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  2. WIT AND HUMOR.

    He: I am sorry that I am married. She: So am I, very, very sorry. He: Really—now if I were free; would you— She: I mean that I am sorry for your wife. ...

    Article : 406 words
  3. PERSONAL.

    It was a public meeting of British waiters, and they were discussing the expulsion of Germans and Austrians from hotels and restaurants, "All aliens ought ...

    Article : 1,138 words
  4. RICKSHAW "BOYS" OF DURBAN

    He came out from the angle of a wharf building on The Point—the port of Durban. Like all wharfs, it was squalid and dusty and coal-begrimed, with dingy ...

    Article : 1,842 words
  5. THE LUMP ON THE FLOOR.

    She was very stout, and must have weighed nearly 300 lb. She was learning roller skating, when she had the misfortune to fall. Several attendants rushed to her side, but were unable ...

    Article : 85 words
  6. WAITING FOR NEWS.

    Here on the edge of the quiet lagoon at Almirante, Panama, shut in by mangroves from the sea, and folded in the silence of untrodden ranges, we sit every day and wait for the news. ...

    Article : 983 words
  7. LAUGHTER.

    The man and woman who can laugh together can tide over almost any disillusionment, almost any bitterness, but a chuckle, not a ripple of merriment, but a great, soul drenching laugh that ...

    Article : 49 words
  8. THE BIRD'S EYE VIEW.

    "Consider well the proportion of things," Mark Twain says through Pudd'nhead Wilson. "It's better to be a young June Bug than an old Bird of Paradise. A Peach was once a bitter almond. ...

    Article : 75 words
  9. VANDALISM.

    "The vandals even destroyed the beautiful boilers of the ships."—German paper. I was enjoying the noon sunshine, and looking across the park, when a complaining voice fell ...

    Article : 827 words
  10. FOWL TALK.

    The shades of the goose and turkey were discussing the circumstances which had attended their respective deaths. "Did you offer any objection when first the ...

    Article : 87 words
  11. MAKING THE MOST OF HIMSELF.

    An English traveller was being driven round Killarney by a typical Irish coachman. It was a very hot day, and the traveller gave the "jarvey" a drink at a wayside inn. ...

    Article : 60 words
  12. BEYOND PRAYING FOR.

    Bobby had been taught to remember all his relatives when he said his prayers. One night as he knelt at his mother's knee he did not mention the name of a favorite aunt. ...

    Article : 71 words
  13. ORIGIN OF THE KILT.

    One day a Scottish boy and an English boy who were fighting were separated by their respective mothers with difficulty, the Scottish boy, though the smaller, being far the more ...

    Article : 84 words
  14. HE TOOK THE HINT.

    An artisan and his assistant came to a house to do some repairing. As he entered, the lady o the house said, in loud tones— "Anna, before you do anything else, lock all ...

    Article : 92 words
  15. OLD TIMOTHY.

    War is very puzzling to the old. For them "every battle of the warrior comes indeed with confused noise." Old Timothy, in his garret, shivered when the baker's boy, bursting with ...

    Article : 938 words
  16. PUDDING AND PROPORTION.

    James started his third helping of pudding his delight. "Once upon a time, James," admonished his mother, "there was a little boy who ate too much ...

    Article : 68 words
  17. SAMUEL'S LESSON.

    Mrs. Smith, having decided to give a Christmas party, purchased a hat stand, which she greatly admired, having hitherto lacked this very necessary article. ...

    Article : 81 words
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  19. HE RUBBED IT IN.

    A novel manner of adding insult to injury is revealed by a Scottish Highlander who appears in Mr. Charles Johnston's "Why the World Laughs." A friend had observed that the highlander was ...

    Article : 104 words
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