Europe and elsewhere, by Mark Twain [pseud.] [with an appreciation by Brander Matthews and an introduction by Albert Bigelow Paine]

EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE
they are splendid and shall have them framed and
keep them among my very most prechus things. I
have had a great many nice things given to me and
people often say very pleasant things but I am not
quite shure they always mean it or that they are as
trustable as you and "Leo" and I am very shure
thay would not spend their prechus time and shed
their blood for me so you see that is one reason why
I will think so much of it and then it was all so
funny to think of two great big men like you and
"little Willie" (that is what "Leo" calls himself to
me) imbroidering a pair of slippers for a little girl
like me of corse you have a great many large words
in your letter that I do not quite understand. One
word comencing with P. has fifteen letters in it and
I do not know what you mean by pooled unless you
mean you and Leo put your two minds together to
make the slippers which was very nice of you both
I think you are just right about the angle worms
thay did look like that this summer when I used to
dig them for bate to fish with please tell Dr. Root
I will think of him when I look at the part he
did the Surgicle Stich I mean I hope you will be
quite well and strong by the time you get this
letter as you were before you made my slipper it
would make me very sad if you were to be ill.
Give my love to Mrs. Clemens Susie Clara Gene
I-know and you-know and Vix and all of my
Hartford friends tell Gene I wish I was with her
and we would have a nice jump in the hay loft.
When you come to New York you must call and
see me then we will see about those big words
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