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  2. Chapter XXII.

    Whilst this had been proceeding on those dark and solitary heights beside the tarn, the night had not been uneventful on the other side of the valley. As soon as ...

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  3. POETRY AND TRIFLES.

    I wandered long in lonely ways, Till on my path she flashed and stood, With winsome air and haunting gaze, A very May of maidenhood. ...

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  4. HONESTY AND SAGACITY.

    The virtues of a keen business man are often negative rather than positive. It is said that a great broker once told his son that only two things were necessary to ...

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  5. DID NOT WISH TO ANNOY HER.

    The tramp had tried half a dozen houses on the block for a bite to eat and with such poor success that he was almost discouraged and began to think he would ...

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  6. HE WANTED HEAVY ARTILLERY.

    The negro porter in a certain office building applied to a young lawyer who had frightened him on various occasions and asked him to write out all of the big words ...

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  7. THE FRIENDLY HAND.

    When a man ain't got a cent, an' he's feel in' kind o' blue, An the clouds hung dark an' heavy, an' won't let the sunshine through ...

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  8. FIXED.

    A spruce young fellow led a blushing damsel as a bride from her rural home, and returned with her to the hospitable mansion of his newly made father-in-law to ...

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  9. "A BIRD IN THE HAND," &c.

    In order to raise the funds needed for the restoration of a certain church "ayont the Tweed," a fashionable bazaar was recently held. ...

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  10. IN COUNTRY LANES.

    O country lanes, white-starred with bloom, Where wild things nestle, shy and sweet, Where all your waving grasses laugh ...

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  11. KILLING THE HORSE.

    A Manchester horse dealer and stable proprietor was addicted, whenever any one came to hire a horse, to warn them against too furious driving. On one occasion a ...

    Article : 106 words
  12. NOT TO BE "HAD."

    A party was being shown over the British Museum. In one of the rooms the keeper pointed out a collection of antique vases, which had been recently dug up at ...

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  13. NOT PROPERLY COACHED.

    The visitor who had been asked to address the Sunday school came forward. "Children," he said, "your superintendent has told you that I am considered one ...

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  14. PUTTING IT PLAINLY.

    The old gentleman didn't want the young gentleman to marry the young lady, the young lady being the old gentleman's daughter. ...

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  15. FLOWERS SHE REALLY WANTED.

    He had reached the door in his usual rooming sprint for the train, when his wife railed for him—"Oh, Tom!" "Yes," he answered, with his hand on the knob: "I ...

    Article : 298 words
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