Mighty Maximilian: Samuel Clemens's Traveling Companion Book #4

Mighty Maximilian: Samuel Clemens's Traveling Companion Book #4 — page 9
it as his pocket watch reminded him what time it was It was still the morning ten o clock to be exact Maximilian read the simple typed script Ticket exchangeable for one seat aboard the Mississippi Belle Vicksburg Mississippi to the Port of New Orleans Louisiana New Orleans Maximilian mumbled He read the boat ticket a second time Its one end had been torn when its passenger had boarded earlier that morning Maximilian breathed a heavy sigh of disappointment and placed a paw on his hip The possessor of this ticket should board at 7 30 a m at the Port of Vicksburg on Saturday December 24 1875