, 1881-12-10
MARK TWAIN.
A Banquet in His Honor at
the Windsor Hotel in :.
Montreal,
Characteristic Speech in Response
to the Toast Of "Our
GUEST"
A Not Altogether Funny I)tsqulsltfon On
tho Subject Of Literary
pr0pcrtY.

Windsor Uotel was attended py ueorly zoo cltl-
zens of ali eruIes of promincuco, The flon. Lu-
Gus ootu HUNTINGTON occ'p'cu tae enA.f' ane
utter tho Quocn ot England and tho prestdento OF
tho United st1te, @ nsa been t0,:tea & The Chair M
n."at ps"pusau out ou.s IT. ..',.,. "a.1,. '.a. s.o
hero Of tue hoae. was feocivca WIN nuea up
pause. and ~nea u hati snos'dcti ne aaIu:
st.s' LHAsHHAN ASn HESrI.httnSi - IL, nMt .t y am.
1ust sna po Eyer r.. 'o mo @ " ta,s sat @
Iana sna X 1 EreMs & G'ty atu sn. ny
sss,. !rs sses ast'px'sssS 2 i!ps: ass s%ipsat II Ell.
t.at tSny ere IT. III III d trcn1v thnnE
~, ,, Ut, III III yr,,.i,ens ~ s,
fas1r @ and iriGna!nsss, and: eyen have not
t realiy or ant,,eently ~ nsServed men, assuls @
esaee,n tnat nn toas " hecunt. WIFE
rr.at i,sinns. {tnre on ~ IN nn,,sun, se,e
* the year t,o jtilcs thns M for Gin 70 Do is
l'"e"ss'.ey ~ NY ...',: s'.ss W. aceon". ,,' "
HERE
which followed my arrival, and which suppose
tho public have felt compelled to connect with
that GirGust9nce. &C. Woaa moss Ra1,y ~; * x
haa,n t. eouNt, 1i.t nave no1nanR ior tmy aH
les'sn nut ny narc w1ea. 90 ssmplg ae'aae: @ ri ~
I'M %,.vsr hnar,ts ~" ~ at IL nmnu NJ rnt;erv Xii
~. & J., nIHer ~ t ~ .it % u.aTu ,, -
~t e;fSs ruin M thq5 IT, SsSr oca sw snss
e ,inu''s, & l., hnd ,raas, aay a9re sro q
scrtIons M utnuf VII. nut they ss,,ns frt,m t,1y
ns ~ M. ,yh., s.ns ,..v,r G1nwn n tttter mn
fo prStcf IT, sna wo q qe.,Sny
rsns s i',,I IL a. 10 ] 1ttsr on1 now ia ssrsxs land
sn r. s1s pss,ssee - this whero @ d tnere sd y
, * NJ e1su rn * ~ ; a M no 1s1 ~ i,u H. ,,'
frsetd noston publisher. but alasl even this
"'ca uos au'''1eu.y rAp'u's
THESE slSisas,t ;s.sa MasrEM,E% s,,s,s, s,on IT,.
t.nse would hMvu bce,a different. 1ut M, ptsssl.
niy nut 1ho barslar TUX tic .iIatnonI studs.
not lSis ts fhr havo oa t sirt oS
thu: I dii not GUNS to Can.da 10 commit crImo
| this time. l ca1ny here to pace myself ttndcr
the protection " Canadian law and secure .
copyright. have comp!ird with the resl,,lrements
ii ss,n,c OF tho bcst legal minds In the city, In
| clutl!nR my own. and so my GRAND Is acco,n-
plishe r. ieast 10 iar rs my exsruona ' Oh ms
C,,Inh"rstnt. C M @ wnv fn fencm and fortIiy Iuo's
trut.: silI. if It is c;Tcctivo It is urgat advance
nan ns; past o conditions. ad nao q u Correspond
L. aakss 1 q @ ;,s hon9 sna 4 Sa 1ssss i've
,.r,.,, :. ~, rnopr,rrv VIII m, "a sAcprn
LITERARY l1'ofkhtt ,.,s,,1.. WILL. LIE As sA@"h'D
| AZ WHISKY ga.
thuRhtorl or any othcr Of tho necessarlcs Of lifo
tRcnewcd tauKbter.l Ia this nka u outs = you
1is' Srand '' sf %hisky s;h yau VII 10 neaSy aned
and otherwise punished for violating that trade
lear + y Sou ~ FISH e. III tpe Eanx
fer:i iiat i yol ao,.ld provo that ti,a Wh'sky,
was literature ynu cnultl stcal tnom eo.n ana
mud aughter.] II Trtevns mo 70 think
how fnr inors pTotn!!nd atld ,revercnl respect
| tho law t,.sHfi1i hhto !or Htorhtnre y
ouy c"n1 S xgt 1s"x ~ nro,,r ~: nt' , au %9rr nr
continent nre Improving; Let ns oo GnnSens a'e.s
@ Ss n j. oc s xn side d ,a. e ,es
Wa has tsa4 aa Gp6Ge 1b., X 'h H. car na
war,hiv "nrnG,s. Ind rete,yc,l tic vast rilsttc-
noM ol bfE crn%msa ~ .no Afau.s h,,,r nj ~