| Show mark kwains twains days otic compositor who worked on he vs still liveli bayaa writer II 11 alie st louii spirit and lias mado considerable boito in lie world we allude to samuel Cleme iii better known aa mark twain lie was about twenty one or twenty of age very good looking and most of that fact ho WIM alie anicat mortal eliut ever soldiered roldie red on a hook in that year the crimean war and alie printers were raging ho latter over the long diabolical combination of con oquita that manijo Kusian lio olli cera name when a steamer arrived at now york the telegraph would fire these internal over tho wires until the tops of tho posts were shattered to pieces sam jamona Jk mona used to feiy eliat alie never wrote these lamch when he camo to a hard name lie just took up a pepperbox pepper box of blick md imd i ami it over alio hiim waa known to dwell for minute over i itiba filin ciul snatch a few af and in willian lie would go ahcin until alio urt gallob came around to allow III in a reit re it jio occupied u stand in a corner of tho room and been christened As wo have said sum wai lazy lie had a peculiar manner of drawling out his worda was irresistibly comical alien relating a joke and lio wa edvi nally relating a joke or something thit remind reminds s mo of but lie was good hearted and good natured liked uno liot morning in juno suii did not make his appearance until about nine when lie ought to have been promptly at mceven taci foreman was angry und as sam camo saunter ing slowly in a straw diat buley said aim if you cant get here before this time of day you come atall sam leaned upon the imposing itono stono with both elbo wi and drawled out well john I guem I wont come aaen til hotl and lie meandered out of alio composing room he got a berth on the river became a pilot and mark twain alie world knows the ret re t drop in occa bio bionillo nilly when in port and on one occasion occa ion lif insisted on his brother henry alio worked in the ac him down alio river were blown up and henry killed but mark with hia usual good luck |
