The news that Mr, P. G. Wodehouse has been awarded the annual medal of the Mark Twain Society will s be received with decorous delight at the "Angler's Arms" where that accomplished and genial barmaid Miss Postlethpresides and Mr, Mulliner acts as oracle. The*Stout and Bitter in the corner, the Double Whisky and the Gin and Lemon will no doubt join in the chorus of approval. Miss Postlethwaite's literary turn of mind will welcome an award which puts her creator on a level with the creator of Kim. She may be a little doubtful about President Roosevelt and Signor Mussolini but she will be reassured when she Id that Li Duce began his career as a journalist, Whether Mr. Mulliner will be persuaded to adorn the occasion, after the nec replenishment Miss Postlethwaite's at by narrating one of his incomparable reminiscences it is not possible to ich foretell.
Meanwhile Jeeves will persuade Bertie Wooster to ponder over the event and will discover that it in some way is directly due to his own astute manipulation of his author's destiny. As Mr. Wooster may be heard to observe Jeeves cannot be beaten.
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