CHAPTER XXXI.
JUNE 23, 1844--OCTOBER 9, 1845 Fame and fortune now assured .-- Government declines purchase of telegraph .-- Accident to leg gives needed rest .-- Reflections on ways of Providence .-- Consideration of financial propositions .-- F.O.J.

Smith's fulsome praise .-- Morse's reply .-- Extension of telegraph proceeds slowly.
-- Letter to Russian Minister .-- Letter to London "Mechanics' Magazine" claiming priority and first experiments in wireless telegraphy .-- Hopes that Government may yet purchase .-- Longing for a home .-- Dinner at Russian Minister's .-- Congress again fails him .-- Amos Kendall chosen as business agent .-- First telegraph company .-- Fourth voyage to Europe .-- London, Broek, Hamburg .-- Letter of Charles T.Fleischmann .-- Paris .-- Nothing definite accomplished.