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general grant at hartford
A THIRD little girl came to the Clemens house-hold during the summer of 1880. They were then at Quarry Farm, and Clemens wrote to his friend Twichell:
Dear Old Joe,—Concerning Jean Clemens, if anybody said he "didn't see no p'ints about that frog that's any better than any other frog," I should think he was convicting himself of being a pretty poor sort of an observer. . . . It is curious to note the change in the stock-quotations of the Affection Board. Four weeks ago the children put Mama at the head of the list right along, where she has always been, but now:
| Jean | |
| Mama | |
| Motley | cats |
| Fräulein | |
| Papa |
That is the way it stands now. Mama is become No. 2; I have dropped from 4 and become No. 5. Some time ago it used to be nip and tuck between me and the cats, but after the cats "developed" I didn't stand any more show.
Those were happy days at Quarry Farm. The little new baby thrived on that summer hilltop.
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