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  2. The Marked Motorist.

    The great black car swerved and crashed into the smaller, lighter one. There was a shout, followed by something that sounded like an ...

    Article : 3,978 words
  3. PIONEERING.

    The days of pioneering are not dead. People tell you so, but they don't know. I do—I've tried it. This is how I became a pioneer. ...

    Article : 1,233 words
  4. TWO MEN AND A WOMAN.

    The season was at its height. All day long the wide beach, which lay in the very eye of the sun from morning to late afternoon, had been ...

    Article : 1,282 words
  5. TH[?] YOUNG HOUSEKEEPER.

    One soon learns, even as a novice in marketing, how to distinguish between goods of prime and of indifferent quality. There is nothing like ...

    Article : 856 words
  6. PIGEON-WHISTLE CONCERTS.

    A traveller in Eastern lands tells us the following little story of the Chinese and their most unique pigeon whistles. ...

    Article : 279 words
  7. TRICKING A FAMOUS SURGEON.

    Sir Morel Mackenzie once received a wire from Antwerp asking him his charges for a certain operation. He replied £500, and was told to come at ...

    Article : 254 words
  8. FLAXMAN, THE SCULPTOR, AND HIS WIFE.

    Flaxman, the great sculptor, married quite young, before he had acquired any distinction in his art, and was merely a promising pupil. ...

    Article : 141 words
  9. SEA-SUBMERGED CITIES.

    When Doctor Robert Miehe, of Dresden, died a year ago, he left his beautiful widow a moderate fortune, since when she has spent her time on the ...

    Article : 369 words
  10. He THOUGHT IT HAD.

    A commercial traveller who had business in a small Scottish town recently missed the last train for the South, and so put up at a local hotel for the ...

    Article : 170 words
  11. MONUMENT TO A HORSE.

    There are some very curious monuments to animals scattered over the countryside. The one with the most remarkable story crowns Mt. Harley, ...

    Article : 139 words
  12. A RETORT TO TURNER THE ARTIST.

    Turner, happening one day to pass a print shop, noticed in the window a copy of one of the engravings from his famous "Liber Studiorum." The ...

    Article : 288 words
  13. Three Sheets in the Wind.

    It is not always safe to trifle with the dignity of the local magistrate, and one youth who tried to introduce a spice of humour into court is wiser ...

    Article : 139 words
  14. The Reason.

    An amusing incident, happened at a church a little while back. The vicar married, and went away on his honeymoon, and a young curate ...

    Article : 78 words
  15. Practical.

    Nervous Lady (as a large bird flies before the vessel): Oh, captain, is that an omen? Matter-of-fact Captain: No, ma'am, ...

    Article : 27 words
  16. Roundabout, But—

    Husband (speaking to wife): Come to me, little chick! Wife's Mother (fanning vigorously): You've a very polite way of ...

    Article : 235 words
  17. GOOD BUSINESS.

    A millionaire, hoping to encourage his young son in ways of thrift, promised to give him 2 per cent. a month interest upon any money that he ...

    Article : 241 words
  18. Cool.

    "What do you mean, sir," roared the irate father, "by bringing your portmanteau to my house and ordering a room?" ...

    Article : 44 words
  19. A Good-Point.

    "How do you like my latest picture?" "First rate. It was very clever of you to put the new moon in." ...

    Article : 154 words
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