How glad Mark Twain was to get home may be judged from hisremark to one of the many reporters who greeted him. As gratefully as delightedly, Your abiding friend, JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY. He read the telegram, but not a shade or suggestion of a change exhibited itself in his iron countenance. CCXCTHE RETURN TO BERMUDAI don't think he attempted any further writing for print.
He made one substantial investment at this period. -he set down a fewconcisely written pages of conclusions --conclusions from which he didnot deviate materially in after years. Listen! O Lord our Father, our young patriots, idols of our hearts, go forth to battle--be Thou near the The book trade was dull;his book royalties were insufficient even to the demands of thehousehold.
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