The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-04-22

a ~ for him however and he
- hls hast words give me nay
Il .a~ The spectacles were hand
. HIN. he laid them aside tn
N ~ moments and sank into a
-, The anxious Watchers be-
y 4, hls bid DO not know whether
49, conscious or not The doc
=. said he was growing weaker
a o'clock a bulletin was issued
sAteh Indicated that the doctors did
= ,xpeet death 81 soen.
N.rk Twain was horn IN 1885. and
- nearly 70 years old.
4 think they won't have to cali
.x.,a vas the whimsical message
80 eus BY Mark Twain to callers
~ hours before his death,
was the same man who gave
- message 10 an anxious world
'eamcrs og my death are largely
4 .sssserated. and who later de-
4 .ssseed himself a. met rasgedly
al but not M enough TO excite
: undertake."
The next day. 70 hours before
= avn antlmeiy death. his daugh.
- Jean made public this state.
msss. At the instance of her
4 sfhef
4 hear the newspapers SAP / arr
hlna. vhe charge 10 not true. I
.eald 90 no such thing az my time
4 llgs. am behaving as we'll az
! can. Merry Christmas 90 every.
sesY~
nou merry was his Christmas u
asoan throughout a sympathlHsng
snlverss The hand 81 fate dealt
= eruelest blow 10 the kindest.
rnileai Of men
The hour hand had travelled but
r.es around the clock before the
aanrhter-hls coufidant. compan.
Is and amanuensls was found
AL IN her bath at their country
| ksms Al ReddinR. conn That his
ksalsh declined gradually from this
case no ons doubts. and Mark
| rxaln himself did not deny Il.
SAMUEL Iaukhorne Clemens was
ts-n Nov. 80. tSs5. IN a humble
<bln Al Florida. No. the extreme
,rsnxs az the frontier Hls parents
s<fe John Marshall Clemens OF
flrxinla. and his good wife. who
vas Jane Lamhton " Kentucky.
Ths father was a lineal. descend
~ q Gregory Clement. one OF the
stfea Judges Who condemned 10
isstA charles l.. and loss his head
\ consequence
Mother q Famous aeavsy.
Jsne LAmhtoas forbears strove
xifh Daniel Boone on tho dark
Md bloody ground She became
iznxu a. une Of the most beautiful
na brilliant bellies Of her time
TIE infhsr served for some years
y magistrate In Hannibal and was
ssetsd county judge. His death
a lst7 marked the end OF the
spafhs educatioH.
A brothers print shop became
hn high school At intervals.
Ssortly after BE- was y years old.
y edited the little newspaper.
Stricken With wanderluat. young
uszasns disappeared from Hannk
u Ia 1851 He saw the worlds
~ Il NeW York and visited all
o. eastern cities
A. Ksokak he apprenticsd him.
81 n Cart Bixbv ~ learn steam.
@sl plotting Those were the
&1s when the wheelmea Of Mis-.
t&lpsi riyer packets we're account
4 pFsncea Their dress was at once
% ~ and perplexity Of the river
sFas They carried guns and
kasht their way By a singular code
= honor Up and down the mystic
fvsr. famed for les caprielous habit
4 eaangfng beds over night N
Ten Sawyer "fiuckleheYry
fnn.- -Puddin Heal Wilson and
LIE on the Mississippi" which
Hms rom hts pen IN later years.
nszy intident Of this vanishing
siAsa j. dWelf upon lovingly
Went to Nevada.
Relurnlng to Hannibal ne Joined
y brother. Orion. who had accept.
Il ne appointment as first secre.
NJ Of the new territory Of Ne.
nd Samuel accepted the private
euetaFyHhip. which hiH brother ex
fzined Vas . good Job. with moth.
% p do and no salary"
A. Virginia City young Clemens
&azsd HIMSELF BY writing letters
, ths Virginia City Territorial
AteFprise. and was finally engag.
4 - legislative correspondent at
eArz,n Cty To these letters he
~ signed the name. Mark
frata. which he adopted from the
q Mississippi river term for a
mofath0m sounding.
One 81 bis articles HE Editor
AfEd d the Virginia Union
~ later proposed duel
YIN Colts revolvers. Twain
razhi out the proposed dueiing
reande for practice. expanding an
Mafmoaa amount OF ammunition
ms hitting everything but the
aafs AZ the appointed hour Of
~ meeting Mark was taking
~ practice shot when q luckleas
Va eollided with a random bullet
talfd. fran afar of. saw the bird
= r. iaH 10 the ground and lost
= tne making the apologies
Hurried Across Border.
Ihs authorities. however. a..
eiAlned to make an example Of
twain. As result Mark Twain
~ ausiled across the border into
California
airing ~ his berth as eng editor
'ae San Frnneisco Call. Mark
sain went gold hunting in the
s*Ias, then saiied for Hawaii as
ifsspondent Of the Sacramento
AFTER months stay be Joined
Y s1eursi0n 10 the Holy Land. On
~. tour Marx Twain obtained the
4 sa.'eIial fof 1nnocents Abroad"
" ufsl real Introduction u. Lie
VIC o. literature. M fF70 be
-.ffled Olivia H. Langdou. Of w.
- y Y -Four children we're
i Pc 70 them LangdOn. IN 1870.