The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-28
Broke His Heart.

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Mark Twain will lie i'm death in
the Clemens family plot at FL
mira, y. Y. beside the body Of his
faVOritc daughter, Jean, whose
tragic death few months ago
broke her fathers heart and
brought on the end. In the plot
are the bodies OF the philosopher
humOTiStS wife, his infant son,
LanghOrne, and his daughter,
Jean.
One or the causes contributing
To Mr.. Clemens breakdown was
the recent death OF Henry H.
Rogers, the Standard Oil miIIiOn-
aire. Although their friendship
was formed late i'm life IL WAS re-
narkabiy close and StaunCh. IL
was MIR. Rogers wonderful fl
nancial ability which made il pos
Sible for Mr.. Clemens 10 have n
competence i'm his last days, Mr..
Rogers pulling together the
WrcCkaSe of the Clemens fortune
caused by the publishing house
failure, and SO handling il as to
increase il several times over.
Tributes from. all over the world
began to arrive today at the home
where the best-known and most-be-
loved writer Of his day lived for many
years.
Death Not Unexpected.
Although when Samuel L. Clemens
dropped into the coma from which he
never awoke the end was not believed
10 be so close, it was by no means
unexpected. His daughter. Mrs. Ossip
Gabrielowitsch, who came from En-
rope with her musician husband to
attend her father in his last DAYS.
er's illness.
The arrangements for the funeral.
however, are largely in the hands of
Aibert Bigelow Paine. Mr.. Clemens
secretary, who will act as his literary
executor with Mr.. Gabrielowitsch
Mark Twain left his literary affairs
IN good order. His least care was to
arrange them. and even on the dav
or his death he spoke Of the final de-
tails.
samuel l. Clemens might have died
rich man had he not assumed an
obligation which he considered moral
ly binding. though there was no LEGAL
claim upon him. He will 20 down i'm
literary history side by side with Wal
ter Scott because of this sacrifice. Like
scott, he sacrificed himself to pay the
0eotS or a bankrupt publishing firm
IN "hlch he had been partner.
brokerage Firm Failed.
IT was in 1895 that c. L. Webster
" co. failed. Mr.. Clemens was then
IN poor health. Nevertheless. he not
only gave such assistance i'm straight
ening out the FIRMS accounts as he
was called upon for, but he did many
things that he could have avoided
without criticism. in spite of constant
SUFFERING, he testified at length in an
examination.
But IT was after the formal pro-
ceedinSs, when the courts had effected
n settlement and he was legally clear
OF debt, that the foremost of Ameri-
can writer's took up the self-imposed
task OF paying off every cent of debt.
Stlll in bad health he took TO the
lecture platform. and. with a fine de-
monstration OF determination. labored
for years, all thought Of self abandon
ed, till the last cent was cleared.
Albert BigclOw Paine said TODAY
discussing Mark Twain's literary
work unpublished:
There are great many manu-
scripts which Mr.. Clemens never fin
ished. Some he began recently:
others were started years ago. He
spoke 10 me about many Of them i'm
the last few days. His autobiography
IS complete; ne finished il within the
last few months, debating the final
chapters while on his recond visit To
Bermuda this winter"