Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Steamboat mutyairi Horace E. Bixby akatora Twain semutyairi wechidiki kuti amudzidzise rwizi pakati peNew Orleans neSt. Louis ye $ 500 (yakaenzana ne $ 14,000 muna 2018), inobhadharwa kubva kumubhadharo wekutanga waTwain mushure mekupedza kudzidza. Twain akadzidza Rwizi rweMississippi, achidzidza nezvezviratidzo zvaro, nzira yokufamba nayo zvakanaka, uye nzira yokuverenga nayo rwizi nemigero yaro inogara ichichinja, matombo, zvikanganiso zvakanyura, uye matombo ayo "aizobvisa upenyu muchikepe chakasimba zvikurusa chati chamboyangarara". Zvakatora makore anopfuura maviri asati awana rezinesi rake rokubhururuka. Kutyaira ndege kwakamupawo zita rake rekunyepedzera kubva ku "mark twain", kuchema kwemutungamiri werwizi kwakayerwa kudzika kwemasentimita maviri (12 tsoka), yaive mvura yakachengeteka yechikepe. Semutyairi wechidiki, Clemens akashanda pa steamer A. B. Chambers naGrant Marsh, uyo akazozivikanwa nekuda kwekuita kwake semutungamiriri wechikepe paRwizi rweMissouri. Vaviri ava vaidanana, uye vaishamwaridzana, uye vakaramba vachinyorerana tsamba kwemakore akawanda pashure pokunge Clemens asiya rwizi. Achiri kurovedzwa, Samuel akanyengetedza munun'una wake Henry kuti ashande naye, uye akatomugadzirira nzvimbo yomubati wemadhaka pabhazi rePennsylvania. Musi waJune 13, 1858, bhaira rechikepe chacho rakaputika; Henry akafa nemaronda ake musi waJune 21. Twain akataura kuti akafanoona rufu urwu muchiroto mwedzi wapfuura, izvo zvakafuridzira kufarira kwake parapsychology; aive nhengo yekutanga yeSociety for Psychical Research. Twain akanzwa aine mhaka uye akazviona somunhu ane mhaka kwoupenyu hwake hwose. Akaramba achishanda murwizi uye akanga ari mutyairi wendege kusvikira Hondo Yenyika yaputika muna 1861, apo kufamba kwakaderedzwa pedyo norwizi rweMississippi. Pakutanga kwehondo, akanyoresa kwenguva pfupi muchikwata cheConfederate chemuno. Akazonyora chinyorwa "The Private History of a Campaign That Failed", achirondedzera kuti iye neshamwari dzake vaive vakazvipira sei kuConfederate kwemavhiki maviri vasati vaparara.Akazobva aenda kuNevada kunoshandira munin'ina wake Orion, aive Secretary weNevada Territory. Twain anorondedzera chiitiko chacho mu...  Mubvunzo: Twain aiva nebasa rei kusvikira muna 1961?
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