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Title: A Tramp Abroad
Part 2

Author: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Release Date: March 1994 [EBook #5783]
Posting Date: June 3, 2009

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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A TRAMP ABROAD, Part 2

By Mark Twain

(Samuel L. Clemens)

First published in 1880

Illustrations taken from an 1880 First Edition

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ILLUSTRATIONS:

1. PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR
2. TITIAN'S MOSES
3. THE AUTHOR'S MEMORIES
32. FRENCH CALM
33. THE CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
34. A SEARCH
35. HE SWOONED PONDEROUSLY
36. I ROLLED HIM OVER
37. THE ONE I HIRED
36. THE MARCH TO THE FIELD
39. THE POST OF DANGER
40. THE RECONCILIATION
41. AN OBJECT OF ADMIRATION
42. WAGNER
43. RAGING
44. ROARING
45. SHRIEKING
46. A CUSTOMARY THING
47. ONE OF THE "REST"
48. A CONTRIBUTION BOX
49. CONSPICUOUS
50. TAIL PIECE
51. ONLY A SHRIEK
52. "HE ONLY CRY"
53. LATE COMERS CARED FOR
54. EVIDENTLY DREAMING
55. "TURN ON MORE RAIN"
56. HARRIS ATTENDING THE OPERA
57. PAINTING MY GREAT PICTURE
58. OUR START
59. AN UNKNOWN COSTUME
60. THE TOWER
61. SLOW BUT SURE
62. THE ROBBER CHIEF
63. AN HONEST MAN
64. THE TOWN BY NIGHT
65. GENERATIONS OF BAREFEET
66. OUR BEDROOM
67. PRACTICING
68. PAWING AROUND
69. A NIGHT'S WORK
70. LEAVING HEILBRONN
71. THE CAPTAIN
72. WAITING FOR THE TRAIN

CONTENTS:

CHAPTER VIII The Great French Duel--Mistaken Notions--Outbreak in the
French Assembly--Calmness of M Gambetta--I Volunteer as Second--Drawing
up a Will--The Challenge and its Acceptance--Difficulty in Selection
of Weapons--Deciding on Distance--M. Gambetta's Firmness--Arranging
Details--Hiring Hearses--How it was Kept from the Press--March to the
Field--The Post of Danger--The Duel--The Re