Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 244, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1913 — A Good Word for Mark. [ARTICLE]

A Good Word for Mark.

‘1 never was much of an enthusiast over Mark Twain,” said the man with the spleen, "but there’s one thing I want to say in his favor right here now, before witnesses.” “What’s that?” asked four people together. “I’ll bet a hundred dollars he isn’t the author of half the anecdotes we see printed about him, and what’s more, I’ll bet he never even had a chance to look over them and touch them up before they were put into print."