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That he occasionally found himself short of fundsis likely enough--a literary life invites that sort of thing--bu and glens, but were as sociable and entertaininglords and ladies as ever the southland could produce. If a little boy could not improve on that bill of fare andin that atmosphere, his case was hopeless indeed. In The Gilded Age we haveMark Twain's picture of Squire Hawkins and Obedstown, written fromdescriptions supplied in later years by his mother a

In 1914 it was declared a British protectorate, under military occupation, when the Turks were threatening the Suez Canal He was doubtful of the wisdom of this plan, and when Clemenssuddenly proposed a brand-new scheme his publisher very readily agreed tohold back the publication of Sketches indefinitely. An incident of that summer probablyfurnished more enjoyment for the colored members of the household than itdid for Mark Twain. Not much could be done about the animals.