April 16 Thursday – At 21 Fifth Ave, N.Y. Sam wrote to Dorothy Quick in Plainfield, N.J. Thursday night.

Friday—Saturday—Sunday—Monday—then you are here! Monday afternoon. About half-past 2, I suppose. Well, I shall be on the lookout, & powerful glad to see you. Shan’t we have good times? I do most confidently guess so.

In Bermuda I bought a trinket for your Christmas. But I can’t keep it that long, I’ll give it to you now.

That reminds me that you are a member of my Aquarium Club, which consists of a few very choice school-girl angel-fishes & one slave. I am the slave.

I think you have the badge. But if you haven’t, I’ll get it for you.

Do remember me kindly to your mother & all the household,—& don’t forget that I love you, you dear little rascal [MTP].

Dorothy Quick wrote to Sam.

Dear Mr Clemens / I am very glad you are home and I am so glad I am to see you on Monday I will not be able to come Monday morning but will come on the one-nine train I will be so glad to see you  I am sorry not being able to be with you on Saturday but I really want to be with Grandpa and now I must close.

With love to you and Miss Lyon / your loving / Dorothy

P.S. Grandpa is goint away that is why I must be with him on Sunday / Dorothy [MTP]. Note: this letter was included in Sam’s Apr. 17 A.D.

Sam’s A.D. for this day continued to describe the Bermuda trips and give Angel fish accounts [Hill 209].  

Isabel Lyon’s journal: “All day in Redding” [MTP: IVL TS 46].

The New York Times, p. 3, announced that Mark Twain would speak for the Children’s Educational Theatre on April 23, under the auspices of the NYC History Club.