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  2. A Plunge Into the Unknown

    Lord Doulton was, as Malling had surmised, at the New Sports, ensconced in a corner of the smoke room a cigar in his mouth, a half empty ...

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  3. A BLIGHTED "PLANT."

    "Tell me honest, Bobbie," said Joan, laying down the newspaper, "s'posing you woke up in the night and heard a burglar, what would you do?" ...

    Article : 685 words
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  5. AMUSING INCIDENTS.

    Bill.—"What is the difference between a laundry and a cemetery?" Jim.—"Dunno.' Bill.—"One stiffens the collars, and ...

    Article : 27 words
  6. A Practised Hand.

    Manager.—"Could you do the landlord in 'The Lady of Lyons'?" Actor.—"Well, I should say so! I've done a good many." ...

    Article : 24 words
  7. The Wish.

    "Dearest, I feel it in my bones that you will take me to the opera to- night." "Which bone do you feel it in most, ...

    Article : 38 words
  8. A Tall Order.

    A chemist received this note, scribbled in haste, the other day:— "My baby has eat up its father's parish plaster. Send an anecdote quick ...

    Article : 46 words
  9. LOVE THAT CAN LAUGH.

    The story of lovers' quarrels is much more often a tale of little misunderstandings than of unsuitability, whether in married life or the days of ...

    Article : 343 words
  10. Belated.

    Teacher.—"Why are you so late, John?" John.-'Please, miss, it was late when I started." ...

    Article : 32 words
  11. Football and Arithmetic.

    N. (aged 8) was questioning her sister M. (aged 6) in mental arithmetic, and the following dialogue ensued:— ...

    Article : 47 words
  12. The Domestic War.

    Little Timothy, who had been studying history but a short time, thought he would give his grandfather a tryout on the subject, so he asked: "Say, ...

    Article : 74 words
  13. Not Good Enough.

    A farm hand who had worked every day in the week from dawn till late at night, finishing his duties by lantern light, went to the farmer at the end ...

    Article : 81 words
  14. Seeing and Belleving.

    A speaker was lecturing in a public hall when a man from the company, walking up to the stage, said: "You clergy believe in things you ...

    Article : 137 words
  15. EAT DIRT FOR HEALTH.

    If you want to be really healthy you must eat dirt. So says Dr. Blob, a famous French surgeon, who considers that the starving Russians who have ...

    Article : 227 words
  16. He Was Doubtful.

    A young countryman was hired by a well-to-do family who were in extreme want of a footman to officiate for a wedding party. He was a most ...

    Article : 162 words
  17. TEST YOUR BREATHING.

    How long can you hold your breath? Two French doctors have been making experiments, and they have discovered that the period during which ...

    Article : 445 words
  18. RICHES IN WRITERS' RELICS.

    The authorities of the British Museum, in 1886, gave £45,000 for a part of the Ashburton collection of manuscripts. Many years before the same ...

    Article : 172 words
  19. Up Against the Peer.

    A certain peer who bears the reputation of being somewhat stingy in money matters hired a taxi on a wet afternoon to take him to Victoria ...

    Article : 149 words
  20. SEEING THROUGH SILVER.

    A Yorkshireman claims to have discovered a metal possessing the transparent properties of glass, by which aeroplanes could be made invisible. ...

    Article : 245 words
  21. Maggle Was Right.

    School Inspector (to infant class).— "Can a hen swim?" "Yes," says Maggie, with a significant nod of her head. ...

    Article : 186 words
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