January 28 Friday — Albert Bigelow Paine wrote from Redding to Clemens:
I will forward our letter to the Poet Moroso. It will gratify him very much—more than any money payment he could receive, I am sure.
I am enclosing you an interesting batch best of all a letter from Clara, written eleven days ago. Perhaps she has one on the way to you, too—of course she has—but you will be glad to see this, no doubt. I’d like to have it again, by and by,
Then, there is this letter about the “Ashcroft-Player” forgery. That’s interesting, too, as you will agree I’ve written Lark to go right ahead & if there’s anything to be done, we want to do it. What a paltry thief he is! [MTP]
Florence Cook Bronson wrote while sailing from Columbo, Ceylon to Naples, Italy to offer condolences [MTP].