The Innocents at Home - Classic Reprint Author:Mark Twain TEE INNOCENTS AT HOME. CHAPTER I. Theke were nabobs in those days-in the "flush times," I mean. Every rich strike in the mines created one or two. I call to mind several of these. They were careless, easy-going fellows, as a general thing, and the community at large was as much benefited by their riches as they were themselves-possibly more, in ... more »some cases. Two cousins, teamsters, did some hauling for a man, and had to take a small segregated portion of a silver mine in lieu of $300 cash. They gave an outsider a third to open the mine, and they went on teaming. But not long. Ten months afterward the mine was out of debt, and paying each owner $8000 to $10,000 a month-say $100,000 a year. One of the earliest nabobs that Nevada was delivered of wore $6000 worth of diamonds in his bosom, and swore he was unhappy because he could not spend his money as fast as he made it. Another Nevada nabob boasted an income that often reached $16,000 a month ; and he used to love to tell how he ha
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CONTENTS; CHAPTER I; ?PVSE; The nabobs of Those Days-John Smith as a Traveller-Sudden Wealth-A Sixty-Thousand Dollar Horse-A Smart Telegraph Operator-A Nabob in New York City-Charters an Omnibus- 'MYalk in, It's All Free"-"You Can't Pay a Cent"-" Hold On, Driver, I "Weaken "-Sociability of New Yorkers 7; CHAPTER IL; Buck Fanshaw's Death-The Cause Thereof-Preparations for His Jlurial-Scotty Briggs the Committee Man-He Visits the Minister-Scotty Can't Play His Hand-The Minister Gets Mixed-Both Begin to See-"All Down Again But Nine "- Buck Fanshaw as a Citizen-How To " Shook Your Mother "- The Funeral-Scotty Briggs as a Sunday School Teacher 15; CHAPTER III; The First Twenty-six Graves in Nevada-The Prominent Men of the County-The Man Who Had Killed His Dozen-Trial by Jury-Specimen Jurors-A Private Grave Yard-The Desperadoes-who They Killed-Waking up the Weary Passenger- Satisfaction Without Fighting24; CHAPTER IV« less