This is neat! ________________________________ From: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Barbara Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 2:29 PM To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Citation to a discussion of the MT fragment about Tom and Huck as old men The passage is published in MARK TWAIN’S NOTEBOOKS AND JOURNALS, Vol 3, 1883-1891, p. 606. UCal Press, 1979. Barb On Tuesday, March 2, 2021, Dave Davis <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thanks! I have since found the lines (quoted elsewhere in WWW-land, but not > with a citation: > > "Huck comes back, 60 years old, from nobody knows where—and crazy. Thinks > he is a boy again, and scans always every face for Tom and Becky, etc. Tom > comes at last from . . . wandering the world and tends Huck, and together > they talk the old times, both are desolate, life has been a failure, all > that was lovable, all that was beautiful, is under the mold. They die > together. ” -- 1891 (?) > > On Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 5:16 PM Bird, John C. <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > I believe it is in the Notebooks, although I do not have the volumes > handy. > > > > John > > > > > > > > Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone > > > > > > > > -------- Original message -------- > > From: Dave Davis <[log in to unmask]> > > Date: 3/2/21 5:09 PM (GMT-05:00) > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Citation to a discussion of the MT fragment about Tom > > and Huck as old men > > > > IIRC, he jotted down about 10 lines of a projected tale in which Huck > > returns as a senile old man, not realizing that he's been gone from St. > > Petersburg for decades, and begins asking around for their old friends; > > after which sad scene, Tom is located and calms him down, comforting him > > ... > > > > And that's all. Where did I read that? It's not in anything I have on my > > shelf, except possibly the (full) Autobiography? > > > > Thanks for any and all pointers. > > > > /DDD > > > > CAUTION: This message originated from an external source > > >