It has seemed to me very desirable that one of its decorations should be your coat of arms, and if you will do me the favor to transmit a copy, or a wax impression of the same, I shall be much obliged." To this Morse replied:-- "I send you a sketch of the Morse coat of arms, according to your request, to do as you please with it.

I am no advocate of heraldic devices, but the _motto_ in this case sanctions it with me.

I wish to live and die in its spirit:-- "'_Deo non armis fido._'" I have said that many on whom Morse relied proved faithless, and, while I do not intend to go into the details of all these troubles, it is only right that, in the interest of historical truth, some mention should be made of some of these men.

The one who, next to F.O.J.Smith, caused the most trouble to Morse and his associates, was Henry O'Reilly.

Mr.Reid, in his "Telegraph in America," thus describes him:-- "Henry O'Reilly was in many respects a wonderful man.