New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-15


humillatons which those who were witness OF can
never remember without tears"
Another night Mr. Haweis left him after administering
the usual opiae, and the next morning iouuu nun
his untouched breakfast. He could not eat MS po' va"
incessant. the lodging house, now htno iho'o '"''
thoroughiare for his friends, began 10 DC up III Nuns ~
,neals were worse cooked his bell unanswered no was
loft AZ nos NJ cht I'm dead on the noor In MS
strugples 10 mil n bell which no one needed MT
uawes thought that such man should not DC iei' 10
die So and from that time took him to MS own
house He soon began TO he invisible to the incessaht
callers and from the few who did gain access to him nc
tried TO conceal his real state lie know that he was
watched by the superors Of the British Museum, and
that any rumor OF permanent disability would lead
TO summons to resign his only means OF subsistence
On reappearing at his post, % medical certificate was
insisted upon quite contrary TO precedent that ne was
wen enough for his work. No one could tell from one
moment to another how hel would be. For an four
sometimes he would be almost free from pain, then
PROSTATE at Any change did him good for the
moment, and his immense energy gave him hope. To-
wards the Spring OF 1871 Lac began TO long for change
Of air. He went into the country alone but at his own
urgent entreatyswas soon joined by Mr. Hawes ana MS
family For time the change seemed to do him good
but soon came the usual relapse Upon his return he
once or twice took his seat at table with mixed com
pany aud talked with his usual brilliancy. Several
times he went dinner and somehow got through
the evenings. lie then seemed always in wild spirits.
He afterwards said that he dared not stop his
agony was great. lie kept under until DO got home
to pass those nights OF fearful horror Under inc
heaviest opates he couldnever sleep than half an
hour or three quarters most He was then seized by
his agony, and had to go through by himself in q
drowsy and stupeed state difficult surgical OPERATION
which often had to be repeated ten times night This
was his life day and night for his last two years whether
al home abroad. whether in theamily OF his friends
or at work in the British Museum.
His leave vast up in June. and infinitely worse than
when hebegan it, he braced himself up to return to his
official duties. Til. change at first like SO many Others
actually seemed do him good lie was determined not
to break down. After of his terrible nights, he
would rattle oil in the morning in cab which shook MN
TO pieces 90 through his regular tale Of bricks ana re-
turn about hali-past four. lis race theh appeaeu
sunken and cadaverOus, with pitful almost savage
expression OF pain He seemed after the strain to lose
all control over his features and the muscles entirely
collapsed For the next hour two the reaction was
complete Sometimes he ercely hungry, but could
eat nothing his digestion being nearly destroyed by
opiates Al others he would lie down IN KIND OF shv-
ering fit. and fall into deathly nsensiblty from whch
he awoke in dreadful pain About eight or nine IN the
evening there would often be short respte,ihe would
sit up with the family, he would smoke and chat as
usual and appear to forge, himself and his suferings.
Suddenly his face would fall and he would signal TO be
left alone with his dark enemy to prepare for another
night OF Opiaes and agony. He complained bitterly OF
the ventilation and heating of the British Museum one
day everybody almost suGocated with the cioseness
and heat the day shiyeng with cold He was made
to sit all day in draugh and denied the use OF screen
Even the mat under his feet taken away Instead
of the books which II his speciality to catalogue,
hard work was given him to do and an attempt was
made to take him from his place and pat him with
clerks OF an inferior rank.
After the Summer vacation OF 1872 in which lie was
able 10 make a short journey the Continent, he re-
toli tha Rrit
consciousness that his hopeless. He was 10
longer 10 deceived by rsptes He felt that the game
up There was no longer any doubt about ms ap-
pearance. His face shrunKen and drawn with pain
and could hardly walk 1t was evident to every
one at the British Museum that he was dying, and
meant TO drop at his post He was not hkely to deci-
pber any inscriptions, or write any more Tamud
articles, give any more trouble.
At last he found that any further work was impOss
BILE aud be received unexpected leave to 30 to Egyptfor
his health. Three years before, Egypt, which nc so
much pinned for, might have saved him. He now went
only to find grave. Unspeakaby sad was the last
parting He destroyed most of his papers wishing TO
| leave nothing incomplete that could be published. He
had i'll word left for snecr not even for
the British Museum. He wished 10 be at peace with all
men. He very hopeless. IL do not think says
Mr. Hawois that he believed in any recognition
union beyond the grave" After his departure, he
wrote in good spirits In OF Lis letters there is
touching allusiOn 10 the spells OF enjoyment Whch
divided his spells of agony showing how little his ma
ure was soured by his disappOintmens and suferinss
He fingered after his arrival in Egypt until the Spring
OF 1879 when found supreme peace in the hospital Of
the Prussian SsteThood in Alexandria. 10 the last his
mind clear To the last he was dignihed, calm, and
patient TO astonishing degree. On feeling the ap-
proach of death he refused usual Opate and with
great effort kept himself awake that lie might not die
in his Sleep Such was the close Of his most baInelcss
life. at is as much," gays Mr.. H1weIS, "as have
been able to do TO record the fate of the most gifted
the sweetest, the genest and brayest of men, whose
friendship enjoyed too late and lost too SOON