The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-05-16
Johnnie
an0Eudie
A Story Told by Vet to His Grand
children on Memorial Day
By F. A. Mitchell
Copyright by American Press ASS
citation. 1911.


war in which you took part. Come;
we're all ready"
Every well, my dear; suppose I'll
have to keep my promise"
A girl of seven perched herself on
the broad arm of piazza chair; Tom
my climbed up on one knee. Billy ON
the other, and all waited eagerly for
the story. which l began as follows:
when l was a soldier boy in the
Federal army-I was nineteen years
old at the time I'm going to tell you
about-we were fighting in Virginia.
One day the general-we'l call him
General BUNDLE"
General Bumblebee?" asked Billy.
''Yes, General Bumblebee, if you
like. He was real general. but what
I'm going to tell you happened so long
ago that I've forgotten some OF the
names. So I'll make 'em up as ! go
along Well. General Bumblebee sent
for friend of mine, a very particular
friend. and he looked like me too"
what was his Manner asked Tom
my.
His name? Why. his name was
Johnny Spy"
That's funny name. Cali 'em all
by those made up Names"
Johnny Spy went to General Bum
blebee's headquarters. and the general
said to him:
Corporal was a corporal
your captain recommends you as a
good man to go down into the enemy's
lines to secure information Now. the
southern general-what shall we call
him?"
"You give him his name. grandpa"
We'll call him General Gobble."
Turkey GobbleT
'Yes; Turkey Gobble If you like. Gen
eral Bee told Johnny Spy to go down
dressed up like somebody else SO that
the Confederates wouldn't know him.
look about, find out what they were
going to do and come back and tell the
general.
faded straw hat on his head and
rough clothes and driving a COW got
mixed up with the Confederate pick
ets."
81 know who that was" said the
girl. Alice. THAT was Johnny Spy"
You're right Johnny told them
that his home was back of their lines.
and they let him go through. But aft
er he got in the rear of the picket line
somehow Johnny and his COW got sep
arated and were not seen together any
more
There were great many peddlers
following the armies on both sides
who carried baskets full of cheap
watches and jewelry that they sold to
the soldiers at high prices. The morn
ing after Johnny came into the Confed-
crate camp one of these peddlers was
going about selling watches and scarf
pins"
WAS he Johnny" asked Tom.
Eyes; he was Johnny"
Where did he get his watches and
things?"
From another peddler. You see,
the general had given him plenty OF
money. and he bought a whole basket
full. Johnny persuaded family to let
him stay with them awhile and soon
found out that they were Union peo-
pie. For awhile he pretended to be
very bitter against the north. but there
was young girl in the family that
Johnny took shine to. and after
awhile he told her that he was a Un-
ion soldier in disguise. You see. he
wanted her to help him get informa.
ton
What WAS her Manner
Her name? Why. reckon well
call her Eudoxia"
That's the funniest name for girl
/ ever heardr' exclaimed Alice.
ITS the name OF Roman empress
who lived at Constantinople."
docs she live there now?"
''Not very likely. since she reigned
some 1900 years ago. The house this
Union family lived In was right In
among the Confederate camps, and
Johnny Spy and Eudoxia found out a
good many things for Johnny to tell
General Bumblebee when he got back.
1t was an awful risky thing to do, for
II they caught Johnny they would hang
him up by the neck till he was as dead
as the Empress Eudoxia."
whats Eudoxia's short namef' ask
ed Alice. "Eudie"
Eyes. indeed. Eudie. I'll call her
that after this. Eudie was very much
worried for fear the Confederates
would find out that Johnny was a
Union soldier. and. sure enough. one
day Johnny found himself in trouble
You see. he had been within the Con
federate lines before, and one of the
soldiers recognized him-that is. the
soldier thought he did. but when be
had seen him Johnny was dressed as
curate. So the man wasn't certain
"Eudie heard about it and told John.
ny He made up his mind to get out
Of that region as quickly as possible
and Eudie agreed to go part way with
him. for they hoped that the two
might pass for brother and sister when
they got where they were not known
Johnny wanted to go to his room for
some papers. but didn't dare. In q
wood they changed their outer gar.
ments. Eudie cut of her long hair that
reached nearly to her ankles and f1xed
1t up as a wig for Johnny. They had
Just finished-Eudie In Johnny's trou.
sers and Johnny in her dress. with her
hair coiled up on the top of his head
when they met some Confederate cav
alrymen coming from the opposite di
rection. The general Of another part
of the Confederate army had received
telegram from General Gobble &c
head off a young farmers boy an6
girl and hold on to the boy. The
troopers tooa Eudie, whom they sup
posed to be the boy. and let Johnny
go where he liked.
"Eudie was confronted by the mar
who had recognized Johnny. OF course
he said she wasn't the one he meant
but, having ON Johnny's clothes. looked
suspicious. Besides, as soon as they
suspected Johnny was spy they
searched the room in which he had
slept and found the papers he had lef
there. They contained information
about the Confederate army.
$50 Eudie was brought before lo
of officers and tried. They didn't ge
together to find out whether she wal
a spy or not. but to hang her, accord
ing to army law. which. fancy, Il
pretty poor law. but very effective
with guilty persons. They fixed it 81
that they could hang her according Il
orders. and. since they didn't like Il
waste any time In carrying them out