The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-10-22
MARX TWAIN AND HIS WIFE.
An IdeaI Iife-Partner-Ths Three Chin.
dren-An Infant AuthoreSa-

dren-An Infant Authoresa-
And now about tho people was asked
to meet. can hIrC.y wait to tell you
What lovely wife Mark Twain has. It
il a relief when We lnow a genius TO
whom whole continent Is indebted tD
find tl.lt biz WHO il All ideal wife for
any man. | cannot be trespaSsing on
sacred ground, for does she not belong
ID u? Wh"n tell you she Is young and
pretty, with black, luStrous eyes, and a
lcrvaiing air Of refinement and delicate
1reoding tat proclailn5 her, as she Is, to
Ae manner bUrni OF course Mark
1va!n knew when he was Il pilot on tho
NJ Mississippi that it WAS but ono Of tho
yicissitudcS Of his varied career, "a was
also his after experience III mining
camps. Doubtless l.) had all idea OF q
wife even then, which b. found reat
lied long afterwards in this attractive,
high breed girl Of Elmira, \. J.
He follows Stuart Mill and many of
pur own illurtriouS men III saying that
l.o owes his success in hfc to his wlfo.
1t Il n delight TO see her happy eyes
dance as mcrrily as any ones over tho
quaint speech and irresistible stories OF
her husband And then their three
children, each one with so much indlNi-
duality gentle reproductions OF
their mother. They already write as
naturally as they talk. Notwithstanding
thoir frequent letters and the tCleCram3
Mrs Clemens eagerly reads, nothing
could keep her long away from them.
This visit is almost her first separation
from them. Mr.. Clemens suid, MY
wife can trust Providence just about
forty eight hourr-llo Nnger.
Low can tell YOU with what enjoy
mont we sat around the room, eomc
THROWN carolrssly on the wide lounges or
ling on cushions and rugs before the
1.o all listening to Mr.. Clemens, whose
genial flow Of characteristic speech,
unlike any ono We ever heard,
would be resumed if VIC re-
bcllcd at his pauses. lie somc-
times smoked his con-cob pipe,
for no one objects to tobacco at Care
away Cottage" while he walked about,
drawing out the best port:aiturc of all
classes and conditions Of men. lie TO-
called scenes in the mining camps, or in
tho Missouri town wher, his father rs
sheriff reconstructed the town, aud his
mother as private executor of family law
I administered the whippings at homo.
Ills Lrother rarely did anything wrong,
but Il Lc did tie punishment was in.
| rictcd or the mischieyous member, -
| tho mother seemed 10 think nothing q
tho Kind could como amiss with tho eide:
son.
There is no inclination to taLo anL
keep tho floor in Mark Twain. &c
! laughed rs heartily and enjoyed Is
! eagerly tho contributions Of others il
the circle 10 tho general conversation as
! il he wero Il It tho very quaintest, droll
cst man i'll all our land
was especially amused at littlc
| history Il tao elder child: The parents
! discovered that shc was secretly writing
a lifo # r father; at night they stole
tho infantilo MSS, while the Hlliputiar
authoreS5 SLEPT Mark Twain, with true
sense Of fun from that on, posed before
, his historian with reference 10 hci
sizin, him up in her manuscript; in ono
| tf tne chapters they filched the nexi
night they found something lik. this: a
suspect I.thcr knows that l am writing
lis life, for he acted to-day
l3 if hN knew l WIS writing
about him." and then sho went on tc
write comments on her fathers habits,
something about her impression that
since her mother had lnown hirl there
was decided improvement in his use Of
strong language All this from n CravC
little woman cf perhaps 10 years seems
: very droll. with lis telling. Mrs.
! Elizabeth 3. Clusters Letter.