The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-11

and stated the oolect OF bis visit, the
old captains eyes frightened with
the recollection Of former dsys.
well. sir" be said. "the fret time
that | met Marx Twain. or knew
that such a person existed, was in
1857. At that time l was the chiei
pilot on the Paul Jones. q boat thai
made occasional trips from PittsbuYp
TO New Orleans. One day, while we
we're coming down the Mississippi, a
long. angular, booster like fellow
whose limbs appeared to be fastened
with leather hinges. entered the pilot
house, and in q peculiar drawing
voice said: Good uAwnin', cir.
DONE you want to take or peaA'
young fellow and teach i'm how to be
er pilot3' No, sir; there is more
trouble about it than it's WORTH i
wish you would. mister. I'm or
printer by trade, but it don't pear to
gree with me, and I'm on my way
to Central America for my health.
believe III make er tolerable good
pilot. cause | like the river What
makes you pull your words that
wAyT 1 don't know, mister: you'll
have 10 ask my ma. She pulls hern,
too. Amt there some way We can
FIX it go that you'll teach me how to
be er pilOt?' The only way is for
money How much are you going
to charger We'll, I'll teach you for
$500 'GeawhilikeAs! hel be! [ amt
got $500; but I've got five lots in
Keokuk, Iowa, and 200 acres of land
in Tennessee that is worth 1.-TWO bits
sn acre, any time. You can have
tina. if you want it. told him that
did not care for his land, and after
talking awhile he agreed to pay 500
in cash, $120 in twelve months and
the balance when he became a pilot.
He was with me a long time, but
sometimes took occasional trips with
other pilots.
At the breaking out of the war he
was regular pilot on the AIonzo
ChiLdS, and remained on that boat
until she was turned into confed-
crate ram, when he got through the
lines, and, going to Hannibal, Mo-,
biz native 10 q, enlisted as q three
months volunteer in the confederate
army under Gen. Price. At the ex-
pirstion of the time OF his enlistment !
he went out to Nevada, where his
brother. Orien Clemens, was filling
tue position of secretary of the terri !
tory. Out there he driited into
journalism, and gradually developed
the humor which has since made
him famous" Ibid yon ever hesr
from him after be went out west?'
inquired the reporter. eyes, he
used to write me and let me know OF
ais whereabouts. On his return from
he Holy Land he sent me letter
which contained his wedding card.
rhe wording OF the letter, as near as
can remember, was as follows:
Thirty tons of paper have been used
a publishing my book "IDnocents
Abroad" It has met with greater
ale than any book ever published,
kept Uncle Toms Cabin" The
olumes sell from So to So, according !
0 finish. and get one.half the pro-
It. Not go b O tor a scrub pilot, is itY a
low do you run Plum Poirt-a SON.
t-a-gun of place? l would rather
g pilot than anything have ever
led"
Meeting him in this city gave you
considerable pleasure, did it not?' I
Yes; had not seen MIN in fifteen o
ears, and when I met him it brought
ack old daya." HAS be changed Z
luchw "No, a very little. His
air, it is true, is somewhat silvered, s
ed bis face has few more wrinkles
it, but he has the sane light in
Is eye. the same nOse-which al.
ays appears ss If it were expecting
smell something b4d-snd the F
me rlckety swing of his limbs be s
Ad when frs. met him in the pilot N
1use OF the Paul Jones, twenty-five al
Ears ago." did be betrsy much tt
lm~r as a cub pilot?" "Yes; he al
hs always drawing out dry Jokes, to
II then We did not pay any atten- =,
IN to him. l was talking to him
sterday about the river, and be
Id nae that on bis down trip to this
~ lie did not recognize a single al
int on the river, as everything had u
Ruge so since he left "-Nc,o O CT
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