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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

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