[Somewhere Quiet]

Dublin Core

Title

[Somewhere Quiet]

Creator

McCay, Winsor, 1867?-1934

Date

1907-02-26

Source

New York Evening Telegram

Publisher

New York Herald Co.

Description

Checks his valise to sit somewhere quiet and man talks his ear off.

Contributor

Kirsten A. McKinney
New York State Library

Language

English

Type

comic strip

Coverage

1900s(1905-1909)

Still Image Item Type Metadata

ImageNo.

91

Series Title

A Pilgrim's Progress By Mister Bunion

PublicationDate

1907-02-26

Publication

New York Evening Telegram

Transcription

[CHECK ROOM]
Mr. Bunion: Here Boy! Give me a check for this valise! I'm going in and sit down hail and rest, yes. I don't want to be bothered with it so check it for me!
/
Mr. Bunion: Now I'll sit down and take a good rest. Its quiet here.
Man: Hello! Mr. Bunion! Nice weather we are having, isn't it?
/
Mr. Bunion: Yes! It looks like it is going to thaw.
Man: Well! I don't know about that Jerome seems to have the ase well in hand yet, you can't tell I was--
/
Mr. Bunion: Huh! I"ll bet I'm not going to get a rest.!
Man: I was reading here that the jury have already made up their minds. It seems a pity that a food mother and her daughter--
/
Mr. Bunion: I'll bet four dollars I an not going to get a rest.
Man: Should be so horridly punished for a mistake they have made. I think a man who was shot is better off than all the other connected with--
/
Mr. Bunion: I'll bet sixteen I'm not going to get a rest!
Man: The case. I'd rather be dead than be in any one of their boots, the woman in any case should receive the sympathy of all for reason that she is weak, yet, in some cases we find--
/
Mr. Bunion: Pshaw! I"ll get out of here
Man: Her a demon and we are compelled to abandon her. I don't believe there is a vicious woman in this case--
/
[CHECK ROOM]
Mr. Bunion: Give me my valise, boy. Here's the check. I'll not stay here. I'll go on my way. I'd rather carry the old thing around with me than listen to him.

Original Format

newspaper comic strip

Physical Dimensions

11.8" X 8.5"

NYSL Microfilm Citation

NY 01 New York 93-31968, FEB 16-APR 1907 Reel 105

Reprinted

Winsor McCay, "A Pilgrim's Progress," Winsor McCay Early Works III, ed. Mark Thompson (West Carrollton, OH: Checker Book Publishing Group, 2004), pg.165

Tags

rest

Files

91-1907-2-26.jpg

Tags

Citation

McCay, Winsor, 1867?-1934, “[Somewhere Quiet],” Pilgrim's Progress, accessed March 24, 2023, https://pilgrims-progress.richmond.edu/items/show/91.