He no longer had any serious financial qualms. They easily hold twoeggs, but not three. I have never smoked one of them & never shall; I work them off on the visitor. I have preached that in my own Gospel.
I was umpire and stakeholder, and it was a mostinteresting occupation, for the series was close and a very cheerful one. Whatever may have been his doubts in the beginning concerning the CubanWar, Mark Twain, by the end of May, had made up his mind as to itsjustice. It had been written underhard circumstances and by a pen long out of practice; it had not paid,and its author must work all the harder on the new undertakings. Such a man is entitled to the high gift of humor:he has it at its very best.
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