DEAR JEAN CLEMENS,- I am up & shaved & got my clean shirt on & feelmighty fine, & am going down to show off before I put on the rest of myclothes. She was well pleased with thesituation, and that day selected the spot where the house should stand. FOR MARK TWAIN To brave Mark Twain, across the sea, The years have brought his jubilee. When at last it came true, October 22, 1903, there was but a month & 9days to spare.
The holy Hindoo pilgrim's itineraryof salvation is one of the richest of all Mark Twain's fancies, and isabout the best thing in the book. In spite of the good-will and the good wishes Clemens's malady did notimprove. all over, then said, sadly: No, I am mistaken; it looks like my Margaret,--but it isn't, and I am so sorry. ]It was the highest compliment he could have paid, for it showed that hehad read, and had remembered all those years.
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