Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1908-01-24
MARK TWAIN AS A BOWLER.
eewilderlrs Results He Achieved lr
. His EIest Game.

More AQn forty Yeas age IN san
francisco Vie 1ticy star adjourned up.
on conclusion Of ils 2ork at oclocG
Oh The morning to great bowling es.
adjustment Where there were tva,ye
alleys. was invited rather perfume.
torly and as q matter OF etiquette by
which ] mean that was invited 10.
Htoly but not urgently Bur when /
diHdcply declined with thanks and
'ezplaiued that knew nothing about
the game those lively young fellows
JccNlne nj once eager aud anxious and
Urgent to have NY society. This hot
tered me, TOR / perceived no trap, and
/ i0nUcertly aud gratefully accepted
their invitation was gwen an alley
IN to MYSELF. The boys explained the
game TO me, ana tlgg also explained &C.
me that there would bc N hDu'g play
and that the player who scored tie
fewesr ten strikes In -ha hour woul9
lave b. provide oysters aud beer for
the combination THIS disturbed ur
very seriously, since Il promised me
bankruptcy ard was sorry that this
Detail had Lcen overlooked lu the be
ginning. Bat my pride would not ~
,Cv me to beck out now, so stayed
n and did what l GOULD TO look salts
Ged and glad | had come. J Is not
likely that looked as conteuted as
wanted to, but the Others looked glad
enough to make up for IT, for shey
were quite unable 70 hide their eril
JOY They showed me how to stand
and how to stoop and how to aim the
ball and how to let ay, and then tie
game began,
The results were astonishing In
my ignorance I delivered the balls IN
apparently every way except the rsat
one. but no matter--durlug half an
hour | never started a ball down the
alley that didn't score q ten strike
every time at the other end The 9th.
ers lost their grip early and their Joy
along with It. Now aud then one Of
them got a zen strike. but the occur
renee was so rare that It made 10
show alongside Of my giant score. The
boys surrendered at the end of the
hall hour and put on their coats and
gathered around me ald I'm courteous
but sufficiently definite language ex-
pressed their opinion OF an experience
worn and seasoned expert who would
stoop to lying and deception in order
70 rob Kind and well meaning friends
who had put their trust in him under
the de,ugton that be was honest and
honorable was not able to con iuce
them that I bad not led for now NY
character was gone, and they. refused
- etteclh Ql,y yalcs 81. N Syf4 s8sa8 Esl,,s,
The proptie Ma e. Oh ,AHtoea ~
for awhile saying nothing; then he
cams 10 my defense, he said. "It looks
Ike q mystery, gentlemen, but Il isn't
4 mystery after 80 explained, That
Is o grooyed alley; you've only to start
2 tail down It any way you please
ana the groove win do the rest; It viii
slam the ball against tho northeast
curve Of thc head pin every tlme, and
norlling can save the ten from going
down"
It was true. Ihs boys luade the eX-
pertinent and they found that there
vas no mt CAST could send a ball
down that alio end fail e score a
ler strife with T. When I bad tod /
those boys that Kaea nothing about
that game I vas sreaking only the
rltb. But 4 was ever thus al through
my whenever ( have DIVORCED
rom custom and prluciple aud uttered
Il truth the rule has been that the
nearer hadn't rcn2 ., ulDd enough
20 believe II -From Mark Gwain's
Autobiography IN North American Re
view.