Henry Watterson, when he finished Tom Sawyer, wrote: I havejust laid down Tom Sawyer, and cannot resist the pressure. Huck Finn was drawn from life, he tells us. It was natural,too, for John Quarles--happy-hearted, generous, and optimistic--to writethe letter. Am offered the same berth to-day on the Herald by letter.
Ramses decided he would raise the subject again that evening. Not at all, I said, acknowledging her little jest with a genteel chuckle. This was followed by a string of stock patrioticphrases absurdly arranged. The roof was not very steep.
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