Mark Twain and His Lolita

1858 On a spring night, the fragrance of oleander and pomegranate flowers floated in the air. The name is Sam? Clemens, a 22-year-old sailor, was on the steamboat Pennsylvania on the Mississippi River at this time, and with the help of the flashing gas lights in New Orleans, he directed the big bags of goods to be transported to the dock. After the ship broke down, Clemens took a look at the boat next to him. "John? j？ Roy ". Perhaps recalling the good times on the Roy, Clemens stepped onto the deck and shook hands with his old friend. At this moment, a young girl appeared. It is this girl who often walks into his dreams and even inspires his writing in later years. He is the great American writer Mark? Twain.

Meet for three days and remember for a lifetime.

In the description after many years, Mark? Twain described the girl as "an honest, simple and charming child who never seems to have traveled far". Her name is Laura? White, who was only 14 years old at that time, lived in Warsaw, a small village near St. Louis, Missouri, and was on a short trip with the helmsman (her uncle) of the "Roy". She and mark? Twain only met in New Orleans for three days, and they only met once at 1860. But in a sense, they have never been apart. When the "Pennsylvania" continued to go upstream, Mark? Twain and Laura are going to separate. Laura gave him a gold ring. This important token was taken away by Mark many years later. Twain entrusted secretary Isabella? Leon. But a tragedy three weeks after the breakup interrupted Mark? Twain's yearning for Laura.

Losing his lover, he tried to shoot himself.

1June, 858 13 in the morning, the Pennsylvania exploded with heavy casualties. Not bad, Mark? Twain is not on the boat. He went ashore instead of his brother Henry's class. As a result, Henry was badly burned and died in Memphis hospital a week later. Mark in deep remorse? Twain wrote home and said, "People have already left before the letter arrived. My poor Henry has finished his life. He is my pride, my glory, my love and everything to me. He is my lighthouse in out of the dark. God, how can I stand all this! "

When is Mark? When Twain fell into grief, Laura was still thinking about Mark? Twain, a young man who has known each other for three days. Mark? Twain wrote to Laura and visited her on 1860. Laura's mother is full of suspicion and vigilance about the 24-year-old sailor boy visiting him 16-year-old girl. She probably peeked at their communication. But many years later, Laura told Mark? Twain's biography strongly denies that his mother didn't steal the letter.

Mark with a bad temper? Twain certainly couldn't stand Laura's mother's hostility and left. In his letter to his brother Oreo, he said, "The little woman was defeated by the old woman, because the romantic letter was hijacked. She (Laura) always thought it was my fault, and I guess so."

Leave Warsaw, Mark? Twain followed the guidance of a fortune-telling witch in New Orleans. Although he always doubted the existence of God, he believed the words of the fortune-telling witch. Although they haven't met, the witch can "see" that Laura is "not very beautiful, but smart, five feet three inches tall, slim, with dark brown hair and eyes", Mark? Twain wrote in his letter to his brother: "The witch is right, but she said I would talk to Laura first to break the current deadlock. I bet she is wrong. " He is notoriously stubborn.

What happened after that, Mark? Twain and Laura met, only in his dream. Mark? Twain wrote to his brother at 186 1 that he would "miss Laura" whenever he slept at night. 1864, he wrote to his mother and said, "What will happen to the girl who belongs to me after marriage? I mean Laura. " He wrote in his diary in February 1865 that he dreamed of Laura shaking hands. He didn't write Laura's name, just the letter "L".

Miraculously reunited after 26 years.

After 1858, mark? Twain's boat exploded and Laura's boat fell into the water, but Laura refused to evacuate with other passengers on the grounds that she had to mend a skirt. Later, she was beaten up as a spy for the Confederate army in the Civil War. She and a man named Charles? Dakota's sailor got married, perhaps to hide her spy identity. Later, she and her husband went to the west. In San Francisco, Laura opened a girls' school. Later, she moved to Dallas and worked as a teacher in a public school. 18661010.2, Mark? Twain told the story of his experience as a reporter in Hawaii at the Maguire Conservatory of Music in San Francisco. Twain's reputation as the most famous travel speaker at that time. ,

1880, 44-year-old mark Twain received a letter from a Dallas teenager of 12 years old, asking about the situation of classroom writing. The letter said, "Oh! I almost forgot to tell you that our headmaster has known you since you were a little girl. You may have forgotten. " His principal, Laura? White or Laura? Dakota.

Mark? Twain immediately wrote back: "I haven't forgotten her. She is a little girl, a different little girl."

The well-known relationship between the two took place 26 years later. Laura, 62, is still a teacher with a low salary. She wanted to help a former student go to medical school, but she was short of money, so she turned to a philanthropist. Mark? Twain immediately sent Laura a check for $ 1000 after learning about it through a philanthropist. She wrote back to thank her, and they have been writing to each other ever since.

Laura's reappearance was at Mark's house? After Twain's death 15 years. A man named Bud, who knew the White House very well, gave a letter to scholar Charles? Goode wrote that he spent the night with Laura on her 80th birthday. Later, he learned about Mark from Laura. More stories about Twain. "She showed me Mark? Twain wrote her several stacks of letters, and she spent several hours reading them to me. Some of these letters came from the civil war, and a publishing company offered 20 thousand dollars to buy these things. Laura said that her brothers and sisters asked her to sell those letters. She said that after she died, she had to destroy those letters so that no one could read them, because that was Mark? Twain wrote it to her, not to the public. " 1964, Bud wrote to Goode again, saying that he had destroyed those letters, but Goode thought he was making up stories.

1932, Laura died at the age of 87. Until her death, she didn't reveal her relationship with Mark? Twain's tender details and the contents of those letters. "We did travel like a dream, and we did see what we saw in our dreams. Those people, horses, cats, dogs, birds and whales are all real. They live in spirit, not in form. They are immortal and indelible. We know that there is no such thing in the world, only in dreams and nowhere else. " Mark? Twain wrote.

[Name] Mark Twain (American humorist, novelist, writer and speaker)