Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-23
THE OLD HERO DY1Ne.
| T0uchIngIy sad Scenes as the Day
naxVnnd Al M. NEclsrepOr.

| The actual cOndltOn OF Zen. Ofant ID
pronounced unchanged since the last bull
letin except that he is said by DIR.
Douglas to be growing weaker Some
food has been taken and retained this
morning.
| The patient is sitting with slightly in
clined head. He is conscious, and his
mind is clear. DR.. Douglas has sent for
DR.. Sands. Dr. Douglas anticipates the
end during the day or evening.
MT. MoGREooR, July 22.-The early
morning hours atthe Grant cottage were
cool and refreshing. On the veranda
where the incandescent electric lamps
were burning all night, the Thermometer
at 2 O'Clock this morning marked 720.
This was the equable temperature main
tanned in the sick room while Gen. Grant
remained in New York and TO it was
added this morning the sweet smell
from the pine trees that bend
over the cottage roof. A gentle breeze,
soft md delicious, swept miles and miles
down the valley and from the mountains.
II stirred the curtain at the window, near
| which sat the sick man, and IL Tanned his
face more gratefully than could the
careful hands that were watching near.
Between and 3 O'Clock this morning
the gray tint of another day crept up the
| horizon beyond the Green Mountains,
| perhaps the lust day of the sick man sit
ting within the cottage parlor. Around
/ the cottage all was quiet except for the
occasional twitter of belnted bird in the
birches or pines. Occasionally Henry,
the nurse, walked out upon the piazza for
fresher air and glimpse of the night.
Once, at nearly 3 o'clock, Mrs. Grant
attired in loose gown of white came out
upon the veranda and seated herself in
one of the many deserted willow chairs
that were scattered in groups about the
piazzn. For 10 minutes she sat motion
less and gazed away to the east
where the gray tints of an
| other day had grown to fuller
promise. Her face rested against her
nand and she was evidently wrapped in
Thought. Suddenly there came the sound
of coughing from within the cot
tage. The general was clearing his
throat of mueus. Mrs. Grant left
the piazza quickly and seated
herself by the generals side, slowly fun
ming his face. The coughing was not
severe. Col. Fred. Grant entered the
room while the nurse was aiding his
father and took sent ut the side and he
hind the general. Il was time to admin
shoulder of DIR. Douglas, as he lay asleep
On couch in the same room. He arose
fully dressed as he was all night, and
seated himself beside the patient. The
food was given from cup and the mouth
and throat were cleared by the doctor.
II was nearly o'clock and the gray of
the earth had changed to pale orange
tints.
When the physician laid aside his ap-
pliances Gen. Grant leaned forward in
his chair and signified that lamp should
be brought. The nurse brought lamp
and held it at the sick mans
shoulder, and at the same moment
the general turned his face
toward the light and upward to bid the
nurse bring his pad and pencil. His wish
was not at the moment understood,
and turning strihe further the
general repeated his wish. The scene
at the moment was picture
in shadows. As the Pickering candle
rays fell across the face of Gen. Grant
| il became o grim Rembrandt with strong
| rugged lines broken down by suffering
and pain. On his head was the skull
cap that at all times lends o
startling effect to the sick mans
| appearance and from beneath it
struggled the hair that chung in sweat
moistened locks about the emaciated
neck. A crimson scarf had been thrown
over the back of the generals chair but as
he leaned forward it drew across his Shout
ders, one end being gathered under
his arm. A dark dressing gown
covered the patients attenuated form
and handkerchief encircled his neck.
The gray of the closely cut beard seemed
white, and the lines on cheeks and fore
head were deep indeed, and when the
face was turned upward to speak the eyes
seemed grayer too and abnormally
larger. They were clear and steady,
showing the generals reason was
clearly at his command, but there was
that wistful and yearning expression in
them that makes women weep and men
grow sympathetic. The generals face as
he spoke appeared strained and drawn,
but its color and fullness were not such
as would be expected after such suffer
ing and care. The lips moved
heavily and the whisper was husky and
low, but the nurse understood and the
pad and pencil were brought. Their
while the red light of the candle fell on
his down-cast face, lie wrote but only
briefly. The slip was handed to DIR.
Douglas who ut once turned it
over to Colonel Grant, who had
arisen and stood beside his mother,
at the generals side. II was private
family Communication and when finished
the sick man resumed his half reclining
position with his head slightly inclined
forward and his elbows on the sides of the
chair, while the fingers of either hand
were interlocked each with the other be-
meath his chair.
It was 4.30 o'clock and the peaks of
the mountains eastward were darkly out
lined against the reddening dawn. The
faint glow crept between the pines and
birches through the cottage windows and
tinged the sick mans cheek with the
dawn of what is believed by the doctor to
be his last day.
At s o'clock DIR. Douglas was aroused to
send summons for DIR. Sands. The
general moved restlessly and his eyes for
a few moments gazed intently away
through the trees where new day WINS
beginning. Then he settled down in his
chair and dozed.
The message to DIR. Sands was sent only
that the responsibility of the case at the
close of the night should be shared by
the members of the medical staff
and not with the thought
that any aid could be rend-
dered by any person at that time or
through the opening day. The general
was given stimulants but he grows weaker
hour by hour.
The morning is clear, and the mercury
at IL o'clock registered 80o. All visitors
are to-day kept from the cottage and
Sunday quiet prevails about the spot
DR.. Douglas and DR.. Newman are
with the family, and the day is
one of quiet waiting. The general sits as
he did last night, his eyes closed much of
the time, but coherent and clear when
ever he speaks. U. S. Grant, Jr., is ex-
pected this afternoon. The family circle
will then be complete.
THE 1925 BULLETIN.
MT. McGREGoR, July 22-12.25 D. H.
The conditions are reported unchanged
since O'Clock, except the gradually in
creasing weakness
PULSE WEAK AND FLUTTERRG.
Up. m,-Dr. Douglas has just left the
cottage. He says the general sits with
his head inclined forward and eyes closed
the greater part of the time. The pulse
is very weak and huttering.
The patient once during the morning
attempted 10 write but succeeded only
in writing the date, the effort
being greater than warranted
by the little remaining strength. He
had spoken at intervals, but his voice was
very feeble. During the forenoon food
| was taken and retained.