Show justified his ahle opinion alexander pope was one of 0 the first englishmen to decry the pun it was wag he said a species of wit so easy that he would engage to make one on any subject proposed offhand well then mr pope said a woman in the company make one on keel hauling quick as a flash he replied that madame Is indeed putting a man under a hardship spence who tells this anecdote deems it well to explain that keel hauling Is drawing a man under a ship ile he then falls into an ecstasy of admiration what a ready invention must the man haye have had ho be cries one could hardly have found a more crabbed word to exercise the punsters faculty the sunday mag magazine t |