Mark Twain's Latest Joke.
. ■» Mark Twain's stories are appearing by dozens in the Australasian press. Some are good, others bad, others indifferent. The following is taken from the Australasian .-—Twain speaks with a deliberate drawl, and tells his stories effectively. "It was pretty rough one time on the trip over from 'Frisco," he said, "so rough that I concluded to go below and get a' lifebelt. The ship was rolling so much that it just played shuttlecock with me as I went down the passage to the lifebelt stoic. Suddenly an extra scientific lurch sent me against a cabin door, which flew opea, and then 1 saw an Englishman calmly shaving himself. I felt too ashamed to ask for a belt, and all the excuse I could think of at the moment was to say to the storeman, 'Could you oblige me with a match ?' "
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 101, 26 October 1895, Page 3
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145Mark Twain's Latest Joke. Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 101, 26 October 1895, Page 3
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