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ARCHBISHOP ELDER IS SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS WHO WAIT FOR THE END.

With the Example of Their Beloved Leader Before Them They Are Like Him in Resignation, Listening for the Call to Eternity

Father Gallagher Early in the Day Announced That the Prelate Was Growing Weaker and Would Not Live Throughout the Day, According to the Physicians.

In Fact It Would Not Have Been a Surprise to the Watchers at the Bedside if the Breath of Life Left the Body of the Stricken Churchman Before the Noon Hour - Sunday Was Marked by Earnest Prayers of the Members of the Catholic Diocese for the Welfare of the Patient.

"Archbishop Elder is growing weaker and we fear he will not survive the day.  He slept some during the night, but it was the sleep of exhaustion. Sister Agnes Regina was with him throughout the night." - Father Gallagher at Seton Hospital at 7:30 this morning.

©2003, 2004 by Linda Boorom & Tina Hursh