Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-06-19

ninety years Of age. He told them he |
could cure the sick man.
Let's try him." said Frank Leslie.
"The scientific doctors are not helping |
me-"
Tho scientific doctors In the case had
no objection to let the specialist try his l
hand. In that respect they were more
liberal, II not more genuinely scientific
than General Grants physicians.
The quack ut once began to treat his |
patient with hot applications, inward
and outward. He gave him hot drinks
constantly and kept steAming hot cloths
about his neck, changing them as often
a. they cooled. In that wat . state Of
perfect muscular relaxation about the
patient throat and the glands Of the
neck was produced and maintained. He
gave besides Q nostrum he called the
elixir of life. The pain and suffering
predicted By the physicians never ap
peared. Through the whole progress Of
the disease Mr.. Leslie did not take an
opiate. 80 much the Quack undoubted-
~ acComplished-he kept his patient
from suffering pain.
So time went on till within ten
days Of death. Still he was ignorant of
his fate Up to that time he had gone
to his ofioe regularly.
knew he WAS going to de-" said
said Mrs. Leslie, but knew not how
to tell 1t. His business was in the
hands Of IN assignee. He had to COM
promise with the creditors, and he, I'M
oonsciously to himself, was In the
hands of death. Any other misfortune
l than the last could have borne.
His appetite was good. He Was
able TO swallow beef tea, soft boiled eggs
and raw oysters, able to take enough
food TO keep him nourished. He WAS
not emaciated, his strength was not
weakened. ! kept the accounts Of his
illness out Of the papers, 80 that he, him.
self, might not read how hopeless his
case was"
| At last, however, 1t seemed necessary
that he should know. In the unsettled
state of his affairs there were hundred
things that he might wish TO do, direo.
tions he would want to leave behind
him, arrangements for the future, and
30 on. He must be informed.
" DAY and night" said Mrs. Leslie,
this thought was with me. how can
! tell that great, strong man no must
die ?"
Mr.. Leslie had habit OF pacing the
floor as General Grant does. He walked
up and down In his apartment by the
hour, saying sometimes that he had
done 80 many miles and 30 many laps
on that day.
Finally, while thus walking the floor
once he said to his wife:
The doctor 10 doing me no good
With this elixir Of life. My throat II
slowly but surely closing up. Wha
shall we do %
81 don't know that We can do any
thing" she said. Then she knelt dowI
on the foor beside him, and told hin
the worst
j There ia one thing they say ma!
Ipfelong your life . few days." sh
added.
"That is to make an incision in tn
windpipe and insert q silver tube. Blu
It 10 right that you should know tina
you may die under the operation. j
successful, at most 1t will only lengthe
the time little, and you will neve
speak again after II"
Then We will not have it," reptile
Mr.. Leslie.
He took the blow as q strong ma
should do. He talked over thei
. tangled Affairs with his wife, and the
T uttered the words which the worl
knows:
little girl IL there is any power b
. which after death / can come back I
] your side, will do it. But 1 want 20
to 60 down to my Office, take charge {
D II, and sit in my place until my debts 81
+ paid"
q After that there was nothing for
but to be a. comfortable as possible an
, wait for the end. Like General Gran
Mr.. Leslie refused to take his bed. HI
u voice became thickened and husky, q
a Grants is. The reader will remembt
that about two weeks ago Grant had
, livery worrisome dream about bein
. obliged to go on q long journey, an
having no money to 60 with, and bein
:, only partly clothed. Mr.. Leslie was
lsound sleeper, never had any slunbe
4 visions in his life that he could remen
Der, but 1t 10 curious coincidence thi
shortly before bis death he bad muC
J. the same sort of lwearisome dream thi
, General Grant had. He thought the
" was some treasure deep in the Ocea
= and that he and his wife were trying
a in vain to dive for 1t. He fancied 81
was trying to go, and that he ke
. a pushing her back, and insisting that
~ must dive for the treasure himself.
The day be died he arose early in Il
~ morning and dressed himself, to IL
10 last minute, carefully as WAS his Won
ua He had six good hours sleep, the atten
so ant said.
"But dom. feel refreshed after
somehow" he told his wife, land
IT. haven I any appetite. 1 think TOT
IN so much food last night that am II
. hungry this morning"
Il Mrs. Leslie was obliged to go out
al business. She went to the publishi
Ut house, and was busy throughout t
10 morning. At2 O'Clock she receive9
telegram to come home at once.
III knew what it meant" she sal
on She FASTENED home with all speed. M
Leslie appeared to be sleeping quietl
90 with nothing alarming in his appes
or ance. She turned to the nurse:
Do, "Why did you send for me like that
MI she asked. "You drove me alm(
n. mad"
1t A little while before her husband h
tundressed himself with his own han
10 and gone to bed. 1t was the first tiu
Nv since his illness. AS he lay down
q, said TO the nurse:
no QUITS come"
~ Mrs. Leslie went to the bed, with
In bonnet ON still. Her face WAS flush
from the rapid walking. She reused
An husband.
ls- "What is the matter ?" she ask
ID: him. "Do you feel worse?" He rait
n! his eyes to her flushed face q
smiled. How pretty you look"
ell said.
m Those were his last words. He "a