I have a question about a poem or short piece Clemens apparently wrote and
sent to Twichell in 1892. Twichell refers to it in a letter of Nov. 3, 1892,
as "In Memoriam," but of course it is not the poem of that name that Clemens
wrote after Susy's death in 1896. In telling Clemens how moving he found it
to be, Twichell refers to the family group of Livy, the girls and "the
beloved Shadow in the midst."

Jane Lampton Clemens had died in 1890, so I was wondering whether Clemens
was writing about that loss -- though Twichell's placing of the "Shadow" in
the family group makes me wonder whether Clemens is harkening back to
Langdon's death. June 2, 1892, after all, was the twenty-year anniversary of
that sad event.

Is anyone familiar with this work?

Steve Courtney
Terryville, CT