The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-11-23


until he rourhat the upper dcrI.
A,rone other nat.enis ir the ward on my mr..
win the nd OF q stout stick. Ho told me that
hn luid -'ipLsd On BANANAS peel. ana hni
brohen l'i4 lsft knee-cbp. ] saw him getting
oG,,@f nod next mofi.iHg. Hts right les Was
hi pnste' east, told me thni hs had broken his
o'hor los throo yonrs before hat, ana that he'd
Thought ned try this hospital this time. To
spokc ~ the matter ~ uncOncern"dly ~ -
o"j.i,r. and was trying the Hoffman or AlLo-
marie.
oavS eoisHs vcs @ sh Eo% S me-
WASHED dressed AM SHAVED e. h ,h wl,h ne
The sD oyer ' q l0t ti%t box. aud sSmb"i
brushed. and dressed his hair most elaborate.
men y" ,qs ' Ward a"s S
soft al t.,nes by day NJ fun length, under tho
fa an never S"a ad WI osw sG naST :
back. he sat up . a. stin az 2 capital l. "a day
,Anoiher cha,Tc,"r was an old mar. ~ years
old. who had benn smashed betweon an ice
| ard he sas ptiorrwi,c badly Injured. he WAS
, deaf ana 10 used a. ear Trumpet. Barring his
rs Jolly and inihb'e as n boy rh,r cp,o
hin hin egg nG W; .h,rs or iogr times day.
Hc wns known in the ward as "i"r." and ho
Afforded heal. 81 trn. shall not coon forgot
nnd secuted In n rocking chair He looked llko
Il feather bolster. with Il cord 'tcd lightly
tho soa' y Tho cnnir as though lhc t'a,hors
wsrr anietly settling down inside the bolster.
Claus. il, Ioo.ga %,Es ike ,ho Gr"ndfash "..
Smuiiwce1 OF Bleak Mousse.
Tho life OF The warj wao II young lad q! 10.
lean 1.-THE. nc i've. und Us fail Of good humor M
Il line spring day - Iui 0f sunshine. No Grip
plo lie. liU had tAY full use Of legs nuI hands
and DO sccmcdto have an oNtrt supply OF limbs.
He vas everywhere ut one. iLnl always
doing aono Kind Of work T. not busirh in
holbius some one. he would he teasing Dolly
or nlGGin., fun out Of Pop" for t.ge benefit Of
tho crowd. II aiincnt WIS IN one Of his -yus
it was sigitlass and | suppose he wa, 10
delicate health. for he 80; beef tea at intervals
during the day Bu; he lad comrloxion like
young girls and .pr,ared tho picture oi
heath; HO was known us Nllii..
Another character n 'Io ward was Juulho."
Ne would ~ the scale At somewhnre about 300
pounds He was great iump ri iiabby TISSUES.
ne mad u J., .tle head .,oH an oiephinttne boa}
wore u BEARD. Sore oi it r.a"hnd down 20 tho
second or lnhd button of his wnistcoat. Il
looked lks moss hanging from the limbs Of
trees Ia southern swainas. 1t had nothing Of
1snt , s,M1rt sn.l %9nt i SO sr9ndy
bo' tried to DO imposing. hut dom impose up
on any ono IN our ward. He was !, niIht
hourly ntorvals betNoen :" i. NJ md A. H.
when Dolly md the day ngis s., came on duty
to the wants OF tho patients at nisGt.
he s w ,s'S SDoa nis d% Wy MIL ,SsIpx H ito
gas sst nearest lie door replacing he thar ore
mometer. wedding through tie ward 10 tho
bal Il room. ihd turning the gas down in tho
bnth room. lie was rarely, seen again until
tho next m.ornng. wl!en he would, como to
Jumbo seemed to lie hard II hearing. At
plight pitcher OF wateran Il glass were always
left on ono Of the tables n tue central ai,...
Moro than onco | hayo heard. u poor bed
OF water. But l never knew the watgl.
man to get nm nns for any6ody Ono night
he entered the ward some ons sid in a low
voice. "Hnio! Jumbol, He was about unhook,
nell ms ja sn2%,"s' Who said '"atf Who called
4 suppressed, ,i,terr ran over tho ward. hut
when Jumbo wadiled down tn. aisle like
bully asking each man whether lie knew who
h n" ne s1 r "hndPf u %2na
| tuLned tail and ,etrented. utterly demoraii2eh
that he had sea free natient Of tia s' very cry
ward. ana might reasonably have Loon OK;
1S fair w Of the sy 20 ayo ann hsr
| extc hded to bel ridden men.
In her fathers arms Oh the day OF my arrival
One " Ter thumbs had been crushed IN u cog
wheel It was smashed nearly l!a, By, the ;lr
saved. The li,tl. thing gave not the slightest
her great syes once or sns o at
the doctor while he was at work and then
buried her face beneath hcf father coat Collar
1t was pure Indian sioicism.
About d O'Clock on the next day a young man
OF 20 walked in snpported by TIVE = the ward
surgeons. 'e was very pao. ilis throat was
ES5SSss VIII h., So sssn "as w 81 6Sl
came came into The ward. The c'o;h was removed
and bullet wound vas exL osei under tho left
| Ja Sboue. The surface Of tho neck was black
| win powder, The patient comp ained Of pain
in tho Jaw. and the physicians svi IDENTIFY dread
sd nIl.f ba.sli al tar, Ni,,.l
opern,e on him ri once and or the spot. in
st oma Of sending him to The @mbHanGe ward
| and the man wne reduced to insens!piIity. In
r59png for bad the bullet Ms diseoynrad
WHORE, had b"on '' de is BY y:0 thai iHti
to Tho right side ot tho neck below the right
car. where it mad lodged inst underneath tho
dow inward. 1t was oXtracted in short time
perilaGfs the Who'll" operati?n lasted h!,een m.I,
and threat wers tightly bnndaget, and tho
paticnt came out OF bis aH:esthetic sleep. Wh:!e
WIFI ~ 'sss q as ~ "a
antagonist. He painted tho ward blue with hls
ton sssne in Bach c re Y"n sond
almost smell the sulphur. He had baen Shot in
On, On Noy. the ambulance drove into the yard
back back OF the swinging m:nH doors mat i vas
or 10 WAS brought in on tho an anrb,.ianct,
Three sH"ts were s;5aprsl
ard m was put under the iniIuenc9 Of ch,orotorm;
excited the sympathy of everybody in tho
ward l thought that ! detected II tear on
! little fellow was back in tho street with his
| companions. He Yavo us in monologue tho
whole performance. Some one had thrown a
| cobb,cstone AT him and broken his log below
| tho knee. And then what n torrent Of ribald
slang and basnhemy. Ii was rs shocking rs
| unexpected. Dolly's aston.shment was a
! picture. She raised her dmpled hands over
| hef head. puckered up her mouth. archsd her
| eyebrows. shriokcd litto soprano :" oh my!"
| and rushed ont Of the ward. The broken leg
| was set next day.
On Eov, 8 handsome man 80 years old. erect
| as tho obeisk active. muscular. and well de-
| velGped. walked into the ward with the sur
| geon then on duty. He WAS VOL dressed and
gsntiemanly in domeanor. He sat down on a
| chrir near tbs cot when the surgeon lsft hi IN.
| Most OF the inmates of Tire ward supposed that
ne vas visitor wait ing 10 soc ono OF the fac
| ulty. This impression was diss pa sd whom n