This is an essay by Thomas Pribek, English Department University of Wisconsin- La Crosse Published in the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters [Vol 73 1985] Pages 116 - 122 I became aware of this essay thanks to Anita Taylor Doering, Senior Archivist & Archives Manager La Crosse Public Library. She sent me a PDF copy but I have since found it downloadable at http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=header&id=WI.WT1985 It provides a nice summary of the Wisconsin portion of the Twain-Cable tour of 1884-85. He never once refers to it as a Twins of Genius tour and downplays any animosity there might have been between Twain and Cable. "...--and it is reasonable to say he simply lost patience at times for all the traveling and work, and for the January weather in Wisconsin." I would appear that Sam's evaluation of George as a louse was strictly for Livy's eyes alone.