"'He had his feathers ruffled that time, anyway,' laughed my
husband, as he followed me whistling into the house."
It isn't every woman that has a husband who can talk and laugh and
whistle all at once. Was he the clever man in the French tale, we
wonder, who chanted a Scottish air, accompanying himself on the
bag-pipes?
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"Fire has broken out in an oven in Kafr Zarb, near Suez,
completely destroying the fire brigade extinguishing the blaze."
_Egyptian Mail._
Serve them right for their officiousness.
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"Wanted, Experienced Ruler (female); permanency."
_Bristol Times and Mirror._
Might suit a widow.
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