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  2. AN UNWORTHY SON.

    I had returned rather late from lunch one day, relates a solicitor, and found waiting for me an elderly gentleman who looked inexpressibly sad. ...

    Article : 363 words
  3. [A Rural Episode.]

    Justine Carr was certainly not made of the stuff whereof good salesmanship is compounded. But it was absolutely necessary for her to go to work that ...

    Article : 1,041 words
  4. THE NIAGARA FALLS.

    The mighty falls of Niagara are crumbling year by year as thousands of tons of rock crash from the lip of the gorge, but this may go on for ...

    Article : 346 words
  5. A CORONER’S STRANGE EXPERIENCE.

    Mr. Baxter, a London coroner, was once stopped in the street by a prosperous-looking man who asked him to accompany him to his office. Mr. ...

    Article : 278 words
  6. The SKIPPER OF THE ROARING MEG

    Cartledge’s character was a curious one, a strange mixture of opposite qualities. He was a man who throbbed with vibrant energy, and to whom ...

    Article : 3,758 words
  7. THE DISAPPEARING HORSE.

    To-day in Britain there are 629,131 fewer horses than there were ten years ago. Officials of the War Office have just ...

    Article : 412 words
  8. WORDS OF WISDOM.

    Limit your desires—that is the secret of happiness in a world full of limitations. To occupy ourselves with little ...

    Article : 213 words
  9. IRISH HUMOR.

    An Irish-American asked a newly-arrived immigrant what had brought him to the States. “To get an honest living.” he said. The old-timer grasped ...

    Article : 233 words
  10. BEES ON WHEELS.

    The “busy bee” will be busier than ever this year on a farm at Elgin, Morayshire, where Mr. David Ernslie, president of the Moray Bee-keepers’ ...

    Article : 114 words
  11. WINDSCREEN WIPERS ON CARS.

    Owing to recent prosecutions of motorists for having failed to equip their vehicles with windscreen wipers in accordance with the regulation made ...

    Article : 154 words
  12. TALKATIVE BARBERS.

    The barber was a trifle more talkative than usual, and the customer, having come directly from the dentist’s chair, was perhaps hardly in the ...

    Article : 182 words
  13. Matter of Taste.

    At a dinner-party a prim and severe maiden aunt was seated next to a young and extremely modern girl and boy who were discussing the merits of ...

    Article : 99 words
  14. No Luck.

    Luck was the topic of conversation, and it drifted to racing. “Well, I never have any luck at it,” said one. ...

    Article : 88 words
  15. Tit for Tat.

    He was a smart young commercial traveller, and he rather resented the fact that the hotel porter had directed him to the room reserved for members ...

    Article : 122 words
  16. A Big Breath.

    Motorist (to old lady he had nearly run down): “You are very careless, madam, and the fault was entirely your own for standing gaping about in ...

    Article : 133 words
  17. Pebbles on the Beach.

    A pretty girl, wearing the very latest in bathing suits, was sitting on the beach when a young man approached her and took off his hat, ...

    Article : 69 words
  18. Frankness.

    The straightforward, young woman believed in telling the truth. She married a very sentimental young man. “My darling,” he said, “surely I ...

    Article : 53 words
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