Putnam patriot., 1911-05-12
Johnnie
 ano oEudie
A Story Told by Vet to His Grand
 children on Memorial Day
By F. A. Mitchell
Copyright by American Press Asso-
 tciatiOn. 1911.

uar n WHlCu yoo 'eoOn poA~ SoAhc, we're all ready.
 avery welt. my dear; I suppose I'll have 10 keep my promise"
 girl of seven perched herself on .,s broad arm of a piazza chair; Tom my climbed up on one knee. Billy on .ho ather. and all waited eagerly for .be story. which l began as follows:
 .eUhen l was a soldier boy in the Federal army-I was nineteen years old at the time I'm going tos tell you ohout-we were lighting in Virginia o,o day tbe general-we'u call him Gener Rumble.
 .c5aeral Rumblebee?" asked Billy.
 "Y+-. General Bumblebee, if you r4e P was Il real general. but what Tn, e5tng to tell you happened so long oqe that I've forgotten some of the ,ameS So I'll make 'em up as l go olana Well. General Bumblebee sent for friend of mine, very particular friend and he looked like me too
 .Wbat was his nameY' asked Tom my.
 His name? Why, his name was Johnny Spy"
 "Tbats funny name. Call 'em all hv rhost. made up names"
 "Johnny Spy went to General Bum blebep,s headquarters. and the general said to him:
 .CorUoral'-Johuny was a corporal -.your captain recommends you as .cood man 10 20 down into the enemys lines 10 secure information. Now, the southern general-what shall we call him?'
 You give him his name. grandpa"
 "WeH call him General 'Gobble."
 "Turkey GobbIe"
 .Yes. Turkey Gobble if you like. Gen oral 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 10 do and come back and tell the general.
 .sTbe next day a farmers boy with A faded straw hat on his head and ,ongh clothes and driving COW got mixed up with the Confederate pick cts"
 II know who that was" said the rirl. 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 CT 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 a 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- ese camp one of these peddlers was gulug about selling watches and scarf pins ["
 Was he Johnny?" asked Tom. Yes: he was Johnny" Where did he get his watches and things?'
 Prom another peddler You see. the general had given him plenty of money. and he bought whole basket ful Johnny persuaded a 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 a shine to. and after awhile he told her that he was a Un- E wanted her to help him get infOrma- \ ton"
 What was her name?' Her name? Why. I reckon we'll call her Endoxia"
 That's the funniest name for girl l ever heard" exclaimed Alice. Its the name of Roman empress who lived at Constantinople." Does she live there nowT' Not very likely, since she reigned some l,500 years ago. The house this Union family lived in was right in among the Confederate camps. and Johnny Spy and Eudoxia found out good many things for Johnny to tell deneral Bunblehee when he got back It was an awful risky thing to do for T they caught Johnny they would hang nm up by lhe neck ill he was as dead IS the Empress Eudoxia." l "Whets Eudoxia's short name?" ask ed Alice ~Eudie?"
 Yes indeed. Fudie I'll call her that aflei This Eudie was very much worried for fear the Confederates would fud out that Johnny was ohlon sotIier. and. sure enough. one uay JoaauY found himself in trouble lou see. De had been within the Con iederare ines before, and one of the bldlerS racOgnized him that is. the so'dier fbaught he did, but when he aad seen bim Johnny was dressed as eafate So the man wasn't certain
 hudie heard about il and told John Il! he made up his mind 10 get out VI lhai region as quickly as possible. anu Eudle agreed 10 go part way with nm. for they hoped that the two uight pas for brother and sister when
 "eF got where they were not known '0unhy wanted to go to his room for sone papers. bat didn't dare. In a "ooo they changed their outer gar 1lens Eudie cut of her long hair that ,eached nearly 10 her ankles and fixed up as wig for Johnny. They hac 'us' nnShed-E Eudie in .Iohnny's rou-
 es and Johnny in her dress. with her
 aH eolled up on the top of his head
 ueh they met some Confederate cav sHymen coming from the opposite di- 'ection The general of another part