applies tests they would be part of the dream, too, & so would
simply aid the deceit. I wish I knew whether it is a dream or real.

He was made handsomely welcome in New York. His note-book says:

Wednesday. Dined with Mary Mapes Dodge, Howells, Rudyard Kipling &
wife, Clarke,--[ William Fayal Clarke, now editor of St. Nicholas
Magazine.]--Jamie Dodge & wife.

Thursday, 6th. Dined with Andrew Carnegie, Prof. Goldwin Smith,
John Cameron, Mr. Glenn. Creation of league for absorbing Canada
into our Union. Carnegie also wants to add Great Britain & Ireland.

It was on this occasion that Carnegie made his celebrated maxim about
the basket and the eggs. Clemens was suggesting that Carnegie take an
interest in the typesetter, and quoted the old adage that one should
not put all of his eggs into one basket. Carnegie regarded him through
half-closed lids, as was his custom, and answered:

"That's a mistake; put all your eggs into one basket--and watch that
basket."

He had not come to America merely for entertainment. He was at the New
York office of the type-setter company, acquiring there what seemed to
be good news, for he was assured that his interests were being taken
care of, and that within a year at most his royalty returns would place
him far beyond the fear of want. He forwarded this good news to Italy,
where it was sorely needed, for Mrs. Clemens found her courage not easy
to sustain in his absence. That he had made his letter glowing enough,
we may gather from her answer.

It does not seem credible that we are really again to have money to
spend. I think I will jump around and spend money just for fun, and
give a little away, if we really get some. What should we do and
how should we feel if we had no bright prospects before us, and yet
how many people are situated in that way?

He decided to make another trip to Chicago to verify, with his own eyes,
the manufacturing reports, and to see Paige, who would appear to have
become more elusive than ever as to contracts, written and implied. He
took Hall with him, and wrote Orion to meet him at the Great Northern
Hotel. This would give him a chance to see Orion and would give Orion a
chance to see the great Fair. He was in Chicago eleven days, and in bed
with a heavy cold almost the whole of that time. Paige came to see him
at his rooms, and, as always, was rich in prospects and promises; full
of protestation