. Confederate operations in Canada and New York. tes when alarms beganto ring all over the city. He decided to go out, and comingdown the stairway it happened tO be clear at a turn and theidea occurred to him that there would be fun to start ascare. He broke a bottle of Greek fire, he said, on the edgeof a step like he would crack an egg. It blazed up and he gotout to witness the result. He had been down there in thecrowd ever since and the fires at the Astor House and theCity Hotel had both been put out. But he had listened Lothe talk of the people and heard the opinion expressed gen-erally t
. Confederate operations in Canada and New York. tes when alarms beganto ring all over the city. He decided to go out, and comingdown the stairway it happened tO be clear at a turn and theidea occurred to him that there would be fun to start ascare. He broke a bottle of Greek fire, he said, on the edgeof a step like he would crack an egg. It blazed up and he gotout to witness the result. He had been down there in thecrowd ever since and the fires at the Astor House and theCity Hotel had both been put out. But he had listened Lothe talk of the people and heard the opinion expressed gen-erally that rebels were in the city to destroy it. He thoughtour presence must be known. Harrington had broken abottle in the Metropolitan Theater at 8 oclock, just after hefired the Metropolitan Hotel adjoining; and Ashbrook haddone likewise in Niblos Garden Theater adjoining the LaFarge Hotel. We went into the crowd on Broadway and stopped atthose places to see what had happened. There was thewildest excitement imaginable. There was all sorts of talk.
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