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  2. Flotsam and Jetsam

    Helen, aged 4, was spending a night away from home. At bedtime she knelt at her hostess's knee to say her prayers, expecting the usual prompting. Finding Mrs. ...

    Article : 65 words
  3. TOO LATE TO CHANGE.

    "I hear you have a little sister at your house ?" said a grocer to a small boy. "Yes, sir," replied Johnny. "Do you like her ?" was the grocer's ...

    Article : 101 words
  4. UNDISPUTED OWNERBHIP.

    Pat had secured lodging in the town, and gone to bed early. The wind was blowing a terrific gale, and, as the house did not stand very securely, the landlord was ...

    Article : 118 words
  5. A NEAT SCHEME.

    "If you want to see the maddest woman that ever drew breath, go up and see my wire." said Jones. "What is the matter ?" "Well, it is the servant girl question ...

    Article : 391 words
  6. TOO STRONG.

    Sir George Williams, the V.M.C.A. veteran, told a story the other day about a godless old woman who had a potato patch. There bad been a long drought, and her ...

    Article : 108 words
  7. BO-O-O-O.

    One of the liners running to the Cape was once steaming down the Channel, when a thick [?]og came on. At such times the captain never leaves the bridge, and ...

    Article : 149 words
  8. A GREAT FEAT.

    Miss Gull : "Mr. Joakley was telling me about a remarkable tadpole he baa in his aquarium." Miss Gill : "What was remarkable about ...

    Article : 57 words
  9. TOO LATE FOR HEDGING.

    A good story of General Hutton is told by a returned soldier. The general was watching a hot flight between his troops and the Boers, when he happened to see ...

    Article : 74 words
  10. BURE OF A VOTE.

    A political candidate, on paying a second visit to the house of a doubtful voter of the peasant class, was well pleased, but somewhat surprised, on hearing from the elector ...

    Article : 145 words
  11. TRICKSTER OUTTRICKED.

    The proprietor of an establishment dear to the heart of ladies—that is to say, a milliner's shop—tells the following good story of a late customer. He lays stress ...

    Article : 310 words
  12. IN A CROWD.

    Atkins (mistaking his man) : "How do, old fellow, awfully glad to see you looking so much better ; sincerely hope you'll get on all right now." ...

    Article : 89 words
  13. FACTS AND FANCIES.

    A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men.—HUDIBRAN. Don't complain if you lose your temper. You are probably better off without it. ...

    Article : 684 words
  14. A NEW WRINKLE.

    The latest thing for fire insurance agents to do is to be on the spot looking for new business while old business is burning up. One of the canvassers of a New England ...

    Article : 306 words
  15. BROTHERS-IN-LAW.

    A story is told of a shrewish Scotchwoman who tried to wean her husband from the dram-shop by employing her brother to act the part of a ghost and frighten John ...

    Article : 96 words
  16. THE BEST WAY.

    One of the officers in a certain Volunteer regiment is much disliked by his men. One evening as he Was returning home he slipped into some deep water. A private in his ...

    Article : 122 words
  17. SLANG PHRASES WHICH ARE ANTIQUE.

    Many of the familiar phrases of the day hare been in use since remote antiquity. A learned German philologist has recently traced a number of these so-called ...

    Article : 418 words
  18. WHOLLY UNINTENTIONAL.

    When an ordinarily well-off man waters his own lawn he does it from choice and enjoys the work as a pastime. The one here referred to was having a particularly good ...

    Article : 368 words
  19. TRUE MODESTY.

    While travelling through Jutland King Frederick VI. of Denmark one day entered a village school, and found the children lively and intelligent, and quite ready to ...

    Article : 127 words
  20. THE MISSING BABY.

    "Dear me ! has no one seen anything of the baby ?" asked a distracted father about noon one day, as the furniture was being placed in the van for removal. ...

    Article : 179 words
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