Show johnnie ai eudie I 1 A story told by hy a vet wet to His Craod Crand children on memorial day by F A mitchel copyright by american press 1 asso I 1 I 1 elation clation 1311 I 1 fr biow nou grandpa dili la is memorial jai ay ind you when it rame came round tell wi it satorv about tho the war in lit which you took part conic come we e r ro all ready very ell m dear I 1 iuppo w III havo have to keep keel my prot promise nise A of seven ber allf on the I 1 road firm of I 1 r piazza chair T ton 1 my clini bcd up lip on oil no knee illel on the othar and 11 till II halted sag pirly for the nor stor chich I 1 begun began na fol follow lovs I 1 nan I 1 nna a soldier boy in tit tho the I 1 LI ml army I 1 nt ul netten year old nt lit the tittle I 1 in III ti to ICU all ou abu alu vv e ire fighting tich ting in out daa afi tho ali ell call him hilb gentral Buni bit funel bumblebee naked asked billy 14 cs 4 bumblebee Bumb lebet if it ou like he tins it real but what I 1 ill lit coin got aig to t til 11 aou ou happened BO so long aga that lit ie forgotten some of the balm 4 ro so III innee un tin ill till tut I 1 go along uell ell general bumblebee int i nt for it 11 friend of or mine a ery particular friend find lie looked like ilke nio file too lint mas his hi flamer anno asked tom tout my 1114 7 his waa was jo llull spy illy chats a funny name call lem em all by those fund up names jolany jol 1 bluy fluy spy went to general blom bhelt bl elt s anti the general eahl said to him corporal Corp orul johnny was a corporal your captain recommends you as its A a good man tuan to go down into tho the mcenty j lines to secure information I 1 now the southern general abat shall we call bun him luu rivo give bin him his tits name grandpa 1 well we II 11 call him general gobbe gobble cey gobble ye 4 turkey gobble it you like general bee told johnny spy to go down dressed up like somebody ciso else BO so that the know him look about find out what they were point going to do and forne porno back and tell tho the general the next day a farmers far cers boy with it faded straw hat on his hi head and rough clothe clothes and driving a cow got blied up with the confederate pick et ets j 1 I enow 0 who that wae was said the girl alice lice I 1 that wae johnny spy youre right johnny told tiffin that his home was back of their lines and they let him go through dut but aft cr er he lie got in tho the rear of tho the picket line johnny and his cc v got separated and were rot seen together any more I 1 chere were a great many peddler frd loning the armies on both sides who carried baskets full of cheap watches and anti jewelry that they sold to the soldiers nold lera at high prices the morn i ing after johnny came into the crate camp one of these peddlers ans going aa about belling selling watches find scarf pill ani lit li johnny hiked asked toni if q ho lie win johnny johan IAN here did lie get lilt and things I 1 roni rom another pe feilder ilder IS ou see the hail find alves him plenty of monet and he I 1 whole fu in johnny per a family to let him sina san with if pat ai title ml tit I 1 soon found out that the were U union peo pie pl vor awhile lie lip an tended to bo be very verr bitter against the north but tout there nna A niini girl in the family that johnn took a shine to and anti after awhile hp he told hr ln r that he waa was a un ion ton soldier in disguise ion ou see bo he wanted her to help him get information IN lint waa was her name tier name by I 1 reckon wo we 11 call her eudoxia the funniest name for a girl I X ever heard alice it a the name of a boutin empress who lived at constantinople DOM me 4 she live thero now 7 not very likely cince she reigned soma 1500 years ego ago the bouse house thia this union family lived in nas right in among the confederate camps and johnny spy and I 1 udoxia found out a rood good things for johnny to tell general bumblebee when be he got back intel it wa nax an awful risky thing to do for if they caught johnny they would bang hang him up by the neck till be he was as dead an the th empress eudoxia 11 what 9 short name I 1 ed alle 11 audler lud ler fa ies indeed fudle ill call her that after t andle was very much worried for fear the confederates 4 would antl out that was a union soldier and afire enough one day 3 bohnn found himself in trouble aou see lie had been within the con te federate line 4 before and one of the eold ler recognized bilm that la Is the soldier thought he did but when he had bad seen hini him johnny was dres ted ns as a curate so the man t certain audle beard about it and told john ny nt lie ile made up his mind to get out tit of thit that region as an quickly aj possible and eadle agreed to go patt part way with him for they hoped that the two mirat pass for other li and liter sister when they got where they were not known johnny wanted to go to his room for orae some papers lt tut dare la in a wood farr h PI their outer gar 11 who 11 ini off tier long 1 hair that d lu to hot tinkles 4 and fixed flied bulf ui fi tj ahr for johnny ille had hall judt if ni tied ludle in fit lohn johnnye nys trou brou sers mid J bainy lu lit r dreas ire with her hair oiled tolled ur till un oil flip tup top ut of ilia his head u chui litti the sul nut t soul dav av if cowhig timi lii frodi the op dl ret mitlon tion III fulfill of another part of lie 0 crale urmy army find received a tl agrain from front Ott tit leral gobble to bend liend off a i outi far farinias farin intra irs boy bor and girl still nil I 1 old OL to tbt till bo the troop tri toik I 1 sidle ihorn sup iwed to b L the boy abd and let johnny co go chere n hen hi hu liked eude as col b the man 0 ld who o lia had recognized johnny of course he mild said slit sli it unit t the one lie meant but hail timing ngon on t clothe looked bemid 4 as eoon soon na as they dolinny was mas a ampy thea the be arched thu the room in which litch ho tie hid h id slept nil and bund the he lie bid trill lutt there b lui contained information 1 about ali C army so S I 1 olle aa win brought bifora bi fora a lot of officers and tried they t get together ther to ital out whether she atas it a or nt I 1 lut tit to hang ann her tier accord 1 ing to to urian law which I 1 fancy Is 1 poor law but ver talve fro fec tire aviti anith guilty persons they fixed it so tnt tild IS ing lier tier to I 1 nil tin 1 alnee tl ey dlinn t liko like to tat nito nn tin time in carrying carryl nR them out sit elip van ti to bo b hanged at 10 the ho next da oil 01 my exclaimed alice lice flint lit it keenn so but it reilly could eit off by telling sli all it loy toy nt at nil lat but she uldie t 10 lo do it till the last int moment IL bo aai 1 she anted to elve nil till lie the time all khat 1 could mild to pet get billit tut put vitt oft letting hem them know knon eli nil inq 1 n I eirl girl till she brought upon ullon herself nil tle dinger of being A n spy she lot them put the rope around her neck before nhe she ild a vord nord it then they believe bellere lier tier don t hanc ine me tilie bald 11 1 I m no sp I 1 ni not even n boy im it irl I 1 rhe bringing was 1 rider the diorec ion tion of the he provost mir hirshal who said 11 1 I know what you ro after I 1 ou off want to pain gain n hill tim till wo we can in veat leate amt stint wont do to major interposed the officer of the ali lay who nho wai pr pra ent ive 14 len n of case calle nil all along nion I 1 think wed betic r send her down to the tent where there are A couple of women nurses and at out the matter I 1 the provost marshal rave gave in and ther ent sent eadle under to the hospital tent when they learned that she he wac itally a pirl girl they asked her ahat she meant ly fly a n boy 1 bill she tell them fearing that johnny hadn haan t rot got beyond the confederate eineo and elie she might compromise him so thy they let audle go tome johnny ran away in the wood and wall awfully afraid that when tn th confederate found ont out they had captured the wrong person and let the right one go they would hunt all over for him lie ile walked toward the lines for awhile then bearing hearing the round sound of horses hoof ho he crawled into it hollow loff log it Y company of southern thern t were going 1 through the wood rind some of them jumped their horte hor te over the very log OR that johnns hidden in ile was euro sure ther they tre looking for him but nt at that timit wn nt n t not known that I 1 udit as wt lot johnny and his hn fears enn wl him to le lie how eer thir tit were tere jurt ju rt ni din gerou to him a if they lind lieen been looking for him lecius if ther had find found girl in the wood they might have I 1 dian didn t dire 41 ire crawl out of the loff log till 1111 it darl then he looked up tit nt at the north tar anti to ard ward it till he saw anti knew that clity markel the federal cami cam HP ile haie hate pone gone the con pickets 4 without it for suddenly lip lie heard a click and a voice aha ho comes there lie at an 1 I preal I 1 friend pont dont shoot take me to let et era erni I 1 pop the picket called a n corporal and johnna wai ns anken to the generals s tent the general was n asleep but johnny johnnys information wn nn so imbor tant that an tin ald de camp waked him up tip and johnny told him what he had le arned and that a the end of the story hal A I 1 I 1 at I 1 became of johnny grund grandpa pa as loot little billy nd ad what wha t beca became me of dudle a asked alice after fter ibe war johnny went down into ir ginta and found rudle and chev ettre tro married 1 lit hero litre re did they go to lire tire they came crime up tip here to johnny houie home alre re they alle now pa are they any alty childrens gr kandia and gronim i kl Y V 1 I oura ours 1 oh off my goodniss ss cried alice ou ion t mean that grandma Is ij eu die she Is 1 nil you are johnny spy asked tommy elili eyes wide open orion 1 I anro well 1 declare exclaimed all did nil that reilly re illy happen erand grand pa aked tommy I 1 or did you make it cupl up it really happened the civil war was go so full of auh adren adventures tures that if ther were all written out a million books contain them all alt many of our officers and men could tell euch such stories or have to told I 1 d them thein I 1 added for our ranks are as a thin as after the WIlde wilderness mess and soon will cease to be entirely |