The Tragedy of Puddnhead Wilson: And the Comedy Those Extraordinary Twins

By Twain, Mark

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Title:	The Tragedy of Puddnhead Wilson: And the Comedy Those Extraordinary Twins
Author:	Twain, Mark
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature, Literature & thought, Writing.
Collections:	Blackmask Online Collection
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Publisher:	Blackmask Online


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Excerpt: Chapter One. Pudd?nhead Wins His Name Tell the truth or trump?but get the trick. Pudd?nhead Wilson?s Calendar The scene of this chronicle is the town of Dawson?s Landing, on the Missouri side of the Mississippi, half a day?s journey, per steamboat, below St. Louis. In 1830 it was a snug collection of modest one? and two?story frame dwellings, whose whitewashed exteriors were almost concealed from sight by climbing tangles of rose vines, honeysuckles, and morning glories. Each of these pretty homes had a garden in front fenced with white palings and opulently stocked with hollyhocks, marigolds, touch?me?nots, prince?s?feathers, and other old?fashioned flowers; while on the windowsills of the houses stood wooden boxes containing moss rose plants and terra?cotta pots in which grew a breed of geranium whose spread of intensely red blossoms accented the prevailing pink tint of the rose?clad house?front like an explosion of flame. When there was room on the ledge outside of the pots and boxes for a cat, the cat was there?in sunny weather?stretched at full length, asleep and blissful, with her furry belly to the sun and a paw curved over her nose. Then that house was complete, and its contentment and peace were made manifest to the world by this symbol, whose testimony is infallible. A home without a cat?and a well?fed, well?petted, and properly revered cat?may be a perfect home, perhaps, but how can it prove title?

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson, ?1 -- Mark Twain, ?1 -- Transfer interrupted!, 17 -- Transfer interrupted!, 27 -- Transfer interrupted!, 32 -- Transfer interrupted!, 60