. The boy spy; a substantially true record of events during the war of the rebellion. The only practical history of war telegraphers in the field ... thrilling scenes of battles, captures and escapes . arrival in Eich-mond. I can testify here to the fact that there was plenty to eat inRichmond in 1861, and it was not so very much more expensive atthat time than in Washington. The hotel people of Richmond were a little dubious about refu-gee boarders from Baltimore, as T soon learned, and were inclinedto be rather disposed to refer their sick guest to a hospital. For-tunately, I was able to j^r
. The boy spy; a substantially true record of events during the war of the rebellion. The only practical history of war telegraphers in the field ... thrilling scenes of battles, captures and escapes . arrival in Eich-mond. I can testify here to the fact that there was plenty to eat inRichmond in 1861, and it was not so very much more expensive atthat time than in Washington. The hotel people of Richmond were a little dubious about refu-gee boarders from Baltimore, as T soon learned, and were inclinedto be rather disposed to refer their sick guest to a hospital. For-tunately, I was able to j^revent this by a prompt advance of a weeksboarding from my church-collection fund, which fully satisfied theVirginia Yankee hotel-keeper. It happened, too, that there wassome change due me from the amount I had passed to him, which,in the pi-incely style I had assumed, I graciously told him to keepfor a credit on the next weeks account. I still had some moneyleft, but not enough to pay another weeks expenses at that hotel,but it was best to keep up a good appearance. The colored boys name who served me with meals and whoattended to all my sick Avants, I regret, I have forgotten. He was \.\1 X 0^. »,*£ ■^*«%i m I \ III ikji w- YOU ALWAYS SAY DOWN HERB, AND THAT YOURE GOING TOGO UP HOME. THE BOY SPY. 197 indeed a good friend^ and when \w\ week was out and I was still soweak that it was imjjossible for me to move, he continued to serveme with three light meals a day in a room Avhere I had been movedby him, which was located in a block of buildings which served asan annex to the crowded hotel. The hotel clerks, or the people at the office, supposed when Ileft the room that I had gone from the hotel; at least, they did notgive me any trouble, and I have always thought my presence in thatroom was overlooked or forgotten by them in the great rush of theirbusiness of those days. This colored boy was one of the regularwaiters employed at the hotel, who had for the week or ten dayspr
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