Mark Twain >nce desired to borrow a book from a neighbor of his, but was told that, though he might refer to it in the library with pleasure, "he books were never allowed to leave the house. y 0 t long after the neighbor asked }Lark Twain to lend him his lawn sprinkler. He was informed that the latter never allowed the sprinkler to leave his own garden, but that he was quite welcome to make use of it, if he liked, on the lawn of the I humorist. 1
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Evening Star, Issue 16033, 9 February 1916, Page 8
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90Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 Evening Star, Issue 16033, 9 February 1916, Page 8
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