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  2. GRAVE AND GAY.

    “These trousers are very much worn this, season,” said the tailor, displaying his goods. “So are the ones I have on,” replied ...

    Article : 58 words
  3. FIXING PRICE OF WHEAT

    “That there is nothing new under the sun” is an axiom accepted by the world for the last 4000 years, and therefore one is not surprised to ...

    Article : 2,142 words
  4. MASTER OF ALL

    “Maggie, this is good of you!” cried Sydney, holding out her hands in glad welcome to her old friend. “And —why, you don’t look a day older or ...

    Article : 4,868 words
  5. AT WHAT AGE SHOULD A GIRL MARRY?

    The question as to whether it is best for a woman to marry, early, or after she has had some experience of life, is one on which no definite ...

    Article : 620 words
  6. Had Done Their Best.

    Magistrate: Can’t this case be settled out of court? Mulligan: That’s what we were trying to do, your Honor, when the ...

    Article : 27 words
  7. To Come.

    “He’s a mean man.” “How so?” “When his little girl begs for an ice-cream he asks her if she wouldn’t ...

    Article : 31 words
  8. Precautionary Measure.

    Country Minister (from the pulpit): As the air of the church seems chilly, I would ask the sexton if he will kindly close the front-doors and ...

    Article : 40 words
  9. Near Enough!

    It was an Irish girl of whom the story is told that she refused to marry a most devoted lover until he had amassed a fortune of £100. After ...

    Article : 107 words
  10. Giving Up the Spirit.

    Some convivial tradesmen in a small provincial town had sat through a dry Board of Trade meeting which had extended far into the night, and ...

    Article : 250 words
  11. A LIGHTHOUSE DRAMA.

    The lighthouse of Kerdonia stands on the rocky and lonely cape of Belle-lie-en-Mer, off the Brittany coast of France, two miles from any human ...

    Article : 224 words
  12. A Ducal Pastime.

    “On a boat returning from Europe,” related the friend, “I once heard a pretty girl say enthusiastically to a young man: ...

    Article : 71 words
  13. The Pig.

    One of Mr. McAdoo’s dinner-table stories is about a man who was earring the pork at a small dinner-party. He held up a rib on the point of the ...

    Article : 60 words
  14. Kind Words.

    Hostess: Won’t you sing something for us, Clara? Young Woman (modestly): Well, I’ll try. ...

    Article : 23 words
  15. How He Knew.

    Pat had just awakened from a trance. His relatives, who had been bemoaning him as dead, hurried to his bedside, and began to question him as ...

    Article : 116 words
  16. The Fighting Editor Had To Intervene.

    It was Friday afternoon, and the editorial staff were hard at work. Suddenly the pen of the junior subeditor ceased its may scamper. ...

    Article : 142 words
  17. The One Other Clue.

    A cabby once scored off Sir Arthur Conan Doyle rather neatly in Paris, where translations of his books are very widely read. ...

    Article : 243 words
  18. FIRST FICTION KNOWN.

    Are you aware that the “Tale of Two Brothers,” written 3200 years ago by the Theban scribe Ennana, librarian of the palace to King ...

    Article : 172 words
  19. Hubby’s Mistake.

    Mrs Smith had asked Mr Smith more than fifty times (so he said) when he was going to varnish her kitchen oilcloth, Finally, in ...

    Article : 76 words
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