You are right about music in _No. 44_. "A Horse's Tale" includes a fair amount of music toward its end, such as "Reveille," "Assembly," "Taps," "Boots and Saddles," "To the Standard," as well as "Soldier Boy's Bugle Call" (Soldier Boy is the horse narrator). What is interesting that Twain places the music staffs for the songs within the story. I'm not sure of his purpose, but it is an arresting narrative experiment. John H. Davis, Ph.D. English Division Chowan University Murfreesboro, NC