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Start of eBook	1
THE $30,000 BEQUEST	1
CHAPTER I	1
CHAPTER II	2
CHAPTER III	5
CHAPTER IV	7
CHAPTER V	11
CHAPTER VI	13
CHAPTER VII	17
CHAPTER VIII	19
A DOG’S TALE	22
CHAPTER I	22
CHAPTER II	24
CHAPTER III	25
WAS IT HEAVEN? OR HELL?	30
CHAPTER I	30
CHAPTER II	30
CHAPTER III	32
CHAPTER IV	37
CHAPTER V	39
CHAPTER VI	40
CHAPTER VII	41
CHAPTER VIII	41
CHAPTER IX	42
CHAPTER X	43
A CURE FOR THE BLUES	43
THE CURIOUS BOOK	57
THE ENEMY CONQUERED; OR, LOVE TRIUMPHANT	57
(Enter Gracia.)	72
(F. makes a slight noise.)	74
Cumming, Ga., January 22, 1844	78
No frowning age shall control	87
THE CALIFORNIAN’S TALE	89
A HELPLESS SITUATION	95
THE LETTER	95
THE REPLY	97
A TELEPHONIC CONVERSATION	98
EDWARD MILLS AND GEORGE BENTON: A TALE	100
THE FIVE BOONS OF LIFE	104
Chapter II	105
Chapter III	105
Chapter IV	105
Chapter V	106
THE FIRST WRITING-MACHINES	106
ITALIAN WITHOUT A MASTER	108
Il ritorno dei Beati d’Italia	110
Il ritorno dei Sovrani	110
Spettacolli del di 25	111
Una Principessa	111
Grave disgrazia sul Ponte Vecchio	111
Revolverate in teatro	112
ITALIAN WITH GRAMMAR	113
A BURLESQUE BIOGRAPHY	118
HOW TO TELL A STORY	122
THE WOUNDED SOLDIER	123
THE GOLDEN ARM	125
GENERAL WASHINGTON’S NEGRO BODY-SERVANT	126
ANOTHER OLD HERO GONE	127
ANOTHER CHERISHED REMNANT OF THE REVOLUTION GONE	127
WIT INSPIRATIONS OF THE “TWO-YEAR-OLDS”	129
AN ENTERTAINING ARTICLE	131
AN ENGLISH CRITIC ON MARK TWAIN	131
(From the London “Saturday Review.”)	131
(One month later)	134
(Still later)	136
A LETTER TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY	137
AMENDED OBITUARIES	137
A MONUMENT TO ADAM	139
A HUMANE WORD FROM SATAN	140
INTRODUCTION TO “THE NEW GUIDE OF THE CONVERSATION IN	141
DIALOGUE 16	142
DIALOGUE 17	143
ADVICE TO LITTLE GIRLS	143
POST-MORTEM POETRY [1]	144
DIED	144
(Published by Request)	147
THE DANGER OF LYING IN BED	148
PORTRAIT OF KING WILLIAM III	150
COMMENDATIONS OF THE PORTRAIT	151
DOES THE RACE OF MAN LOVE A LORD?	152
EXTRACTS FROM ADAM’S DIARY	160
KEEP OFF	161
This way to the Whirlpool	162
Cave of the Winds this way	162
EVE’S DIARY	168
Extract from Adam’s Diary	175
After the Fall	179
Forty Years Later	180
At Eve’s Grave	180

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