The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-19

carson city, New. dispatch to. the
ehieago Records Two qf use. with an
iita pointed to the diacoVery Of Old
tnsIaarSos of thai Carson Of active days
went out searching for indications Of
the residence Of samue! l. Clemens,
ana 10 he flrat man who looked ~
.thoiEh he would be informed on such
Z thlnEi, Langdon said:
NO iyoa know where Mark Twain'S
oidquarters are?"
i,I1-m, the resident replied, seems
Is me I ought TO, but rather forget.
Fact Is, don't quite recolleet that
name May BE-. he's up 1t Empire.
gaaWlslns and Green nre there, you
know
'oR. he'a not here now. Used to be
here. ne lives In New York most OF
the time, think" said Langdon. who
was himself little hazy on the humOr-
lSt'S permanent address.
9',Is that. ao?" inquired the other.
Why. I came rum there, and I
thought ia kept posted on oil the good
HOapla. u be q fiFBt-sEter!
.FIe sure Is" said LangaOn. He's
lust getting back from trtumphat
tour AROUND Ine WoElu
SsYou don't say so. Well, that's fun-
ny. l never heard Of him. What's his
Weight"
nm blessed II know. - Langdon re-
Sponded. 1t seemed to me that had
begun to understand the Gross purposes
81 the two men. but thus far LauEdOn
was Innocent Of the drift OF the other
fellows remarks.
"well, that's funny that he's such a
ID 81 ~ n1 60 RVanN al -
around the world and knocking 'em OUT
IKE Sullivan did. and yet YOU don't
know his weight Say, somehOdy'S
been StflnGinE you or else have been
deaf and dumb an the time. II you re-
any md his old training quarters, Us
you call II. wish you'd let me knoS.
I'm kind OF interested In that guy"
He gave me a card ON which was
nfinted In lurid type the name OF Prof
Billy Hawley OF Davenport, Iowa, and
said he was stopping q the Arlington.
and although LRngdon was speechless
IpFoHnISed that we would tell him what
new things We learned about the mys-
terious pugilist.
Very few Of the present residents in
Carson know Clemens or have personal
memory q him. Mrs, WllllamS, at
whose home LRngdon and are stop
ming has lived In the camp for thirty
III years, and she II one of those who
have recollecuons Of the journalist who
afterwards became = humOrist. But
Mrs. Williams Ia not an enthusiast in
her praise of her former tOwnSnRn's
literary work. She Is inclined to religi-'
Gus thoughts. and every morning when
she accepts our money for her accom-
fnodatlons she tells how poorly she slept
last night, thinking about the great sin
OF the prize fight, aud how In the be-
ginning she almost went frantic when
She heard the legislature had passed
the law permitting It. She does not Ill
low this however, to restrain her from
getting, a. Stin 4 price as one could
Wish to pay for her rooms nor does her
keen regret SO operate US to deprive
her OF the mental ability TO make cor
rect change. Speaking OF Mark Twain.
she said he was too foolish and trivial
for her. in the main. In his books were
4 great many things which were silly.
She liked 70 read what he had to say
about Aurora and Virginia and the
mountain country. for she knew the re-
gion, He was very interesting when
ne told how many miles one camp was
from another and the difference In alti-
tude: and recIted other mathematical
facts, but when. he got into the non.
sense business Of acting silly she just
couldn't stand him.
Mindful OF the man who had mistake
en- the humorist for lighting person.
age, and tnfamed to revenge thereby,
Langdon waited for his chance TO get
even II came to him IN Bentops lIv.
cry. Dr.. Benton 10 an old.tlmeF. and
Is Fieh In recollections. He used TO be
an army surgeon, but rheumatism or
committing of the kind has tied his
rIEht leg into Veritable knot, and all
HIS surgery and medicine are Unable for
his relief The doctor owns one of the
big livery stables in the town. and
when q patron comes In to get rig the
doctor saws: ''You want to know how
much it'll be? Let me see what time Il
q" Then he pulls massive gold
watch from his pocket and looks rei1ec-
lively at It. He then proceeds to utter
~ ignore the question Of time or price,
but presenting the watch to his visitors
view he says:
Monk You know Hank Monk, the eel
Cbrated stage driver, OF course. Well.
he drove sixteen years for me. and
some San Francisco people made him n
present Of this watch. She's a beauty.
II not Just a beauty she Is at least
considerable Of n watch She looks like
two large golden saucers set together
30 as to form case. with the convex
b Ahll "lOuSAlN lAA AN'tNL ~
There are a lot OF allegorical women
OF almost life size on the lid Of this
monster tuteen full Of wheels and main
gpFfneE, and. whole forest OF trees and
yinei and plants. Inside Is IN inscrip-
ton asserting the friendship and adj
Iffir6tIOn Of the donors for Hank Monk
and 4 line. keep your seat, Horace"
'TYhAt does that mean?" inquired
I.nuEdon. to whom the story Of the ride
OF Greeley to Placerville had been told
only tblFty.two times since his arrival
much as It has been told the tourist
IN the hook repeatedly and tirelcRsly.
The doctor looked at him in amaze"
ment, Haven't you heard Of Horace
Greely'R ride TO PlacervIlle?" he asked.
"He wanted to make a speech or some"
thing there and was afraid he wouldn't
have time and 80 Hank Monk. the
stare driver, assured him he would pull
him through, and he did, by thunder"
Then LanEdon became analytical.
!. How far away is Placcrvllle?" he
WHY" the other one asked, with
some irritation what has that got
10 do With II? This here wasn't n mat
ter Of distance 30 much as It was u
matter OF Hank and Horace. don't you
understand? Why, they made pictures
about II, and II you go into the office
right up over the door you'll see an en-.
Oh, How They Hurt.