The Rise and Fall of Squizzy Taylor by Hugh Anderson

Author:Hugh Anderson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2013-05-05T16:00:00+00:00

TAKING HIS GRUEL

The months dragged on with no sign of Squizzy redeeming his word to come forward and ‘take his gruel’. He kept out of sight and basked in the gossip and newspaper glory, but could not resist the temptation of facetiously correcting what he considered errors in the news reports. His occasional communiqués, addressed to his admiring public from ‘the dugout’, were read with interest and ready amusement by all sections of the community except the police. Not only could they not catch Squizzy Taylor, his consort had slipped out of their hands as well.

Taylor, claimed the Herald on 24 March 1922, ‘is a humorist in his way, and as a practical joker he has shown lately that he is equal with the best of them. Indeed, he has an admiration for himself in that respect since he was dubbed the Charlie Chaplin of an establishment where he lived for a long time. It has never been regarded as a home of mirth, but the light side of nature was thrown into it when Mr Taylor was in a merry mood. When he changed his abode, his fellow-lodgers were genuinely sorry to lose him because of his humorous qualities. They are doubtless pleased to know that he has retained his ability to amuse.’

In his final note to the editor, he showed he had not lost his sense of humour by contemplating a ‘Back-to-Pentridge’ movement. He had also found profitable entertainment in the ‘In Memoriam’ notices of the newspapers.

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