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  2. Alotsam and Jetsam

    On the threshold I am waiting, and my heart is palpitating Underneath, my Sunday waistcoat in the maddest sort of way, ...

    Article : 180 words
  3. Willing to Oblige.

    "Sir," began the seedy-locking individual, as he approached the cashier in a down-town office, "I have seen better days, and if you will kindly render me a little ...

    Article : 95 words
  4. The Only Limit.

    An Irish gentleman was recently attended by an eminent London physician, who, pausing, and looking at him with an inquiring glance, said:—"I should like to ...

    Article : 82 words
  5. Facts and Fancies.

    A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men-HUDIBRAS "Paw, what is a pessimist?" "Generally he is a hopeless fool." ...

    Article : 1,026 words
  6. A Miraculous Escape.

    On the corner of a certain cross street in one of the suburbs, about a mile from town, there stands a big stone house away back from the road. There is no fence round ...

    Article : 342 words
  7. A Finisher for His Riverence.

    A parish priest from Wicklow. a very heavy man, weighing about twenty stone, wanted to take a cab from Harcourt-street Station, Dublin, to Drumcondra, the ...

    Article : 161 words
  8. A Mission Virtue.

    "What's the matter with my darling?" asked the fond mother as she came upon her little one, crushed in a heap in the middle of the floor and kicking the air ...

    Article : 67 words
  9. An Expensive Pastime.

    Being a man whose reputation for truth and veracity its good in his own neighbourhood, a mining expert who has recently been searching for gold mines is permitted ...

    Article : 313 words
  10. A Painless Twist.

    When the lodging-house was on fire one night Mike hurried his breeches on wrong side before and threw himself out of the window. One of the first persons an ...

    Article : 70 words
  11. That Telephone!

    De Smith rang his telephone bell gently. "Hullo, Exchange !" he murmured. A patient wait and no answer. "Hullo, Exchange!" a trifle louder. ...

    Article : 549 words
  12. Reading the Signboards.

    A countryman on a visit to Glasgow, while walking along Argyle-street reading all the signboards and the tickets in the shop windows, said to his companion:— ...

    Article : 120 words
  13. A Born Joker.

    Senator William E. Mason, of America, always has been a joker. Even when a schoolboy he never let a chance pass without having his fun at the expense of some ...

    Article : 171 words
  14. A Ca[?]did Opinion.

    It happened in the bird store. The parrot did it. He was in a cage over the entrance inside, and the little man who wanted to look at some "real fine talking birds" didn't ...

    Article : 494 words
  15. The Unexpected Remark.

    No well-trained adult mind ever thinks of the things that children will say, and the "unexpected", from them is always held in dread expectancy. A fresh example was ...

    Article : 276 words
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