Ron,  The description of the "cayote" as an "allegory of want" is indeed from Roughing It.  Shelley Fisher Fishkin has included Twain's hilarious description in her edited book, "Mark Twain and His Animals."
Martin Zehr




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 From: Ron Hohenhaus <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2013 7:00 AM
Subject: Artemus Ward returns
 

    Isn’t it great to see the name 'Artemus Ward' again bei=

=0A=0A=09Isn=E2=80=99t it great to see the name 'Artemus Ward' again bei=
ng linked=0Awith SLC. Kevin Mac Donnell=E2=80=99s research on the pseudo=
nym is such an=0Aattractive piece of analysis, I hope hundreds subscribe=
to MTJ just to=0Aread his complete argument.=0A=0A=09Personally, I=E2=
=80=99ve always felt that any reading of Ward brought me a=0Alittle clos=
er to Twain, particularly his Comstock years. And I have=0ALarry Berkove=
to thank for that. =0A=0A=09=C2=A0A somewhat related question -- does a=
nyone know the full name of=0AH.W. Bergen, Twain=E2=80=99s agent in the=
1870s? I have the complete name=0A(somewhere) for Ward=E2=80=99s agent,=
E.P. Hingston (an Australian BTW) ,=0Abut Bergen=E2=80=99s full name se=
ems illusive for some odd reason. A bigger=0Aquestion: when did this tra=
dition of using=C2=A0 initials originate for=0Amanagers and agents? Can=
we blame Phineas T. Barnum? Or does it go=0Aback further?=C2=A0=0A=0A=
=09I was recently told that the late 20th century animator Chuck Jones,=
=0Acreator of Wile E. Coyote, attributed inspiration for his hit cartoon=
=0Acharacter to a chapter of _Roughing It_. Don't remember anything abou=
t=0Aa Coyote in _Roughing It,_ will have to re-read it. Ron Hohenhaus=0A=
Brisbane, Australia=0A=0A-------------------------=0AEmail sent using Op=
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