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  2. HOW THEY TURNED THE CORNER.

    No moment in the career of a successful man has quite the same fascination as that at which he first strikes the road that is to lead him, ...

    Article : 1,492 words
  3. SOME EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN. Unhandicapped by Sex.

    The feminist movement is comparatively modern, but there have been several women who have not felt their sex to be a handicap in any way. One ...

    Article : 826 words
  4. A SECRET SERVICE CHAPTER XVI.

    Ida smiled as she lifted the casket on to her knee and pressed the spring. The ornaments were in their places, and from their velvet bed ...

    Article : 1,927 words
  5. HOW THEY PROPOSE IN HOLLAND.

    A curious old custom still exists in many provinces in Holland. If a young man is in love with a girl, and wishes to ask her hand in marriage, he goes ...

    Article : 324 words
  6. THE DEVIL'S PRIZE TOOL.

    The Germans have an old story that the devil once determined to sell his tools. So he took an invoice of them and set his price upon each one. ...

    Article : 344 words
  7. PORTUGAL'S "PRISON OF SILENCE."

    Republican Portugal still tolerates a prison whose carefully-planned, diabolical torture is enough to make prison reformers turn in their graves. ...

    Article : 163 words
  8. TWENTY MILLION STAMPS DESTROYED.

    Perhaps the most colossal error that has ever occurred in the history of stamps happened in the United States. To commemorate the opening of the ...

    Article : 115 words
  9. CHAPTER XVII.

    Glasgow was asking himself a good many questions as he hailed a loitering taxi and went off towards his rooms. He was doubtful whether he ...

    Article : 1,927 words
  10. FROM FAR AND NEAR.

    The cost-of the navies of the world last year aggregated £145,000,000. There, is 281b; of blood in the body of an average grown-up person. ...

    Article : 213 words
  11. Her Definition.

    Lula McStubbins had been a bride but a short time when the startling truth was forced upon her that her young husband was not exactly a ...

    Article : 195 words
  12. TO QUIETEN A HORSE.

    Tennyson once arrived at Haslemere Station carrying a heavy parcel of books; and his own carr[?] having arrived to meet him, he was ...

    Article : 166 words
  13. LONG-LIVED VICTIMS.

    Amongst the curiosities of the French Budget is an item of £69,082 10/- for indemnities to the victims of December 2, 1851, when Prince Louis ...

    Article : 181 words
  14. "There's-No Place Like—"

    "Absurd!" fumed the fussy commercial, as a fellow-breakfaster entered the coffee-room. "Don't know what these hotels are comin' to, I'm sure. ...

    Article : 186 words
  15. Both Curious.

    "Women's curiosity," said Mr. Gammer, "is a quality of mind beyond all [?]uman understanding." "Yes," said Mrs. Gammer. "What ...

    Article : 216 words
  16. CHAPTER XVIII.

    The Ambassador spoke in tones of emotion. He paced rapidly up and down the room, as if oblivious of the presence of his companion. ...

    Article : 1,906 words
  17. Forewarned.

    An old couple who had spent their lives in a email country village recently determined to pay a visit to Melbourne. Their friends gave them ...

    Article : 253 words
  18. Force of Habit.

    He had just added a motor-boat to his possessions. He already owned a motor-car, so he lost no time in making a trial trip in the new toy. Oh, ...

    Article : 170 words
  19. More "Howlers."

    Perpendicular is anything upright, such as a judge or a journalist. A circle is a line drawn very round, so that you can't tell the beginning or ...

    Article : 91 words
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