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  2. THE SENTRY'S SHOT.

    One, [?]nny afternoon in the autumn of 1861, a soldier lay in a clump of laurel by the side of a road in West Virginia. He was asleep at his post of duty, The clump ...

    Article : 1,635 words
  3. A SHEPHERD'S LOVE STORY.

    The Alpine roses covered the Bueegi mountains with their thick tufts, shed[?]ing around that aromatic fragrance peculiar to them only in the Carpathians, and which is so ...

    Article : 2,416 words
  4. THE "SARAH JANE."

    I always had trouble with the compasses in the Sarah Jane (said the skipper.) I could never find out what was the matter with the old drain-pipe, and no one else could. My ...

    Article : 2,323 words
  5. JENKINSON'S GIRAFFE.

    Geoffrey Jenkinson was a bachelor of independent means, who wore blue spectacles and was engaged in compiling a work on natural history. How he came to be the ...

    Article : 1,220 words
  6. THE GREAT JUNKYBOY SYNDICATE.

    —"and the first crushing showed at the rate of 4cwt to the ton." " Eh ? Four cwt of gold ?" "No, man alive, 4cwt of quartz; the ...

    Article : 2,698 words
  7. MY ONLY APPARITION.

    Several years ago I made a campaign on the platform Mr George W. Cable. In Montreal [?] were honored with a reception. It began ta two in the afternoon in a long ...

    Article : 727 words
  8. CURIOUS EPITAPHS.

    From Grantham Churchyard :— "John Palfreyman, who is buried here Was aged four and twenty year; And near this place his mother lies. ...

    Article : 347 words
  9. CHRISTMAS SONGS.

    Christmas time is come again All the plumbers plumb again (Plumb again [?] plumb again) And the f[?] householders pays. ...

    Article : 436 words
  10. HER NIGHT OUT.

    A certain householder on reaching home at eleven o'clock enquired if the servant had returned from her half-day outing. The wife answered " No," and the husband ...

    Article : 319 words
  11. SOMETIMES

    Tis a jolly old world this Sometimes; Tis [?]lled eith rosy bliss Sometimes; ...

    Article : 123 words
  12. THE DUKE'S CAPACITY FOR SLEEP

    The Duke of Wellington possessed a singular power of sleeping at will ; and doubtless faculty greatly contribute to efficient action and mental power. ...

    Article : 205 words
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