The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1892-10-29

out OF ear SlOL Ol Tue SlllChSh -
lay quietly with resignation awaiting the
last call. The. shadows deepened, the sun
sank in the west, night CANE anu IN me he
south, the new moon showed herse,m ~ -
sician's calls were more frequent anu Wheh-
ever he came from the sick chamber ne
brought the same r~ep0rt-that tine paIient
So the employees in the business section Of
the house whose work was done, anu WHO
might have gone home fingered In the
rooms. ,.,,,
countenence. The telegraph instruments IN
the eastern part of the building had Desn
steadily ticking all day bringing from adar
and near Inquiries from TRENDS OF b. inc fastar
and faster, and Executive Clerk Nontg9 u,
cry, who is charged with the manipWatioh
Of the wires, was kept very busy.
activity was found in the fact that some
one had sent to Indianapolis q bulletin an
nouncing Mrs. Harrison's death. Inc pre-
mature report spread rapidly, anu 1ner : o vt
coincidence addressed to the president. NJ.
Halford promptly authorized o ,prompt ue,
NAL, but it did. not overtake the otis'aa q
rive in numbers. Just after 8 o'clock Mrs;
Harrison suffered another sinking spell, ana
messages were sent by Mr.; Halford to the
turn to Washington Immediately; But tie
sick woman still had the strength TO fah =
once more, and to repulse the attack OF the
dread visitor b lowered at the thresn'
About 8 O'Clock word came from Seattle
Wash, in answer to numerous teiegrains'
that J. G, Scott, Mrs. Harrison,s Or I ey
to Washington. DIR. Gardner had MADE
eight calls during the day, Wneh ~
came on the last he sent his carriage nome
end. Soon after 8 O'Clock he announced
that the patient might be expected to i've
until midnight .coo Even n, this . smaln grSS, v the He
band.
repast. It could hardly be said that the pa
5aem1 T far s %nof betrayed soalef Understanding der
of attempts to. relieve her last moments by
partially opening. her parched iips to re-
But not. a. drop could she swallow. and
speech had apparently, left her forever.
Then came Increased difficulty in breathing,
Among those who called during the even,
have Just returned from Chicago, Attorney nanf
Assistant astar 'I SECRETARY and Mrs. Solely, Chief
Justice Fuller, Justice Harlan, Gen. and
Mrs !, Brec Rf fSs a; and Thtrd ca Amsito and Hf tne
Rev. DR.. Hamlin, Of the church which
President Harrison and his wife have at
tended. Hour after hour slipped away,
yet SO gradual was the decline that it could
materially failed: The physician said il
she tided over midnight she might possible
survive until daylight.
Frequent glances were cast at the clock
which was steadily ticking away the life
time Of the invalid, and there was a visible
air of relief when the gong sounded IL, eEd
one critical point was supposed to have Detn
passed. The hope inspired by the doctors
About 1890 GEOLOGY, while he sat by Mrs.
Harrison's side with his fingers lightly
pressed to her pulse his .practiced hand dis
action folloued almost Immediately by, q
the grief-stricken family group around tie
less she Spps soon rallied from NJ the stupor in
which was now drifting she could scarcely
live half an hour longer: This intelligence
had q most depressing effect upon the presi-
upon his afflicted wife for over nine hours,
and he sustained himself with the greatest
difficulties.
of the situation of the family gathering.
those results were attained w.en Dr. Gard
ner, after q narrow examination and feel
moi That ali Indications Justified the
belief that she could not survive more than
half an hour. This was at a quarter to
O'CLOCK. Inc minutes pdSSeu Will 1IISul1uA
rapidity and the half hour passed. The
helpless form, however, still retained the
life spark.
The resistance offered by the constitution
of the patient was surprising to the physi-
clan and all at the bedside. There was no
struggle, no exhibition Of pain, but a sim
pie, passive resistance that was battling in
Its quiet intensity. In a few minutes DIR.
Gardner again took mp the feeble hand and
felt the wrist. The blood still crept through
the contracting arteries, but no. how slow
~. He shook his head and said that a
brief fifteen minutes must surely finish the
struggle. The agitation Of the family could
nc longer be controlled. and realizing his
utter helplessEess to longer COPE with her
formidable foe, and from consideration for
the s~acredness of such grief as this, the de-
voted physician and friend bowed his head
and passed out.
Outside of the door he waited. 1t was not
a long time. The minutes few like seconds.
and suddenly there was an expression Of
heart-sticken woe and the end had come.
The president was beside his dying wife,
as he had been for nine hours continually,
and his was the last of the loved features
her eyes had dwelt upon. Her breath was
labored and very slow.
As the hands OF the clock srept toward the
next hour it grew fainter vet and less fire.
Quent, and as the time-piece marked the
hour of Ia o'clock there was an interrupt
ton of the feeble breath. q resumption and
then n stop. this time to be eternal. and the
life of Caroline Scott Harrison had gone out
peacefully and quietly and without pain.