MARK TWAIN'S TRIUMPH.

Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, Volume 1, Issue 1, 29 March 1901, Page 2

MARK TWAIN'S TRIUMPH.

' PoirmViy- yoars Mr.. Clemens was jrobably tlio mosttgmsperous man of fltteys? W the Uuifg^Btates, if. not in he world. But about five years ago vhenlie hadrGaoJied- the time of life, it which mosimen begin p think of .•eat," he -104 everything and was ; 3adHed>with a heavy, burden of debt by he failure of the publishing .houso of 0. L, Webster and Company, of New York, Gf which heVas the founder and •hief partner. , ■ For a time the business had flourished exceedingly. It was Marie Twain's firm- that ; ] .aid the great sum of £90, 00.0 to Graffs Widow for his " Personal Memou1."," tind made a handsome pr6fit on th(> undertaking. There fol-lowed^hoA^r-v'er, |a. succession of hard years, and although %&. Clemens tlef voted all his energies to revive the business, his efforts were unavailing. "Withreally magnificent courage, MarkTwain immediately set to work oncej more with what he calls his " pot-boil-in°- pen" in order that every debt might I bepaid in full.i More fortunate than Scott, ho has lived to enjoy his triumph. Every creditor pf 0. L. "Webster-has recieved 100 cents in the dollar. The early life of the author of " Hucklebury Finn. is an unbroken record of yictory over -circumstances, but the conflict of those lattfer years was even greater. It is impossible to pay too high a tribute to the author who begins afresh the battle of life at the age of 60—and w i ns ,—The Bookman.