April 30 Thursday – Charles Dudley Warner wrote to Sam. In part:

Dear Mark / The enclosed came via Kojema—if that is the way to spell the Damio’s name. Ned House wanted him to say to me that he, House, preserves and sends to San Francisco the associated Press despatches concerning Japan, that we may know they are trustworthy, and right in contradicting the sensational stories. I see by the San Francisco papers that The Gilded Age has been dramatized and is to be put on the stage, at once, of the California Theater. I think one Dinsmore [sic Gilbert B. Densmore], editor of a Sunday paper, dramatized it. The story is mainly that of Laura—leaving out the political parts that would create a row.

The transplanter don’t seem to have considered it necessary to consult the authors. Probably don’t know that we have a letter [of] copyright stowed away. Let us see if the thing comes to any thing, and if it is worth while to interfere [MTPO].

April, late or May, early – Sam sent Orion a check for $700 and another for $200 in order to take Mollie to Keokuk and run a chicken ranch. Supposedly, the buildings on the farm would bring in $40 per month. Orion’s reply shortly after, is lost [MTL 6: 144n1].