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Once he sent a sheet, on one side ofwhich was written: BAY HOUSE, March s, 1910. Clemens had been asked to write about itfor the American papers, and he did so after his own ideas, illustratingsome of his material with pictures of his own selection. His employer was a hard man, and on Saturday night when he paid him hedocked him fifteen minutes for the time he was up in the air--but nevermind, he had his reward. s charged; I did talk with the Queen of England with my hat on, but it wasn't fair in the newspaper

He became frail during those weeks, almost ethereal, yet it was strangehow brilliant he was, how cheerful. and appeared in theDecember and January numbers (1907-8) of Harper's Magazine, and was alsoissued as a small book. It would not be a largevolume, and he offered to let his Christian Science opponents share itwith him, stating their side of the case. He got up and we beganto explore the bed, his profanity increasing amazingly with each moment.