Kevin: I vote for the butler. If you really like a mystery, here are two more-- > > 1. I want to know the who/what/why/how of the Stormfield cook who had a > drunken melt-down that required the local sheriff to haul her away. Dan > Beard headed over to see if he could help and Twain met him by the pergula > wearing a pink kimono. They went back inside and Twain got dressed and they > then strolled off to visit Paine, all the while with Twain ignoring the > cook's "appalling racket" according to Beard in his autobiography. > I see this story as two examples of poise. Mark Twain ignoring mad cook and Dan Beard overlooking the pink kimono. > > 2. Twain and reefer madness. I have a sealed one pound bundle of > Killickinnick smoking Tobacco, ca. 1860s, the very same brand Twain took > with him on the stage with Orion when they headed to Nevada. That brand had > a reputation for having all kinds of non-tobacco stems, twigs, and leaves > in > it, and I have a friend who does drug testing on hair and fiber samples. > Hmmm.... > Kevin If I'm following this point accurately, you have to OPEN the bundle, smoke some, then donate hair. Is this correct? If so, please report results. > > > Arianne Laidlaw > Sacramento