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A MUTE GOES ABOARD A BOAT ON THE MISSISSIPPI. At sunrise on a first of April, there appeared, suddenly as Manco Capac at the lake Titicaca, a man in cream-colors, at the water-side in the city of St.…
SHOWING THAT MANY MEN HAVE MANY MINDS. "Odd fish!" "Poor fellow!" "Who can he be?" "Casper Hauser." "Bless my soul!" "Uncommon countenance."…
IN WHICH A VARIETY OF CHARACTERS APPEAR. In the forward part of the boat, not the least attractive object, for a time, was a grotesque negro cripple, in tow-cloth attire and an old coal-sifter of a t…
RENEWAL OF OLD ACQUAINTANCE. "How do you do, Mr. Roberts?" "Eh?" "Don't you know me?" "No, certainly." The crowd about the captain's office, having i…
THE MAN WITH THE WEED MAKES IT AN EVEN QUESTION WHETHER HE BE A GREAT SAGE OR A GREAT SIMPLETON. "Well, there is sorrow in the world, but goodness too; and goodness that is not greenness, either…
AT THE OUTSET OF WHICH CERTAIN PASSENGERS PROVE DEAF TO THE CALL OF CHARITY. —"You—pish! Why will the captain suffer these begging fellows on board?"; These pettish words were breathed by a…
A GENTLEMAN WITH GOLD SLEEVE-BUTTONS. At an interesting point of the narration, and at the moment when, with much curiosity, indeed, urgency, the narrator was being particularly questioned upon that …
A CHARITABLE LADY. If a drunkard in a sober fit is the dullest of mortals, an enthusiast in a reason-fit is not the most lively. And this, without prejudice to his greatly improved understanding; for…
TWO BUSINESS MEN TRANSACT A LITTLE BUSINESS. —"Pray, sir, have you seen a gentleman with a weed hereabouts, rather a saddish gentleman? Strange where he can have gone to. I was talking with him …
IN THE CABIN. Stools, settees, sofas, divans, ottomans; occupying them are clusters of men, old and young, wise and simple; in their hands are cards spotted with diamonds, spades, clubs, hearts; the …
