Booth's Revenge page 1

Booth's Revenge page 1 by ric Gustafson


It was Saturday March 4 1865 and Abraham Lincoln only had six weeks to live. As he walked out of the Capital Building, he was exhausted. He was about to take the oath of office for a second term and it was pouring rain. His new Vice President Andrew Johnson had just delivered a twenty minute speech rambling about the South. He stepped up to the podium and delivered an appeal for reunification with the South. He was energized despite his exhaustion.
A few feet from the President was a twenty six year old listening intently to the speech, John Wilkes Booth was a young man with a rakish smile and a debonair gaze. He was handsome, witty and a Broadway stage actor. By his side was a young woman named Lucy Hale. She did not know that Booth was a Confederate sympathizer and had a hatred for Lincoln and the North. As he listened to Lincoln's speech, rage and injustice entered his mind.


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Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric