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On the bier a wreath of white roses rested, bearing the simple inscription  "From Queen Victoria to the memory of the late President Garfield, an expression of her sorrow, and her sympathy with Mrs. Garfield and the American nation." ON THE BIER A WREATH OF WHITE ROSES RESTED BEARING THE SIMPLE INSCRIPTION FROM QUEEN VICTORIA TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE PRESIDENT GARFIELD AN EXPRESSION OF HER SORROW AND HER SYMPATHY WITH MISSUS GARFIELD AND THE AMERICAN NATION
d that Garfield would follow the example of other Presidents, and turn out all the civic officers, to make room for his own friends. This annoyance at length found expression in the wicked act of a wretched creature, a disappointed office-seeker, named Guiteau. The new President had been but a few months in office, when Guiteau followed him into the railway station at Washington, and, as he entered the waiting-room, shot him in the back. The President fell wounded, but not unconscious. In great pain, he still remembered his loved ones, and moaned, "My poor wife and children." Then he dictated a message to his wife. A struggle with death ensued, on which the whole world looked with awe. For weeks the President hovered between life and death, showing ever the same sublime spirit of cheerful patience and Christian resignation which had adorned his life. At length the end came, and on the 19th of September 1881 he fell asleep. His body was removed to Washington, where he was laid in state. D EXPECTED THAT GARFIELD WOULD FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF OTHER PRESIDENTS AND TURN OUT ALL THE CIVIC OFFICERS TO MAKE ROOM FOR HIS OWN FRIENDS THIS ANNOYANCE AT LENGTH FOUND EXPRESSION IN THE WICKED ACT OF A WRETCHED CREATURE A DISAPPOINTED OFFICE SEEKER NAMED GUTTEL THE NEW PRESIDENT HAD BEEN BUT A FEW MONTHS IN OFFICE WHEN GITEAU FOLLOWED HIM INTO THE RAILWAY STATION AT WASHINGTON AND AS HE ENTERED THE WAITING ROOM SHOT HIM IN THE BACK THE PRESIDENT FELL WOUNDED BUT NOT UNCONSCIOUS IN GREAT PAIN HE STILL REMEMBERED HIS LOVED ONES AND MOANED MY POOR WIFE AND CHILDREN THEN HE DICTATED A MESSAGE TO HIS WIFE A STRUGGLE WITH DEATH ENSUED ON WHICH THE WHOLE WORLD LOOKED WITH AWE FOR WEEKS THE PRESIDENT HOVERED BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH SHOWING EVER THE SAME SUBLIME SPIRIT OF CHEERFUL PATIENCE AND CHRISTIAN RESIGNATION WHICH HAD ADORNED HIS LIFE AT LENGTH THE END CAME AND ON THE NINETEENTH OF SEPTEMBER EIGHTEEN EIGHTY ONE HE FELL ASLEEP HIS BODY WAS REMOVED TO WASHINGTON WHERE HE WAS LAID IN STATE
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