The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-07-22
INTERVIEW WITH mrs. DIR.
EDISON,
Who n In Attendance Upon
the President.

'IFetly well Tor q maj as sick as h
is"
l. what is lac thinking himself abou
:. it,"
n GAN along he has been so cheerful
q and hopeful hat you could imagine d
! felt his recovery a sure thing, but yes
terday he seemed to grow a little de
%spOndent for the first time"
"Still he understands that his ease 4
progressing favorably."
> "Tes, he knows that, but he wa
y very restless all day yesterday, aud h,
seemed more than ever conscious Of the
Il struggle he WAS making between lit,
and death"
"Then he is conscious ofthe changes.
Perfectly. He became quite tired
out Yesterday and said 10 his wife, i
wonder If all this fight against death is
worth the little pinch of life | will get
anyway" Mrs. Garfield salG to him 4:
Don't talk that way. or Il il is
worth while"
MRS. GARFIELD KEEPS HOPEFUL.
: Just as cheerful rs ever. The President
wanted her near him 4 good deal yes
terday, and she remained. We are try
ing, though, 10 reserve her strength,
for as the President convalesces, he
will want her more and more with
him."
did not all the work Of putting up
the cooling apparatus annoy you yes
terday?
Yes, it did frequently. Once We had
to have the work stopped altogether,
as she President grew quite restless and
excited about it. At night, after the
~hypodermic injection had been given
him and he fell asleep, the work started
again and progressed rapidly. It will
probably be in operation to-day"
"Doyou think the wound is heal
ing?"
"ltis suppurating nicely-.hc Presi-
dent cannot sec why he is not feeling
better when his wound is getting along
so well; but that, of course, was expcc-
ted"
us he getting tired of the bed?"
"Dreadfully so. Yesterday he SEEM
ed sick and tired of the whole affair.
THAT EXALTED SENSE OF HOPE
which had overweighed all the suffer-
ing at first, is fast deserving him, and
you could see he was canvass!ng his
chances this way or that with some
misgivings as to the result. Besides,
the muscles of his back are so sore and
painful that for 4 heavy man it must
induce severe pain and w~cariness."
'ls he anxious to know the purport
Of the bulletins?"
Though tho physicians told him
yesterday after consultation how he
was progressing, he did not feel entire
ly satisfied, and asked to zee the bulle-
tin. | procured the early morning and
noon bulletins and read them to HIM.
| told him once before that the bulle-
tins were anxiOusly looked for outside,
and he said yesterday: "The people
must be sick and tired reading them.
What is life? What difference does it
make, anyway ?" |
"YOu do not like to hear such de-
spairing remarks, DO your"
"No, we do not, '
BUT HE Is SUFFERING To, ,
putting in day after day in pretty much !
the same state, ard we attribute the less /;
hopeful view he is taking just now to
reasons. He was so full Of en-
enlargement the first days, and had no
idea that the process of recovery would |
be so tedious" Y
HAS anything been told the Presi- t
dent of the New York gift to his wife p p
"NO, nothing has been said about it S
to him at all. As for Mrs. Garfield, p
is unable to talk about such an M II
.OOked-for and magnificent expression q
'fsympathy, and the very thought of so :.
kindness quite overcomes her." IL
elias the President any intimation Of II
he excitement the shooting caused J" y
"Oh, yes; he has some idea. He ask ~
ID me last week one day what people u
saying about it, and l told him a,
hat thought it his right to know SOM q,
hing Of the intense excitement pre- et
all classes of people, and that he II
ad tine sympathy of the whole c%iviliz- Ii
d world. l told him that messages d,
rom every direction and from distin- IL
uished people
ALL OVER THE WORLD
'cre continually arriving, but I said
We cannot let you see them" He an
81 don't want to; but do you al
link the excitement greater than in pt
,incoln's lime" | told him that ! IL
lought it was that then the end soon 70
while now everyb body was in an IN
gony of suspense and ALARM but | n,
ontinued, don't you remember your I'll
wn wOrdt then "God reigns," &c. S,
ELL, it wifi apply as well now, this so
ny, "God still rcigns, aud the Prcsi- ca
emit lives" discouraged any talk re
'om him, and he made mo further &C
JmmGnt. pr