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  2. WISE AND OTHERWISE. CHILLY.

    She was pretty and German, and spoke with a delightful broken accent. No wonder the cashier's heart beat fast as she handed him a [?] swayed and swerved like ship in a storm, and dived round curves with a reckless disregard for its occupant's nerves. But the ...

    Article : 291 words
  3. SOME CURIOUS WAGERS.

    Alike in the variety and extent of their wagers the gentlemen of England are, says the "Strand Magazine," as compared with their ...

    Article : 603 words
  4. COLONEL THORNDYKE'S SECRET

    John Thorndyke had been introduced to several of the officials of the department, and called upon them at intervals to obtain news of the penal colony. ...

    Article : 7,597 words
  5. MUSICAL ITEM.

    Scott: "It was a fearful accident that happened to young Downey at Mrs. Lazenby's reception?" Maribro': "What was the trouble?' ...

    Article : 71 words
  6. NO GRATUITIES.

    The waitress at the X.Y.Z. shop stood behind his chair, wondering what he was going to order, and he regarded the bill-of-fare, wondering ...

    Article : 71 words
  7. AN INFORMAL CALL.

    An Oxford student some years ago was showing two fair cousins through Christ Church College. "That," he said, "is the picture gallery; that, ...

    Article : 81 words
  8. TOO GOOD TO LOSE.

    "The matter is urgent!" gabbled the manager to the detective who had called in. "I will be brief. Someone has been representing ...

    Article : 105 words
  9. AN AYAH'S SACRIFICE.

    In the early 'eighties, while I was serving under the Queen's colours in India, I witnessed the bravest deed it was ever my lot to see, I was ...

    Article : 473 words
  10. NOT MADE.

    A young man spending his holidays in the country, fell in love with a pretty milkmaid at a farm near by. Day after day he hovered about the ...

    Article : 110 words
  11. QUITE PROFESSIONAL.

    Patient (to pretty Nurse): "Will you be my wife when I recover?" Nurse: "Certainly." Patient: "Then you love me?" ...

    Article : 62 words
  12. THE WRONG SIDE.

    A batch of Rhodesian policemen were travelling up from Eulawayo to Salisbury before the railway was built and at one of the "outspens" ...

    Article : 89 words
  13. TRUTHFUL.

    "Just throw me half a dozen of tho[?] largest fish," said a man to the fish dealer. "Throw them to you?" ...

    Article : 112 words
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