CHAPTER XXIX.
The Last of Earth--Events of the Last Day of Lincoln's Life--The Last Cabinet Meeting--The Last Drive with Mrs.Lincoln--Incidents of the Afternoon--Riddance to Jacob Thompson--A Final Act of Pardon--The Fatal Evening--The Visit to the Theatre--The Assassin's Shot--A Scene of Horror--Particulars of the Crime--The Dying President--A Nation's Grief--Funeral Obsequies--The Return to Illinois--At Rest in Oak Ridge Cemetery INDEX ILLUSTRATIONS Abraham Lincoln _From an Original Drawing by J.N.Marble, never before published_ Francis F.Browne Abraham Lincoln [Illustration: A.Lincoln] THE EVERY-DAY LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.