[Time Travel Adventures of the 1800 Club 01.0] Time Travel Adventures of the 1800 Club: Book I by Robert McAuley

Author:Robert McAuley [McAuley, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction, Historical
Amazon: B0071DLTTK
Goodreads: 12721720
Publisher: Robert P. McAuley
Published: 2011-05-23T06:00:00+00:00

DATELINE: JUNE 6, 1899 PLACE: THE 1800 CLUB’S GARDEN, NEW YORK

Bill locked the door behind him and walked through the lush garden surrounded by eight-foot-high stonewalls, toward the wrought iron gate. He took out a cigar and lit it as he peered out into the quiet world of the New York of 1899.

A woman pushed a baby carriage and held the hand of a little boy who wanted to pet a horse pulling a wagon full of vegetables. She scolded him as they approached Bill’s gate.

He tipped his hat and smiled. “Good day, ma’am.”

She smiled back and looked embarrassed at the boy, who was determined to pet the horse. “George! Stop pulling this instant. You’ll be trampled by that horse and wagon if you don’t stop.” She looked at Bill again. “Lord, the children of today. I don’t know how this generation is going to take our place. All they want to do is play.”

Bill nodded and smiled in agreement. “Oh, I suspect they’ll do just fine.”

He watched them as they went down the tree-lined street. What a great time to be alive, Bill thought, as he puffed on his cigar, Quiet, easygoing times. He took a deep breath but wrinkled his nose immediately as he got a whiff of horse waste. Oh well, one must take the good with the bad, he thought.

He set off in a leisurely stroll toward New York’s City Hall and Theodore Roosevelt. Along the way, he bought an apple from a street vendor for two cents and a soda pop for a penny. A guy could live real well here, he thought taking a bite of the juicy fruit.

Bill had been back to the 1800s at least a dozen times, yet he never really got over the feeling that people were staring at him. He had to keep reminding himself that he was one of them even though he was from their future. They were living and breathing just as he was. They were not the poor-quality, black and white, grainy photos that he had seen in history books; they were live people with hopes and plans for their own futures.

I have to snap out of this! I need to enjoy the present, or the past as it may be, and get on with the mission, he thought, as he sipped his soda pop.

Bill walked further down Broadway than he had to, just to see the low buildings that would be replaced with one of the most beautiful buildings of its time, the AT&T building at 95 Broadway. He recalled working there for a short time in 1998.

An elderly woman stood on the corner, wiping bird droppings from her wide-brimmed hat. Bill looked up and noticed the wires were still above ground and a favorite perch for thousands of city birds. He also noticed that people tried to avoid walking under the wires whenever they could. He spotted a trolley car with the destination sign on the front noting its final stop was City Hall.

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