The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-06

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may find it easier TO remove me
He always talked quietly With the ply
sicians wnen they entered the room, but
a single word of caution was enough to
silence him. He was brave, patient, obed-
lent
Or. Rixey fed his patient. on the day
when the doctors decided that he could
have some beef juice DR.. Rxey gave
Mckinley three teasroonfuls.
A luxurious luncheon said the Presi-
dent with q smile
He viii BE asking for a cigar next. -
remarked DR.. McBurney when he heard
Of it, ard five minutes afterward Mr..
Mckinley was asking in truth for 2 copy
OF some morning newspaper thar he might
learn what was going on IN the world out
side
One of Mr.. McKinley's chief concerns
was for his nurses He often spoke with
marked appreciation of their tireless
activity in his behalf. one day when
they thought the President was getting
wei d nurse was taking his pulse Gaz-
ing at the watch in ner hand. and then
smiling quizzically at her, Mr.. Mckinley
said:
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pocketbook. saw them taking my watch
ana my pocketbook. and now have Moth
ing whatever"
Tho President would have thirgs appear
pleasant
Another time DR. A1ynter was at his
bedside On one of those few glad days
when every cody thought that the Presi-
dent was about 10 get wen.
How do you think 1 an today?" asked
the President
oh. you are virtually convalescent, Mr..
President, said DR.. Mynter. I don't
know whether to ascribe it to your mag
niGcent constitution or to tire prayers
Of the whole nation.
Undoubtedly the prayers Of the nation
have had a very, great deal to do with the
result replied the President.
"A Catholic priest a friend Of mine.
asked me to tell the President that his
whole congregation had prayed for his
recovery. said Dr. AIynter.
My Catholic friends have always been
extremely kind to Mrs Mckinley and
me- replied the President Give your
friend the priest my kind regards, and
ten him / am very grateful 70 him ana
his congregation.
on the Monday after he was shot, when
hopes seemed 50 high Mr.. Mckinley re-
marked that he would be glad when the
time came for him TO get well.
Il want to sit up; and l think am able
to- he added.
With some little pride he proved to be
able to turn over without pain. but the
physicians stopped that very quickly.
The first person that the President saw
after he was shot, save only the physi-
clans and the attendants. was Mrs. Nc
Kinlev Dr.. Rixey led the wife to the
bedside Of her husband on the morning
after he was shot. She sat beside the bed
and took his hand They hardly spoke
dozen words. For perhaps two minutes
they were silent. Then the President whis-
pered to his wife:
i have suffered but little" said he,
and have been very comfortable through
the night" There were tears in Mrs.
AcKinley's eyes then, and the President
spoke again before she had time to speak
a word
You know YOU must bear UP we'll he
said. THAT is the best for both Of US "
Then Mrs Mckinley vas led away by Dr..
R'xcv.
The next to see the stricken President
was Abner E;cKinley, who WAS admitted
to his brothers sick rootn on the Monday
after he had been shot. The President had
been told that his brother had arrived
from Denver the night before.
Il would ike very much to see him.
he said TO Or. Bixey that night. when
everything presaged recovery. DO you
think it would hurt me?
Perhaps not. If the meeting was
very short one replied the surgeon. 4
viii ask the others about it when they
come"
The doctors talked it over and decided
that it would DO the President less harm
to see his brother than TO worry himself
about any prohibition.
So Abner Mckinley was brought up
stairs.
When the brother was admitted to the
sick-room there was not word spoken
for a moment but there vas an eioquence
in the way the brothers grasped hands
which did not escape the attention of
those present at the meeting.
Thank Sod that it is no worse!' was
Abner Mckinley first remark.
eft rieht easily have bean.' replied
the President. but the doctors tell me
& am doing every bit as well as could he
expected and that / viii pull through all
right. / am confident Of it,
Few words passed between the brothers
There was Just a moment about their per
sonal matters. hearty clasp Of the hand
Inv Abner Mckinney ard then he walked
o-.f ~ rho room. There were tears IN his
ewes even after he left the house. Dur
fng those same happy days. when recov-
orv seemed SO close ar hand. Mrs Nchln-
lev took a daily drive II her husband
v,ss awake when she started she always
went to the sick-room for a gooo-hy kiss
sometimes when she came home she came
in for another.
ON the day that William Mckinley lay
diving he realized that he was growing
weaker At a time when the surgeons
iragined him 70 be asleep. DIT Mynter
gave him hypodermic injection OF
strvchnine But the President was not
asleep lie was conscious and asked
feelly:
..gvhat IS that doctor?"
50 heart sttmulant." answered the doc
tor: You are a brave and very sick
n realize it. said the President, re-
sirnediy and cheerfully.
1T 10 p. N. on Friday Drs. McBurney,
Mann and Myuter went solemnly into the
death chamber.
We fear there is no hope" said one
Of them.
Mrs Mckinley was brought IN. and the
rest n his family came. The wife set or