THANK you, Barbara for the link to that particular letter. As a delicious bonus, I offer this quote from the notes: "As the sun rose above the desert range and gilded the Sugar Loaf, Mount Davidson and Cedar Hill it shone likewise upon the porch of Fred Getzler’s saloon, where, astride a barrel, sat Mark Twain, whom Artemus Ward, with a spoon, was diligently doping with mustard, while he inquired of bystanders if they had ever seen a more perfect presentment of a subjugated idiot. ( Goodman<http://www.marktwainproject.org/xtf/view?docId=letters/UCCL00072.xml;doc.view=biblio;bibID=bib10122;style=letter;brand=mtp>, 1)" This after they'd almost got shot by a "star" while leaping over roof tops. This is definitely a glimpse of Mark Twain I'd never seen before. Thank again, Barbara! Arianne Laidlaw Sacramento On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 7:29 AM, Barbara Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Also of interest regarding this topic is the letter SLC sent home to > his mother on 2? January 1864 advising her to treat the author Fitz > Hugh Ludlow, author of _Hasheesh Eater_ (1857) well if he came her > way. The letter is online at: > > http://www.marktwainproject.org > > Ludlow, former editor of _Vanity Fair_ had written high praise of Mark > Twain in a San Francisco newspaper. Ludlow's biographer Donald P. > Dulchinos, _Pioneer of Inner Space: The Life of Fitz Hugh Ludlow, > Hasheeh Eater_ (1998), features a chapter on Twain and Ludlow titled > "The Hasheeh Infant and the Washoe Giant." > > Barb > -- Arianne Laidlaw A '58