The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-28
DICTATED PUNCTUATION.
How the Story Read when the Type
wratsf Got Throuxh With II.

How the Story Read when the rypss
writer Got rhreuxh With II.
when I first began debating to
typewriter said man who writes
for the papers, addressing . New York
Sun reporter, Il thought that must
dictate all the punctuation complete,
| and my dictation ran something like
! this:
Young Adolphus Won Gwilt leaned
back upon the blue plush seat of the
palace car and looked ont upon :he
feeting panorama period He had
loved the fair Adeline otville comma
and she bad loved him comma hu, thu
old man had kicked scmicolon thai. is
comma you understand comma he had
not actually kicked Adolphus comma
but he had kicked figurativeiy speak
ing semieolon and the disconsolate
Asolphus was now travelling 90 assuaga
his grief seInicolon be was on his wav
20 the worlds fair period paragraph
'Jnst now he felt hungry scmicolou
ehanks 10 youth and good health hia
appetite never deserted him period 50
Adolphus went forward into the din
ing car TO breakfast period no scmi-
colon and he ate q good square meal
comma as he generally did scmicolou
and then he went back To his section
in he sleeper period paragraph
"'As he entered the car he saw SOM.
thing that made him almost doubt his
eyesight period no semicolon IL was The
form OF AdeliIlc otvil1e period And sha
was in the next section back OF his com.
ma and had been ever since the train
started comma and he hadn't known 10
which was not very remarkable comma
after all comma for the train had
started very Late the night before com
ma and he had not como aboard until
the last minute period II seems that
Adeline that Is mean Miss Otyille waa
travelling for her health comma no n
period She comma like Adolphus CONS
ma had been very much torn up bv this
Misrepresentation of Adolphus on the
part Of the cid man comma and her
father had thought that IL would
be a good thing for her 20 travel semi.
colon and by the commones. accident
in the world she and Aaolphue had met
on this train semicolon IL was just one
of those things tha. happen every day
comma brt il did not strike thess
young people In that cosnmoaplaos
way semicolon 10 them IL was the meat
delightful thing they had ever heard
OF period paragraph.
Quote Adolphus scare mark cioea
quote cried Adsline comma the color
rising 10 her cheek and she herself
rising from tho blue plush ,sat quota
Adeline scare mark close quote cried
Adolphus comma hrrrying forward Tn
meet her semi-colon and then they saa
down together and iookes. out at thu
flying panorama comma or more strict@
~ speaking comma fancy they looked
st thea tieeting panorama In each
others eyes period And thon they sea
about seeing il they cocld not in sonc
period Quote You know comma
Adolphus close quote comma said Adj
cline comma qrote he said comrna
single quote Adelinc comma you shall
never marry AGolphus cioss singis
quote seDicolon but comma desk
comma papa - gentle-hssrscd comma
you know comma and think We can
bring him around after ell close qnot0
period paragraph
"'it secms that the old man .aa "a
that minute in the smoking room tax.
ing cigar after breakfast comma and
Adolphus followed him boldly period
The old man gave him q grand biufr
at Grst comma bat Adolplsue VIVA per.
HIsss1t COMMA and finally ho got ;hs
Old tnan. ! gus.s you'd better usaks
that gentleman, ort into tb. car where
Adehno vas sitting period lie w.s not
pronf against ths combined attack OF
the young people comma and IL need
only ba a<ated that a. last lse corsens.
Cd - make ths<n hzYpy s~sniseIyn ani
30 this trip which bad begun 10 ryi.e
comma ended la 5cy sarni-colon wt,en
they got 20 Chicago they were married
psriod That's an
But scon discovered tisa. shis va
al unnecessary; ths. ali ! really
needed 20 do ~as IN indicate the para
grsyhs; that II ! dictated ioteiIscerur
the type writer would do The rest
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