The Life, Crime, And Capture of John Wilkes Booth
The Life, Crime, And Capture of John Wilkes Booth
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Yesterday the Secretary of War, without instructions of any kind, committed to Colonel Lafayette C. Baker, of the secret service, thestark corpse of J. Wilkes Booth. The secret service never fulfilled itsvolition more secretively. "What have you done with the body?" said I toBaker. "That is known" he answered, "to only one man living besidesmyself. It is gone. I will not tell you where. The only man who knows issworn to silence. Never till the great trumpeter comes shall the graveof Booth be di...scovered. " And this is true. Last night, the 27th ofApril, a small row boat received the carcass of the murderer; two menwere in it they carried the body off into the darkness, and out of thatdarkness it will never return. In the darkness, like his great crime, may it remain forever, impalpable, invisible, nondescript, condemned tothat worse than damnation, --annihilation. The river-bottom may oozeabout it laden with great shot and drowning manacles. The earth may haveopened to give it that silence and forgiveness which man will never giveits memory.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Yesterday the Secretary of War, without instructions of any kind, committed to Colonel Lafayette C. Baker, of the secret service, thestark corpse of J. Wilkes Booth. The secret service never fulfilled itsvolition more secretively. "What have you done with the body?" said I toBaker. "That is known" he answered, "to only one man living besidesmyself. It is gone. I will not tell you where. The only man who knows issworn to silence. Never till the great trumpeter comes shall the graveof Booth be di...scovered. " And this is true. Last night, the 27th ofApril, a small row boat received the carcass of the murderer; two menwere in it they carried the body off into the darkness, and out of thatdarkness it will never return. In the darkness, like his great crime, may it remain forever, impalpable, invisible, nondescript, condemned tothat worse than damnation, --annihilation. The river-bottom may oozeabout it laden with great shot and drowning manacles. The earth may haveopened to give it that silence and forgiveness which man will never giveits memory.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Townsend George Alfred to read onlineMoreLess
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