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  2. Tales and Sketches.

    "Where have you been ?" asked Adser, who was sitting in Zodack's room, waiting his return. She loved Zodack's room. It had been her haven of rest and recreation ever since ...

    Article : 4,564 words
  3. Poetry and Trifles.

    He cometh in the night when the children are asleep. The funny little wee, wee man; He turns down the clothes and he tickles baby'a feet. The bad little wee, wee man. ...

    Article : 1,023 words
  4. DIDNT OWN IT.

    A Strand theatrical manager was waited upon one day last week by an aspirant for histrionic fame, and on being asked what line be would take, promptly answered:— ...

    Article : 90 words
  5. PAYING FOR NEWS.

    On returning to his family after an absence of some weeks Captain Johnson had been driven from Kingstown to Dublin by a carman, who looked discontentedly at the fare ...

    Article : 135 words
  6. A PROTECTOR GONE.

    "Well," said Mr. Tripkins, as [?] sat down to the [?] rather later than usual, "they've been to [?] at last." "Who?" ...

    Article : 114 words
  7. CRUSHED BY CARLYLE.

    The late Mr. [?] Yates, in his " Recollections and Experience," tells how Dickens described to him a dinner party at which he met Carlyle. A certain pompous gentleman at ...

    Article : 100 words
  8. HE HAD HEARD ENOUGH.

    Two nights after the completion of the telephone line between Farnville and Hampden Sidney, [?], one of the largest tobacco warehouses in Faroville wan burned. The fire ...

    Article : 307 words
  9. THE CALL WAS SHORTENED.

    A Lady who had attained to considerable wealth was calling on a new neighbour. She is much given to bragging, and was going far beyond any previous effort. ...

    Article : 110 words
  10. AN UNSUCCESSFUL RUSE.

    On a very hot day last summer an employee in h Nottingham factory being thirsty, sent a lad out for a [?] of threepenny ale, telling him at the same time that, should the ...

    Article : 154 words
  11. MERELY ADJOURNED.

    A six-foot spectator with a muscular arm rushed in between two youths who were pommelling each other and separated them. " If you don't stop this," he said, holding ...

    Article : 94 words
  12. SO SAD.

    She turned her sloe-like eyes up to him. She was a pale, interesting young girl - the kind that till, robust men like on account of the clinging vine and sturdy oak business. ...

    Article : 407 words
  13. TOO AWKWARD.

    There are those who cannot forgive the son of "poor but respectable parents" for gaining distinction not to be bought with money. Reaumarchais, the author of " The Marriage ...

    Article : 149 words
  14. THE IRISH SCHOOLMASTER.

    In the days when teachers were few and far between, an old-fashioned Irish schoolmaster went the rounds from district to dint rice. Of him many stories are still are in the regious ...

    Article : 402 words
  15. COMPULSORY EDUCATION .

    They say that the school attendance officer in a thriving provincial town, which shall be nameless, was recently the victim of a practical joke. ...

    Article : 232 words
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