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  2. DOES HEROISM PAY?

    Evidently, instances of heroism are quite as frequent as in the olden times, when the gallant warrior charged his foe and endeavored (in ...

    Article : 984 words
  3. BLACK COATS VERSUS CORDUROYS.

    Though it was a very nice black coat—the first I had ever been permitted to wear—the policeman seemed, to be annoyed when I ran into him, ...

    Article : 1,168 words
  4. AMUSING INCIDENTS.

    During one of the recent by-elections two laboring men were discussing politics (and half-and-half) in the public bar of the Red Lion. Jones was ...

    Article : 139 words
  5. The Completing Link.

    “By Jove! how I’ll work! If I could only get rid of this confounded incubus of debt, it would be all right. I’d soon have a home for Alicia.” ...

    Article : 3,108 words
  6. A ROYAL ROMANCE.

    The loveliest woman at one time in Russia was Carolina, the wife of Alexis, eldest son of Peter the Great, and the only person indifferent to her ...

    Article : 496 words
  7. Advertising

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    Advertising : 182 words
  8. All They Had.

    “I should like a roast chicken and some asparagus,” was the request of a motorist at an obscure inn in the country. ...

    Article : 107 words
  9. Very Distant Mourning.

    Irishman (to shopman): I want somethin’ for mournin’ wear, but I don’t know exactly what the coostom is. What do they be wearin’ now for ...

    Article : 113 words
  10. LOVE AND MEDICINE.

    He had been away two years, and during his absence she had studied medicine, of which study he did not approve. Hence the quarrel. ...

    Article : 511 words
  11. Turned Up at Last.

    Mrs. Sackall’s new cook was a gem, and the hostess felt proud when a beautiful pudding was deposited one evening upon the table in front of a ...

    Article : 139 words
  12. Power of Imagination.

    They had some fun out of young Griph at his boarding-house recently. They detected him raiding the pantry and found that he had got away with ...

    Article : 342 words
  13. Anxious to Oblige.

    At one of our cathedrals the minor canon was ill and could hot sing. A suffragan bishop had a good voice, and volunteered to sing the litany. ...

    Article : 146 words
  14. THE FOUNDER OF WOOLWICH ARSENAL.

    When cannon were cast at Moorfields in 1716 persons were often permitted to attend and watch the operations. On a special occasion, when a ...

    Article : 338 words
  15. Gibbs Was Surprised.

    Gibbs was a commercial traveller, and had gone on a journey to the North. A few days afterwards the Gibbs household was increased by ...

    Article : 273 words
  16. Advertising

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    Advertising : 10 words
  17. Strangely Polite.

    “I resigned my seat in the tramcar to a charming young lady,” remarked a gentleman to his daughters. “She was a stranger to this district” ...

    Article : 56 words
  18. Still Searching.

    He was young and debonair, and wore a pink shirt and a well-bred air, and was seen about the docks looking for an old sailor. ...

    Article : 239 words
  19. Quite Willing.

    A young lady had played on the piano fugues and sonatas innumerable in the hope that an unwelcome suitor would get tired and go home. ...

    Article : 199 words
  20. No Trouble to Weep.

    One day last summer a German entered the establishment of a photographer in a southern town, and after several glances about the place ...

    Article : 181 words
  21. Balzac and the Burglar.

    A new story of Balzac is related by a contemporary. A burglar gained admission to the famous Frenchman’s house and was ...

    Article : 178 words
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