Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-09

lsS5-io-ty.tw years later. The hard
OF death was on the hero. Though
brave AID che ftl he vas almost
voicelcs:. Before him We're sheet, OF
his forthcoming book, a::d Il few
artist proofs OF STEEL engraving OF
himself made tom daguerreotvre
taken .ooa aisar his graduation. Ee
wrote my name and his own uton one
OF the eugravings and handed it to Inc.
/ said, General, this looks as you did
the first time [ ever saw yoa. 1t was
when YOU made ,he great Jump in the
riding exercises OF Your graduation. y
" es,' he whispered, T. remember
:has very we'll. York was q wonderful
horse I could feel him gathering
under NE for the effort as he APP
preached the bar. Have YOU heard
anything lately OF Heyshberger?'
y le lied. 20, never heard of him
after he left West Point. years ago.
"'Gh.' said the General, L have
heard Of him since the war. He was
in Carlisle, old and poor, and I sent
him q check for $50"
This early friendship had lived for
forty years, and the Old master was en-
abled to say near the close OF his pu-
pills career, as he had done in the be-
ginning of it, "Terv we'll done, sir"
Grant, was what mili!ary men call
"unsoldierly" in feeling, bearing and
appearance: Yet he was great gen
eral. an6! the most essential tral5 OF
soldiership, obedience, was next to q
religion with him. He knew the value
of discipline i'll the army, but had
neither taste nor aptitude for es.ab-
fishing or enforcing it, aud jnstinctivcly
relied more on the man than uron the
soldier. He loved and cherished his
army associations above all others, but
did not like the profession of arms,
| and he states in his book that soon
| after joining the army, i'll 1913, he &c
viewed his West Point studies in order
| to prepare himself for professorship
in some institution of learning and
leave the military service.
Yet again, to quote from General
| Fry's interesting article:
sHe had unlimited faith in those
whom he once took to his heart. His
friendship was accompanied by the
| fullest confidence, and, when his choice
was not wisely made, it served to fa-
cilitate and to shield evil practices
which it is the duty of that high senti-
ment to restrain. It was principle
with him never to abandon comrade
under fire." and friend in disgrace,
as we'll as friend in trouble, could
depend upon him until Grant himself
found him guilty.
II called upon Grant on Sunday
evening, May 4. 1883. the day that lie
borrowed the hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars from Vanderbilt. He was
very cheerful, and said to me- I ex-
pect TO have game of cards on Tues
day night, and would be glad to have
you come AS I was taking my leave,
he repeated the invitation; but think
ing the meeting might depend upon
further arrangements, as sometimes
happened, I thanked him, and said I
would hold myself subject to his call.
No. he replied, don't wait for further
notice. Ward is certainly coming, and
the party is made On Tuesday morn
ing about eleven o'clock I met Grant
by chance in car going downtown.
He talked without restraint, and was
SO much interested in conversation that
| he failed to get ont at the right sta
ton. AS he left the car he said, i
shall expect you tonight
by singular coincidence we fell