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 FROM THE &quot;LONDON TIMES

him of all privacy and repose. So he grew a beard, put on colored glasses, disguised himself a little in other ways, then took a fictitious name, and went off to wander about the earth in peace.

Such is the tale of the drama which began with an inconsequential quarrel in Vienna in the spring of 1898, and came near ending as a tragedy in the spring of 1904.

MARK TWAIN.

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Correspondence of the &quot;London Times&quot;

CHICAGO, April 5, 1904.

TO-DAY, by a clipper of the Electric Line, and the latter s Electric Railway connections, ar rived an envelope from Vienna, for Captain Clayton, containing an English farthing. The receiver of it was a good deal moved. He called up Vienna, and stood face to face with Mr. K., and said:

&quot;I do not need to say anything; you can see it all in my face. My wife has the farthing. Do not be afraid she will not throw it away.&quot; M. T.

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Correspondence oj the &quot;London Times&quot;

CHICAGO, April 23, 1904.

NOW that the after developments of the Clayton case have run their course and reached a finish, I will sum them up. Clayton s romantic escape from a shameful death steeped all this region

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