PHILIP M., Sec. C. E. S. * * * * * TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO. Office of the Executive, Santa Fe, N. M., Oct., 1895. Judge E. V. Long, Las Vegas. Dear Sir: This will introduce to you Mrs. Wheaton, traveling in the interests of the prisons and asylums. She may want to hold a service at the asylum. If so please see that the opportunity is afforded her. Yours respectfully, W. T. THORNTON, Governor. * * * * * New Mexico Penitentiary, Sante Fe, N. M., Sept. 19, 1903. Mrs. E. R. Wheaton has been paying our institution visits on various occasions for some years past, and during these visits has done very much valuable work towards furthering the discipline of the institution. Her words of comfort and wholesome advice together with her teachings of Christianity has cheered many a poor, unfortunate soul up to believing and hoping for a better future; to realize that justice demands that some punishment be meted out to wrong doers and violators of the laws of the land; that such punishment is not eternal; that they can receive consolation and comfort their conscience even inside of the prison walls by resolving to be better men, by a closer observance of the moral laws as dictated by their conscience, a faithful compliance of their duties as men or women, and a strict obedience to their overseers acting under the law and, above all, an abiding faith in the Almighty God. Mrs. Wheaton has taught them to understand that they must not only resolve but must demonstrate by their actions in every day life a sincerity of purpose. The management feels very grateful indeed for the splendid work so generously devoted in the interest of humanity, which I consider also a most valuable assistance to the prison management in maintaining discipline and turning out discharged prisoners as better men and women, better equipped morally, physically and spiritually to meet and solve the problem of living an honest and upright life, earn and care for those who may be dependent upon them. H. O. BURSOM, Superintendent. CHAPTER XIV. Gone Home from the Scaffold. "Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power, preserve thou those that are appointed to die."--Psalms 79:11. "Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer." One of the most touching things, and to me the most important of all this God-appointed work, has been my special mission to those who are doomed to execution.