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The $30,000 Bequest : And Other Stories

By Twain, Mark

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Title:	The $30,000 Bequest : And Other Stories
Author:	Twain, Mark
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Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Literature, Literature & drama
Collections:	Penn State University's Electronic Classics Series Collection
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Publisher:	Penn State University's Electronic Classics


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Excerpt
Excerpt: Chapter 1. Lakeside was a pleasant little town of five or six thousand inhabitants, and a rather pretty one, too, as towns go in the Far West. It had church accommodations for thirty-five thousand, which is the way of the Far West and the South, where everybody is religious, and where each of the Protestant sects is represented and has a plant of its own. Rank was unknown in Lakeside--unconfessed, anyway; everybody knew everybody and his dog, and a sociable friendliness was the prevailing atmosphere.

Table of Contents
Contents THE $30,000 BEQUEST ............................................................................................................................................. 5 A DOG?S TALE ......................................................................................................................................................... 33 WAS IT HEAVEN? OR HELL?............................................................................................................................... 43 A CURE FOR THE BLUES ..................................................................................................................................... 61 THE CURIOUS BOOK ............................................................................................................................................ 79 THE CALIFORNIAN?S TALE ............................................................................................................................... 121 A HELPLESS SITUATION.................................................................................................................................... 128 A TELEPHONIC CONVERSATION.................................................................................................................... 134 EDWARD MILLS AND GEORGE BENTON: A TALE...................................................................................... 137 THE FIVE BOONS OF LIFE ................................................................................................................................ 143 THE FIRST WRITING-MACHINES .................................................................................................................... 145 ITALIAN WITHOUT A MASTER......................................................................................................................... 148 ITALIAN WITH GRAMMAR ............................................................................................................................... 155 A BURLESQUE BIOGRAPHY .............................................................................................................................. 162 HOW TO TELL A STORY .................................................................................................................................... 167 THE WOUNDED SOLDIER.................................................................................................................................. 168 THE GOLDEN ARM .............................................................................................................................................. 170 GENERAL WASHINGTON?S NEGRO BODY-SERVANT ................................................................................ 172 WIT INSPIRATIONS OF THE ?TWO-YEAR-OLDS? ....................................................................................... 175 AN ENTERTAINING ARTICLE........................................................................................................................... 178 A LETTER TO ........................................................................................................................................................ 187 THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY............................................................................................................ 187 AMENDED OBITUARIES .................................................................................................................................... 188