Show ALL IN TWAINS imagination marks story of petr fed ind an good joke on town tl e days when sam clemens stuck type on the hannabal union are recalled by this anecdote one morning sam came into the office very thoughtful hung up bis coat and went to the frame he worked d ll gently tor several hours without any on his small cap case in front of him he was setting up the story of a wonderful find he and some of his comrades found in me dougal s cave the sunday before the narration was to the effect that a crowd of boys while exploring the great cave on sunday afternoon ran across a pet rifled indian the citizens were great ly worked up oer the story and they hired a scientist from quincy to 1001 the dead indian in the face and report the nan n an who came to perform this task wore gray mutton chop whiskers a thoughtful brow and spectacles of course he was an unemotional chap and he looked learned and the commit tee was satisfied of his ability by ahe terms of his contract he was to write a complete report detail ng every possible feature of the discovery for historical preservation the in vesti gator returned at nightfall cov ered with clay with clothing torn and skin barked in countless places by of rocks he sought out the chairman of the committee that em aloyed him and silently delivered to him this statement mileage in look ing for dead indian 20 story about dead indian 5 bruised shins on the way to dead indian 10 report there was no dead indian macon mo republican |