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  2. HIS FAULT.

    Haddock: "I met poor old Ruyns creeping towards his office to-day, and he complained bitterly of being all run down this winter." ...

    Article : 43 words
  3. WHAT HE CAME FOR.

    Sitting on the edge of the wharf was a typical street arab, fishing. Just as onlookers were about to leave they were startled by a splash, and discovered that ...

    Article : 72 words
  4. Flotsam and Jetsam

    "My grandmother," she said, "was married when she was fifteen, and my mother when she was seventeen." "Do you think," he asked, edging a little ...

    Article : 44 words
  5. THE GENUINE ARTICLE.

    Old Lady: "Is this a genuine alligator bag?" Dealer: "Yes, ma'am. I shot that alligator myself." ...

    Article : 44 words
  6. HOW THEY WERE TAKEN.

    Charles Dickens's weekly paper, "Household Words," has been purchased by Mr. Hall Caine, and is being managed and salted by his eldest son. In a recent ...

    Article : 87 words
  7. CUTE.

    Little Flossie: "How much is a pound Of insect powder?" Drug Clerk: "6d." L.F.: "And how much is that for ...

    Article : 37 words
  8. SWEET SYMPATHY.

    Mrs. Youngwed: "Yes, Mr. Youngwed didn't feel at all well this morning, so I Just made him stay at home from the office." ...

    Article : 65 words
  9. THE RULING PASSION.

    A sensational tale is told of the Bishop of Worcester. When Canon Gore, he was called to visit a dying man. The end was near; Canon Gore could see that, so he ...

    Article : 151 words
  10. SUSPICIOUS.

    "Mary," said the young matron's mother, "it seemed to me you were very cold to John this morning." "Yes," she replied. "I'm 'beginning to ...

    Article : 52 words
  11. HARD HIT.

    The gallery of a theatre is a great place for interchange of humour, caustic or otherwise, as the following repartee will show. An extremely stout, good-tempered ...

    Article : 123 words
  12. HEAD VERSUS POCKET.

    Smith: "You must have a wonderful memory to keep all these things in your head." Jones: "Yes; never forget anything ...

    Article : 65 words
  13. FACTS AND FANCIES.

    A little nonsense now and then If relished by the wisest man.—HUDIBRAS. Half a loaf is better than no holiday. Marry a woman who can swim. She can ...

    Article : 687 words
  14. TRUSTWORTHY.

    Lady: "Where is the agent for these flats?" Man at the Deer [?] can let the flats, mum." ...

    Article : 120 words
  15. LABOUR-SAVING.

    A small boy was introduced by his teacher to the ditto mark. Its labour-saving possibilities appealed to him, and he soon found occasion to turn his knowledge to ...

    Article : 114 words
  16. DIDN'T REMEMBER.

    The child was four years old, logical, persistent, and curious. The mother endeavoured never to depart 'from any statement once made to the child as a fact. One ...

    Article : 86 words
  17. THE LIMIT.

    "She said he was inquisitive." "Was he?" "Well, he asked her the cost of her gown." ...

    Article : 106 words
  18. A REAL STAGE TRAGEDY.

    Here is an account of a scene that actually took place nearly a century ago in the backwoods of America. It forms, says the chronicler, one of the most remarkable ...

    Article : 221 words
  19. A SHORT-SIGHTED HERO.

    "A person who enjoys good eyesight," said a man who most decidedly does not, "would be greatly astonished to know how little is seen by those who are ...

    Article : 897 words
  20. LESSON FOR LESSON.

    Man is so prone to err that he should reflect a little before drawing attention to tire mistakes of others. A professor who prided himself on his correct English ...

    Article : 154 words
  21. JOHN CHINAMAN'S BLUNDER.

    A certain Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, who bad a grown-up daughter, went to live in California, where they rented a small furnished house and engaged a Chinese ...

    Article : 278 words
  22. A JOKE THAT FAILED.

    Yorkshiremen have the reputation of being the hardest-headed fellows on the fac[?] of the earth. A party of Birmingham men nave come to the conclusion that the ...

    Article : 225 words
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