MARK TWAIN'S HUMOUR.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 918, 10 September 1910, Page 9

MARK TWAIN'S HUMOUR.

.-■;;; I: Mr;''.Williaiii'.;lTclier '■■', Has;/ <beeifde-''; . Mark;; Twain,/ in; the; !'Morning ; .'■ /Leader;"; \ agauistf certain;; /cnti6ism's-by ; ;\/j&/;;Archer/;giM ';'; ir'oiri/that ■- book;■■;'.and-' : says/•it;;is ';:,' 'one .'.- > .comes : as.'near being merely, hum- ; y.broiis;asj'anytliingVin ; :ytM:\boqk;i;;. : ..Vorous'it .'is'; r .?but/'not //witliV,/the'cheap I .... /humour/, of ;. : ;'.:': gariee,. but -at. its;, probability.''. V It' -is"! ; vVa:-:perfect'.example; of"iwovsiinple .'souls'* ( ■"tangled;^ '/;/Finn/and. Jim;! arev'taliiuig;!bf kings iii. ..... exile,; 1 and /Jim/ : wondersi/whaivtliose/whd /'s'come ■■'^.^ck^TepUcsA's^ \ ; AlJoui:;Talklhgi French; ;-;^ : •• ; : .','■ .;" 'Some /of ,tkem ; .gets'/■ oh/ the / policej, / \y and some; of them. learns people: how.to : ;. talk' French.' '; v : .v/'-•-. ; ';'/'-v : -■ v ::-;" .'Why, ,Huck, :Vdoah': : v de French. ■ :;peopleitalk;_de;;sanie;;way r v ; 'j}■'' 'No,.vJim; ■■'■■■ ypuj;couldn't ■■'_.uuder- ■•■: stahd'/a /word/, they, single .'..'■•. Word:'-''.;'':-;,'-;( : kij. ;.//..;.-• ;';/..' ':; ';;).;■-•! /■■/; ■..'.• /v-V■■. " 'Well, now, -be ■ ding-busted!: v How, ,>;- dp clat(come;?'.%•:'. ;V;-.' ;■ .V.;.; /...:;;,,/; V^y-'tyt'dqn!*'.'^^ / 'some ..of ■- their'.; jabberi, out of , a'.'book." ,;;" S'pose a- man was .to come .to you and : : /.isay, .Polly-voo would you. /; /think ?'; : r •': :-.T/,; /; -• .//;.^. ; : ; ■ ■:■ ;- ;;.' .'; '.'. " 'I--wouldn't ithink nuff'n,;; I'd /take •:.- en;bust :• him.;over -de head;:. ■ Dat is,. if i be .warn't,''white;' v: l'!wouldn't. 'low no . r ..nigger/to; cairine dat.'..' '/ p •"/./; /'. ■;.'• '. ...;_'' 'Shucks,; it .ain't: calling yoii' any-. ' thing; -It's only saying- do/you/know ". bow.to talk French'.'.'.,< :•■:■.'•,- '•.■'■/"/./:' ; :• ".'Well, den,'.why. ; couldn't'-' bo sav :"::»?■.-;-■■ ' l;.'V'v ; :;-.;,. : :',;:;.,:'■ '■■..■ .. ; '"'Why, he is.'a saying it.'-. -That's . a Frenchman's way .of saying it;' ■'•:'■'.• ; ..:,.'''AVell; it's a. blame', ridicklous.way, ■ en I' doan' want .to hear no /mo' 'bout it., : Dey airi' no sense in ,it/' ;, -.-':'- "/'Lpbky here, Jim; l ;doea'a'cat talk' ■"< like we>'do?'./-;.' ;-'. .- ~ -"'No, : a.cat don't.' v- .... • .".'AVeIJ, doos.a-cow?' ■/ •'.'.:'"■'■ : \ ;" ■/" 'No, a. cow don't, nuther.'. '':'.■ '..;. ; "'Does ,a cat; talk.like. a. cow, or a. •..'■ cow talk'like a cat?' :'. "... -■. "-' "..'No,'dey don't.',' '. ; '\ V "'lt's natural and right for' 'em to .talk different; from each,, ain't it?' . , ;"';'Course.' : : ;. .' !' '.." 'And ain't it natural and right for ...a cat and a cow to talk different from ..'ns?.'."■ ;•.'..:■.-":.' ','.*;-. "'Why, mos' sholy it.is.' ' ~' " 'Aycil,, then, why ain't it natural and right for a Frciicliman to talk dif- ■ fcreht from us? You answer mo that.'

"'ls a cata man,,Huck?' "''No.' ;." 'Well, den, dey: ain't no 'sense in a cat falkm' like a man. Is a-cow a man?—er is a cow. a cat?' ' . ' '"'No, she ain't either of them.' J,''Well, (I™, she ain't got, no -busi-ness.-to. talk like . either orio er the ■yuther- of 'cm. Is a ■Frenchman a man'r" ■' ,-. . : ,', ' ' ■'.■■. : " 'Yes.'' '' '• .. '■"•'", " 'Well, den! Dad blame.'■ it, why doan'he talk liko a man You answer mo'-datl'-:' : ; . ; ~' • / : . '.T seo it warn't no use'.. wasting words—you. can't ..learn a nigger to argue. So I quit." ; "If this,".says Mr. Archer, "wero the best tiling in 'Huckleberry Finn — and it is: not,.by a long way—l should still 'appeal-.with-:.'confidence .to'.Prince 1 Posterity against■" Prof. Peck's disparagement : 101* one of the great books