The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-08-08

stcnographer Dawson were convers-
ing n little distance away, when
Henry, the nurse, stepped hastily
upon the piazza and spoke quietly to
the physicians. lie told them he
thought the General was very near
to death. The medical men hastily
entered the room where the sick
man was lying and approached his
side. Instantly, upon scanning the
patients face, DR.. Douglas ordered
the family to he summoned to the
bedside. Haste was made, and Mrs.
Grant, Jesse and wife, L. s. Grant,
Jr., and wife and Mrs. Colonel
Grant were quickly beside the doc
tors at the sick mans bed. Mrs.
Sartoris and Mrs. Dawson had fol-
lowed the doctors in from the piazza
and the entire family was present
except Colonel Grant. \ hasty
summons was sent for him, but he
entered the sickroom while the mes
senger was searching for him. The
Colonel seated himself at the head
of the bed with his left arm resting
on the pillow above the head of
General Grant, who was breathing
rapidly and with slightly gasping
respiration. Mrs. Grant, calm, but
with intense agitation, took seat
close by the bedside. She leaned
slightly upon the cot, resting upon
her right elbow, and gazed, with
tear-blinded eyes, into the Generals
face. She found there, however,
no token of recognition. for the sick
man was peacefully and painlcssly
passing away. Mrs. Sartoris came
behind her mother, and leaning over
her shoulder, 50 witnessed the close
OF the life in which she had consti-
tuted Il strong element of pride.
Directly behind Mrs. Grant and
Mrs. Sartoris. and at little dis
tance removed. stood Drs. Douglas,
Shrady and Sands, spectators of the
closing life their efforts and counsel
had so prolonged. On the opposite
side of the bed from their mother,
and directly before her, stood Jesse
Grant and L. s. Grant, Jr., and
near the corner of the cot on the
same side as Jesse, and near to him,
was n. +. Dawson, the Generals $
stenographer and confidential sccre-
tary. At the foot of the bed, and
gazing directly down into the Gene
rails face. were Mrs. Col. +. Grant,
Mrs. L. S. Grant, Jr., and Mrs.
Jesse Grant, while somewhat re-
moved from the family circle Henry,
the nurse, and Harrison Tynnell,
the Generals body servant, were
respectively watching the closing
life of the patient. their master.
DR.. Newman had repaired to the
hotel for breakfast and was not
present. The Generals little grand
children, L. S. Grant, Jr., and
Mollie, were sleeping in the nursery
room above. Otherwise the entire
family and household were gathered
at the bedside of the dying man.
The members of the group had been
summoned not moment sooner
than was prudent. The doctors
noted on entering the room and pro-
ceeding to the bedside that already
the unmistakable symptoms of dis
solution were strongly marked.
The morning had passed five min
utes beyond s o'clock, and there
was not one of the strained and
waiting watchers but who could
mark the ncarness of the life-tide to
its final ebbing. DR.. Douglas, who
noted the nearness of the supreme
moment, quietly approached the bed
side and bent above it, and while he
did so the sorrow of the gray-haired
physician seemed closely allied with
that of the family. Dr. Shrady also
drew near. 1t was seven minutes
past s O'Clock and the eyes of the
General were closing. His breath
grew more hushed as the last func.
tions of the heart and lungs were
hastensd to the closing of life. A
peaceful expression seemed to be
deepening in the firm and strong
J lined face. A minute more passed
and was closing as the General drew
a deeper breath; there was an cX
halation like one relieved of long
and anxious tension. The members
of the group were impclled each :
step nearer the bed and each wanted
to note the next respiration, but i
did not come. 1t never came
There was absolute stiffness in th,
room and a flush of expectancy, 81
that no sound broke the silence saw