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Show HAD "HIGH SENSE OF HONOR j Mark Twain Punctilious to a Degree, I in Order to Satisfy His "Presby-! "Presby-! terian Conscience." M;irk Twiiin. it Is wi-ll km.iwn, lu-I lu-I litni'il In his i.lilt-r r;irs to rt-pny tin : (irUs lnrum-il 1 . liis pnlilisliiT ; lint prwliulily it ;i-;it ninny inTx'iis, linsin tlii-ir iiilii!i'i,s on Twiiin's own jfts, , siiiiiM'il liini to In' rnlhiT liappy-o-1 Imky in sinnlliT ufl'nirs. lint In- ;is not, shows (l;im:iliol r.rmlfonl in Ills sl;rt li of Twain lu ".nniirun Portraits." Por-traits." j '1 lie most obvious lnstaiire of liis rcii it mil', says Mr. I'.raili'oril. an in ; ri -'anl to inonoy. In spitt- of his ' (livatns and spilciilat ive va'-'arii'S, lie I was pnintlliously srrupulous in j t i 1 1 :i 1 1 r-1: 1 1 relations, Ms strlelness eul- miiiiitin in The vast effort of pa- 1 tietn-e and self-denial i ssat'y to pay ' off the ileht of honor v.hiih fell upon him in his later years. l'.nt the ni' e-i e-i ness of his eonsrtonep was nut limited to hri.ad ohliuations of this kind. "Mine was a trained rresl-yterian i coiiseieiiee," Twain says, 'and knew ' hut the one duty to hunt and harry ! its slave upon nil pretexts and all j oreasions. 1 don't wish even to seem i to do anything whirl, ean invite suspicion," sus-picion," he said, as to a matter so trivial as taking advantage In a yame. |