KEPT HIS WOJRD. I '■'1 enjoyed your sermon this morning, ; rerv mucu," .=aid ?>!ark Twain to a ! clergyman of his acquaintance. "I wet- ' coined it like an eUI friend. I have. ! you know, a book at home containing j every ■word of it." '■You have not,"' said the preacher. "I have, indeed,' , returned the humourist. "Well, send the book to mc. I'd like to see it." "You shaiy Mark Twain replied. And he sent the next morning an unabridged dictionary to the minister.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 39, 15 February 1905, Page 10
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