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MARK TWAIN'S SKETCHES. 



confess that he was not morally, but only physically drunk. By every right 

 and by every moral evidence the man was strictly sober; and, therefore, it 

 caused his friends all the more anguish to see him shake hands with the pump, 

 and try to wind his watch with his night-key. 



There is a moral in these solemn warnings — or, at least, a warning in these 

 solemn morals; one or the other. No matter, it is somehow. Let us heed it; 

 let us profit by it. 



I could say more of an instructive nature about these interesting beings, but 

 let what I have written suffice. 



Having forgotton to mention it sooner, I will remark in conclusion, that the 

 ages of the Siamese Twins are respectively fifty-one and fifty-three years. 



