Show FATES ODD MIXING OF TWO MESSAGES the well beloved daniel frohman sends fiends me the following interesting I 1 information or mation the late leonard grover a widely blown theatrical manager of the ea early aly was the ma manager of the theater in washington in ISO wherein abraham lincoln was shot ne ile told me the following curious story in connection with that event it was the custom of the president to send word to sir mr grover to bay when lien it would he be convenient con eilent for him and hla his family to attend a performance for mance at fords theater 11 one day previous to the memorable a t tragedy he drove down pe pennsylvania nn avenue aenne and stopped in front of the theater ile he tore oft off a margin from the newspaper in his posses slon elon and wrote on it that lie and his family would be happy to attend the next net evening the play was our american cousin about tills this time mr air grower grover ans negotiating with J wilkes booth for a continuance of lila his construct as aa nn aeto actor r in the ford fold theater company booth wrote mr grover a note po on a sheet of paper folded in two sections saying baying lie he would accept the renewal mr air grover tossed Lincol ns script into a receptacle and lie also put there mr booths letter 11 many years vears afterward mr grov er told me in looking through nn an old trunk TO get letters s and material for a book lie he was writing he canie came across mr booths old letter folded inside the fold of the letter was the strip of newspaper lincoln had used to write ou on Will william lani lyon phelp s in scribners magazine |