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Mark Twain lit a cigar. “I’ve had a wonderful day today, Wentworth. I ask myself why a murderer would be following me, and I don’t get any good answers. If somebody was looking to rob me, he’s missed a dozen opportunities—not that I carry around enough money to be worth bothering with these days. And while I have my share of enemies, they’re more likely to write a scurrilous article about me than hire an assassin. Still, nothing would make me happier than a telegram at the next town telling me that the New York police have found their man, and are calling their detective home.”

“Then we should have a grand journey down-river,” I said.

“Oh, I’m having a grand journey already,” said Mark Twain. “It would be close to perfect if it weren’t for this highly improbable notion that somebody on board might want to kill me.”

Death on the Mississippi

A MARK TWAIN MYSTERY

by Peter J. Heck