Mark Twain was taking a train trip. He didn't want to carry his briefcase with him, so he asked a baggage handler if he thought the briefcase was strong enough to be checked and placed in the baggage compartment. The baggage handler shrugged, took Twain's case, and promptly hurled it to the pavement. "That, sir," he said, "is what she'll get in Philadelphia." Then he picked it up and struck it five or six times against the side of the train car. "And that," he continued, "is what she'll get in Chicago." Finally, he threw the case to the ground again and stomped on it vigorously until the author's books and papers spilled out, saying, "That's what she'll get in Sioux City." As Twain watched in disbelief, the man nodded at his now mangled case and said, "If you're going any farther than Siou…