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 express sympathy and a desire that they might be of service waited on the young wife now prostrated with grief, though providentially under her father's roof where she had come to stay at the old home during her brother Jack's visit North.

From all over the valley came words of condolence that showed how deeply Elisha was identified with its material growth; resolutions of respect from the different orders, and though Elisha's religious views were not generally known, regardless of denomination, the pastor of every church in the city felt that its present sound financial condition was largely through his instrumentality.

At the door Watson received all messages. "How different," he thought, "is the ending of this life from that of Mills!" He had come North with bitterness in his heart, and the pity which he was prepared to bestow on this villain's victim had long been transferred to Mills himself. Tim Watson would return to Texas with a broader view of justice.

Three days later, Elisha Vedder was buried