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  2. TALES AND SKETCHES.

    Wife: "I need a little more money." Husband: "It is only two days since—" "Now, see here[?] I want you to understand that I wouldn't ask for money if I didn't heed ...

    Article : 140 words
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    Advertising : 2,575 words
  4. CHILDREN'S COLUME.

    [By ABRAM S. ISAACS in Harper's Bazaar.] The Empress had just ended her game of chess one evening at the Winter Palace, St. Petersburg. ...

    Article : 1,955 words
  5. WANTED, A GOOD-LOOKING PICTURE.

    A photographer tells a story of a young man who came into his studio one day and asked nervously if he might have a little conversation with him. The visitor was ...

    Article : 143 words
  6. CANDID.

    Angry Mother-in-law—"You never inquired once how I was coming on during my long sickness. You knew I was dangerously ill, but you did not manifest the slightest ...

    Article : 71 words
  7. HOW SHE HURRIED HIM UP.

    Miss Murray Hill—"You say he has actually proposed, and you are to be married right off. How did you manage to hurry him up so?" ...

    Article : 109 words
  8. WHY SHE WAS SAD.

    The young woman sat by the window looking out into the snowy air, dreamily, when her reverie was disturbed by an elderly woman coming in. ...

    Article : 245 words
  9. WHOM DID SHE KICK?

    A gentleman took a friend home to lunch without notice to his wife. She called him aside and explained that they were out of sherry, and that, when the visitor had ...

    Article : 194 words
  10. POETRY AND TRIFLES.

    There was published in a recent number of the Spectator a beautiful poem, by Mr. William Watson, on a legend of the early Church, when the persecusion of the Christians was at its height, and— ...

    Article : 943 words
  11. THE FIN DE SIECLE WAY.

    Gallant Man (aside) — At last I have her all to myself. Now I can tell her how much I love her, and ask her to be mine. How shall I do it, I wonder? ...

    Article : 169 words
  12. HORRID!

    "Your beau seems very bashful," said a mamma to her daughter. "Bashful?" echoed the daughter; "bashful's no name for it." ...

    Article : 168 words
  13. WHEN HE WAS CAREFUL.

    An English judge, travelling in the United States, finding himself short of cash, presented one of the drafts he had at a local bank, but was told he must be identified by someone. ...

    Article : 154 words
  14. A KNOCKDOWN ARGUMENT.

    "I tell you," said the scientist to his friend, as they passed the fruiterer's shop on the corner, "there's a fruit that is not properly appreciated." ...

    Article : 277 words
  15. HIS CROSS.

    The wife of Deacon Pulsifer was a perfect virago. She made life a continual burden to him. He was a mild, good man, and he frequently told his friends, when they ...

    Article : 227 words
  16. IT WAS RETURNED.

    In an omnibus going to Castle-street, a passenger stooped down and picked up something. "Who's lost a sovereign?" he said. At once half a dozen persons in the 'bus ...

    Article : 120 words
  17. A LIBERAL MAN.

    "Yes," said the insurance agent to a preacher, who was waiting to take the train, "talking about kind-hearted men, there's none of 'em beats Lawyer Jenkins." ...

    Article : 198 words
  18. IT WAS SETTLED.

    The proprietor of one of the principal firms in Birmingham had remarked that his head clerk, for whom he had a real liking, had for some reason fallen into a great melancholy, ...

    Article : 323 words
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