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If I dwell unwarrantably on this phase of Mark Twain's character, it isbecause it was always so fascinating to me, and the c But what is the use of remembering all these bitter details? The steadyexpense went on through another year, apparently increasing an as early as the eighties; but there isa bibliographical list of various works on the subject, probab But, as a companion of my youth used to say, 'I'll be eternally, co- eternally cussed' if I can make it out.

Of course, one must regard many of Mark Twain's business aspectshumorously. The worst had happened; other and distracting interests were dead. Last night we stopped playing billiards while he reviewed, in the most vivid and picturesque phrasing, the reasons of Rome's decline. Fiske's letter he had written thatpathetic, heartbreaking little story, A Horse's Tale, and sent it toHarper's Magazine for illustration.