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  2. Alotsam and Jetsam

    Little bare feet, sunburned and brown, Patterin', patterin' up and down, Dancin' over the kitchen floor, Light as foam flakes on the shore, ...

    Article : 200 words
  3. The Power of Whistling.

    "George, George, mind; your hat will be blown off if you lean so far out of the window!" exclaimed a fond father to his little son, who was travelling with him in a railway carriage. ...

    Article : 144 words
  4. Making Distinctions.

    "Do you know much about music?" "Not a great deal," answered Mr. Rufshod. "But I've managed to figure out that if you hear anything in a thea[?]e at the cost of 5s. ...

    Article : 62 words
  5. An Echo From the Shore.

    They sat together on the shore, she as romantic as the moonlit scenery about them, he practical in every fibre. "How do you account for that peculiar sound?" she inquired. ...

    Article : 48 words
  6. Not All His Fault.

    Her head rested on his shoulder, and her little hand lay confidingly in his. "Tell me now, Alfred," said the happy maiden, "how you ever came to pick me out ...

    Article : 64 words
  7. Why Did He Suggest It?

    Little Peckleby: "Er—um—there's a French philosopher, m'dear says that women need more sleep than men." Mrs. Peckleby: "Oh, indeed—does he—and ...

    Article : 53 words
  8. The Queen's Stockings.

    A little story, quite in the style of Hans Andersen, about the Queen of Italy and a poor child is told in the "Daily Chronicle," of London. Queen Margherita was recently ...

    Article : 192 words
  9. Feminine Finance in Germany.

    She: "Tell me, Franz, would you rather pay the butcher's bill or pay for my new hat?" He: "The butcher's bill." She: "Well, here it is." ...

    Article : 64 words
  10. Appropriate Realism.

    Aunt Maria: "I should think you'd have a mighty poor opinion of the theayters up in town since you had your pocket picked at one of 'em." ...

    Article : 80 words
  11. True Gentus.

    Hix: "That fellow Jenks is a clever, ingenious chap, isn't he?" Dix: "Why, I never heard of his doing anything remarkable." ...

    Article : 37 words
  12. The Boarded Baby.

    A young married couple received a startling shock recently. They carried their baby to a photographer for a picture. In due time the proofs came around, but the parents at first ...

    Article : 105 words
  13. Amelia's Discomfiture.

    "Amelia says that George's proposal was the provoking thing she ever encountered." "How so?" "Why, just as soon as he had asked her to ...

    Article : 89 words
  14. Revenge.

    Voice (from the top floor of boarding house): "Can't you see the sign in the hall there—'No pedlers allowed in this building?'" Answering Voice (at foot of stairs, loud ...

    Article : 53 words
  15. Facts and Fancies.

    Happiness is like a kitten's tail—hard to eatch; but there's plenty of fun in chasing it. By putting off till to-morrow what we don't want to do to-day we get a chance to put it ...

    Article : 657 words
  16. He Ran No Risk.

    The Rev. Cosmo Gordon Lang, the bachelor vicar of Portsea, is one of the clerical friends of the Queen, who twice a year invites him to preach to her, and invariably has a chat with ...

    Article : 136 words
  17. Effectual.

    A certain nice and gentle curate went to a Yorkshire parish, where the parishioners bred horses and sometimes raced them. He was asked to invite the prayers of the congregation ...

    Article : 86 words
  18. Extended Credit.

    A minister in one of the Scotch villages, being in want of a horse, bought one at a local fair, and, not being a judge of horseflesh, he sent for a farmer belonging to his ...

    Article : 119 words
  19. The "Odour of Sanctity" Remained.

    A countryman in a remote part of Aberdeenshire having got a newly-coined sovereign in the days when such a thing was seldom seen in his part of the country, went about ...

    Article : 109 words
  20. Marriage Maxims.

    Conan Doyle lays down these "Maxims for the Married":— Never both be cross at the same time. Wait your turn. ...

    Article : 130 words
  21. No Wonder He Fled.

    A tall, solemn-looking young man entered the restaurant with a mild, apologetic air, and seated himself at a vacant table near the middle of the room. It was evident that he ...

    Article : 205 words
  22. A Small Boy's Bargain.

    In some parts of Staffordshire a custom prevails of street vendors exchanging domestic articles such as salt, batb-bricks, scouring- stones, &c., for their weight in rags and bones. ...

    Article : 146 words
  23. Breath and Brains.

    In one of the great, squares of St. Petersburg stands a magnificent column 150ft. in height, erected to commemorate the reign of the Czar, Alexander I., the ally and afterward the rival ...

    Article : 326 words
  24. An Observant Detective.

    Of course all detectives are smart, but this is a story of a particularly smart one. A good illustration of the observing eye which is needed to make a detective was shown ...

    Article : 294 words
  25. Two Hunting Yarns.

    Two good old hunting stories have been revived by "To-Day." One is of a gallant veteran whose friends know that he lost a leg years ago in one of his many campaigns. But ...

    Article : 253 words
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