A MARK TWAIN STORY.
A friend of Mark Twain once asked him if he, remembered the first money he earned. "Yes/' he said • "it was at school, and a very painful recollection> it. is, too. There was a rule in our school that any boy marking his desk, either with pencil or knife, would be chas--tised publicly before fhe whole school or pay, a fine of -five dollars. Besides the rule there was a ruler • I knew it because I had felt it - it was a darned hard one,' too. ' ' 'One day I had to tell my father that I had broken the rule, and had to pay a fine or * take a public whipping, and he said: — " 'Sam,'it" would be too bad to have the name of 1 Clemens disgraced before tho whole- school, so I'll pay the fine. But I-doh't want you to lose anything, so- come upstairs." "A few minutes later I came down with a bad feeling and the five dollars, and I decided that as I had been punished once, and got used to it, I would not mind getting the other licking at school. So I did and kept the five dollars."
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 715, 24 October 1914, Page 3
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198A MARK TWAIN STORY. King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 715, 24 October 1914, Page 3
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