The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-02

Mark Twain has TRANSLATED from
the original" for Harper's. the diary
of Eve as a companion-piece to "Ad-
ANS diary" These are some of Ewes
remarks: /
"Saturday-I am almost a whole
day old now. I arrived yesterday.
That is, as it seems to me. And it
must be so, for if there was a day,
before-yesterday I was not there when
it happened. or I should remember
it. It could be, Of course. tnat it did
happen, and that I was not noticing.
For I feel like an experiment.; it,
would be impossible for a person to-
feel more like an experiment than Il
do. and so I am coming to feel conf
WINGED that is VIA I am AN expert
ment! just an experiment and nothing
more. !
Then, if 1 am an experiment, am
I the whole Of it? No. I think not: I
think the first Of tits part of it. but l
think the rest of it has it's share in the
matter. Is my position assured, or do,
I have to watch it and take care of it p
The latter. perhaps. Some instinct
tells me eternal vigilance is the price
of supremacy. (That is a good phrase
l think. for one SO young.)
Everything looks better today than
it did yesterday. In the rush of finish-I
ing up yesterday. the mountains were
left in ragged condition, and some Of.
the plains were so cluttered with rub,
Dish and remnants. that the aspects
were quite distressing.
Il do " moons. they are SO pretty
and SO romantic. I wish we had five
Or six: 1 would never go to bed: L
should never get tired lying on the
moss bank and looking up at them.
"Stars are good. too. I wish 1 could
get some to put in my hair. But I
suppose I never can. You would be
surprised to find how far off thev are.
for they do not look like it. When
they first showed last night. l tried to
knock some down with a pole. but it
didn't reach. which astonished me-:
then I tried clods till / was all tired
out. but / never got one. 1t was be-
] am left-handed and cannot
throw good.
Il followed the other experiment
around yesterday Afternoon at a dis
lance, to see what it might be fore. if
I could. But I was not able to make
out. I think it is a man | had
never seen a man. but it looked like
one. and I feel ire that is what it
is. I realize hat I feel more curl
osity about it than any of the other
reptiles. If it is a reptile. and l sup
pose it is: for it has frowsy HAIR
and blue eyes, and looks like a reptile.
though it may be architecture.
II was afraid of it at first, ana
started to run every time it turned
around. for I thought it was going
to chase me. but by and by [ found
it was only trying to get away. so
after that I was not timid any more.
but tracked it along several hours,
| about twenty yards behind. which
| made it nervous and unhappy. At
last it was a good deal worried and
| climbed a tree. I waited a good While.
then gave it up and went home.
To-day the same thing over-TNc
| got it up the tree again.
sSunday-It is up ther yet Rest
ing. apparently. But that is a subter-
fuge.
Il do wonder what it is for l never
See it do anything
"When I found it could talk | felt
| q new interest in it. for / love to talk.
T talk all dav. and in my sleep. too.
|! and I am very interesting. but If I nal
| another to talk to / could be tw.ce as
interesting and would never stop. II
desired.
IF this reptile is a man. it isn't an
it. is it? That wouldn't be grammat-
| ica1. would it? T think it YOU be he.
I think SO. Tn that case. one would
| parse it thus: Nominative. he: dative
| him: possessive. hissn- Well. / will
consider it a man. and call it he until
| it turns out to be something else. This
| will be handler than having SO many
uncertainties"
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