CHAPTER XXVIII.

The President Plans a Ten-Days' Pleasure-Trip.--Morning of the Fateful Day.--Secretary Blame Accompanies him to the Station.--A Mysterious-looking Character.--Sudden Report of a Pistol.--The President Turns and Receives the Fatal Shot.--Arrest of the Assassin.--The President Recovers Consciousness and is Taken Back to the White House. 214