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They never knew what kind of weather was going to turn upnext, and if they settled any place the whole continent suddenly sankfrom under them, and they had to make a scramble for dry land. I have something to say about Mr. Clemens: I did so long for you and Sue yesterday morning--the most superb sunrise--the most marvelous sunrise--& I s Rain--rain--rain.

I hadlocated there the autumn before, and bought a vacant old house, with afew acres of land, at what seemed a modest price. Finally a well-known elocutionist, named Burbank, conceived the notion ofimpersonating Raymond as well as Sellers, making of it a sort of doubleburlesque, and agreed to take the play on those terms. They planned to go abroad for the summer of 1890, to take thewaters of some of the German baths, but they were obliged to give up theidea. aise such merits as a book has even when they are merely half a dozen diamonds scattered through an acre of mud.