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  2. INTERESTED IN THE PRESENT.

    "Dearest," he said, looking dreamily ahead, but still keeping a lock clutch on her hand, "what matters it what trouble, what sorrow what perils may be lurking ...

    Article : 90 words
  3. HUMOUR. DIFFERENT NOW.

    He: Do you know, Miss Dorothy, I often kised you when you were a baby. She: Oh, well, I couldn't help myself then. ...

    Article : 29 words
  4. WHY THE WIDOWER LOVED HER.

    A lady told an an[?]odote of her retiring cook which is good enough to be told again: Myra, the coloured cook, gave notice ...

    Article : 135 words
  5. THE DIFFERENCE IN SEASONS.

    "Br'er Williams," said Brother Dickey, "you all time talkin' 'boat wantin' ter go ter glory in a chariot er fire. How'dyou like ter try it in de middle of ...

    Article : 64 words
  6. PROOF OF HIS WEALTH.

    "Is he very rich?" "Rich? Why, he's so rich he daren't look twice at a girl for fear she'll bring a breach of promise suit." ...

    Article : 31 words
  7. HOW HE LEARNED TO SHOOT.

    "Among a big batch of recruits assigned to my company a while ago," said a captain of infantry stationed at a far western post in the United States, "was ...

    Article : 185 words
  8. WANTED THE LAMBS HANDY.

    "I, want to get a tombstone for my husband's grave," she said, pushing back her sombre veil. "We have all kinds," replied the ...

    Article : 76 words
  9. NOTHING TO BRAG OF.

    Friend: "How I admire your husband —master of seven languages!" Wife: "That's nothing. I am master of him with his languages." ...

    Article : 28 words
  10. KEEPING JUST INSIDE THE LAW.

    Wigg: "Skinnum says he is the architect of his own fortune." Wagg: "How did he succeed in dodging the building inspectors?" ...

    Article : 33 words
  11. THE CHINA COLLECTOR.

    Collectors should not be the subject of unthinking derision. They are only obeying the instincts of the natural man. Observe that uncivilised, ruffian, the ...

    Article : 1,234 words
  12. A VERY BAD CASE.

    Kitty: And is he not conscious that he boasts so much. Tom: I should think not. Why, he even; boasts that he doesn't boast! ...

    Article : 33 words
  13. "WHICH END."

    The late James M'Neil Whistler, the [?]ld-famed artist, was more noted for his sarcasm than for his wit, although he possessed a good share of the latter. He ...

    Article : 220 words
  14. DEFICIENT IN SENSE OF VALUE.

    Mrs. Knocker [?]So your husband has no idea of the value of money?" Mrs. Booker: "None whatever. He absolutely doesn't realise what a lovely ...

    Article : 35 words
  15. THEY HAD WORDS.

    Husband: I suppose you will admit that when you married me I had some attractions? Wife: Yes—but only a motor car, and ...

    Article : 33 words
  16. AN ARITHMETIC PUZZLE.

    A correspondent in the "People's Friend" says most people will probably be hard to convince that a yearly increase of £10 in their salary is not equal ...

    Article : 330 words
  17. SO SWEET OF HER.

    Lady (recently married, in answer to congratulations of visiting lady friend): Thank you dear. But I still find it very hard to remember my new name. ...

    Article : 47 words
  18. TAKING PRECAUTIONS.

    A well-known Marquis once ordered a large number of fire extinguishers. The butler having arranged them all over the place, told him there were a dozen left ...

    Article : 40 words
  19. THE PENALTY OF CRIME.

    The noise made by the burglar in the pantry, slight as it was, disturbed the light sleeper in the bedroom not far away, and the midnight marauder was ...

    Article : 265 words
  20. TOO SOON TO DOUBT HIM.

    "My wife believes in me implicitly," said the man with the side whiskers. "She never doubts me nor questions my word." ...

    Article : 41 words
  21. FULLY QUALIFIED.

    Superintendent of Gasworks: "What do you know about laying gaspipes in the street?" Applicant for place as foreman: "I ...

    Article : 49 words
  22. FAMILY SATISFIED.

    Rustic: "Ullo, Willyum, who be yew a diggin that 'ole fur?" Sexton: "Old Lawyer Skinnem—'e died yesterday." ...

    Article : 25 words
  23. NOT SO MUCH DIFFERENCE.

    Prudence Baxter, in "Lippincott's," relates that one morning as Judge C. of N. County, Virginia, was starting for the town, he was approached by one of ...

    Article : 335 words
  24. HE COULDN'T SLIP OUT OF IT.

    May Do tell me, Pearl, how Mr. Timmerman plucked up courage to propose— he's so bashful. Pearl: Oh, easily enough! I asked ...

    Article : 54 words
  25. Advertising

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    Advertising : 138 words
  26. NOT RUGBY FOOTBALL.

    The opposing teams had struggled desperately for the mastery. But the game was over. Strange to say, nobody had been carried off the field senseless. There ...

    Article : 56 words
  27. CHILD LOGIC.

    Brevity is the soul of punishment. There are a few logical, reasonable little souls in the world who prefer to know the meaning of orders, but I fancy the ...

    Article : 282 words
  28. THE PARTING WORD.

    A correspondent writes of a general servant who lived in a house where the mistress kept the learder under lock and key. She left for another situation, and ...

    Article : 71 words
  29. THE CYNIC'S DISCOMFITURE.

    Cynic: "What do you think of the remarkable number of arrests for kleptomania?" Philosopher: "Most of them are ...

    Article : 108 words
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