[Life On The Mississippi Part 9. by Mark Twain]@TWC D-Link bookLife On The Mississippi Part 9. CHAPTER 52 A Burning Brand 15/19
He has been sick and threatened with consumption, but I have not inquired after him lately.
This lady that I speak of corresponds with him, I presume, and will be quite sure to look after him. This letter arrived a few days after it was written--and up went Mr. Williams's stock again.
Mr.Warner's low-down suspicion was laid in the cold, cold grave, where it apparently belonged.
It was a suspicion based upon mere internal evidence, anyway; and when you come to internal evidence, it's a big field and a game that two can play at: as witness this other internal evidence, discovered by the writer of the note above quoted, that 'it is a wonderful letter--which no Christian genius, much less one unsanctified, could ever have written.' I had permission now to print--provided I suppressed names and places and sent my narrative out of the country.
So I chose an Australian magazine for vehicle, as being far enough out of the country, and set myself to work on my article.
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