he (Stewart) offered him a secretaryship as
a sort of charity. He adds that Mark Twain's behavior on his premises
was such that a threat of a thrashing was necessary. The reason for such
statements becomes apparent, however, when he adds that in 'Roughing It'
the author accuses him of cheating, prints a picture of him with a hatch
over his eye, and claims to have given him a sound thrashing, none
of which statements, save only the one concerning the picture (an
apparently unforgivable offense to his dignity), is true, as the reader
may easily ascertain for himself.]

Within a few weeks he was writing humorous accounts of "My Late
Senatorial Secretaryship," "Facts Concerning the Recent Resignation,"
etc., all good-natured burlesque, but inspired, we may believe, by the
change: These articles appeared in the New York Tribune, the New York
Citizen, and the Galaxy Magazine.

There appears to have been no ill-feeling at this time between Clemens
and Stewart. If so, it is not discoverable in any of the former's
personal or newspaper correspondence. In fact, in his article relating
to his "late senatorial secretaryship" he puts the joke, so far as it
is a joke, on Senator James W. Nye, probably as an additional punishment
for Nye's failure to appear on the night of his lecture. He established
headquarters with a brilliant newspaper correspondent named Riley. "One
of the best men in Washington--or elsewhere," he tells us in a brief
sketch of that person.--[See Riley, newspaper correspondent. Sketches
New and Old.]--He had known Riley in San Francisco; the two were
congenial, and settled down to their several undertakings.

Clemens was chiefly concerned over two things: he wished to make money
and he wished to secure a government appointment for Orion. He had used
up the most of his lecture accumulations, and was moderately in debt.
His work was in demand at good rates, for those days, and with working
opportunity he could presently dispose of his financial problem. The
Tribune was anxious for letters; the Enterprise and Alta were waiting
for them; the Herald, the Chicago Tribune, the magazines--all had
solicited contributions; the lecture bureaus pursued him. Personally his
outlook was bright.

The appointment for Orion was a different matter. The powers were not
especially interested in a brother; there were too many brothers and
assorted relatives on the official waiting-list already. Clemens was
offered appointments for