The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-05-16

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besuse sbe waited 10 girc JohHuy
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Bnnr nat sbs rot 90 letting them
lnap Sc was q siri fiH she brought
1Iaa herself 81 lhe danFrr ~ being
frT Rhr lei ibem pui lbe rope
nreund bee reet before she said 4
weird about Il Then they wouldnt
feirgs her.
pout hang H4t. she said I'm no
spY I'm MOI eFeu q boy I'u Girl
Iht hanging wBs under the direc.
,lea ~ the provos, marshal. who said
I know what you're after You want
10 gala litilo time ffl We csn In.
resliEaieY
That Woat d.. major. lnterposed
the oaicer - the day. who was pres
eut TIRE bern suspicious Of this case
40 along thiak we'd better send
her down 10 the hospital tent. where
there are couple Of women nurses
and and out about the matter
1.-The provost marshal gave 10. and
they sent Eudie under guard 20 the
hospital tent when they learned
thar she WAS really girl they asked
her what she meant by masqueradInr
as hog. bot she wouldn't tell them
fearing that Johnny hadn't got beyond
the Confederate lines and she might
compromise him SO they let Endic
60 home
"Johnny ran away Ia the wood and
was awfully afraid That when the
Confederates found out they had
captured the wrong person and lei
the right one 80 they would hunt all
over for him lie walked toward the
Federal lines for awhile. then. bearing
Tie sound OF horses hoofs. be crawled
into hollow log A 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 we're looking for him, but Of
that time Il was not known that
Eddie was not Johnny, and his fears
caused him TO be mistaken. How
ever. they were Just as dangerous 10
him as II they had been looking for
him, because II they had found girl
lettering IN the wood they might have
suspected something
Johnny didn't dare crawl out OF the
log TN II Was dark Then be looked
10 al the north star and walked TO
ward Il tn be saw lights and knew
that they marked the Fedora camps
He must hnye gone through The Con
federate picSeis without knowing II
for suddenly he heard click and o
voice. who comes thereY lie an
swered Friend Don't shoot Take
me TO General Bee
THE picket called corporal. and
Johnpy was taken TO the generals
tent. The general was asleep, but
Iohnnys information was 30 impor
tant that an aid.decamp walked him
up. and Johnny told him what be had
learned And that's the end OF the
story"
What became OF Johnny, grandpOT
asked little Billy.
And what became OF Eudief" asked
Alice
After the war Johnny went down
INTO Virginia and found Eudie, and
hey we're married"
where did they 80 10 llvef"
"They came up here TO Johnny's
home"
are tuel hliNt HoN
Yes"
"Arc they any children's grandpa
nd grandma"
Yes"
"Whosei"
Yours A."
"oh. ny goodness" cried Alice
You daut mean that grandma Is En-.
lleY
She Isl"
And you are Johnny Spy" asked
ommy with eyes wide open
I am"
well declarew exclaimed all.
MD all that really happen. grand
~" asked Tommy, "or did you make
| upY
IT really happened The civil war
vas so full 81 such adventures that II
hey were al written out million
.ooks wouldn't contain them oil
fany Of our officers and men could
cl such stories or could have told
hem, ! added. for our ranks are as
bin as after the Wilderness and soon
,fIl cease 10 be entirely"