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The $30,000 Bequest, and Other Stories
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11 Chapters
Chapter 1 No.1
Chapter 2 A DOG'S TALE
Chapter 3 WAS IT HEAVEN OR HELL
Chapter 4 A CURE FOR THE BLUES
Chapter 5 THE CURIOUS BOOK
Chapter 6 THE CALIFORNIAN'S TALE
Chapter 7 A HELPLESS SITUATION
Chapter 8 A TELEPHONIC CONVERSATION
Chapter 9 EDWARD MILLS AND GEORGE BENTON A TALE
Chapter 10 THE FIVE BOONS OF LIFE
Chapter 11 THE FIRST WRITING-MACHINES
Chapter 12 ITALIAN WITHOUT A MASTER
Chapter 13 ITALIAN WITH GRAMMAR
Chapter 15 HOW TO TELL A STORY
Chapter 16 GENERAL WASHINGTON'S NEGRO BODY-SERVANT
Chapter 17 WIT INSPIRATIONS OF THE "TWO-YEAR-OLDS"
Chapter 18 AN ENTERTAINING ARTICLE
Chapter 19 A LETTER TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
Chapter 20 AMENDED OBITUARIES
Chapter 21 A MONUMENT TO ADAM
Chapter 22 A HUMANE WORD FROM SATAN
Chapter 23 INTRODUCTION TO "THE NEW GUIDE OF THE CONVERSATION IN PORTUGUESE AND ENGLISH"
Chapter 24 ADVICE TO LITTLE GIRLS
Chapter 25 THE DANGER OF LYING IN BED
Chapter 26 PORTRAIT OF KING WILLIAM III
Chapter 27 DOES THE RACE OF MAN LOVE A LORD
Chapter 28 EXTRACTS FROM ADAM'S DIARY
Chapter 29 EVE'S DIARY
Chapter 30 EXTRACT FROM ADAM'S DIARY
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Chapter 11 THE FIRST WRITING-MACHINES

From My Unpublished Autobiography

Some days ago a correspondent sent in an old typewritten sheet, faded by age, containing the following letter over the signature of Mark Twain:

"Hartford, March 10, 1875.

"Please do not use my name in any way. Please do not even divulge that fact that I own a machine. I have entirely stopped using the type

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