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ould regard rheumatism and sore eyes as mere recreation and refreshment after the serious occupations of his day. When the 1st of April (1884) approached he concludedit would be a good time to pay off his debt of gratitude for his recententertainment in the Clemens's home. In one letter Clemens set forth his general views of thematter quite clearly: Let us not deceive any one, nor allow any one to deceive himself, if it can be prevented. The roof of the great market in Naples had just broken in under its load of ashes and cinder

Clemens once dictated a memory of Kipling's visit. Clemens spent a good part of his days at The Players, reading ortrying to write or seeking to divert his mind in the company of thecongenial souls there, waiting for-he knew not what. picture that was to include, in one grand league, labor of whatever form,and, in the end, all mankind in a final millennium. He had too many irons in the fire for that.