The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-02-09

DICTATED PUNCTUATION.
How the Story Read When the Type
writer Got Through with 1t.


when first began debating to a
typewriter" said a man who writes
Tor 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 out upon the
fleeting panorama period He had
loved the fair Adeline Otville comma
and she had loved him comma but the
old man had kicked semicolon that is
comma you understand comma he had
not actually kicked Adolphus comma
but he had kicked figuratively speak
ing semicolon and the disconsolate
AdOlphus was now travelling to assuage
his grief semicolon he was on his way
to the worlds fair period paragraph
Just now he felt hungry semicolon
thanks to youth ard good health his
appetite never deserted him period So
Adoiphus went forward into the din
ing car to breakfast period no semi
colon 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
AS he entered the car he saw some
thing that made him almost doubt his
eyesir.lt period no semicolon it was the
form oI -ldcline Otville period And she
va ii tlc next section back of his COM
I22.t and had been ever since the train
started comma and he hadn't known it
yThieh was not very remarkable comma
:.tte~ ali comma for the train had
| started very late the night before com
Tcl2 and he had not come aboard until
| the lcst minute period 1t seems that
/ -A-.cl--2c that IS mean Miss Otville was
| j2aTcling for her health comma no
| period She comma like Adolphus COM
M hal been very much torn up by this
lllisap appreciation of Adolphus on the
part OF the old man comma and her
f1ttcr had thought that it would
lc Z GOOD thing FOR her to travel semi
colon ard by the cOmmonest accident
in The world she and Adolphus had met
or III rain scmicolon it was just one
of t:loe JilingG that happen every day
comma bat it did not strike these
yoa1g people il that commonplace
way scIliool0n to them it was the most
dcli.,2s-.:i thing they had ever heard
Of period paragraph.
Quote .idolphus scare mark close
quote cried Adeline comma the color
rising 10 her cheek and she herself
rising from the blue plush seat quote
Adclinc scare mark close quote cried
AGolphUs comma hurrying forward to
meet her sani-colon and then they sat
down together and looked out at the
flying panorama comma or more strict
l. spcaking comma I fancy they looked
at ,the0 1eeting 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 Ad-
cline comma quote he said comma
single quote Adeline comma you shall
never marry Adolphus close single
quote sem1coIon but comma dear
comma papa is gentle-hearted comma
YOU know comma and I 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 q cigar after breakfast comma and
Adolpfus followed him boldly period
The cid man gave him a grand bluff
at first comma but Adolphus was per-
sistent comma and finally he got the
old man. guess you'd better make
that gentleman, out into the car where
Adeline was sitting period Hew not
proof against the combined attack of
the young people comma and it need
only be added that at last he consent
ed to make them happy semi-colon and
so this trip which had begun in grief
comma ended in joy semi-colon when
they got to Chicago they were married
period That's all
But | soon discovered that this was
all unnecessary: that all 1 really
needed to do was to indicate the para
graphs: that if l dictated intelligently
the typewriter would do the rest"