I have made up my mind to leave the Telegraph to take care of itself, since it cannot take care of me.

I shall, in a few months, leave Washington for New Jersey, family, kit and all, and bid adieu to the subject of the Telegraph for some more profitable business....
I have just finished a most beautiful register with a _pen lever key_ and an expanding reel.

Have orders for six of the same kind to be made at once; three for the south and three for the west.
I regret you could not, on your return from the west, have made us at least a flying visit with your charming lady.

I am happy to learn that your cup of happiness is so full in the society of one who, I learn from Mr.K., is well calculated to cheer you and relieve the otherwise solitude of your life....

My kindest wishes for yourself and Mrs.Morse, and believe me to be, now as ever, Yours, etc., ALFRED VAIL.
Mr.James D.Reid in an article in the "Electrical World," October 12, 1895, after quoting from this letter; adds:-- "The truth is Mr.Vail had no natural aptitude for executive work, and he had a temper somewhat variable and unhappy.