y truth these priceless blessings had beenhanded on the point of a bayonet to the Person Sitting in Darkness. As far back as Revolutionary daysJoel Barlow, a poet of distinction, and once Minister to France, had beena resident of Redding, and there were still Barlow descendants in thetownship. It did not move easily and his hand slipped. Helen asked if he thought such a thing as that could ever happen inAmerica.
The acorn was, in fact, replaced by a well-modeledhead of Mark Twain. Clemens had the first claims on the copyrights, though, to tellthe truth, these did not promise much then, for in that hard year thesale of books was small enough. Probably the most valued of his London honors was the dinner given to himby the staff of Punch. Last winter when I was sick I wrote a magazine article three times beforeI got it to suit me.
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