Show letter letters mark twain gets mark twala Is long in he the matter of a correspondence loaded loa ded with request requests tor for favors from un known people he ile has consequently received the impre impression islon that when people find time hanging heavily on their hands they sit down and write a etter to him asking for something these requests are iwaya preceded by profuse compliments in tuy judgment said mark twain recently no compliment has the slightest batur when it is charged for yet i thlu I 1 never get one unaccompanied by the bill the latest letter he has received la Is somewhat in the nature of a climax even to those that hare have gone before A school teacher asks for hi his portrait la in oil there Is nothing we would appreciate so much wrote this admirer with true it could be used for year and icara cara in the school but the fact that it would coat cost the author a thousand dollars or so entered nowhere into the enghu elastic brain of 0 the corresponding int tut |