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Show How Mark Twain Apologized. At one time of his life Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) had for his neighbors Mrs. Harriet Beecher StOwe and her daughters. The great humorist had a habit of often running in to see them in a shabby costume, much to the disgust of Mrs. Clemens. One morning, as he returned from Mrs. Stowe's minus necktie and collar, Mrs. Clemens met him on the doorstep. "There, now," she said, "you have been over to the Stowes' again without a necktie! It's really disgraceful the way you neglect your attire!" Her husband said nothing, but went up to his room. A few minutes later Mrs. Stowe was summoned to the door by a mesenger, who presented her with a small box neatly done up. She opened it and found a black silk nectie, accompanied accom-panied by the following note: "Here is a necktie. Take it out and look at it. I think I stayed .at your house half an hour. this, .morning. 'At tjie end of that time you wil Ikinly return it. as it is the only on I have. Mark Twain." |