The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-05-17
MARK TWAIN S HOME

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 Regufnns tIanI mp io II .1:tetd. onn .,ai aelc Ia wsite about d ,isit to Mark r~tsr lie livrs ,a very hae s'c Ills house la>: oa: u inc this k | tae iosi .s oHr of Inc no.able wars4aus ai %cN England Il Is hiios heusc on m eieVVtgsn by ihr side ot a stylish ,.t q nue ais8 iu>' beyoad ,ha, sNa lSmiudef oi lon. yeats ei ho>rs ,ity and ieh r8 picA>f.e ,he home oi ihs lac M.afslsab lcsci f%afns house i> sia5ie as ,danY IL its nfopHctai l. rsmhics n three t-l- reetIa6s ai .nec Il hustlcs wrth peak and himney pots. and seem ie bc made up oi an ..gEfeg.tIc at eStenstaus wsfh the htek kitchen og the street and the iron; ea,ran, t on enc side in style il seem 'o he :. .'all3tcd eSpieSsion oi an en Aua'ri between Mark Fwi4n and isleca Aaue. aiih the humoiis, in good icsthel and the n4onas h sinKlne ,m !
 Nliala ' ,e stwely pala,c When hcssd that t.eoJgc N ,i1.e lad s'ep,,ea there .. the isHlc ihai he gaNr h sEs' lecture ln A tift5c kall mol halt hlied ,ttn ny de hr .e., eouid nat help ihtullnr SHas 5a tl pfazslna td tnia IT i. nfH = mu kste ma 5ea the ncw ne. annet Rat as ee8l aaliy have hoped. eten ws1a z r #es. phenomenal - eess l. stesift ie# F,rfseff s,. HI sad an - .h.=sh- men ! bos5.h aisus prtaoa cen n asut fd app,>e thai ip iigcfaateI 4as ,ft> iaG s,i,I halac. Inc iAft is that Mts. !eHIen, fs inc ,oui,c of The hIlfk n. the w-1i,s from which all this sptang The IaiIai is dream of paie blue >tan, estF'4ea .ses t,c E ruftains. csfsefl iufai- lutc snd Nutirs oi vcftu X but negro tlicp0s the door and ushrIs the guests through l, great -en'td ante room hssu- uouSly apl3oJu.rt, lntn the ptflot. dta~ iaP room. dinsny-to0ta and other apart menis < h5fh open cut of II. lcmens. himself hardly oi Inc nature or ,raining ,o enjoy much pampefing. inhabi,s .ieu oi his own on the top floor where there arc
 gafs. pIpes and billiards te.haps e,- ter thinys. ,o he looked al th,oagh glasses
 Here he has d drligh,iui hoasehoid Mrs. lemcna .i beloved by Al ~ho know her. and $ Al once d perfect mother and housesiie and sn adept m Inc ways of hospitality Her eidrs, boy has, au, inclined to thi; b | sense oi huInof oi h,s own, ior when i saw hnn he had bof. Io~cd ;he hand saw from Inc house and vas, th much patIrore and shil. sa~ Ing ai ihe ruuk of valuable shade frcc iu the lawn. Clemens h graius lie does Hot have to sirain io bc funny. He arlps wiih iI as some frecs do ~lih gum VI her lanis canHe io make his htst DOW as lecturer. lcmens unfottird 4 bnl liant ; hetne for htuug able properly in;roe iceeEio the s9d-nee l" iu nam. Inc publisher, is here said he, :" and haries Dudley Warner and Ascott. and La,hiap. md myself Tell you ~hai 1 Il to. | introduce Warner m 4 neat spec, h. Warnef fI introduce la,hrop, l.a,hTapl i n axe an address introducing Iu,nan and Putnam Il introduce the ieciuTet of the eyenIng. taoie unfeei- ingiy pui hts foot dowa upon ,his iugeni- oas hetne.
 Onre, <; one of his osn leetares when General oseph K. HA~ley Was on the platform Marx stood s,Afing s,apidly A, the aIdience. as he always does unfil ,i roars with laughter, and then. uot vel has.ng sad a notd. he drew out A neatly folded white handkerchief h~lt il ao Dy one corner. and lei II str4ighi~n nsrif oet. It proved to be mass of hnles !. ~i;h gusi litiie linen hoiding them to- geihrr ana apart.
 2" 'iy gfacioos " sad the humosIa'. .' l have go' 'enerel iiawiey's handsese hicf D ul stAk-.'
 Mark and here | ought ,o be .aid ,hz, se ,s known ,o every one n Hart lord As air Clemens and they speak |. .f al There as funny ihiBg aooa; that; "herrser he zoe hc $ Ins1test ;s mee, few of inc enaaec sp'fsls oi whatever piA-c |; is usu&iy at d.nnet IA the CoUfs-s are se, tae guests all hfaa NJ Clemens. Over thetf coftec they call hifn 1iernena Flt ~aen the spsfsEs are ar- der ~sy, and inc hil4rity of emofIon l1e giEs to oe felt. sptaeeody IS sure io $ 4s Cos. Mark old Doy. tell as that story, !" ete., and from that moment Mark and Twain are the only names he is adj dressed by.
 ] judge that hls writings are merely hls spontaneous thoaghts edited. for he tssiks sxar,ly as ne writes The same oocx- pected ideas, cratic fzhcies, flashes of hunor, and distorted y.ews of commoo< PlAce things, fos from him, no mzxes about what or to whom he is i2ix1hg- His talk is funnier than his writing. how ever. for he has an indescnbzble drswi, zs Aremus Ward had, and, like Are- mus, he is bony, asgalsr. awkward, and of head ou; of all proportion to his neck.
 AWhat are ve going to co about the teath-ra:e he inquired Of Hartford friend. .
 Why, have you got death-rate !n a .hird parry inquired.