CHAPTER XXIX.

At the White House.--The Anxious Throngs.--Examination of the Wounds.--The President's Questions.--His Willingness to Die.--Waiting for his Wife.--Sudden Relapse.--A Glimmer of Hope.--A Sunday of Doubt.--Independence Day.--Remarks of George William Curtis. 218

The Assassin.--What were his motives.--His own Confessions.--Statement of District-Attorney Corkhill.--Sketch of Guiteau's Early Life. 227