I got the e mail from David Fears. It did not say the letter had the quote. He did say that the 17 April letter was printed in the Daily Graphic. Now I wonder if the quote in the "hist pages" on the internet was "made up?" Guess I won't realy be able to use it after all -- though it sounded good. Well, that's what we are supposed to do, check and correct. No use using something that isn't. there are too many Twain quotes attributed to him now. Sorry we got off on the wrong track. But thanks for the help.