The Enchanted Typewriter

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Bangs John Kendrick. The Enchanted Typewriter

I. THE DISCOVERY

II. MR. BOSWELL IMPARTS SOME LATE NEWS OF HADES

III. FROM ADVANCE SHEETS OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN’S FURTHER RECOLLECTIONS

IV. A CHAT WITH XANTHIPPE

V. THE EDITING OF XANTHIPPE

VI. THE BOSWELL TOURS: PERSONALLY CONDUCTED

VII. AN IMPORTANT DECISION

VIII. A HAND-BOOK TO HADES

IX. SHERLOCK HOLMES AGAIN

X. GOLF IN HADES

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Boswell was a little late in arriving the next night. He had agreed to be on hand exactly at midnight, but it was after one o’clock before the machine began to click and the bell to ring. I had fallen asleep in the soft upholstered depths of my armchair, feeling pretty thoroughly worn out by the experiences of the night before, which, in spite of their pleasant issue, were nevertheless somewhat disturbing to a nervous organization like mine. Suddenly I waked, and with the awakening there entered into my mind the notion that the whole thing was merely a dream, and that in the end it would be the better for me if I were to give up Aldus and other club dinners with nightmare inducing menus. But I was soon convinced that the real state of affairs was quite otherwise, and that everything really had happened as I have already related it to you, for I had hardly gotten my eyes free from what my poetic son calls “the seeds of sleep” when I heard the type-writer tap forth:

“Hello, old man!”

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I smiled at his seeming inconsistency and let myself into his snare.

“I haven’t written anything that has lasted a hundred years yet,” said I.

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