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We are dwelling on this period of Mark Twain's life, for it was a periodthat perhaps more than any other influenced his future years. With the purchase ofKennett's share Clemens became a sort of general and contributing editor,with a more or less roving commission --his hours and duties not veryclearly defined. You always- What happened? My voice was, perhaps, a trifle loud. But mind you, it hasn't the same shape in the night that it has in the daytime.

tly, you would claw away from every bunch of timber, because you would take the black shadow of it f One might try, of course. But Menken was gone presently, and when he saw her again, somewhat later,in San Francisco, his madness would have seemed to have been allayed. independent for all time to come; but returning home with his preciousmemoranda and the news of good fortune, he accidentally woun