Thank you Kent, it seems to be just the kind of thing he would do and I
enjoyed reading it.

Susan

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On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 12:26 AM, Peter Salwen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Thanks, Kent -- good fun. And the story *does* sound kind of familiar,
> though I couldn't say exactly why.
>
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> On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 8:25 PM, Kent Rasmussen <[log in to unmask]
> >
> wrote:
>
> > At the risk of adding to the already large stock of bogus information
> > about Mark Twain, I'm passing along an anecdote I just stumbled on in a
> > 1903 newspaper, as my way of honoring Mark Twain's birthday today. I
> > don't know if it's true, and if it is true, I don't know who the
> > principal figures in the story were. It may have happened, it may not
> > have happened; but it COULD have happened.
> > ___________________________________
> >
> > On one occasion a Westerner, who owns a big cattle ranch far out and
> > lives on most of the time, was at the Lotus club with a New York
> > business acquaintance who is a pretty close friend of Mark Twain. The
> > two men were having a bit at a table when the humorist entered and at
> > once proceeded to the table of his friend. He sat down and was duly
> > introduced, but as Mr. Clemens instead of Mark Twain. The Westerner,
> > whose literary acquaintance did not extend beyond the newspapers, didn't
> > know the difference, and was soon swapping yarns with the newcomer.
> > Finally after looking him pretty closely for a moment, he said:
> >
> > "Did anybody ever tell you looked like Mark Twain? I mean like the
> > pictures of him; that's as far as I know him."
> >
> > "Um--er--," Mr. Clemens hesitated, while his friend was dumb. "I don't
> > recall that any one ever did, though it is possible some one might have
> > done so, because I have thought that way myself at times."
> >
> > "Well, you do," the Westerner went on, "and I noticed it when I first
> > looked at you, though I should say, meaning no disrespect, that Mark had
> > a little the bulge on you for beauty, and he ain't so d---- handsome,
> > neither."
> >
> > The humorist was in for having more of it, but the friend couldn't stand
> > the pressure, and he changed the subject to something the Western man
> > knew more about.
> >
> > (from "Very Snappy Stories of Well Known Authors," AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
> > [Ga.], December 20, 1903.The story has the feel of a syndicated item,
> > but I was not able to find it in any other newspaper.)
> >
>