Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 15, 1917 by Various
page 51 of 61 (83%)
page 51 of 61 (83%)
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PATIENTS FROM THE LATEST PUSH AT THE PICTURES.] * * * * * DUELLING EXTRAORDINARY. The contemplated single-stick encounter between Colonel ARCHER-SHEE and Mr. PEMBERTON-BILLING recalls to mind a ludicrous affair which actually happened some years ago in a foreign city which I will here call Killemalivo. Mr. Alec McTavish, a Briton many years resident in that fair capital and editor of the only English newspaper, had taken up stout verbal cudgels on behalf of the Americans, who had been viciously attacked in the columns of a local "daily." The United States of the North, in its capacity of "special" to the entire American continent, comes in for plenty of abuse when a new revolution is about to be perpetrated. The strife had waxed fast and furious and eventually had taken on a personal tone, the editor of _La Muera_ accusing the editor of the English paper of being "that lowest of all living things--a Texan." It will be remembered that in times gone by the State of Texas decided to desert its Latin parents and roost under the shadow of the eagle's wing, thereby earning for itself prosperity and an evil reputation--in certain quarters. McTavish's editorial reply was a gem of satire and displayed an intimate knowledge of the antecedents of the rival editor. |
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