Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-11-14

d part VI lne pT0BTdIIlIIle, anu d uOy
leaning over the gallery rail, giggled.
tuesque beauty lit by eyes flashing
with insane desperation and cried,
"Sic semper tyrannis," they were only
confirmed in this impression.
A sudden, piercing scream from
Mrs, Lincoln, quivering, soul-harrow-
ing! Leaning far out Of the box.
from ashen cheeks and lips leaped the
pi:eous cry of appeal, her hand point
ing to the retreating figure:
"The President Is shot! He has
killed the President"
Every heart stood still for one aw-
full moment. The brain refused to rec
ord the message-and then the storm
burst!
A wild roar Of helpless fury and de-
spair! Men hurled themselves over
the footlights in vain pursuit Of the as
sassin. Already the clatter Of his
horses feet could be heard in the dis
tance. A surgeon threw himself
against the door Of the box, but 1t
had been barred within by the cunning
hand. Another leaped on the stage,
and the people lifted him up In their
arms and over the fatal railing.
Women began to faint, and strong
men trampled down the weak In mad
rusneS from SIDE TO Slde.
The stage In a moment was seeth-
ing mass Of craZed men, among them
the actors and actresses in costumes
shining through the rouge. They
passed water up to the box, and some
.ried to climb up and enter 1t.
The two hundred soldiers Of the
presidents guard suddenly burst in,
and. amid screams and groans Of the
weak and injured, stormed the house
with fixed bayonets, cursing, yelling
and shouting at the top Of their voices:
Clear out! Clear out! You sons
of He'll"
One Of them suddenly bore down
with fixed bayonet toward Phil.
Margaret shrank in terror close to
his side and tremblingly held his arm.
Elsie sprang forward, her face
afiame, her eyes flashing fire, her little
figure terse, erect, and quivering with
rage:
GLOW dare you, idiot brute!"
The soldier, brought to his Senses
saw Phil in full captains uniform be-
fore him, and suddenly drew himself
UP. salu.ing. Phil ordered him to
guard Margaret and Elsie for mo-
ment, drew his sword, leaped between
the crazed soldiers and their victims
and stopped their insane rush.
Within the box, the great head lay In
surgeons arms, the blood slowly drip
ping down, and the tiny death bubbles
forming on the kindly lips. They car
ried him tenderly out. and another
group bore after him the unconscious
wife. The people tore the seats from
their fastenings and heaped them In
piles to make way for the precious
burdens.
AS Phil pressed forward with Mar
garet and Elsie. through the open door
came the roar of the mob without.
shouting its cries:
1.-The President is shot"
Seward Is murdered"
Where Is Grant,"
Where Is Stanton?"
ITO arms! To arms!"
The peal of signal guns could now
he heard the roll Of drums aid the
hurried tramp Of soldiers feet. They
marched none too soon. The mob had
a tia cked the stockade holding ten
thousand unarmed Confederate pris-
oners.
At the corner of the block in which
the theatre stood. they seized man
who looked like a southerner and hung
him to the lamp-post. Two heroic
policeman fought their way to his side
and rescued him.
II the temper Of the people during
the war had been convulsive, now II
Was insane-wlth one mad impufse ana
one thought-vengeance! Horror. an
ger. terror, uncertainty, each passion
tanned the one animal instinct tn'o
fury.
Through this awful night. with the
Iiphts still cleaning as IL to mock the
celebration Of victory, the crowds
swaved in impotent rage through the
streets, while the telegraph bore on
the wings Of lightning the awe-inspir-
ing news. Men caught 1t from the
wires. and stood in silent groups weep
ing. and their wrath against the fallen
south began to rise as the moaning
of the sea under a coming storm.
At dawn. black clouds hung threat
ening on the eastern horizon. AS the
sun rose. tingoing them for moment
with scarlet and purple glory Abra-
ham Lincoln breathed his last.
Even grim Stanton. the iron heart
ed. stood by his bedside and through
hlindirg tears exclaimed:
Now he belongs to the agesi'
The dced was done. The wheel OF
things had moved. Vice-President
Johnson took the oath Of office. and
men hailed him Chief: but the seat
oF Empire had moved from the White
House to little dark house on the
Capitol hill. where dwelt an old CLUB
footed man. alone. attended Dy
strange brown woman Of sinister AMI
NAL beauty and the restless eyes OF
q leopardess.
TO BE CONTINUED.