Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-18

prisine and Isv abiding Ansrissn oisi-
xens.
The R<ss<u should 81 into the front
roo q the revival meetings and sfrsnn-
ousIy sappliesss the ALMIGHTY for the
cood gifts Of sinssrisy and ssmnon
sense. In iss prayers Il viii undoubs-
ediy be aidsd By its rsadsss That
The united effort mzy prove suscssfui
10 iis compIsse rsesnerstion = Con
u1umatson devouxly 70 Be Wished
ssnE On nARk TwAssS vrs.
NEE York SUM-
Msrk Twain aud George W. Gable
v.,e readings last eseninQ 10 ChickwIng
Hall 10 an audiences which filed every
eraf. IL was difficuis 10 surmise, from .
cianre over the 80 Of faces. who bad
aid 20 laugh and who 80 listen 80 Mr.
rabIe's descriptions. Mr.. Cables -four
readings usFe from his novel Of = DIR.
SEWER
Instead OF readi lRs, bis performances
uerc recitAtions, delivered With an In
tsusity that apparently made the author
obiivtous 70 everything ssyo bis e0ort
70 BODY forth the pictures IN bis mind.
An elocutionis1 would find small praise
for bis gestures, and frequently the
wr~uo word vas used BY mistake. Yet
NJ. Cabs was chesrsd heartily NJ the
Close Of his hfss recitation. 10 which be
had assumed the characters Of Narsisse
and John and Mary RsehlinR.
when Mark Twain walked upon the
stage, with bis chin rscently shaved and
perosptibiy powdered for the occasion,
his unrnIy hair like halo around his
bead, aud bis Discouraged expression
Of counssuance, be Was welcomed with
9 prolonged clapping II hands With
oat apparently recovering his spirits.
be ssnntered to the reading desk, felt
for Il with his right hand, found Il and
ID Is eight or nine years since bads
Good. by forever TO tbs leisure platform
10 this very hall. Sincc that time SEINE
thipcs sad and some things joyous have
happened 70 us all, to the coantry and
10 Al the nations Of the earth. will
not stop nos 10 enumefate them. They
nav lecturers and burglars never reform.
I don't know how IL Is with burglars
Il IL now 90 long since ! had intimate
relations with those psople--bot IT b
quite trae Of lecturers. They never
reform. Lecturers and readers say they
are going 20 leave the lecture platform
never TO return. They mean it-they
mean IL. Bot there comes In time an
oyerpowerino temptation 20 come out
on the platform and give truth and
morality one more lift. You can't
resist.
II got permanently through eight or
nine years age. ! may quit again. !
never knew but one lecturer 70 refuse
persistently 10 return TO the platform.
i shall leave you now forever this re-
markable man said, with emotion.
This IL my last appearances, positively
my last II was bis last appearances,
but II was no merit Tor him. Suoh
merit as there was belonged entirely TO
tho Sheriff.
M. Twain has the habit Of looking
down sidewise into the middle Of the
deck on which be 10 leaning. while
laughter in the audience continues. The
bored and somewhat lagubrious express
sion he wears was slightly shaken by a
twitohing under his mustache. while
only the profile Of his face was present
ed 20 the audience. Then be TUNED
aud added:
well. there's no telling. I'll make
no more promises. Now I'll begin busi-
ness and give short chapter from my
new novel. Huckleberry Finn"
His left hand sought the old familiar
left pantaloons pocket and stayed there.
while he leaned against the reading desk
with the other arm on II, aud proceeded
in his conversational, slow, nasal drawi.
II WAS in the Mississippi valley. Huck
Finn, n white boy, and Niger Jim ran
away from the plantation and camped
out, and they got 10 talking about kings
one evening. Jim being told what fine
clothes they wear, had his curiosity
aroused, aud asked IL there were many
Of 'em. Oh. yes. Huck replied. There
was Soliymsn. Jim had heard Of him,
bat he wanted 10 know more about kings
generally. How much did they Get Z
What $1,000 month"; Wasn't that
guy, and what did they do for IL? Huck
said they did nothing but lag around.
Sometimes they went 20 war, but as a
general thing they Just hung around the
harem.
Round de what7r asked Jim.
"rhe harem." rtioined Huek.
whats daty"
Don't you know Sollyman had onel
He had million wives"
Niger jim had never thought OF that
before; and he proceeded TO argue that
Solomon could not have been wise
man, because be would have had 10 build
n room Of boiler iron and shut himself
In occasionally, where he could set q
little rest.
Az his next appearing Twain pitched
into the German Language again. he
has bad q standing quarrel with IL since
he went 70 Germany. While in Heicel-
berg he met 4 fellow. sufferer, an Ameri-
can student. Who cnrsed the intricacies
of the declension Of German adjsctives
~ heartily as be did. He vas dissi.
psted chap, said Twain, and be always
said no would rather decline two drinks
than ono German adjective.
Then Twain read an anecd tie he had
constructed in English TO show the nom
sense of mixing mp the ceRders. and
concluded with the remark that when
the fellow who made the German Ian
guaQe tried again, he should invent q
language with enc good, square. respon-
sible sex--a language that wouldn't call
q fish :" he the scales she" and the
tishwife lit"
Mr.. Cable. for a recall. sang a. Brave
Boys Are They in a light baritone
voice.
MIR. Twain looked surprised when he
appeared for the last event on the pro-
gram.
II aidn't expect" be said. reproach-
fully, 20 see you here yea. Perhaps you
don't know how late las growing"
Then he told ghost story. hrst advis-
ing the nervous people 10 90 home. The
story was about woman With a golden
arm who died and sas buried, bat whose
husband concluded afserward 10 save
the arm. aud dag 10 up. In the night Of
tempest that followed, log steam whis-
tie whisper chased the man around, In.
quiring: who-o-o-'s got my Ro-o-old-
en- arsaF He locked himself tn his
room and went 90 bed. Pat. pat. came
light foet mp the stairs and through
the locked door and up To the bed, and
the sofa steam whistle whisper sighed in
bis ear: wko-o-o-s eos my go-o-olden
armY"
Mr.. Twain AZ this point jumped IN
two feet in the air. and came down with
bang. shsutfna " NOBODY Everybody
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