thank you for your reply but I've got one more question, where online would I find it? I didn't know he wrote bawdy material, but the more I think about his personality, I don't doubt it. From what I understand living here in CA, he wasn't a saint! But I have to admit, he never let work get in the way of his drinking! I knew I'd use that quote someday! I'm a senior at CSUS in Sacramento, I guess I should also say I'm also 54 years old and not a young student. History is my major and Mark Twain has been a passion of mine since I read his first story when I was five. by the time I waqs nine, I thought I'd read everything he'd ever written, and about a billion autobiographies. But try as I might, I've never heard that story. Again I thank you for enlightening me. Jacquie Britton