16-04-05 The church clocks chimed three quarters past eleven, as two figures emerged on London Bridge. One, which advanced with a swift and rapid step, was that of a woman who looked eagerly about her as though in quest of some expected object; the other fig...

16-03-17 'Wolves tear your throats!' muttered Sikes, grinding his teeth. 'I wish I was among some of you; you'd howl the hoarser for it.' As Sikes growled forth this imprecation, with the most desperate ferocity that his desperate nature was capable of, he r...

16-03-03 In the traffic court of a large mid-western city, a young lady was brought before the judge to answer a ticket given her for driving through a red light. She explained to his honor that she was a school teacher and requested an immediate disposal of...

16-02-18 Oliver soon recovering from the fainting-fit into which Mr. Brownlow's abrupt exclamation had thrown him, the subject of the picture was carefully avoided, both by the old gentleman and Mrs. Bedwin, in the conversation that ensued: which indeed bore...

15-11-24 There was a very gracious lady who was mailing an old family Bible to her brother in another part of the country. Is there anything breakable in here? asked the postal clerk. Only the Ten Commandments. answered the lady....

15-07-07 An old lady went out shopping last Tuesday. She came to a bank and saw a car near the door. A man got out of it and went into the bank. She looked into the car. The keys were in the lock. The old lady took the keys and followed the man into the bank...

15-07-07 A teacher asked her class: Is the sentence 'The ox and the cow are in the fields' correct? Most of the children said: Yes, it is all right! And only one little boy said: No, it is not correct. The lady must be mentioned first. 一位老师问班上的学生：...

15-06-10 A lady in a faded gingham dress and her husband, dressed in a homespun threadbare suit, stepped off the train in Boston, and walked timidly without an appointment into the president of Harvard's outer office .The secretary could tell in a moment tha...

15-03-02 There was a little old lady, who every morning stepped onto her front porch, raised her arms to the sky, and shouted: PRAISE THE LORD! One day an atheist moved into the house next door. He became irritated at the little old lady. Every morning he'd...

15-01-14 There was a very gracious lady who was mailing an old family Bible to her brother in another part of the country. Is there anything breakable in here? asked the postal clerk. Only the Ten Commandments, answered the lady....