January 6 Tuesday – In Riverdale, N.Y. Sam wrote a short poem to Livy:
Good night, sweetheart, good night—
The stars are shining bright,
The snow is becoming turning white,
Dim is the failing light,
Fast falls the glooming night,—
All right!
Sleep tight!
Good-night. / Y. [MTP; Gribben 577-8].
Susan L. Crane wrote to Sam:
Dear Mr. Clemens, / Lewis in his picturesque garments, called an hour ago, with the enclosed note & receipt.
When I handed him the second $1000 he exclaimed, “Oh Lord!” and after a short call he went down the hill with a shining face, the old anxious expression all gone.
When he received the first 1000 from your “friend,” [H.H. Rogers] he could not dare to believe what I said [MTP]. Note: John T. Lewis.
[MT Speaking 672], which Fatout lists a speech by Mark Twain at the David Munro dinner, N.Y.C. undoubtedly has its source as the day’s NB entry: Sam’s notebook: “Players. Dinner. 7.30. Munro” [NB 46 TS 4]. Note: Munro (1844-1910) born in Scotland, emigrated to the US and worked in the literary department of Harper & Brothers. After George Harvey purchased the NAR, Munro became asst. editor.