May 5 Friday – At the Hotel Krantz in Vienna, Austria, Sam replied Ambrose Poynter (1867-1923), who evidently had asked if he might use a story or a passage. Sam had no objections and the story and details were “set down in a book of mine—‘Old Times on the Mississippi,’” he didn’t remember the chapter. The man must have been in England or the Continent for Sam noted the book was published by Chatto & Windus [MTP].Note: Poynter was the grandson of the famous English architect by the same name (1796-1886).

Sam sent a check for £200 for stock in Geduld Proprietary Gold Mine shares to Ad. Goerz & Co [NB 40 TS 55].