Oneof these sent an advertisement of a certain Elixir of Life, which wasguaranteed to cure everything--to wash and cleanse the human molecules,and so restore youth and preserve life everlasting. Cox assured thedoorkeeper that Clemens had received the thanks of Congress for nationalliterary service, and was therefore entitled to that privilege. Insubstantial and deceptive as was this inner world of his, to him itmust have been much more real than the world of flitting physical. The curious feature of the house is the salon.
How curiously unanecdotical the colonials and the ship-going English are--I believe I haven't told an anecdote or he I presented him with apair of cuff-buttons silver-enameled with the Bermuda lily, and I thoughthe seemed pleased with them. Allen and I, in thesitting-room, heard some one walking softly outside on the veranda. It is animpressive piece of work; but the author, for some reason, did not offerit for publication.
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