Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-01-28


elit Ikea blast Of lighting. and sent
n long, rever6erating peal ofpMfanI-
" laundering after t, ] could no'
help Contrasting the way IN when
the average laudsman would give an
order, with the mates way OF dong
il. III tae landsman should wish the
gang-plank moved foot tartaer
forward, he wo ii probably say
flames, OF William, one ofyoa paSh
that plank forward, please bit pat
the mate in his place, and he would
roar o1t: Here, now start that ~ans
plaak for ari Lively, nav Whatre
YOU ahnut, Snatch ir' snatch II :
rnere there Aft again M, again .
Don't you hear me2 Dash tito dash !
are YEA going "a sheep aver It, Na2S
heaving. Vast beavNg, | tell YOU .
& ,i~g ia heAve II clear a-tern
WHEREre YOU -oins with that
tarrell tufard viii it, fore ! make
vou swallow il, ycu la h dtSh-dash
dashed split between tired mud
turtle and crippled hear>e horse"
| wished could TUX ike that.
When the soreness Of NV adventure
with the mate hal som what W ra OH,
1 begun timillv 70 make up TO tie
humheSt Official connected with The
boat-the night va:cAmtn. tie
snuhhel nav advances At first, but |
pre- c t'y ventured To offer him an W
caalk pipe. and that soitened him.
), ne allowed re 20 at with him by
the bio bell on the hurr cme deck,
AID il time ne melted into converse
ti,l. Tie cpuld not well have helped
IL. | hung with such hon O. on I'M
words and 81 plainly >hpacJ t12t !
lelt honorrd bv his uut;c' He told
M IN names OF lin cape, and shad
ovlv i>landsas We gifted by th.m In
the Solemuity of the night, under the
winkinE stlr~. ani hv and by got o.
talking about him III. lie seemed
over->entimental for a man whose
salary was six dolluS wee or ruth
er he might have seemed so % an
older p. rs,1 than |. But drank M
his word> h ,ngri!v, and with faith
that might have moved mountains It
it had been applied juiiciou ~.
What was il to me that he WAS soiled
and Seedy and fragrant with giu =
What was it o. me that hi> grammar
was bll. hi. constr, ct'o worse, and
his DIT f nifty So void of art r'at II
waSan le nent olive K Ie> m e tlan
strength in his conversation: lie was
a wronged man, man who had seen
trouble, and that was enough tor me.
As he mellowed into his plaintiye
h story his tears dripped upon the
! intern in his lap. and ! cried, too,
from sympathy. lie saij he WAS The
son of an English nobleman, either
an earl or an alderman. he could not
remember which, but believed he
was botn; his father, the nobleman,
loved him, but his mot er hated him
from the cradle; and So while he was
still a little boy he was sent 20 zone
of them old ancient colleges he
could't remember which and by aud
bv his father died and his mother
seized the property and SHOOK him.
as he phrased it. After his m-ther
shook him, members Of the nobility
with whom he was acquainted used
their influence To get Aim the position
of lohlolly boy In ship; and from
that point my Waterman threw oft ali
tramnels Of date and locality and
branched cut into a narrative that
bristled all along with incredible
adventures a narrative that WAS So
r ekius with bioodShed and 80 cram
med with hairhreadth e>clpeS and
the most engaging and unconscious
personal vilhiuie>, tina, | sat speech
less, enjoying, >hulieriug, wonder
ing, wor>hippug.
IL was "a sore blight To find ont af
terward, that he .,,> low, vulgar.
ignorant. >eutim .1i, halt wltt,d
humbug. an m,r,velcd native Of the
wilds of Illinois, who had absorbed
wildcat literature AID approTriate,,
its m n els, u 10. n time he had wuv-
"a odds and ends ct the mess into
thi warn, and them gone on telling IL
% aedgeimgs like me. until he b. d
come To believing it himself
MARA TWAIN.