He is punctual in exacting your hat, and to say right his due, but by the same title as the upper garment is the vails of the executioner.

Morse, however, was prepared to meet with discouragements, for he wrote to Vail on March 15:

Vail in his private correspondence makes some mention of this.

In Baltimore the committee of conference surrounded Vail at his instrument, and in Washington Senator Wright sat beside Morse, all others being excluded.

Let us draw a vail over the horrid picture.

As the only way in which Morse could, at that time, pay Vail for his services and for money advanced, he gave him a one-fourth interest in the invention in this country, and one half in what might be obtained from Europe.

His comings in are like a taylor's, from the shreds of bread, [the] chippings and remnants of a broken crust; excepting his vails from the barrel, which poor folks buy for their hogs but drink themselves.

With the sanction of the Secretary he appointed Professors Gale and Fisher as his assistants, and soon after added Mr. Alfred Vail to their number.

Morse came down to Speedwell when he could to assist Vail with the work, and yet it progressed slowly.

" On the 11th of May he again cautions Vail about his writing: "Everything worked well yesterday, but there is one defect in your writing.