The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-01-13
Debating TO THE TYPEWRITER.
A Chapter From the Early Experience OF
y Man Who Tried 1t.


y 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 Won Gwilt leaned
back upon the blue plush seat OF the
palace car and looked out upon the
tleeting 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
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 Worlds
fair period paragraph
"Just now he felt hungry semicolon
thanks to youth and good health his
appetite never deserted him period So
Adclphus went forward into the dining
car to breakfast period no semicolon
and he ate a good square meal comma
as he generally did semicolon and then
he went back to his section in the
sleeper period paragraph
s'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
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 II
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 i
would be good thing for her to trave
semicolon and by the commonest acct
dent in the world she and Adolphu'
had met on the train semicolon it wa.
| just one of those things that happier
every day comma but it did not strike
these young people in that common
place way semicolon to them it was tht
most delightful thing they had ever
heard of period paragraph.
s'Quote Adolphus scare-mark Close
quote cried Adeline comma the colo
rising to her cheek and she herself ris
| ing from the blue plush seat Quote
Adeline scare-marl close quote criet
Adolphus comma hurrying forward K
meet her seplicolon and then they sa
down together and looked out at thu
flying panorama comma or mor'
strictly speaking comma fancy the!
locked at the fieeting panorama in eacl
others eyes period And then they Sc
about seeing if they could not in SOM
way fix things up with the old mai
period Quote You know comm;
Adolphus close quote comma said AIDE
line comma quote he said comma sin
gle quote Adeline comma you shall
never marry Adolphus close singh
quote semicolon but comma dear com
ma papa is gentle hearted comma yo'
know comma and think we can brin;
him around after all close quote perio'
paragraph
that minute in the smoking room TAX
ing a cigar after breakfast comma an
Adolphus followed him boldly perio
The old man gave him. the grand blul
at first comma but Adolphus was pei
sistent comma and finally he got TIL
old man I Ul,ess you'd better max