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enemies handle them. Garlana faces the
facts quietly and with = broad human
| comprehension and rentieacss. When he
! has finished his recital of that episode.
! the great soldier, the clean-souled man.
| the patriot, is the greater for that temp
| tation. This one chapter makes the biog-
| raphy more human. more beautiful and
more inspiring, than it could have been
had that temptation in the wilderness
been omitted. 1t may be worth while TO
| quote a page here, although the book
| does not lend itself aptly to quotation:
3, According TO an account furnished l,y Col.
| Thomas Andersen, the present commandant at
| Fot Vancouver. Rufus ingalls,, Capt Giants most
| intimate friend, said: Capt Grant, finding HIM
| self in drelry surroundings. without his family
| and with but little 10 occupy hi attention, II
| into dssipsted habits, and found one day
too much under the influence Of liquor to pNperiy
| perform his duties. For this oifcn7e Col. Bu
chanan demanded that he should resign. or stand
| trial. Grants friends at the time uIgd him to
| stand trial, and confident of his acquttal; ;
| but actuated by noble spirit. he said he would
not for all the world have his wife know that he
had been tried such i charge lie therefore re-
signed his commission and returned to civil life
Steadily, silently, thCre had crept into his h.ain
4 craving for stimulants which had mastered HIM
1t was an appetite. and not dissipation. Accord
ing TO reliable testimony, he remained tie sam
clean-spoken. considerata and honorable gentle
man through it all. His habit of drink did not
touch upon the inner sweetness and purity of the
mans nature, but il occasionally mastered him,
ed him drunkard AS far back as his first stay
in Sackett's Harbor he had known his danger and
Lad fought against this enemy.
The resignation came when he i'll prepared
for il. Unlucky speculations had left him with
but little ready money, and the little he had
saved was in the hands OF elusive debtoTs. There
were all the elements OF tragedy in the life of the
young soldier at this time, when, upon arrival in
San he ntffdf doh md
other unable unwilling 10 pay. He was LETT
absolutely without dollar.
This final disappointment plunged him into de-
lection which was almost despair He had no
money and his name was the subject of ill-remark.
Not one of those he had helped seemed ready to
help him, now that he needed aid worse than ever
before in his life In such condition he walked
the streets of San Francisco.
Up TO this moment his life had been without
keen disappointment sorrow. He had gone
steadily and satisfactorily from cadet to lieuten-
ant, and from lieutenant 10 captain. But now
came days which set ineffaceable lines of gravity
and care upon his face His youth was passed,
and he facing middle life with trade or
profession by which TO earn 4 living for himself
and those dependent upon him. At this time hi
friends ptied him and his aequaintances avoided
him.
Robert Allen, chief quartermaster of the coast,
heard some men talking of him. and in that way
learned Of his presence in San Francisco. He sci
forth TO find him, for he liked him, as did every
one else who really knew him.
He found him, at last. in a cheap little miners
hotel called the "What Cheer House" Grant Wa.
up in a little gaTTet room which contained only
4 small cot, pine table, and one chair.
There he sat, young man of thirty-two, ir
utter misery. His head was bowed, and as his
friend entered he lifted a haggard and souowiu
face.
why, Grant, what you doing herei' askeC
Allen OF the shattered and gloomy young man.
Nothing he replied ''Fve resigned from tn
. army, I'm out OF money, and have no means O
getting home"
'.wen." said Allen, at once. 81 can arrange 70
your transportation without trouble, and CUES
We can raise some money for you"
He took hold of the matter vigorously, ant
; through him Grant procured transportation Il
New York, and money enough to pay for his dali.
needs.
. He reached New York fOrlOrn and PRACTICAL.
, penniless. He had just money enough to carr.
: him TO Watertown. where he hired horse an
rode to Sacket's Harbor. One of his recreau
debtors lived there and from him Grant eNpecte
: to extract some money. lie failed to obtain eve
= an interview, and returned TO New York in wors
: condition than Some days later he calle
upon his old classmate, Capt. Simon b. Buckner
who was recruiting officer in New York city, ant
confided TO him his distress He had written 70
money, but had not heard word, and his none
was gone. Capt Buckner became security for hi
: hotel bill during his stay in New York. He wrot
again to the West for money, and at last receive
/ enough TO enable him TO reach his fathers home
I Ii is claimed that before he left New York soy
eral of his old comrades on Governors Islam
made up purse of $50 to help him clear himsel
OF all bills.
l There was little joy in the home-c coming
r reputable neighbors are TO be believed, jess
= Grant received him grmly. lie was deeply HI
/ inflated by this untOwsrd return of his eldes
/ son. II seemed to falsify all the omens an
: prophecies of which he had boasted in years gon
I by. At this moment he saw nothing further {
hope for in honor OF his Ulysses, and ne turna
away to Simpson and oryil. They were 10 W
e hold the honor and credit Of the Grant houst
West Point spoiled one Of my boys for business,
he said and Ulysses replied, Il guess that's abor
e so.'
D The following years of Grants life
= during which he lived a life PARTIAL
e dependent upon his father-in-law, be
: ginning as a laborer, without money
tools or horses, are described by Nj
t Garland in a way which contributes ma
terially to the effect of the portrai
: which he is drawing. THIS part of tn
r generals life has seemed particular
: uninteresting to the average reade
S Garland shows that at this time wer
o welded. one by one, the links in tn
chain of destiny. In this struggl
against fortune alone in spirit, comprt
: hended by none of his friends and rela
. tiyes, a Northern man among Southern
: ers. Grant developed the independent
and resolution which made him the ger
II eral whom Lincoln could trust. Left I
= lot, but his strong love of home led hiI
- to choose those surroundings in whic
- his wife would be most contented. A
- that time. as at other times in his lif
he seems never to have thought of hin
self or of his own happiness or con
, fort. One of the things which is brougf
=, out in this biography is that there wa
. never a man with less personal amb
n ton than Grant He went into the arm!
70 a life for which he had no liking. I
e please his father; he lived In semi-dt
/ pendence on his father-in-law, a pos
Is ton most calling to proud and sens
II tive man, to secure the comfort of hi
" Wife he did his work in the civil wa
e because he felt that his country neede
l. what .he could do, and after the wa
IT was over he retired to civil life as 500
W as he possibly could. There is grei
II simplicity in the character of the ma
is whom Garland shows us in these page
d He is a plain American man, with bl
i two elemental ideas of duty-duty to h
family and to his country. In this bool
r as In other records of great achieve
'e ment. one may see the old story
i mans geaesis-he was the dust of II
s earth. and with the breath Of God in h
= nostrils he became a living soul. Graz
= was Just such n plain, common man
~ this country produces by the hundre
u u He came of good farmer stock; he VIZ
~ n good citizen; he was good man. III
difference between him and other me
:, was that he was so free from all pett
- ness of personal ambition and vanity,
- open to the great influences of the tim
- that destiny could use him for her ON