The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-07-26

cred aud showed The pca1lv white teeth
bcur5p u Tie niou>taciip. aud hen hc shook
his head with determined movement.
cropped her hauG. turned and iSnpln.1rc,l
thr"ugh Ihr open d,"Ivay. aud a. ~ gazed
nome of uS thought "iU eyes wett luukin =
the las; ~ this would upnn i!c way yaI d
gcuiu~ who had won 50 upon all that we
low him.
Il canuot tell how we passed thai fear
ful cveniur-ruuch. uo doubt, as tle rest
We laughed. talk,-d aud I,Strd. aS was our
Won and no shadow of the inn ending
fu! event fell upnu ms. ! he h"uIs sped
swiftly 10y, until ten u'c'ock struck. and
then our luIlc ciicle broke mp A. kissed
Bessie good night | ciuldu't help saving "a
her, My dear, Nou look eXquiSitely lovely
tu nighi-Sweetrr aud preIIIer than i ev, 1
saw you She or.ly smiled and lef; the
pa,lr.
Il went 10 my own room, and. being
tined. undtrSsed and went in ted. It
seemed as il | had been n>lerl, but min
ute when | WAS amused 10y an iud"timable
| uui>e, that served to wake, hut not loud
euough s:artle one. Duurs were Slam
Eied all uver the house, aud uturnur of
voices was heard. ] thought al fist that
some one was sick. aud that u doctor was
being IuiIiedly sent fni but the noise sill
c"nIiuuiug, Imagined that there must be
five in The vicinity. This idea caused me
to jump up uuce and open the window,
aud | hraiG The sound nf many horS,S feet
striking Ih, pavement ia - full run. tut nu
fire bells or alarms. but I'LL the mex plea
blr sounds continued.
The rehrlS have >tormed the CRY ! WAS
the next impress "n. and wiIh HAT | liasi J.
~ threw ou my wrapper aud hurrird O." my
parlur. there was nu one there, aud | kepi
on until | got to tie grand SALON, aud
there | f',uni crow Il of people - most w
like myself, gues's of The hotel and en- DIS
ha6jUe
-'rn cur scared looks and frenzic3 inter
rngatious of What has happened? the
reply came in huSlted. awful accents. that
President Lincoln had irrn numbered by
Booth while he sat Ia his box ia the the'-
Ter.
BY Booth iucrpduuu>ly asked; by
John Wilkes Booth! Oh, no Ll:at is inn
possible
AS the crowd surged to and fIO in I'M
c"utrollahle excitement. Bessie Tale came
in, aud as she hraid The dreadful news she
screamed. aud then. befoie amy one cunll
reach her. fell Imone upnn the ll'nr. She
WAS carried up tn her "nom.
That ulght OF horror seems like n
frighiful dreim 10 me now. Nome of us
retired. but sat in the paIl"r in kind of
dumb terror. Our geuiirmeu friends we're
"u. all night. and the ladies sat clp~e chiS-
I tered together in a I'i:cuuS c'mdIl'n, aud
not until the gray dawn came stealing ln
I did We retire, sick AT hear, aud wiIh heavy,
wet eyclidS for We ihru knew the wars -
! the Pes tirut dying, Il'e Secretary i'iaiiy
wounded. and cur iaVoiite ilNlitg iit'nl
/ juice. with ilrr buidon uf great sin upon
! hiS gn'ly Snul.
"Dming the whal. = me ~ the Tur>u''
nf Booth. we awaited. 80 dred7i"l SLATE "d
I suspense The end. \ Thousand Ium"t'
] wt.ir ilyiug allonl aud people seemed near
J " cr;,z-.d with all the Startling events tha
fulI"W rd so pidly rach "ihr' I'I ~1cc''s>i''n
..In all these huurs Bessie iiil.' kept -
her ronin aud none but hrT mother ant
/ physician were admitted T., >e, her.
"a day or two after the as9esS.ualion-i