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earnest man had traveled in body. Especially 

 was the Californian trip present in his fevered 

 mind, and incidents and scenes were once more 

 vividly before him, until on the twenty-first he 

 fell asleep never to awaken here, and, as the stormy 

 night closed in, almost at the same hour as that on 

 which his father died, he too took the last journey 

 and entered into that unknown land, and was "for- 

 ever free from storm and stress." His forty-nine 

 years of life had been very full ones, he had 

 touched the extremes of joy and sorrow, he had 

 known failure and success ; like his father he had 

 never done anything indifferently. His enthusi- 

 asm carried him over many difficulties, his sympa- 

 thy and generosity endeared him to every one and, 

 when the end of the busy life came, there was left 

 a vacant place, never to be filled, in the hearts of 

 those who knew and loved him. 



MARIA R. AUDUBON 



Salem. New York, March 2, 1905. 



