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  2. Diary of a Turkey.

    Monday.—Had a sudden shock. Curious feeling about my neck, and tightness just as though I had had a ring put on it Can't hold up my head as I once did. ...

    Article : 353 words
  3. Lady Charlotte Guest.

    Lady Charlotte Guest piqued herself more on being the wife of the great ironmaster than the daughter of the Scotch earl. Indeed, it is a question with many whether ...

    Article : 591 words
  4. The Yankee Whaler.

    One of the most striking headlands on the coast of South Africa is the bluff of Natal. Its majestic position, standing boldly out from the mainland and rising straight up ...

    Article : 2,286 words
  5. Light and Healthsome

    A rifle match—a bout between two pickpockets. No wonder the coachmen are so popular. All girls like hansom men. ...

    Article : 1,198 words
  6. He Won Her.

    "Must I really go, sweetheart?" "Yes," replied Lilian McGuire, placing her shapely white hand in his, and looking into his face with a tender earnestness that ...

    Article : 652 words
  7. An Actress's Diamond Necklace.

    Mr. J. Sarjent tells the following anecdote: "When Modjeska was employed by me she had not enough diamonds to buy a loaf of bread with. I had to advance her the money ...

    Article : 498 words
  8. The Lion in Love.

    The lion, by chance, saw a fair maid, the forester's ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 270 words
  9. Two Smart Tricks.

    A tramp performing a journey through the midland counties on foot saw to, horses in a field as he passed along, one of which he determined to borrow for a few miles, as ...

    Article : 426 words
  10. Betrayed by Music.

    How a Scotch detective found his man after two years' search is thus related:— For nearly two years past a young man wearing the garb of a Highland piper has ...

    Article : 334 words
  11. A Candid Confession.

    I have on two or three occasions borrowed postage stamps and failed to pay them. I have talked in a loud voice at the theatre, and even gone so far as to ...

    Article : 238 words
  12. Leaves from our New Primer.

    This is Cook. She is Cooking the Sunday dinner. See the Beef roasting, and the Plum Pudding boiling. No, you cannot see the Plum Pudding boiling, because it is in ...

    Article : 463 words
  13. He would have his Joke.

    "Fare!" shouted the driver through the hole in the 'bus one bright day this week. "What?" said an old fellow over in the corner. ...

    Article : 228 words
  14. Plots and Puppets.

    At the Menus Plaisirs, Paris, a fairy piece, entitled "Rocambole aux Enfers," was produced with success. The spectacle is founded on a romance which, published in ...

    Article : 176 words
  15. A Disappointed Negro.

    Shortly after a fire the other day a colored gentleman called on an insurance agent and said— "Wants my money, cap'n." ...

    Article : 256 words
  16. The Fatalist's Terrible Mistake.

    The world is full of fatalists. It is an easy and comfortable belief. I have been told a peculiar anecdote on the subject. At a frontier post the officers' mess was engaged ...

    Article : 293 words
  17. Kean's Jealousy.

    When Kean was playing in Paris, in 1828, his irregular habits and unpunctuality were constant sources of embarrassment to the impresario. He seldom, if ever, attended ...

    Article : 150 words
  18. The Maiden's Prayer.

    "Oh, please, sir," cried a little maid— Her accents fraught with dark despair— The hardest-hearted would have stayed To hear that little maiden's prayer. ...

    Article : 142 words
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