New-York tribune., 1910-04-22

that old house for ne" said NJ.
Clemens.
Sherwood Place Wa. the eelectable
name OF that old house, and where IL
stood. Mark Twain reared the white
wills os the Italian Villa he fret named
Innocence at Home" But a first ex-
perience OF what New England winter
storm can be in its wllitest fury quickly
ca used him TO christen 81 anew storm
nold."
The house has been thus described by
Albert Bigelow Paine: ''Set on fair
hillside, with such a green slope below,
such q view outspread across the valley.
ss MADE one catch his breath little
when he first turned to look az il. A
frout stream flows through one of the
meadows There are apple trees and
rrsystone walls. The entrance 10 it
is a winding. leafy lane" Through
t,-ese ienes the Innocent at Home loved
- wander IN his white lannels for
homcly gossip with the neighbors. They
Remember him best as one who above
a. things loved a good listener, for he
was ? mighty tailzer. stored with fairy
tales FOR the little maids he adored and
racie-. ruder speech for more stalwart
masculine ears. IL Is a legend that he
was vastly proud OF his famous mop OF
white hair and used 60 spend the pains
~ a court LADY in getting it 20 just the
proper stage OF artistic disarray.
Last summer the walks began to fall
ter: last fall they ceased for good. The
death OF II. II. Rogers. a close friend.
was a severe blow. The death OF his
daughter Jean, who was seized with an
attack Of epilepsy last fall while in her
i,sthtub. was an added blow from which
he never recovered. il was then that the
stabhing pains in the heart began. Mark
Twain died as truly as IT can be said
oS any man. OF a broken heart
The last bit OF literary work ne did
wss 3. chapter OF HIS unfinished auto
biography describing his daughter Jeans
death lie sought diversion I'm Bermuda,
where he was the guest Of the American
vioe-Consul. William II. Allen, whose
young daughter Helen acted as aman-
uensis FOR such few letters as he cared
60 dictate. His winter was gay. but not
happy.
when he heard OF the deaths OF his two
friends william NJ. Lafan and Richard
Watson Glider. he said sadly: How
fortunate they are: no good fortune of
that kind ever comes TO me"
Afr. Paine said tonight that the book
gr. Clemens took UP from the coverlet
beside him when he asked for his glasses
Vsx Carlyle's History OF the French
Revolution" his inseparable companion
and prime fsvorite. The burial viii he in
Che family plot at Elmira, y. Y. where
lie already his wife. his two daughters
Susan sn6 Jean and his infant son,
Laaghorne- no date has yet been set,
ss the family Is stin undecided whether
ar not there shall first be public funeral
On New York City.
Il Is probable that Storm1eld viii he
kept as q summer place by Mrs. Gabrilo-
u1tsch, who is very fond both Of the
house and the country, although her
husbands musical engagements make x
necessary that she spend a part Of each
.-ear abroad.
Mr. Paine said tonight that Mr.. Glenn
ems had put his affairs in perfect order
and that he died well off. though by no
means a rich man. He leaves a consld-
erable number OF unfinished manuscripts
in al stages Of completion and OF all
characters. many OF them begun years
ago and put aside as unsatisfactory.
Mrs Iiabrilowitsch VIII aid Mr.. Paine in
tho final decision as 10 what disposition
shall be made OF these