anaheim-daily-herald 1921-12-20

Lincoln’s Son Tells Why Father’s Life Would Have Been Saved He Had Gone to Theatre with WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 14—The boy, Robert, was tired that night. He had just returned from 30 days in the mud and agony of the front. During those 30 days he had not had his clothes off. He had hardly had a square meal. He had not had a bath or a smoke or a chance to rest. “We want for you to go to the theater with us, son,” said his father. “I’m too tired,” said the boy, Robert. “I’ll just finish this cigar and then I’ll go to bed.” And so Abraham Lincoln was murdered. Robert Lincoln’s Story One of the lifelong friends of Robert Lincoln told the story the other day. So far as I know, it has never been published. No one may say with certainty what might have happened on that fatal night, of course, but it is Robert Lincoln’s sad conviction that if he had accompanied his father to the theater John Wilkes Booth would never have gained access to the box in which the president sat. In that case he could not have assassinated Mr. Lincoln. In that case the whole course of history might have been changed. An interesting but rather futile field of speculation is offered. After an active and colorful career, Robert Lincoln has returned and is now a resident of Georgetown, one of the suburbs of Washington. His health is none too good now. It is only rarely that he leaves his home and comes into Washington to chat with old friends at his club, or perhaps call upon one of the statesmen of the day. Now and then, but not often, he recounts his recollections of the closing days of the Civil war and his memories as a boy in the white house. Returned Home Exhausted On the day of the assassination he had returned from a visit to the front. Of what he saw and heard during that 30-day tour he rarely speaks. But he returned at the point of physical exhaustion. In 50 years war has not changed in its demand upon the energies of the man. Mud was as deep in 1865 as it was in 1918 and food was as hard to come by and rest was as broken. His first thought upon reaching the white house that evening was to greet his father and then get cleaned up. Then dinner came. It was the first warm, well served, really tempting meal he had had recently. For 30 days he had been wolfing down food when it came and as it came. After dinner he lighted his first cigar for days. His memory is vivid. “I was sitting in my chair cocked back against the wall,” he told a friend the other day. President Lincoln came in to him. One can imagine the picture. The tired boy half reclining against the wall, smoking, and the tired man leaning over him. Almost the tones of the president’s voice come to one—tired, but distinct with love and tenderness. He made use of a phrase that has clung in his son’s memory. “Son,” said he, “we want for you to come with us to the theater tonight.” Robert explained that he was too tired. Even then he was so sleepy he could hardly keep his eyes open. He wanted but to finish his cigar and then go upstairs to bed. He looked forward to a night’s rest between clean sheets with an eagerness that was almost pitiful. The president nodded in assent. “All right, son,” he said. “Run along to bed.” Robert explains that the boxes in the old Ford theater were both short and shallow, but four seats placed in nearly, and the presider companions. If Robert panied them, another have been moved in for as the youngest mem party, he must have sat. “My seat must have in the door alcove, ‘which was covered atain.’ Tired, as he was, it tain that he would have chair back against the greatest rest possed the assassin opened peep in at his project Robert must have riser have seen the pistol hand and grappled with if he did not, it is hit that if Booth had four blocked by this lusty y is unlikely that he wouried his project further. His Recollection “他 would have en psychological obstacle “To open the door and unsuspecting man is o to fire after he had fo blocked is another. lieve that he would hail it if I had been there. The theory is an int at least. Robert Lin lection of the remal night is vivid. He has asleep when he heard a carriage being gall drive to the white hote half conscious state thought was that imp had been brought to t Then two men rushed into his room. “你 father has they said. The rest of the sto knows. HOME-MADE CANDY IS SURE TO MAKE APPRECIATED GIFT A box of home-made candies is a welcome gift much appreciated at Christmas. There is an art in preparing such a box for one's friends and the end gained is worth the trouble. Candy boxes of any desired size can be purchased at a box factory, or boxes covered with the art crepe paper, sold at so reasonable prices nowadays, make attractive receptacles. 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SONGS OF THE POETS You'll Love Me Yet—By Robert Browning (1812-1899) You'll love me yet—and I can tarry Your love's one raked growing; Just record that bunch of flowers you carry. From seed of April's sowing. I plant a fearful now some seed A lean lance to strike. And yield—what you'll not plunge like Not love, but may be, like. You'll look at least on love's remains, A ginger one violin: You look at Santa Claus a scarf and carrot, What's death? You'll love me ya Father’s in Saved if fire with Him short and shallow. There were but four seats placed in them ordinarily, and the president had three companions. If Robert had accompanied them, another chair must have been moved in for him, and as the youngest member of the party, he must have sat in the rear. “My seat must have been placed in the door alcove,” he said, “which was covered with a curtain.” Tired, as he was, it is very certain that he would have leaned his chair back against the door to get the greatest rest possible. When the assassin opened the door to peep in at his projected victim, Robert must have risen. He would have seen the pistol in Booth’s hand and grappled with him. Even if he did not, it is his conviction that if Booth had found the door blocked by this lusty youngster it is unlikely that he would have carried his project further. His Recollection Vivid “He would have encountered a psychological obstacle,” he said. “To open the door and fire at an unsuspecting man is one thing, but to fire after he had found his way blocked is another. I do not believe that he would have attempted it if I had been there.” The theory is an interesting one, at least. Robert Lincoln’s recollection of the remainder of the night is vivid. He had been long asleep when he heard the noise of a carriage being galloped up the drive to the white house. In his half conscious state his first thought was that important news had been brought to the president. 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