Excercise IV Mark Twain & the Railroad Men

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Twain Without Punctuation

Adapted from ROGERS AND RAILROADS

Banquet speech for H. H. ROGERS BY THE BUSINESS MEN OF
NORFOLK, VA., CELEBRATING THE OPENING OF THE VIRGINIAN RAILWAY,
APRIL, 3, 1909

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h h rogers is like i used to be when i was married there were times when i was careless careless in my dress when i got older you know how uncomfortable your wife can
get when you are going away without her superintendence once when my
wife could not go with me she always went with me when she could
i always did meet that kind of luck i was going to washington once a
long time ago in mr clevelands first administration and she could not
go but in her anxiety that i should not desecrate the house she made
preparation she knew that there was to be a reception of those authors
at the white house at seven o clock in the evening she said if i
should tell you now what i want to ask of you you would forget it before
you get to washington and therefore i have written it on a card and
you will find it in your dress vest pocket when you are dressing at the
arlington when you are dressing to see the president i never thought
of it again until i was dressing and i felt in that pocket and took it
out and it said in a kind of imploring way dont wear your arctics in
the white house