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  2. THE VELVET HAND, OR THE Secret of the Steel Casket,

    street slowly, in order to give the captive time to purchase his freedom if he wanted to. Locke felt his prisoner tremble as ...

    Article : 1,396 words
  3. Mrs. Wicks on "Picnics."

    Of course, some folks take their pleasures queerly, us the man said when his wife proposed inviti[?]' relations for Christmas. I never did, [?] ...

    Article : 640 words
  4. The Ladies' Column.

    As my own mother used to comfort me—Kissing the tears away—Holding me close—aye, all too close ...

    Article : 95 words
  5. Stories of Stanley.

    The late Sir Henry M. Stanley, who had unflinchingly faced the terrors of darkest Africa, had a bad case of stage fright when he first appeared ...

    Article : 515 words
  6. SHE ALWAYS MADE HER HOME HAPPY.

    We remember once a sorrowing husband, in speaking of his dead wife, said in pathetic tones, 'She always made our home happy.' What better ...

    Article : 538 words
  7. CHAPTER XIII.

    Detective Robert Locke introduced himself to the officer in charge of the police station at Wellsville, and mentioned, the object of his visit there. ...

    Article : 1,280 words
  8. CHAPTER XII.

    A door slammed and the woman disappeared, as the detective was driven back by the force of her unexpected attack. ...

    Article : 1,037 words
  9. CHAPTER XIV.

    'Where did you get this fragment of paper?' was Detective Robert Locke's question, as he scanned the torn sheet that the telegraph operator ...

    Article : 1,357 words
  10. Historic Forest Fires.

    When all the conditions are favorable, forest fires sometimes reach gigantic proportions. A few such fires nave attained historic importance. ...

    Article : 614 words
  11. Stories of Sleepers.

    In a well-known club the other day, in a chamber everywhere placarded 'Silence,' a certain member recently set the regulations at naught. ...

    Article : 268 words
  12. A Story of Paphael.

    Raphael, the great Italian painter, whose celebrated Biblical pictures are worth fabulous sums of money, was not a rich man when young, and ...

    Article : 221 words
  13. AN IMAGINARY INVALID.

    Of course you know at least one of the kind. We refer to the woman of many ills, either imaginary or otherwise, that she insists upon ...

    Article : 314 words
  14. NOT WHOLLY COMPLIMENTARY.

    A certain Mrs Malaprop, who lives in a large Eastern city, is noted for her skill in unconsciously embarrassing other people, while she herself ...

    Article : 239 words
  15. SHOULD SEATS BE SOFT?

    It is not well for sedentary workers to sit on cushions. In man, owing chiefly to his erect carriage, there is a strong development of the muscles of ...

    Article : 155 words
  16. MOTHERHOOD.

    'Motherhood' is woman's crown of glory to perpetuate God's likeness in man. A sacred 'Woman's Right' gloried ...

    Article : 47 words
  17. HONESTY.

    'Honesty' is a virtue much oftener prated of than seen. 'Honesty' is the trade-mark of the well-known firm of Sincerity and ...

    Article : 71 words
  18. UMBRELLA LORE.

    When a man holds an umbrella over a lady's head in such a way as to keep her hat from the rain, while a little stream trickles down his collar, it is ...

    Article : 121 words
  19. THE EMPRESS'S FOUR 'K'S.'

    A few weeks before last Christmas the Empress of Germany, while conversing at a reception in the Berlin Palace with a baroness whose ...

    Article : 158 words
  20. TESTING A PATENT.

    A man having for a long time pestered the Duke of Wellington for an interview, he at last granted his request. 'What have you to offer?' he ...

    Article : 158 words
  21. ALEXANDRE DUMAS.

    Alexandre Dumas happened to be in Switzerland at a roadside inn where German alone was spoken, and he did all he could to impart to the ...

    Article : 138 words
  22. WHEN WOMAN ENVIES MAN.

    When he gives his hair a neat brush and his coiffure is complete. When the children cry and he can whistle a tune, get his hat, bang the ...

    Article : 125 words
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