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  2. The Squatter's Mistake.

    DON'T dictate to me, young man; as the author of your being and the founder of your anticipated fortune, I have a right both to advise ...

    Article : 1,014 words
  3. [ORGINAL.] Little Katie's Lament.

    I've lost my Tttten—oh, what shall I do? I tant find him anywhere—please tan you? ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 205 words
  4. CHAPTER II.

    Helen Archbold was one of seven daughters of a poor clergyman in the South of England. Their only dower was beauty-of money there was none. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,280 words
  5. Puzzles, Tricks,&c.

    In the centre of a piece of leather make two parallel cuts with a penknife, and just below a small hole of the same width, then pass a pieco of string under the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 72 words
  6. Games for Christmas Parties.

    Any odd number of couples will do for this; five is, however, a convenient number. A good stirring galop, or the Hirtation figure of a quadrille, should be ...

    Article : 224 words
  7. HOW TO SPIN A SHILLING ON, THE POINT OF A NEEDLE.

    This seemingly impossible feat may easily be performed, as shown in the illustration. Take a needle and fix the eye and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 85 words
  8. BLOWING THE FEATHER.

    This game is somewhat old-fashioned, but children never fail to derive great fun and excitement from it. The party seat themselves on the floor in the form ...

    Article : 191 words
  9. CHAPTER III.

    It was at a birthday party that Hector Brown and young Helen Mortimer first met. The subject of the celebration was a young lady ...

    Article : 2,413 words
  10. BLOW OUT A CANDLE BLIND. FOLDED.

    Place a lighted candle upon the table. Then the one who has to perform the task is placed with his back to it and blindfolded. He must next take five ...

    Article : 96 words
  11. "THE OBEDIENT SIXPENCE."

    Lay a sixpence between two halfcrowns, and place upon the larger coins a glass. Remove the sixpence without displacing either of the half-crowns or the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 123 words
  12. TELLING EYES.

    This is a very amusing game. A linen horse is covered with an old sheet, or with sheets of newspaper, in which a hole one inch deep and four and a half inches ...

    Article : 97 words
  13. TO MAKE A SIXPENCE VANISH.

    To make a sixpence vanish place it in the palm of your hand, and take pains to let everybody see it. Then state that if anyone of the audience will call out ...

    Article : 85 words
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