The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-05-16

all the time she possibly could to get
away. But she put Off letting them
know she was a girl till she brought
upon herself all the danger of being
spy. She let them put the rope
around her neck before she said a
word about 1t. Then they wouldn't
believe her
Don't hang me- she said I'm no
spy. I'm not even a boy. I'm girl
'"The hanging was under the direc-
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. l think we'd better send
her down to the hospital tent. where
there are couple of women nurses
and find out about the matter
1.-THE provost marshal gave In, 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
as a boy. hut she wouldn't tell them,
fearing that Johnny hadn't got beyond
the Confederate lines and she might
compromise him. So they let Eudie
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
over for him He walked toward the
Federal lines for awhile. then. hearing
the sound of horses hoofs. he crawled
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 at
that time it was not known that
Eudie was not Johnny. and his fears
caused him to be mistaken. How
ever. they were just as dangerous to
him as If they had been looking for
him. because If they had found girl
lettering in the wood they might have
suspected something.
"Johnny didn't dare crawl out of the
log till II was dark. Then he looked
up at the north star and walked to-
ward it till he saw lights and knew
that they marked the Federal camps
He must have gone through the Con-
federate nickets without knowing it.
for suddenly he heard click and
voice. Who comes thereY He an
swered: Friend. Don't shoot Take
me to General Bee.
"The picket called a corporal. and
Johnny was taken TO the generals
tent The general was asleep. but
Johnny's information was so 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"
what became of Johnny. grandpa r
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 now?"
"Yes.'
"Are they any children's grandpa
and grandma?"
Eyes"
"WhoseT'
yours"
"Oh. my goodnessP cried Alice.
you don't mean that grandma is Eu-
nieY'
"She is"
"And you are Johnny spy?" asked
Tommy with eyes wide open.
st am"
r "Well. declarer' exclaimed all.
did all that really happen. grand
pa" asked Tommy, ''or did you make
1t upT
at really happened The civil war
was so full of such adventures that If
they were all written out a million
books wouldn't contain them all
Many of our officers and men could
tell such stories or could have told
Them l added ''for our ranks are as
thin as after the Wilderness and soon
will cease TO be entirely"