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This first group is probably the earliest set of working notes for “The Chronicle of Young Satan.” It was written in pencil on a sheet of heavy buff paper identical to the original pp. 1–96 of the manuscript, probably in November 1897 before the composition of the first chapter. Later notes were added in ink after the first chapter was written, but before the second was begun.2 These ink additions have been rendered in boldface type. A-2, on the verso, includes notes and a canceled paragraph from Mary Baker Eddy's Science and Health.
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Plenty Jews
Marie
Father Lueger, a drinking, spiteful, prying, over-godly, malicious priest, supplanter of Kitchelt last 3 words circled in pencil
Father Kitchelt (Black).
Margarethe (niece)
Nikolaus (Nick) Baumann (Hank) Tom Sawyer Master Miller's son of judge.
Seppi Wohlmeyer (Pole) good but simple the innkeeper's
Thereodor Fischer Tom Huck (I. Son of Hans —sexton, organist, leader of the village band, commune tax collector & some other things
Wilhelm Meidling (Tom Andrews)
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Philip Traum
The Bishop
Procession to quiet Satan (table-rapping)
Bridge—(Satan built it)
B. Langenau's tale of the Virgin—
Wayside shrines—crown & nails & paint
Old women & dogs harnessed —& carrying bricks & mortar
The great noble Princeowner of the estate.
His hunting—stags destroy crops.
The forester (game-keeper)
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Village Hasenfeld. Eseldorf.
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Castle park wide
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Other side river in a rich plain, monkery in a grove.
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Castle on heights—precipice
—long winding road to it—
it over looks river—boats &
rafts. Inn with garden in front
on bank.
New Jerusalem
Stephan
Edmund
Lehrer
Herold
Bochner
Ghetto
Jew
J. Goldschmidt
I. Nussbaum
Blumenduft
Ch. V.
We'll sing the wine-cup & the lass
Finite belief can never do justice to tTruth in any direction. It limits all things & would compress Mind, which is infinite, beneath a skull-bone. Such belief can neither apprehend nor worship
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lashes
members
O witching are her pansy eyes
& silken are her
And chaste/coy/pure as is the mountain goat
And cold as last 4 lines written with page reversed
This group of notes is composed of five half-sheets of lightweight, cream-colored stock identical to MS pp. 86–376 and 387–392. B-1, written in ink, is a plan for continuing the story, and was apparently written before Mark Twain reserved ten pages from his first section of the story and began the second section of manuscript in May 1899.3 The other four pages are written in pencil. The note “Tell me my fortune for one day ahead—& Sep's for life. Did it.” and the notes about Satan's glimpses into the past and future anticipate the episodes in the manuscript written after June 1900. Thus, the notes were probably written after Mark Twain laid the manuscript aside in October 1899, but before he resumed work in June 1900.
NOTES.
Public inquire, Who is he?
Police want his details in their
book. Refuses. Arrested.
S. will come “every day.”
Jealousy of Wilh
S. after 3 days furnishes details of the 4 games, with notes to Wil, whose envy & jeal are further inflamed.
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S. gets generally acquainted—also with Peter.
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W. tattles about the extraordinary music, to array pub. opinion against S. Talks this to draw fury away from Marget & settle it upon S.
S. associates freely with the worst & the best—they are all trivialities to him.
Says animals are far below the angels, but far above men.
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The days go on. People want to deed the village to the Virgin—but Prince Königsberg objects, being owner.
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Young princess Adelheid falls in love with S. He is indifferent, of course.
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Trial of Peter—he not present. Is begged by the boys to go & confer an immense happiness upon him to pay for his captivity & make him forget it. “I will—what shall it be?” “You choose it.” He confers a happy insanity—imaginary kingship. Will not restore him—knows a happy insanity is best for all men. (Uses the figure of temporary kingship in a play as difference bet. man & angel, whose glory is permanent.
God has never kept the Sabbath. Doesn't even bank his fires Sat night, like the furnaces. Written on separate MS page used by ABP to identify the working notes, and with the notation in his hand “Notes Mys. Stranger.”
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On a trip to the Garden of Eden the eating of the apple is reproduced, & they notice that it is bitter, for Adam makes a wry face. He eats but half & throws it away. F. picks it up, furtively, & long afterward gets Satan drunk & he eats it—the idea being to give him the Moral Sense & Christianise him.
When sober he recognizes what has happened, & bitterly re-
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Adam's Fall.
Did the higher animals eat of the apple? No. But Adam's eating it brought suffering & death to them? Yes. Where is the justice in that?
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Tell me my fortune for one day ahead—& Sep's for life. Did it.
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Stoning the Jews. (passing remark)
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Disease-germs. (Plague)
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The make is a large part, & cannot be changed—from rabbit to tiger.
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Seawonhake & Stella. Dana & chambermaid. The one's manliness was theory unsolidified by experience—& barren.
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Nobility.
Let us make a trip into the future & see what they've got.
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Civ. has advanced in many ways & you must grant that the nobility have assisted by notice & encouragement? No. They have never helped in any progress. Nor the priest. (religion). The church the aristocracy & the King stand for obstruction—they chock the wheels
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Aristocracies are bred from villainies & whores.
These notes, in pencil, are on five consecutively numbered half-sheets of lightweight ochre stock, 7 15/16″ by 4 15/16″, with vertical chain-lines 1⅛″ apart. Mark Twain was reviewing pp. 1–85 of the manuscript; the numbers in the notes refer to manuscript pages. He may have written these notes just before his resumption of work in the summer of 1900.4 Additions in ink have been rendered in boldface type.
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Date, 1702.
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The Host passes—Satan does
not uncover. Is tried & imprisoned
—in vain half-circled in pencil
Eseldorf, the village.
Gretel Marx, the dairyman's widow.
Prince Königsberg.
Young princess Adelheid his daugh, 22 18.
“ prince Adelbert, 17 ignorant & insolent.
The Hussite Woman Adler
Father Adolf, the villain; belonged to the village Council & lorded it there, he is called “Town Bull” & “Hell's Delight” privately. Drunken & witty blackguard. Sings in a thundering bass “We'll sing the wine-cup & the lass.” Swears “by God” & generally. profane words.
No fear of the Devil—celebrated for it
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Church of Our Lady of the Dumb Creatures
They try to burn the Hussite Adler as a witch; Satan enters into her & the fires do him no harm. circled in pencil
Boy—Gottfried Narr added diagonally across the beginning of the entry above
The village is solemnly deeded to the Virgin & she collects the taxes to a farthing. circled in pencil
Make an incident of Host & Suicide (11) Satan enters into the suicide & walks away
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with the stake through him. circled in pencil
Make incident of plague-procession half-circled in pencil (12.)
The Interdict circled in pencil
The Dev. is always assuaged Dec. 9 (12)
14. One pilgrim to Rome got 14,000 years' for climbing steps of St. John Lateran on his knees, & came back & sold out in detail, 500 years at a time, & got rich.
Father Peter, village priest.
Marget, his niece—18.
Bishop Aloysius. (old fool)
21. Peter out 2 yrs—Adolf has his flock
Wilhelm Meidling, lawyer & M's sweetheart
22. Solomon Isaacs the creditor
The 3 boys:
Hansel, tinker
Fuchs, brewer
Rupert
Marie5
23. Nikolaus Baumann, logy, son of judge
Seppi Wohlmeyer bright son of “Golden Stag” & I, Theordor Fischer, son of organist &c &c &c.
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24. Felix Brandt, oldest serving man in Castle Konradsburg.
Castle Allerheiligenburg.
29 Satan appears. circled in pencil
44. In hell.
The boys go there with him, & find lost friends, who beg for help. circled in pencil
45 circled in pencil
Satan on Human Race
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46. Make him build a city & drown it with a bucket of water.
Creating the future circled in pencil
And railways
steamships
bikes
Modern cannon & guns
smokeless powder
bombs
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The village toughs pick a row with Satan, & make him fight. half-circled in pencil
S. as horse, dog, cat, &c.
EMPEROR (or Gd. Duke?)
sends for him—has heard of him—is curious to see him. S. contemptuous—won't go. “Let him come here if he wants to see me.” “Arrest him, guard!” They fail. Garrison sent for. It fails. Report to Vienna. Emperor comes—not in good humor—long journey. Satan talks plainly to him—laughs at his office & his Church & priests.
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49. S's music.
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50. PHILIP TRAUM (Satan's public name.
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Satan shall proclaim & fully set forth the doctrine of SELFISHNESS whether it be printable or not.
And the rest of it. Moral Sense &c
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1100 ducats odd. (1107) He will use 200 & put the rest at interest.
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72. Father Peter wears specks.
73. Marie Lueger, Marget's influential pupil
Marget falls in love with S. He plays spinet & speaks of the “Music of the spheres”
76. Adolf's “ancient priory up the valley.”
80. Papas & the rest think the boys are lying about the 1107 ducats.
83. Old Ursula, Peter's cook &c
These notes, on two half-sheets of Joynson Superfine paper, numbered consecutively, contain a reworking of Father Peter's trial and what seems to be an anticipation of the love-rivalry episode. They were probably written some time after Mark Twain's resumption of work in May 1899 but before June 1900. On the verso are canceled pp. 42–43 of an unidentified manuscript about publishing.
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Tell how he displaced Father Peter
Plan.
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Father Adolf (Lueger) summons the Devil to explain about that money. Grand time. (night)
Devil, frightened, says he stole it from 5 sacks one within the other (sacks produced) in court) which he kept in a secret hole in his sleeping room (secret hole produced)—900 of it was given him 2 years before when he went on pil to Rome by a traveler whom he protected from robbers & raised from the dead temporarily with St. John's tooth (his own) Adolf was only waiting till he could ? by increase the sum to 13500, when he was going to start a home for foundlings (“He's had a factory, this long time.” “Right—charity begins at home” “He'll supply the foundlings, too”) Two strong parties—one for, the other agst Adolf.
Satan whispers “examine the date”—for the money was siezed the first 2d day & brought into Court. Tableau—none of it is 2 yrs old. Crowd goes over to Peter. Judge is afraid of the Church, & yields when Adolf wants to inquire further of the Devil.
Does so. Devil confesses he changed date. Wonderful! Crowd goes back to Adolf.
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Satan maddens Adolf—makes fun of him always. Adolf privately warms up Meidling's jealousy agst Satan
Meidling is the wonder of the region—the Admirable Crichton. Does all the old sleight of hand tricks & plays spinet—at exhibition Satan defeats him. Is a boxer & swordsman—Satan defeats him. Is the strong man—defeated again—finally, seeing Marg is in love
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Adolf has Satan arrested & condemned to be burnt. They jail him; he comes out; they burn him, he doesn't mind it; they excommunicate him, they banish him he comes back. He is the terror of the place. Marg confesses her love—he despises it—says all human impulses are selfish & despicable. He comprehends them intellectually—no one can realize them but by eating the apple.
“'It seems to me” begins a new paragraph in the manuscript.