... THE Ponders were in the van of Fashion; that is to say, the Ponders themselves thought so, and by dint of frequent and judicious repetition induced a large number of their friends to believe it, and they daily abased themselves in reverential rows commencing on the Ponders' immaculate doorstep and ending in their iniquitously expensive green and gold drawing-room. Sir William, it should be ...

... i _gj i r j yi --3^^ I T i/r5K''rtad8 glopgmgnt By FREDERICK FENN MRS. RUTLAND was one of those people whose chief interest in life lay in fancying that she was unhappy. She felt that she ought to be pitied for having married John Rutland, and for having sacrificed the delights of London to become the sober wife of a substantial country gentle man and J. P. As a result, she spent her early ...

... v By C. STARR JOHNS MAX VON WOLLEN BERG dismissed his motor at a corner and walked rapidly along the Herthestrasse. Many men, who knew him by sight, saluted him respectfully, but he barely acknowledged their salutations, indeed, he hardly appeared to notice them. A small house stood a little way back from its neighbours. Here he paused, and rang the bell vigorously. Is your mistress in Yes, ...

... BY JESSIE G. COURT The Bystander M Surprise Story ...

... r Put It Down in the Bill BY HARFORD WORLOCK J C 'I'M just going round the shops, said Patricia, feel like coming? That little pig went to market this little pig stayed at home, I answered. Talking of pigs reminds me, Patricia chipped in do you think, if you approached him tactfully, the landlord might put a wing on to the larder Talking of pigs and wings, 1 observed, they might fly. ...

... SACRIFICE By FRED M. WHITE Ciy -r.pv Cr-- -rr- -^f-' irC*' C^fy VERNON FORSYTH was growing just a little tired of it. He wanted to get away to the edge of the river and smoke; the tangle in his new comedy was worrying him again. After all, there are dis advantages in being a popular playwright. There were other matters, too. He was disturbed, too, about Hetty Harbord. It was true she had a ...

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... IBBI ^0VER TICKET ROMANCE ^^51 Short Story by JAN STRUTHER JE-, :fXcM f A Rover Ticket permits you to Wander around in some of the great houses of amusement we have in London; And thereby comes this ...

... A MOUSE IN THE ROOM By CHRISTINE JOPE-SLADE A TEN MINUTE STORY OSTEOPATHS, surgeons, doctors, faith healers, masseurs, and psycho-analysts had all had a go at her. When they'd finished, she, one of ...