"The Lost 'Twain/Harte' Manuscript"

*This manuscript was recently found in a locked vault likely in the Carson City area, and purports to be a second collaboration between Mark Twain and Bret Harte. There are a number of ways it might be used... likely as a mystery research item, or having your students brainstorm an ending or next passage of the story. It is written in the style of Mark Twain, and is a substantive taste of life during the "California Gold Rush" period. [*Slightly embellished.] "Aids Orphans Remembered"