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  2. The Queensland Bean.

    Miss Fanny White, the school teacher of Sleepville, sat at a table writing; from the careful manner in which she made fine upstrokes and duly dwelt on ...

    Article : 2,118 words
  3. FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

    The motor-car containing three ladies and three gentlemen came down the hill at a great "bat," whipping the road behind at the rate of thirty miles ...

    Article : 1,255 words
  4. AMUSING INCIDENTS.

    "Well, sir," said the old gentleman, indignantly, "what are you doing round here again? I thought that delicate hint I gave you with my boot just as ...

    Article : 97 words
  5. IN THE LIGHT OF UNDERSTANDING.

    First, I think it was sheer panic at the prospect of banishment from one's own kind that drove us together. At any rate, I never encountered a more ...

    Article : 2,779 words
  6. JIMSON'S GARDENING.

    I used to think that if only I had a garden where I could grow my own flowers I should be the happiest man alive. So when the opportunity came, ...

    Article : 545 words
  7. Fred White's Free Pass.

    Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, who has been paying a visit to England, tells a good story of an applicant for ...

    Article : 164 words
  8. MY LITTLE BROWN MARE.

    She's rather too lean, but her head's a large size, And she hasn't the average number of eyes; ...

    Article : 310 words
  9. Foolish Ignorance.

    The man was inebriated. The policeman who relieved the lamp-post of him needed no messenger from heaven to tell him that. ...

    Article : 155 words
  10. What He Made.

    A lawyer rose to cross-examine a Swede who had been subpoenaed by the other side as a witness. "Now, Andersen, what do you do?" ...

    Article : 177 words
  11. VARIETIES.

    "You tell me she married, for love, but I happen to be aware that the man she married is worth a million." "Precisely—it is the million she ...

    Article : 443 words
  12. WHO THE HAPPY ARE.

    An old man, who had lived a life full of business activity from early manhood until considerably past his prime; who had been successful, as ...

    Article : 256 words
  13. An Awful Mistake.

    The time was a peaceful Sabbath evening, the place a rural parish in Perthshire, where the inhabitants are quiet, peaceful, and above all ...

    Article : 203 words
  14. Had Finished.

    There is a certain village grocer in the country—we will call him Mr. Razen—who has made but one public speech in his life. Moreover, he has ...

    Article : 253 words
  15. Persuasive Power.

    He (earnestly, yet timidly): Miss Jones, I've been thinking of you all the week long. She (blushing sweetly): Have you ...

    Article : 152 words
  16. Taking No Risks.

    He walked into the chemist's shop with a hesitating step, and glanced nervously at the rows of bottles with a scared look in his pale blue eyes. ...

    Article : 284 words
  17. Why She Cried.

    Uncle Jack came home one day after a long walk, and feeling very thirsty, he picked up a tumbler from the table, and took a good drink from ...

    Article : 80 words
  18. How He Lost Her.

    "Now, Georgie," said Maud, "you mustn't put it off any longer. Go to papa this afternoon and tell him what you want." ...

    Article : 164 words
  19. At the Matinee.

    Man at Back: Excuse me, sir, could you tell me what you paid for your wife's hat? The Other: Why? ...

    Article : 125 words
  20. Scarcely Complimentary.

    "You must come and see us, Mr. Smith. I promise you shall meet, oh! quite a number of pretty women!" "How can I refuse you, my dear ...

    Article : 46 words
  21. Love's Broken Dream.

    They were parting at the door. She stood folded in his arms, stroking his moustache, while he looked into her eyes of blue. ...

    Article : 93 words
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