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THE POINT OF HONOR

ALWAYS GET THE FACTS

CAN THIS BE TRUE? NEW SERVANT-GIRL STORY HE WAS BROAD MINDED MISSED HIS CHANCE GREAT RELIEF IN HEAVEN UNCHANGEABLE HE KNEW THE LAW A SERMON ON THE WAR BY PARSON BROWN "OVER HERE" LIFE'S ETERNAL QUERY HIGH FINANCE MATRIMONIAL PROFUNDITY THE NEW REGIME WHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS; WHEN THE "S" FELL OUT FULL PARTICULARS FREE THEY WERE SO GLAD TO SEE HIM HAD TO BE SETTLED STILL UNBEATEN ACCOUNTING FOR IT HIS LACK A REVISED CLASSIC SCOTCH THRILLS HIS APPLICATION A CLINCHER SMARTY THE ECLIPSE TO ORDER A CONNOISSEUR NOURISHMENT HAD HAD TREATMENT HOW HE GOT THEM CÆSAR VISITS CICERO WHY BE POLITE ANYWAY? THE ARRIVAL OF WILHELM IMMORTAL! ORIENTAL POLITENESS ALAS! TOO LATE! WHO COULD TELL? HE COULDN'T HAVE MISSED IT GUILTY ENVY A GENTLE DISSOLUTION A FUTILE EXPERIMENT THEY MEANT TO BE PAID A POSER NO DANGER MIGHT DRAW BUSINESS

SAFE

COMPLIMENTS OF THE DAY MANNA SHE KNEW HIM A GET-RICH-QUICK SCHEME A FLATTERING EXPLANATION DIDN'T SUIT HIM ON HER NERVES CASH TOO MUCH MISTAKEN IDENTITY? THIS HAPPENED IN CHICAGO HAD HEARD HIM BEFORE HER DOMESTIC INSTINCTS LAST RESORT LOOKED THAT WAY COMRADES COMPARISON "NEXT!" MR. SUNSHINE AND MR. GLOOM HER OWN MARK TWAIN ON MILLIONAIRES A MOVING TALE HISTORICAL MEMORIES ECCLESIASTICAL DUES ENFORCED STILL COMPANIONABLE AN EASY ADJUSTMENT APPRAISED AN EASY MATTER JEEMS HENRY WAS CONJURED. KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY NOT SO DIFFICULT DESERVED THE LEGACY IMPROVEMENT WHY SHOULD HE KNOW? ONE ON HIM REVEALED DIAGNOSING HIMSELF IN OUR MELTING POT GIVE HIM TIME A BAY STATE SOLOMON IN MEMORIAM A DISADVANTAGE THE LIFE WELCOMING THE ACTOR COULDN'T BE BOTHERED THEIR "BIT" MISTAKES WILL HAPPEN DANGER SIGNALS VULNERABLE MISLEADING A SOFT ANSWER BALLS JOE'S DIAGNOSIS PURELY LITERARY TOO FORWARD OBEYING ORDERS TABLE OF COMPARISON KNEW HIS JOB AN ANGLOMANIAC YANKEE FODDER ONE EXPLANATION REMORSE THE REAL CULPRIT A MATTER OF NOMENCLATURE "IT IS FORBIDDEN" HER PRAYER CAUTIOUS MOURNER UNPREPARED BASE THREATENED INCONSIDERATE ANOTHER ENGAGEMENT A HARD KNOCK DURABLE ACCURACY HAD HIS RIGHTS A READY-WITTED PARSON A STOCK SUFFRAGE ARGUMENT A DEEP ONE PROVING IT PRAYER OF THE UNRIGHTEOUS MUCH SIMPLER SILENT CONTEMPT WHAT DID SOLOMON SAY? HIS ULTIMATUM A GIFTED YOUTH IT HAPPENED IN ILLINOIS GETTING EVEN ARCHIE'S NECK THEIR ONE TOPIC PROBABLY RIGHT UNRETURNED FAVORS THE PROPER SPIRIT EXPERIENCED PERPETUAL MOTION PRIDE IN THE DAILY TASK DIDN'T WANT TO ROB HIM HIS GENEROSITY JOY OF EATING TRY THIS BARGAIN-COUNTER GOLF UNEASY PERFECTLY NATURAL A DIPLOMAT THE DIFFERENCE WORSE! THE TEUTON WAY APPRECIATION ALLEGRO JUST ANSWERED TOO LONG A SHOT SENSITIVE NO USE FOR IT EFFECTIVE GERMAN ARITHMETIC A DIFFICULT PASSAGE WHERE VERMONT SCORED DOING UNTO HIS NEIGHBOR THE LIMIT NO TELLING A RECORD BREAKER EVIDENCE A FUTURE STATESMAN SMARTY! HOW TO TELL A WELL-BRED DOG TRY IT AND SEE WHAT HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN CONCLUSIVE WHY NOT? HOW COULD HE KNOW? IN ADVANCE NO FREE ADVERTISING WHY NOT? THE SAME OLD HOURS WHY NOT? FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING THE MAN HE LEFT BEHIND SOME SPEED A DEEP-LAID PLAN ONLY ONE THING FOR HIM A TEST OF FRIENDSHIP BLISSFUL IGNORANCE GRATEFUL TO THE DOCTOR HE MIGHT BE, BUT SHE WASN'T A SPORTING PROPOSITION THE PROPOSAL KNEW MORE ABOUT HENS THAN HISTORY CHARITY ADVICE TO MABEL NOT A NATIVE HE GOT IT TWICE TOO MUCH THE DIGNITIES OF OFFICE FAME NO PEACE FOR HIM BOILED FORCED INTO IT HOODOOED SAFE DEPOSIT THE MATTER WITH KANSAS THE BETTER WAY A HORSE PSYCHOLOGIST STILL NOT SATISFIED A COAXER AUTOMATIC "EFFICIENCY" THE WINNER TAXED TO CAPACITY GASTRONOMICAL A LITERAL CENSOR UP TO HIM NOT IN THE TACTICS A GUILTY CONSCIENCE MAKING IT FIT A LESSON IN MANNERS AN UNFORTUNATE AFFAIR

CURIOSITY

THE SIMPLE POLITICAL LIFE PIGTAILS AND MOUSTACHES HIS SEARCH FOR THE PRACTICAL HARD UP FOR WIND HE KNEW BRYAN HIS NEED ALL OR NOTHING BUSINESS IS BUSINESS THE BOOTBLACK'S GENEROSITY ON DUTY ELSEWHERE THE KAISER'S LAST WORD A REVISED CLASSIC—THE SLEEPING BEAUTY SPECIALLY ENDOWED NO JOQUE ELIMINATION HIS GREAT AMBITION GUIDE APPREHENDING THE KAISER JUSTICE TO T. R. HE WAS NOT A PROHIBITIONIST HE SCORNED THE THOUGHT RIVALRY IMPERSONAL AND HE SUCCEEDED NO CHANGE IN SHYLOCK ENOUGH

HE OBEYED

FAIR WARNING

PREPAREDNESS FULL SPEED AHEAD PLAYING SAFE WORDS FAILED HER ONE WAY OUT HOW WAR BEGAN MATRIMONIAL ENDURANCE MISSING IT

THE OBVIOUS PLACE

THEIR OPPORTUNITY

DOING HIS DUTY, BUT— ANTICIPATING THE PLEASURE HIS COMPLAINT PUTTING IT UP TO THE HORSE THE WORM TURNED MAKES A DIFFERENCE SOLVING A GREAT PROBLEM DIAGNOSED GETTING EVEN KNEW HIS BUSINESS THEN THINGS HAPPENED WASN'T CALLING HER DEAR SOMETHING! NOT ENOUGH SCENERY IAN HAY'S FATE CAMOUFLAGE HAPPY ENDING WANTED A SKEPTIC A PERSON OF DISCERNMENT AN OLD HAND A TRUE OPTIMIST TIT FOR TAT TOO GOOD TO BE WASTED HE UNDERSTOOD TOUCHY THE INTELLIGENT CAT PRIDE ROBBING HIMSELF PESSIMISTS DELAYED HOW MARY LOST A TIP A LITTLE TOO THRIFTY BEYOND HIM ITS NAME THE ORIGINAL METHOD GIVE US THE CHANCE A DELIGHTFUL EXPERIENCE! DAD WAS WISE KINDNESS MORE SCOTCH THRIFT WORTH A CHANCE CHANGE FOR THE BETTER BIG CHANCES BOTH WAYS WARNING TO AUTHORS CONSIDERING FATHER STORIES ABOUT JAMES GORDON BENNETT STAYING ON THE JOB BUSINESS IS BUSINESS HIS FAVORITE BEAST A LONG STORY A DUAL REPUTATION ALWAYS SAFETY FIRST SURPRISING TRUE OPTIMIST INDISSOLUBLE PARTNERS DEPENDED ON THE MULE CROWN PRINCE CALLED DOWN HUMBLED IS THIS TACT? WARNED IN TWENTY YEARS BEGINNING EARLY DISCERNING ROTUND BEYOND THE SENSE OF HUMOR A NEW COMPLAINT SOME FIGHT TOO STRONG A TERM

NOT FOR HER TO SAY

AN EXPERT

SHE ADMITTED IT A BENEFACTOR OF MANKIND THE SILVER LINING

FRENCH POLITENESS

SIMPLE FAITH

LIMITED DISSIPATION THE LIMIT A PERFECT PROGRAM NON FIT HIS BY RIGHT BEST OF REASONS A STORY FROM THE FRONT EQUATORIAL MICHIGAN SCRIPTURAL THE FACT WAS THE LAST WORD, AS USUAL FRUGAL TO THE END

NOT MUCH TO TALK ABOUT

FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS

NO PLACE FOR HIM IN THE OLD DAYS TAKING NO CHANCES TOO PERSONAL AN ACROBAT IN THE SQUAD HIS SYSTEM WAS A COMPLETE ONE FACING THE TRUTH HE GOT RESULTS, ANYWAY THE TWO TREATMENTS COMPREHENSIVE BITING REPROOF DISCRIMINATIVE NOTHING TO LOSE BAIT BASEBALL "OVER THERE"

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