37/44 Pat Conley was telegraphed for, and arrived at Dubuque on February 4, accompanied by Mr.George Brown, "an intelligent and reliable farmer". Pat took the corpse home in a coffin, and on his arrival Elizabeth fell into a swoon, which lasted for several hours. Her own account of what followed on her recovery may be given in her own words:-- "When they told me that father was dead I felt very sick and bad; I did not know anything. He had on a white shirt" (his own was grey), "and black clothes and slippers. |