I think I fit category 1, but I am in India following MTs footsteps, so I can't check my records!  

Susan K. Harris


> On Dec 21, 2013, at 8:47 PM, "Kevin Mac Donnell" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> "Contest?" you say. "Yup, contest" says I.
> 
> John Bird's posting reminded me that it's important to support the =
> journals, newsletters, and historical sites that focus on Mark Twain. =
> With that in mind, here's what's up for grabs and how you can win...
> 
> Mark Twain's daughter Clara bequeathed the very last of her family's =
> relics (some amazing things she held dear and never gave away or sold) =
> to her faithful assistant, Phyllis Harrington, and Harrington gave most =
> of those things to one of her friends from whom I acquired them some =
> years ago. Among Clara's piles of papers and photographs were some =
> modern 5x7 prints of her mother and father that Clara had made in the =
> late 1940s from her originals. I own Clara's originals of those photos, =
> and those are NOT up for grabs, but I have a small stack of Clara's =
> modern prints. She kept these around to give to friends and used them to =
> fulfill requests for her autograph from time to time. These are from her =
> unused stash and are not signed by her. The photo of Mark Twain =
> reproduces an image of him taken in Australia in 1895 and the image of =
> her mother is the familiar one of her taken in Hartford ca. 1875 by =
> Horace Bundy. They would look great framed together and hanging on the =
> wall of any Twainian. Here are the three ways you can win one or both of =
> these prints--
> 
> 1. The first person who emails me and can swear to God or Satan that =
> they are members/subscribers to the Mark Twain Circle (see John Bird's =
> posting), The Mark Twain Journal (http://marktwainjournal.com), The Mark =
> Twain Museum in Hannibal (http://marktwainmuseum.org), The Mark Twain =
> House in Hartford (http://marktwainhouse.org), The Mark Twain Center in =
> Elmira ([log in to unmask]), and The Mark Twain Project at =
> Berkeley (http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/MTP) wins both prints. It does =
> not matter how long you've been a member/subscriber, so you could =
> subscribe to all of them today and still win if you are the first to =
> email me after doing so.
> 
> 2. The first person who emails me and can identify the four truly =
> terrible puns not so well hidden in my Charlie Webster article AND the =
> snippet of verse from a Christmas song also imbedded therein, also wins =
> both prints. You don't have to be a member or subscriber to anything.
> 
> 3. The first person who emails me and can identify at least three of the =
> items in #2 and swear they are members/subscribers to at least three of =
> the journals/newsletters/centers listed in #1 wins their choice of a =
> print of either Livy or Sam.
> 
> SOME IMPORTANT RULES-- There will be only one winner in each category, =
> and nobody can win more than one category. Send your emails to me =
> OFFLIST ([log in to unmask]), and whatever you do, don't =
> divulge who killed Charlie Webster and spoil the surprise for anyone who =
> has not yet read MTJ #51. The winners will, with their permission, be =
> announced on the Forum.=20
> 
> NB: This little contest is not sanctioned by any of the journals or =
> places mentioned in #1.=20
> 
> Kevin
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