Endicott the Duffer Becomes Unlikely Hero at House Party
Endicott, a quiet and awkward guest, stays at a Pine County house party to care for a dying child during a diphtheria scare. He returns to the Saunders cottage as a hero after rescuing little Bob Bowne, prompting Miss Wilmot to accept his proposal with quiet courage.
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Brought Up in College Story of Rev Powell’s Lift
A Welsh preacher Rev Lewis Powell from Cardiff visits Carmarthen College. He asks two strong students to lift him so he can rise above the others and prove his moral stature. He explains that some look down on him for not being raised in college.
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Clever Epigrams From Chinese Wisdom
A selection of flowery wisdom and proverbs reflecting Chinese thought. Notable lines include emphasis on self correction and restraint, the folly of self overestimation, and the value of adversity in polishing character as illustrated through aphorisms and street orators.
MEMORY OF TURTLES Lay Their Eggs Year After Year
Forest and Stream notes how sea turtles return to the same beach sites to nest each season. From May through August they crawl ashore at night to dig dunes and lay 90 to 185 eggs per nest, often repeating exact spots year after year.
Rhodes Plans to Outwit Boers at Mafeking Relief
Lord Harris recounts how Colonel Frank Rhodes guided Mafeking relief by clever heliograph replies to Colonel Plumer. The evasive answers used coded phrases like Naval and military multiplied by ten and As many as there are boys in the Ward family, decoded by Colonel Weston Jarvis and Small Little.
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Editor’s reply to awaiting author echoes old iron line
An amateur authoress pressed for word on a submitted story. editor’s reply advised to “put it with the other irons,” illustrating a wry publishing quip when requests for early decisions were denied.
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Get-Rich Schemes Questioned by Bilkins
In a Louisville Courier-Journal quip, Bilkins dismisses get-rich-quick schemes while observers wonder about his own fortunes. The joke hints at a stingy heiress connection and marriage as a possible cause.
Old Man Reflects On Life’s Unfulfilled Trance
A veteran recalls decades of trance and the irony that most of it never materialized, in a recent memoir excerpt. The quote highlights memory’s distortions and the gap between aspiration and reality.
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