The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-05-05

reached nearly to her ankles and fixed
1t up as wig for Johnny. They had
just finished Eudie in Johunys trou-
sers and Johnny In her dress, with her
hair colled 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 to
head off young farmers boy and
girl and hold on to the boy. The
troopers took Eudie, whom they sup
posed to be the boy, and let Johnny
| go where he liked.
"Eudie was confronted by the man
who had recognized Johnny. or 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 left
there. They contained information
about the Confederate army.
80 Eudie was brought before lot
of officers and tried. They didn't get
/ together to find out whether she was
/ a spy or not, but to hang her, accord
ing to army law. which, fancy, is
pretty poor law, but very effective
with guilty persons, They fixed It so
that they could hang her according to
orders. and, since they didn't like to
waste any time in carrying them out,
she was to be hanged at 10 o'clock
the next day"
"Oh, my, grandpaw exclaimed Alice.
Wasn't that awfulT
st seems so, but 1t really wasn't.
Eudie could get of by telling them
she wasn't boy at all, but she
wouldn't do 1t till the last moment,
because she wanted to give Johnny
all the time she possibly could to get
away. But she put of letting them
know she was a girl TIL she brought
upon herself all the danger of being
spy. She let them put the rope
around her neck before she said
word about It, Then they wouldn't
believe her.
"'Don't hang me- she said. I'm no
spy. I'm not even boy. I'm GIRL
'The hanging was under the dlrec-
ton of the provost marshal, who said:
I know what you're after. You want
to gain a little time till we can in-
vestigateT
"'That won't do. major interposed
the officer of the day. who was pres
ent. I've been suspicious Of this case
all along. I think we'd better send
her down to the hospital tent, where
there are couple Of women nurses,
and find out about the matter
"The provost marshal gave I'm, and
they sent Eudie under guard to the
hospital tent. When they learned
that she was really girl they asked
her what she meant by masquerading
us boy, but she wouldn't tell them,
fearing that Johnny hadn't got beyond
the Confederate lines and she might
compromise him. So they let Budie
go home.
"Johnny ran away In the wood and
was awfully afraid that when the
Confederates found out they had
captured the wrong person and let
the right one go they would hunt all
/
Federal lines for awhile, then, hearing
the sound of horses hoofs. he crawled
into hollow log. company Of
southern cavalry were going through
the wood, and some of them jumped
their horses over the very log that
Johnny was hidden In. He was sure
they were looking for him, but ut
that time 1t was not known that
Eudie was not Johnny. and his fears
caused him to be mistaken. How
ever, they were Just as dangerous 4
him as If they had been looking fol
him, because If they had found CIR
lettering in the wood they might have
suspected something.
Johnny didn't dare crawl out of the
log till 1t was dark. Then he looked
up at the north star and walked to-
ward 1t till he saw lights and knew
that they marked the Federal camps.
He must have gone through the Con
federate pickets without knowing It.,
for suddenly he heard click and a
voice, who comes thereY He an
swered: Friend. Don't shoot. Take
mo to General Bee
1.-THE picket called n corporal, and
Johnny was taken to the generals
tent. The general was asleep. but
Johnny's information was 80 impor-
tant that an aid-de-camp walked him
up, and Johnny told him what he had
learned. And that's the end of the
story"
ne To nj n
asked little Billy.
"And what became OF EudieT asked
Alice.
after the war Johnny went down
into Virginia and found Eudie, and
they were married"
'Where did they go to liver
"They came up here to Johnny's
home"
Are they alive now2"
eyes"
"Are they any children's grandpa
and grandma"
yes"
"WhoseT
yours"
ooh, my goodnessp cried Alice.
"You don't mean that grandma Is Eu-
dieY'
"She is"
"And you are Johnny Spyf" asked
Tommy with eyes wide open.
II am"
"Well. | declarew exclaimed all.
"Did all that really happen, grand
pa" asked Tommy. "or did you make
1t upf'
at really happened The civil wal
was 80 full of such adventures that II
they were all written out million
books wouldn't contain them all
Many of our officers and men could
tell such stories or could have TOLD