The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-05
Mark Twain S First
His Original Appearance in
Field of Letters.

months Century AssS.tEine
Ny a1st appearance IN an eastern nag
anne Nas made ovsz the name - @NGks
ssaia- In tEose early DAYS I aad al
ready published one little thing The
Jumping Frog In an eastern paper aut
did not consider tasE that eeuatsd- In ny
view. q person wAo pu5Mshed things in a
mere newspaper. could not properly claim
recognition as a literary person; hs must
rise away above that Ne must se leaE and
appear IN a magazine lie would then ~
a literary parsoo. also hs wDgld Be "a
noas-right away.
These Two ambitions We're strong up1a
me This was in ises. prepared nay con
trihnllon. and thea look.ns around FOR ths
best magaziae % 90 Up 20 glory In. I So
lecged the noss important one ia New
York Tae conuiaUgion was accepted
signed u Marx Twain for that name
had some currency on The Paclac coast.
ara IL was ny i5ea 10 spread IL All ever
the world. ROW. az tbs one juno. The
article appeared in the December nunheN.
and last I sat Gp a month waiting Tor ths
January number. for that ore would con-
tain the years list 81 contributors. ny
name would Be n q. and I should Be "a
nous and could give the banquet I vac
meditatlng
I did NOT give the banquet, Z had not
written the Mark Twain" distinctly; q
was fresh name 20 eastern printers. and
they pat Il Mike Swain" or "MacSWatn.''
I do not remember which A. say rate.
was not cele6rated and did rot give the
banquet I was a literary person. nst
that was ala buried ere; buried alive.
Ny article was about re burning u the
clipper ship Hornet on the line. May 3.
is6s. There were "A raea on board az the
time. and ! was ln Honolulu wien he q
lean and ghostiy survivors arrived thera
after a voyage % IS DAYS "a an open eoat
through the hIszins tropics on 20 DAYS ~
lions 81 food. A very Rmarkahle trip;
bat e. we conducted ht n captain Nho
vas a remarkable man otherwise th-rs
would have been no survivors Tie was .
New EnElauder - the beet sas-Eoing
stock % the old capa hic tines-t' aatsin
Josiah Mitchell
7 vas n the Islands % write letters far
the weekly edition q the Sacramento
Union a rich and influential daily Journal
which hadn't any Use Tor them. but conit
AFFORD % spend So sseek for nothing.
The proprietors werc lavohis ard we'll
beloved men. long ago dead. no doubt aug
IN me there g. az lesst one person Whs
still holds them IN grateful remembrance.
FOR ! dearly wanted tn see the stands aud
they listened % nc. and gave me the p
portpnity when there was hu, one slender
likelihood that q could Prod, them IN
any Wav
L. L.. fzfs
when the survivors arrived J was laid %
ia my room a. tho line ard unable "a
w8ik Here was great occasion %
serve my Journal and 7 not able 90 take
advantage y g. Necessarily I was "a
deep trouble But Hy good luck His Es-
ceusnes Anson TgTiinsame was thers -
the time on hls Nay % take ap hls post
II China. where bo did slch goo3 work
for the United States BE came and pat
me % streteher aa1 had ne earrisd -
the hsspasl Waers tbe shipNreckef men
were. and / never needed te ask CUES
ton Hc attended 70 all fhat hiFaseif.
sn3 had nothing 70 40 huf make ths
notes d was like him e. AXE thtt frau-
bic He was great man snd a great
American. and 81 Was iu his hna nature
% come 8oen from his high orlrr and d.
a friendly turn whenever ha could
sxtrsordii1arv shrlIuefa0.sh fdlats ainnaeu
= was an amazing 1dventure There =
nothing ~ its sarf in history that eur
passes ls in lrupa-z.r aties made pasrial~.
In one cEfraordlnary dstait=tbe survival
- every psnean in the hoat-3t rrcBasiY
stands alone ia the history ~ adventures
of i's Kind rms,IF merely part -
5esrs company =Irriye-ofarfrs H7a MY.
and other ed8cated ard tsfdsriF rrafsd
men Hnu.al 70 hardship ard heavy ish7r.
the untraluea. roughly reared hard vgfk-
srs ssrcJua Bar la tbis case ever fhe
rudest ara ruugt-st af-5f thr Briysiioas
and unlse-ies - fne v75a axe sirsq-f aH sell
49, diH ear eaHeg--brsI yaBrg bf7fhFfs
ard the rautziu. . mean rhysieaily. TIE
minds ~ most ~ .ae sailors broke down
ia the fsarth week sna wert - tenparary
rs.a. a1t physically me enfsrarce sahib-
lte4 wss astauisains
Theae uea 90 rat rufeivs - any rsarff
~ their 8uH. ~ o4ers-. ha- ~ merit -
se .hararisr arH irfellrsrrs ~ fhe ESQ
tain thet uEr1 - Csc mastery 70 hfz
srtrft w4fhalt sini taeg EaaiE have Beer
chilIren Nitaaaf a1rre T1sg Nd
have sassgste8 thet- rfsrlstcas in aees
ans tner plsck aoaif uaf have sssfrs
steH - l7nr aa ere 5fafsians
The aa4t came pear 5a oeinE srerke1 20
'as issf A. T. apaFlaffef ftr Shore 80
szf vas - 81 ard cane EesE Nffa
ran. 4heu enc rs-fa.a esu fasf - uaH
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