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  3. AN AMERICAN DUCHESS.

    The best-looking business I was ever mixed up in (he said slowly) was down at Heron Court, near Guilford. I may be a bit old-fashioned in my tastes, but I've always been rather partial to ...

    Article : 1,849 words
  4. BUNKOED BY HIS BRIDE.

    James Scudamore, of Pigeon, in the land of Egypt, statesman and agriculturist, was a happy bridegroom for four hours. Now he thinks he is a widower, and has gone back to ...

    Article : 749 words
  5. SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF AN ENGLISHMAN.

    In Mr. Martineau's life of Sir Bartle Frere, is a brief, but vivid, sketch of Frere himself as a young man, supplied by Sir Herbert Sandford, of the Royal Artillery:-- ...

    Article : 1,127 words
  6. A MODERN ADVENTURESS

    " The adventuress," announced Godfrey, autocratically, as he placed his feet upon the piazza rail and rolled a fresh cigarette," must change her tactics. She is too well known in ...

    Article : 1,154 words
  7. DREAM AND REALITY.

    The twilight fell around her, no beautiful dreams of rosy red, no golden tints softened her plain garments. Only through the schoolroom windows could she see the dreary mist ...

    Article : 940 words
  8. A WOMAN'S REASON.

    Scene : A small tea-room a la Japanaise. Storks clamber over the walls and the frieze seem to be a continuous crane with old-rose legs and a purple bill. The air is filled with the ...

    Article : 620 words
  9. A WOMAN WITH A PAST.

    She had admired the men, and though the years had come and gone, and she was still Miss Brown, her admiration had not abated. On the contrary it had increased. She was of the ...

    Article : 349 words
  10. A DENTIST'S STORY.

    " At one time in my early practice," said the dentist, "there came to my office a very nervous woman who wanted a tooth extracted. She carried on so that I had trouble in getting her ...

    Article : 454 words
  11. A BOY'S SARCASM.

    A day or two ago an advertisement appeared in a Birmingham paper among situations vacant for a "Smart office boy, wages 2s." In one of the replies the writer said:-- " I beg to offer ...

    Article : 305 words
  12. WOMEN AT CARDS.

    Maria (at the card table): "Jane, it is your lead." Jane : "Why, no, it is Jenny's lead." Jenny : " No it is not my lead, Susan dealt ...

    Article : 214 words
  13. A DUEL OF CANNONS.

    General Sir Daniel Lysons in " The Crimean War from First to Last," gives this illustration of the spirit in the which war was waged :-- While the flag of truce was flying a Russian ...

    Article : 487 words
  14. THE LANGUAGES OF AMERICA.

    Was gal name Moll had lamb, Flea all samee white snow, Evly place gal Moll walkee ...

    Article : 184 words
  15. A ROMANTIC BANDIT.

    " Manuel Garcia was a curious character," said a Cuban gentleman in speaking of the reported death of that revolutionist. " He was more like a character in a novel than a man ...

    Article : 156 words
  16. THE SORCERER ACQUITTED.

    A fortune-teller who lived in Paris was one day arrested and carried before the police. " You know how to read the future ?" said the magistrate, laughing at the same time. ...

    Article : 140 words
  17. BRINGING UP ON THE BOTTLE.

    A worthy Glasgow doctor, while enjoying a a holiday last summer in the island of Arran, took the opportunity, along with a friend to go whiting fishing. During operations the doctor's ...

    Article : 231 words
  18. THE TINIEST OF SHOPS.

    In the neighbourhood of one of the inns of Court in London is a tailor's shop which may fairly claim to be the smallest shop in the world. It is built up against a blank wall, and ...

    Article : 115 words
  19. AN INFERENCE.

    Mrs. Jackson:" Did you see Mrs. Brown's collection of rare old china ?" Jackson:" Yes, her family must have been quite poor." ...

    Article : 132 words
  20. HUMOUR'S DECAY.

    Minstrel End Man (to professional Literary Humorist) : " I say, old fellow, now really is there any money in writing jokes for the evening papers ?" ...

    Article : 139 words
  21. MEN WERE DECEIVERS EVER.

    Mrs. Gray ; "So Miss Young has married that old Mr. Staylong ?" Mrs. Brown : "Yes ; and he deceived her shamefully!" ...

    Article : 95 words
  22. HORSE PLAY.

    Sorrel Colt: " Mamma, the chestnut filly wants me to run away with her the next time we go driving together. What shall I say?" Dam: "Turn to her, my son, and whisper ...

    Article : 68 words
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