Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-04-08
FOUGHT orr DEATH.
The Respite or shrady Hravely Woisf
4 3s5is For General Grant. Il ,tS: yt$$

Tho Respitespr shradyS eravely Woisi
!: III For General Grant. 4}#
You can see the conditions
erai Grant is dying now" came Dr.
Douglas voice in broken tones. The
Rev. DR.. Newman had knelt by tho;
bedside and. holding one of the mans
nerveless hands. began to pray,
''You see the preacher is busy, andl
the doctors ought to be 'IvSy. too"
DR.. shrady whispered T. . to his
senior colleague ~: -, sI.S 3
1T, would be, a. torment without
avail" sighed the senior" ~ - 'sf' q
So there stood the medical CODE
wardings of succor from the dying
man. The general must expire per-;
chance, because the initiative belong.
ed Ito a'man; without any at the mo,
ment Douglas must consent. ShradT
must not. be-; shackled.~ He; ft1rneat
again to the patient, leaned above him
moment and touched his pulse! YHes!
twisted. the gray goatea In nervous:
twitches. suddenly he turned again.
ultimate resolve In his face, ana IT,
toed again, to where his colleague was
II say. Douglas, something, must .bSr
DONE. If this man dies here now, what
can say 10 the medical world q Nv.
cry doctor ON earth win want 70 know
what and when were the, last shots Ne
fired, Shall we tell them that for ten,
minutes at the last half an hour 3d.
far as I know. we stood IDLY and star-
ed at. q dying. manT., :. 81. ri :, III
The old doctor. stirred YEARLY and
turned q, hopeless and therefore help,
less face to the younger one also;
there was in its lines touch Of won
dersi, t.;a. ; 90. -. :. ... : ....,.
Douglas, 1t would damn us both.
eternally, and it ought to-, Perhaps
yoncan afford II, sbut L can't, eithersaS
. physician or a human heing. t. soznes
things got to be done, Douglas. ID
won't do, / tell you go
Edo! But what would you do
nowT CHANGING !pityingly at the family;
group and the slowly gasping man ON
the DS0. - :. "a. 4-i-4
Something, .anything-a hypoAer-
mic OF brandy frstr' >~ -
sOh, If you wish to try it-yes." $50
It. had been enough. The code was,
satisfied Shrady- was filing the. IT.
tie silver syringe with the ardent,
liquor from. French hillsides.. Some
thing was being done. Members :sof,
the family turned to watch. The; man-
ner. OF it's doing somehow. inspired
them. and the older doctor, looking on,
drew near. The left arm Of the dying
man: was barred. the slender hollow
needle found its way. and the potent
brandy mingled with the blood. SIS.
The Rev. DR.. Newman had risen
from his praying. y, shrady was half
kneeling In his place. Both by differ
ent means sought the same end.
Keenly the younger doctor leaned to
the patient, All his other senses had
lent their powers, to those. Of sight and
hearing. The tiny instrument glea1p-
ed between thumb and finger Of his
still extended hand. 49,. :, =.
There was a slight, catch IN the
generals, throat, followed. by q half
nigh. Swiftly q new look came into
the face Of each physician; swiftly the
younger refilled the little syringe and
hurried 70 the other side Of the couch.
Then through the. right, arm, sprang
the potent fluid, and again they watt
ed the result very soon q long, nut
tering sigh: then q longer. stronger
Inspiration; then measured breathing
4 and finally consciousness. =. ,9.,s. -,
+ When General Grant lay dying that
April norning the work on his mem
eirs, which melted his family one-half
million. dollars, was little. more than
half finished. He lived seventeen
weeks afterward, finished his task and
was ready to go.-Frank w. Mack in
Saturday Evening Post.