Mark Swain's Courtship.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 21 February 1890, Page 3

Mark Swain's Courtship.

» — Mark Twain, if he is in the mo od will tell the story of his own pourtFw continuation of reading matter set fourth page.

■~— 'sm-JiflX maiiiief reilr; 01 fie oil: viugh'-monri" :u Whor. idi"& first met the lady T .vho fiftevbecame bus mlo ho was not - c ;o distinguished as new ; his origin wus bumble, and for some years of his lil'2 he had been -. i , l U'; on the Mississippi Kiver. Tlv. future Mrs Clemens was a woman of position and fortune ; her father was a judge ?.nd doubtless expected " family •"Aid social importance in bis son-iu-law. Clemens, however, became inteiestod m his daughter, and after a while proposed, but was rejected. "AVeU"hesaid, to the Udy, '^1 ; icln't much believe youd liave zne but I thought. .fl'^. tvy.' ; After a while he " tttGit' 1 ngain, with the .same ro^ult, and then remarked with his celebrated drawl, "I think f ffi great deal more of you .tba-ivifyou.'d •i r : 'l;A r es,' but it's hard to : bear." "\ird time be mot with better for .c and then came to the most dif--.eult part of his task, to^adctress the old gentlemen. " Judge, 1 ' lie said, v ;o the dignified millionaire. . t: haye you seen anything going mx 7 oefcwee"ii -Miss Jiizzie and me?" "What? V. hat?" ; exclaimed the judge, rather sharply, apparently not understanding the situation, yet donbt--esii getting -a glimpse of ifc from lie inquiry. " Have yon seen anything going on between Miss Lizzie and me?" "No," no, indeed!" replied the magnate, sternly. " No, sir, I liavo not." "Wnlli Look sharp find you will," s.iid the author of " Innocents Abroad ;" and that is way ] 10 asked the judical lumi~aiy fov his .daughter's hand.