Inter-Mountain Republican | 1907-06-03 | Page 5 | When Mark Twain Played Turtle.

When Mark nin TA Played Flayed cd Turtle Out in Hannibal Missouri there are arc old ole people who remember remember- an Interesting Interesting Inter Inter- esting incident in the childhood of ot Mark arl Twain the Clemens family moved to that town lown from Florida Missouri in 1839 the great great humorist was four years old Among his pla playmates and ln 1 living next door boor coor was a little lite girl named Fanny Pamy One Oine day a he sus suggested to her that the they pia play turtle asked ed Fann Fanny Fan Fan- n ny fly cautiously b Poke your finger frew trew a knot hole an nn Ill I'll 11 show you 01 observed tho ho boy oy LUl Little Fanny did as she was or ordered ered Tire The he moment the tiny tny linger finger of o the th trusting child chie appeared in a n knot hole lIall Mark Tu T Twain aln on the other side grabbed It between his teeth Of OC course the little girl not being able to see ee what had grasped her herlinger linger finger became terribly frightened and tried to withdraw it IL She could coul not do so for tor Mark Twain T held on for keeps kep Fanny set cot up a great hue and cr cry which an any child is liable lable to do under the circumstances and nd the Pavey and the Clemens families rushed rushed rushed rush rush- ed out to see eo what was the tho trouble He lie Il did not heed his mothers mother's command command com coin mand to let go o and it was necessary to choke choice hol him loo loose e. e Later when the thu excitement had brad subsided subsided sub sub- Si sided ed when the youthful turtle had been properly attended to to anti and ane when Fanny's tn finger er hart had been carefully bound up in fir a piece of or calico calco Mark Twain ru-ne ru asked wh why he ire had refused to let let go when they tirey bites said mid he neu ne ne er er let go till ti It thunders thunders But ut it was as only tho tire thunder of oC his mothers mother's slipper that lie he was permitted to hear