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and thatas the fancy moved him, and a drawer in one of his dressers began toaccumulate fresh though usually fragmentary manuscripts. Then clawed the logs out & threw water, remembering there was a brood ofswallows in the chimney. In practice hewould be a visionary; a builder of dreams and fortunes, a veritableColonel Sellers to the end of his days. They were, in fact, constantly discussing thepracticability of returning to their own country now and opening theHartford home.

This gentleman--for he was no less than that--was a manwell-read, and his tribute was not inspired by mere snobbery. It surely requires the furthest possible reach of self-righteousness toenable a man to lift his scornful nose in the air and tu Twaincould give? And the story of her voices, and her march, and of her firstappearance before the wavering king. Some one proposed a club, and Aldrich, with never-failinginspiration, suggested its name, The Players, which immediately impressedBooth and the others.