The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-15
MARK TWAIN ROMB VERY ILL
CARRIED FROM THE STEAM
SHIP ~ An INVALEDS CHAIR.

HAS Angiaa Perl0rls and lsh PhyssesAn
says Tha1 Ne May 1--we FJVe Years ~
nee M FIVe Minutes Ne Was Seasarss
On tire nan Ilome Prsm ElermuslA.
Mark Twain. Otherwise Samuel l..
Clemens. who has Teen seeking health
in Bermuda tor the las, several months.
returned yesterday an inv aid by the
Quebec Lane steamship Oceana- Or.
Edward =. Oulntard. his ph-s clan. who
has known the h,Amorsi inilma.esy many
years. or. ~ the doc,or himself re-aarxed.
since was knee high to him. sad he
was suffering from Rag!ra rectora.
and that he might live Use Years and
might die IN I've minutes The humcr.st
was not ton u 10 make sn ~~ort to walk
after he hal been assisted from as hp--h
Yesterday afternoon. hIt 10 soon Fogad
that the wi,inSness ~ 'he sp'rit vas
no. hacked Ivy the strength oI the heah
~ he was through. down no cangD,ank
in an invaiids cha he smiled q, the
newspaper men who had seen him 90
away and remarked a. a photographer
took q SNAPSHOT of him:
I am not 20 strong a. ! was when yOu
snapped me befor--
4 coach ambulance had been called
TO the pier and the humor =: was lifted
into IL and taken 20 the Grand Central
Station. He wanted 90 make an effort
To walk TO the Pullman car Of the s:a2
train on the New Haven line. but aban-
dcacd il after findiRg that he was 100
feeble Ca stand alone He was helped
into the car by DIR. Edward y HAtsey.
who accompanied him TO his home.
Stormfield, in Recld.ng. Coma.
The sudden death sof has daughter
last winter had a very dcpresa .nE eject
on Mr.. ;1emens and when he returned
TO Bermudn he was in bad shape He
had been u Of heart trouble more than
year. He was unaware Of the nature
Of he ailment and attributed the nan
in hrs LETT SIDE tn indigestion. Until
about two weeks ayo he was doing very
well In Bermuda. heing quite strong
enough to attend several sociAl functions
and take walks in the De;ghborhood Of
his hotel
Albert Bgelow Paine. who is assisting
IN the preparation oG Mr.. CleDens's
biography. went down 10 Bermud1 re-
Gently and found hiEn suffering. Ne
said hs thought the warm weather was
too much for him am believed that
ne would feel better in his Connecticut
home. Mr.. Paine h red q special TUG
20 take him out To the oceana. ~ u was
thought he might he crowded uncom-
fortably On the tender. He went inn
med ateiv to hi~ NJ ltsroom on the star
board sid aTnitiships and came out only
once on the trip. The air was hot in
the Gull stream and the sea a hat rough.
This affected Mr. Clemens. who is nor
mally a good saibor. He was seasick
for q while. and this did not Improve his
condtio After the Oceana got out Of
the Gulf stream he picked up Eounewhnt
and yesterday morning sat up and after
eating breakfast walked a little. Mr.
Paine sent a wireless message To Dr..
Quintard who wa az tho pier when the
Oceana warped in. % werc Mrs. Edward
r. Isoomis. Mr.. Clemehs y niece: Robert
Collier and Dr. Halsey Il was decided
to let the humorist rest a while before
removing him. After making an exami-
nation OF MIR. Clemens Or Quintard said:
4 think Mr. Ciemsus about a week
serious than any Drecedilg one. No
sesms easier just nov than he has been
for some time Az present this was
about noonl he IN having a refreshing
sleep. lie grew better when the Oceana
passed out ~ tho Gulf stream. We
hope that after his arrival &C StormBeid
he viii oontinus 20 improve. have
mad only supe reeial examination
ono knows angina peCtoris II a dangerous
affection u he heart ! can say that
he looks rstte- man I expected to ind
him
Mr. Clemens was accompan ed TO Red
ding by DR. Robert n. HaLsey. an assistant
to Mr. Ctemens's physician. DR.. Edward
Quintard. and nurse. DIR. Halsey re-
ported last night 20 DR.. Quintard that
Mr. Clemens had stood the trip better
than had been expected and that ne had
reached his home IN very good shape.