LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI, Part 6


BY MARK TWAIN




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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER XXVI.
War Talk.—I Tilt over Backwards.—Fifteen Shot-holes.—A Plain 
Story.—Wars and Feuds.—Darnell versus Watson.—A Gang and 
a Woodpile.—Western Grammar.—River Changes.—New Madrid.
—Floods and Falls.
CHAPTER XXVII.
Tourists and their Note-books.—Captain Hall.—Mrs. Trollope's
Emotions.—Hon. Charles Augustus Murray's Sentiment.—Captain 
Marryat's Sensations.—Alexander Mackay's Feelings.
—Mr. Parkman Reports
CHAPTER XXVIII.
Swinging down the River.—Named for Me.—Plum Point again.
—Lights and Snag Boats.—Infinite Changes.—A Lawless River.
—Changes and Jetties.—Uncle Mumford Testifies.—Pegging the 
River.—What the Government does.—The Commission.—Men and 
Theories.—"Had them Bad."—Jews and Prices.
CHAPTER XXIX.
Murel's Gang.—A Consummate Villain.—Getting Rid of Witnesses.
—Stewart turns Traitor.—I Start a Rebellion.—I get a New Suit
of Clothes.—We Cover our Tracks.—Pluck and Capacity.—A Good 
Samaritan City.—The Old and the New.
CHAPTER XXX.
A Melancholy Picture.—On the Move.—River Gossip.—She Went By 
a-Sparklin'.—Amenities of Life.—A World of Misinformation.—
Eloquence of Silence.—Striking a Snag.—Photographically Exact. 
—Plank Side-walks.










Chapter 26

Under Fire

TALK began to run upon the war now, for we were getting downinto the upper edge of the former battle-stretch by this time.Columbus was just behind us, so there was a good deal said aboutthe famous battle of Belmont. Several of the boat's officers hadseen active service in the Mississippi war-fleet. I gathered thatthey found themselves sadly out of their element in that kind ofbusiness at first, but afterward got accustomed to it, reconciledto it, and more or less at home in it. One of our pilots had hisfirst war experience in the Belmont fight, as a pilot on a boatin the Confederate service. I had often had a curiosity to knowhow a green hand might feel, in his maiden battle, perched allsolitary and alone on high in a pilot house, a target for Tom,Dick and Harry, and nobody at his elbow to shame him from showingthe white feather when matters grew hot and perilou                        
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