The Dear Abby column for Fri. May 26 had a letter from a descendant of hymn writer Charles Gabriel which mentions Gabriel and Clemens sat around a table drinking gin and writing masterpieces together. I can't find any correspondence listed between the two nor information indicating when they might have known each other. Nor his name listed in _Mark Twain's Library: A Reconstruction_. There is a website on Gabriel at: http://www.hymnsys.com/gabriel.htm Are there any sources that document these two crossing paths? Barb