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Show "ENGLISH MARK TWAIN " JcrMiir- K. Jerntnr'M frrln Tl' "f II am n II iimtirJnt. jf VJncir Vr oitfi' trdilt niiiiwiiitijfj'tifl oiit' lBitlio yoj J10 oldjilirlrau p- R-cifl turnodto ilcscifik' '"'S,'':''ip 'tlfc'l'tigilli InitSorlRtjnimWTM TO; incn 011 a lecture! tour. Mr. .leroim Inn lioou by turns railroad dork, uctor, npwHpapcr roiiortcr, hpIiooI tea cult, nil-?ertlslnK nil-?ertlslnK Hollcltor, law Htmlent, liuiiior-1st, liuiiior-1st, playwrlKbt and iinrelWt. UN Ktif-litis Ktif-litis n lilimorlht Iiiim been Kuiuttwliut lucliltntal to his htriiKglcx illi fate. Destiny would Imvu It that lie hotild write thliiKH to make people latlBli, mid cifteti when lie hiiH trlett to bo Hcrloiu It has been Huppocil that lie wan Jokluir. A. few yearn ajro Mr. .leroine was running run-ning for a neat In parliament and dli-ciissIiij? dli-ciissIiij? on tlui platform hucIi nerloiw thliiRR 111 (he corn tax and the education edu-cation bill, The more wrlotH he undertook under-took to bo the moif the Kood people of Henley, where the npeeeh win made, weru convlnred that he whs Joking. Ho woro a little white hat with his Mack frock eo.it, and when In openlm; his remarks he asked If he mlfclit be permitted to wear It, as ht had a bad JWIUMK K. JUtOME. cohl, hu was Breeted with nproiirlotis laughter, under tho Impression that Hits wim only some more of tho fun found in hi "Three Men In a Boat." The author told bis audience, among other things, that tlie house of lords was nn "excellently preserved mum iny ot luedlaevalUui," Ills Income. Is law, and golf, teu-11U, teu-11U, cros, cyuntrr rldlng4 and work nbuiit the ironm'- of his country seat, (lOtildsgrove i . b Is near AVantnge, ltlrhard Crourr's Cugllsli residence, keep him In li.li in for bis mental labor la-bor In producing literature, either grave or gay lie pronounces "Jerome" as If It were spelled "Jorum." |