I've recently performed "THE £ 1,000,000 BANK-NOTE" in Second Life. This is a recording of that reading. http://bsh.bscottholmes.com/node/364 I wanted to provide some sort of counter-point to The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg. The story is rather corny but feel-good. I suspect Twain was engaging in some financial daydreaming while writing this.