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Of course I did not say this, or reproach her for not inviting me to be present. Then she would have to put in last night. Hewas mistaken in this, for Clemens had not read Bulwer--never could readhim at any length. Fairbanks--herself a newspaper correspondent for herhusband's paper, the Cleveland Herald had a large influe

thegreat Mississippi, the magnificent Mississippi, rolling its mile-widetide along; . od deal for high-priced Eastern papers, and now they want to publish my letters in book form themselves to get back that pitiful sum. John Clemens saw his reserve of healthand funds dwindling, and decided to embark in merchandise. I ought to have suspected something when he brought me here.