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It was on the 11th ofDecember, 1897, something more than a year after the death of Susy, thatOrion Clemens died, at the age of seventy-two. We sit in front, & the audience is in fact the world; but the curtain is down, & from behind it we hear only an inarticulate murmur. Once, considering the character of God--the Bible God-he said: We haven't been satisfied with God's character as it is given in the OldTestament; we have amended it. esire me to do it; or if theyare busy, and have not the time to ask me, I will cheerfully do itanyhow.

I have always been the victim of somebody, he said, and always an idiot myself, doing things that even a child would not do. He will be disappointed. She declared that there was certainlysome mistake, and begged them to let her sign her name in the book andgo, without parleying. Theydiscussed many things--philosophies, people, books; it seems a pity theirtalk could not have been preserved.