Quotes from Mark Twain (1835–1910)

Oh, my dear sir... Bless your heart and hide...

And she was always cold toward bats, too, and could not bear them; and yet I think a bat is as friendly a bird as there is.

Many excursion parties came from considerable distances up and down the river to visit the cave. It was miles in extent and was a tangled wilderness of narrow and lofty clefts and passages. It was an easy place to get lost in; anybody could do it — including the bats.