AN EARLY ANCESTOR

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 16, 18 April 1907, Page 37

AN EARLY ANCESTOR

Mark Twain published his biography some years ago. Here is a sketch from it of one of his ancestors ■:- Mnr M S e W! ,l ea^r later c have the illustrious "John pS,h, J^ IVOO 6 came ' over t0 th * s country with ht Li f 92) a ? a P asse W. He .appears • to ™i ■ ". , a crustv ' uncomfortable disposition. He complained of the food all the way over, and was always threatening to go ashore unless there was a change S/fw^i fre S Rsh : Har<Uy a da ? Passed over Ms niXe in it $? - g ° ldUn « about tn ° ship with hs S^fna i, %?*' f nee " n g abou * the commander, an-d S^ton/bH beh f e Go i ambus k *ew where he £as going to or had ever been there before. ' The memorh» dS7 V Lan V l0M :. thri J l6d & ™y heart in theXp but his. He gazed awhile through a piece of smr^ glass at the pencilled line lying on thl Sstant watef and then said : « Land be hanged-it's a raft V» w^n this .questionable passenger eaUie on board the ship he fXF I L°* h^ S T th him tut an old newspaper' co£ mtr'ked a ,^ ndk w ro^ el , m^d »B. G.,»*one cotton s^ck « D F " Anl 2"^ aU ' d ,2 ne woollen one »«ked about his ««fS d if» T* g tbe . v °y a g e he worried more t? tL n 11 t i" nk »- and BW? himself more airs about TmimSii^i ' St Ci the P asse ngers put togetfer outTbSh^ wa « thrown overboard, and he sank wSi! out a bubble Later it transpired that he " stole the anchor and sold it to' the Indians.' .