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d to make him own it, he denied having written any such story; it is possible that I dreamed it, but I hope the MS. It is hardly necessary to quote examples of these, but only a form of hisoccasional reply, which was likely to be in this wise: DEAR SIR [or MADAM],--I try every remedy sent to me. She was determined to go out again, but---- L. Five days after Mark Twain's return to America, his old friendand co-worker, Charles Dudley Warner, died.

I can live for two months on a good compliment, he once said. But this time I had the curious (& unprecedented) luck to start right in each case. The letter was published July 16, 1885. His breathing was becomingheavier, though it seemed not to give him much discomfort.