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Show Ii' fipir nun ,um. rt-oncD woman fito snnvnrj K IN TIlEASUttY. Sis ""ln" Wh Ille.1 In M-a.lilnc-j' ' "" lir, l.fl lt...rl lr j Jtjf'iln Tin 1, Tf, tru 1o BUc ticn Rjh! P'da Ik low the'nmtt Inter-Jng Inter-Jng ?"or''' woman uf her day. hat Tift a little tiorjr woven around her jjjwoty whlc will long live, nnd n record 0f bln h.r race may well be Bteud t "led In ishltigton n few daja , lre the hsd won lrr mark of lrrtlon at the first rulurcd woman " ztttn n life po.li Ion under the lrd States goveinniuit which wat tjtrdej ky a specltl net uf congress dt"ng Uncoln s admlnlttratlon Bho m nl tnat ltH, cmplojed ns clirvremsa in the division of Issues department a position tn which sho U appelated by President Lincoln evealng in Ut3 In sweeping up after lMln hours the found a chest cfJiitV notes whIUi hsil been care-leilly care-leilly Cferlool ed by the ernplnym and lift out ot the uull .Sot knowing flat to do and f arlng to call tho flchnun ot wbian houestj the wat f SOPHIA TDK HKROINE sot tort, tho coullnueil to sweep luck aid forth until It was dirk then the cTtgted tho chest at noltclesaly nt pcttlbts to a place beneath a table and lay ufon the top as sentinel It u pist midnight when General 8;lnn, jhen treasurer, made hit nlthtl; round He had long made it a liallt to tleep In tbo building and to mats a personal turvcy ot tbo do-pirtnttt do-pirtnttt it midnight The ccgress llttencd tnd realizing wbomjt was called out to him and aids ler dltcovery known Noted for alt profanity, (lencral Bplnner It tald to hari msile use of his powers upon tils occasion, and cxprcsicd his wrath ,1? CerrJ olumc Tha frightened wfnu-Hat his rommsnd, followed IsjfttWkf 'toT'room"ataTrrhere-nr Ithnumusual hour n commltteo meet- log.aai called, She was absolved frora all blatno and allowed to return to htr homo, which she did rejoicing Coocffis acted upon her deed ot bravery nnd alor nnd subsequently appointed her to n life position tn tho division of Issues department to carry pscksgt ot money from one employe to another, nt tho highest salary paid to the laborers In the government cm ploy, which1 Is (CO a month This position she retained until hei drain, always carrying herself with dignity whjch won tho respect of all ler superior oncers On another occasion sho detected a man stealing $17,000 from the counting count-ing room of tho treatury and cauKd hit arrest and the return of the money Bophla Holmes was horn In Georgetown, George-town, Va, and was married to Mel-choir Mel-choir Holmes, whose freedom she purchased pur-chased with her awn earnings, Ho lost htsllfo In the civil war Sophia Holmes wat over TO years of tge, how much sho herself was unable un-able to tell, for as nuch ns tho wat associated with figures tho had no memory for datet. Jlr Bimplo, now treasurer of the United Btatcs, requested her to tit for the accompanying sketch and as she did so the remarked I'm gettln' ready to die now; 'specs It's most time, 'cause I'm gettln' my picture ikelched Ivo been honest, nnd I'm glad to give the world that record " EDITH A MH1I.K |
