Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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y1111111111 1 1111111111111 11 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1111 xxxx xx x xxxx 1 1 Before Mark Twain had remained a week in London, he was justified in 2 sayingthese words: I have received since I have been here hundreds of letters from all conditions of people in England--men, women, and chil- ' 2 dren-and there is compliment, praise, and above all, and better than all, there is in them a note of affection-that is the last and final and most pre- i cious reward that any man can win, whether by character or achievement, ' and I am very grateful to have that reward. I The three outstanding events in Mark Twain's visit were his presence at the royal garden party at Windsor, the luncheon given to him by the f Pilgrims, and the bestowal of the degree of Doctor of Literature by Oxford University. 2 , Z , At the garden party, where the guests included, with hardly an ex- if I ception, all the most famous men and women in England, Mark Twain was 1 the most popular man present. As he was driving to the castle grounds, he was kept bowing in response to the delighted cheers of the crowds that lined the streets. They gave him a greeting which must have touched his I heart. At the castle grounds, he was again greeted by many of the notable 2 j 3 people. During the afternoon, he was presented to the King and Queen 1 2 and talked with them for fully ten minutes--a far longer time than their Q Majesties spared for any of their other guests. Mark Twain described 5 2 the conversation with the King as follows: 2 His Majesty was very courteous. In the course of the conversation, I reminded him of an episode of sixteen years ago, when I had the honor to walk a mile with him at the time he was taking the waters at Hamburg 5 in Germany. I said that I had often told about that episode, and that when- 2 2 ever I was the historian, I made a good history of it, and it was worth lis- 2 tening to, but that it had found its way into print once or twice in an unau- 2 2 thentic way, and was badly damagedg therefore I said I should like to go 2 Z ' on repeating this history, but that I should be quite fair and reasonably 2 f honest, and while I should probably never tell it twice in the same way, 2 5 I should at least never allow it to deteriorate in my hands. His Majesty 3 , , intimated his willingness that I should continue to disseminate that piece 2 of history, and he added a compliment, saying that he knew good and sound 2 2 history would not suffer at my hands, and that if the good and sound his- 2 2 tory needed any improvement beyond the facts, he would trust me to fur- 2 2 nish these embellishments. 2 That was on Saturday, Iune 22. On Sunday and Monday, Mark 2 2 Twain visited some private friends, taking tea with Archdeacon Wilber- 2 2 force on the former day and visiting the House of Commons on Tuesday, 2 june 25. I-Ie was the guest of honor at the luncheon party given by the 2 Z Pilgrims. At this party, Mr. Twain had compliments ' ' heaped on him through the speeches of his friends. He 1 fffff 1 Meffwff fff' f cffeffgfyff , himself, rose, cigar in mouth, to respond. His speech ga xxxxx , 1f1ff ',a 111w11011011m11111a1111 1 111111101 11 1111 111110 111 1 1111 11111111 11 1111111111111m11111 0111 1111 111111 1111 1 111 1 11 11111111 1 11111111 11 11 11111111l WW W . ,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, . ,,,, ,, .,,, ,,,,, . ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,.,,, ,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,, , , ,

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