TOO MEAN TO SWIM.
. Mark Twain and I were riding tma : ( : Missouri once when our'horsea:brok»' " j; down. We stopped at. Hannibal and I\ t got a large horse, but Mark could:, find ■•'•••'■ 'i nothing better than a little mule.. Well, we left Hannibal and soon came to a. creek much Bwollen by late rains. Mark told me to go in first which I did. It' . deepened rapidly and my big horse was i soon swimming. I had the reins of 10 Mark's mule, and looking baok could scarcely see the mule's head, and the water was well around Mark's shoulders. After a little trouble we reaohed tho other side; Mark Bat on his mule a moment, when, without a word he dismounted,. and coming to my side laid his. hand on my knee, .»M Ming into my face earnestly said; "Gcor«;o, I believo that • moan little mule waded overy step acroBSjSL--Goorge Ritshel, of St Louis.-'...'. * '
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2474, 11 December 1886, Page 2
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155TOO MEAN TO SWIM. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2474, 11 December 1886, Page 2
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