Th AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF
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,r I ...:.- ; . - .-..• ::;..;;: ill-p^r
■-.::• jcu urly when there
- them I , ■ ■■ the "r -.'.i--.:':-- losing
• -th.: Bil ,• ,•..-■;.. i <■:>••- onjthe
:' Une • '..;• ■ \ .. , ne thi 'Ujrhtful idiot.
■ : iti bg i: • . .•■.■,; breathings, und
-;.':::,■ ■ . . ;,... c-eight to tHe djfing
:-■ • : -,. ; ;. i:: ill the tHnVng
■'■.■ ■ -.;,. . : :.-r- there was n>>;.
. ,-■ r] to'i ••- eive that nn
. . - ..••:.:-'- ..-.- there than the
•"■ • ■ -. nticisin md iwifter
'it i- :. .. rii«htmin»> 1 Raspc-l
■ tragjrl, : ; ::: .;... \he L-rtish of that
ithii • : ■■•,;.■ uf \vars we ha«i
' *:.:■ ■■• . - ! i 1 •:.. ■: the ill hick
■-■■■■ h occasion There was the
-'"• rr:,: • . :V.'., .nb , ch unk of
-■ "- •:-■ '. I ..■ him die Arid the
- : ■'-• ' :-];■ ■■ .... -..,, vvas stabbed with ■>
' ■■ ■:> ■ ■ . >mnide: I saw the red
. . ; - .-,. case hi the r' >\vdy
' :: -' '■'■■ •• • ; their h; inn ■<->■> "!'' unrle:
'' ' : "r.. : : ';triari'-"d< >v :. with his knees
:: : re; • other. one tried repeatedly t.<»
;_ ■■-■; xy, ■ ■ ; er w hi« h wouldn't K'>
■' •' the: •■ . , ,:•-■•' ("aliforni.l
:.■- ni ;. . . . . :.,.,, ",;\,( rai«l the
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j™ brruse ■• .'.■. || -..i.,-.'. Hill ' r
;:;;-; nai ;;- . .v,.; ;: ...v .,..,,. a i r \mx
'■*'■ r * '.■■■• ■ | .- voun" an<l blame-
:'.:.:..... wu i>e the whole
■ ; -V" with ■ . . •, : , oarse challenge:;
■ ' . ' ::■ there vr!:.. comra.le;
■■:...,; arid listen. The.fi^ure
. :'": '" " : •••■■ . • I,- the women were on
f'l ;*r.r. ... lhc ,;.„.,, shadow of
' ' : ■ h< elder woman's voi<«
.. :> " ; --- j .•■-:• .. ith slugs, and she
; : r '-" : ," ■ ■ • h e itayed where he wa ■
..' . ■• . iuld i osi him his life.
. ' ' "' ' he :■••■■::!; to latsjih. He
.. : " ' : . then through the d«Vi>
. '.■ :':: . "... ;.: ■ the hill , , ;'„. „;.;,-,- ;
fctnin; avasion of ants. Those f >er,f>le
j . -■ '■• ■ ■ . . wl my shin and was satisfied:
""■ :: '-' .:. —and • . not iiisapj)«nnted.
M V ;;- -- • nin- enabled me to see deeper
. :. than ..:: ignorarh person
t-,' : '. ' ■ i . :.. v whal the', were I"!' 1
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MARK TWAIN
Cat Story with Many Lives
- • ieeps of my heart I knew— and I knew that I
knew They wen* inventions of Providence to U
gui\< me to a better life. It sounds curiously inno
cen; and conceited now; but to me there was
nothing strange about it. —it was quite in accord
ance with the thoughtful and judicious way; of
Providence as I understood them: It would not
have surprised me! nor ever, overrlattered me. it
Providence had killed oil that whole community in
trying to save an asset like me Educated as I had
been, it would have seemed iust the thing, and well
worth the expense. Why Providence should take
such an anxious interest in such a property,-— that
idea never entered my head, and there was no one in
that simple hamlet who would have dreamed 01
eouipried with i:
It,is quite true I :■•••'•■: all the tragedies to myselt ;
.... | . ,:! v • • ', ■ ■ ■'•_ in p;r - : ;.- they ha] [>ened, ;aying
-'■ mvself in each case, with i igh ' Another one
. reiJehtanee': His jxitierii e will riot always endure.
And %vt pnvAtely I beluned it ftould:- thai l< I
believed it in the day time; but n-.i in the night;
With the poirjii tlowri'of the -i;i; my faith failed, and
tlie clammy fear- gathered a':><>ut my heart. It was
then that I repented. Those were awful nyhlx
nights of despair, nights charged with trie bitterness
. ■ death \fter each t'rageilv I recognized the warn:
ing/and're'pented.-repented and begged-begged
like a c .ward — r.eg^ed like a di'g,— and n..i m tlie
interest of those poor people wno ha-1 been extm
guished for my sake, but only in my .wn interest.
It seems selrish. when I look !«aekon n n-.w
My repentances were very real, very earnest an.l
af'er each tragedy they happened every night tor a
Ling time Bui I» - rule they cou d n<A tand ;,,
daylight Thev fade<3 «ui anil shredded a way.* aml
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