Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-02-01

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Sand here's another" said Beth
Another whatP' queried, looking
up from my book.
"Didn'tI tell you? / made a mis-
take last evening in the use of the ad-
verb only and Jack jumped on me
Numerically. You know, POI tia, l
never like to admit am wrong-to
Jackie chuckles over it so; but l
said: We'll, it's a common mistake
and one that the best of writer's make.
Jack laughed and said, / wager you a
pair of 24-button gloves you can't find
such a mistake in any FIST rate book
-and here I've found lots. That poor
only seems to be fated to be mis-
placed. just listen: Here's Sarah
Grand. THE quaint, old-fashioned
church was only attended as a rule,
by tenants Now, does Mrs. Grand
NEAR 'oniy attended, think she
meant it was attended by tenants only,
not by county families. -
Then here is Marie Corelli: Some
authors can only write at night. "
She meant, l fancy, "can write at
night only"
zangwill says: Martin had only
gone out for an instant
Conan Doyle says he only saw
Hamlet once" He can hardly mean
Us to understand that he was deaf to
Hamlet's speeches.
Owing to the frequent reoccurrences
of misplaced "onlys" the reader is not
misled by them. Now notice the mis-
placed .'onlys." / Just came across
them today.
"This only came in the form OF
distinct hum"-H. Seton Merriman.
"He had published a book or two or
lyrics and they had only been re-
markable for the remarks which his
friends had discovered in them. -
William L. Wueux.
81 have only been here six
month. Gertrude Atberton.
II shall only marry him for the
sake of his position. "-Jerome X.
"Now." went on Beth, 81 think /
have Jack. Come, what are you so
interested in Phyllis you have not
spoken a word since dinner"
"Oh! it is just great, Beth, and l
am sorry that l have finished it,
.Stalky & Co. 1t il all about boys
and such dear boys Although 1 must
confess / would not want 10 place it in
the hands OF the average youngster. In
the hands of a mischievous boy it
would be like setting match to
gunpowder. 1t seems to be a true
picture of the England school boy as
he is and it is decidedly 'Kiplingesque.
1t is two years since We have been
introduced to these three bright boys.
The inin-itable 'Stalky' himself, the
big-iawed .McTurk, aud beetle be-
lieve 1t was Wellington who said that
the battle of Waterloo was won on the
MIA ~ nl
any one wonders why the British army
is not lacking in daring officers, they
should not fail to read 'Stalky 4 CO.
You know have the Kipling fever. /
will admit did not like him at first,
but it was my own fault because |
could not see, could not feel and did
not know. It's Just like olives; eat
one. you don't like it; eat another it
tastes fairly good; eat three and you
will be slave TO the olive bottle. .
20, yes;-I heard all you said, Portia,
and it makes me Just want to get at
'Stalky & Co., but just in an under.
current of my mind, while you were
talking, was running a little list OF
some books people we know about
read. See I've written 1t out just for
fun. Listen, and she held paper at
arms length and proceeded to read
with great gravity:
Books they have read: Presiden,
Mckinley, Under Two Flags" Ouida
Admiral Dewey, "A Love Made Mani.
fest,'' Boothby; Chauncey NJ Depew.
Twice Told Tales" Hawthorne
Matthew s. Quay, Desperate Rene.
dies Thomas Hardy: j. Edward
Addicks, 1.-THE Light That Failed, .
Kipling; Teddy Roosevelt, Great
Expectations, Dickens: Hon. Robert
Adams, 1.-The Fatal Gift of Beauty, .
Elizabeth Ronnins; Mrs. Oliver p.
Belmont, IAN Experiment in Mar
riage:" p. A. B. Widener and William
Elkins, 1--WE Two, Edna Lyall: 1lller,
p. lngham, behind Closed Doors >
Mark Hanna, THE Kings Jackal; =
Russell Sage, Hard Cash" and eth,
House of Hidden Treasures - JUL,
Marlowe, ''How to be Happy Though
Married." Harvey X. Hewitt, -
Change Of Air." Anthony Homo
Mazet, Lost in Great City. .
Congressman-e elect Roberts, IA Super
fuous Woman; - the Duke of Man
chester, "A Quest Of the Golden Girl:'
William Waldorf Astor, "a Man With
out Country" Edward Everett Hale
DIR. Parkhurst. Frauds and Hol
Shifts" I. Gallon; Aguinaldo, eli id
and Seek;'' John Drew, 1.-The Rea
Thing" Henry james; Mrs. Langtry
"What is Art?'
Hank! There's Jacks ring. WEI
spring one more on him. Quick, CUES
what does let's see-Dr. Mary Wake
read? but Yet Woman.'' Ha-ha
Yes. How de do, jack Portia.