The assassination of Abraham Lincoln : flight, pursuit, capture, and punishment of the conspirators . s of the Civil War and the assassination of Presi-dent Lincoln; but I ventured to tell her that I had beendirected to her for certain information concerningBooths stay for twenty-four hours in that section of thecountry. A smile crept over her face, and she saidthe lady to whom I was directed must be her husbandsmother, and I said perhaps that was true. She kindlyinformed me that her husband was out at the light-house,which we could see from the front room, and that shewas expecting to see him
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln : flight, pursuit, capture, and punishment of the conspirators . s of the Civil War and the assassination of Presi-dent Lincoln; but I ventured to tell her that I had beendirected to her for certain information concerningBooths stay for twenty-four hours in that section of thecountry. A smile crept over her face, and she saidthe lady to whom I was directed must be her husbandsmother, and I said perhaps that was true. She kindlyinformed me that her husband was out at the light-house,which we could see from the front room, and that shewas expecting to see him raise the sail of his boat at anymoment and come to shore. She made me feel at homeat once, and, while I was anxious to be going. I con-tented myself, patiently waiting for the sails to Arnold has a very interesting family of girls, fivein number, and the mother seemed to be one amongthem, making a cheerful, domestic home. An hour anda half passed away pleasantly, and dinner was did full justice to the meal, and felt thankful 1 had been 28o ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM GAMBO CREEK. A small stream running inland from the Potomac, into which Booth andHarold guided their boat, instead of the Machodoc Creek, as directed byJones. The spot where they tied their boat was near a black-walnut tree has since been cut down, but a ten-foot section of it still lies uponthe bank (igoi). detained at so pleasant a place. Mr, Thomas G. Irelandof Baltimore, a relative of the family, was spending sometime here nursing a l^roken leg. He proved to be a goodcompanion, so we chatted away until three oclock, whenMr. Arnold, a jolly good fellow, landed with his faithfuldog from the light-house. I said: I have been waitinghere since eleven oclock to see you; and he replied: This is a pretty good place to wait. I at once toldhim the places that I wished to see, and if he would giveme directions how to reach them I would start out,for I wanted to proceed on my way to
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