The road show left Fort Wayne the next morning before 6:00 a.m. and spent almost six hours traveling 115 miles to Lafayette, Indiana, where Sam and Cable appeared that evening at the Grand Opera House to mixed reviews [From Page 446 The Life of Mark Twain - The Middle Years 1871-1891]
February 6, 1885: DBD
February 6 Friday – In the afternoon, Sam wrote from Layfayette, Indiana to Livy: