The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-21
GRANTS CoURTsHIP.
Romantic Episodes of the Young Sol.
 dier's life.

diers Life.
 When a cadet at West Point Grant
 had as one of his classmates-and a portion of the time as room-mate also--
 one F. T. Dent Qater brigadier- general
 and afterward United States minister to Denmark, whose fathers family lived five miles west from Jefferson Barracks on a farm-or plantation, as large farms were usually called in the
 south in those days-known as White Haven" It was a beautiful estate and the home of refinement and culture. There were two unmarried sons at home, and two daughters, aged fifteen and nine, respectively. There was an-
 other daughter still older-as Grant well knew from the West Point broth CT; but when he made his advent at the Dent home soon after his arrival at Jeff
 ferson Barracks, armed with delicately
 written and most cordial credentials from young Lieutenant Dent, Miss Dent" was not at home.
 Lieutenant Grants intercourse with the family during his frequent visits had gained him the esteem and conf
 dence of the elder Dents, as well as the four young people at home Hence, be- fore the return of the accomplished Ju- lia a cordial friendship had sprung into existence between the family and the young officer. Grant was a great | horseman-none better in the army and Miss Dent was one of the most clever, graceful and expert horsewo-
 men in the country-a region then cele- | 1o taJ itc 1cl in
 An old colored servant, relating recol- i lections of that time when, a small girl,
 she was all enthusiasm about Miss Ju- l lia's skill as horsewoman said to me: "Oh, Massa, I tell yo' she was the bes'
 rider I eber see! Then yo' orter see
 Massa Cap'n Grant help her on her l horse She touch her toe to Capn | Grants fingers with his gloves on, an spring into the saddle like bird flitten' | from one limb of a tree to anodder. 1 Then Cap'n Grant-oh, Massa, yo' orter
 seen him git on a horse. He neber
 spring, neber ben his back or neck; he 1 jis put one foot in stirrup an rise up
 easy an straight an quick as a wink
 he would be a-settin' in his saddle
 straight as a general Oh, Massa, tell | yer lCDtl StE lWo rue IIhG Ndp II l Grant an Miss Julia!" And she clapped her hands at the memory of it. | And, too, Grant loved nature; was 1 fond of exploring the country. Miss
 Julia knew every foot of it for miles
 around her fathers house.
 | In later life General Grant modestly 1 admitted that his visits to the home of the Dents were possibly little more 1 frequent after Miss Dent arrived at her i home; and then he naively adds they l certainly became more enjoyable Their walks and talks were frequent. | Miss Dent was a botanist. She knew where the rarest plants and the most
 beautiful flowers grew. To these charming spots frequent visits were
 necessarily made with "botany'' and glass and needles to analyze the flow 1 CTS, while the attendant would have
 Lady of the Lake" or some other book of poems in his pocket or lunch basket, l in case botanizing and exploring should | grow tedious.
 l On one occasion while Miss Dent was ! intent on unfolding and explaining the 1 intricate structure of a rare and beau | tiful flower to young Grant, who was
 anxiously peering into the recesses and
 marvels of it's structure the sharp bark l of dog disturbed their studies. In a
 moment a deer bounded lightly past | them. almost directly toward the dog. ! The yeIping became more rapid as the l deer, with dog in pursuit. flew away over the country in circle and back to | the river two miles up stream.
 l +1s .,f
 spotted faWn only a few days old, and