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Short Stories.	419
Whale v. Sharks.	419
A Battle in Mid-air.	422
Up in a Balloon.	425
Some “Freak” Memorials.	428
DOWN THE CHUTE: A Miner’s Extraordinary Experience.	436
Where Women Wear Trousers.	443
Retribution.	451
Mountain Tragedies of the Lake District.	457
Cupid and the Dentist.	464
My Experiences in Algeria.	469
I.—MY ADVENTURES IN ‘FRISCO.	476
II.—A Sharp Lesson.	480
III.—“Seeing It Out.”	485
In the Land of the Reindeer.	489
“Tapu.”	497
The Finches’ Festival.	503
The Fight at The A-T Ranch.	509
THE WIDE WORLD: In Other Magazines	515
Odds and Ends.	516

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“WILLIAMS LASHED AT THE BIRD WITH HIS STICK.”
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The Wide World Magazine.

Vol. XXII.FEBRUARY, 1909.No. 131.

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