June 13 Wednesday – In Dublin, N.H. Sam wrote one sentence to H.H. Rogers, asking him to get his Christian Science book from Harper’s and put it in his safe until he arrived [MTHHR 610].
Isabel Lyon’s journal:
Beginning of headache. E
Mr. Paine came back today from his N.Y. trip. He saw C.C. several times & found her the “dearest thing” and “the most beautiful creature” in the world. He told her that this is “the most beautiful place on earth & also the most lonely”, and it is. I’m afraid, in fact I know, that Mr. Clemens is a little tired of him, but he’ll get over that. He must—for Mr. Paine is doing a great work for Mr. Clemens & the children. He is invaluable, for his interest does not slacken in his daily labor.
This day I am ill. The nervous terrors of yesterday & the several past days have done their work —& done it well.
Tonight Mr. Clemens read from a ms. he wrote 30 years ago: “Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven”. It is a wonderful piece of satire & is written with the same touch, & the convictions o ftoday. It was intended as a satire on “The Gates Ajar” & years ago Mr. Howells wanted Mr. Clemens to publish it & ask Dean Stanley to write an introduction to it. In 1891 just before they left the Hartford house Mr. Clemens read it, but didn’t like it then. Now he does, & the part he read tonight is publishable [MTP TS 82-83]. Note: The Gates Ajar (1868) by Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Ward [Gribben 741].
Samuel S. McClure wrote to Sam.
I want to thank Miss Lyon very much for her letter of the 11th. / I regard this matter which we are discussing as of the first importance to both of us, and I would be ready to arrange to spend two or three days in Dublin to look over the manuscript. When I am there I can talk over the other matters which I wrote about [MTP].
Lester Ralph wrote about this day from Warrensburg, NY to thank Sam for his note about the drawings for Eve’s Diary and was glad they pleased [MTP].
Abraham Clemens (1831-1915), age 74 and a cousin of Sam’s, was married at Claysville, Pa., 11 p.m. to Mrs. Elizabeth McFarland, age 67 or 72. New York papers reported the marriage on June 15, including the Times and the Evening World. The latter added that “Mark Twain telegraphed his congratulations” (not extant) and gave the bride’s age as 72, and that they eloped: “Mrs Clemens stated that she believed her husband would not require discipline similar to that she used on her last husband whom she kept in a tree for three hours with a shotgun trained on him because of his refusal to comply with her wishes” [Times, p.1; World p.16]. Note: Sam and Abraham were third cousins, their great-grandfathers being brothers.
Clemens’ A.D. this day included: The days of reporting on the Morning Call—The advent of Smiggy McGlural & the resignation of Clemens—Destruction of Morning Call building in recent earthquake—Good times with Bret Harte in Morning Call office [MTP: Autodict2:MTE 254-63].
Isabel Lyon’s journal:
Beginning of headache. E
Mr. Paine came back today from his N.Y. trip. He saw C.C. several times & found her the “dearest thing” and “the most beautiful creature” in the world. He told her that this is “the most beautiful place on earth & also the most lonely”, and it is. I’m afraid, in fact I know, that Mr. Clemens is a little tired of him, but he’ll get over that. He must—for Mr. Paine is doing a great work for Mr. Clemens & the children. He is invaluable, for his interest does not slacken in his daily labor.
This day I am ill. The nervous terrors of yesterday & the several past days have done their work —& done it well.
Tonight Mr. Clemens read from a ms. he wrote 30 years ago: “Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven”. It is a wonderful piece of satire & is written with the same touch, & the convictions o ftoday. It was intended as a satire on “The Gates Ajar” & years ago Mr. Howells wanted Mr. Clemens to publish it & ask Dean Stanley to write an introduction to it. In 1891 just before they left the Hartford house Mr. Clemens read it, but didn’t like it then. Now he does, & the part he read tonight is publishable [MTP TS 82-83]. Note: The Gates Ajar (1868) by Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Ward [Gribben 741].
Samuel S. McClure wrote to Sam.
I want to thank Miss Lyon very much for her letter of the 11th. / I regard this matter which we are discussing as of the first importance to both of us, and I would be ready to arrange to spend two or three days in Dublin to look over the manuscript. When I am there I can talk over the other matters which I wrote about [MTP].
Lester Ralph wrote about this day from Warrensburg, NY to thank Sam for his note about the drawings for Eve’s Diary and was glad they pleased [MTP].
Abraham Clemens (1831-1915), age 74 and a cousin of Sam’s, was married at Claysville, Pa., 11 p.m. to Mrs. Elizabeth McFarland, age 67 or 72. New York papers reported the marriage on June 15, including the Times and the Evening World. The latter added that “Mark Twain telegraphed his congratulations” (not extant) and gave the bride’s age as 72, and that they eloped: “Mrs Clemens stated that she believed her husband would not require discipline similar to that she used on her last husband whom she kept in a tree for three hours with a shotgun trained on him because of his refusal to comply with her wishes” [Times, p.1; World p.16]. Note: Sam and Abraham were third cousins, their great-grandfathers being brothers.
Clemens’ A.D. this day included: The days of reporting on the Morning Call—The advent of Smiggy McGlural & the resignation of Clemens—Destruction of Morning Call building in recent earthquake—Good times with Bret Harte in Morning Call office [MTP: Autodict2:MTE 254-63].
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