The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-12
ROUNDING Up mark TWAIN
His siographer Catching up the
Threads of his Nevada Life

Threads of his Nevada Life
Albert Bigeiow Paine, the personal
friend and biographer of Mark Twain,
is now in carson gathering up the
early incidents Of Mark Twain's life
in Carson City.
In the early days Twain's brother
was the Territorial Secretary of State
and Mark was his deputy. He mad
that time and in fact he had not sue
ceeded in making any impression
even on the little town of Carson.
Had anyone at that time predicted
that he would fill the world with his
fame and write his name SO high on
the imperishable scroll OF literature
the person making the prediction
would have been considered a little
touched in the upper story.
His biographer Mr. Paine will spend
some weeks in Nevada and pick up
all the early incidents OF his life in
tnis state and on this coast. He will
visit the Comstock where he made
his first reputation as a humorist take
a trip TO Aurora where his historic
cabin still stands, visit Jim and Steve
erlllis al Jackass Hill, California and
spend some days with Joseph +.
| Goodman in Alameda.
! Joe Goodman probably can contri-
butte more TO the literature of Twain S
life than anyone. II there is any one
man in the world that Twain loves as
a brother it is Joe Goodman. 1t was
Goodman who first recognized the
latent spark of genius that everyone
else overlooked and braced him up
and urged him to go on and make
a name and place for himse.i in the
world. This encouragement was
given at time when Twain was
despondent and considered himself a
failure and was about to fall by the
wayside and try something else be
side writing for living.
1t was a case of the unerring per
ception Of one man for another mans
good points coupled with a mans
strong affection for brother writer
that saved Twain to the world. Good
man knew that he had found a nugget
of pure gold and he stuck to his finG
and washed off the dirt and polished
it up, and now the world has teste6
it and pronounced Joe's original as
say correct.
When Mr.. Paine strikes Jackas
Hill and spends a week with the Gil
lis brothers, he will have enough N
: cidents of Twain's life to fill volume
: all by itself. The Gillises are tn
most interesting story teller that eve
drew breath and a week with theS
cnOice spirits is equal to a cycle Q
Cathay.
Jim Gillis would have made hi
mark in literature if he could onl
: write a story as he can tell it. H
l. and probably spent about three mil
# utes on manufacturing it ALL as b
It talked between his pipe whifs an
t. Twain elaborated it and trimmed
a up and upholstered it and when b
y gave it to the world in print, it b.
e came an imperishable anacdote an
e called first attention to Twain's mimi
It able method The story as told
n Gillis and written by Twain show
e the difference between mere talel
1t and real genius.
Other writer's had heard Gillis te
N that story, but never considered
lie worth writing up.
Is Mr.. Paine will remain at the hou:
of his cousin Mrs. Alonzo Park
le while in this city and anyone wi
ly knows of an incident in Twain's Ii
e. hire worth recording will confer
of favor on Mr.. Paine by calling On hill
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