MARK TWAIN

Laid into the notebook are two examples of
the typesetter's work—satisfactory examples.
But then, almost immediately, Paige began to
tinker with it—perhaps there was need—perhaps
it was only Paige's pernickety habit of not being
able to let well enough alone. Two days later
comes another note:

Monday, Jan. 7—4:45 P.M.

"The first proper name ever set by this new keyboard
was William Shakspeare. I set it at the above hour; and
I perceive, now that 1 see the name written, that I either
misspelled it then or I have misspelled it now."

The space bar did its duty, aided by the electric con-
nection and steam, and separated the two words, prepara-
tory to reception of the space.

Surely the test of a novel's characters is that you feel a
strong interest in them and their affairs—the good to be
successful, the bad to suffer failure. Well, in John Ward
you feel no divided interest, no discriminating interest—
you want them all to land in hell together, and right away.

As the cow and the Christian think—I mean that
process which the cow and the Christian regard as think-
ing, when the subject is religion and the evidences.

A few months ago I was told that the Johns Hopkins
University had given me a degree. I naturally supposed
this constituted me a Member of the Faculty, and so I
started in to help what I could there. I told them I be-
lieved they were perfectly competent to run a college as
far as the higher branches of education are concerned,
but what they needed was a little help here and there
from a practical commercial man. I said the public is
sensitive to little things and they wouldn't have full con-
fidence in a college that didn't know how to spell John.

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