The Washington herald., 1915-04-18

| Lincoln. No thought of his good mother
or his seven sisters in Washington. whom
| he had left to follow the fortunes of a
| hunted assassin, seemed to enter Her
! old's mind.
After breakfast. young Tyson retired
! to the chamber where Booth lay. a
breakfast that Mrs. Mudd had sent him
untouched on Il tray beside him.
Booth Refuses Food.
Shortly before dinner time Herod came
downstairs. He was as cheerful as be-
fore. At dinner he again talked freely.
He said he and his friend Tyler were
anxious to reach the Potomac, and he
| thought he would he Obliged to buy a
carriage in which to continue their jour-
ney. He asked DIR. Mudd if he knew
where suitable vehicle could be OBJ
tanned. The doctor told him that he
thought his father. who lived about two
railes away. had one which could be
borrowed. He was going to Bryantown.
the nearest village. after dinner. and Mr.
Tyson" could go along with him.
The two set out together on horseback
in the early afternoon.
They found that the elder Mudd did not
wish 10 lend his carriage. as he had
planned to take his family to church in
it the following day, which was Easter
l
IA short way with him toward Bryantown.
then saying he would return to the house
and endeavor to continue his journey on
horseback. he turned back.
During the absence of DR.. Mudd and
the young man Mrs Mudd had endeav-
ored to minister to the comfort of the
suffering stranger in her front chamber
by taking him up some cake and wine.
In reply to n question as to how he felt,
Booth answered: MY back aches aw-
fully ] must have hurt II when the
horse fell and broke my leg" He re-
fused the cake and wine and asked Tor
brandy. Mrs. Mudd replied that there
was none in the house. but that DIR.
Mudd had some good whisky. This was
declined. The stranger then asked If he
could borrow shaving materials. Mrs.
Mudd brought them and left him. Dur
ing the whole of the interview he had
lain with his back to her and she did not
see his face.
Suspicious Guests Depart.
On the return of Herold. Mrs. Mudd
heard footsteps in the chamber and
soon learned that the two men were
preparing to leave the house. Their
horses were brought from the stable
to the door and the injured man, hob
bling on a rude crutch that had been
made for him by DIR. Mudd's gardener
came painfully down the stairs to
take his leave. Mrs. Mudd then
noticed that he had shaved off his
mustache and that his beard was false
She saw part of il detached from
his face. The wounded man mounted
with difficulty, his pale face pic
ture of agony, and the two rode slow
ly away westward, over a road
through the swamp that DIR. Mudd
had tod tn hat moi
ing as short cut. The young man
had then said he was going to Par
son Winners"
DR.. Mudd returned. He had gone to
the town and there had learned that
Lincoln had been assassinated, and
that the assassin was desperate
named Boyle (well known in that sec
tom or a man named Booth.
DR.. Mudd was excited by the news,
though it did not occur to him how
closely it was destined to touch his
own life. On his way home he stop
ped at a neighbours to order some
timber for fence rails. He there de-
clared the death of Lincoln was
great calamity and added that il the
assassin was named Booth he might
know him, as he knew a John Wilkes
Booth. But" he added, Il under
stand there are several brothers of
them, and it may not be the one /
know
When DIR. Mudd reached home and
heard from his wife her story of the
departure of his mysterious guests,
he declared that he must return at
once to Bryantown and tell the Of
ficers.
1t was now dark and Mrs. Mudd,
terrified at the thought of remaining
in the house without a protector,
begged him to stay home that night.
The murderers might learn Of his
mission, return before he came back,
and in revenge kill her and the chill
dren. He could send word tomorrow
when he went to church.
DR.. Mudd yielded to his wife's en-
treaties-an indulgence that went hard
with him later.
Tensrrews Booth Anas . hiding
place
tUOpynsht. ISls By Winfield Il nonpspu.)