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  2. "Dead" for a Week.

    We were all in lively spirits, smoking and laughing and saying what we would do when we landed at Galipoli. Six sailors sat in the middle ...

    Article : 299 words
  3. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    Pat and Bridget were being married, and the whole village was astir. Pat was resplendent in a tail-coat (borrowed), patent-leather boots ...

    Article : 126 words
  4. WISE AND OTHERWISE.

    A farmer in great need of extra hands at haying-time, finally. asked Bill Smith, who was accounted the village idiot, if he would help him ...

    Article : 115 words
  5. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    Mrs. Mig and Mrs. Mag were having their usual chat over the back fence, and no one in the neighbourhood had a shred of character left. ...

    Article : 102 words
  6. JOHN WAS TOO CAUTIOUS.

    Gone was the lovelight from the young wife's eyes—drowned in bitter tears—as she faced her anxious mother. ...

    Article : 108 words
  7. STARTING AS USUAL.

    Having made his money, Mr. Golding became the usual target for silly questions on "How. to Make Cash Quickly," and such topics. ...

    Article : 86 words
  8. SOMETHING IN RESERVE.

    A young lady had a train to catch, and chartered a cab, which, unfortunately was drawn by a very wretched horse. Having told cabby that she ...

    Article : 155 words
  9. PROOFS WANTED.

    A Londoner who was staying in Scotland for a little while recently had need of legal assistance. So he went up to a sensible-looking man ...

    Article : 109 words
  10. DESCRIBED.

    Much mystified, Private Pipeclay had been summoned to appear before his commanding officer. With all due formality, he was ...

    Article : 103 words
  11. "'Old Up Yer' Ead."

    The sergeant was very angry —a state of mind common to sergeants. The recruits he was drilling listened to him with a kind of grim ...

    Article : 233 words
  12. NEITHER OF THEM.

    A gentleman who was detained at a country railway station on a bitterly cold night went into the waiting-room, where a fire was burning. ...

    Article : 92 words
  13. APPROPRIATE!

    Although the bravery of our Australian troops is beyond all question their ideas on discipline vary considerably from those held by soldiers ...

    Article : 116 words
  14. HE DIDN'T WAIT FOR THE PICTURES.

    Attacked by a gale of wind, the railway bridge across an American valley had been blown down. In haste the bridge engineer and his staff were ...

    Article : 114 words
  15. THE GENDER OF STAMPS.

    The arrival of twins at a flat one evening caused a great sensation, and the sister of the young mother was so impressed by the unexpected ...

    Article : 96 words
  16. GOOD GROUND FOR FEAR.

    At two o'clock, when the midday rush was over, a customer entered a restaurant, and ordered some lunch. Half an hour passed, and still he ...

    Article : 93 words
  17. A PLAIN HINT.

    He was poor but earnest and was desirous of seeking the hand in marriage of the daughter of a wealthy widow. First of all, he thought he ...

    Article : 96 words
  18. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    The second act had come to an end The curtain had fallen, and after a long tumult of applause the audience were gradually relapsing into silence. ...

    Article : 150 words
  19. VERY EFFECTIVE.

    A blacksmith had rented a room in his native town, and great was his dismay to find the room overhead rented by a professional pianist, who ...

    Article : 87 words
  20. FOREWARNED.

    Jenkins is a superstitious sort of chap; he wouldn't walk under a ladder or sit down thirteen at a table for quite a lot. ...

    Article : 115 words
  21. REALISM.

    Two pavement artists. were boasting about how they could paint. "Do you know," said one, "I painted a sixpence on the ground one. day, ...

    Article : 75 words
  22. PERHAPS SO.

    Two Lancashire lads went to the recruiting office together, and one received a card marked "A," while the other's card was marked "B." ...

    Article : 116 words
  23. THE ONE THING NEEDFUL.

    "I am sending you some manuscript," wrote the budding authoress. "I also enclose a letter of introduction from my clergyman, one from ...

    Article : 83 words
  24. LOGIC.

    If there was one thing that little Nancy hated, it. was going to bed There was always an argument be fore she retired to rest. ...

    Article : 68 words
  25. HE'D LIKE ONE.

    With a crash and a grinding noise, the huge motor-car came to a halt away out in the country, and the healthy young officer descended from ...

    Article : 219 words
  26. THE REWARD.

    Resplendent in well-tailored khaki a newly-gazetted lieutenant dined at a hotel with a young lady the other day, and was attended by a waiter ...

    Article : 193 words
  27. RATHER TRYING.

    It was a shy young curate who was once asked to take a class of girls about fifteen or sixteen, which had formerly been taken by a lady. The ...

    Article : 147 words
  28. TRUE VIRTUE.

    Walter had just finished his first week at school, and was full of chatter about his new friends, the Chief of these being a small boy unknown ...

    Article : 134 words
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