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  2. Flotsam and Jetsam

    "What are you going to have for dinner ?" asked the new arrival at a country hotel "Well" answered the landlord, who had ...

    Article : 75 words
  3. A Trick of a St. Bernard.

    Among some interesting [?]g stories told recently in the "Spectator" is this one concerning a remarkably sagacious St. Bernard, which lived at a house where the ...

    Article : 337 words
  4. A Wife's Revenge.

    "George, dear-" " Don't bother me, Laura. I am reading, and I'd rather read than talk just now." An hour dragged its way into the dim, ...

    Article : 104 words
  5. FACTS AND FANCIES.

    A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men,—HUDIBRAS. "Will you be mine ?" he murmured to her under the lambent moon. "I'll let you ...

    Article : 1,074 words
  6. Whiter Than a Shirt.

    Inventors have a power of abstraction which serves them a good turn on some occasions, and is liable to betray them into strange statements on others. ...

    Article : 129 words
  7. Hit in the Face.

    In one of Mr. Chauncey M. Depew's stories, he tells of meeting a man as funny as himself. "One day," said Mr. Depew, " I met a ...

    Article : 112 words
  8. Accounted For.

    Housekeeper :" That milk you left yesterday was perfectly horrid; It tasted of garlic." Milkman ; " Milk is easily spoiled, mum. ...

    Article : 101 words
  9. An Opportunity for Inventors.

    Meandering Mike heaved a deep sigh. "What's the matter?" asked his companion. "I were jes' thinkin' about bad roads ...

    Article : 92 words
  10. Divided Honours.

    " I never ran for office but once in my life," said the talkative party with a reminiscent smile, "but that once was enough to satisfy me for all time to come. I was ...

    Article : 372 words
  11. A Lawyer, of Course.

    A barrister riding his bicycle on a path was caught by a policeman. The gentleman at once came off the path, and tried to reason with the policeman. ...

    Article : 190 words
  12. An Opportune Moment.

    "Good evening, Mr. Manygirls," said the young man. "Evening" responded Mr. Manygirls, gruffly. A pile of papers, evidently bills, ...

    Article : 124 words
  13. with a Difference.

    The person Who remembers a thing "almost and not quite" has recently been portrayed in the " Philadelphia Record." "Here's a puzzle for you," said Mary to ...

    Article : 167 words
  14. A Bit of Strategy.

    "It didn't turn out as Jones figured," said the talkative man with a grin. "He invited me to pay him a visit at his summer home in the country, and I accepted ...

    Article : 564 words
  15. Talking Against 'Time.

    " What this country needs is a society for the prevention of cruelty to book agents," said the seller of books by subscription with a sigh. ...

    Article : 492 words
  16. A Man of Resources.

    When a wife is just starting down town to do some errands, and leaves her husband at home, she invariably gives him from one to a dozen orders, couched in the language ...

    Article : 311 words
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