Cyril Clemens, maybe? try My Cousin MT. -hb On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 3:05 PM, Martin Zehr <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > In conjunction with my own research, I'm asking y'all for help in locating > the original source of a Twain-related anecdote. In Caroline Harnsberger's > book, *Mark Twain's View of Religion *(1961), she relates an episode as > follows: > > Sam's faith in Sunday School teachings was not strengthened by the outcome > of the expulsion from his class of an unruly boy. Later, when the lad > disappeared from Hannibal, it became a rumor-whispered with awe from boy to > boy-that the Devil had carried him off. (p.5). > > Thus far I've looked through some of the usual suspects, e.g., the > *Autobiography, > Mark Twain's Notebooks, Hannibal, Huck & Tom, *etc.. and have missed it, > but I thought one of you might have the reference embedded and readily > accessible in your functional neurons. Any help is appreciated. > > Thanks, > Martin Zehr > Kansas City, Missouri > -- Prof. Harold K. Bush Professor of English 3800 Lindell Saint Louis University St. Louis, MO 63108 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h) <www.slu.edu/x23809.xml>