Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1895 — Didn’t Like Mark Twain’s Stories. [ARTICLE]

Didn’t Like Mark Twain’s Stories.

About this time Mark Twain came to visit us, and he had a habit of making midday lunch his principal meal, so when 6 o’clock dinner came he would walk up and down the room, crossing It diagonally, and telling us the most amusing stories while we ate our dinner. He always put on low-heeled slippers for this promenade, and something about the singularity of the proceeding as a whole inspired Snap with distrust. He followed Mr. Clemens up and down, up and down, the room, occasionally sniffing at the low-heeled slippers; and when a louder burst of laughter than usual greeted some of the delightful stories, Snap would growl and try to worry the peripatetic footgear, until Mr. Clemens became conscious of him, and slowly turned a wondering consideration upon him.—St Nicholas.