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  2. STORIES OF The Old Gum Tree

    Ten minutes more pass by, and the first game is concluded. Miss Fanshawe hands her mallet to a lady who has not been previously ...

    Article : 2,567 words
  3. THE CHILDREN'S CHANCE.

    "My husband drinks. He is seldom at home. He spends all the money I earn; but for the sake of the children I stick to him." ...

    Article : 577 words
  4. Farmers and Free-Trade

    What is the outlook to-day for the Australian farmer? Even the cheeriest optimist has to confess its gravity in view of the ...

    Article : 656 words
  5. THE WILY WAITER.

    According to a friend of mine who ought to know, Englishmen are the best waiters in the world. There have been times, especially when my wife ...

    Article : 972 words
  6. Advertising

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    Advertising : 639 words
  7. RETRIBUTION.

    "What is wrong here?" queried the chief sub., who had just entered. "Alas!" said the editor, "a poet was here but a few minutes since, and he ...

    Article : 113 words
  8. SO SORRY.

    "Has anybody called during my absence, Henry?" asked the principal of the cherub of an office bay on returning from a round of calls ...

    Article : 105 words
  9. THE SERVANT TROUBLE.

    ''Popkins is a clever follow." "What has he done now?" "He's put a spring gun in his back yard, a burglar aiarm, at every ...

    Article : 74 words
  10. NO NONSENSE.

    Mrs. P.: "How do you always manage to have such delicious beef?" .Mrs. B.: "I select a good, honest butcher, and then stand by him." ...

    Article : 133 words
  11. MISTAKEN IDENTITY.

    Whenever the exciting nature of her novelette permitted. Phyllis; the nursemaid, looked to her little fifteen months old charge At the other end ...

    Article : 127 words
  12. NO HOLIDAY.

    A man was wheeling two children in a perambulator while his wife was behind with two more, when a pal called out: ...

    Article : 159 words
  13. TIME-LIMIT EXPIRED.

    The harsh, taunting laugh of the scorner arose when little Tommy Frippers detached his small body from the rest of his riotous companions and ...

    Article : 98 words
  14. ALWAYS BLUNDERING.

    It was a still summer's evening, quiet and almost 'sad. The trees nodded sleepily, as if hushing the world to rest. Suddenly the silent beauty was ...

    Article : 128 words
  15. WHY YOU DO IT!

    Every man or woman has certain habits, 6r tricks of mannerism, but few trouble to think out why. they do these things. For instance, when one ...

    Article : 394 words
  16. CLOSE AT HAND.

    A waitress in a certain restaurant is well known to the: patrons of the establishment for her ready wit. An occasional customer went iii the other ...

    Article : 106 words
  17. WHY IT RODE HARD.

    An amateur cyclist strode into a second-hand bicycle dealer's shop with a look of intense rage upon his face. "Look here, this is a pretty thing ...

    Article : 157 words
  18. A WELCOME RELIEF.

    During a quiet ,interval at a recent Territorial Camp: a section of men Were having ambulance drill. The hero of the story, whom we will ...

    Article : 325 words
  19. OVERLOADER.

    It was at the children's tea party and Willie was sobbing bitterly while the hostess tried In vain to find out what was the matter." ...

    Article : 85 words
  20. THE CORPORAL GETS HIS OWN BACK.

    A correspondent of the "Newcastle Weekly Chronicle," in relating some anecdotes about war-time friends in France, tells of the following amusing ...

    Article : 148 words
  21. THE OLD WAGES.

    It is said that the married life of the great Florentine painter. Andrea del Sarto, was very unhappy. His wife. Lucrezia, though beautiful in face and ...

    Article : 164 words
  22. HE GOT AN ORDER.

    The proprietor of a large drapery establishment was being pestered one day by commercial travellers. At last; when yet another entered, he looked ...

    Article : 171 words
  23. HISTORY REVISED

    Some of his boys were taking but little interest in the lesson, and the teacher grew desperate. "William Smith," he suddenly demanded, "are ...

    Article : 73 words
  24. ACCORDING TO AGREEMENT.

    House Owner: "You didn't pay the rent last month." Tenant: "No? Well, I suppose you'll hold me to your agreement?" ...

    Article : 47 words
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