f with when he took a walk. He pulled out
his watch to see what time it was every few minutes.

9. My favorite magazine is the one called _Popular Mechanics_.
I like it because it appeals to me.

10. There is a bird, and that bird is the cuckoo, that seems to
think it unnecessary to build its own nest, and so it occupies
any nest that it happens to find.

11. It is a good plan to follow if one would like to be able to
develop his memory to make it a rule to learn at least a few
lines of poetry every night before going to bed.

12. In the annals of history there is no historical character
more unselfish than the character of Robert E. Lee.

13. There are quite a few hotels in Estes Park, which is in
Colorado, but the one that is the most picturesque and striking
so that you remember it a long time on account of its unusual
surroundings is Long's Peak Inn.

14. It is often, but not always, a good sign that when one
person is quick to suspect another person of disloyalty or
dishonesty that he himself is disloyal or dishonest.

15. The canine quadruped was under suspicion of having
obliterated by a process of mastication that article of
sustenance which the butcher deposits at our posterior portal.

=B. The Exact Word=

Substitute, for inaccurate words and phrases, expressions which carry an
exact and reasonable meaning.

1. Ostrich eggs made into omelets are a funny experience.

2. A small back porch can be built which will enter directly
into the kitchen.

3. Ruskin uses a great deal of unfamiliar words.

4. Reading will broaden the point of view of a student.

5. To visit the plant in operation is indeed a spectacular
sight.

6. My plants grew and looked nicer than any I ever saw.

7. I place little truth in that article, since it appeared in a
strong partisan paper.

8. The manufacturing of automobiles has gained to quite an
extent.

9. Emerson has some real clever thoughts in his essays.

10. I do not mean to degrade our local street car system, for
indeed, it is good along some lines.

11. I want to attain a greater per cent of efficiency in my
study.

12. Imagination is an important part in the successful writing
of themes.

13. His employer praised him for the preparation he had done.