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Mary Leah Christmas <[log in to unmask]>
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Mary Leah Christmas <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 2 Sep 2003 11:43:18 -0400
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>I watched the watch show and wondered about many possibilities they
>didn't mention.

Here are two that came to mind while watching the show: First, the
possibility that the legend got "transposed" over the years, and in fact it
was Captain Ainsworth who gave a watch to Mark Twain. (There is a project
for someone: Tracing the provenance of all of Mark Twain's known watches.)
Or, perhaps one won a watch from the other in a card game. In either case,
this is presuming the story contains an element of truth--which of course
it may not.

Regards,

Mary Leah Christmas

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