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My brother had just been appointed Secretary of Nevada Territory−−an office of such majesty that it concentrated in itself the duties and dignities of Treasurer, Comptroller, Secretary of State, and Acting Governor in the Governor's absence. A salary of eighteen hundred dollars a year and the title of "Mr. Secretary," gave to the great position an air of wild and imposing grandeur. I was young and ignorant, and I envied my brother. I coveted his distinction and his financial splendor, but particularly and especially the long, strange journey he was going to make, and the curious new world he was going to explore. He was going to travel! I never had been away from home, and that word "travel" had a seductive charm for me. Pretty soon he would be hundreds and hundreds of miles away on the great plains and deserts, and among the mountains of the Far West, and would see buffaloes and Indians, and prairie dogs, and antelopes, and have all kinds of adventures, and may be get hanged or scalped, and have ever such a fine time, and write home and tell us all about it, and be a hero. And he would see the gold mines and the silver mines, and maybe go about of an afternoon when his work was done, and pick up two or three pailfuls of shining slugs, and nuggets of gold and silver on the hillside. And by and by he would become very rich, and return home by sea, and be able to talk as calmly about San Francisco and the ocean, and "the isthmus" as if it was nothing of any consequence to have seen those marvels face to face. What I suffered in contemplating his happiness, pen cannot describe. And so, when he offered me, in cold blood, the sublime position of private secretary under him, it appeared to me that the heavens and the earth passed away, and the firmament was rolled together as a scroll! I had nothing more to desire. My contentment was complete. At the end of an hour or two I was ready for the journey. Not much packing up was necessary, because we were going in the overland stage from the Missouri frontier to Nevada, and passengers were only allowed a small quantity of baggage apiece. There was no Pacific railroad in those fine times of ten or twelve years ago−−not a single rail of it. I only proposed to stay in Nevada three months−−I had no thought of staying longer than that. I meant to see all I could that was new and strange, and then hurry home to business. I little thought that I would not see the end of that three−month pleasure excursion for six or seven uncommonly long years! I dreamed all night about Indians, deserts, and silver bars, and in due time, next day, we took shipping at the St. Louis wharf on board a steamboat bound up the Missouri River. We were six days going from St. Louis to "St. Jo."−−a trip that was so dull, and sleepy, and eventless that it has left no more impression on my memory than if its duration had been six minutes instead of that many days Roughing It Quotes by Mark Twain 43 quotes from Roughing It: ... Roughing It Quotes (showing 1-30 of 43) I am not given to exaggeration and when I say a thing I mean it. Roughing It by Mark Twain - AbeBooks Roughing It by Twain Mark and a great selection of similar Used New and Collectible Books available now at AbeBooks.com. Roughing It News Blog Our blog for campers and parents attending Roughing It. News annoucements and more! Roughing It: Book 1 of 2 eBook by Mark Twain - Kobo Roughing It: Book 1 of 2. by Mark Twain. Thanks for Sharing! You submitted the following rating and review. We'll publish them on our site once we've reviewed them. Roughing It - Mark Twain - Google Books Roughing it User Review - Not Available - Book Verdict. In this 1872 Twain reminisces about his five years of roaming around the country from 1861 to 1866. Roughing It Chapter 1: A Little Blackmail Between Friends ... Title: Roughing It (1/7: A Little Blackmail Between Friends) Author: Jordanna Morgan Archive Rights: Please request the author's consent. Rating/Warnings: Mild PG for ... Roughing It Day Camp - Serving the San Francisco Bay Area Roughing It Day Camp is a traditional all outdoors summer camp located in the San Francisco East Bay Area on a lake side location in Lafayette. Roughing It Vol 1 by Mark Twain Reviews Discussion ... Roughing It Vol 1 has 79 ratings and 8 reviews. Connie said: The insightful observational humor of Twain in a travel book covering Nevada California ... Roughing It Part 1. eBook by Mark Twain - 9781518346330 ... Read Roughing It Part 1. by Mark Twain with Kobo. Samuel Langhorne Clemens better known as Mark Twain is perhaps Americas favorite author. Roughing It: 1 - Kindle edition by Mark Twain. Religion ... Roughing It: 1 - Kindle edition by Mark Twain. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device PC phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks note taking and ...
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