The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-24
THE AMERICAN CLAIMANT.
Nv MARK TWAIN.


xowfu1 arran0, Waking 40 tney Wuik0u.
And as usual!
what. Colonel ?"
"seyen Of them In that hotel. Actresses.
And all burnt out. OF course"
"Anyof them burnt upf"
"Oh. no: they escaped: they always do: but
,horss never ono Of them that enough
10 fetch ont her iowery with her."
That's strange"
.s,rance it's the most unsccountableth thing
IN IN, world Experience teaches them
,othine they can't seem to learn anything
.x,op, ont Of a book. In some cases there's
n,snifss,ly a fatality about II. For instance.
t.te what 8. her-name. that plays those scnsa-
tional thunder. and lightning parts. She's got
,arfertly immense reputation-draws like
doe fight and 1t all came from getting burnt
out In hotels
why. how could that give her reputation a.
an actressT
rsopls want to SEQ her play because her name
ia familiar. but they don't know what made IL
familiar, because they don't remember. First.
.bo was at the bottom OF the ladder and abso-
iutely Disadvantages $l3 week and find her
own pads
Pads ~
"Yes. things to fat up her spindles with 40
"A 10 he plump and attractive. Well. she got
burnt ou, in hotel and lost $4,000 worth Of
diamonds
"She? where'd she get them 2"
Goodness knows-eiven to her. no doubt.
Nv spoony young flats and sappy old bald
hsads in the front row. All the papers we're
full OF It She struck for higher pay. and got
II. Well she got burnt out again and lost oil
her diamonds. and it gave her such lift that
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