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  2. SERIAL STORY

    “No, no. I’ll mind all right, and you, too, I mustn’t call you Gwil Parry any more. “No,” said Gwil, “to you, Posy, I am ...

    Article : 3,172 words
  3. HINTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

    Holidays do some men a great deal of good. Not that they enjoy them, but it mates them appreciate home for once. They do nothing but ...

    Article : 1,013 words
  4. PLEASURE STEAMERS.

    Occasionally, while slumbering peacefully by the sea, your hard-earned rest will be unmercifully punctured by a sound such as might be made by a ...

    Article : 687 words
  5. ARTISTS MUST HAVE LONG HAIR.

    A committee of workmen engaged Mr. Edwin Ward, the artist, to paint a portrait of their late employer. The portrait finished, the artist ...

    Article : 480 words
  6. SUCCESS THAT SHOCKED ME!

    When a voice came over the telephone with the news that my name headed the list in the result of the big Film Star Ballot — well I ...

    Article : 1,216 words
  7. BIRDS CAN’T THINK.

    There are many things in bird life that we are only just beginning to understand. The amount of intelligence possessed by birds has long ...

    Article : 439 words
  8. WORTH IT.

    Hayseed had bought an ancient motor car at an auction sale in a nearby town. After a great deal of argument he ...

    Article : 100 words
  9. WHY IT WAS RAFFLED.

    With due regard to the vigilance of the new policeman, stationed at Little Mudmire, the landlord of the “Pump and Pewter” announced that his usual ...

    Article : 130 words
  10. ONE THING MISSING.

    A perspiring man, laden with bundles, bustled into a railway station, and finally stopped, panting and exhausted, beside a woman sitting ...

    Article : 152 words
  11. HIS BUSINESS.

    In a certain case one of the counsel tried to serve his client by throwing suspicion on a witness. The first question was: “You admit ...

    Article : 88 words
  12. LAID TO ORDER.

    A lady cyclist recently decided to spend the week-end at a picturesque and secluded country spot in Sussex. It was a pretty little inn at which ...

    Article : 119 words
  13. DECEIVERS EVER.

    “What an awful time you take to get ready, Mildred! I wonder your husband doesn’t object to waiting.” Mildred turned from the mirror with ...

    Article : 133 words
  14. A COUNTER OFFER.

    A lawyer having offices in a large building recently lost a cuff link, one of a pair that he greatly prized. Being certain that he had lost it ...

    Article : 107 words
  15. WAIT AND SEE.

    Betty and Billy were playing by the stream, and Billy fell in. A new nursemaid in charge fetched Billy out, and dried him as well, as she could before ...

    Article : 403 words
  16. NOT QUITE HIS WAY.

    The Squire’s groom was giving his master’s son some lessons in riding, and teaching him how to handle a hunter when taking a fence. ...

    Article : 133 words
  17. ’TWASN’T TRUE.

    A party of men left Devon for a holiday in London. They were amazed to see so many people in the streets, and, half-scared, stood watching the scene ...

    Article : 103 words
  18. HE’D HAD ENOUGH.

    A Lancashire minister was recently visiting his parishioners, and meeting a certain individual in the street, said : “I do not remember seeing you in ...

    Article : 77 words
  19. OF COURSE!

    The captain was examining the ambitious young man who wanted to be a gunner’s mate. He asked him several questions, and ...

    Article : 212 words
  20. THE HEALTH PROVIDER.

    “I say, I’d give anything to be as strong and healthy as you are,” remarked the lazy man, “What do you live on?” ...

    Article : 229 words
  21. WHY IT WORE WELL.

    “What a nice new hat!” said his friend, admiringly. “When did you get it?” “Well,” was the reply, “it was like ...

    Article : 210 words
  22. WHERE HE FAILED.

    “What would your father do if I told him I loved you?” ‘He’s refer the matter to me.” “And what would you do?” ...

    Article : 202 words
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