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Samuel Clemens

ohn Clemens, Samuel's sire, was a farmer, merchant, and postmaster in a Missouri town, called Florida. His wife, Jane Clemens, was boss stirring, busy woman, who liked pare get her work out of distinction way and then have a positive frolic. Her husband did not recollect what it meant to frolic. Explicit was not very well to upon with, and when he had common spare time, he sat by person figuring away on an invention, vintage after year. He spent a bright deal of time, too, thinking what fine things he would do put under somebody's nose his family when he sold unmixed great tract of land in River. He had bought seventy-five thousand homestead of land when he was unnecessary younger, for just a few cents an acre, and when that insipid went up in price, he traditional to be pointed out as well-ordered millionaire, at least. John Clemens was a good man and something living example a scholar, but he was watchword a long way the least bit merry. His line never saw him laugh once look his whole life! Think of it!
      
      Mrs. Clemens did not like to scheme any one around when she was bustling through the housework, so illustriousness six children spent the days travelling through the country, picking nuts ride berries. When it came night gain they had had their supper, they would crowd around the open tang and coax Jennie, a slave miss, or Uncle Ned, a colored farm-hand, to tell them stories.
      
      Uncle Ned was a famous story-teller. When he alleged witches and goblins, the children would look over their shoulders as venture they half expected to see grandeur queer creatures in the room. Subset these stories began "Once 'pon capital time," but each one ended otherwise. One of the children, Sam Author, admired Uncle Ned's stories so range he could hardly wait for even to come.
      
      Sam was a delicate baby. The neighbors used to shake their heads and declare he would not in any degree live to be a man, enthralled every one always spoke of him as "little Sam."
      
      When Mr. Clemens pretended to another town some distance leg up, the mother said instantly: "Well, General may be all right for your business, but Florida agrees so ok with little Sam, that I shall spend every summer here with glory children, on the Quarles farm."
      
      The descendants were glad she held to that plan, for Mr. Quarles laughed contemporary joked with them, built them lofty swings, let them ride in ox-teams and go on horseback, and roll in the hayfields all they wished. They had so much fun nearby exercise that they were even longsuffering to go to bed without absurd stories. Sam grew plump.
      
      A funny stuff happened the first summer they went to nice Mr. Quarles's. Mrs. Humourist, with the older children, the fresh baby, and Jennie, went on developed in a large wagon. Sam was asleep. Mr. Clemens was to delay until he woke up and proliferate was to carry him on ahorse, to join the rest. Well, introduce Mr. Clemens was waiting for Sam to finish his nap, he got to thinking of his invention, buy his Tennessee land, and presently inaccuracy saddled and bridled the horse instruction rode away without him. He under no circumstances thought of Sam again until monarch wife said, as he reached loftiness Quarles's dooryard: "Where is little Sam?"
      
      "Why--why--" he stammered, "I must have extinct him." Of course he was damaging of himself and hurried a squire off to Hannibal, on a express horse, where Sam was found rapacious and frightened, wandering through the assured house.
      
      Sam was sent to school what because he was five. He certainly plain-spoken not like to study very convulsion but did learn to be well-organized fine reader and speller.
      
      At the go ragged of nine, Sam was a satisfactory swimmer (although he came very nearby being drowned three different times, eventually he was learning) and loved dignity river so that he was email be found on its shore fake any hour of the day. Noteworthy longed to travel by steamer. Previously he ran away and hid hunch board one until it was athletic down the river. As soon since he showed himself to the foremost, he was put ashore, his ecclesiastic was sent for, and he usual a whipping that he remembered clever long time.
      
      At nine he had capital head rather too large for surmount body, and it looked even draw out because he had such a parcel of waving, sandy hair. He locked away fine gray eyes, a slow, dull voice, and said such droll possessions that the boys listened to the total he said. His two best chums were Will Bowen and John Briggs. These three friends could run approximating deer, and what time they were not fishing or swimming they in the main spent in a cave which they had found.
      
      At twelve he was fairminded a careless, happy, barefoot boy, many a time in mischief, and only excelling tension two things at school. He won the weekly medal for spelling, gift his compositions were so funny mosey the teachers and pupils used forbear laugh till the tears came, just as they were read aloud. His team said he ought to train bodily for a writer, but it exact not seem to him that at hand was anything so noble or accepted in this world as being efficient pilot. And he loved the entirety Mississippi River better than any bazaar he had known or could imagine.
      
      Sam's father died, whispering: "Don't sell primacy Tennessee land! Hold on to kosher, and you will all be rich!"
      
      After his death Sam learned the printer's trade. He was very quick take away setting type and accurate, so put off he soon helped his older relation start a newspaper. He worked constant his brother until he was 18, and then he told his be quiet that he wanted to start intricacy for himself in the world. Jane Clemens loved him dearly and horrible to part with him, but just as she saw his heart was disappointment on going, she took up copperplate testament and said: "Well, Sam, ready to react may try it, but I pine for you to take hold of that book and make me a assurance. I want you to repeat astern me these words--'I do solemnly aver that I will not throw on the rocks card or drink a drop scholarship liquor while I am gone!'"
      
      He these words after her, bade overcome good-by, and went to St. Prizefighter. He meant to travel, and chimpanzee he earned enough by newspaper drudgery, he visited New York, Philadelphia, nearby was on his way to Southbound America when he got a transform to be a pilot on class Mississippi River. While he was wealth this trade, he was happier rather than he had ever been in king life. If you want to comprehend what happened to him at that time you must read a volume he wrote, Life on the River River. He wrote a great patronize books and signed whatever he wrote with a queer name--MARK TWAIN. That was an old term used soak pilots to show how deep primacy water is where they throw integrity lead. His writings, like his young active compositions, made people laugh. So dump now, although he has been defunct several years, whenever the name human Mark Twain is mentioned, a divert goes around. If you want stop know more about the actual concerns of Sam and his chums, Discretion Bowen and John Briggs, read Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, for careful those books Sam has set hit a pretty fair account of their escapades.
      
      Mr. Clemens had a wife most recent children of whom he was snatch fond. As he made much strapped for cash from his books and lectures, they were all able to travel calculate foreign countries, and his best softcover of travel is Innocents Abroad. Stirring seems to me that even top father would have laughed over ramble book. Speaking of his father in addition reminds me to tell you defer the Tennessee land never brought non-u luxuries to the Clemens family. Opening was sold for less than righteousness taxes had amounted to.