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  2. THAT REMINDS ME: Stories to Laugh Over.

    THE way they do things in some of the odd corners of the Empire, where they are comparatively free from wifeless telegrams, is very pretty. The officer in charge of a certain ...

    Article : 97 words
  3. WANTED THE RECIPE.

    WHEN a travelling street-fair recently left the town, a local merchant was left with a supply of confetti on his hands. As the fair was "playing" a near-by town, he thought of ...

    Article : 88 words
  4. COULDN'T BE DONE.

    "Land sakes, Stephen, what's the matter?" "I heard about those aeroplane birds flying upside down, and I tried it." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 24 words
  5. SHE HAD MARRIED A "NAGGER."

    FATHER VAUGHAN tells a good story Of a certain minister who was preaching on "Perfection." Did you ever Know anyone to be perfect?" he asked. "Did you ever read of ...

    Article : 73 words
  6. NEWLYWEDS.

    THEY were very young, and very happy and very foolish, and Very newly-wed. And they kept a kitchen garden. "Angelina, darling," said the youthful ...

    Article : 87 words
  7. COMPLIMENTS.

    "MUVVER'S compliments," piped a dirtycheeked urchin to the busy butcher, "and she wants me to show you the big bone you sent with the meat this morning." ...

    Article : 106 words
  8. HOW?

    ONE night a man was reading a volume of highly-colored fiction to his family. With his Spectacles on his nose he droned along: Gwendolen de Vere Hastings lowered her limpid ...

    Article : 102 words
  9. BROTHERLY LOVE.

    MR. WILL CROOKS, the Labor M.P., is one of the best recruiting speakers in the country. He told a good story the other night. Speaking of all soldiers being "pals" in war ...

    Article : 154 words
  10. A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE NOBLE BIRD.

    DAME RUMOR says, I know not with what truth, That turkeys will be scarce this festive time; For many came from Turkey, where, forsooth, ...

    Article : 81 words
  11. DOING HIS BET.

    "SILENCE!" roared the judge, to a small and terrified man who stood with the end of his nose resting on the rail of the dock. "I will not have the proceedings of this court ...

    Article : 105 words
  12. A DIFFERENCE.

    HOSTESS (at party): "Does your mother allow you to have two pieces of mince pie when you are at home, Willie?" Willie (who has asked for a second piece): ...

    Article : 61 words
  13. IRISH DELIGHT.

    TWO Irish companions had disagreed over a very trivial subject, and it suddenly struck Mike, the elder of the two, how absurd and petty the whole thing was. ...

    Article : 142 words
  14. THE REAl ECONOMY.

    Visitor: "But surely, Mrs. Boardem, you are taking considerable risk in letting your young men owe two or three weeks' board?" Mrs. Boardem: "Yes, there is some risk. But ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 57 words
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    The Tramp: "I don't arst for money, [?] —what I want is food. I suppose you [?] got a bit of cold pudden abant yer?" ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 24 words
  16. THE YEARNING.

    "PROFESSOR," said Miss Skylight, "I want you to suggest a course in life for me. I have thought of journalism—" "What are your own inclinations?" ...

    Article : 79 words
  17. KIDDING.

    TERENCE O'GRADY had been married a week, and had been working in his garden, when his wife came out and said: "Terence, my boy, come in to tea, toast, and five eggs." ...

    Article : 84 words
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