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  2. Cicely Vibart's Love.

    "May I come in?" Stephen asked humbly. He was standing on the threshold of his wife's boudoir. Cicely raised herself from among ...

    Article : 2,377 words
  3. Mrs Gabbing's Grievances

    We've got a bus that runs through our village to the market town every two hours, and the conductor used to be a nice young man, who was ...

    Article : 861 words
  4. Long Naps.

    Recently a young French soldier who was wounded at the beginning of the war woke up after a nap of over two years. During the whole of that ...

    Article : 553 words
  5. ARE COMPOSERS SHORT-LIVED?

    It is somewhat striking to note that a number of great musicians were afflicted with physical infirmities. Mozart, who only lived to the age of ...

    Article : 126 words
  6. Grave and Gay.

    Tourist: You have a very large acreage of corn under cultivation. Don't the crows trouble you a good deal? ...

    Article : 50 words
  7. A Criminal Nation.

    Admittedly Prussian militarism is responsible for the war. At the outset it was apparent to the world that Germany, dominated by the Prussian ...

    Article : 739 words
  8. Acquired Bravery.

    Willis: You think these summer military camps tend to make a man a brave fighter? Gillis: Yes, After I returned from ...

    Article : 55 words
  9. An Epic From Egypt.

    It ain't no use a-swearin'. It ain't no good to fret; There's little gained by grousin'. Or getting all upset. ...

    Article : 135 words
  10. Looked Suspicious.

    As Widow Watts bent Industriously over her washtub she was treated to polite conversation by a male friend, who presently turned the conversation ...

    Article : 88 words
  11. Legal Pleasantries.

    The great law case was nearing its termination, and the prosecuting counsel felt the necessity for having a dig at the opposing counsel. ...

    Article : 124 words
  12. MELBOURNE CORN EXCHANGE.

    A development has recently taken place in the grain trade of Victoria which will be of great interest to farmers, namely, the formation of a ...

    Article : 260 words
  13. Appropriate Hymns.

    Mr. A. G. Bradley, the well-known writer, tells a couple of good stories concerning his schoolboy days at Marlborough College. ...

    Article : 123 words
  14. Then Silence Ensued.

    Mrs. Slingem put her head over the fence and thus addressed her neighbor, who was hanging out her week's washing: ...

    Article : 134 words
  15. VIOLINS WITH SOULS.

    Enormous pains and care go to the making of a good violin, says an authority. Indeed it has been said that the great violin makers all liked ...

    Article : 169 words
  16. A Crushing Reply.

    A certain famous lawyer is noted for his trenchant wit. At the beginning of his career he had an elderly, prosy, long-winded ...

    Article : 107 words
  17. Etiquette As It Is Taught.

    "Madam," began a book hawker, as the door opened. "I am selling a new work on etiquette and deportment." "Oh, you are!" she responded. "Go ...

    Article : 158 words
  18. NOT WHAT THEY SEEM.

    Every day we use words which, if they were taken literally, would mean utter nonsense. Here are a few of them: ...

    Article : 147 words
  19. TRANSVAAL TERMINATIONS.

    In perusing the names of South African towns in the daily newspapers, many must have noted the word "fontein," which appears so ...

    Article : 117 words
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  21. A Waggish Non-Com.

    I recently told a story on this page concerning a recruit named Montague, whose name was pronounced by a sergeant Montaig. ...

    Article : 251 words
  22. Business Before Bravery.

    Benjamin Bossem, the foreman was superintending the unloading of a vessel at the quayside, and was urging on his willing workers with ...

    Article : 190 words
  23. DANGER OF HIGH COLLARS.

    That high collars tend to produce nervous headaches among both men and women is the recent discovery of a well-known Parisian physician. ...

    Article : 274 words
  24. AN INDICATION OF LONG LIFE.

    Women are supposed to be longer lived than men. An authority says that every woman can tell from her own features if her life is to be a ...

    Article : 158 words
  25. Heeding Good Adive.

    He was a junior, but keen to get on. His only companion in the first "smoker" was a well-known barrister, who had made a large fortune in ...

    Article : 190 words
  26. A Broad Hint.

    I was talking to a friend the other day whose small son possesses a very sweet tooth. He had been told by his mother early in February that ...

    Article : 147 words
  27. The Wrong Inference.

    As is well known, Dr. T. J. Macnamara, Financial Secretary to the Admiralty, spent his early manhood as a teacher in the Bo[?] Schools, ...

    Article : 137 words
  28. A Bad Judge.

    An Irishman taking home a goose for his Sunday dinner, went into an inn for slight refreshment. Laying down the goose, he was proceeding to ...

    Article : 94 words
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