t with aperfect sincerity of purpose on the part of the narrator to set down theliteral and unvarnished truth. When thedictation ended he said: Have you any special place to lunch to-day? I replied that I had not. The news of his condition, everywhere published, brought great heaps ofletters, but he could not see them. CCMARK TWAIN PAYS HIS DEBTS'Following the Equator'--[In England, More Tramps Abroad.
To be sure, I cannot say that I took all this quite seriously, but we, too, have played at it, and know all about it. We stopped the game for a while to discuss it, but we could devise nomaterial explanation. That is to say, Reed landed at Portland, the rest of the party returningwith the yacht. His letters were full of brightness and pleasantry--always concerned more or less with business matters, though he was nolonger disturbed by
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