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chance of being heard�察�he said�察�with much apparent emotion��
;Ladies and Gentlemen��I won't keep you one single moment in this
suffocating atmosphere。 I simply wish to say that this is the last
lecture I shall have the honor to deliver in London until I return
from America�察�four weeks from now。 I only wish to say ��here Mr。
Clemens faltered as if too much affected to proceed�� I am very
grateful。 I do not wish to appear pathetic�察�but it is something
magnificent for a stranger to come to the metropolis of the world
and be received so handsomely as I have been。 I simply thank you。;
The Saturday Review devoted a page�察�and Once a Week�察�under the head of
;Cracking jokes�察─�gave three pages�察�to praise of the literary and lecture
methods of the new American humorist。 With the promise of speedy return��
he left London�察�gave the lecture once in Liverpool�察�and with his party
��October 21st�� set sail for home。
In mid´Atlantic he remembered Dr。 Brown�察�and wrote him��
We have plowed a long way over the sea�察�and there's twenty´two
hundred miles of restless water between us now�察�besides the railway
stretch。 And yet you are so present with us�察�so close to us�察�that a
span and a whisper would bridge the distance。
So it would seem that of all the many memories of that eventful half´
year�察�that of Dr。 Brown was the most present�察�the most tender。
XCII
FURTHER LONDON LECTURE TRIUMPHS
Orion Clemens records that he met ;Sam and Livy; on their arrival from
England�察�November 2d�察�and that the president of the Mercantile Library
Association sent up his card ;four times�察─�in the hope of getting a
chance to propose a lecture engagementan incident which impressed Orion
deeply in its evidence of his brother's towering importance。 Orion
himself was by this time engaged in various projects。 He was inventing a
flying´machine�察�for one thing�察�writing a Jules Verne story�察�reading proof
on a New York daily�察�and contemplating the lecture field。 This great
blaze of international appreciation which had come to the little boy who
used to set type for him in Hannibal�察�and wash up the forms and cry over
the dirty proof�察�made him gasp。
They went to see Booth in Hamlet ��he says�В察�and Booth sent for Sam to
come behind the scenes�察�and when Sam proposed to add a part to Hamlet��
the part of a bystander who makes humorous modern comment on the
situations in the play�察�Booth laughed immoderately。
Proposing a sacrilege like that to Booth� �To what heights had this
printer´pilot�察�miner´brother not attained� 。�This idea of introducing a
new character in Hamlet was really attempted later by Mark Twain�察�with
the connivance of Joe Goodman ��of all men�В察�sad to relate。 So far as is
known it is the one stain on Goodman's literary record。��
Clemens returned immediately to Englandthe following Saturday�察�in fact
and was back in London lecturing again after barely a month's absence。
He gave the ;Roughing It; address�察�this time under the title of ;Roughing
It on the Silver Frontier�察─�and if his audiences were any less
enthusiastic�察�or his houses less crowded than before�察�the newspapers of
that day have left no record of it。 It was the height of the season now��
and being free to do so�察�he threw himself into the whirl of it�察�and for
two months�察�beyond doubt�察�was the most talked´of figure in London。 The
Athenaeum Club made him a visiting member ��an honor considered next to
knighthood���察�Punch quoted him�察�societies banqueted him�察�his apartments��
as before�察�were besieged by callers。 Afternoons one was likely to find
him in ;Poets' Corner; of the Langham smoking´room�察�with a group of
London and American authorsReade�察�Collins�察�Miller�察�and the others
frankly rioting in his bold fancies。 Charles Warren Stoddard was in
London at the time�察�and acted as his secretary。 Stoddard was a gentle
poet�察�a delightful fellow�察�and Clemens was very fond of him。 His only
complaint of Stoddard was that he did not laugh enough at his humorous
yarns。 Clemens once said��
;Dolby and I used to come in after the lecture�察�or perhaps after being
out to some dinner�察�and we liked to sit down and talk it over and tell
yarns�察�and we expected Stoddard to laugh at them�察�but Stoddard would lie
there on the couch and snore。 Otherwise�察�as a secretary�察�he was
perfect。;
The great Tichborne trial was in progress then�察�and the spectacle of an
illiterate impostor trying to establish his claim as the rightful heir to
a great estate was highly diverting to Mark Twain。 ��In a letter of this
period he speaks of having attended one of the Claimant's ;Evenings。;��
He wanted to preserve the evidence as future literary material�察�and
Stoddard day after day patiently collected the news reports and neatly
pasted them into scrap´books�察�where they still rest�察�a complete record of
that now forgotten farce。 The Tichborne trial recalled to Mark Twain the
claimant in the Lampton family�察�who from time to time wrote him long
letters�察�urging him to join in the effort to establish his rights to the
earldom of Durham。 This American claimant was a distant cousin�察�who had
;somehow gotten hold of�察�or had fabricated a full set of documents。;
Colonel Henry Watterson�察�just quoted ��also a Lampton connection���察�adds��
During the Tichborne trial Mark and I were in London�察�and one day he
said to me�此 �I have investigated this Durham business down at the
Herald's office。 There is nothing to it。 The Lamptons passed out
of the earldom of Durham a hundred years ago。 There were never any
estates�察�the title lapsed�察�the present earldom is a new creation��
not in the same family at all。 But I'll tell you what�此�if you'll
put up 500�察�I'll put up 500 more�察�we'll bring our chap over here
and set him in as claimant�察�and�察�my word for it�察�Kenealy's fat boy
won't be a marker to him。;
It was a characteristic Mark Twain project�察�one of the sort he never
earned out in reality�察�but loved to follow in fancy�察�and with the pen
sometimes。 The ;Rightful Earl of Durham; continued to send letters for a
long time after that ��some of them still exist���察�but he did not establish
his claim。 No one but Mark Twain ever really got anything out of it。
Like the Tennessee land�察�it furnished material by and by for a book。
Colonel Watterson goes on to say that Clemens was only joking about
having looked up the matter in the peerage�察�that he hadn't really looked
it up at all�察�and that the earldom lies still in the Lampton family。
Another of Clemens's friends in London at this time was Prentice Mulford��
of California。 In later years Mulford acquired a wide reputation for his
optimistic and practical psychologies。 Through them he lifted himself
out of the slough of despond�察�and he sought to extend a helping hand to
others。 His ;White Cross Library; had a wide reading and a wide
influence�察�perhaps has to this day。 But in 1873 Mulford had not found
the tangibility of thought�察�the secret of strength�察�he was only finding
it�察�maybe�察�in his frank acknowledgment of shortcoming��
Now�察�Mark�察�I am down´very much down at present�察�you are up´where you
deserve to be。 I can't ask this on the score of any past favors��
for there have been none。 I have not always spoken of you in terms
of extravagant praise�察�have sometimes criticized you�察�which was due��
I suppose�察�in part to an envious spirit。 I am simply human。 Some
people in the same profession say they entertain no jealousy of
those more successful。 I can't。 They are divine�察�I am not。
It was only that he wished Clemens to speak a word for him to Routledge��
to get him a hearing for his work。 He adds��
I shall be up myself some day�察�although my line is far apart from
yours。 Whether you can do anything that I ask of you or not�察�I
shall be happy then�察�as I would be now�察�to do you any just and right
service。。。。 Perhaps I have mistaken my vocation。 Certainly�察�if I
was back with my rocker on the Tuolumne�察�I'd make it rattle livelier
than ever I did before。 I have occasionally thought of London
Bridge�察�but the Thames is now so d´d cold and dirty�察�and besides I
can swim�察�and any attempt at drowning would�察�through the mere
instinct of self´preservation�察�only result in my swimming ashore and
ruining my best clothes�察�wherefore I should be worse off than ever。
Of course Mark Twain granted the favor Mulford asked�察�and a great deal
more�察�no doubt�察�for that was his way。 Mulford came up�察�as he had
prophesied�察�but the sea in due time claimed him�察�though not in the way he
had contemplated。 Years after he was one day found drifting off the
shores of Long Island in an open boat�察�dead。
Clemens made a number of notable dinner speeches during this second
London lecture period。 His response to the toast of the ;Ladies�察�
delivered at the annual dinner of the Scottish Corporation of London�察�was
the sensational event of the evening。
He was obliged to decline an invitation to the Lord Mayor's dinner��
whereupon his Lordship wrote to urge him to be present at least at the
finale�察�when the welcome would be ;none the less hea