The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-12-22

N wtI,en.s were some OF the va
4. 1..ks which kept Americans ana
IL,,,,rs laughing for many years.
~ Twain died April n, 1910.
~ sON's LANDING. on the
Missouri side of the Missas-
~ dppl, in 1880, was u modest
.,m with few claims to distinction.
hwIuous among her first citizens
York Leicester Driscoll, forty
rs Of age, Judge Of the county court.
unhlemished Virginia stock, unhap-
ehlldless, and esteemed by every
N that knew him. Another citizen
orpute was Col. Cecil Burleigh Es-
VIA except for one important
8tinar, later disclosed, has nothing
b with this story. Resident here
D was a certain Percy Northumber.
IA Drscoll, brother OF the Judge,
BRED and a prosperous owner OF
|eA among whom was a likely
Ch Of twenty, Roxana by name.
TIE Driscoll home on the first of
nary. 1880, two boy battles were
j Que Of these. christened Tom,
the son of Percy Northumberland
+ cher, tagged with the name OF
X de Chambre, or Chambers" for
n was the son of the slave-girl
1na by father at first unknown
htT revelaed to be Colonel Essex.
bin a week Of the birth of Dris-
son the mother died, and In the
ural course Of events both boys
entrusted to the maternal care
BE slaye-mother.
pcut the same time into this quiet
nunly came one David Wilson.
ftaily anticipating a successful
career, a hope blasted In the
ing since a gift OF irony, one of
pas most tangible assets, fell upon
80 literal as to be unapprecia-
ihd suspicious OF humor.
vsh | owned half Of that dog
David one morning when snarl.
'ellow cur disturbed him.
Agr' asked somebody.
cause then would knd nv half ~
~ David.
hearers fell away from him In
81 How could a man XIII half Of n
.'nout killing the other half also?
uls man must be out of his
lunmOx," said one.
perfect jackass," said another.
pudd'nhead, that's what he
nid third.
u nom that day forward -Pudd'n.
Wilson" he was
ruddnhead had two fads-
~ and hnger-prints. The first
"Onaliy practIeed, lacling eli
practice law upon, and the
~ " cOliected with great assldu-
~ man, woman or chile. ever |
ue Circle of Pudd'nhean's &C. |
!. =, without leaving a ginger
N. 40 thum0-mark, behlnG, and |
I ~ were carefully named, re-
N Sa'ed and filed. Thus II hap. |
N ~ que DAY came Roxana and |
,M csgs. Tom, the son OF Dris-
N vaamOers, the son OF her-
A. Sne Az like as two peas
ns0,, OaOles In color. size and
\, 49,, 80 like that save 10 a
M yes they were indIstinCfeh-
,1 .Se hnger-prInts OF all were
lN,,,o' u' dated, and added 10
~os OF Pudd'nhead Wilson.
n 40 natural than that the
|hAs. ue two infants-Tom's
,,~s. could not tell him from
.ASas .os suggest to a
bv , "s, an Interchange of the
o. , which the slave should be-
sDes,an er and the master the
Mn os when the heart was
M S oppressed by the fear that
\ I oaSe grew to manhood S'
,,,.D, '0 !. down the river" that
4 M "rmenting dread OF the
Sh,aS, upper watersP what
q ds,.o.n,at mat there being no
,s sso sStOn Roxana for love
4 iou1 Uuld Yield to that tempta-
N poD turn Chambers into
hler,sSS%aaln Into Chambers by a
Dc on euse Of garments, these {
y w1Ios outward and visible
sDySaIh e boys were differ.
Nh , 'ss.. 1t was in this man.
Y as 1 Ss, to be the proud on
aaye lOuse Of Driscoll grew
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