Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-02-27
NJ. TWAIN AND G. CABLE
THEY TAKE TURNS At ENTERTAINING
AN AUDIENCE.
Lecturers and Burglars Never Reform
Twain Tells Some Charactertstic Yarns
and Cable Recites and Sings
4 Ghost story.
NrM York Sun.l

After Gable I'M .Eel his recitation. which
| was enthusias tically applauded- Marx Twain
| walked on the stage. with his chin recently
| shaved and precep;ibly powdered for the &C.
| casion. his unruly hair like a halo around his
bead, and his discouraged expression Of coun-
| tenaDce He was welcomed with prolonged
clapping OF hands. Without apparently re-
covering his 81 ir;ts, he sauntered tothe read
Ing desk, felt for it with his right tani,
found il, and began:
1t is eight CT nine years since / babe
so, d-tye forever 10 the lecture platform in
this very hall. Sine. that time so,Ee things
sad aid some thing joyous have happened
to Us all to the country Grd 10 al the na-
tons OF the earth i viii not stop now To
eEurerate them. They say lecturers and
Durs lars never reform. don't know how 1t
is with burglars-it is now 50 long since
had intimate relations with those people
but it is quite true OF lecturers. They never
reform. Lecturers and readers say they are
going to leave the lecture platform never to
return Tley mean il. they mean it. But
there comes in time an overpowering temp
tation 10 come out On the platform and give
truth and morality one more lift You can't
resist.
Il got permanently through eight or nine
years ago. may quit again. Incver knew but
one lecturer to refus, persist-ntly u return
to the platform 4 shall leave You now for
ever. this remarkable man sa,l, with emo
ton. This is my last appearance, positively
my last 1t was his last appearance, bu. IL
was no merit for him Such merit Is there
was belonged entirely to the sheriff."
Mr. Twain has the habit OF looking down
sidewise to the middle of the desk Oh which
he is leaning. while laughter in the audience
continues The iored and somewhat lugu-
brious expression he wears WAS slightly
SHAKEN hy a twiching under his niustache,
while only the profile II his face was pre-
scented to the audience. Then h. turnel and
adiei;
We'll. there's no telling I'll make no
more promises Now I'll begin basin $ and
give short chapter IL, M new novel,
Huo kl.berry Finn.
HI. let hand sought the old familiar left
pantaloons pocket att stayed there, while
he leaned against IN rea .ing,ie'k with the
ether arm On it. AMI proceeded in his con
ventional, slow, nasal 9rawl 1t Was IN the
Mississippi valley Huck Finn, white boz,
AMI Niger Jini rain away from the planta-
ton ard campSI cut, and they 80:
10 talking about kings che evening.
Jim, being told what fine clothes they
wear, had his curiosity aroused, and
lac asked if there were many OF
'em Oh. Yes, Huck replied. There was
Sollymun. Jim had heard Of him, but he
wanted to know more about kings generally
How much did they geti What! Sl.UDJa
month. Wasn't that gay, and what did they
do for il. Huck said they did nothin z but
lay around Sometimes they went to war,
bu, a-general think they just hung around
the Larern.
Round de what asked Jim.
Tho harem," rejoiued Huck.
What's dat.'
Don't you know Solymun hal one. He
hal 90 1919 wives"
Niger Jim had never thought Of that BE-
fore. AMI lie proceeded To argue that So!om II
coui not nave been wise man, because he
would have to build room of boiler iron
and shut himself in occasionally, where he
coll get little rest.
\: his next appearing Twain pitched into
tbs German lan.u again He had
stan lin, quarrel with it since he went To
Germany While he went to Heidelberg he
met fellow sufferer, an American stuieat.
who cursel the intricacies OF TIRE decleDs,o,A,
of German adjsctives as heartily as he dill He
was disipated chap, said Twain, s.,l n al
sal lie WJulu IsifleT III sLihS
than one G ,rman affective. 3fIen. Twain
read an ancclote he had cols,;r 1ctei in En-
glisl to show the nonsense 4 mixing up the
genders, an concluded With the remark thai
when the fellow who made the German Ian
guage tried again. he should invent a laJ-
guape with Que good, square, responsible sex
"a lnngua &c that wouldn't call fish he.
the scales "sLen ard the fishwife IL
Mr.. Cable. for recall. sarg brave Boys
Arc Tney7 IN light baritone voice.
Nr Twain looked surprised when he ap-
peare for tie last event on the programme.
Il lint expect, = be said, reppoachiully. ito
see y u lie yet. Perhaps you dent know
how late its getting.
THIN IL toll u, ghost story, FIRST advising
toe :. .ivous people, u go home Tbs story
was u3o'lt woman Sith = soilan arm, whf
die AL was buried, bas whose hu bar
cuuclG .c! ! ftarward 20 save the arm. Y.d
, de- i IL Ia o. night " tenpes. that fox
lowed :. low, si-aain-ssh'S:le Whisper chasel
TIE arm s,roua,& inqnring: "Who-o-o-os
20 r.T gOq-u ,,sfcn ara.' He iocfeI him
Il III ii- room and went e. tel Pat Tat.
Game light foot up the stairs and ihroL .n
the locked door AMI up ia trio bel. AMI the
soft Il am whistle WAY per sighed ia his ear:
Nv hoo o-J's ,,oo wy su-o-o-pldrn artnt'
Mr.. Twain at a. 'oint iumr-aI NJ two
feet III III, air sad -nmt down with bang
shouting: Y ,l,ds,' eryUoIy else m 81,