The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-01-17
TOM SAWYER,
Mark Twain Gives Some Information
TI.saisville pos,.l

Mexsrs, Mark Twain and George w Cable arrived in Louisville. registered at the Galt house, leaving strict orders with the clerk for no one to be shown to their rooms. A Pasf reporter. sent up prayer I to be allowed a hve-minateS' talk, and Mir. Twain rclented. He sent back message stating that be supposed he could spare i've minutes,
 Mir. Twaiu was found seated at a table writing, and through the open folding doors Mir. Cable could be seen in the next apartment engaged atthe same task. Mark Twain, in appearance, is the typl' cal man of the southwest. ot medium height, his body sa:moaated hy big head. covered with a ,hateh of s,iff, curly hair, deeply tinged with gray.
 This is Mir. Twain, presume" said the reporter,
 "l guess k is," replied Twain; "l haven't any reason to the contrary, You may call me Twain"
 "4ave you and MT, Gable been sue. cessfnl with year readings? "Well, now, we haven't any reason to complain We have been drawing the people anyhow. don't know whether we deserve it. bu, that doesn't make very much difference"
 "Have you appeared in southern cities yet, and have you been we'll appreciated theveg
 We have oniy visited one or two places south of the Ohio ys;," Tep.ied M: Twain, with his peculiar drasl, "and we have gotten along all right. They take to us kindly. People of the south can laugh just as long and as loud as any. body, and that's wha, I'm here to do. l don't wan, to make them cry"
 "But your partner, Mir, Cable, does"
 ooh, well, that is his affair, ii be can, do it he is left, not 1 but after all our tour has been all that we could wish, and we have had good houses wherever NC have gone'
 The reporter alluded to the fact ,ha, Mir. Twain had brought suit against the house of Ester X l.auriat for advertising his new book, Hucklebsry Flnn," al less than the price.
 "l only protect myseif," said the au- thor. That firm doesn't publish my book. lt Is not even out yet. Therefore they have no copies, and they can't sell thesa at what they advertise, It is inter. fesing with my Legitimate business, and IS plcce of lmpudencc sure to damage
 me. Therefore intend to stop il" "Hou are a member of the interna ticnat CopYright Association, are you netf"
 dam. Have just received s iettei from Mir C.. r. Lathrope, the secretary We gre hard at wosk. and we intend .s carry this thing through. We arc gath ering our forces, out men, and oar money and we are bouad to succeed. As fol myself, am always protected in th' matter es copyxigh, on my books.
 always take the trouble to sep over 1T , Canada and ...sAd on English soil Thu secure mysef snd reoetve money for mi books sold Tn England."
 "Mx. Twaia, 1 see waetenscniS that yo' are a aatiye ef this state. b 1t true t' "t 'used e see that wyself, but no lately. No, 1 was 70, born in Kentucky ana q Missouriaa. ThG Is, was bu i,~e in Hartiord nee, when am \ {, home"
 "Mr. Twain, 1 see another statement . that you @ad yoas wife arc worth Si GOO ooa. He~ about thatF' The assshor ef Tom SA wyeE opened wid, his eyes, gazcd at the reportet for few n7sauges, snd with a pefceptible length osyng H his dfAwi, sasd: .. "Mr. Gable, 4id yea hear the question +he yosng maa asked "
 d,d," replied the latter. q" an ewaitinC yoas answer with arEiety." [" suppose, said the Missourian, s, must acknowledge tha, am no, q m,ilio4aire. fl iA worse than pulling | I h~ass ts No, and A,=. Twain don't possess a miliisa dollars .ha. ever heard of. bui wish we did"
 "l am very busy jus, Dow," said MT. Cable, as the reporter turned the . Conversation upon him. "f wish you would excuse me. Twain can tell you , everything"
 ! As the newspaper representative arose to go, Mr. Twain followed him into the hali
 "Come here." he said, with beckon- ing Of his hand, and speaking in conf deutial whisper, young man, don't you biackguard me in your paper"
 "Why not r asked the reporter
 "It isn't nght. Have ever done any wrong to you or your relations that you should abuse mc5 No. Then don't do t. We might meet again"
 "Has any reporter ever abused you 7"
 Perhaps 1 got mixed up with other articles in the papers and thought they did. But 1t is all nght; forgive you. Goodbye"
 Mr. Twain and Mir Cable present quite a contrast. The former is of heavy build and rugged features, while the latter is sma all and of delicate mold. Mir. Twain Is almost fifty, Mir. Cable possibly ten years younger.