The Ketchikan miner., 1909-01-09

approach q Union picket. assuming 10 he a Federal officer. reprimand him for some negligence, get possession of his musket aud thus capture single handed whole picket post.
 II WAS during the campaign of Gen. eral Halleck against Quaker guns at Coginth that Morgan was operating in lyal'eSS's rear in western Tennessee. k aSsIng lines of communication. This k a very important service. An d. must he fed That means that -, avenues of communication must be i.S VI,ea and the supplies passing ~. them to the men at the frout t.sset bc protected. In this work an .. oriaat feature to the protecting i.s.Ne was the telegraph.
 Ia telegraph office at the town of l'. station on the railroad supply ir, the army before Corimth. was in charge of Tom Venable. who lived
 with his family on the upper floor of the two story station building. the tele- graph and ticket office being below. One night when Nenahle was ill bis office sending the dispatches necessary to get heavy tran load of supplies south he heard q tap on the window pane. Looking up. there stood a man tn Confederate uniform covering him with the muzzle of his pistol. The off Ger had tapped with the pistol to at- tract Venable's attention and ordered
 him to throw up the sash. Nenable did so. and the officer climbed in at the
 window.
 I'm John Morgan" he said.
 Morgan usually declared himself in this fashion. 1t WAS the best possible way of striking an enemy with terror. Meanwhile the station was surround ed by Confederate cavalrymen. Mor- gan put his own telegrapher at the key. who began 10 telegraph the train Ven able had been in communication with. The conductor had been warned that
 the Confeierates were making a raid in the region and was waiting to be assured that 1t was safe to advance. Morgan's telegrapher sent a. dispatch
 that Morgan had gone of in an easter
 ly direction and an order signed by a Union commander for the train to come on.
 Now, there Is & hero to this story. though he Is asleep i'll his bed above the telegraph office. But chatter be meath awakes him. Being not over thirteen years old. he doesn't awake in
 a hurry. but his mother helps him by telling him that the station is in pos session of the dreaded Morgan. Jin-
 mic yenable was of scientific mind and had already a miniature telegraph outfit in his own little room. His cir cult was but ten feet and was confined to the room. but It was big enough to play with. and he knew the dot and line alphabet His father was pris- oaer downstairs. but he heard his
 mother say that doubtless Morgan had captured the telegraph in order to de- coy train into a trap and destroy the supplies intended for the Union army. Jimmie got an Idea. The telegraph wires passed within ten feet of his window before entering the office be low He told his mother what he in tended to do. and she helped him. He 1 took his play wire. tied q hairbrush to one end of is. threw it over the line wire and completed his circuit by
 means of a lead pipe extending to the
 ground. Ii didn't make very good connection. but It sufficed He didn't
 know the calls of stations nor what
 station to call He waited till there
 WAS comparative quiet below. then clicked: ''P station. Morgan here" This he repeated several times. It was heard ar several stations up the road. and the conductor Of the train was ad- yised of it at once.
 One man heard 1t for whom it was
 not intended That was the Confederate l opera ting in the office below Jimmie g room. He was sitting near the key
 when he heard the words clicked and knew that same one had outvitted
 him He notified his commander, and a search was made. and Jimmies hair
 brush was seen dangling from the
 main wire. It told them the story. Going upstairs. they discovered Jim mics device The general was the
 first tp enter the room. Jimmie was
 still at his Key. -+
 Have you been sending informa- ! ton to the enemy?' he asked.
 70 "Yes, have" said Jimmie proudly.
 He did not know tine extent of the
 seryiee he had rendered. but was sure
 he had done something valuable to his Iscause.. -55ft>i | .se,5.i.i. >itf .;.ys
 "pa ,ypa kaDg- Y het we. do with lit. tle, ,boys who are. spiesT. asked Nor gan .;5as .-i.c-sl,..4 ,.. i,s.s..,-e,,s = awelf. aitt iists E something very terrible. But. fn' this case the boy Is a very bright, btave little chap. and we will give tim something for 'candy."p He drew -oii~ef Confederate bills from his pocket, picked out a ten dol Jar note and handed it. 10 Jimmie. .-,
 "H-m~ said Jimmie, locking at 1t con
 temptuously.. ....'Tain't worth q United f e. ot1f -fo