| Show How Mark Twain Was Found in Nevada By II fam I 1 Davis T al ti 1 i j 1861 Samuel S muel now Uno n nI ill 11 ov r thu II Mark Twain U Ii I I was the deputy territorial secretary or ot 1 li h n a l to 1 that ollee by hy Mi hlL Orion Clem Clemens CI nl ji ens who I of ot the j Corson of t decade speak of ot otI I t i Clemens s ft n man of If lazy 1117 t I nt whom they never neer c l I would to much Ho told f god with u IL peculiar run I to toliU liU ch and ot When his hi term of or expired x h he het I t VM was next of ot In Dayton in those thole j days duy the Ten by T J Goodman Oo WPM nt At tire i i r of Its It II rame It II was not the i 1 Journal of t Nevada but hul editor it vas WJ In of ot anything i on the co Jilt Illi t I IJ J One di 11 Mr Ir received fI n 11 W I communication from Clemen the tho M I i i as near an I cnn l that thaI ho ter cr wrote for tor publication It the he report of ot a 1 lecture In III Dayton Dato I i i ly 1 a 1 Ulan man who mint hau hUll hud u Il fairly j I goo opinion of ut for It hid i evert u of or tile the pro pronoun NO NOi i i noun that excited excite tho Iro of Mr i 1 I cne tn and Induced him to furnish tho thu thur r it iti irr I I Enterprise e with n 1 hugely funny ami amit I t satirical account of ot his hi Tho J j manner of handling the subject struck j Jj lq G hilll the tho ke ne t po l i tile ble went Irr j 1 s K il thin of It that 1 He lIo 1 the tho communication nUll and IL Bent a 1 letter to Clemens orr tl n 1 lucrative on the staff sturt of or he j of a chance cha nee to toWI hotter olt and lost iw limo In set get gettins 1 WI tins to Virginia City l j Ills Humor tiE l HM new bruul of ot humor tickled tho I 1 t fancy of or Ilio tho he at nl i 11 fin nce cO a t popular nun min With ov 0 i li bod r 0 d J It ns noon Hoon dl co redi how over that thelt ns liS n 1 lie Ite vax 1111 unreliable anil t KIJ abnormally lizy laz mn J who ho was ns a hard worker himself III would I tf i n fall on 01 to Clemens and curse him for tor l ir tho i Mt mental and physical ph and an 1 t l i e who hivo hae heard joo In a 1 I IJ I of or eruption will doubt t J ti I r loss Iru recall that he ho be bt clia chu j elded an 1111 a It pauL pa l of ot profanity I Hut Clemens wan wall not nol by hy j j 1 theMe periodical of at flood of t t mans temper for tor ho Ito knew that In the then n bottom bottum of or Ills hIli Joe lood him like I 1 J it Il brother and In il i ten 11 minute the 1 t 1 j j two m n would bo the cures curts 1 If tj I r tt j tint that fret tre the tho day IllY In liberal i I I J of or beer at nt the tho corner lOrner saloon wJ r Joint In I t I i 1 i i i 1 Clemens worked l for tor tome time on tho i I 11 i 1 f f i i He van aR what ono uno might I IA w V I 1 cull Rood in Ho III Will wag wont to A fh i f f g i write when hen he 11 felt like It and i 1 If 1 ij 1 hid work worl Irregular and I tl f not In at ut all 1111 there an l an oc oe occasion oer r U rD w P ib i casion C Il lonal il buist hUIst of freed that mado up lIl t U I 1 V for tor all ull past When lio ho hot t r lJ 4 I truck his gait as u ed il ii I i j r rf f to put It he regarded us U Dimply Illy AI f I it n wonder on u wheels heels 1 tb I He IB wrote Ito In III which j t wonderful Imagination fwd and keen hu humor l 1111 1 j il mor KHO nO of what he was wat to be beIn beI 1 cl I all 1 In liter years I i I His 1111 work hit hll the public 1 I i fancy taney of the Com anel for tor forgotten j I Ii t I f 1 I J gotten In III t day or no liO There was waa no S I I i t 1 much cist to tl attract the tho attention of or i 1 f II t q the tho people that taut they th y paid little atten t J 1 I to tion tron to tu the tho literary nugget that WIN Willi at nl f i e their feet of ur almost t dally r ii accidents sensation sensational 1 tf i I f 1 J i al lit mining Ti Ja II r I tho leaser 1 ler af 11 I t r t fairs of ot the lodge 1 I I I if j t t tI Ills J 1 I 1 J f Ono One day II a n 1 thing happened that l i J t i l changed the whole lifes tenor lenor of ot the theman man mall who I In now nou us liS tho I ik t dp dean in of ot American literature 1 t II tl l j t i Clemens was ue on un the corner coiner A I i I I of C and Union streets corne 41 hlo claimed tho honor but thu I h the j I r 1 I generally accepted one when n mallit Y i ITI dog presumed to be he 1 i friend tl i 1 it W of Steve cime up lIl and rubbed i t 1 Vl Ji 3 I It Itching side hl against Clemens ns leg r J i Sam lIm did not nul hi timely looked i i j l down and drawled out nut outWell Well If IC I hive hil become a n apost J f J I post fH t for or dURN Id better hetter I t lilt hit the trail i I l I He was wa u n good as his word and left town thaI thit night He appears In III r Han Bin o and from there ho went I i i to tu tho Sandwich he ho 1 01 n nt imd i I i wrote II of It I attention Next ha hI us I 1 f rl j iI n lecturer and made some money and I ii Ills his trend was 13 I 1 1 J j 1 UN Namo 1 i 1 He got gol his Mark T Twain ln while l J In tn St t on un Mark j I 1 t Twain It call ilio Ih man I Ing lead made 1 tho In a I 11 i dark night on the Mississippi An i c the slowly along ii 1 Its StR wa jy the man I the th lino would 1 ii i call out lly lIy the marl mark twain 1 eating the depth I HH HIli t bonk buol to H t the whole of nr I America In a II was lIas Innocents InnocentI l J and his hid popularity hUH ban I since that time Success Suc esK noted as a n stimulus to the i and hl books book were produced In rapid 1 succession It Is f to them b Jane re They The form Corm i J t 1 I by b They hae be hI become f i I come nt a pait of or modern modem literature and nl to tho t h universal II II I public 1 I r the English language U I Ilok II en I tt 1 J t I lio Ut t It l Clemens It Is generally g n t l us al the great lre Ll American humorist but he hI ha other greut Je I i Jias the of lining th the b t md it i TI I 1 must lIe No 0 other rJ i writer approaches thu th of ot his hll i tle le One read leads IL i line II lie of or I i Twain that Is In the remotest degree I ambiguous He Ill i hll 11 I 11 I Into j j I the smallest 1 JO and lure js H toino very or e word in cuch sentence that thiLl as It were tuck tacks If Itself t on the readers mind and lintl Impress f i ea him as ns being the tho only word In the thet t 1 I i 18 that lit jut Just whre It t tHis H J His gret reputation as all a it writer of or i humor has hils In some 1 respects dwarfed his hie hisM M ft 1 with I the I J It The reader rad r that I III th the average tender 4 j III g look au for tor the run fun In hU lil book hok J I they drift I past lit lome of ot the muM mort J i throws 1 10 them I In ln thc tho g lie II occasionally tf tr as 1111 t how W what ho could rould do In thA 11 tion then his la III nn hing His powers of ot dc d lUIl nil other tho l In n and in tatt t there are arc few rew living who ho ai arc moie striking and Hns Sooil l C t Through all 1111 his hie works work runs run Hint strong eln of or how sense InI II ne was ever er evera a hater of ot shams Mini false prelim and ho hI hsu moro more public hum humbugs 10 In bugs on 01 tha tho rack than any nu one HI contempt of or all 11 forms of public h hIO poo rt y him grown wn with the ears Ho hus h oo spared no form of or fraud and pr In and a re ru all fa aled led with him HU HIR mind the til Mt of or cant and as ns un all ati till chemist a 1 of or poison when p nn an autopsy III ilia early training In whore where m men n art m t 11 Ihlan IlS an nl hl n Ith Jf J II ti ph GOI bent hla 1118 mind in that thai Wh on his das duys spent In Nevada be had little honor and reputation and It 11 with the splendid achievements V of oC later years eart ona I 19 lout In the wonder of or It nil 1111 nilA A shiftless in in on the Cora urn tock stock h hI pulls himself together makes up lilt his to win 1111 und mid be a 1 to tu I lien ami Nearly t ul hilI a I century has hils m the reporter of the Bt tilt head Ilea of nf ot letters the star that blazon tho brightest t In the literary i 1 ito I to tu any public In the d and isk who e works work their the tho most with I great mass of oC readers and intI the tho nn be 1 It 11 li II becI UfO his characters aro u re reu I men ell women and boys boy Tn f l y Ire not 11 and lliel heroine but bin ai Hr i I taken from life and hH hili pot traits tr aro uro true His 1118 hand In tho drawing or and thuy out nut from his hl a mid blood fhe Ihl and they Jo 0 the real things Then at al times lime he creates a character and It IH III more than an un original nal lIal could coU Id bo bl hOe Above nil all he hUll has never beel with wILh JIll Jils any all gr ut man li h can well afford to be tic IJ t Anecdote The following well hl hili modesty t and uni his humor com combined In III his hi lee days he hr rout routed rI ed etl u a town one onn afternoon and went before dinner to U a It barber to bu ho You aro a tranger In the town sir sh tho r asked I Yea I am nm a U stranger here was tho reply Were rc a II good lecture hel to tonight night nl ht sir III said fluid the barber A Mirk Are Aro ou going to In It II Yta I think I will said lIall Mr Ir Clem Clemens linN ens Hove you got your our ticket yet yel lh th barber asked No 0 not yet yot mid the thc other Thou Ir hai to stand Dear Deur mo Mr Ir Clemens H 11 s to mo as UI If It 1 always do ct h ive tn stand when 1 hear heur that man Twain Mini Willi ho Him ono whit what Ins has become of ot T 1 tho Iho mini who Hist ro and g d Twain He lie It IH now living In tn Ala Alameda la meda and fur tome some 20 21 p past his ha devoted his hili leisure to tint work if archaeology The 11 olo y of uC Control America It seems a II superhuman task tu k for foi i man living In tin th present to delve Into the ruins of tho hurled bulled of or and which are 1110 admitted to bo ho over oer I years ears old Yet Yel did this thill and hi his great work worl l III thc world as standard authority Where ach arh merely ct ho l ground and bj b sunk Ills hili und and brought up u tho m treasures t have bae minlo his big work the wander er of ot the world 1 Some day Ii a iho people of ur Nevada will creet a 1 to o n h of or these men and they should be co d and un Possibly when on ailon H Horne tome orne Nevada it lt u vil toll thc people In glowing and metaphor of fit thi th ments ment of two own mou who nho grew up II th 11 H KI brothers In the early earl day fit fir the old ohl and hj l fame out lilt lasted the tho ephemeral r l of or the getters and kings of or who were WAre till the bubbles up upon 1 on uI the seething of wealth which was 1 bid Il l for tor n recognition In III those thoe strenuous and lilt nev Ill days of ot Its history |
