Jim Gillis, down in Sonora, was alreadylying at the point of death, and so for him the visit was too lat That is what it is, and it is a pity that it should bemore than that. Uncle Mark --he often called him that-- Major Leigh handed me a reportof the year's sales just as I was leaving. When Clemens appeared as a public entertainer all society turned out tohear him and introductions were sought by persons of the most exclusiverank.
Francis Parkman's Canadian Histories he had read periodically, especiallythe story of the Old Regime and of the Jesuits in North America. Governor Francis spoke a few words, to the effect that they had gatheredhere to unveil a tablet to an American poet, and that it was fitting thatMark Twain should do this. Still hestruggled on. HELLFIRE HOTCHKISS (Switzerland) (unfinished).
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