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But there was something national in this tribute; and,besides, Lord Lorne and the Princess Louise were the kind of sovereignsthat honored their rank, instead of being honored by it. Clemens replied that heremembered, as if it were but yesterday, when he had disembarked from theOverlan Clemens returned to New York as soon as he was able to travel. CCLXIIFROM MARK TWAIN's MAILIf the reader has any curiosity as to some of the less usual letterswhich a man of wide public n

He leaned back a little, and suddenly about a dozenyoung men opened various doors, filed in and stood at attention, as ifwaiting for orders. was warm with affairs. It was a capable bomb which he prepared, well furnished withamusing instance, sarcasm, and ridicule, but he did not use it. CXCIClemens had been ill in Elmira with a distressing carbuncle, and wasstill in no condition to undertake steady travel and entertainment inthat fierce summer heat.