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

arms. came now perchei on its banners
and nearly every night there was Joyous
gathering at our hotel. aud mutual cou-
grarulationS were the oider of hc day. Mr..
Lincoln was happier than | ever saw h:m.
and wherever lie moved he was the ciI Gle
of c,,rdIa friends.
AT last he great event happened that
we had all wished for. hoped for aud pray
ed for, during all the four long, weaIy
years
LEE SURRENDERED
at AppOmatax court houSp!-aud il seemed
as If he people were dcIu nous with 10y.
AT "uT hotel there Was one round of CON
gratulatinus aud iejoicings. Every night
the paIluts wnuld he 'hrougcd with an
anxious, excited party, who would discuss,
dunk and dance tie aIghi Though. Amid
all these scenes Booth moved calm. Stem,
silent, cold. His manner wds utterly
changed, aud instead of "A ramtinn romantic
boy, II" seemed - compuSeti, practical man
We all knew thai the rumi.h of the fed
era! army WAS "A blasting of his most cher
i~hed hopes, and none of us >din any Thing
to him on The suhirct. Aud 50 the fdttd
days sped swiftly 10y, aud while "a nation
was drunk with iny-while The ringing of
The. bells, the cracking OF the bOuiires and
the blaze of martial music all united ia d
lie DeuHG IN honor of victory aud percp-
Tins cold yOnng mau carried m his breast Il
secret that would, II told, make the world
stare wuh horror. IT. all this din, one head
only kept cool and plotted daIk Grcd>,
while the face bore IA calm iu>ctutdbe look
that no SeaIcl could read, nn eye could
pierce. None of the misgiNimgs of CdSsius
nor the toriuring mi>louhrs aud teas of
The noble BrUtUS, dIStuI he'd him. Instead.
lie arranged all the minute details Of The
horrible conspiracy that Has To cuuvuiSe
The Country IA thr"es of terror ~iili cool
ness that was wonderful. No daIk unit
teiInpS aud canlaIIuus Of the Shrinking
1Hdcbetb, no Irm"ise of the French GeoIges
seemed tn dIslub his serenity of mmd. -
Instead, lie went on his resolved way, cool,
deIeI mined aud deadly.
80 time passed until the sun rose on
J mat early Fil0Iy morning, ApiIl Il. 1865.
john W likes came into iht. pai ioT at noon
and stayed there oull for "A few moments.
lie seemed restless aud cXcued, but not
enough 50 la attract any atteuIi,n frum uS.
lie lett In an hunr aud went down, as he
Sald, l" witness the IeGeaI sal of he
play. Our American Cousin" Mis-, Hale
aud myself thought uf going
THAT NIGHT.
| but he strongly advised us not, saving
'etnetnb - hat it. Good FIIday, and
that lew people would be present, aud the
play would drag on that account. After
his we decided in posi- pune our intention
aud 90 the night after.
Dinner PASSED off pleasantly, and we
I tetIied - our rooms for our IrpSI prandial
uap, aud did not reassriuLle tuyeI her uu,il
ihe evening, when abtu; half an hour be-
i"'e supper We all met in the parlur, There
"eIe S'.uator Hale aun lis wife, aud Bcs-
sic, aud AN English badly Who was staying
Il the hotel \ few mumeuts after We
were sealed John Wilkes came ia aud
I greeted us all with lie utmost cnidIal.Iy,
i'Id The Same old graceful bow that hr, aud
/ he only, could make. lie Sermrd io bt in
good SpIiiIs, aud lius he'd atIhe machinery
! IT the play. Afer "a lutle drsuiIory cuui-
veisation, lac aud Bessie drew off tnvrthrr,
| aud carried on an earnest conversation in
J low tones. remember thinking what a