. The library of American history, literature and biography .. . hasty in-spection de-monstratedthat the Presi-dent was swifttrain broughtMrs. Garfieldto her h u s -bands sidethat personspresent in thesick-room r e -tired to allowMrs. Garfieldto meet herhusband alone as he had requested. They remained together only five minutes ; but theeffect of this brief interview was soon seen in the rallying of the almost clyingman. At the end of that time the doctors were again admitted, and thenbegan the long struggle for life, with its fluctuations between hope
. The library of American history, literature and biography .. . hasty in-spection de-monstratedthat the Presi-dent was swifttrain broughtMrs. Garfieldto her h u s -bands sidethat personspresent in thesick-room r e -tired to allowMrs. Garfieldto meet herhusband alone as he had requested. They remained together only five minutes ; but theeffect of this brief interview was soon seen in the rallying of the almost clyingman. At the end of that time the doctors were again admitted, and thenbegan the long struggle for life, with its fluctuations between hope and dread,which lasted for almost three months. Just after Mrs. Garfields arrivalthere was a sudden collapse which seemed to be the end, and the family of thePresident were hastily summoned to his bedside ; but to the surprise of every-one, the crisis passed, and for three weeks he seemed to improve. Then camea turn for the worse, and from that time the President lost ground. The hotsummer days, hard to bear even for those in full health, wasted and weakened. ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDKNT GARFIELD. James A. Garfield was the twentieth Presideut and was shot, as he was ab>iit to lake the train at Wishin^tou, July 2, iSSi, by a man who was disappointed in n jt t>b,aiiiin ; offi :c. 688 THE FUNERAL TRAIN. him terribly. He sank steadily ; and it was seen that unless relief from theintense heat could be had, he would inevitably die within a few days. It wasdecided to remove him to Elberon, on the ocean shore, near Long Branch, NewJersey, and on September 7th, accompanied by his family and the members ofhis cabinet, he was borne by a swift special train northward to the seaside. Asummer cottage had been offered for his use, and there for two anxious weekslay the man who, it may be truly said, had become The pillar of a peoples hope,The centre of a worlds desire. The cooling breezes of the seaside brought some relief, and the chanee, nodoubt, prolonged his life ; but it could not b
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