Puppets at Large: Scenes and Subjects from Mr Punch's Show — John Shaqi
Puppets at Large: Scenes and Subjects from Mr Punch's ShowAnstey, F.
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Puppets at Large: Scenes and Subjects from Mr Punch's Show
Anstey, F.
English wit and humor
MR. JERMYN (_gratefully_). Er--yes, that's what I've come about, don't
you know--that sort of thing. Fact is (_with a burst of confidence_),
this isn't exactly my line--I've been rather let in for this. You see,
I've not been by way of doin' this long--but what's a fellow to do when
he's stony-broke? Got to do _somethin'_, don't you know. So I thought
I'd go in for journalism--I don't mean the drudgery of it,
leader-writin' and that--but the light part of it, _Society_, you know.
But the other day, man who does the interviews for _Park Lane_ (that's
the paper I'm on) jacked up all of a sudden, and my Editor said I'd
better take on his work for a bit, and see what I made of it. I wasn't
particular. You see, I've always been rather a dead hand at drawin'
fellows out, leadin' them on, you know, and all that, so I knew it would
come easy enough to me, for all you've got to do is to sit tight and let
the other chap--I mean to say, the man you're interviewin'--do all the
talking, while you--I mean to say, myself--keep, keeps--hullo, I'm
getting my grammar a bit mixed; however, it don't signify--_I_ keep
quiet and use my eyes and ears like blazes. Talking of grammar, I
thought when I first started that I should get in a regular hat over the
grammar, and the spellin', and that--_you_ write, don't you, when you're
not travellin'? So you know what a grind it is to spell right. But I
soon found they kept a Johnny at the office with nothing to do but put
all your mistakes right for you, so, soon as I knew that, I went ahead
gaily.
The L. L. Exactly, and now, perhaps, you will let me know what
particular information you require?
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