The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-10-30

He seemed 10 ne to have no faults at an
unless 1t were q certain softness towards
the wishes Of those whom he loved. He
could not bear to hurt anybody. but he never
hesttated If some principle in which he be-
heved was called in question.
He had not. Of course. q subtle mind-he
was no analyst of character-but that did
not make him undressing. I never heard
any one call him dull company. although
men laughed at him for his good nature and
unselfshness and traded on him all the time.
He was the best human being I have ever
known am ever likely to know.
Well the crisis arrived with astonishing
suddenness. About the I'd or ID Of August
I went down to stay with some friends at the
little fishing village of Raiel in Glebeshirs-
saw him just before left London. and
he told me that he was going to stay in Lon
don for the first half Of August. that he
would be closed and Horizons delivered over
to the painters.
heard nothing about him for fortnight
and. then I received 4 most extraordinary
letter from Box Hamilton. q fellow clubman
Of mine and Wilbrahams. Had I heard
he said. that poor old wilbraham had gone
right OF his "knocker Nobody knew e1.
actly what had happened. but suddenly one
day at lunch time Wilbraham had turned
up at Grey's Che club 10 which our own club
was a visitor during tn cleaning) had har-
angued every one about religion IN the most
extraordinary way had burst out from there
and started shouting IN Piccadilly. had after
collecting a crowd, disappeared and not been
seen until the next morning when he had
been found nearly killed. after a hand-to-
hand fight with the market men in Covent
Garden
1t may be imagined how deeply this dis
turbed me. especially as felt that I was my
self to blame. had noticed that wilbra-
ham was I'll when had seen him in London,
and I should either have persuaded him 10
come With me to Glebeshire or stayed with
him in London. was just about TO pack
up and 80 to town when received ! letter
from . doctor in = nursins home In South
Audley strsat saying that = certain Major
WiIbraham vas In the home dying and ask
ing psrEstentiy for myself took . motor
to plymouth and was IN London by i've
o'clock.
found the South Audley street nursing
home and was At onos surrounded with the
hush the shaded rooms, the scents OF medi
cine and flowers. apd some undeinable clean
hnsss thst Belongs to those places
waited In q Iittis room. the walls deco
rated with sporting prints. the green baise
table gloomi:y laden with volumes Of Punch :
and the Tatier. wnbraham's doctor cane
in to sce me, q dappsr, smart little man.
ehicient and impersonal. He told me that
wilbraham had at most only twenty.four
hours to live. that his brain was quite clear.
and that he vas suffering very little pain.
that he had been brutally kicked in the
stomach BY some. man IN the Covent oardsa
crowd and Nd there ree.i-ed the internal
injuries from whinh b was nov dying.
His brain Ia quite clear" the doctor said.
Let him talk. It can do him no harm
Nothing can ave him. HIS head Il fun 4
gseer fanoiss: he wants every one y nstsa
70 him. Hss worrying became thsrs's ssns
msasass Do vants . ss,A =. hs,w.as
to givs II to yeu.-
!, When ] sav Wlrhrahan - was. - ntts
changed thai felt no shock, Indeed ~
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