The American Claimant

THE AMERICAN CLAIMANT, By Mark Twain
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THE AMERICAN CLAIMANT
by Mark Twain 1892
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. The Earl of Rossmore vs. the American Claimant—Viscount Berkeley proposes to change places with the Claimant— The Claimant's letter—Lord Berkeley decides to visit America CHAPTER II. Colonel Mulberry Sellers and his art gallery—He receives a visit from Washington Hawkins—Talking over old times —Washington informs the colonel that he is the congressional delegate from Cherokee Strip. CHAPTER III. Mrs. Sellers pronounces the colonel "the same old scheming, generous, good-hearted, moonshiny, hopeful, no-account failure he always was"—He takes in Dan'l and Jinny— The colonel originates "Pigs in the Clover"—He offers one of his art treasures to propitiate Suggs—One-armed Pete; the bank thief CHAPTER IV. A Yankee makes an offer for "Pigs in the Clover"—By the ...