Show appreciated girl s honesty during the civil war miss N a high spirited virginian young lady whose father a confederate soldier had been taken prisoner by the union forces was desirous of obtaining a pass which would enable her to visit him francis P blair agreed to obtain an audience with the president but warned his young and rather im 1 young friend to be prudent and not betray her sympathy for the south they were ushered into the presence of mr lincoln and the ob eject tor for which they had come was stated the tall grave man bent do down n to the little maiden and look ing searchingly into her face said you are loyal of course her bright eyes flashed she hesi bated a moment and then with a face eloquent with emotion and honest as lis his own she replied yes loyal to the hearts heart s core to virginia mr lincoln kept his intent gaze upon her for a moment longer and ben then went to his desk wrote a line or two and handed her the paper with a bow the interview terminated when they had left the room mr blair began to upbraid hia his young friend tor for her impetuosity now you have done it he said didn dian t 11 I 1 warn you to be very careful you have only yourself to blame miss N made no reply but open ed the paper it contained these words pass miss N ahe he is an honest irl and can be trusted A lincoln |