The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-07-24
ing was that of q soldierly son at the
dAathbed of n hero father.

HAVHotSL eOcllSu 10 W Q09peneU IN
tao s ilrm and strong lined
rs O closing comfort in the sad hearts
that beat quickly under the stress OF
loving suspense. A minute more VISA
passed and was closing as the general
DREW A DEBPER BREATH.
There was an eXhalation like that of
one relieved of long and anxious ten
sion. The members Of the group
were impelled each step nearer
the bed ana each waited to
note the next respiration; but
1t did not come; then 10 never came.
There was absolute stiffness in the
room, and hush of expectant sus-
pense that no sound broke tho silence,
save the singing OF the birds in the
pines outside tho cottage and tho
measured throbbing of the engine that
all night had waited by the litsie mouu-
tain depot down the slope.
"lt is al Over,' qui8tly spoke Dr..
Douglas, and there came heavily then
to each witness the realization that
GENERAL GRANT WAS DEAD.
Then tho dOctors withdrew, tho
nurse closed the oyellds and composed
the deaf generals bead. after which
each of the family group pressed at
the bedside, one after the other, and
touched their lips to tAe quiet face so
lately still.
DR.. Shrady passed out upon the
piazza, and az he did 80 he met DR..
Newman hastoning up the steps.
"He 10 dead, !" remarked DR.. Shrady,
quietly.
The fact of haviug been absent from
the side OF tho dying man and his
| family at the last WAS q cause OF sor-
| row and sad regret % tbo Clergyman
who mad waited all night ct the cot
tage. lie had been summoned from
his breakfast moment too latb aud
reached the cottage only In time 70
minister TO the family sorrow ana ga29
upon the scarcely huHhoa lips
of the dead general, to whoa br.
Newman's life had bound him ia such
close ties and relations. Those who
saw, and now ell who learn Of tho
clergyman's absence from the death.
bed quickly speak tho Impulse of
hearty sympathy.
"WATER" THE LAST WORD.
Soon after Doctors Douglas and
Shrady left the death.b6d they
conversod feelingly of the latter
hours OF General G rants life. The
pulse had first indicated failure, and
the intellect was the last to sucoumb
| its clearness and conscious tanacity,
and that after midnight lest night,
| though circumstance ut O'clock in
| dicated cognizance.
"DO You want anything, father?u
| questioned Colonel Fred at that hour,
"Water,n Whispered the general, hus-
kily, but when offered water and milk
they gargled IN his throat and were
| elected, ana that ono word vi aesponse
was the last uttersnce o. Genera
Grant.
DIR. Douglas remarked that tho De.
culiarity Of General Grant's osse was
explained by tho remarkable vitality
that seemed to present an obstacle C
the approach OF death. IL was n grad.
ual passing away Of vital forces aud q
teilox consciousness, 10 the doctors
thought, to the last. The general
DIED OF SHEER EXHAUSTION
and a perfectly painless sinking away.
"Yes," interjected DR.. Shrady, qui-
city, "the general dreaded pain when
no ielt no had begun sinking, and he
asked that he should not be permitted
| 20 suffer. The promise was made and
kept. Since he commenced TO sink on
Tuesday night he was free from pain. y
| Toward the last no food was taken,
but when awet cloth was pressed 10
his lips ho would suck from
10 the wGtor 10 moistou
his mouth. During the generals last
| night DR.. Shrady was constantly
within call. DR.. DouglHg was all night
40 tho cottage and DR.. Sunds slopt NJ
the hotel aitor midnight.
THE sCULPTON's WORK.
| Within 20 minutes alter tho death Ol
| General Grant, Karl Gorhardt, Hart.
ford sculptor, who has bgen making q
| study here OF the general, was sum
mOn0d to the cottage, no tho OsuggestiOn
| OF DR.. Newman, 20 mako q Dlaater
I mask OF tho dead mans face. lie was
| highly successful,
AN uNDERrAKEE's SERVICES.
Within half an hour after tho gonef.
/ aPs decegso, tho waiting engine ~ the
mountain depot was on the way TO
[ Saratoga TO bring the undertaken who
| will place tho remaing on leo to-day TO
/ await the arrival OF u Now York uudor.
taEer who has boon summoned, and
who IL pow on the way.
The details and arrange-
ments touching the remains
while they are here and until they ar
rive In New York are in charge of
Joseph w. B. Drexel aud w. j. Arkol.
At this writing tho phyaloiaus arc dc
au0us or having a post norton, hu5
tho family are said 70 30 avorse aud
tha, Is mattor yet b. DO decided.
ABOUT THE FUNERAL.
a week ago the general is said
TO have intimAted that should
no dio here during tho hot
weather no would prBfor that
his romans should remain hara until
cool weather; tho purpose being 70
spare his family a sad and Catiguing
journey in hot wogther. 10 Is doubtful,
howovor, II thi8 suggestion is fully
carried OUT though IL Is not unlikely
tlat tho remains may rOposo here some
days. This, however, is entirely 40 tho
disposal OF Colonel Frod Grant,
toiwhom 10 left tho entire control Of ali
arrangements relative 20 his fathor's
remains. IL is not unlikely that u
proposition from the city of Now York
TO award burial plot for tho general
ana his wife whom she, too, shall have
passed away, might b0 considered by
tho colonel. The impression that
Washington may bo chosen as tho bur.
ial spot Ia believed 20 be founded on
the present intimatiOn Of Colonel
Grant. Tho only condition made by
tho general, and that 80 long ago as
June II, was that his romans should
DO Inferred where those Of Mrs. Grant
might in time lilo beside his own.
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