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--[Mark Twain's note-book, under date of March,1885, contains this memorandum: Roswell Smith said to me: 'I'm glad yougot the book, Mr. He had seena good many elephant-trainers at Bridgeport, and he thought this one hada doubtful look. Sailed in the Princess Irene for Genoa at 11. The coachman sent in for him at 9, but he said, Oh,nonsense!--leave glories & grandeurs like these? Tell him to go away &come in an hour! At 10 he was called for again, & Mrs.

And so passed out of earthly affairs the man who had contributed solargely to the comfort of Mark Twain's old age. Clemens called me back and took out a five-franc piece and gave it to me,saying: It is our silver-wedding day, and so I give you a present. Millet, William T. That would not have been pleasure; it would have meant work for thesailor, and I do not like work even when another person does it.