Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-12-07
pIcTATINe no THE TYPEwnITER.
A Chapter From the Early Experience OF
Man who Tried II.

Man who Tried IL.
''When l first began debating TO
typewriter" said a 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 Won Gwilt leaned
back upon the tlue plush seat of the
palace car and looked out upon the
ileeting panorama period He had loved
the fair Adeline Otville comma and she
loved him comma but the old man had
kicked semi-colon that is comma you
understand comma he had not actually
kicked Adolphus comma but he kicked
fguratively speaking semi-colon and
the disconsolate Adolphus was now
travelling to assuage his grief semi-co-
Ion he was on his way to the Worlds
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
or,I hid haav, etraa tha
train started comma and he hadn't
known it which was not very remark
able 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
plus comma had been very much torn
up by this interpretation OF Adolf
plus 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 acct
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 out at the
flying panorama comma or more
strictly speaking comma fancy they
looked at the fleeting panorama in each
others eyes period And then they sci
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 AIDE
line comma quote he said comma sin
gle quote Adeline comma you shall
never marry Adolphus close single
quote semicolon but comma dear com
ma papa is gentle hearted comma yor
know comma and think we can bring
him around after all close quote period
paragraph
at seems that the old man was a.
that minute in the smoking room talk
ing cigar after breakfast comma ant
Adolphus followed him boldly periot
The old man gave him the grand bluff
at first comma but Adolphus was per
sistent comma and finally he got the
old man. / guess you'd better maxi
that gentleman out into the car wher,
Adeline was sitting period He wa
not proof against the combined attacl
of the young people comma and it nee'
Only be added that at last he consente'
to make them happy semicolon and s.
this trip which had begun in brief com
ma ended in JOY semicolon when the
got to Chicago they were married pc
riod That's all.
''But soon discovered that this wa
all unnecessary; that all | really needle
to do was to indicate the paragraphs
that if dictated intelligently the type
writer would do the rest. IN. Y. Sur
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