The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-02-14
THE NEW
TYPEWRITER
GIRL

Inc new typewriter girl, nutterS In
with a bright smile, and cheerful
Good morning" pulls the hood from
her machine and sets, down with a
clatter, and opens her mouth whence
comes:
There, that hood always bangs that
way. | don't know what makes it.
I'm sorry. o, If you don't mind. I'm
sure / don't. 1 haven't any nerves.. l
never did have any; nerves, / meant:>
My sister says she envies me. She
has nerves; she'll jump if you look at
her. Doesn't make any difference
whether you're pleasant or not, she
jumps just the same. o, yes, I'm,
ready. Been ready ever so long!
Wondered why you didn't begin.
20, dear! Dearl Mm-mhi There!
No, nothing's exactly wrong, but I've
spelled enthusiasm with an /, an /, at
the beginning don't you know!
'Twould be all right if I'd only put it
at the end. Would you mind begin
ming again at the word enthusiasm?
There! There's that interrogation
point again coming in where the COM
ma ought TO be! 1t makes the copy
look so funny, don't you know. TEX!
TEX! l do wish the thing hadn't any
pauses at all.
rs that so? Did / spell crocodile
crocodile? Well, there, l suppose
| was thinking. My mother often says
that when I'm thinking l don't know
a thing Crocodile! Well, it does
look funny! Why yes, I'm all ready
to go on. Did you say equatorial At
RIGA? Please spell it! There there's
that interrogation point again; o,
dear!
did l put a comma between south
and South America Well, l thought
that you were talking about the south,
the southern states you know. / can't
always tell when you want a comma.
Yes, know you told me not to put in
any punctuation marks but to leave it
to you, but | get so used to putting
them in that it seems as if l must.
Don't you think that when you get
used to doing anything you keep right
on doing it? N-e-u or new for pneu-
monia? Why, yes, it does begin with
a D., doesn't it? / forgot all about it.
Spelling is funny, isn't it? Capital G
for conchology? Well | didn't know,
but I'm willing to learn. Conchol-is
the next letter 90 or az Did l spell
ornithology, orinthology? Well, l don't
think you've given me the word be-
fore I've learned it now 1t ends ICY
does it not? o, g-g-y. Well, live and
learn! | shall know next time. Kane?
Kane? The one who killed Abel l
don't want TO know what he did but
how you spell his name. o, Cain, the
one in the garden of Eden -An
haps he wasn't exactly, but you az
ways think o. him there, and the SER
pent and everything. 4
Please repeat. l couldn't hear y4
because / went back to correS
There's something the matter WI
this ribbon. Is sort of-kind of-W
l don't know what, but it just y 4
and | have to- go back and do
over again. Isn't it queer how In q
things bother you sometimes? Thfs
ribbon now! Do you pronounce
Roosevelt with three syllables or two?
Some people only make two of it,
don't you know. l think three is bet
ter. E-v-e-l-d-t! No there isn't any
in it! l must have been thinking of
the South African war! There, that's
right! Who's vice president now?
No trouble about spelling his name, is
there?
Did begin attention with capital
A? Well, l suppose that's because it's
a long word Seems natural to begin
long word with capital dont-,s16'
think. Sion! NWhy.-Ae It's ton,
isn't it? l was thinking about the
capital and l didn't think.
DO you put an apostrophe before
phone? Some folks don't. Oh, yes, |
can put it there; | only wanted to
know if you would | want to do just
what you want me to do My sister,
in-law says | always do what | aud
told. Why, yes, I'll keep still. but
wanted you to know the