... THE taxi was going very slowly and the passenger was in a hurry. I say, he shouted, can't you go any faster? Course I can, came the retort but I ain't allowed to leave the taxi. Personally I never stay out late at night. Why, don't late hours agree with you No, old boy, it's not the late hours that bother me so much as the excitement when I get home. You play golf, then No. I learnt ...

... BY JOHN KENT IF Puppy Karfax had been just a little older, or even a little younger, he might have been able to laugh at himself and forget Janine in the interests of soldiering. But by so doing he wouldn't have found salvation, and although in some circumstances laughter may be better than salvation, in India, where both are at a premium, salvation is perhaps the more essential. There was ...

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... IS2&71 fc£*i ERL a inspectors SOMETIMES CARE 1 jaa By JAMES M. HENDERSON. * THE town hall clock was striking three, so the Worland Bank in Buckhurst was due to close its doors. The matter was attended to promptly by Mr. Robert Fairfield, the junior of the branch. He strolled towards where Mr. Greenside, his manager, sat in his private room. Mr. Greenside was a kindly ...

... CITY NOTES. FINANCE IN A FIRST-CLASS CARRIAGE. IT was the weather, you see. A fellow who had been standing about for weeks in the Stock Exchange doing very little, felt it a bit strenuous when he had to dig tanks and other toys out of inches of mud every day. Good for him, said The Broker. You didn't have to do it all the time, I suppose Certainly not, The Ymrar Man answered. Part of the ...

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... OSRi/4 MAGGIE. A JS By DUDLEY HOYS. * FOUNTAINS flared up like glittering ghosts in the autumn night. Joe Ranskell stood at the end of Colonial Avenue and considered the scene with an almost kindly grin. The great Exhibition had brought him furtive profits. There were always mugs to be found at a show like this. On this last visit of his he was more or less off duty. He ...

... it! COME TO |D Dorf I and stay at the SfluelaI fSPORTi IhotelI A. Gredig, Propr. The historical hotel in the centre of the hest Ski-ing district in Switzerland The Fluela stands a stone's I throw from the Parsenn line, I ...

... By JOHN COLLIER DOCTOR, said Major Sinclair, most certainly we must have you with us for Christmas. He shall be back, said Mrs. Carpenter. I promise you. It 's by no means certain, said Dr. Carpenter. I should love it, of course. After all, said Mr. Hewitt, these lectures are only for three months. Anything may happen, said Dr. Carpenter. Yes. It is quite true, said Mrs. Bates. ...

... THE young man had just proposed to the most beau tiful girl in the world. She had accepted him, and so now he stepped into a fashionable jewellery store to buy an engagement ring. He examined various rings, and finally picked up a beautiful diamond affair that suited his fancy. What 's the price of this he inquired. That, replied the assistant, is ^350. The young man's eyes popped. He ...

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