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  2. A DEAL IN LAND.

    "Oh, Jack, I'm glad you've come. Father's been asking for you so much." And Edith Warden flung her arms round her brother's neck, as he ...

    Article : 5,548 words
  3. SHEEP LANGUAGE.

    The names given to sheep are different in various localities. The general name of a male sheep is a ram, but in some places it is called a tup. ...

    Article : 1,389 words
  4. AN ADVENTURE IN SEVILLE

    Whether this be a true story or merely a picturesque lie, I know 110 more than the dead. It was told to me in a Paris hotel by one of the created ...

    Article : 791 words
  5. QUARRELS AND HOW TO AVOID THEM.

    I remember Bret Harte telling the story of two gentlemen who dwelt in a wild place in the backwoods, and who were eternally having differences ...

    Article : 558 words
  6. CORNS IN HORSES' FEET.

    Horses with flat feet and low heels are liable to have corns (says 'Wet.," in the "Practical Farmer"). A corn mostly forms in the inner angle of the ...

    Article : 380 words
  7. A Coachman Worth Having.

    Lord Mansfield told the following anecdote about himself from the bench:-- He had turned off his coachman for ...

    Article : 276 words
  8. IN THE HUNTING FIELD.

    A selfish man in the hunting field is capable of any enormity. "Pearson's Magazine" tells a story of a certain cut 'em down rider who was racing ...

    Article : 202 words
  9. Most Awkward.

    An old, steady going farmer, somewhere in the country was accustomed to ride to the market town upon a rather bad-tempered horse. ...

    Article : 163 words
  10. THE NINE PARTS OF SPEECH.

    The following lines would probably prove useful both to teachers and pupils were they more generally ...

    Article : 156 words
  11. An Old Soldier's Hint.

    An aged veteran who. had fought at Quatre Bras and Waterloo, and who resided at a village in Scotland, was one day visited by the master of an ...

    Article : 440 words
  12. Did His Best.

    James, the pompous new butler, who would rather have died than disobey orders, was instructed by his mistress to bring everything into the ...

    Article : 387 words
  13. THE PAINLESSNESS OF DEATH.

    The act of dying, it is now ascertained. is absolutely free from suffering; the person is really unconscious, insensibility always preceding death. ...

    Article : 116 words
  14. STRANGE, ISN'T IT?

    That a taut rope is none the wiser. That, though night falls day breaks. That sailors never box the compass on the spar deck. ...

    Article : 59 words
  15. A Step Furthte.

    "Deduction is the thing," declared the law student. "For distance, yonder is a pile of ashes in our yard. That is evidence that we ave had fires ...

    Article : 111 words
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