Warner was at thatmoment undertaking his charmingly remembered trip up the Nile. When the first faint gray showed through the window-blinds I felt as no doubt a castaway feels when the dim threads of the looked-for ship appear against the sky. He saw a young emigrant stabbed with abowie-knife by a drunken comrade, and noted the spurt of life-blood thatfollowed; he saw No one ever responded to anappeal like that quicker than Samuel Clemens.
d from New York to Philadelphia, as a journeymanprinter; each in due season became a world figure, many-sided, human, andof incredible popularity. the workings of motorcars-and Bertie turned up as they were leaving, to offer what assistance he could. If any one had told him, or had told any reader ofthis sketch, that the author of it was knocking at the door of the houseof fame such a person's judgment or sincerity would have been open todoubt. Sit down, my dear, and have a whiskey and soda.
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