The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-30


WIN q PeaeeiD &C q Whole Pam,,,
IT'S FIRST sguRsrSus aaarIes-As
O BOy nnaaSbAi's 0la CanuiS Stsre.
HANSIRAI. Mo-. April D-EIer. ar.
aons stories of Mark Twain told by men
who were his personal friends:
Dr.. 7. n. B. Anderson. member Of the
Missouri Coufcrsncc Methodist Episcopal
Church South;
In the carly 'eas. when Clemens was a
reporter on the Virginia City EalerPrSas.
he enjoyed two distinct populations.
that of . man Of absolute veraciiy and
also that Of . rOmancer beyond compare.
] wouldn't undertake 60 aay which reDuaa-
ton was the stronger: bsta 70 tho ordinary
ncws man had tatsa tho chances Clemens
did with tho truth he woIld have boon
blackliated by every reputable ncwupaper
in the land. Those who understood him
bast would dismiss hts ecccntricities about
facts with the observation that Il was lust
SAME fool wsy' and 10; it 90 at thai.
During the period SiggcSici I was
trying to proanh to tho pioneers of the
coast and was alternately stationed a,
Nan Francisco. Oakland Fresno, Santa
hoaA and COlusa. bscame well ac-
QuAinted With Clemens. who was n fire.
quenf visitor to san Francisco aud Sacra-
measo. Like JokyIl and Hyde he was a
composite character. and thar IL why
there were At that time two widely diver
gent opinions conserving him. Those
wht weighed him from FIRST impressions
rcfussh to take him seriously. but his morc
intimate friends rcaliz~d that he possessed
the keersst sensc of honor and that he was
Athorough gentleman in spite OG his efforts
TO make you think otherwise
-One night when material was unusually
evaatve in Virginia City. and he had almost
q page 20 hil up. Clemens deliberately
murdered with hi penciD a quiet and
unohatrusive family residing just far
enough CUT of town TO prevent inter
Terrence beforO the edition Wal run OF
thinh h ussd q loo of inoGeRaive Indians
near town a. accessories A. he Owed
into the story hs became inspirsd and
wross with such scrupulOsa attention
% deaail that the casual reader would
newer think oe Questioning his sincerity
'As . paralySer IL vas . gem. Real
Western history had never devslo Dsi
anyt hing half 90 appalling That night
the city editor had gone ON fishing or
something. and Clemeus was acting in
W
tragedy got q hearing without anybody
about the ofics Asking emharra lsinx
QUESTIONS. After no had lot loose the
fnal gore spattered page. ths writer
caught the uiidnight hyer for San Fran
cisco. whore h wisely planned u await
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Of the Enter priss the troubles 81 ths nur-
A. "A
m cnUnpanies. regiments and b-igadss
They demanded ~ SO thu blood stained
weapOna. thu gaping wounds and tho
house % carnage. Instead thew wers met
by q mild mannerSd citizen smoking a
short pipe. who insisted that neither
he nor any othsr mssmbsr of his family
had been tomsAAwked; they nigh. try
next door. hs said. a. newspaDors soms-
times made mistakes in Iooatio'.
"Aa the dny &woro on and the tide
of curious h,mnaiiy ksps pouring in from
the outlying townsAips. and nsking the
citizen " he wss quite sure he wasn't
dad. he ceased 60 no mild hammered and
90 bitterly resentsd the scepticism regard
ing his aihi that IL became dangerous Tor
any one 10 60 within gunshot
The rival morning paper. which he'd
Sesn scoopsd. tried 70 make good With
is subecribers by Rying that our
esteemed fellow townsman. Tom sax
bury. informs m that the reported ira gedy
NJ HE home the other evening has been
somewhat oVerdAwn and requests ~
20 notify the public that az far as his
There was a significance in the con-
Guiding words which caused Clemens to
prolonG his stay in san Francisco IL was
eafeF than 20 90 back and try 60 explain
tho demands OF Journalism 10 the bUtcl-
cred family
Capt. Alexander X. Lacy. editor Of the
Wet MOunfaia Tribsns. westclia. Col. a
cub printer in the UnioR once az Hauni-
bal in the So:
The first thing thAt called my Attcn-
ton 70 Sam ~ a writer while out West
vas his yarn about Jim VOLTS tomcat
which was published in a San Francisco
paper. recognized the incident and
knew there was mob ody out there hut
Sam Who could have told u.
Jim vas q printer and he Foomed with
sam. Who he thought was the smartest
boy that ever lived. One night the girls
OF the houss nave q candy pull and a lot
of sticky molaases was laid out on the
bach porch To cool before pulling.
The young folks wore raising high
tinks downstairs and Jim's tomcat was
out on the back fence singing an accom-
paniment. Sam couIdn't sleep and he
told Jim 20 eet mp and murder his cat.
Jim would have committed suicide II
Sam had told him TO. and without taking
the trouble 70 put on his clothes be climbed
out on the trsllis. intending 70 maize con-
nections with the fence. But the treilis