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Onion remained in St. It was most gratifying. The other letter is dated two months later, August 5th. I could have used another myself.

On the 5th of May he wrote to Bliss:I lectured here on the trip the other night; over $1,600 in gold in thehouse; every seat taken and paid for before night. Sad, isn't it, how the years take their toll? Hmph, said Emerson, appearing in the doorway. Didn't you ever ask his real name? Don't tell me he was christened Sethos. Barnum had an ax, the large ax of advertising, and he wasperpetually trying to grind it on Mark Twain's reputati