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  2. LOVE IN THE WILDS

    As his daughter asked her whispered question so burdened with significance, Major Rupert Thurlow looked hastily round, then lifted a warning hand. ...

    Article : 4,288 words
  3. THE MOST IMPORTANT.

    The teacher was giving her pupils a lesson under the ordinary curriculum of school subjects, and after she had asked several questions, and ...

    Article : 127 words
  4. PREACHES TO HIMSELF.

    An old man in the little village of Samnaun, in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland, is able, by an agreement made eighty years ag[?], to have the ...

    Article : 249 words
  5. CHEER UP, PARENTS!

    The bitterest cry of poor people is that they have nothing to give their children. Yet the poorest man and woman who bend over a cradle have it ...

    Article : 586 words
  6. STUDY YOUR BACK.

    Do you ever think how many people during a day get a full view of your back? You sit on a tramcar, and the people immediately behind you can ...

    Article : 446 words
  7. THE MAIN FACT.

    Irate Poet: “Look here, sir, what do you mean? I wrote ‘I kissed her under the silent stars,’ and you have printed it ‘I kissed her under the ...

    Article : 71 words
  8. TO MAKE FRIENDS QUICKLY.

    Be always smiling; it is an effort, I admit, but it pays well if your ambition is to be considered charming. Listen with attention to what all ...

    Article : 117 words
  9. WHY SHE LEFT.

    Many mothers are either compelled to stay away from church or take their babies with them. A poor woman took her little one in her arms to hear a ...

    Article : 289 words
  10. WHERE IT MIGHT SUIT.

    “Can I sell you a love story?” asked the aspiring young author in the editorial department of the big magazine. “Possibly,” replied the busy editor. ...

    Article : 101 words
  11. THE PART THAT SUITED HIM.

    “Once in my early days I wandered forth to face a callous world,” relates a well-known actor, “and noticed that a company of strolling players had ...

    Article : 178 words
  12. NOT REQUIRED.

    A gentleman called at a country manse in Scotland and inquired if the minister was at home. The servant who answered the door ...

    Article : 89 words
  13. FOOTROT DISEASE.

    Recently Senator Guthrie asked in the Senate if, In view of the enormous Importance of the sheep industry to Australia and of the serious economic ...

    Article : 256 words
  14. A LUCKY STRIKE.

    The richness of some parts of the North of England coal fields is such that in some places coal can be obtained at a few feet depth. This prompted ...

    Article : 114 words
  15. A SCATHING RETORT.

    A certain Scottish baronet who shall be nameless, on a wet afternoon hired a taxi to take him to a London station. Arrived at the station, he handed the ...

    Article : 125 words
  16. Advertising

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    Advertising : 309 words
  17. WHAT HIS GOOD TURN COST.

    Some years ago, being out of employment, a man was forced to avail himself of the accommodation offered in the casual ward of one of the large ...

    Article : 208 words
  18. THE THING TO DO.

    A portly woman had inadvertently taken a seat in a railway compartment reserved for smokers. With unconcealed indignation, she ...

    Article : 67 words
  19. NOT IN THE RAILWAY GUIDE.

    Much of the work turned out by a well-known firm of country cabinetmakers’ is sent by rail, and it is rather a frequent occurrence for damaged ...

    Article : 431 words
  20. A NARROW ESCAPE.

    Mr. Miggs was on the verge of finding a job. Or rather, Mrs. Miggs had discovered the billet, and Mr. M. was in imminent danger of securing it. ...

    Article : 111 words
  21. MILK VERSUS SUGAR.

    “I’ll be going to the seaside,” said the milkman blithe and gay; “For I love the ocean breezes and love the dashing spray. ...

    Article : 332 words
  22. Advertising

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    Advertising : 5 words
  23. Advertising

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    Advertising : 101 words
  24. OUT OF CURRANTS.

    In a North-country town they were fixing an electric light in a grocer’s shop, when the workman asked: “Will you put the current on a ...

    Article : 52 words
  25. HIS OPINION.

    A musical amateur, with no small opinion of himself, once took two of his compositions to a celebrated composer, with a request that he might ...

    Article : 171 words
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