When small coincidences happen in Mark Twain’s life, he wonders if there’s a mystical cause behind it.
Two friends run into each other in the most unexpected place and they both exclaim, “What are the odds?” Coincidences and curious events like these are unique and add to life’s flavor.
In his short story “
Mental Telegraphy Again,” Mark Twain relates several instances when his personal thoughts or actions curiously coincided with the events around him.
Something Mental
The first incident that Twain relates occurred when he and a friend, Mr. George W. Cable, were campaigning. While in Montreal, they attended a reception in their honor. Twain and Cable stood in a room and greeted a long line of men and women, and they shook hands with people. Twain related: “My sight is of the telescopic sort, and I presently recognized a familiar face among the throng of strangers.”
