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Show THE LINES NOT HIS OWN. i A paragraph has been going the rounds of the press referring to the following inscription, which, it is Stated, was written by Mark Twain for the tombstone of his wife in Woodlawn cemetery, i Elmlra, N. Y.: II "Warm summer Sun, I Shine kindly here. Warm southern wind, I Blow softly here. Green, sod above, Lie light, lie flight. -Good-night, dear hSart, , Good-night good-night." I It appears that this statement is erroneous, ac cording to the literary sheet of the Harpers. The lines are favorite ones with Mr. Clemens, ana when he had them engraved for his daughter's not his wife's, gravestone he inclosod them in quotation quo-tation marks, to indicate that he was not the author au-thor of them. Who the writer is he does not know; but, as he says, the lines were to him touching and beautiful, and expressed what he felt better than any words of his own could have done. |