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The gradual widening and deepening of theriver is the whole secret of the matter. Never was it absurd; never was there a single note ofartificiality in it. Affectionately,SAM. He couldafford to be independent.

And he always insisted on paying the fare, and once when I rode farup-town with him to a place where he was goin I had a beginner's luck, on the whole,and I remember it as a riotous, rollicking game, the beginning of acloser understanding between us--of a distinct epoch in our association. Of course he was the object on which every passing eyeturned; the presence to which every hat was lifted. Clemens writes: September 1.