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He refused ten thousand dollars for a tobaccoindorsement, though he liked the tobacco well enough; and he was awarethat even royalty was willing to put a value on its opinions. On the 5th of this month I received a cable, Expect good news in ten days. But the little fellow andhis brethren didn't fall in--that was a noticeable particular. CLIIPLATFORMING WITH CABLEThe drain of many investments and the establishment of a publishing househad told heavily on Clemens's finances.

Longfellow, if you'llbe so kind as to hold your yawp for about five minutes and let me getthis grub ready, you'll do me proud. He bowed, buthe could not speak. Of my playmates I recall John Briggs,John Garth, and Laura Hawkins--just those three; the rest I buried longago, and memory cannot even find their graves. That first evening closed with billiards--boisterous, triumphantbilliards--and when with midnight the day ended and th