CONSTRAINED TO GO.

North Otago Times, 1 November 1906, Page 1 (Supplement)

CONSTRAINED TO GO.

When Murk Twain lived in Hartford, Conn., he was on intimate terms with the liev. Joseph H. Twitchcll. One day Mr.. Twitchell sauntered over to his friend's house, and said, "Mark, come and take a walk with me." "Oh, no, Joe; I haven't time," said the great humourist. "Well, now," was the reply, "you come, to hear me "preach every Sunday, and you say you believe what J read out of the liible is true ; if I could prove to you from the liible, thai you ought lo go a walk with me, would you go?" "Yes, of course," said Mr. Twain ; "but. it isn't (hero." "Yes, it is," said the minister, "for Ihe liible says, 'And whosoever slmfl compel llioe lo go a mile, go with him twain,'" Ami Mark wen 1 ,.