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  2. Flotsam and Jetsam

    Mr. Fitznoodle, sitting in stern of host, steering, while his fair companion plies the sculls: "Do you know, Miss Jessie, I have a sweat mind to fwighten you by wooking the ...

    Article : 84 words
  3. A Variant on Caryle.

    A quack doctor was asked by a regular physician how it was that, without education or skill, he contrived to live in considerable style, while he (the regular physician) could hardly. ...

    Article : 89 words
  4. A Day in Quarantine.

    Monday. "Your coffee, sir?" It's the steward. Rub my eyes. Make the necessary conventional response. ...

    Article : 976 words
  5. Strained It.

    An aged Scottish farmer owns a telescope which has not done duty for many years. The old man, remarking to a friend at a race meeting in the district that the gentry nowadays ...

    Article : 148 words
  6. Kruger's Placid Confidence.

    President Kruger, it is said, has hitherto held no very high opinion of the British Army. A characteristic story in this connection is related in Mr. Fitzpatriok's book. It refers to ...

    Article : 196 words
  7. His Slight Mistake.

    The squire's son had just been ordained and was to take the morning service in his native village. He was a young man, very nervous. However, he did his best, and returned to the ...

    Article : 117 words
  8. His Calling.

    Two gentlemen walking together came by a stately new building. "What a magnificent structure," said one. "Yes," replied the other, "but I cannot ...

    Article : 97 words
  9. A Witty Dean.

    The late Dean Gilbert Stokes, who was a very unaffected man, generally discarded the distinctive hat and gaiters when he was taking his brief annual holiday. One day a ...

    Article : 121 words
  10. Facts and Fancies.

    A little nonsense now and than Is relished by the wisest man.—HUDIBRAS. "What are you crying for, little girl?" "Boe-hoe, 'qos[?]sittin' on my ja[?] [?]art!" ...

    Article : 651 words
  11. "That Blessed Prince."

    The captain of a liner running between England and Australia, tells this story of the Duke of York:—Some time ago I was warned at Malta to man the yards for the Duke of ...

    Article : 196 words
  12. "Nae God In Dun-ermline."

    A correspondent to the "Weekly Scotsman" vouches for the accuracy of the following incident, which was told her by the nurse to whom it happened. She was night staff nurse in a ...

    Article : 188 words
  13. Mr. Peck's Triumph.

    Mr. Peck sat on the saw-horse behind his woodshed, apologetically gazing into vacancy. We say apologetically, for everything Mr. Peck did was apologetic. His expression, his ...

    Article : 448 words
  14. Humours of Clerical Life.

    The Rev. C. H. Grundy, M.A, has a paper in the "Temple Magazine" on "The Humorous side of a Parson's Life." Poor people bring their children to the parson to be ...

    Article : 419 words
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