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  2. Alotsam and Jetsam

    "Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive!" He told his wife a lie one day— A little lie—about the way ...

    Article : 88 words
  3. His Chest Expansion Reduced.

    Pint Officer: "How would you fancy a sailor for a husband, Miss Curzon?" Miss Curson: "Very much indeed, if he were like yourself." ...

    Article : 51 words
  4. Then and Now.

    She smiled sweetly. "Why, of course, George, smoke in here. I just love a pipe. A man looks so comfortable smoking." ...

    Article : 81 words
  5. That Fine Boy.

    "What a fine-looking little box," exclaimed the good-natured woman to her traveling acquaintance. "How old is he?" "You're not connected with the railway. ...

    Article : 58 words
  6. Progress In Getting Acquainted.

    A Brisbane man tells this story about a friend of his whose business takes him away from home frequently: For the last month or so he has had a ...

    Article : 99 words
  7. Life.

    The man stood under the Town Hall clock near midnight. He was talking to himself. Passers by lingered just long enough to hear him utter this bit of philosophy. ...

    Article : 77 words
  8. The Small Boy Again.

    The small boy refused to say his prayers the other night on going to bed. "Don't you wish God to take care of you?" asked his mother. "Well, there's no use in asking Him to, He ...

    Article : 103 words
  9. Some Stage [?]

    One of those unrehearsed incidents which call for extra smartness on the part of the performer if he wishes to avoid appearing ridiculous occurred at a performance of "The Shop ...

    Article : 1,153 words
  10. Enterprising.

    "What do you do for a living?" asked a lawyer, frowning horribly at a hatchet-faced young man who was undergoing cross examination. "I, sir," answered the witness, ...

    Article : 85 words
  11. Facts and Fancies.

    A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men.—HUDIBRAS "What is renunciation, Uncle Alexander ?" "Renunciation is giving up something that ...

    Article : 712 words
  12. Very Likely.

    Howard's father is a physician, and one day when the doctor was out Howard and a little visitor were "playing doctor," in the consulting-room. In the course of the game Howard ...

    Article : 92 words
  13. Had the Lawyer.

    One of the best-known mining man in the North was in the witness box as an expert in an important mining case recently, and was under cross-examination by a rather young ...

    Article : 99 words
  14. The Professor's Catch.

    The professor plodded guiltily homeward with his basket on his arm and his rod in the other hand. We say "guiltily," for deceit was in the professor's heart, and his conscience ...

    Article : 609 words
  15. A Frightful Disaster.

    He slipped and sat down. His right leg stuck straight over the rail. The motorman wound up the brake like a ten-and sixpenny watch and held his teeth together us the ...

    Article : 97 words
  16. What Use Would It Be?

    The other day an English doctor in the Free State asked one of his Boar patients what the latter would do in the event of hostilities breaking out. "Why," said the Burgher, "I ...

    Article : 95 words
  17. He Passed.

    In the life of Dean Liddell (Liddell and Scott's Greek Lexicon) it is narrated that Christ Church, Oxford, was the resort of many "gentleman commoners," who passed on their ...

    Article : 103 words
  18. The Punishment Fitted the Crime.

    When Admiral Dewey was the executive officer of the Colorado it happened that for some misdemeanour two sailors were confined in the "brig," as the ship's prison was called. ...

    Article : 166 words
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