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ho knew the real MarkTwain and his philosophies will recognize that those evenings left theirimpress upon him for life. To visit at his house wasfor a child to be in a heaven of mirth and pranks continually. I am glad of that, because it saved the babies. It seems likely, therefore, that the telling of the frog story andhis approval of it were accomplished by exchange of letters.

Theirghosts went up the river on a ghostly steamboat. They hung about a little longer, then dragged themselves home, slippedinto the house, and built up a fine, cheerful fire on the hearth. But if he published any work in those river-days he did not acknowledgeit later--with one exception. That was his chief misfortune.