definition--he has only heard of it, and he wants me to
tell him in which one of my books or speeches he can find it. I couldn't
think, when I read that letter, what in the nation the man meant, but
shaving somehow has a tendency to release thought, and just now it all
came to me."

It was a situation full of amusing possibilities; but he reached no
conclusion in the matter. Another telegram was brought in just then,
which gave a sadder aspect to his thought, for it said that his old
coachman, Patrick McAleer, who had begun in the Clemens service with the
bride and groom of thirty-six years before, was very low, and could
not survive more than a few days. This led him to speak of Patrick,
his noble and faithful nature, and how he always claimed to be in their
service, even during their long intervals of absence abroad. Clemens
gave orders that everything possible should be done for Patrick's
comfort. When the end came, a few days later, he traveled to Hartford
to lay flowers on Patrick's bier, and to serve, with Patrick's
friends--neighbor coachmen and John O'Neill, the gardener--as
pall-bearer, taking his allotted place without distinction or favor.

It was the following Sunday, at the Majestic Theater, in New York, that
Mark Twain spoke to the Young Men's Christian Association. For several
reasons it proved an unusual meeting. A large number of free tickets had
been given out, far more than the place would hold; and, further, it
had been announced that when the ticket-holders had been seated the
admission would be free to the public. The subject chosen for the talk
was "Reminiscences."

When we arrived the streets were packed from side to side for a
considerable distance and a riot was in progress. A great crowd had
swarmed about the place, and the officials, instead of throwing the
doors wide and letting the theater fill up, regardless of tickets, had
locked them. As a result there was a shouting, surging human mass that
presently dashed itself against the entrance. Windows and doors gave
way, and there followed a wild struggle for entrance. A moment later the
house was packed solid. A detachment of police had now arrived, and in
time cleared the street. It was said that amid the tumult some had lost
their footing and had been trampled and injured, but of this we did
not learn until later. We had been taken somehow to a side entrance
and smuggled into boxes.--[The paper next morning bore the head-lines:
"10,000 S