The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-03-03
Che ec,urr,,. .to,,-A T.Ie Of Real Lite

che I eetureI'- Story-A Tsle Of Real Lie
FoR riP N. suS-Br J. d.
Arouaed patriotism coud brook no moro.
For months the sick bed had held me prisoner,
but now the spell was broken, and | must do
my share. What should 1t boz was no
stranger to camp lifs-none TO sickness away
from homo and friends. Hospital fare 70 tho
convalescent was before me. knew tho
wounded soldiers longings for some delicate
norsel which would tell Of home, and TO the
procurement Of that would devote myself.
An impulsive nature fingers not in its dscisions,
ard within an hour | was arranging \ series OF
lectures, to be accompanied by pictures illus.
tratisg the subject. The lectures were designed
for rural and suburban communities, and to
live each community the full credit of
whatever might there obtain, for
my hospital laLd was included In my
plan. My lectures wore in the tide Of
successful experiment, when a friend suggested
Flatbush as a suitable loo Atty for one Of them.
We were 10 the lover part OF tho great city
whom he made the suggestion, and accompanied
Il with the direction TO reach II by tho horse
cars from Fulton Ferry, Brooklyn, My lodg-
ings were in the eastern part Of Wlllamsourgh,
and from thence | started the next morning and
in due course Of time aud feIry boat found The
hone cars. Which shouli | taksl "For Bush
wick, you mean - said the person enquired Of
Now know there WAS bush about IT, but the
full namo was rather uncertainty Il xed in my
mind aud so nodded assent. To Busbwick
accordingly went. Tho obliging conductor set
me down in front Of the Methodist Church.
was received kindly by the Dominic, and my
arrangements for the next evening beiog COM
pletej, | returned in safety. The man
who had the caro- OF my pictures and
their proper disposition was the next morning
carefully instructed how to reach Bushwick.
-" Flatbush, he interrupted me 10 say, and |
assented, feeling all the while little confused
about the name-and how to arrange things for
me in tho Methodist Church there, and then,
with mind at ease and sat;sfiei with my sslf
imposed duty towards suppressing the rebellion,
strolled again through the streets Of modern
Babylon. Returning TO an early tea, | found
John on the ferry boat, and ho forthwith, in hi,
humble way, herated me for not completing
arrangements for the uss OF the church, an {
leaving ~ much more for him 10 care for than
had been contemplated between us. " But its
| ell right now" he concluded, and his eyes
| flashed victory with the words. But a. his
narrative proceeded, | was convinced il was
not right Hurried explanations followed,
| and in another hour | was at the brooklyn
| horBe cars, impatiently awaiting Johns re-
turn from FlatLush with the pictures. In the
| meantime | had spelled out 10y the aid of sun
dry large Letters the sides OF the cars, sgain,
aud again, and again, the words "Bushwick"
and "Elatbush;" and had learned never 10 for
| get either the difference in the spelling, or the
difference in the location Of the cars. Al at
| John c. me. IL was after elk o'clock, aud the
lecture was TO commence at half past seven.
At a qui Iter past seven | relieved the anxiety
| Of the Dc mimic and his friends, who were begin
ing to thu Themselves victims to some i'm
| pOstor. Jo n All worE. ID hard aud "bsfor,
folks at our prep Irations, and wiping the per
spiration from m forehead, at twenty -fiv,
minutes before eight o'clock, | began my dis
course After the lecture detailed my adyen
ture to the Dominic and receiving tho benefit
Of his geographical lore, found that ten minutes
walk from the church, IN a westerly direction
would b.ing me TO my lodgings and accomplish
tho two hours journey had twice made by fer
ries and horse cars