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  2. Short Story.

    It was at a dinner party that Lady Caro first met Colonel FitzDominick. "A most interesting man," Lady Gle[?]lyndon had said. ...

    Article : 2,960 words
  3. The Sketcher.

    Some fifty years ago a young woman of prepossessing appearance was seated in a small back room of a house in Copenhagen weeping bitterly. In her ...

    Article : 1,499 words
  4. Pith and Point.

    The future of labour—shall labour. Slavery was abolished in Cuba in 1880, Not painted In water colours—a toper's nose. ...

    Article : 849 words
  5. Spray.

    There are few men who can resist the fatal fascination of the horse, especially if they have one to sell. The very best of us find it difficult to keep to the paths ...

    Article : 98 words
  6. France.

    It seems not impossible that the position of France at the close of the nineteenth century will nearly resemble its condition at the close of the ...

    Article : 140 words
  7. Dramatic Jewel Robbery.

    A jewel robbery of a dramatic nature is reported from America. The stolen jewels are valued at £10,000, and were the property of Mrs. Jane Houston, a ...

    Article : 130 words
  8. The Peasant, the Horse, and Cadi.

    One morning, as the peasant went to the shed to harness up his horse for the labours of the day, he was met by the declaration: ...

    Article : 412 words
  9. A Lost Joke.

    I could not have believed it possible! Some weeks ago, "in another place," I wrote some "Answers to Daily Correspondents," burlesques of the ordinary ...

    Article : 148 words
  10. A Mysterious Impulse.

    A good many years ago (says a writer in the "Weekly Scotsman") I was standing at night on the Dean Bridge alon with a friend of mine who has since ...

    Article : 459 words
  11. It Was an Accident.

    A good anecdote is told of an ambitious gentleman, who rather indiscreetly set himself up as a candidate for some office, and who, after the election was over ...

    Article : 187 words
  12. An Accomplished Wife.

    "Ah, old fellow," said an Austin man, meeting another on the avenue, " so you are married at last? Allow me to congratulate you, for I hear you have ...

    Article : 92 words
  13. The Talkative Young Lady.

    When you are introduced to her you may meditate some original remark on the weather, or Dr. Jameson or something just interesting, but before you ...

    Article : 342 words
  14. He was Balled.

    " I'll bet ten cents," said Willie Dawson as he packed a snowball tightly, " that this man coming down the street is bald." ...

    Article : 70 words
  15. Are Pillows Indispensable?

    Ever since mankind began to indulge in the luxury of beds they have been accustomed to regard the pillow for the head as an indispensable adjunct to the ...

    Article : 166 words
  16. One Thief Was Enough.

    Willum Jones, who had never paid more than sixpence before to sec an entertainment, was attracted while passing a theatre by the posters announcing ...

    Article : 158 words
  17. Andrew Lang on "Hacks."

    The notions or Major Pendennis, who had a hack for nephew, still exist. So writes Mr. Andrew Lang. To be a hack, people think, is to be destitute of genius ...

    Article : 357 words
  18. A Well-known Character.

    Smith: "There seems to be some; trouble identifying the female who went to Canada with that runaway cashier." Jones: "I can make a pretty good ...

    Article : 63 words
  19. Not as Good as Whist.

    An amusing story is told of a whist-player who imagined himself an authority on the game. After boring his friends with verbal comments ...

    Article : 185 words
  20. Her Pa Was a Humorist.

    There is a saloon-keeper in Tennessee who is something of a humorist. His entire family was in court the other day, and one of his daughters was a witness ...

    Article : 216 words
  21. Four Curious Epitaphs.

    From a mountain churchyard in Pennsylvania we get the following:—"A bird, a man, a loaded gun; No bird—dead man—Thy will be done." ...

    Article : 147 words
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