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  2. THE MESSENGER FROM KHARTOOM

    "Just at present she has an object in her travel beyond mere adventure or sight-seeing. She is searching for a man." ...

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  3. FING WING'S COPY.

    Och! don't be talkin'. It is howld on, ye say? An' didn't I howld on till the heart of me clane broke entirely, and me wastin' that thin you could clutch me wid yer two ...

    Article : 1,169 words
  4. MAY REVOLUTIONISE WAR.

    It was inevitable that the motor principle should be adopted by military authorities, and an automobile gun which may be largely used in future wars is now being tested by ...

    Article : 590 words
  5. SELLING TICKETS

    It was an evil hour when I consented to bake a dozen tickets for the seventy-first annual at home of the Bucolic Association lodge, No. 19, and attempted to force ...

    Article : 645 words
  6. OUR POLLY.

    I can remember, as clearly as if it were yesterday, when the little waif first came to us, and what an odd looking mite of a thing she was. It was near the close of a balmy ...

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  7. TWO GOOD MILITARY STORIES

    Here are a couple of military stories. An officer in India, whose stuck of table-lines had been completely exhausted during a campaign either by wear and tear or by accident, ...

    Article : 410 words
  8. Reflections of a Bachelor.

    Only a small proportion of civilization is civil. Whatever the average woman doesn't like she says is "just like a man." ...

    Article : 105 words
  9. OBEYING INSTRUCTIONS.

    The captain general's office. Maps, rear elevations, blue prints and seven typewriters. Blanco alone. Blanco—Sogebal. ...

    Article : 331 words
  10. STOOD HIS GROUND.

    "Can you hollow-ground this razor?" asked a customer who had stepped into a raror-grinding establishment presided over by a hard-headed man with bristling hair and ...

    Article : 195 words
  11. A QUEER HAIR RESTORER.

    "Central America is a great field for patent medicines," said an experienced shipper. "The natives down there seem to have a natural passion for experimenting with all ...

    Article : 448 words
  12. A LOSING BET.

    An Australian, coming up on a recent steamer, fell in with two sharpers, who led him into many wagers. They were so invariably successful that he became suspicious ...

    Article : 266 words
  13. Self Defence.

    The Judge—Have you anything to say in extenuation of your crime? Prisoner—Well, wo were standing then talking, and I made some remark about ...

    Article : 61 words
  14. MERELY A "COUNTER-IRRITANT."

    A physician knows the value of a counter-irritant, but what form the latter shall take depends entirely upon the doctor. Not long ago a young man ill with ...

    Article : 228 words
  15. A Spaniard.

    Teacher—If a man attacks 700 on a dark night, stabs you in the back, strikes you till you are senseless, steals your watch and then kills you, he is what is ...

    Article : 60 words
  16. Days of Horror.

    First Traveler—I was in Paris during the siege. Second Traveler—I was in New York during the draft-riots. ...

    Article : 43 words
  17. The Lesson Not Forgotten.

    "The Spaniards are matching our battle-cry, Remember the Maine!' with 'Remember Manila!' "Yes, and I suppose it is the ...

    Article : 57 words
  18. One Mask Enough.

    "Shall we place a masked battery to defend the road?" asked the aid. "Well," said the young officer who was fresh from college, "I hardly think it will ...

    Article : 57 words
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