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ALEERT W. RAYMOND, Ed ng EditorBEES, WINDING THR Lh wan AWyONE HAD EVE: UND. A CRONE. BEES! FAT. CARY UGH A BLAZE OF Tus MAN STOOD ON Hil \OVENTURE, STRANGER SUNSHINE! THIS JHE BRINK OF AN A se KNOWN. HE We ETH MERLIN, MIGHTY LIAR AND H P| magician! WE GAINED UNBELIEVASLE || power THROUGH A STROKE OF LUCK DURING AN ECLIPSE! NO, THIS WAS, [| wo. Rear. ./7 WAS THE VAST: BRE Coeints TRANSPOSITION OF AN ENTIRE Gpoen.. AND A MAN NAMED Wie MORGAN.CLASSICS Dustrated Suibad me eAR OF, O7D. IN HARTEORD, CONNECTICUT BRE. WE DICK UP THE AtAZING TALE Or HANI ORGAN, FOREMAN AT tile CO Veins Me te DIRTY “IF YSU GENT Like, THE ) END OF THE JOB) EH, LEAR OU" Now IT'S ALL over.” FORA CONNECTICUT YANKEE eeCLASSICS PUlustrated OOTH Th Year oF OUR toz0, 528, Take OFF ND ACTER THIS GREAT BATTLE HE Y Sie chine in FROMA_ CONNECTICUT YANKEE FEAR SEIZES THE YOUTH. HE FALLS To HIS KNEES TREMBLING VIOLENTLY. HIS VOICE BECOMES A TERRIFIED WHISPER. - Share Bs" wicute Tae V/_MERLINT BOSH! Tam a GRE:CLASSICS Illustrated BUT THE EXECUTION SILENCE! THE PSST! [HAD IT MOVED FORWARD. WAS SUPPOSED To | KING ORDERED, ETOLO THE KING THAT THY FT OONE TODAY! POWERS OVER THE SUN WOULD _F 2 TL TO DAY. = iT a ‘soooLy / SHSUGHT, WASNT IT? THAT LITTLE BUSYBODY! HE MEANT NO HARM GUT I COMMAND THAT THE SUN BE DARKENED!A CONNECTICUT YANKEE [on ricnty Magician RETURN U S EVEN HALF 'OF MY KINGOOM! SECONDS FLEE. THE SUN SLOWLY PASSES es SH THREE YEARS PASS. HANK HAS FILEEO HIS SEFICE +s TELEPHONES AND glec: LishTs!A_CONNECTICUT YANKEE SEVERAL MORE YEARS PASS SCAT) Ae AGE RNS SEI EY Sis ASE MESS, See eo NS Rage EY mie RSPR To RAE Woh SNESNGU eae S ATE Fides mee are. Beeee? Bs Fepee Set Ele Sone! JOU eatebises OSE ME? GOING AROUND THE COUNTRYSIDE LOOKING FOR OGRES. LOOK CLARENCE... THERE, AIN'T NO SUCH ANIMAL! ROw/DemoiseLies JUST WHERE IS THs TS CASTLE? HOW FAR AND IN WHAT DIRECTION FROM CAMELOT?’ BOOTH, SIR. AND IT LETH IN NO MISTRESS 15 HELD PRISCNER INA CASTLE. we DIRECTION Prom CAMELOT SS THE ROAD TURNETH Al NS GOETH IN EVERY, OIRECTION NANO wir THE NUMBER oF Leagues Eon Str Hey ARE Art rae SAME COLOR ANG T Cannot DeriSisecce AriSanoe y SEPARATES ONE PROM Tie OTHER.) Ua cARTELeIge, AND Fr 3 PLZASE SOU, SiR. Y YES, Siz BOSS.T AM WHAT ARE YOU TALKING BOUT > DON YOU KNOW AN WHATS MAP IS® NOt. N NOLEN. Cox) EXPLANATIONS, HATE EXPLANATIONS | THEY ONLY CONFUSE THINGS. CLARENCE WILL show You THE WAY OUT!CLASSICS Illustrated Bur WHat Vrs AL fers TOW © HER! win rerNO, HaprENED? | ‘Rie IND THIS Cae TLe Witncu Heart wiloNor Wars eome 2 oo. Ween? ior TiS OR THAT'OR THE Ze "a TAINS! ; ey 2 zi ap ; Boss. 21T 1 6 Witn YOU Ca pt: vee cea A i ¥ a) Le (> = q A 7A FEW DAYS LATER, z TtCASTLE. OGRES. PALL T SE A Blasty SOME SWINE! some \ WONSROUS ENCHANTMENT Ne UCTS = THEM WITH Me.*Y But wHEeRe BO we NOw, SANDY? ef ES BE td — PONE CAN STO = 1 YOu" wi IT's Geo ENoven, Me 2 HERI er FoR U hae i V eut WHOSE HOUSE IS ITPCLASSICS Illustrated THEN I'LL LEAVE You mar Fean TN BEE WEN SEF EEE POSTAL, HERE wit THE HOGS.. }f TAKE You ree ee TS me ee ER... PRINCESSES TRAIPSING Pee ra ea a Sancy Allover Lert you. 2 MUST S a rev.) Sear Gen aN nocy BAR SOYNTRY | SNR cui Preis. ie) SereaTeseU ny Sr BSA Sher) Moi / Bereta ](CESecer) ener tue SS Sei wore /\\ taste YoU Szee te EeEve IIS A HOLY PLACE. TWo HUNDRED YEARS AGO, SOME HOLY HERMITS: Cveo tHeRe. THe PLACE HAD NO WATER, YET WHEN THEY PRAYED. A MIRACULOUS FOUNT WAS ‘SIVEN THEM. HELLO, SIR BOSS! T 1 HAVE JUST COME FROM THE HAVE GONE A WONGROUS VALLEY OF HOLINESS (YiPE| THE BUSINESS WITH THE HATS! ROUNT HAS GONE BRY/ MERLIN ALREADY 1 HAVE SOLO IS THERE TRYING OUT HIS HALE My STORE! ENCHANTMENTS! MERUIN.EH? GET BACK TG CAMELOT WITHA. MESSAGE FOR CLARENCE, i'm GING TO THE VACLEY OF HOLINESS!A CONNECTICUT YANKEE y you wits were Y CAN'T. UNTIL US IMMEDIATELY, BT Get HELP. Witt You Not,” BY Seow CAMELOT! Sik BOSS> WAIT TIL MERLIN FINISHES, THEN ru Tey RS ALL RIGHT, pl No.5 Tr 1 THAT'S ir ml SIDE Se 0 STONES, FALLEN Gera CANOLE, Gf G ff o f j Y ff g G WIETLY, THE DAYS Pi iT 15 NOW SATUROA: AY Ie HE Ke OverCLASSICS Dll ‘trated q SIR BOSS! we've V Gooo, M ome OCUSLE SPEED FROM. CAMELOT! F Me YistHis TRUE WP PARTLY IT IS TRUE. WHAT MERLIN SAIO? CAN You BO ANYTHING? FIX THE STONE IN THE WALL AND BUT IN REMEMBER! 58A CONNECTICUT YANKEE a 3 7, CONS TANTINOPOLITANISCHEROELSACK SPFEIFENMACHERSGESELLSCHAFET' TRANS VAALTRUPPENTRE. PENTRANSPORT TRAMP THERTRGISERTRAUNGST HRAENENTRACE!CLASSICS Illusbrated WORD OF HANKS MIRACLE SPREADS] ACROSS THE COUNTRYSIDE. AND IN JA FEW HOURS, KING ARTHUR RIVED WITH HALF HIS COUR [ CONTINUE, SIR BOSS. THIS. New Ioea’ Se YOURS FASCINATES, REIN SCOTH THis PROMISES LLWONDER THAT NO ONE ELSE EVER THOUGHT OF IT. eA [BUT REMEMBER, MY LIEGE, YOU WILL HAVE TO GIVE UP THE COMFORTS OF YOUR COURT. We WILL TRAVEL ON FOOT, CARRY NO_FO0O, IN FACT, EAT ONLY WHAT WE CAN GET ON THE WAY. ALSO. - T WILL HAVE TO CUT YOUR ROYAC HAIR. WELL, sine! HERE We ‘eo! (ULL GET some | WATER FORA CONNECTICUT YANKEE YOU VARLETS WILL PAY Beary For THIS!CLASSICS Pllusbrated J IF WE ARE TO TRAVEL THAT YoU LEARN TO ACT My FRIEND 'S STILL SLEEPING, MASTER MARCO. OUR LONG WALK TIRED HIM litany cuts in, ieA CONNECTICUT YANKEE THE BLACKSMITH DowLeY, MORGAN, THIS IS DOWLEY, OUR IS ONE OF THE RICHEST BLACKSMITH DICKON, THE TOWN, MEN IN SOWN, WE DO BUSINESS TOGETHER... MASON. SMUG, THE WHEELWRIGHT. LIKELY LOOKING TITS MEN LIKE A & Y GUT surecy, YOU COULDN'T MUST BE AT YOUR WELL. GUESS. you WORK MARCO, T CAN THAT COMPLETES ATTEND TO THI! ST. TENG TO sHis. THE FOOD List.CLASSICS Dllustrated SAY, Ry FRIEND. IN MY HOUSE We Have FIVE STOOLS |. THOUGH MY FAMILY NUMBERS ONLY THREE YOU'RE FROM THE STORE HOW MUCH 00 ‘owe Your BUT_IS IT Nor TIME DINNER WAS SERVED, MARCO?A CONNECTICUT YANKEE TALC IN ALL IT COMES TO. Vwere. pour | /NOseD' THis MAN ONCE, BUT i YOU'witt My chops FARES BAUER wir Mieamity THis YEAR.) SoD Boy. AML THAT DY GNIONS were | ARTHUR? MONEY IN- PUueKeD EARLY PLAYING HIS) peeot it BnOcmey were ff IS STRANGE! PRINCE! THOUGH SOME CONTEND THAT \ iv THESIS Br an UNWHOLE- Von,0H! wo. EE ee Some BERRY WHEN STRICKEN THEY KNOW MAD EARLY FROM THE TREE, 1 MAIN- He's NoT A AND THE TAIN THAT LIKE THE PLUM ANO STHER IS SURELY OTHER CEREALS WHICH ARE A THIEF: OUG INTHE UNRIPE STATE: Y{ TAKE THAT, ye VaRLeT! AYE! I HEA THEM TOS) AN SLIME LOOK! We c; HAT OVERHANGING.Fig! Tis MosT INCOMFORTABLE, Co ASMAKE A smuDGE! WEILL SMOKI THEM OUTI rT [HE KNAVES FIGHT Y Aye, AND WELL ON WHEN THEY RE cBvicusLy SuT® NUMBERED!CLASSICS Illusbrated SUDDENLY THE SCENE |S TAKEN IN BY A BAND OF STRANGERS. dy fs ; & GReennes,) Purl a SSRECNER: \ WE ARE BUT PEACEFUL THANK THEE, KIND. YE MAY MOUNT TRAVELERS SIR SND THESE Sig THAT mos Some Se Ry, PEOPLE O10 Set'UPEN US TO > ave KiLled us = us! oe wy UESe, oi VY ESE, HOW. © SLAVES SUFFER. YOU THIN_ CONNECTICUT YANKEE SUSCENLY, SEVERAL SERVANTS OF NO, 2 THOUGHT THEIR RESCUER SURROUND AND CHAIN HANK ANO ARTHUR. |< YE ARE STRANGERS. YE KNOW THE LAW, CAN Ye PROVE THAT YE ARE NOT SLAVES, BUT TL SNEye FREE MENP é DOTEEN, OLTARS FOR THE Two! THEN (LL THRO! THE OTHER IN THE BARGAINY THIS CHUMP 1S, ETH NOTHINGCLASSICS Julushated ESTER GET SSEE y [Gearon pee 3 a Hai DEALER COMES TO INSPECT US FOR mM FIRSTNLL FREE US OF THE CERTAINLY MeL HOLS THEM BOTH FOR YOU. He's LEAVING! | Sen CET Mi Ser Away!) WHERE DID HE OW THERE, THar MUST BE Him=. irs NOT TRUE! THIS ROBBER. --CLASSICS Dllustrated SEAFARING CLOTHES, EH? (LU KEEP THESE. THE CHaNce b CANNOT oN =e Dist SS SS E MUST GET HELP. BUT Figst Som THIS WiLL HID PART OI WET OF My Face AT tease. JA CONNECTICUT YANKEE CH,OH! MEMBERS oF THE WatcH. THEY RE “OFCLASSICS Pllustrated GOOO THING THIS SHOP AM A MEMBER OF THE WATCH IN DISGUISE. WE THINK AN ESCAPED. SLAVE 1S HIDING OUT BACK. CAN YOU TET Me THROUGH THE BACK DOOR ANO TELL My PARTNER CUTSIDE oe. TS GO AROUNO BY THE ALLEY WAY AND HEAD SLL COME CHARGING sto! A BUT WHEN HANK TURNS THE CORNER, | THE SURPRISE 1S HEY, NOW! WE Yi Crete Shatres Han ) FHOUGH: BOSH! NONE HALIT WILL TAKE A LOT OF TALK- ING TO GET YOu OUT OF THIS Pf ROuR THIS AFTERNOON!? MY KNIGHTS CAN'T POSSIBLY, ARRIVE BErO! By ORSeS:CLASSICS Illusdrated me wr eS cone eel Wit Ye NOT THAT = Pees MINISTER. See HIS NOeLE sAcce oF ‘Orrice ? KING OF ENGLAND! HIS “SERENE AND ACRE RAGGEDNESS! ANG THE HANGING BEGINS. ONE Stwe DANGLES BY THE N@EK.. THe TRAP GOOR BENEATH HIM. SPRINGS OPEN, READY “TO RECEIVE His WARM CORPSE. MY KNIGHTS! THEY Ve Come! ON BICYCLES: OVER HERE, SIR CAUNGELOTT WERE SAVED! Youve Come SOst INTIME!A CONNECTICUT YANKEE ANO_SO, A FEW DAYS SRI CLARENCE! CATER, IN CAMELOT'S ee KNOW. » rh BUTT HAVE SERIOUS NEWS FOR YOU, SIR AND. WE RETURN TO CHALLENGE| To CAMELOT, YOU IN THE LISTS! WILT THOU GO Our To Just WITHOUT ARMS OR ARMOR?CLASSICS J, Wacttaated ALINE SOUNDS OF THE GLE,” BUT Wane COCSES QUICKLY. | NEURIATED, SIR SAGRAMOR TURNS | FINALLY. _ HANI THE ARMOR CENIES. ANG TRIES COR HAN AGAIN, | SUT | Coes GELING RNISHe THiS ADVANTAGE Hane ee SARS HE KNIGH iM Ace sri TASSO FVIRLING a, INTHE A ‘ me hy aS) zsA CONNECTICUT YANKEE KNIGHTS ALSO &! > NST HIM. SURELY AFTER SIR LAUNCELOT FALLS, NO RNIGHT WOULD CARE TO. CHALLENGE. BUT. - HOPE 1? DION \ (a WONDROUS HURT TOO MUCH WEAPON SIR SIR LAUNCELOT, Boss! SO! MERLIN. Ut TO MISCHIEF,TICUT_ YANKEECLASSICS Dlistrated THREE MORE YEARS PASS. SANOY HAS BEEN MRS SIR OSS FOR SOME TIME Now. "AND SUDDENLY SHE THE RAILROAD FROM CAMELOT TO. INTERRUPTS...A_CONNECTICUT YANKEE CANDING IN FRANCE, THEY SP HE SOESN'T EVEN SUSPECT TIME ASHORE, VISITING NOS WHAT'S HAPPENING IN ENGLAND. THIS 1S The LAST HE'LL SEE OF SO YOU SAIL IN THE MORNING FOR My SHIP OR OF BRIPAIN! ENGLANG, CAPTAIN, WELL EXPECT BACK IN THREE DAYS WITH THE. [ THERE IS No one I'CAN TRUST, SANDY, I WILL Go MY¥SELE, THE SELLS ARE SHROUDED! PATHE CHURCH HAS CUT OFF. IT'S services!CLASSICS Dllushrated HANK MI WW PROGRESS IN AND AT THE RAILROAD STATION. . HANK MAKES SLOW PECGRESS JN GS" Wren rr BINAccy COMES INTC SIGHT, NIGHT HAS NOBODY HERE! EVEN STOPES RUNNING) Descencen i Urge rete Rare CAMELOT AT LAST! BUT ALL I SAME iL SERA LeeeT ees Il Bae saree ey - cLaRence! \/arTHuR 1s CEAC Wears RE ANG siz TAGNCELOT naPPENcD! J ANG SR MORORES Rave BEEN FIGHTING, Alc THREE WERE Kee! NOT EVEN. RGUaRO an aoe Wau! ARTHUR Cfa0? VmatT's NOT THE THEY ARE. EH? WELL co AND LAUNCELOT. ! WORST SIR Bass) TO WE CAVE ANC CHALLENGE THE CHURCH TOOK THE KNIGHTS. WERE GOING ADVANTAGE OF TO PROCLAIM A REPUBLIC! THE 'EIGHTING TO Come’ ALONG! PRDe ain Naan AERmeV SE ANNE enietirs Sees: SS ATS yy Reise ASE SE yBusA_CONNECTICUT YANKEE WE'RE ALMOST \/ ANO THe AT THe Cave,Now ¥ “Gareeo THAT STRIP OF Wie: SAND HAS BEEN CLARENCE? MINEO. WHEN THE KNIGHTS COME. Hurry, CLARENCE WE SHOULS REACH THE CAVE BY DAWN. WHEN THE KNIGHTS: HEAR OUR PROCLA- MATION, THEY'LL Be ArTeR US. BUT THE PEOPLE WILL BE GN'OUR SIGE © (DON'T DEPEND ON THE PEOPLE TOS. MUCH, Sik BOSS. THEY'VE BEEN OPPRESSED A LONG TIME TO SUDDENLY RISE AGAINST THEIR, MASTERS. [mene ane tenon ese See you HavenTY only FIFTY TWO FONSES weaONS Te EcReorren SEN | Oe TREY EXE Tue Sonane ts IN ; We RR eRe youn Bektect Roce SHEN ANS Wake Races Fae euiGa is COME, ALL, ie os ie TORN Tr ent Shc Cec Rede Te, VeeMemeer THE switcn you HAD IN, CAMELOT TO BLow UP ACL “me FACTORIES IW case we Were IGEDP Ve GROUGHT THE WIRE HERE en THROW THE SWITCH THEN CLARENCE. IT WAS A HAPPY THOUGHT TO PLANT EXPLO- SIVES UNDER THOSE BUILD - INGS. NOBOby's GOING TS USE OUR OWN WEAPONS, AGAINST US!CLASSICS Illustrated = MUST BE IWweNTy | taem THER: FIVE, HUNDRED Oo} APPROACHINA_CONNECTICUT YANKEE N THE MINES WENT ———————— SEE EU TERE SS Sees THIS IS THE ONtY \/ Hats RIGHT. LOOK Boss} ACR IK! TH S18, Rey ve aay o e OF BLOSSLGHTs! eS TRIECLASSICS Illustrated THUS THE KNIGHTS WERE RENDERED TH HO. ESCAPED THE BARBED WIRE WERE BATTERED BY THE NS. A FEW ESCAPED TO AEE DEEP WATER. OF ARMO! a KNIGHT ESCAPED ALIVE - TED CHIVALR: or ENGLAND! HUMAN KINONESS, CLARENCE...A_CONNECTICUT YANKEE WANK BENOS TO HELE THE MORTALLY WOUNSED KNIGHT BUT THE SIGHT OF Hin SEEMS TO FILE THE STRANGER WITH © SUDQEN, TERRIGLE STRENGTH. HE CIETS HIMSELF FROM THE GROUND WHERE ARE W/ REVENGE, TANS SH S/R BOSS! MAN. OH! HELL RECOVER Tis NOTA MORTAL WOUNDS, THANK HEAVEN AYE My Loro. YW MERELY AN OLD GRANOMOTHER WHO VES AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE. SHE'S OFFEREO Fo rele Us. Wis KNIFE THRUST IS OEEP ANO _UN- EXPECTED. HANK FALLS SACK. A. GEYSER OF BLOOD SPURTS FROM HIS CHEST... SEVERAL DAYS PASS BEFORE HANK CAN _SIT UP AND SPEAK. VeLARENCE.. SomEONG Vz FEAR T HAS TS SO SUT AND | CANNOT SIR MAKE A PEASE... WHEN / BOSS 2 AM ILL. TAM GETTER. THE UNSURIED DEAD Have: SPREAO' PE STI- LENSE AMONG U! FEEBLY HANK ATTEMPTS WALKING agit AH THe SUNSHINE FEELS GoD. LL BEALL RIGHT INA FEW Days CLARENCE, THEN TLU PATCH UP SOME KING OF A, PEACE, ms Gooo TO HEAR, You TAL THUS) sie S08s.CLASSICS Iiushrated BUT THE NEXT MORNING, BUT THE SURPRISE IS EVEN GREATER WHEN CLARENCE ACCIOENTLY OVERSEES HE HAS CACKLES AN ANSWER, THE OLO HAG MUMBLING AND. | MAKING STRANGE GESTURES AT DO YOU NOT KNOW ME TRULY? I AM MERLIN! THE SLEEPING SIRGGSS LHAVE PLACED AN ENCHANTMENT ON YOUR ary FING SIR BOSS THAT WILL KEEP Him IN SAY, you! WHAT ARE SLUMBER FOR THIRTEEN HUNGRED YEARS! YOU DSING? You'Re A DEVIL. meRLN! MERLIN FORGETS ONE IMPORTANT 7 ! Trev. THE LIVE WIRE FENCE. Se ee ae ee HIS EVIL LAUGHTER HALTS ABRUPTLY YUL SHow ye WHETHER MERLIN EScares ye, OR, NOT! HA, HAHA! PLAGUE WILL FINISH THE LOT OF US. "TIS WELL, KNOW OUR errre FATE!A CONNECTICUT YANKEE THIRTEEN HUNORED YEARS: ATER, A PARTY OF SIGHT- ERS IS BEING SHOWN AROUND WARWICK CASTLE THIS ARMOR IS BELIEVES TO HAVE BELONGED TO Sig SAGRAMOR LE EsiOUS. OBSERVE BULLET HOLE IN THE CHAIN MAIC. IT IS, BELIEVED CROMWELL™S GOOD AETERNOON. MR. MORGAN Feelin Berren> MY, You UScK Sleepy. 5 THOUGHT. YOU'S BE WIDE AWAKE BY Now! MR. MORGAN, I'VE ASKED YOU BEFORE NOT TO SPEAL OF MenTING EHSL TS NOT GOOD 50 “TAX ANS KNIGHTS YOURSELE SO. MR. MORGAN! AMING.. = rT WAS PuT T WONDER. PERHAPS. THERE'S A SUNT OF ARMOR THERE. SAID TO BELONG TO SIR SASRAMOR SOMETHING OR OTHER, WITH A BULLET HOLE IN THE CHAIN-MAIL.. STRANGE, ISN'T IT? AviT YE WELL, E ‘Saw (F DONE’ IN Fact... f DIO IT MYSELF! FUNNY. ME THINKING YOU. WERE 4 'NURS@, SANDY. WELL Now THAT YOURE HERE, THinic Re Rest AWHILE BEFORE JSNING ARTHUR AND THE OTHERS. STORIES OF KING ARTHUR'S CouRT IFT DION" Now HE HAO SEEN STRUCK ONSAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS Master humorist, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, bet- ter known by the pseudo- nym "Mark Twain,” was o native son of Florida in Missouri—born November 30th, 1835. His impres- sions of life on the Missis- sippi River were probably token from his personal experiences. While his for- mal education was brief, the associations and octivities of his boyhood furnished the rich mcte- rial he immortalized in many tales. The fact is little known that he was not the frst, but rather the second to vse the pen name “Mark Twain.” A writer on the New Orleans Picayune, Isciah Sellers, used it before him. The name itself was on expression used by leadsmen ‘on the river to take soundings—their cry being, "Mark half, mark ene, mark twain, etc."—"Mork twain'"—pointed out the depth of two fathoms. The life of Samuel_Clemens shows, beneath, at what times oppears a reckless levity, a clear-eyed shrewdness and hard-common sense. His works demonstrate literary fertility, a breadth of scope ‘ond the masterful handling of many topics and subjects. After the death of his father in 1847, Mark Twain worked a few years for his brother, Orion, on the Hannibal Journal, and then made his way te cities in the East, Middle West ond tg Cali- fornia, Ten years later, while on his way te New Orleans on a business venture, he decided suddenly to become a river pilot. It was there he came to know the river and its people so well, Clemens later returned to work on a project with his brother, Orion, and soon there- after, turned up on the staff of the Virginia City Enterprise, It was there he first used the pen name, “Mark Twain." “MARK TWAIN" Fate and fortune were served in large portions to the great writer, and whether itis true that he laughed at life or was a bitter cynic is'a secret that he took with him when he died in Redding, Connecticut, in 1910. 5 Mark Twain is omong our great American authors; his books will live forever. Among his most famous works ar TOM SAWYER, HUCKLEBERRY FINN, THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER, THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER, A TRAMP ABROAD, THE “INNOCENTS ABROAD, PUDD'NHEAD-WiL- SON, A CONNECTICUT YANKEE, THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALA. VERAS, THE MAN WHO CORRUPTED HADLEYBERG, JOAN OF ARC, FOLLOW- ING THE EQUATOR. No mention of Mark Twain's name is complete without some anecdotes displaying his keen wit, of which the following ore a few. “1 was gratified to be able to onswer promptly, and | did. | seid | didn’t know." (BID now fast rising from affluence to HENRY WARD BEECHER'S FARM "A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.” THE DISAPPEARANCE OF LITERATURE “They spell it Vinci and pronounce it Vinchy; foreigners always spell better than they pro- ounce. THE INNOCENTS ABROAD "Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do, and Play consists of whatever @ body is \d to do.” THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER not obl “In Boston they ask, How much does he know? In New York, How much is he’ worth? In Philadelphia, Who were his parents?" WHAT PAUL BLOUET THINKS OF US40 OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST COMIC STRIP CHARACTERS IN TATTOOS {also known as Transfers or Decalcomanias) ons FREE ‘YOURS with a SUBSCRIPTION for only 10 coming issues of Ch ASS Have fun with Dagw: Wimpy, Olive ©: Blondie, Cookie Zarkov, The Katzeni Jiggs and Maggie, Bo: and many more of your f comic personalities. All come to life in these colorful tattoo reproduc- tions. Easily applied on hand, wrist, arms, legs, books, glasses or other articles of smooth surfaces. DON'T DELAY! 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