   to   those   of   another   individual�察  �it   is   because�察  �though 

;fragile�察─�my education has taught me to have some consideration for the 

truth。 I am done。 



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                                     CHAPTER II。 



       I  was   born    in  Missouri。    My    dislike   for  the   Northern     scum    was 

inherent。     This   was   shown�察    �at  an  early   age�察  �in  the  extreme     distaste   I 

exhibited for Webster's spelling´book��the work of a well´known Eastern 

Abolitionist。 I cannot be too grateful for the consideration shown by  my 

chivalrous father��a gentleman of the old school��who resisted to the last 

an   attempt   to   introduce   Mitchell's   Astronomy   and   Geography   into   the 

public school of our district。 When I state that this same Mitchell became 

afterward a hireling helot in the Yankee Army�察�every intelligent reader will 

appreciate the prophetic discrimination of this true son of the South。 

     I was eight years old when I struck the first blow for Southern freedom 

against   the   Northern   Tyrant。   It   is   hardly   necessary   to   state   that   in   this 

instance      the    oppressor      was     a   pale�察   �overworked        New      England 

;schoolmarm。; The principle for which I was contending�察�I felt�察�however�察�

to   be   the   same。   Resenting   an   affront   put   upon   me�察  �I   one   day   heaved   a 

rock*     at  the   head    of  the   Vandal     schoolmistress。      I  was    seized   and 

overpowered。  My  pen   falters   as   I   reach   the   climax。  English   readers   will 

not   give   credit   to   this   sickening   story��the   civilized   world   will   avert   its 

head��but I�察�Mary McGillup�察�was publicly SPANKED� �

       * NOTE�察�BY G。 A。 S。In the Southwest�察�any stone larger than a pea 

is termed ;a rock。; 



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                                    CHAPTER III。 



       But the chaotic vortex of civil war approached�察�and fell destruction�察�

often procrastinated�察�brooded in storm。* As the English people may like to 

know what was really the origin of the rebellion�察�I have no hesitation in 

giving   them  the   true   and   only  cause。   Slavery  had   nothing   to   do   with   it�察�

although the violation of the Declaration of Independence�察�in the disregard 

by   the   North   of   the   Fugitive   Slave   Law��**   might   have   provoked   a   less 

fiery  people   than the   Southrons。 At   the  inception   of the  struggle   a  large 

amount of Southern indebtedness was held by the people of the North。 To 

force     payment      from     the   generous      but   insolvent     debtorto     obtain 

liquidation      from    the   Southern      planterwas     really    the   soulless    and 

mercenary   object   of   the   craven   Northerners。   Let   the   common   people   of 

England      look    to  this。  Let   the  improvident      literary   hack�察   �the  starved 

impecunious   Grub   Street   debtor�察  �the   newspaper   frequenter   of   sponging´ 

houses�察�remember this in their criticisms of the vile and slavish Yankee。 

       *   I   make   no 

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