Show HIS GIRL FRIENDS mark twain dearly loved chil dr tiran n as playmates THE ANGEL FISH SOCIETY A delightful and touching story about little margaret one of its members and the tha genial humorist A pretty compact and a quaint letter like many another great grebil man inan alark twain was fond or of bild en lie ile never outgrew childhood IHK ant lie he alnis chose young playmates mates where they were to liu be found lie ile formed curious societies of these gill friends batic in ili the nineties when he be ain was in flar in hi europe lie created a club which was to tou sit of one only one g girl irl in ili each country of the be gaolie tile duli of if said member beintz being to etite w to the chief officer who faithfully lepied to thee the se e random and far ar filling nies lines sag of course taco little gh Is wei wen e swept into wom womanhood presently plesent lly ly but even to the hie last years of lais his life till member aho lw signed herself ill arance I rance remained faithful to th iw INV another club of girls nitle sills gai Is became one pt the chief interests during ill his s final years beir s it bud bad its beginning bp g in ili bermuda during one of ii his is frequent ats to aboe happy islands it wag called the anzel aneel fish club after a p ageous reous swimmer swi miner of those waters and lit in gai c to each member fill an angel fish pin as a a society badge it wits was at a suc site re infill club fail and ou on liis his ret return url I 1 to Ani america erica ba h elected other oilier members enough to make twelve su in all ills home bome at bedding Redi liB coull conn storm field bad been named ili lio ruce at ilonie and as angel fish lie headquarters innocence at home it always members with thelt parents visited him there and the billiard billard room whelp e tile the fillies wert likely to pend most lilot of file timi knocking the balls about under the chief instruction was called the aquarium and gay prints of many Bern bermud iuda fishes were hung bung along tile the walls to carry barry out the idea each member bid bad the privilege of selecting tim one of these bese as her patron fish and of identifying it with her name it was in ili bermuda one day when lie was walking along the beach with one oil of his lit angel fish members that lie he picked up a small iridescent double shot shell delicately hinged together lie ile separated it and handed his big companion om panion halt half you will be going away from me pretty soon margaret he said aud growing up and I 1 wont know you any more I 1 shall see a great many funny margarets Illar garets and ana now aud then one of them astle rs my iii i iret but I 1 will say NOv no you resemble my margaret far but you tire lire bigger hall my maigret argaret Mai bl and I 1 cant be sure SUIT the ni I 1 will nill take out this lieu 1 and I I 1 xiii mill siy jy 1 if I you ore fenily my Mi kisiel you AN wi 1 I alve the 1110 of oilier her hilf half of I 1 aliis his nihl and it will lit then if slie bite has fit dm shell and it fit lis I 1 q know hint it is fenily roy my M Mirga irs iet no er cr liow holy anally years have gone cone by or nr how much older bliler ale he has grown all this in he slid said very cry snively in ively and ami ant mal file little girl tori llio ahe shell and promised lit ki keep beep it il always next mornant morn iiii int when she nine cliton ninn iii up to moot bit him on tin file hotel lio lie lobed lit at bel be boll look like Mar margadet MarR galet net lie said lull 1 I elint lir be sine sille ir if yuil you ilic itally illy alir airet 1011 will have at shelf I 1 gine her odite alio mite to this one ile ayot it no fill ther the t min AN wi 1 it fitted cx c 9 fir lie to lo ameri amerin n i ditl oiin nimit margaret rece hell it larr iiii fill of the hie lie he wn mas to 1111 liell lit ill it be fai mil 1 I 1 am olms makin minks aher I 1 N v 1 lit in NOW new anik ani k tx IX fl 0 I 1 wr 11 i 1 reiner of oc fifth lind six I 1 n 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surprised POSed that they allow you to run rua rt at large you TOO we aie likely to ret get run over by a baby car cartilage carila ilage gc any time run along bow and ion don t let the coals bite ou what an ail lilea idea there arent any cows on oil fifth avenue but I 1 smile I 1 I 1 let on to perceive how uncultured lie was as she was from the country of couise and know aliat liat a comical blander bl she nas as making alth her mother called I 1 biru lit it they returned tu to america when tho lir mills ail its i mere ere brought brou slit to liim him lie be looked lit lier liers s and said well the young lady indy her name seeing familiar but I 1 cant t iut bo be sure its roy ray Nl argaret without a certain token she is to carry as it proof the abe licit came up without delays fl elir ile ho took the two halves now ili id a jeweler antl and had them set tn ili sold gold us ai flaning one of nf margaret wore wire oil nil 1 a I ribbon about tier lier neck and tho other lie linlie il to his haibi vi here it remained iel till be died ahil a sweet falacy it all was ile he spent the last iest months of liis his life in Iler I 1 eri nuda muda in the home of one of 0 lit hl ansel ain el fish helen allen alien daughter of the american vice consul there slip she wits was lik ills daily daiil r comp companion arthin and it will be tier her lifelong happy memory that hat t slip she brightened and comforted comfor teil his fi onal till I 1 days albert bigelow paine in ladies world florence nightingale there Is a story atory that after the return to england of the troops from alik crimea loid stratford at a dill dionci net suggested hug that present shoula write in u it piece of paper tile name 0 of the ile pron P pr ron 1110 e crimean would endure lii sl when alir I 1 ait ante it to 1 lie exall exi examined mined tied it alg was ft fi full that not a hill soldier had to ie calvd il a loto ote ivery every paper bo bore e tue the une ame two cords ilorene inc Nig litin in ie tiie the lady with the I 1 lie lamp used tr it lilt follot tins story Call one day ny oil nil one of hor humble neigh hot bor she was sur to tee see ill the usually illy tidy cottage la ii 1 1 I l state of great a il border order mrs 1 laid nightingale what abat 1 Is wrong with you I 1 neer shw saw your home looking like this beg your pardon pir don miss iniss said the abashed woman hut but you see I 1 am expecting the visiting lidy and if slip she seed need my place looking clean and tidy shed think I 1 need no lic kiin |