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Группа авторов. The Funny Bone: Short Stories and Amusing Anecdotes for a Dull Hour
The Funny Bone: Short Stories and Amusing Anecdotes for a Dull Hour
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AXIOMS
Michael Maloney’s. Serenade
A GOOD AFTER-DINNER SPEECH
WHAT THE STATUTE DID NOT SAY
A LINCOLN STORY
ANOTHER LINCOLN STORY
SHE DRIED UP
A TIMELY ANSWER
THAT TERRIBLE INFANT
ALMOST WON THE BET
THE USE OF RICHES
A PRAYER THAT WAS ANSWERED
GOD BLESS OUR HOME
AN INQUISITIVE BOY
PEPPER-SAUCE
ONE PLACE OR THE OTHER
“LOUDER!”
A COLLEGE TRICK
ANY PORT IN A STORM
A VERY GOOD INVESTMENT
THE POOR
TEMPERANCE A HUNDRED YEARS AGO
“THE —— YANKEES”
THE SNOLLIGOSTER
SHARPENING THEIR WITS
AN ILL-ASSORTED COUPLE
THE STRONGEST MAN
WHY THEY MARRIED
THE STUTTERERS
ALEXANDER
A FOOL ACCORDING TO HIS FOLLY
HE COULDN’T CATCH UP
A SUDDEN RISE
“OLD HOSS”
DISTURBING THE SOLEMNITY
TECHNIQUE
TACT—AND NO TACT
THE ECHO
“LOGIC IS LOGIC”
LIONIZED
LAUGHED IT OUT OF COURT
HOW TO CATCH A MULE
HOW THE YOUNG IDEA SHOOTS
NAMES FOR THE TWINS
EXTREMES MEET
A FIRE SCREEN
BRANDIED PEACHES
“MOUNTED?”
“DOLLARS TO DOUGHNUTS”
TWO POLITE AND SPUNKY BOYS
A CRANKY COUPLE
SO MANY BALD HEADS
WIND AND WATER
THE THREE ASSES
IN THE CLASS-ROOM
OLD MAN SNUCKLES
IN SEARCH OF A RESTAURANT
LITERATURE MADE EASY
SURE CURE FOR SNORING
TOO YOUNG
A POOR BUSINESS LOCATION
A TALE OF A SAUSAGE
PUNISHMENT MADE SURE
A BASHFUL BRIDEGROOM
A KICKIN’
HE WARNED HER
INCORRIGIBLE
A DUTCH CONUNDRUM
ROUGH ON THE DEACON
RABBITS ENOUGH
COLORED APOSTLES
NEAR THE END OF HIS JOURNEY
BOO!
A GREAT COUNTRY
FARM ACCIDENTS
A WONDERFUL CLIMATE
HE CUT IT SHORT
NOT GOOD LOOKING
A FLANK MOVEMENT
A LONELY PLACE
THE PRICE OF A DOG
WHY THE HAWKEYE MAN COULDN’T PAY
THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT
KEEN CUTTERS
NAMING THE APOSTLES
THE REAR GUARD
THE TURKEY WAS TAME
BOOMERANG STORIES
A PROMISING BUSINESS BOY
HE DIDN’T GET IT IN THE NECK
A HARD WITNESS
IMPOSSIBLE—BUT FUNNY
RURAL JUSTICE
PURE SCOTCH
WHY HE WAS A DEMOCRAT
FINALLY THE WORM TURNED
NO WATER IN HIS
RAISING CAIN
A MEAN COMPANY
A SURE THING
THE LOGIC OF GRAMMAR
DELIRIOUS
Millinerymania
AN ECCENTRIC GREAT MAN
LEFT-HANDED COMPLIMENTS
A REST AND A CHANGE
THE SAME OLD KIND
A TOUGH GOOSE-YARN
FIRST CLASS
AN AWFUL LOT OF PRACTICE
“WHO’D ’A’ BIN ’ER?”
“IN THE WAY THEY SHOULD GO”
“NO THOROUGHFARE”
THE OTHER EYE
KEEPING A SECRET
A SHARP REPROOF
IT WOULDN’T WORK
ON THE POINT OF A NEEDLE
GETTING A WIFE
THE SANCTUM
ARTEMUS WARD AT THE THEATRE
SHE CAME TO HIS AID
A COSTLY DODGE
COULDN’T HELP CRYING
A KNIGHT ERRANT
THACKERAY AND THE OYSTER
A FAST TRAIN
A SLOW COACH
GO TO FATHER
INTERESTING EPITAPHS
SHE SPOILED THE POETRY
HIS PART IN THE PLAY
A CLERICAL CORKSCREW
THE CHIEF END OF MAN
AFTERNOON TEAS
UNANIMOUS ACTION
A DIFFERENCE WITHOUT A DISTINCTION
THE SHY BOARDER
A KNIGHTLY CONUNDRUM
A SHREWD SELECTION
A GOOD EAR
THE RIGHT-OF-WAY
THE DEACON BALKED
PROTECTING THE MINISTER
WALLA WALLA!
THE WICKED PARROT
DOING THE DONS
EXEUNT OMNES
