The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-05

house. The remainder of the day is de-
voted to reading and recreation.
His afternoons are varied according
to circumstances. At one time he will
patrOniZe a hammock which swings be-
tween two trees far back in the woods.
He explained to me that he had &C
Quired the art of being able to remain
in a hammock as long as he desired
At other times, either accompanied by
his daughters or alone, he viii take
canoe trip on Lake Saranac. The ca
noes are as light as feathers, and 1t
takes scarcely any effort to propei
them.
Very frequently his afternoon is
spent with some favOrite book by the
lakeside. Here, sitting on some OLD
mos grown log, he viii spend hour az
ter hour, reading at times, at others
gazing in reverie out over the waters
of the lake.
After lis dinner at o'clock he sits
on his veranda till bedtime-about 10
o'clock.
For a literary man the life Mark
/ Twain leads at his lair is ideal
It is difficult to imagine how one can
work in so beautiful a place, Where
everything lulls to rest. The tapping OF
the waves on the shore and the moan
ing Of the winds through the pines
would enchaEt an ordinary mortal from
all tasks, however eXactlng.
/ asked Mr.. Clemens if he would per
nit me to take photographs or MN
throughout the course of one OF MS
/ typical days. He consented 10 TINS au-
daciOus request with kindness "hlch
! was far from expecting.
On the morning appointed, at
| O'Clock. 1 presented myself at the
/ lair" camera in hand
II takes a courageous man 10 pose
{ for an amateur photographed, ana d.
most feared Mark Twain would BACK
4-,v-,, from, his = GREEN eDT.
But he was once a Confederate SOL
! der and knows no fear He had not
! changed his mind.
Presently he seated himself in chair
/ On the veranda-
/ With great simplicity and without
any apparent effort he assumed the
/ most natural of poses.
/ Very frequently, when his days work
/ is done. Mark Twain seats himself on
/ a large rock near the lakeside and en-
! lows an hour or two of meditation while
( gazing out over the placid waters II
( was my privilege to photograph him ID
I this favOrite haunt
/ sylvan grottO. one would not be sur
| missed to see elfs and fairies fitting IN
1 and ont among the branches Of the
I trees which cluster thicEy by the
/ water. 49,
/ Ieafv- green and rocks over when the
/ waters ever tumble make picture OF
/ vvondrous harmony.
IF Mark Twain is able to work at az
/ in such place. it is singular that ne
/ does not produce inspired verse instead
| of humorous prose. -
! As. canoeing forms part OF ms Jay oN
| rare occasions, Mr.. Clemens kinqiy coz
! scented to let me photograph MN IN
duIging in this pasume-
| The dav on which the picture was
taken was a windy one, and the WaleIs
of the lake were rather tsmpestuous
SJe.,ertbeIess. the venerable writer go
;,fo the frail Adirondack craft with t ne
arsIitv and alertness Of youth, roWihs
20 on the lake and keeping the Ooe
o1ite steady, with its head 10 th'
"1 when I had taken ali the photo
.,erbs I desired, Mr.. Clemens sala,
..yon have taken so many pil 90
grsnbs of me that intend tehlng AIs
SS,le1,ens let you photograph ms ar
Sli--bi-7er a tree. You may depend 81
= gi''il' shan be roundly lectured toE AZ =,
Line myself to be photograph IA Is =
,1-l55enified a pose The cnl.slIell y a.
49, 10 help me out in my niue - -
! ives il is certainly very QoiSt U.S.