I'd have to fetch it, but thought there was genuine lament from Clemens
that he couldn't take his family to San Francisco enroute to following the
Equator. But it doesn't immediately come to mind.

And that rooftop companion was Artemus Ward. A profound influence on
Twain's stage persona (and I've argued his mustache). Think John the
Baptist to Mark Twain's Jesus.

Or Buddy Holly to Twain's Elvis. Hail to the King.

On Monday, September 30, 2013, Arianne wrote:

> It grieves me that even Clara's daughter died before reproducing.
>  So that I once fantasized about a fictional story about a child he might
> have left behind in the west.
>
> Just recently a read a note by the editors of his letters which mentioned
> Goodwin's description of Sam and another guy bounding across roof tops,
> dramatically drunk.
>
> I suppose indiscretions can be remembered by others almost 30 years later.
> Yes, he was willing to takethem to Honolulu.  Maybe he would not have taken
> them to Maui.
>
> THANKS
> Arianne Laidlaw
> Sacramento
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Kevin Mac Donnell <
> [log in to unmask] <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> > 1. The New Yorker piece did not seem funny to me. Silly would be putting
> it
> > kindly. Their Shouts & Murmurs column can often be quite humorous,
> > satirical, sly, even slapstick. This was none of that.
> >
> > 2. Twain take Livy and Clara to the places where he sowed his wild oats?
> >  He
> > didn't take any of his family to Nevada either. He took his family to
> > Keokuk
> > by steamboat, and maybe Hannibal too (??), but that's as close as he came
> > to
> > showing them his old stomping grounds. Remember that his old CA and NV
> > friends came close to torpedoing his courtship of Livy by hinting at his,
> > uh, youthful behaviors and habits. I think it's pretty to think of Twain
> as
> > an observer during his western years, but naive not to think of him as a
> > participant. That said, I don't think he did anything that many other
> young
> > unmarried men didn't do at that time in those places. The white suit
> didn't
> > come until much later.
> >
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Arianne" <[log in to unmask] <javascript:;>>
> > To: <[log in to unmask] <javascript:;>>
> > Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 2:40 PM
> > Subject: Why wasn't SF included in world tour?
> >
> >
> > >A friend asked me why Mark Twain didn't return to California after 1868.
> >  I
> > > have no idea!  I've always been surprised he didn't include California
> > > when
> > > he came west and eventually got to Hawaii on his way further.  I'd have
> > > thought he'd want to show things off to his wife and daughter.  I
> > > realize the tour organizer might simply have been in charge of the
> > > bookings.  Does anyone know?
> > >
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> > > Arianne Laidlaw
> > > Sacramento
> > >
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