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  2. OFF SHORE.

    The lamps of the Thames—the Chapman, the Nore and the Mouse—slid astern in rapid succession, and the broad, plain of grey ocean came into view. A ...

    Article : 2,709 words
  3. BLANKETED.

    An old miner, a bachelor, had a pretty niece who kept his house, and at his death he bequeathed all his earnings to her on condition that she married Tom J—, a young miner in ...

    Article : 174 words
  4. WIT AND HUMOR.

    "What is the greatest difficulty you encounter in a journey to the Arctic regions?" asked the inquisitive man. "Getting back home," was the reply of the ...

    Article : 1,226 words
  5. PERSONAL.

    First Scot (on top of tram): That's rather a nice girl in front. Shall we speak to her? Second Ditto: Wait till she's paid her fare. ...

    Article : 1,112 words
  6. JUST WONDERFUL.

    A teacher was taking a class of small children in English grammar, and was explaining the difference between a common and an abstract noun. "An example of a common noun is dog," he ...

    Article : 91 words
  7. A STILL IDEAL.

    "Look here, Willie," a trifle impatiently said the little lad's sire. "You mustn't be talking when I am trying to read. Keep still for a little while now." ...

    Article : 48 words
  8. "A SOFT ANSWER."

    A Hebrew peddler rapped timidly at the kitchen entrance. Mrs. Carter, angry at being interrupted in her washing, flung open the door and glowered at ...

    Article : 67 words
  9. RESPECTING THE DEAD.

    A certain Scotsman on taking his mother in a hearse to be buried in a churchyard situated in the wilds of Scotland came home with the hearse full of barrels of smuggled liquor. ...

    Article : 63 words
  10. A HOPELESS ACCENT.

    She sailed into the telegraph office and rapped on the counter. As the clerk came forward to meet her he remembered that she had been there about ten minutes before. He wondered what ...

    Article : 117 words
  11. A CREDIT NOTE.

    "Yes," said Jones to some of his commercial friends, "I like to get to a seaside town, where you can get plenty of fresh, bracing, wholesome air, not this sooty, foggy stuff as they call air. ...

    Article : 114 words
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    Advertising : 399 words
  13. ROOSEVELT ON THE WAR.

    Mr. Roosevelt writes without animus against Germany, for whose unity, courage, endurance and patriotism he expresses the highest admiration. The more valuable, ...

    Article : 453 words
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