Master!"

3.

_The School of Honor._

A trembling young reporter stood in the presence of an eminent city
editor.

"If I write this story," said the reporter, "it will rob a woman of her
good name."

"If you don't write it," said the city editor, "I'll give you a kick in
the pantaloons."

Next day the young reporter got a raise in salary and the woman
swallowed two ounces of permanganate of potassium.

4.

_Proposed Plot For a Modern Novel._

Herman was in love with Violet, the wife of Armand, an elderly diabetic.
Armand showed three per cent of sugar a day. Herman and Violet, who were
Christians, awaited with virtuous patience the termination of Armand's
distressing malady.

One day Dr. Frederick M. Allen discovered his cure for diabetes.

5.

_Victory._

"I wooed and won her," said the Man of His Wife.

"I made him run," said the Hare of the Hound.

_XV.--VERS LIBRE_

_XV.--Vers Libre_

Kiss me on the other eye;
This one's wearing out.

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| Transcriber's Notes and Errata |
| |
| 'oe' ligature has been converted to individual letters 'o' |
| and 'e'. |
| |
| One instance of a letter 'r' with caron above has been |
| rendered as plain 'r'. [Dvorak] |
| |
| The following words (number of instances in parentheses) are |
| found both in hyphenated and unhyphenated forms. |
| |
| to-morrow (7) tomorrow(1) |
| vestry-room (2) vestryroom (1) |
| wood-wind (3) woodwind (1) |
| stone cutters (1) stonecutters (1) |
| |
| The following typographical errors have been corrected. |
| |
| Error Correction |
| get gets |
| striken stricken