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Clemens had kept his financial progress from the press, but the paymentof the final claims was distinctly a matter of news and the papers madethe most of it. Again, not long afterward, he issued a special invitation to all ofthose-architects, builders, and workmen who had taken any part, howevergreat or small, in the building of his home. He didn't have a single one of those qualities in thebeginning. He had employed rhyme with more facility than was usual for him, and thefigure and phrasing were full of vigor.

Clemens plannedbenefactions, as was her wont. PUNCH, CONDUCTOR, PUNCH--Atlantic, February, 1876. No sooner was he seatedthan this Congressman and that Senator came over to shake hands with MarkTwain. Robert Collier, Mrs.