The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-07
Debating 70 THETYpEwRlTeR.
A Chapter From the EArlv Expefisnce o
4 Man Who Tried Ii.

A Chapter From the EArlv EXpefionco OF
. Man Who Tried 1t.
'When / first began debating to q
typewriter" said man who writes for
the papers, 81 thought that must die
tate all the punctuation complete, and
my dictation ran something like this:
Young Adolphus ron Gwilt leaned
back upon the blue plush seat of the
palace car and looked out upon the
fieeting panorama period He had loved
the fair Adeline Otville comma and she
loved him comma out the old man had
kicked semi-colon that is comma you
understand comma he had not actually
kicked Adolphus comma but he kicked
figuratively speaking semi-colon and
the disconsolate Adolphus was now
travelling to assuage his grief semi-co-
lon he was on his way TO the World $
fair period paragraph
Just now he felt hungry semicolon
thanks to youth and good health his
appetite never deserted him period So
Adolphus went forward into the dining
car TO breakfast period no semicolon
and he ate good square meal comma
as he generally did semicolon and then
he went back to his section in the
sleeper period paragraph
''As he entered the car he saw some
thing that made him almost doubt his
eyesight period no semicolon it was
the form of Adeline Otville period And
she was in the next section back of his
comma and had been ever, since the
train started comma and he hadn't
known it which was not very remark
aole comma after all comma for the
train had started very late the night
before comma and he had not come
aboard until the last minute period 1t
seems that Adeline that is / mean Miss
Otville was travelling for her health
comma too period She comma like Adolf
phus comma had been very much torn
up by this Misrepresentation of Adol-
phus on the part of the old man COM
ma and her father had thought that it
would be good thing for her to travel
semicolon and by the commonest acci-
dent in the world she and Adolphus
had met on the train semicolon it was
just one of those things that happen
every day comma but it did not strike
these young people in that common
place way semicolon to them it was the
most delightful thing they had ever
heard of period paragraph.
Quote Adolphus scare mark close
quote cried Adeline comma the color
rising to her cheek and she herself ris-
ing from the blue plush seat Quote
Adeline scare-mark close quote cried
Adolphus comma hurrying forward to
meet her semicolon and then they sat
down together and looked ont at the
flying panorama comma or more
strictly speaking comma l fancy they
looked at the feeting panorama in each
others eyes period And then they set
about seeing if they could not in some
way fix things up with the old man
period Quote You know comma
Adolphus close quote comma said Ade-
line comma quote he said comma sim
gle quote Adeline comma you shall
never marry Adolphus close single
quote semicolon but comma dear COM
ma papa is gentle hearted comma you
know comma and l think we can bring
him around after all close quote period
paragraph
1t seems that the old man was at
that minute in the smoking room TAX
ing a cigar after breakfast comma ana
Adolphus followed him boldly period
The old man gave him the grand bluff
at first comma but Adolphus was per
sistent comma and finally he got the
old man. l guess you'd better make
that gentleman out into the car where
Adeline was sitting period He was
not prooof against the combined attack
of the young people comma and it need
only be added that at last he consented
to make them happy semicolon and so
this trip which had begun in brief COM
ma ended in joy semicolon when they
got to Chicago they were married Pc
riod That's all.
But l soon discovered that this was
all unnecessary: that all really needed
to do was to indicate the paragraphs;
that if dictated intelligently the type,
writer would do the rest. N. Y. Sun.