. Abraham Lincoln : his life and public services. helabyrinth of the theatre — perfectly familiar to him — tohis horse in waiting below. Between the deed of bloodand the escape, there was not the lapse of a hour was about half-past ten. There was but onepursuer, and he from the audience ; but he was out-stripped. The meaning of the pistol-shot was soon Lincoln had been shot in the back of the head, be-hind the left ear, the ball traversing an oblique line to theright ear. He was rendered instantly unconscious, andnever knew friends or pain again. Having been con-veye
. Abraham Lincoln : his life and public services. helabyrinth of the theatre — perfectly familiar to him — tohis horse in waiting below. Between the deed of bloodand the escape, there was not the lapse of a hour was about half-past ten. There was but onepursuer, and he from the audience ; but he was out-stripped. The meaning of the pistol-shot was soon Lincoln had been shot in the back of the head, be-hind the left ear, the ball traversing an oblique line to theright ear. He was rendered instantly unconscious, andnever knew friends or pain again. Having been con-veyed as soon as possible to a house opposite the theatre,he expired there the next morning at twenty-two min-utes past seven oclock, attended by the principal members * J. Wilkes Booth. LAST DAYS AND A NATIONS GRIEF. 201 of bis cabinet, and other friends ; from all of whom theheart-rending spectacle drew copious tears of Lincoln and her son Robert were in an adjoiningapartment; the former bowed down with anguish, the )&,,,,,>. THE DEATH OF MB. LINCOLN, latter strong enough to sustain and console her. Soonafter nine oclock, the body was removed to the WhiteHouse under military escort. There the body was embalmed, and prepared for thegrave. The paraphernalia of mourning, in this case noheartless display, filled the house. In the east room, thesolemn funeral services were first performed. Nearthe centre of the room stood the grand catafalque, uponwhich rested the mortal remains of the illustrious dead,enclosed in a beautiful mahogany coffin lined with lead,and with a white satin covering over the metal. It wasfinished in the most elaborate style, with four silverhandles on each side, stars glistening between the han-dles, and a vein of silver winding around the whole casein a serpentine form. To the edges of the lid hung a 202 ABRAHAM LINCOLN. nice silver tassel, making a chaste and elaborate fringe tothe whole case. The silver plate bore the simple in-scription :
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