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Among the letters from Vancouver was this one to Rudyard Kipling DEAR KIPLING,--It is reported that you are about to visit India. If I were a few years younger I would accept it, and promptly, and Iwould go. MacAlisterreported the success of the scheme to Clemens, and out of it grew thestory entitled, Two Little Tales, published in November of thefollowing year (1901) in the Century Magazine. Eachgame would contain one thousand facts, while the book would contain eightthousand; it would be a veritable encyclopedia.

In the evening, as at 21 Fifth Avenue, there wasmusic--the stately measures of the orchestrelle--while Mark Twain smokedand mingled unusual speculation with long, long backward dreams. Rogers had long-enough vision ahead to say, Your books have supported you before, and after the panic is over they will support you again, and that was a correct proposition. Clemens became immediately a distinguished figure atthese assemblies. It seemed best to find out; so I turned and followed and caught up with her, and said, deferenti