To-night in Baltimore, tomorrow afternoon & night in Washington, & my four-months platform campaingn is ended at last. It has been a curious experience. It is has taught me that Cable’s gifts of mind are greater & higher than I had suspected. But—

That “but” is pointing toward his religion. You will never never know, never divine, guess, imagine, how loathsome a thing the Christian religion can be made untihl you come to know & study Cable dailyⒶemendation & hourly. Mind you, I like him; he is pleasant company; I rage & swear at him sometimes, but we do not quarrelll; we get along mightilyy happily together; but in him & his person I have learned to hate all religions. He has taught me to abhor & detest the Sabbath-day & hunt up new & troublesomeⒶemendation ways to dishonor it.

Nat Goodwin was on the train yesterday. He plays in Washington all the coming week. He is very anxious to get our Sellers play & play it under changed names. I said the only thing I could do would be to write to you. Well, I’ve done it. I shall return to New York Monday, I think, & fool around there one or two days, mainly at Webster’s office; so if you write me at once there (658 B’way) I’ll get it.

I sold the right to dramatize & play Tom Sawyer on a royalty & it is to be exploited presently in New York. I have not seen the MS; so I don’t know anything about it.