Patton was auctioneer, and oneautographed postal card brought twenty-five dollars, which is perhaps therecord price for a single Mark Twain signature. Some of them asked forautographs by the yard, some by the pound. On that day Clemens wrote in his note-book:This is a great date in my history. t the pensions decreed and added later lacked the virtue of a clean motive, and had, little by little, de
of the net profit--would be the best all around. He worked with an inspiration and energy born of hisferocity. Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash--that one is the cat. and thatas the fancy moved him, and a drawer in one of his dressers began toaccumulate fresh though usually fragmentary manuscripts.
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