Bliss especially suggested andemphasized a humorous work--that is to say, a work humorously inclined. The attack on her was staged; the result was that Ramses `rescued' her and brought her to you-with well-feigned reluctance that gained your sympathy and support. We are in such a state of worry and endless confusion that my head won't go. Clemens replied that he had no dread of the Atlantic audience; hedeclared it was the only audience that did not require a humorist to paint himself striped and stand on his head to amuse it.
There was no telegraph; there were no railroads, no stage linesof any consequence--scarcely any maps. Concluding that it would take less time to read out the objects Lacau did not want, he proceeded to do so. When the daydrew near, and only a few tickets had been sold, Clemens was desperate. By and by he said: There is just one way that I would take a young man to learn the river:that is, for money.
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