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  2. St. Ann's,

    "I hope that boy isn't becoming a bore to you," Colonel Meynell said compunctiously to his sister one evening after Arthur Foley, who had, as usual, been drinking tea at Moor ...

    Article : 3,189 words
  3. The Fallen Virgin.

    In an American Episcopal boarding school not long ago the scholars and teachers were assembled for morning prayer. The reading and singing were over and all were ...

    Article : 168 words
  4. Heroie, but Cowardly.

    A man can take his life in his hand and traverse the horrors of an African jungle without a shudder in his body. But he cannot enter a fancy wool shop to match a special hue ...

    Article : 293 words
  5. Flotsam and Jetsam.

    I won her "Yes," I kissed her lips, I searched her eyes with thoughts elate; Her deep blue eyes were fraught with doubt, How could my durling hesitate? ...

    Article : 292 words
  6. A Change of Tyrants.

    Mrs.. Crawshay, the wealthy and liberal Welshwoman who has done and is doing so much for the advancement of women, has just been breaking a lance in their cause with Mr. ...

    Article : 197 words
  7. It Wasn't Hogs.

    An old coloured man had brought out a pail of water for my horse, and we were talking about the weather and the crops, when a young negro about 18 years old broke out of the woods ...

    Article : 375 words
  8. Facts and Fancies.

    A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men.—HUDIBRAS. Perfume and per cent are two very [?]erent things. ...

    Article : 805 words
  9. A Touch of Human Nature.

    Professor Blackie was lecturing to a new class with whose personnel he was imperfectly acquainted. A student rose to read a paragraph. his book in his left hand. "Sir !" ...

    Article : 229 words
  10. The Mainstay.

    All turned out well—" All your boys turned out well, did they ?" " Yes, I reckon they did." ...

    Article : 81 words
  11. Mac Was Aye Drouthy.

    A certain Scottish widow was one day in spring seen by the clerk of her parish crossing the churchyard with a watering-pot and a bundle. ...

    Article : 204 words
  12. False Economy.

    The story is told at Homburg of a young man who is more popular than rich, and who was one day asked to dine with a royal party on the common understanding that each was to pay ...

    Article : 168 words
  13. Jumping from a Train.

    The American railway engine- driver's lot is not altogether a comfortable one, to say the least of it, if the following story related to a Detroit Free Press reporter the other day is to ...

    Article : 769 words
  14. Moral Suasion Not Needed.

    Cotton has to be picked at a certain time or it rots in the field. The American negro is much adicted to camp meetings, and they ripen simultaneously with the cotton. The cotton ...

    Article : 238 words
  15. Poor Boy!

    Apropos of children's letters, a correspondent of the Spectator has presented to that journal a copy of a " genuine letter" from a lad at school to his mother. After complaining Generally of ...

    Article : 267 words
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