item: #1 of 450 id: 14610 author: None title: 14610 date: None words: 40968 flesch: 85 summary: But one bright morning we heard Mrs. Bantam clucking and calling with all her old vigor; and there she was at the kitchen-door, the prettiest and proudest of little mothers, with three tiny chicks not much larger than the baby chippies you saw in the nest, Florence, but wonderfully active and vigorous for their size. Hundreds and hundreds of little ones were captured that day. keywords: bird; body; boy; cat; day; dear; dinah; dog; door; girls; good; half; home; house; life; master; miss; mollie; morning; mrs; night; place; poor; room; round; roy; ruth; sammy; story; susie; thing; time; tufty; way; white; window; work; worm; yes cache: 14610.txt plain text: 14610.txt item: #2 of 450 id: 14626 author: None title: 14626 date: None words: 50964 flesch: 87 summary: But not against Captain Jack, not for me. * * THE BOY ALLIES WITH THE VICTORIOUS FLEET CHAPTER I ABOARD U.S.S. PLYMOUTH Sail at 4 a.m., said Captain Jack Templeton of the U.S.S. Plymouth, laying down the long manila envelope marked Secret. keywords: admiral; british; captain; commander; crew; cutlip; deck; destroyer; enemy; essex; fire; fleet; forward; frank; german; good; guns; hastings; hetherton; jack; lieutenant; lord; men; moment; officer; right; ship; sir; submarine; time; ventura; vessels cache: 14626.txt plain text: 14626.txt item: #3 of 450 id: 14630 author: None title: 14630 date: None words: 41907 flesch: 93 summary: Other girls were walking up and down the Cedar Walk, and sometimes they cast more than glances at the eight juniors who were already such friends. Then, when other girls laugh at my crooked back and weak legs, I'll shame 'em by knowing more out of books. keywords: ann; belle; blent; box; boys; car; cliff; course; fielding; girl; good; heavy; helen; hicks; island; jerry; man; miss; mrs; old; right; ruth; sheming; snow; time; tingley; tom; uncle; way; young cache: 14630.txt plain text: 14630.txt item: #4 of 450 id: 14635 author: None title: 14635 date: None words: 44574 flesch: 91 summary: I once knew a girl much like you, Miss Ruth, he said. Phy! 'tis Miss Ruth, so ut is. keywords: alvirah; amy; ann; aunt; boy; briarwood; curly; dear; dormitory; fielding; fire; girl; good; gray; gregg; hall; hammond; helen; jennie; man; mill; miss; mrs; new; picture; red; room; ruth; ruth fielding; school; smith; tellingham; time; tom; way cache: 14635.txt plain text: 14635.txt item: #5 of 450 id: 14647 author: None title: 14647 date: None words: 58419 flesch: 79 summary: Leaving Fred Munson to watch for the approach of the Indians, it becomes necessary to follow Mickey O'Rooney and Sut Simpson on their hunt for a horse with which to continue their flight from the mountains and across the prairies. We got away in good time to save ourselves running agin 'em. keywords: apaches; cave; chance; distance; feet; fire; fred; friend; good; ground; hand; head; horse; irishman; lad; left; lone; mickey; mustang; pass; place; right; saw; scout; sut; thar; thing; time; way; wolf; yer cache: 14647.txt plain text: 14647.txt item: #6 of 450 id: 14710 author: None title: 14710 date: None words: 35319 flesch: 83 summary: thought little Dora, who can sit at the piano and practise exercises, and all sorts of pretty tunes! Very well, only don't be long about it; be off as soon as you can, the quicker the better, said the physician warningly, and he was making a hasty retreat, when he almost fell over little Dora who had stolen so quietly into the room that he had not seen her. keywords: aunt; child; children; dear; dora; father; garden; good; house; hunne; jule; lili; mother; mrs; ninette; rolf; room; time; titus; uncle; wili cache: 14710.txt plain text: 14710.txt item: #7 of 450 id: 14711 author: None title: 14711 date: None words: 52090 flesch: 91 summary: Call Lord Hastings. In case of danger Lord Hastings had been instructed to give immediate warning, that the vessels behind might have time to dive. keywords: boat; british; commander; craft; davis; edwards; enemy; frank; german; good; hand; hawk; jack; lad; lord hastings; moment; right; shot; sir; submarine; time; water; way cache: 14711.txt plain text: 14711.txt item: #8 of 450 id: 14732 author: None title: 14732 date: None words: 15586 flesch: 95 summary: If Unc' Billy Possum hadn't happened to look out of his doorway in the big hollow tree in the Green Forest, or if Jimmy Skunk hadn't happened to come along just that very minute, or if Unc' Billy hadn't asked Jimmy where he had been, or if Jimmy hadn't mentioned nice fresh eggs, Unc' Billy wouldn't have been foolish, and old Mrs. Possum wouldn't have been worried. Old Billy Possum is dead. keywords: billy; billy possum; boy; brown; farmer; possum; reddy; tree; unc cache: 14732.txt plain text: 14732.txt item: #9 of 450 id: 14748 author: None title: 14748 date: None words: 75656 flesch: 80 summary: Besides the two sisters, their learned father, and the two young men in the garb of students who had already spoken, there was a third youth present, who looked slightly younger than the dark faced, impetuous Anthony Dalaber, and he sat on the window seat beside the daughters of the house, with the look of one who has the right to claim intimacy. It was this intimacy which bad first brought Anthony Dalaber to the Bridge House; and having once come, he came again and yet again, till he was regarded in the light of a friend and comrade. keywords: anthony; anthony dalaber; arthur; books; cardinal; church; clarke; college; come; dalaber; day; days; death; eyes; face; fear; freda; friend; garret; god; good; hands; heart; holy; house; life; light; lord; love; magdalen; man; master; men; oxford; peril; place; spirit; thee; thou; thought; time; words cache: 14748.txt plain text: 14748.txt item: #10 of 450 id: 14752 author: None title: 14752 date: None words: 134053 flesch: 82 summary: Put away therefore your anger, for ye shall find us so much the better husbands than other men, as we must be to you not for husbands only but parents also and native country. And I have my full share of trouble as it is, for I have lost the best master in all the world and must sit here to mourn for him and fatten his swine for other men, while he is wandering somewhere in foreign lands, hungry and thirsty perhaps, if he is still alive at all. keywords: achilles; arms; battle; body; bow; brother; ceres; chariot; child; children; city; daughter; day; dear; death; earth; eyes; face; father; fight; fire; gods; gold; golden; good; hand; head; heart; hector; home; house; king; land; left; life; man; men; midas; mother; palace; people; poor; proserpina; queen; saw; saying; sea; set; ship; son; spake; spear; stranger; sword; tell; thee; thou; thy; time; trojans; troy; ulysses; war; water; way; wife; words; zeus; æneas cache: 14752.txt plain text: 14752.txt item: #11 of 450 id: 14762 author: None title: 14762 date: None words: 45934 flesch: 87 summary: It is true Bobby did not think of any of these things; though, if he had, it would have made no difference with him. The book business is good just now, isn't it? continued Bobby, without clearly comprehending the meaning of the other's last remark. keywords: bayard; bobby; books; boy; bright; business; day; dollars; father; good; hardhand; hero; home; house; lady; lee; man; money; mother; pay; sir; squire; thing; thought; time; tom; want cache: 14762.txt plain text: 14762.txt item: #12 of 450 id: 14772 author: None title: 14772 date: None words: 60212 flesch: 87 summary: The negro stopped now and then to show Acton where and how to avail himself of opportunities; and Acton, who was in grim earnest, applied himself whole-heartedly to the business in hand, and, in consequence, as Jack afterwards told us, you could almost hear old Acton travelling on the right road. Then Acton _sang_ slowly and deliberately--sang with a voice as clear and as tunable as a silver bell-- Oh, lucky Jim! keywords: acton; amory; biffen; bourne; cap; captain; corker; cotton; course; day; dick; end; face; fellow; footer; good; grim; gus; half; house; jack; jim; left; look; man; phil; place; pretty; raffles; right; rogers; room; round; saw; school; sir; snow; taylor; think; thought; time; todd; way; wilson; worcester; young cache: 14772.txt plain text: 14772.txt item: #13 of 450 id: 14784 author: None title: 14784 date: None words: 13725 flesch: 94 summary: Then they turned to their play as if she were not worth noticing, and poor little Timid Hare blushed for shame. But to Timid Hare she only said: Take these to the home of our chief and place them in the hands of Sweet Grass. keywords: bent; bull; chief; child; girl; grass; hare; home; stone; thought; timid cache: 14784.txt plain text: 14784.txt item: #14 of 450 id: 14785 author: None title: 14785 date: None words: 4857 flesch: 96 summary: Keep your eyes open to see what will happen next, for here comes_ JACK FROST, _who is dressed all in white. Then_ JACK FROST _continues_: keywords: chimney; fairies; grandmother; snow; wind cache: 14785.txt plain text: 14785.txt item: #15 of 450 id: 14786 author: None title: 14786 date: None words: 6792 flesch: 98 summary: Then_ JACK _reads_: Fairy spectacles are we; Put us on, and you shall see Things you never saw before, Easy as saying four-times-four. What are you thinking of, Doctor John? I am thinking, _says_ FATHER _smiling_, that if you hadn't come, we should have missed you dreadfully. keywords: claus; jack; mary; mother; polly; santa cache: 14786.txt plain text: 14786.txt item: #16 of 450 id: 14882 author: None title: 14882 date: None words: 60483 flesch: 84 summary: The minutes dragged and when at last Bobby and Jimmy came into view on the opposite side of the chasm it was a full two hundred feet in breadth. The ice broke loose and cut Jimmy, and me off from Skipper Ed Bobby of the Labrador CHAPTER I THE BOAT THAT CAME DOWN FROM THE SEA Abel Zachariah was jigging cod. keywords: abel; boat; bobby; boy; boys; cabin; cold; day; dogs; eskimo; fine; fire; god; good; home; ice; igloo; island; jimmy; lad; life; man; mrs; partner; place; sea; seals; skiff; skipper ed; snow; things; time; water; way; wind; winter; years; zachariah cache: 14882.txt plain text: 14882.txt item: #17 of 450 id: 14889 author: None title: 14889 date: None words: 53430 flesch: 89 summary: Miss Harriet Burrell will please step forward to the Council Fire, was the order from the Chief Guardian. I take pleasure, young ladies, she said, in informing you that for heroic conduct in the face of great peril, Miss Harriet Burrell has been awarded five honors. keywords: boys; brook; burrell; camp; camp girls; chief; cora; dear; elting; eyes; face; fire; girls; going; grace; guardian; harriet; harriet burrell; hazel; head; jane; jasper; little; livingston; margery; meadow; miss; mrs; night; patricia; tent; time; tommy; tree; voice; wau cache: 14889.txt plain text: 14889.txt item: #18 of 450 id: 14893 author: None title: 14893 date: None words: 35648 flesch: 88 summary: Prince Jan whimpered softly, and Rollo echoed the sound, but neither of them rose to their feet. Jan, Prince Jan! keywords: antoine; brother; captain; day; dog; dogs; eyes; hand; head; home; hospice; jan; man; mother; prince jan; saw; shorty; snow; time; water cache: 14893.txt plain text: 14893.txt item: #19 of 450 id: 14897 author: None title: 14897 date: None words: 19468 flesch: 90 summary: Your par en your mar wuz en de setten' room, en I heered him say: 'It's unly a queshun of er little time, en they'll all be free. For when old Squire split his foot open with an ax, they lived so far in the country they couldn't get a physician every time it needed attention, and her kind, brave mamma undertook to dress the wound herself every morning. keywords: 'em; aunt; believe; betsy; child; children; dat; eyes; god; good; heart; house; mamma; man; marsden; mrs; polly; roberta; room; sarah; squire; ter; things; time; uncle; way; wuz cache: 14897.txt plain text: 14897.txt item: #20 of 450 id: 14903 author: None title: 14903 date: None words: 53258 flesch: 91 summary: Tell Aunt Stanshy to wipe out every thing, and we will start once more, was the message that Ann sent off by Charlie. What saint is that? The wrathful Charlie gave Tim a look of contempt and turned away. keywords: aunt; aunt stanshy; barn; boys; charlie; club; come; day; door; eyes; fire; good; governor; head; home; house; juggie; ladder; look; man; miss; pip; president; room; round; saw; school; sea; sid; simes; stanshy; thing; thought; tim; time; tony; way; white; window; wort cache: 14903.txt plain text: 14903.txt item: #21 of 450 id: 14909 author: None title: 14909 date: None words: 68845 flesch: 86 summary: Yes, he told me after you were grown and he had offered himself, that it had been love at first sight with him, little child that you were when he first made your acquaintance. Mr. Dinsmore held little Gracie in his arms. keywords: child; children; day; dear; dinsmore; edward; elsie; eyes; face; father; good; gracie; half; hand; heart; husband; kind; look; love; lulu; mamma; max; mother; papa; room; rosie; thought; time; violet; want; wife; zoe cache: 14909.txt plain text: 14909.txt item: #22 of 450 id: 14910 author: None title: 14910 date: None words: 53741 flesch: 79 summary: Oh, uncle! cried little Elsie, are all those great men there? Where are the curtains, papa? asked little Elsie. keywords: annis; building; captain; cousin; daughter; day; dear; deck; dinsmore; elsie; fair; father; god; good; grace; grandma; hand; home; know; look; love; lucilla; mamma; man; mother; night; ones; papa; party; rest; rosie; sir; time; violet; walter; way; years cache: 14910.txt plain text: 14910.txt item: #23 of 450 id: 14916 author: None title: 14916 date: None words: 106177 flesch: 79 summary: THE SECOND VOYAGE OF SINDBAD THE SAILOR (Arabian Nights' Entertainments) THE WHITE CAT (From the tale by the Comtesse d'Aulnoy) THE GOLDEN GOOSE (Grimm's Fairy Tales) THE TWELVE BROTHERS (Grimm's Fairy Tales) THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS (From the tale by the Comtesse d'Aulnoy) TOM THUMB (First written in prose in 1621 by Richard Johnson) BLUE BEARD (From the French tale by Charles Perrault) CINDERELLA; OR, THE LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER (From the French tale by Charles Perrault) PUSS IN BOOTS (From the French tale by Charles Perrault) THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD (From the French tale by Charles Perrault) JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK (Said to be an allegory of the Teutonic Al-fader, The tale written in French by Charles Perrault) But Grethel ran away, and therefore she was left to burn, just as she had left many poor little children to burn. keywords: aladdin; ali; baba; beauty; bed; cat; child; children; day; dear; door; eyes; fairy; father; giant; gold; good; hand; head; home; house; jack; king; know; left; little; magician; morning; mother; night; palace; princess; queen; room; set; sister; snow; son; sultan; thought; time; water; way; white; wife; woman; world cache: 14916.txt plain text: 14916.txt item: #24 of 450 id: 14946 author: None title: 14946 date: None words: 5356 flesch: 85 summary: He read aloud the words within, written laboriously in a round, boyish hand: To George Brander Langshaw, from father. I want my-- What did I tell you, Mary Langshaw? cried Clytie. keywords: christmas; clytie; father; george; langshaw; mother; rod cache: 14946.txt plain text: 14946.txt item: #25 of 450 id: 14958 author: None title: 14958 date: None words: 27970 flesch: 92 summary: Old Mr. Rabbit, the grandfather a thousand times removed of Peter Rabbit, was always getting into trouble. Yes, Sir, old Mr. Rabbit was always getting into trouble. keywords: frog; grandfather; grandfather frog; green; mother; nature; peter; rabbit; tail; time cache: 14958.txt plain text: 14958.txt item: #26 of 450 id: 15280 author: None title: 15280 date: None words: 38395 flesch: 95 summary: Also there were the children ducks; Jimmie Wibblewobble and his two sisters, Lulu and Alice. In fact they were very stylish ducks, and once Jimmie Wibblewobble even rode in an automobile, but I can't tell you about that now, because you see I am going to relate to you how Lulu was caught fast in the mud. keywords: alice; billie; boy; bully; duck; fairy; good; grandfather; home; jimmie; little; lulu; mamma; pond; prince; right; story; time; water; wibblewobble cache: 15280.txt plain text: 15280.txt item: #27 of 450 id: 15281 author: None title: 15281 date: None words: 40877 flesch: 94 summary: STORY II UNCLE WIGGILY GOES FISHING At first, after he found himself shut up in the bear's dark closet, where we left him in the story before this, poor Uncle Wiggily didn't know what to think. That's the end of poor Uncle Wiggily! said Johnnie. keywords: bear; boy; boys; crutch; dog; fortune; gentleman; gentleman rabbit; giant; house; paper; pie; rabbit; right; story; tell; time; uncle; uncle wiggily; water; wiggily cache: 15281.txt plain text: 15281.txt item: #28 of 450 id: 15282 author: None title: 15282 date: None words: 43041 flesch: 94 summary: Oh, this is the end of me, sure pop! thought poor Uncle Wiggily. Then it got darker and darker, and poor Uncle Wiggily didn't know what to do, for he didn't know whether or not it would be safe to stay in the cave. keywords: alligator; bird; boy; bug; day; elephant; fortune; gentleman; gentleman rabbit; good; home; house; night; porcupine; pussy; rabbit; story; time; tree; uncle; uncle wiggily; voice; water; wiggily; woods cache: 15282.txt plain text: 15282.txt item: #29 of 450 id: 15284 author: None title: 15284 date: None words: 1365 flesch: 88 summary: Timmy Willie was born in a garden. Timmy Willie was a little country mouse who went to town by mistake in a hamper. keywords: mouse; timmy; willie cache: 15284.txt plain text: 15284.txt item: #30 of 450 id: 15344 author: None title: 15344 date: None words: 52657 flesch: 87 summary: I propose, said Hippy, pausing in his march, that we give an impromptu vaudeville show for the benefit of Miss Grace Harlowe, once an active member of this happy band, but now laid on the shelf--couch, I mean--for repairs. Miriam Nesbit took particular pains to point out that the success of the affair was in no way due to Grace Harlowe, and many of the girls who had hitherto believed that Grace was a necessary factor in High School fun, decided that they had perhaps overrated her ability. keywords: anne; basketball; boys; class; crosby; david; day; friends; game; girls; good; grace; grace harlowe; gray; great; gymnasium; harlowe; high; hippy; house; jessica; julia; juniors; miriam; miss; mrs; nora; right; room; school; sophomores; team; thompson; time; tom; way; year cache: 15344.txt plain text: 15344.txt item: #31 of 450 id: 15348 author: None title: 15348 date: None words: 111712 flesch: 83 summary: Mr.---- Mr.---- I beg pardon, may I-- My name is Van der Kemp, said the hermit quietly. He saw that Van der Kemp, returning to the other end of the cave, sat down beside the lamp, the blaze of which fell full on his fine calm countenance. keywords: 16mo; 8vo; air; boat; book; canoe; captain; cave; children; close; course; crown; crown 8vo; dat; day; deck; der; der kemp; eyes; face; father; feet; friend; girl; good; got; hand; head; hermit; home; illustrations; island; kemp; know; krakatoa; left; life; long; look; man; massa; men; miles; mind; moment; morning; moses; mrs; negro; new; nigel; night; people; place; point; poor; professor; rakata; rev; round; roy; sea; short; son; story; tale; tell; thought; time; tone; tree; van; van der; volcano; water; way; winnie; work; young; youth; zee cache: 15348.txt plain text: 15348.txt item: #32 of 450 id: 15355 author: None title: 15355 date: None words: 30839 flesch: 89 summary: Are you content, then, to be the captive of the 'Nautilus?' John looked up, still sorely puzzled; perhaps he was rather dull, this little boy John, about some things, though he was good at his books. But this was more than flesh and blood could stand; little John uttered a choking cry, and turning his back on the awful portent, ran home as fast as he could lay foot to ground. keywords: bill; boy; child; colorado; eyes; face; franci; gentleman; good; hand; hen; john; little; look; man; scraper; sea; shells; sir; skipper; son; things; thought; time; way cache: 15355.txt plain text: 15355.txt item: #33 of 450 id: 15507 author: None title: 15507 date: None words: 6480 flesch: 83 summary: It was in this pleasant place, which I have briefly described, that Charles Duran was born. So it was with Charles Duran: everything he saw, he wanted. keywords: 18mo; boy; chapter; charles; children; duran; habits; life; parents; school cache: 15507.txt plain text: 15507.txt item: #34 of 450 id: 15521 author: None title: 15521 date: None words: 15981 flesch: 94 summary: Little Mrs. Peter Rabbit knew this, and that is why she advised Peter not to tell any one else the strange story he had told her of the dreadful creature without legs or head or tail that had chased him in the Green Forest. And so, hopping behind Jimmy Skunk, timid little Mrs. Peter Rabbit actually went into the Green Forest of which she was so much afraid, which shows how brave love can be sometimes. keywords: billy; fox; hill; little; peter; porky; prickly; unc cache: 15521.txt plain text: 15521.txt item: #35 of 450 id: 15528 author: None title: 15528 date: None words: 16116 flesch: 95 summary: [Illustration: The Bees Were Right There Waiting for Cuffy] Cuffy Bear must have spent as much as two hours doing that same thing over and over again. When Mr. Bear had gone off down the mountain, to see a bear, as he explained to his wife, little Cuffy sneaked away from the house. keywords: bear; cuffy; cuffy bear; father; home; mother; mrs; silkie; time; tree cache: 15528.txt plain text: 15528.txt item: #36 of 450 id: 15538 author: None title: 15538 date: None words: 53442 flesch: 85 summary: Yes, little Hetty is here! said Amy with a gleeful laugh; but then, William, Lady Harriet is gone. Mrs. Rushton's eyes flashed, and she did her brother the injustice of thinking that he feared her adoption of little Hetty would in some way interfere with the worldly interests of his own children. keywords: child; davis; dear; enderby; eyes; face; girl; good; hetty; house; kane; lady; like; little; mark; miss; miss davis; mother; mrs; nell; phyllis; reine; room; rushton; school; tell; thought; time cache: 15538.txt plain text: 15538.txt item: #37 of 450 id: 15540 author: None title: 15540 date: None words: 92668 flesch: 76 summary: The victor had lost a great deal of blood from a bad wound in the neck, and it was a question whether or not he would die; but he did not; he recovered, and before the tourists left India Sir Modava learned that he had been killed in a battle with a smaller tiger than the first. Was Sir Modava saved? he asked, with no little excitement in his manner, as he spit the salt water from his mouth. keywords: belgrave; blanche; board; boat; bombay; cabin; calcutta; captain; captain ringgold; chapter; city; commander; company; continued; country; course; day; english; feet; felix; general; gentleman; good; government; great; guardian; guests; half; head; hindu; india; ladies; life; little; lord; lord tremlyn; lordship; louis; men; miles; modava; mother; mrs; native; new; officer; party; people; place; right; ringgold; river; scott; sea; ship; sir; sir modava; steamer; time; tremlyn; water; way; years cache: 15540.txt plain text: 15540.txt item: #38 of 450 id: 15541 author: None title: 15541 date: None words: 28460 flesch: 86 summary: Then they sang what they called Precious Julias, Little children who love Mary Deemer. They went up-stairs to the nursery where their own small desks were and taking some of their beloved Kate Green a way paper with pictures of quaint little children on it, after much trouble, ink, and many sheets of paper, as well as consultations with Bobby and Nan, they finished and posted a very small envelope to Bobby's grandfather, whose address they obtained from Bobby. keywords: aunty; away; beth; bobby; boy; children; day; dear; dick; doll; elizabeth; ethelwyn; father; good; grandmother; home; house; life; miss; money; mother; mrs; new; rayburn; sister; stevens; things; think; thought; time cache: 15541.txt plain text: 15541.txt item: #39 of 450 id: 15546 author: None title: 15546 date: None words: 44939 flesch: 86 summary: Mr. Peterkin ought to be in one, Mrs. Peterkin in the other; but it was difficult to divide the little boys, as all wished to take charge of the cats. Mrs. Peterkin supposed that Mr. Peterkin must have changed them for the Kingston tickets. keywords: agamemnon; boys; carrie; day; door; dyer; egypt; elizabeth; elizabeth eliza; family; head; home; house; john; look; morning; mother; mrs; new; night; party; people; peterkin; place; room; sam; school; solomon; things; thought; time; way cache: 15546.txt plain text: 15546.txt item: #40 of 450 id: 15550 author: None title: 15550 date: None words: 29992 flesch: 83 summary: Hunger, replied Mr. Emerson, and he and Ethel Brown went down stairs at once in search of food, while Mrs. Emerson and Ethel Blue managed to undress their patient and put her into a fresh nightdress and bathe her face and hands. Had we better tell Mrs. Schuler about the embroidery class plan? asked Dorothy. Run up to Rose House now and explain it to her and ask her to talk to the women about it while you are gone, and then when you get back she'll have it all ready to start, Mr. Emerson suggested. keywords: blue; brown; children; club; day; dicky; dorothy; emerson; ethel; gertrude; girls; good; helen; home; house; miss; moya; mrs; new; people; roger; room; rose; schuler; thought; time; way; women; work cache: 15550.txt plain text: 15550.txt item: #41 of 450 id: 15552 author: None title: 15552 date: None words: 10632 flesch: 91 summary: The chief difficulty about accomplishing this errand was due to God Himself; as you will remember, in returning to Heaven God had destroyed the sky-blue stairs behind Him. God had given the Man and Woman no time to pack. keywords: animals; baby; cave; eden; god; heaven; man; robin; time; woman cache: 15552.txt plain text: 15552.txt item: #42 of 450 id: 15560 author: None title: 15560 date: None words: 184667 flesch: 85 summary: Said a wise old man: It is an omen. Telemachus, who speaks so proudly--- angry Telemachus. Said one youth: Who knows but what if he goes on a voyage he will be like Odysseus, and never return. keywords: aladdin; barbara; boat; boy; castle; charles; children; christian; city; come; day; dear; don; door; end; eyes; face; father; giles; going; good; gulliver; hand; head; heart; help; home; house; island; king; lady; land; left; life; little; long; look; lord; love; man; master; men; miss; money; morning; mother; mrs; night; odysseus; people; place; poor; prince; quixote; robinson; room; rose; round; sancho; saw; saying; sea; set; ship; sir; susan; thee; things; thou; thought; thy; time; water; way; work; years cache: 15560.txt plain text: 15560.txt item: #43 of 450 id: 15562 author: None title: 15562 date: None words: 39701 flesch: 87 summary: If you're not contented here, Hilary Shaw! You're in luck, Hilary Shaw! keywords: afternoon; boyd; club; coming; day; father; good; hilary; home; jane; long; mother; mrs; new; patience; pauline; room; shaw; shirley; summer; things; think; time; tom; uncle; way; winton; young cache: 15562.txt plain text: 15562.txt item: #44 of 450 id: 15569 author: None title: 15569 date: None words: 38435 flesch: 93 summary: Griselda _felt_ her way as best she could, past the Chinese cabinet and the pot-pourri jar, till she got to the ante-room door. Dorcas, you should have hastened, not delayed Miss Griselda. keywords: aunt; cuckoo; day; dear; dorcas; eyes; good; griselda; grizzel; house; miss; old; phil; room; tabitha; tell; think; thought; time; way cache: 15569.txt plain text: 15569.txt item: #45 of 450 id: 15571 author: None title: 15571 date: None words: 35635 flesch: 94 summary: And if I let a chance slip to worry Miss Bray I was sorry for it; but that was before I understood her, and before Miss Katherine came. And on the difference between Miss Katherine and Miss Bray. keywords: bray; cary; children; day; good; katherine; little; love; man; martha; mary; miss; miss katherine; mrs; people; place; right; room; things; time; want; way; yorkburg cache: 15571.txt plain text: 15571.txt item: #46 of 450 id: 15575 author: None title: 15575 date: None words: 2757 flesch: 88 summary: [Illustration] Please sir, the chimney wants sweeping, said poor Tom Kitten. * * * * * [Illustration] Now this is what had been happening to Tom Kitten, and it shows how very unwise it is to go up a chimney in a very old house, where a person does not know his way, and where there are enormous rats. keywords: illustration; kitten; tabitha; tom cache: 15575.txt plain text: 15575.txt item: #47 of 450 id: 15592 author: None title: 15592 date: None words: 34722 flesch: 87 summary: Such as the idea of the weak outwitting the strong; the failure of man to choose wisely when he may have his wish; or the desire of sprites to exchange their careless and unfettered existence for the pains and penalties of humanity, if they may thereby share in the hopes of the human soul. Now for three hundred years did the Neck go about doing acts of mercy and charity towards men. keywords: day; fairy; farmer; fool; good; home; king; knave; luck; man; mother; neck; ogre; pat; prince; son; thou; thought; time; water; way; widow; woman; work; young cache: 15592.txt plain text: 15592.txt item: #48 of 450 id: 15597 author: None title: 15597 date: None words: 42937 flesch: 93 summary: This made him look frightful in that day, when other men shaved their faces smooth. He never even smoked, as other men about him did, but he lived his own life in his own way. keywords: bear; boats; boy; corn; country; day; days; fire; fort; gun; house; indians; man; men; new; party; people; place; river; saw; ship; thought; time; tree; water; way; white; years; young cache: 15597.txt plain text: 15597.txt item: #49 of 450 id: 15621 author: None title: 15621 date: None words: 5502 flesch: 83 summary: will nothing else serve you but poor Jack? Thus did little Jack torment the big Giant, as a cat does a mouse when she knows it cannot escape; and when he had tired of that amusement, he gave the monster a heavy blow with a pickaxe on the very crown of his head, which tumbled him down, and killed him on the spot. This warning was so shocking to poor Jack, that he was ready to go mad. keywords: castle; giant; illustration; initial; jack; king; knight; lady cache: 15621.txt plain text: 15621.txt item: #50 of 450 id: 15630 author: None title: 15630 date: None words: 44154 flesch: 81 summary: Persuasion bore no fruit, and for a long time Miss Polly ate in solitary grandeur. It is said that Rudyard Kipling considers Polly Oliver one of the most delightful of all girl-heroines; and Mrs. Wiggin really hopes some day to see the Hospital Story Hour carried out in real life. keywords: bird; boarders; children; course; day; dear; dollars; edgar; george; girl; good; head; home; house; know; life; look; mamma; margery; miss; money; month; mother; mrs; new; night; noble; oliver; place; polly; poor; room; story; table; things; thought; time; want; way; week; white; work; year cache: 15630.txt plain text: 15630.txt item: #51 of 450 id: 15653 author: None title: 15653 date: None words: 47952 flesch: 89 summary: How little Dorothy knew that her promise would be fulfilled, and how little she dreamed how the strange interview would be brought about! Does Miss Dorothy prefer the rag variety? keywords: boys; brooks; christmas; dale; day; dear; door; dorothy; ghost; girls; good; home; little; major; miss; money; mrs; nat; ned; place; right; roger; roland; room; saw; tavia; things; think; thought; time; tom; way; white; woman cache: 15653.txt plain text: 15653.txt item: #52 of 450 id: 15655 author: None title: 15655 date: None words: 30737 flesch: 94 summary: Oh, dear, what will Mother say? The news soon spread among the others that little Meg Blossom had lost her gold locket, and all the boys and girls turned to with a will to help her search for it. Meg and Bobby Blossom demanded the moment they opened the front door. keywords: aunt; blossom; bobby; came; children; dot; fair; father; going; home; house; meg; mother; norah; polly; sam; school; snow; time; twaddles; way cache: 15655.txt plain text: 15655.txt item: #53 of 450 id: 15661 author: None title: 15661 date: None words: 5354 flesch: 88 summary: Some days after this, his father took him to the fields a-ploughing, and gave him a whip, made of a barley straw, with which to drive the oxen; but little Tom was soon lost in a furrow. Presently came along a Wolf, and knocked at the door, and said, Little Pig, little Pig, let me come in. keywords: bear; man; middle; pig; simpleton cache: 15661.txt plain text: 15661.txt item: #54 of 450 id: 15664 author: None title: 15664 date: None words: 29351 flesch: 93 summary: Yes; there they were--little men, little women, little children, and little babies, as thick in the tulip bed as folks at a wedding. Said the first old woman, This ugly goat Should never thus run at loose. keywords: apple; claus; dame; day; good; hans; home; house; illustration; jacob; king; luck; man; page; peter; prince; princess; red; woman cache: 15664.txt plain text: 15664.txt item: #55 of 450 id: 15670 author: None title: 15670 date: None words: 55530 flesch: 79 summary: Many men felt as though they were treading the crust of a volcano, and that a single unwary step might plunge them headlong into the burning gulf. My Lord of Mortimer, I have far more trust than you in the integrity of good Sir Oliver. keywords: away; bertram; boy; boys; brother; brother emmanuel; chad; church; day; days; edred; eyes; face; father; forth; god; good; house; julian; know; life; look; lord; men; monk; mortimer; oliver; place; prior; room; secret; sir; sir oliver; thee; thou; thought; words cache: 15670.txt plain text: 15670.txt item: #56 of 450 id: 15684 author: None title: 15684 date: None words: 9187 flesch: 91 summary: See if you can tell it what Mr. Harvey told Samuel about bats, locusts, rivers, the rain, and sloths. Mr. Harvey said yes; and then John lifted it on a large sheet of paper, and threw it into the air. keywords: boys; father; harvey; house; john; samuel; thomas; water cache: 15684.txt plain text: 15684.txt item: #57 of 450 id: 15709 author: None title: 15709 date: None words: 16118 flesch: 95 summary: At the sound of footsteps along the hall Miss Terry looked up from the letter which she was reading for the sixth time. Bring the box in here, Norah, said Miss Terry, holding open the door for her servant, who was gasping under the weight of a packing-case. keywords: angel; angelina; box; child; christmas; doll; eyes; mary; miranda; miss; miss terry; norah; street; terry; tom cache: 15709.txt plain text: 15709.txt item: #58 of 450 id: 15723 author: None title: 15723 date: None words: 57247 flesch: 92 summary: Where is Tom? He went ahead, to get two good seats for us, answered Dick Rover. CHAPTER II AN IMPORTANT TELEGRAM Dick Rover would not have been so much disturbed by his father's disappearance had it not been for one thing, which was that Mr. Rover, on leaving the closing exercises at Putnam Hall, had declared that he would take the last train home that night. keywords: aleck; bahama; barforth; bill; boys; captain; cave; cuffer; dick; dora; fred; going; good; hand; hans; isle; look; man; men; merrick; right; rover; run; sam; shelley; sid; sobber; songbird; steam; tad; time; tom; treasure; want; way; yacht cache: 15723.txt plain text: 15723.txt item: #59 of 450 id: 15726 author: None title: 15726 date: None words: 41108 flesch: 93 summary: I suppose they'd try to get hold of Miss Bessie here, though, said the conductor, because they'd think she'd be a good witness, perhaps, if there was any business in court. I told Miss Bessie here she'd done all right. keywords: away; bessie; car; dolly; eleanor; girls; good; holmes; jake; jamieson; miss; right; tell; time; want; way; weeks; zara cache: 15726.txt plain text: 15726.txt item: #60 of 450 id: 15727 author: None title: 15727 date: None words: 60296 flesch: 85 summary: And we shall soon join you there, your mamma and I-- At this moment the mother entered, and Clarissa stopped suddenly; for she knew well that Mrs. Stanhope could not endure the thought of losing little Nora, even though her child were called to heaven; but the mother had heard enough of what had been said, and looked at the child with renewed anxiety. Later in the evening when Mrs. Stanhope sat alone with her old friend, she began anxiously to question the suitableness of talking to the child upon such topics. keywords: aunt; boy; children; clarissa; day; elsli; emma; eyes; fani; father; feklitus; fred; garden; girl; good; help; home; house; mother; mrs; nora; oscar; room; stanhope; stein; thought; time; way; work cache: 15727.txt plain text: 15727.txt item: #61 of 450 id: 15750 author: None title: 15750 date: None words: 37264 flesch: 90 summary: Or otherwise domiciled, the terrible man continued, must attend school in said village except upon cause of illness-- Occasionally Pee-wee, peeking from beneath the robe, saw cheerful lights shining in houses along the way and in his silent terror and apprehension he fancied these filled with boy scouts in the full enjoyment of scout freedom; scouts who were in no danger of being added to some bloody list of dead ones. keywords: bartlett; blakeley; boy; bridgeboro; camp; car; chapter; cup; gee; good; harris; kind; knew; look; mrs; ned; nick; pee; peter; piper; pistols; right; road; roy; safety; school; scout; scoutmaster; small; thing; time; voice; way; wee cache: 15750.txt plain text: 15750.txt item: #62 of 450 id: 15769 author: None title: 15769 date: None words: 60126 flesch: 78 summary: Little Paul, who had grown up amongst them, ran from one to the other, telling them excitedly how he was going to see the prince that day, and eagerly accepting from the hands of his old nurse a beautiful bunch of red roses which she had gathered that morning, in the hope that her darling might have the chance to offer them to queen or prince. And as the party from Stukely Hall rode up, way being made by the crowd for persons of quality well known and beloved in those parts, little Paul vented his excitement in a new cry of his own; for, standing up in his stirrups and waving his cap in his hand, he cried in his clear boyish tones: Three cheers, good people, for the little prince! keywords: band; cause; child; country; day; days; edward; eyes; face; farmer; father; good; hand; head; heart; home; house; king; life; like; love; man; men; moment; mother; night; paul; peril; place; prince; royal; son; thought; time; way; words; young cache: 15769.txt plain text: 15769.txt item: #63 of 450 id: 15773 author: None title: 15773 date: None words: 61226 flesch: 82 summary: Dinner was hardly over when a servant announced that Mr. Rodier was below, asking to see Mr. Smith upon particular business. Now, Margy, my girl, Mr. Smith, who's in the Navy, is going to be so kind as to take you in his what-you-may-call-it to Penang, and send a steamer to take us off or tow us in, as the case may be. keywords: aeroplane; air; barracombe; captain; coast; course; crowd; day; days; east; engine; father; feet; forest; good; great; half; hand; hour; leave; left; lieutenant; lieutenant smith; london; look; machine; man; men; miles; minutes; morning; petrol; place; port; right; roddy; rodier; round; sea; set; sir; smith; south; speed; tell; thought; time; underhill; vessel; way; wind; work; world cache: 15773.txt plain text: 15773.txt item: #64 of 450 id: 15778 author: None title: 15778 date: None words: 88316 flesch: 89 summary: Yes? interrogated Mrs. Bertram, in a softly surprised, and but slightly interested voice; you called your daughter Beatrice? A name is a solemn thing, Mrs. Bertram, she continued. keywords: = =; beatrice; bee; bell; bertram; butler; captain; captain bertram; catherine; child; day; dear; eyes; face; girl; good; hand; heart; home; house; josephine; lady; loftus; look; love; mabel; man; maria; matty; meadowsweet; miss; mother; mrs; night; northbury; people; peters; poor; room; thought; time; voice; want; way cache: 15778.txt plain text: 15778.txt item: #65 of 450 id: 15782 author: None title: 15782 date: None words: 20202 flesch: 79 summary: Franz saw there was a lodge there, with a gray-haired man, and little children playing before the door, and as the lady passed all bowed to her. Charmed with his sweet countenance, and won by his gentle, loving words, Come unto me, they came with the trust and confidence of little children, acknowledging their sin, but taking him at his word, I, even I am he that blotteth out thy transgressions, for my own sake, and will not remember thy sins. keywords: annette; day; erwald; eyes; face; father; franz; god; good; gretchen; guide; home; left; look; love; man; mountain; pastor; place; time; valley; white cache: 15782.txt plain text: 15782.txt item: #66 of 450 id: 15795 author: None title: 15795 date: None words: 50103 flesch: 92 summary: By column of fours! was the next command, and Captain Dick Rover turned to his company. Hurrah for Dick Rover! was the cry, and this was followed by a cheer for First Lieutenant Powell and for Second Lieutenant Tom Rover. keywords: arnold; baxter; boys; cadets; camp; captain; dan; day; dick; dick rover; flapp; girls; good; hall; hans; head; jackson; larry; lew; lew flapp; major; man; pender; powell; putnam; right; rockley; rover; sam; songbird; time; tom; want; way cache: 15795.txt plain text: 15795.txt item: #67 of 450 id: 15798 author: None title: 15798 date: None words: 54050 flesch: 84 summary: thought little Clover to herself afterward. Don't you think that travelling is the most delightful thing in the world, Miss Clover? Yes--if only--people--don't get too tired, said Clover, with an anxious glance at Phil, as he lay back in an easy-chair. keywords: carr; clarence; clover; course; cousin; day; deal; dear; doctor; eyes; geoff; going; good; half; helen; high; home; hope; house; katy; kind; life; little; look; man; mind; miss; mrs; ned; new; papa; people; phil; place; room; rose; sort; things; thought; time; valley; watson; way; wedding cache: 15798.txt plain text: 15798.txt item: #68 of 450 id: 15801 author: None title: 15801 date: None words: 64217 flesch: 86 summary: Poor Peter John! Will Phelps laughed good-naturedly as he spoke, and it was evident that his sympathy for Peter John was genuine. keywords: boys; canes; class; college; day; face; father; fellows; foster; freshman; good; greek; hawley; john; life; man; moment; mott; peter; peter john; phelps; place; professor; right; room; students; team; thought; time; way; winthrop; work cache: 15801.txt plain text: 15801.txt item: #69 of 450 id: 15809 author: None title: 15809 date: None words: 259 flesch: 71 summary: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd. & New York Printed in Great Britain by W & J Mackay Limited, Chatham from original woodblock designs engraved in 1886 1886 PUBLISHER'S NOTE Kate Greenaway used an early version of the rhyme to illustrate A APPLE PIE which was first published in 1886 and it will be noticed that there is no rhyme for the letter I. [Illustration] T TOOK IT [Illustration] U V W X Y Z ALL HAD A LARGE SLICE AND WENT OFF TO BED keywords: illustration cache: 15809.txt plain text: 15809.txt item: #70 of 450 id: 15820 author: None title: 15820 date: None words: 33734 flesch: 74 summary: But there was dust of vulgar feet On that polluted floor And perjured traitors filled the place, Where good men sat before. He became enslaved by the fascinations of another, and poor Helen was almost forgotten. keywords: barclay; beatrice; day; dear; ethelind; falkner; father; feel; friend; god; good; heart; helen; leave; life; little; man; mind; miss; mother; mrs; night; papa; place; poor; sherman; sir; things; thought; time; willoughby cache: 15820.txt plain text: 15820.txt item: #71 of 450 id: 15826 author: None title: 15826 date: None words: 10883 flesch: 79 summary: Uncle Noah, he said sternly, to-morrow will be Christmas. But to-day Uncle Noah felt uneasily that the reference to the servants had not bolstered the Colonel as it usually did, and the old darky groaned inwardly as he added wood to the fire. keywords: christmas; colonel; dick; eyes; fairfax; i'se; job; major; negro; noah; sah; turkey; uncle; uncle noah; yoh cache: 15826.txt plain text: 15826.txt item: #72 of 450 id: 15867 author: None title: 15867 date: None words: 68591 flesch: 83 summary: Tell Mary that I tried to distinguish myself by making some of that Mexican pecan candy that they used to have such success with at the Wigwam. A feeling of awe crept over her, that she, little Mary Ware, should be hearing the same call that Edryn heard. keywords: a.o; aldebaran; bed; betty; book; christmas; course; day; days; door; elise; ethelinda; eugenia; eyes; face; girls; good; half; hall; hand; heart; home; house; jack; joyce; life; little; lloyd; look; madam; making; man; mary; moment; morning; mrs; new; night; phil; place; room; school; set; things; think; thought; time; way; window; work; world; year cache: 15867.txt plain text: 15867.txt item: #73 of 450 id: 15929 author: None title: 15929 date: None words: 24898 flesch: 88 summary: It was a real baby doll, not nearly so fine as most of the others, but with a look on its face as if it wanted to be loved; and Gretchen's warm German heart went out to it, for little mothers are the same all the world over. Most of these stories have been told and retold to little children, and are surrounded, in my eyes, by a halo of listening faces. keywords: boy; child; day; fairy; good; grandmother; home; house; king; lindsay; little; mother; mrs; saw; time; way; white; work cache: 15929.txt plain text: 15929.txt item: #74 of 450 id: 15951 author: None title: 15951 date: None words: 79247 flesch: 94 summary: They were good men. It went on, cleaving its way through the press as a ship cleaves its way to windward through the waves, and after it had passed, there was a track of fallen men to tell of how it had fared. keywords: asbiorn; bertric; boat; dalfin; deck; end; father; gerda; good; hakon; half; hand; heidrek; king; man; men; mind; phelim; place; round; sail; saw; sea; set; ship; shore; tell; think; thought; time; water; way; wind cache: 15951.txt plain text: 15951.txt item: #75 of 450 id: 15971 author: None title: 15971 date: None words: 50559 flesch: 92 summary: Polly Plays the part of Eva XII. Bob, whirling around to the Doctor, why have n't you brought Miss Polly out to see us? keywords: aunt; children; colonel; come; david; day; doctor; door; dudley; elsie; eyes; face; girl; going; good; hand; home; jane; jocelyn; leonora; lucy; miss; mrs; nurse; polly; price; right; story; tell; time; ward; way cache: 15971.txt plain text: 15971.txt item: #76 of 450 id: 15977 author: None title: 15977 date: None words: 11282 flesch: 81 summary: Little Fanny chatted so fast, that Mr. Herbert could not help smiling, although he was very sorry to hear of poor Mary's misfortune. Poor Fanny looked down at her clean calico dress, and she saw that it was faded and patched. keywords: bird; children; day; fanny; frank; grandmother; home; illustration; jack; mary; saw; school cache: 15977.txt plain text: 15977.txt item: #77 of 450 id: 16046 author: None title: 16046 date: None words: 11666 flesch: 101 summary: After dinner Grandma and little Mary took their sewing and sat out under the old apple-tree in the garden. The stories progress gradually from very easy to more difficult matter, keeping pace with the child's increasing knowledge and ability,--the book being carefully arranged for use as a supplementary reader, or for home reading for the little ones. ~CONTENTS~ LITTLE BOY BLUE SNOWBALL FIRE-CRACKER BOY BLUE'S DREAM MARY'S LAMB THE LAMB AT SCHOOL LITTLE BO-PEEP HICKORY, DICKORY, DOCK MISTRESS MARY TOMMY TUCKER FIVE LITTLE PIGS JACK AND JILL JACK HORNER'S PIE THE OLD WOMAN IN THE SHOE MISS MUFFET HUMPTY DUMPTY THE MOTHER GOOSE BOOK Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn, keywords: blue; boy; children; jack; little; mary; mother; school; tommy cache: 16046.txt plain text: 16046.txt item: #78 of 450 id: 16073 author: None title: 16073 date: None words: 38105 flesch: 87 summary: Now, many little boys and girls--possibly some who read this story--would have thought this task too hard. The truth is, when little boys and girls get very angry, or peevish, or fretful, they sometimes blow out a great deal of ill-humor, something after the manner that an overcharged steam boiler lets off steam--with this difference, however, that the steam boiler gets cooler by the operation, while the boy or girl gets more heated. keywords: boy; boys; charles; children; day; dear; father; fellow; flowers; good; home; house; kind; little; love; man; mind; mother; school; thing; thought; time; use; way; william; words; wrong; yes cache: 16073.txt plain text: 16073.txt item: #79 of 450 id: 16091 author: None title: 16091 date: None words: 45738 flesch: 94 summary: Yes, and she has been called into the office! That would give Dorothy time! From the very first book of the series entitled Dorothy Dale, a Girl of To-day, we find Dorothy striving bravely to induce Tavia to give up her stagey ways. keywords: boys; camp; cologne; course; dale; day; dear; dorothy; find; girl; good; horse; jack; know; look; man; miss; mrs; nat; ned; night; nurse; place; run; sam; tavia; thing; thought; time; way; white; woman; yes cache: 16091.txt plain text: 16091.txt item: #80 of 450 id: 16134 author: None title: 16134 date: None words: 7594 flesch: 88 summary: It was Winfried of England, whose name in the Roman tongue was Boniface, and whom men called the Apostle of Germany. Then Winfried told the story of Bethlehem . . . keywords: boy; child; day; fire; forest; god; man; night; oak; thor; thou; tree; winfried cache: 16134.txt plain text: 16134.txt item: #81 of 450 id: 16140 author: None title: 16140 date: None words: 39853 flesch: 90 summary: The Magpie said she would teach them if they would be a patient, diligent, obedient class of little birds. They were little bird claws! keywords: birds; crow; day; dear; eagle; eyes; father; feathers; fox; good; head; king; magpie; mother; nest; night; owl; peacock; poor; solomon; time; tree; wings; world; wren cache: 16140.txt plain text: 16140.txt item: #82 of 450 id: 16156 author: None title: 16156 date: None words: 20184 flesch: 95 summary: My heart has been filled with horror, Ruth went on, giving Andy time to catch his breath. Where do you go? whispered Andy; can I not be of use? Not now, my friend, and if we never meet again, Andy McNeal, remember whom we have both served well, and that you have made brighter for me many a weary hour. keywords: andy; boy; eyes; face; girl; good; hand; janie; man; master; mcneal; mother; ruth; time; washington; way cache: 16156.txt plain text: 16156.txt item: #83 of 450 id: 16185 author: None title: 16185 date: None words: 40471 flesch: 84 summary: Jesus loves little children. Why, my child? Because they did not want little children to go to Jesus, was his artless reply. keywords: birds; boy; boys; care; children; day; dear; dudley; eddie; father; god; good; heart; home; house; look; love; man; mary; mother; mrs; room; thought; time; way; willie; years cache: 16185.txt plain text: 16185.txt item: #84 of 450 id: 16231 author: None title: 16231 date: None words: 59787 flesch: 76 summary: Speedy's_ bridge, of course including Lieutenant Ridge Norris, knew that they were not to have the honor of warning the fleet; for a line of smoke, evidently moving seaward, appeared above the hills from the direction of Santiago Bay. At first Ridge had only his revolver, but within five minutes he had snatched up the carbine of a man who fell dead at his side, and was as well armed as the rest. keywords: american; army; boat; camp; captain; city; colonel; course; cuban; day; fire; friend; general; good; half; hand; horse; kyp; lay; left; lieutenant; little; man; men; minutes; moment; new; norris; officer; place; riders; ridge; ridge norris; rollo; santiago; ship; sir; spaniards; spanish; time; trooper; van; war; way; young cache: 16231.txt plain text: 16231.txt item: #85 of 450 id: 16241 author: None title: 16241 date: None words: 64748 flesch: 77 summary: We will not stop at Pisa, said Mr. Sumner, but will come to visit it some time later from Florence; but you must watch for a fine view from the railway of its Cathedral, Leaning Tower, Baptistery, and Campo Santo. Will you tell us something of it all, Mr. Sumner? asked Barbara. keywords: art; barbara; beautiful; bettina; betty; city; day; dear; douglas; eyes; face; find; florence; frescoes; girls; good; hand; home; howard; life; little; look; love; malcom; margery; miss; morning; mother; mrs; painting; people; pictures; robert; rome; sherman; sister; study; sumner; things; thought; time; uncle; way; work; world; years cache: 16241.txt plain text: 16241.txt item: #86 of 450 id: 16247 author: None title: 16247 date: None words: 96976 flesch: 80 summary: he prayed to the old fire-king, and forgot poor little man, that he had come on this wild-goose chase northward to save and take care of Hirschvogel! Again the child dreamed of the open star, and of the company of angels, and the train of people, and the rows of angels with their beaming eyes all turned upon those people's faces. Said his sister's angel to the leader: Is my brother come? keywords: august; bertalda; black; boy; child; children; cold; country; day; dear; door; ernest; eyes; face; father; gluck; golden; good; half; hand; head; heart; hirschvogel; home; horse; huldbrand; king; knight; know; life; look; love; man; men; moment; mother; nolan; peony; people; poor; river; room; round; rugg; set; sir; snow; stove; tell; thee; thought; time; undine; valley; violet; voice; water; way; white; wife; words; world; years cache: 16247.txt plain text: 16247.txt item: #87 of 450 id: 16251 author: None title: 16251 date: None words: 16096 flesch: 97 summary: Said he, it's nearly seven feet-- I must begin to strip it. (Little boys do not always talk good grammar; otherwise he would have said whom not who.) keywords: blue; cloud; day; gum; home; house; look; man; mountain; neville; red; round; sing; time; way; white cache: 16251.txt plain text: 16251.txt item: #88 of 450 id: 16253 author: None title: 16253 date: None words: 53540 flesch: 91 summary: The roses were presented to Madge every morning when the maid brought up her breakfast-tray, and for the first time in her life Miss Madge enjoyed the luxury of eating her breakfast in bed. At last Madge decided to end the suspense. keywords: ann; boat; brown; cabin; chaperon; curtis; day; deck; eleanor; eyes; face; girls; head; houseboat; jenny; jones; lillian; look; madge; man; mike; miss; mollie; mrs; phil; phyllis; time; tom; water; way cache: 16253.txt plain text: 16253.txt item: #89 of 450 id: 16259 author: None title: 16259 date: None words: 33026 flesch: 83 summary: When the wicked monster saw the Prince, it decided that here was a splendid opportunity to make mischief; so it said, politely: Good morning, King Zingle. In the first place, the Monarch of Mo is a very pleasant personage holding the rank of King. keywords: dog; dragon; eyes; giant; good; head; king; man; monarch; people; prince; princess; river; surprise; time; timtom; tree; valley; way cache: 16259.txt plain text: 16259.txt item: #90 of 450 id: 16268 author: None title: 16268 date: None words: 39980 flesch: 90 summary: Tom Salter, who had shown himself kind and helpful and full of thought in this terrible time, went to support the widow, and Miss Patch, in spite of her lameness, and pain, and weakness, went too, as a mark of respect to those that were left, and as a companion for poor Jessie. Jessie knelt by the window and gazed up at the sky and the moon, awed and wondering. keywords: charlie; come; dawson; day; face; father; good; grandfather; granny; granp; home; jessie; know; little; miss; mother; mrs; patch; thought; time cache: 16268.txt plain text: 16268.txt item: #91 of 450 id: 16540 author: None title: 16540 date: None words: 62136 flesch: 83 summary: There is, perhaps, no argument so strong, and no virtue that so commands the respect of young men, as consistency. But I think you may venture to assure yourself that when a poor soul has passed the waves of this troublesome world, by whatever means, it doesn't come back kicking about under a white sheet in dark lanes, to frighten little boys from going to school. keywords: antoine; arthur; bed; bill; book; boy; brother; children; day; eyes; face; father; friedrich; friend; god; good; hands; head; home; lay; left; life; little; look; man; master; melchior; monsieur; mother; night; people; place; room; round; sisters; things; think; thought; time; viscount; want; way; young cache: 16540.txt plain text: 16540.txt item: #92 of 450 id: 16681 author: None title: 16681 date: None words: 6063 flesch: 91 summary: [Illustration: B] Begins the word Berries, Which grow near the ground. [Illustration: O] Is an Orange, So juicy and sweet. keywords: baby; boy; day; good; illustration; mother; play; round; way cache: 16681.txt plain text: 16681.txt item: #93 of 450 id: 16686 author: None title: 16686 date: None words: 25882 flesch: 90 summary: We meant to be very kind, But if ever we find Another soft, grey-green, moss-coated, feather-lined nest in a hedge, We have taken a pledge-- Susan, Jemmy, and I--with remorseful tears, at this very minute, That if there are eggs or little birds in it-- Robin or wren, thrush, chaffinch or linnet-- We'll leave them there To their mother's care. There were three of us--Kate, and Susan, and Jem-- And three of them-- I don't know _their_ names, for they couldn't speak, Except with a little imperative squeak, Exactly like Poll, Susan's squeaking doll; But squeaking dolls will lie on the shelves For years and never squeak of themselves: The reason we like little birds so much better than toys Is because they are _really_ alive, and know how to make a noise. keywords: bed; big; blue; children; day; dear; eyes; flowers; good; head; home; house; illustration; leave; life; look; love; mamma; man; mother; night; nurse; red; sea; tea; thee; things; time; wash; years cache: 16686.txt plain text: 16686.txt item: #94 of 450 id: 16688 author: None title: 16688 date: None words: 16600 flesch: 89 summary: PAGE Suffer little children to come unto me 1 Hymn 2 Hymn for a Little Boy 3 The Lord is my Strength 5 Hymn 6 Thy Will be done 7 Sabbath Day 8 The Good Boy's Hymn on going to Bed 10 God is good 11 Evening 12 Robinson Crusoe's Hymn 13 Hymn 14 On Prayer 16 The Spirit giveth Life 17 Let little children come to me,-- keywords: 16mo; 18mo; book; boy; cents; christian; day; edition; father; god; good; heart; life; love; mother; price; rev; song; thee; thou; thoughts; thy; tis; young cache: 16688.txt plain text: 16688.txt item: #95 of 450 id: 16731 author: None title: 16731 date: None words: 41007 flesch: 84 summary: It is certainly an underhand way of suggesting that you stop doing something pleasant, or begin doing something unpleasant; and you would not have thought that Sara's dear mother would have had so unworthy a habit. You see, Sara's dear mother was, indeed, most dear; but very self-willed and contrary. keywords: avrillia; children; course; dear; dimples; echo; eyes; garden; good; gunki; hand; mind; mother; pirlaps; place; plynck; right; sara; schlorge; snimmy; snoodle; teacup; think; thought; time; way; wife; yassuh cache: 16731.txt plain text: 16731.txt item: #96 of 450 id: 16756 author: None title: 16756 date: None words: 37068 flesch: 96 summary: Mr. Bobbsey and the other children were so interested in looking at the prize cattle, at great hogs, some weighing nearly a thousand pounds, and at bulls weighing more than this, that they did not notice the absence of Freddie Bobbsey. Freddie saw Nan hanging there, some distance above the ground. keywords: balloon; bert; blipper; bobbsey; boy; children; fair; father; flossie; freddie; good; guess; merry; mrs; right; round; twins cache: 16756.txt plain text: 16756.txt item: #97 of 450 id: 16805 author: None title: 16805 date: None words: 72116 flesch: 80 summary: Intelligencer_ devoted half a column to a description of the exploit and prophesied that that young man would be heard from again. They are none too good to put me out of the way; it is such men who have no fear of the law, but they shall not take me unawares. keywords: boat; boy; business; course; day; doctor; dollie; door; everson; eyes; face; father; feet; find; friends; good; ground; half; hand; harvey; head; help; home; house; hugh; jack; left; man; marlowe; men; moment; parent; path; place; point; right; thing; thought; time; tom; water; way; woods; work; years; young cache: 16805.txt plain text: 16805.txt item: #98 of 450 id: 16891 author: None title: 16891 date: None words: 30889 flesch: 62 summary: I will now give you a short account of Columbus, who was one of the greatest men the world ever produced. Columbus was tall, muscular, and of a commanding aspect; his hair, light in youth, turned prematurely grey, and ere he reached the age of thirty was white as snow. keywords: account; america; balboa; coast; colony; columbus; cortez; country; day; gold; illustration; indians; inhabitants; island; king; man; men; natives; new; ocean; parley; people; pizarro; return; river; sail; sea; ship; south; spain; spaniards; time; voyage; world cache: 16891.txt plain text: 16891.txt item: #99 of 450 id: 16905 author: None title: 16905 date: None words: 861 flesch: 79 summary: And without saying a word to anyone, little Omolo climbed on to a Stork's back-- [Illustration] And flew off to save the Princess. He told Omolo where he would find a Magic Sword, and also where the King of the Frogs lived. keywords: illustration; king cache: 16905.txt plain text: 16905.txt item: #100 of 450 id: 16918 author: None title: 16918 date: None words: 197724 flesch: 90 summary: KING HENRY V. To Mr. Winthrop Landholm, Shagarack College. In answer to which Winthrop went into explanations at some length; from which at least this much was clearly made out by Mr. Herder and Winnie, -- that the cause would come to a hearing probably in May, before Chancellor Justice; when Winthrop and Mr. Brick would stand openly pitted against each other and have an opportunity of trying their mutual strength, or the strength of their principles; when also it would, according to the issue of said conflict, be decided whether the Ryles must or not reply to Winthrop's further demands upon them. keywords: -and; answer; asahel; ask; boat; brother; business; care; clam; come; day; dear; door; elizabeth; eyes; face; father; fire; going; good; governor; half; hand; haye; head; heart; help; herder; home; house; karen; know; landholm; left; life; little; look; looking; man; matter; mind; miss; morning; mother; mrs; nettley; night; people; place; rest; river; room; rose; round; rufus; set; sir; sort; tears; things; thought; time; want; water; way; winifred; winnie; winthrop; winthrop landholm; wish; words; work; world; yes cache: 16918.txt plain text: 16918.txt item: #101 of 450 id: 16954 author: None title: 16954 date: None words: 52104 flesch: 89 summary: And though poor little Pamela still, through all her stumbles and tumbles, held tightly up before her the corners of her apron, containing the bits of the unlucky bowl, and Duke, on his side, still firmly clutched his precious money-box, I do not believe either of them had by this time any very clear remembrance of why they were laden with these queer burdens, or what was the object of the strange and painful expedition. Before Duke was put into the first stage of boy-attire--what that exactly was in those days I confess I am not sure--they never _had_ been told apart was the fact of the matter, till one day the brilliant idea struck Grandmamma of decorating little Pamela with a coral necklace. keywords: barbara; boy; children; day; dear; diana; duke; eyes; good; grandmamma; grandpapa; home; like; little; look; master; mick; missy; pamela; poor; sister; tell; thought; tim; time; toby; way cache: 16954.txt plain text: 16954.txt item: #102 of 450 id: 16956 author: None title: 16956 date: None words: 46370 flesch: 101 summary: Bunny and Sue went on another journey, and you may read all about it in the next book in this series, which will be named: Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Aunt Lu's City Home. Leaving Bunny and Sue under the tree he had showed them, where they might pick their own peaches, Grandpa Brown walked on a little farther, looking for a place where he might fill his basket. keywords: ben; blue; boy; boys; brown; bunker; bunny; bunny brown; children; circus; grandpa; little; look; man; mother; right; splash; sue; tent; time cache: 16956.txt plain text: 16956.txt item: #103 of 450 id: 16981 author: None title: 16981 date: None words: 69438 flesch: 94 summary: Now, says he, little man, off you run, and you'll be in time for the feast. Little man, little man, says he, you promised not to boast of me. keywords: big; brother; children; come; day; eyes; fish; forest; girl; good; great; head; home; horse; hut; ivan; little; man; peter; sea; snow; time; tzar; water; way; woman; world cache: 16981.txt plain text: 16981.txt item: #104 of 450 id: 16982 author: None title: 16982 date: None words: 16454 flesch: 104 summary: He heard Sammy tell Bunny that he was going to fly. So Bunny Rabbit wrote the book about the good times he had with Bobtail and Billy, and all his other playmates. keywords: billy; bobtail; bunny; duck; mrs; sammy; tree cache: 16982.txt plain text: 16982.txt item: #105 of 450 id: 16991 author: None title: 16991 date: None words: 36628 flesch: 92 summary: From the corner of his eye, Jerry saw Danny and Chris walking slowly behind her. Jerry Elbow, replied Jerry, hot within at this making fun of his name which always seemed to give Danny so much enjoyment. keywords: celia; celia jane; chris; circus; clown; danny; darn; elephant; eyes; got; jane; jerry; know; man; mother; mrs; mullarkey; nora; time; whiteface cache: 16991.txt plain text: 16991.txt item: #106 of 450 id: 17057 author: None title: 17057 date: None words: 48164 flesch: 86 summary: Where, then, was the Benson? It was not in the least like young Captain Jack Benson to be behind time when he had an appointment to get anywhere. At the cabin table sat Captain Jack Benson himself, his head bent low as he scanned a chart. keywords: beach; benson; boat; boy; captain; captain benson; captain jack; eph; eyes; face; farnum; gaston; good; hal; jack; jack benson; kamanako; lemaire; lieutenant; look; men; mlle; nadiboff; pollard; right; submarine; time; trotter; way; woman; young cache: 17057.txt plain text: 17057.txt item: #107 of 450 id: 17058 author: None title: 17058 date: None words: 48852 flesch: 86 summary: Danger? laughed young Captain Jack Benson, stopping before the door and fumbling for the key. Now, at last, Captain Jack Benson, together with his engineer, Hal Hastings, and Eph Somers, another young member of the crew, were about to have their first practical drill with the actual torpedo. keywords: benson; board; boat; boys; captain; captain jack; craft; danvers; deck; eph; farnum; good; hal; hastings; jack; jack benson; lieutenant; like; man; men; naval; officer; pollard; radwin; rhinds; sir; submarine; time; torpedo; way; young cache: 17058.txt plain text: 17058.txt item: #108 of 450 id: 17059 author: None title: 17059 date: None words: 47956 flesch: 86 summary: Like one in a dream young Jack Benson picked up a bulky telegraph envelope and broke the seal. Lieutenant Jack Benson was directed to take command of the United States gunboat, 'Sudbury,' until further orders. keywords: benson; boy; boys; captain; captain jack; door; ensign; eph; face; fellow; fullerton; german; good; hal; jack; jack benson; lieutenant; look; major; man; millard; minutes; navy; officer; professor; right; secretary; sir; somers; submarine; time; way; young cache: 17059.txt plain text: 17059.txt item: #109 of 450 id: 17060 author: None title: 17060 date: None words: 433 flesch: 75 summary: [Illustration] Who killed Cock Robin? I, said the Sparrow, With my bow and arrow, I kill'd Cock Robin. [Illustration] All the birds in the air Fell to sighing and sobbing When they heard the bell For poor Cock Robin. keywords: illustration cache: 17060.txt plain text: 17060.txt item: #110 of 450 id: 17064 author: None title: 17064 date: None words: 19814 flesch: 96 summary: If ever you lose an eye or an ear, Mr. Plush Bear, just come in here and Mr. Mugg will make you a new one, said the Jumping Jack. Let me introduce Mr. Plush Bear and Miss Wax Doll from North Pole Land, and the Bear and Doll made polite bows, as did the Lamb on Wheels and the Calico Clown. keywords: arthur; bear; boy; claus; doll; nettie; plush; plush bear; santa; snow; toys; window cache: 17064.txt plain text: 17064.txt item: #111 of 450 id: 17807 author: None title: 17807 date: None words: 37192 flesch: 96 summary: But Uncle Wiggily only pinkled his twink nose. Where? Inside my pulpit, was the answer, and Uncle Wiggily saw, not far away, the Jack-plant he had helped from under the stone. keywords: bear; billie; bunny uncle; dear; gentleman; good; hat; jane; johnnie; lady; longears; nurse; rabbit; right; stump; tree; uncle; uncle wiggily; wiggily; woods cache: 17807.txt plain text: 17807.txt item: #112 of 450 id: 17811 author: None title: 17811 date: None words: 54549 flesch: 86 summary: and Mabel Allison began to speak in a plaintive little voice that went straight to Grace's heart: You are Grace Harlowe. Now, what do you think of Miss Eleanor? cried Nora. keywords: anne; boys; class; david; day; eleanor; eyes; friends; girls; good; grace; grace harlowe; gray; great; harlowe; high; hippy; house; jessica; julia; mabel; miriam; miss; mrs; night; nora; phi; play; principal; room; school; sigma; tau; tebbs; tell; thompson; time; way; year cache: 17811.txt plain text: 17811.txt item: #113 of 450 id: 17824 author: None title: 17824 date: None words: 1208 flesch: 91 summary: And Black Mumbo ate Twenty-seven pancakes, and Black Jumbo ate Fifty-five, but Little Black Sambo ate a Hundred and Sixty-nine, because he was so hungry. And then wasn't Little Black Sambo grand? keywords: illustration cache: 17824.txt plain text: 17824.txt item: #114 of 450 id: 17825 author: None title: 17825 date: None words: 2595 flesch: 86 summary: The next day when she had returned to her gown of tow and was no longer a haughty court lady, but only Olga, the Flax-spinner's maiden, she repined at her lot. [Illustration: Olga, holding it in the hollow of her hands, offered him the water.] Boston L. C. Page & Company 1907 Copyright, 1900 By L. C. Page & Company (Incorporated) Copyright, 1907 By L. C. Page & Company (Incorporated) keywords: castle; flax; night; olga; spinner cache: 17825.txt plain text: 17825.txt item: #115 of 450 id: 17860 author: None title: 17860 date: None words: 37522 flesch: 89 summary: When he saw her alarm, he broke off another rose, and then ran in by his own window, and left dear little Gerda alone. But it was all that bit of glass in his heart, that bit of glass in his eye, and it made him tease little Gerda who was so devoted to him. keywords: day; emperor; eyes; flowers; garden; gerda; girl; gold; good; heart; kay; mermaid; nightingale; palace; prince; princess; queen; round; sea; snow; sun; thought; time; water; wind; woman; world cache: 17860.txt plain text: 17860.txt item: #116 of 450 id: 17865 author: None title: 17865 date: None words: 51122 flesch: 92 summary: Miss Elting, Jane and the two men stood on shore, shouting with all their might to Harriet Burrell. There was something sinister in this sudden outbreak, something that neither Miss Elting nor Harriet Burrell understood. keywords: bridge; brook; camp; elting; feet; fire; girls; grubb; guardian; guide; harriet; hazel; head; jane; janus; look; man; margery; meadow; miss; miss elting; mountain; night; party; time; tommy; water; way cache: 17865.txt plain text: 17865.txt item: #117 of 450 id: 17878 author: None title: 17878 date: None words: 47726 flesch: 96 summary: CHAPTER VI GENERAL WASHINGTON Mart Clayton, the boy who had climbed the tree to get down Mr. Winkler's monkey, looked first at funny Bunny Brown, who was trotting downstreet, and then he looked at Bunny's mother. The snow lasted several days, and each day after school Bunny Brown and his sister Sue went for a pony ride in the jolly sled. keywords: boy; brown; bunny; bunny brown; children; girls; house; look; lucile; man; mart; mother; mrs; play; sister; stage; sue; time; treadwell; uncle; winkler cache: 17878.txt plain text: 17878.txt item: #118 of 450 id: 17887 author: None title: 17887 date: None words: 9487 flesch: 89 summary: Letitia Hopkins, replied Letitia in a small, scared voice. Letitia untied the green ribbon and unfolded the paper, and there was the little silver snuff-box which had been the treasure of the great-great-grandmother, Letitia Hopkins. keywords: aunt; boy; door; grandmother; hopkins; house; key; letitia; peggy cache: 17887.txt plain text: 17887.txt item: #119 of 450 id: 17888 author: None title: 17888 date: None words: 11526 flesch: 91 summary: That you, Comfort Pease? Hullo! Comfort returned, faintly. Why, you great baby, Comfort Pease, said she, going along the road crying! Comfort sobbed harder, and people stared more and more curiously. keywords: comfort; gold; matilda; miss; mother; pease; ring; school; tabitha cache: 17888.txt plain text: 17888.txt item: #120 of 450 id: 17892 author: None title: 17892 date: None words: 52169 flesch: 93 summary: Somewhere in the darkness--in the rain--homeless--friendless--all alone--was little Anne. The maid who opened the door that afternoon to the weary, happy, home-coming party of Christmas shoppers said, Please, Miss Drayton, there's a lady and two little boys in the back parlor to see Miss Anne. keywords: afternoon; anne; anne lewis; book; callahan; child; children; collins; day; dear; doll; door; dorcas; dunlop; eyes; face; farlow; girl; good; hand; home; honey; house; know; lady; little; lizzie; mademoiselle; man; margery; matter; miss; miss drayton; mother; mrs; new; patterson; peggy; people; room; story; sweet; tell; things; thought; time; uncle; way cache: 17892.txt plain text: 17892.txt item: #121 of 450 id: 17937 author: None title: 17937 date: None words: 5084 flesch: 93 summary: She went at once to tell Mrs. Flannery, and Mrs. Flannery was far more excited about it than Mrs. Gratz had been. That afternoon Mrs. Flannery, whose excitement had not abated in the least, went over to Mrs. Gratz's to spend the afternoon talking to her about the money. keywords: bugs; chicken; claus; gratz; mrs; santy cache: 17937.txt plain text: 17937.txt item: #122 of 450 id: 18019 author: None title: 18019 date: None words: 75802 flesch: 82 summary: That evening, about six o'clock, a small packet was left at Abbey Close, directed to Miss Winona Woodward. Altogether among the various athletic activities of the school, Captain Winona promised herself a very enjoyable year in the Sixth Form. keywords: afternoon; aunt; aunt harriet; away; beach; bishop; book; business; captain; car; close; course; day; end; eyes; family; find; form; games; garnet; girls; good; half; hand; harriet; head; help; high; hockey; home; kirsty; left; life; little; long; look; looking; margaret; matter; mind; miss; moment; morning; mother; new; percy; place; play; present; rest; right; room; round; scholarship; school; seaton; term; thing; thought; time; want; winona; winona woodward; woodward; work; year cache: 18019.txt plain text: 18019.txt item: #123 of 450 id: 18035 author: None title: 18035 date: None words: 58342 flesch: 91 summary: Miss Marjorie Maynard will now favor us, was the next announcement. She, Marjorie Maynard! keywords: boys; bryant; children; club; course; court; cousin; cousin jack; day; ethel; father; fun; geary; girl; good; help; hester; home; house; jack; king; kitty; look; marjorie; maynard; midget; mother; mrs; new; people; queen; red; right; ruth; sand; sort; things; thought; time; tom; way cache: 18035.txt plain text: 18035.txt item: #124 of 450 id: 18058 author: None title: 18058 date: None words: 64977 flesch: 78 summary: No; I am thankful that all is right with them: but dear Grandma Elsie is in a very critical condition; I cannot tell you exactly what ails her, but she has been suffering very much for months past, keeping it to herself till yesterday, when she told it all to Cousin Arthur, and learned from him that nothing but a difficult and dangerous surgical operation could save her life. She was out in them now, watching for the coming of her father, eager to see him and to hear how it was with dear Grandma Elsie. keywords: americans; british; captain; children; daughter; day; dear; elsie; eyes; face; father; fort; god; good; grace; grandma; half; hand; help; home; hope; house; little; look; love; lulu; mamma; max; men; morning; mother; night; papa; room; rosie; time; violet; walter; washington; way cache: 18058.txt plain text: 18058.txt item: #125 of 450 id: 18076 author: None title: 18076 date: None words: 65641 flesch: 85 summary: I'm scandalous glad you tuk it; an' now I'll have a ride in it, an' no thanks to Don Gordon nuther. Knowing that Dan was too lazy to work--too much of a gentleman was the way Godfrey expressed it--he could not imagine where the money came from, and Dan refused to enlighten him on this point, fearing that if he did his father would go straight to Don Gordon and ask for the rest of the ten dollars. keywords: bert; birds; bob; boys; brother; cabin; dan; dave; david; day; dollars; don; father; general; godfrey; good; gordon; home; house; lester; money; mother; night; quails; thought; time; traps; want; way; work cache: 18076.txt plain text: 18076.txt item: #126 of 450 id: 18077 author: None title: 18077 date: None words: 50626 flesch: 80 summary: One must find the money somehow, and then one has to pay for that, and then you're short, and go on tick, and it runs up, and then they dun you, and you're cleaned out, and there you are! At which climax old Jem laid his curly head on his arms, and I began to think very seriously. To see old Jem at logger-heads with my father, and perhaps demoralized by an inferior school? keywords: bit; boys; charlie; crayshaw; day; dear; eyes; father; good; half; hands; head; home; house; isaac; jack; jem; life; long; look; man; master; men; mother; mrs; old; people; place; poor; round; school; sir; snuffy; things; thought; time; uncle; way; wood; world; years cache: 18077.txt plain text: 18077.txt item: #127 of 450 id: 18131 author: None title: 18131 date: None words: 4610 flesch: 99 summary: Princess sings_ _ Princess turns to Titania._ _ keywords: knight; love; ogre; princess; spin; thou; thy; witch cache: 18131.txt plain text: 18131.txt item: #128 of 450 id: 18139 author: None title: 18139 date: None words: 52788 flesch: 88 summary: Rip knelt and sighted upward. The Gray World CHAPTER SIX: Rip's Planet CHAPTER SEVEN: Earthbound! CHAPTER EIGHT: Duck--or Die! CHAPTER NINE: Repel Invaders! keywords: air; asteroid; blast; boat; commander; connie; cruiser; cut; dowst; fire; foster; hand; kemp; koa; landing; men; nuclear; o'brine; officer; planeteers; right; rip; rocket; santos; scorpius; ship; sir; snapper; space; speed; sun; thorium; time; tubes; voice; way cache: 18139.txt plain text: 18139.txt item: #129 of 450 id: 18146 author: None title: 18146 date: None words: 58910 flesch: 81 summary: Indeed, it is just a speech of his, made when he was a little boy, which has been turned into the hymn we so often sing:-- I think when I read that sweet story of old, When Jesus was here among men, How He called little children, as lambs, to His fold, I should like to have been with Him then. Good day, sir; don't forget the wedge. keywords: age; athelstane; bladud; boy; brithric; children; dave; day; edwin; eyes; face; father; god; good; hand; head; heart; king; life; little; lord; man; master; men; mother; people; place; prince; queen; royal; sid; son; stevie; thee; things; thou; thought; time; way; wife; wilfrid; words; years cache: 18146.txt plain text: 18146.txt item: #130 of 450 id: 18153 author: None title: 18153 date: None words: 61393 flesch: 79 summary: Cousin Oscar Preston, from Boston,--that was what you meant to say, was n't it? Yes, replied Mary. After supper, Mrs. Preston and her oldest daughter cleared off the table and washed the dishes; James and Jerry went out to the barn; Mr. Preston sat down to a table to examine some papers he had in his pocket-book; while Harriet and Mary remained, to keep Oscar company. keywords: afternoon; alfred; boys; chapter; children; clinton; day; father; george; good; grandmother; home; house; jerry; letter; look; man; matter; morning; mother; mrs; new; oscar; place; preston; ralph; room; school; teacher; tell; thought; time; uncle; want; water; way; work cache: 18153.txt plain text: 18153.txt item: #131 of 450 id: 18155 author: None title: 18155 date: None words: 1057 flesch: 95 summary: [Illustration] Then along came the Wolf and said, Little Pig, little Pig, let me come in. Presently came along a Wolf, and knocked at the door, and said, Little Pig, little Pig, let me come in. keywords: illustration cache: 18155.txt plain text: 18155.txt item: #132 of 450 id: 18156 author: None title: 18156 date: None words: 57530 flesch: 82 summary: It certainly was so with Dennis O'Moore; and if Alister could hardly have been more raven-like upon the crack of doom, the levity of Dennis would, in our present circumstances, have been discreditable to a paroquet. It was on Dennis O'Moore that her eyes were bent, and they never moved as she struggled to her feet, and gazed anxiously at his face, his cap, and his seafaring clothes, whilst, for his part, Dennis gazed almost as wildly at her. keywords: alfonso; alister; barney; biddy; black; captain; day; dear; dennis; eyes; face; friend; god; good; great; half; hand; head; home; jack; know; left; life; look; looking; man; men; mind; mother; new; night; o'moore; place; round; sea; ship; sir; tell; thought; time; water; way; woman; work; world; young cache: 18156.txt plain text: 18156.txt item: #133 of 450 id: 18357 author: None title: 18357 date: None words: 115503 flesch: 82 summary: We had more than one hot fight, and lost many good men. In the first place, because I know he will do it well, and even those who consider that I am rash and headstrong, admit that I have the knack of picking out good men. keywords: army; captain; charles; charlie; company; country; course; day; days; doubt; father; fellow; fire; gentlemen; good; half; harry; head; horses; hour; house; jervoise; king; left; life; man; marmaduke; matter; men; money; morning; news; night; officers; place; present; round; russians; service; sir; sweden; swedish; thought; time; town; troops; way; work cache: 18357.txt plain text: 18357.txt item: #134 of 450 id: 18360 author: None title: 18360 date: None words: 1098 flesch: 85 summary: A Sketch Book of R. Caldecott's. Each containing four different books, with their Coloured Pictures and innumerable Outline Sketches._ 1 R. Caldecott's Picture Book No. 1 2 R. Caldecott's Picture Book No. 2 3 Hey-Diddle-Diddle-Picture Book 4 The Panjandrum Picture Book And also _ keywords: illustration cache: 18360.txt plain text: 18360.txt item: #135 of 450 id: 18461 author: None title: 18461 date: None words: 44613 flesch: 95 summary: How come you try to do it that way, Russ Bunker? asked Mammy June as Russ approached the phaeton. At once, therefore, the eagerness and interest of Russ and Rose Bunker were vastly increased. keywords: armatage; aunt; big; boy; bunker; children; course; daddy; good; guess; house; june; laddie; mammy; margy; mother; mun; right; rose; russ; russ bunker; sam; sister; time; want; way cache: 18461.txt plain text: 18461.txt item: #136 of 450 id: 18496 author: None title: 18496 date: None words: 11561 flesch: 88 summary: But he thought of little Robin fifteen miles away, crying at the strange faces around him; and for his sake he stumbled bravely on. If she never found any tracks of little bare feet on the freshly scrubbed kitchen floor, it was because his watchful eyes had spied them first, and he had wiped away every trace. keywords: brother; child; children; day; dearborn; estel; face; home; mrs; robin; steven; thought; time cache: 18496.txt plain text: 18496.txt item: #137 of 450 id: 18499 author: None title: 18499 date: None words: 70854 flesch: 87 summary: Suzanna decided that she liked her. Said Suzanna: The queen wants her strawberries wet with dew and buried in their own green leaves. The day itself was as beautiful as it had been an hour before, yet its sun had ceased to shine for little Suzanna, since the crowning touch of The Dress, the poetic completeness of it, was denied her. keywords: baby; bartlett; chair; children; close; color; david; day; door; drusilla; eagle; eyes; face; father; girl; good; graham; hand; heart; home; house; lady; little; machine; maizie; man; massey; miss; moment; mother; mrs; peter; procter; reynolds; room; suzanna; thought; time; voice; way cache: 18499.txt plain text: 18499.txt item: #138 of 450 id: 18505 author: None title: 18505 date: None words: 66922 flesch: 83 summary: Ladies and gentlemen, the first item on the program will be a piano solo by Miss Ingred Saxon, the celebrated musical star, brought over at enormous expense, on purpose for this occasion. Ingred, whom the fates had placed to sleep with Nora, had a trying night, for her obstreperous bedfellow had a habit of flinging out her arms, and of appropriating the larger half of the clothes, leaving poor Ingred to wake shivering. keywords: abbey; afternoon; athelstane; beatrice; bess; best; burd; college; come; course; day; door; egbert; face; family; fil; form; garden; girls; good; grovebury; hair; half; head; hereward; home; hostel; house; ingred; left; lispeth; look; matter; miss; mother; mrs; music; new; nora; people; place; quenrede; right; room; rotherwood; round; saxon; school; strong; tea; things; think; thought; time; verity; want; way; work cache: 18505.txt plain text: 18505.txt item: #139 of 450 id: 18520 author: None title: 18520 date: None words: 46825 flesch: 87 summary: There are the spools, said Tom icily. In Room 512 on the fifth floor of the dormitory, Tom Corbett and Astro, the two other cadets who, with Roger Manning, made up the famed _Polaris_ unit of the Space Cadet Corps, were deep in their studies. keywords: academy; astro; barret; cadet; captain; commander; connel; control; corbett; deck; devers; face; guard; hangar; hemmingwell; major; man; men; officer; professor; right; roger; ship; sir; solar; space; strong; time; tom; unit; walters; way; work cache: 18520.txt plain text: 18520.txt item: #140 of 450 id: 18522 author: None title: 18522 date: None words: 4672 flesch: 90 summary: Ah, Miss Lucy, said Ollie, laughing, you see they have found it so pleasant to be without you that they are going to give you to us. Ollie ran along, and was just hesitating whether she should climb the fence and run through Squire Thompson's lot, or go around by the road, when she saw, just before her, Lucy Coit, walking along with her school-books in her bag. keywords: good; lucy; mrs; ollie cache: 18522.txt plain text: 18522.txt item: #141 of 450 id: 18531 author: None title: 18531 date: None words: 40186 flesch: 81 summary: In 't that a nite tory, you _ser-weet_ ittle Mit Vildy Tummins? Samantha hardly knew why the tears should spring to her eyes as she watched the dinner party,--unless it was because we can scarcely look at little children in their unconscious play without a sort of sadness, partly of pity and partly of envy, and of longing too, as for something lost and gone. Timothy was not there, but little Lady Gay was having a party all to herself, and the scene was such a pretty one that Samantha stooped behind the lattice and listened. keywords: 'bout; ann; baby; boy; children; cummins; day; door; eyes; face; farm; find; folks; gay; git; goin'; good; heart; home; house; jabe; kind; lady; land; little; look; miss; place; rags; right; river; room; samantha; scene; set; slocum; tell; thought; time; timothy; vilda; want; way; white; years cache: 18531.txt plain text: 18531.txt item: #142 of 450 id: 18546 author: None title: 18546 date: None words: 1528 flesch: 85 summary: Old woman, old woman, old woman, quoth I, [Illustration] Hush-a-bye, baby, on on the tree top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock; When the bough bends it never can fall, Safe is the baby, bough, cradle and all. keywords: illustration; jack; mary; woman cache: 18546.txt plain text: 18546.txt item: #143 of 450 id: 18576 author: None title: 18576 date: None words: 17468 flesch: 99 summary: Burr laughed and said, You are little men. A crowd of cave men had already gathered, and were waiting in the woods until the herd should leave. keywords: boys; cave; children; fire; flint; illustration; man; meat; men; stone; strongarm; thorn; time cache: 18576.txt plain text: 18576.txt item: #144 of 450 id: 18579 author: None title: 18579 date: None words: 65183 flesch: 80 summary: I am sorry to tear myself away from you, but positively I must go now; for the Chinese admiral will get very impatient if I am not on time, and I have some important business with him before dinner, said Christy, as he increased his pace and got away from Mr. Percy Pierson, though he was afraid he would follow him. I am glad to see you again, Mr. Percy Pierson, said the original of that name, as he extended his hand to Christy. keywords: bellevite; board; boat; brother; captain; captain passford; christy; commander; deck; father; fort; house; leopard; major; man; men; owner; passford; percy; pierson; pilot; steamer; thing; time; tug; vessel; young cache: 18579.txt plain text: 18579.txt item: #145 of 450 id: 18581 author: None title: 18581 date: None words: 55533 flesch: 93 summary: Mrs. O'Keefe, said Dodger, this is the young lady I spoke to you about--Miss Florence Linden. It will certainly be a proud distinction to become Mrs. Dodger. keywords: bolton; boy; cousin; curtis; dodger; dollars; florence; friend; good; home; house; leighton; linden; look; man; mind; miss; money; mrs; new; o'keefe; right; room; sir; thought; tim; time; uncle; want; waring; york cache: 18581.txt plain text: 18581.txt item: #146 of 450 id: 18582 author: None title: 18582 date: None words: 40607 flesch: 88 summary: Why, Gypsy Breynton! I've been walking in my sleep, said Gypsy, with a little laugh; I came out here to save Winnie from upsetting in a milk-pitcher, and then I woke up, and I _did_ forget to lock the boat, and I couldn't get ashore. Tell her Miss Gypsy has come; sit down, child, and make yourself at home. keywords: breynton; day; dear; door; eyes; face; girls; good; gypsy; hallam; home; joy; melville; miss; mother; mrs; night; peace; people; room; sarah; school; stairs; things; thought; time; tom; water; way; winnie; woman cache: 18582.txt plain text: 18582.txt item: #147 of 450 id: 18587 author: None title: 18587 date: None words: 41333 flesch: 82 summary: Just as wise Hugh had believed would be the case, she did not blame Sarah in the least; nor did she declare the little chap would surely grow up to be a disgrace to his mother. See 18587-h.htm or 18587-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/8/5/8/18587/18587-h/18587-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/8/5/8/18587/18587-h.zip) THE CHUMS OF SCRANTON HIGH Or Hugh Morgan's Uphill Fight by DONALD FERGUSON [Frontispiece: Are you through? demanded, Hugh sternly.] keywords: boy; boys; brutus; course; dugdale; eyes; fact; fellows; game; good; hand; head; high; home; house; hugh; lady; look; mind; nick; owen; right; sarah; scranton; team; thad; things; think; time; way cache: 18587.txt plain text: 18587.txt item: #148 of 450 id: 18604 author: None title: 18604 date: None words: 24084 flesch: 86 summary: Above all, they love flowers, butterflies, and men, and amongst them they had chosen little Rudy as their favourite. Rudy sat there like a fly on a rocking blade of grass, which a nest-building bird has dropped in its hasty flight, on the edge of a factory chimney; but the fly had the advantage of escaping by its wings, poor Rudy had none, he was almost sure to break his neck. keywords: babette; cat; chamois; day; eyes; good; house; ice; lay; life; little; maiden; miller; mountain; rudy; snow; sun; thought; trees; valley; water; white cache: 18604.txt plain text: 18604.txt item: #149 of 450 id: 18606 author: None title: 18606 date: None words: 55555 flesch: 86 summary: Medmangi and Nyoda also came up thirsting for vengeance, but Sahwah escaped by swimming under water around the dock and clambering out on the rocks. Sahwah, cried Nyoda, hastily coming up on the dock, where is the sheet you were going to wave from the tower when the _ keywords: bed; boys; camp; canoe; chapa; day; dock; end; eyes; face; feet; fire; fire girls; girls; gladys; ground; hand; head; help; hinpoha; home; hour; lake; look; migwan; morning; night; nyoda; path; rest; sahwah; song; tent; things; thought; time; tree; water; way; winnebagos; woods; work cache: 18606.txt plain text: 18606.txt item: #150 of 450 id: 18652 author: None title: 18652 date: None words: 14701 flesch: 92 summary: Cried Henrietta Hen. Cried Henrietta Hen. keywords: come; egg; farmer; good; green; henrietta; henrietta hen; polly; rooster; whitey cache: 18652.txt plain text: 18652.txt item: #151 of 450 id: 18654 author: None title: 18654 date: None words: 51259 flesch: 89 summary: When Harry saw George riding slowly toward him, he felt very much embarrassed, and very much annoyed because he was embarrassed. Harry Loudon! cried Harry. keywords: aunt; aunt matilda; boys; braddock; business; cabin; come; company; creek; dat; day; george; good; harry; home; house; kate; line; loudon; man; matilda; money; right; telegraph; thought; time; tony; tree; uncle; way; woods; work cache: 18654.txt plain text: 18654.txt item: #152 of 450 id: 18655 author: None title: 18655 date: None words: 15848 flesch: 92 summary: It was now time for supper, so Mrs. Noah busied herself preparing the evening meal, while Capt. Noah and his three sons, Ham, Shem and Japheth, fed the animals. Mercy! cried Mrs. Noah. Don't worry, whispered Capt. Noah. keywords: aboard; animals; ark; boys; capt; deck; elephant; ham; jonah; marjorie; mrs; noah; time; water; weathercock cache: 18655.txt plain text: 18655.txt item: #153 of 450 id: 18656 author: None title: 18656 date: None words: 14145 flesch: 95 summary: As Farmer Green led him out of the shop, and Johnnie Green led Twinkleheels, a queer look came over Twinkleheels' face. I A BIG LITTLE PONY When Johnnie Green sent him along the road at a trot, Twinkleheels' tiny feet moved so fast that you could scarcely have told one from another. keywords: barn; ebenezer; farmer; green; johnnie; johnnie green; oats; spot; time; twinkleheels cache: 18656.txt plain text: 18656.txt item: #154 of 450 id: 18690 author: None title: 18690 date: None words: 148037 flesch: 85 summary: Hugh's lips parted � Mrs. Rossitur looked with a sad thoughtful look at Fleda � Mr. Rossitur walked up and down looking at nobody. Where is that? I am afraid I can't find it, said Fleda � it is somewhere in Isaiah, I know � She tried in vain; and failing, then looked up in Mr. Carleton's face to see what impression had been made. keywords: aunt; barby; care; carleton; charlton; child; come; day; dear; doctor; douglass; elfie; eyes; face; fire; fleda; gentleman; good; grandpa; half; hand; head; help; home; house; hugh; kind; know; left; life; like; look; lucy; man; matter; mind; miriam; miss; morning; mother; mrs; new; people; place; pleasure; right; ringgan; room; rossitur; saw; set; sir; table; tears; tell; things; thorn; thought; time; uncle; want; way; work; world cache: 18690.txt plain text: 18690.txt item: #155 of 450 id: 18691 author: None title: 18691 date: None words: 142344 flesch: 84 summary: � Fleda, it's the loveliest thing you ever saw in your life; and it's all that delightful man's doing; only he wont have a geometric flower-garden, as I did everything I could think of to persuade him. I am sure it is not, said Fleda; I often feel vexed with myself for it; but what can one do, Mr. Carleton? Don't your friends the flowers help you in this? Not a bit, said Fleda � they draw the other way; their society is so very pure and satisfying, that one is all the less inclined to take up with the other. keywords: aunt; barby; care; carleton; come; constance; day; dear; evelyn; eyes; face; feeling; fleda; good; half; hand; head; heart; help; home; hope; hugh; kind; lady; leave; left; life; look; man; mind; miss; morning; mrs; new; night; people; place; pleasure; rest; room; rossitur; saw; sir; smile; stackpole; tell; things; thorn; thought; time; uncle; want; way; words; world cache: 18691.txt plain text: 18691.txt item: #156 of 450 id: 18699 author: None title: 18699 date: None words: 44467 flesch: 93 summary: Oh, no, there's no real danger--that is there won't be to _you_, as long as old Jack Jepson can ward it off, he murmured under his breath. Another figure joined the speaker, and at the sight of this second officer, old Jack Jepson groaned. keywords: alice; brisco; captain; ellen; good; jack; jepson; little; look; manager; mary; miss; paul; pertell; picture; russ; ruth; sailor; schooner; sea; ship; storm; time; want; water; work cache: 18699.txt plain text: 18699.txt item: #157 of 450 id: 18760 author: None title: 18760 date: None words: 675 flesch: 89 summary: So you see instead of Wee Peter Pug hiding the shoe, it was the shoe that gave poor Peter Pug a hiding! [Illustration:] Wee Peter Pug My Dame has lost her shoe and knows not where to find it. keywords: illustration cache: 18760.txt plain text: 18760.txt item: #158 of 450 id: 18786 author: None title: 18786 date: None words: 48320 flesch: 89 summary: A Solar Guard cruiser, the most powerful class of spaceship in the Solar Alliance, the _Polaris_ was also equipped with hyperdrive, a well-guarded secret method of propulsion, enabling Solar Guard ships to travel through space faster than any other craft known. Find Tom and Roger if you can and then come up to the control deck. keywords: astro; barnard; blast; brett; cadet; captain; commander; control; corbett; deck; door; kit; manning; miles; quent; race; right; roger; room; ross; ship; sir; solar; space; spaceman; spaceport; strong; time; titan; tom; walters cache: 18786.txt plain text: 18786.txt item: #159 of 450 id: 18838 author: None title: 18838 date: None words: 39570 flesch: 91 summary: All right, Paul. Down Paul went, then, to the gasoline pit. Why should the Germans have spies around here, though, Paul? It's just the place where they would have them, Arthur. keywords: army; arthur; belgium; chance; fire; germans; going; good; guns; house; liege; little; men; moment; paul; place; right; road; soldiers; think; time; war; way cache: 18838.txt plain text: 18838.txt item: #160 of 450 id: 18896 author: None title: 18896 date: None words: 81092 flesch: 87 summary: If she had known what she did not know--that Faith Gartney stood at this moment in that burning mill, looking forth despairingly on those bright waters and green fields that lay between it and this home of hers--that were so near her, she might discern each shining pebble and the separate grass blades in the scarlet light, yet so infinitely far, so gone from her forever--had she known all this, without knowing the help and hope that were coming--she would yet have said How beautiful it would be to be like Miss Faith! That to my dear grandniece, Faith Henderson Gartney, be given from me, as my bequest, that portion of my worldly property now invested in two stores in D---- Street, in the city of Mishaumok. keywords: armstrong; aunt faith; child; corners; cross; day; days; door; eyes; face; faith; faith gartney; father; gartney; girl; glory; god; good; half; hand; head; heart; help; henderson; home; house; know; life; little; look; love; man; miss; moment; morning; mother; mrs; new; night; nurse; paul; place; room; round; rushleigh; sampson; set; summer; things; thought; time; want; way; woman; words; work; world; years cache: 18896.txt plain text: 18896.txt item: #161 of 450 id: 18968 author: None title: 18968 date: None words: 5851 flesch: 90 summary: As to little Robert, he was too delighted to keep steady enough to count, and after trying once or twice, declared that there must be a thousand. It chanced that it passed very near the bank on which they stood, and little Robert cried out, Stop it! and began to try to reach it with a long pole he had in his hands, with which he had been pretending to be a ship, and holding this up for the mast. keywords: james; kite; round; sally; trees; white cache: 18968.txt plain text: 18968.txt item: #162 of 450 id: 18981 author: None title: 18981 date: None words: 47669 flesch: 79 summary: GRAYLOCK SEEMS DISAPPOINTED Somehow or other Dick did not seem to be greatly alarmed by these significant words of Mr. Goodwyn. On this particular day, which was fated to be marked with a white stone in the history of Dick Morrison, Mr. Graylock entered the bank at the time he was eating his lunch in the little room back of the offices. keywords: bank; boy; business; cashier; day; dick; eyes; face; ferd; gibbs; good; goodwyn; graylock; hand; home; look; man; mind; mother; richard; securities; sir; thing; time; way; winslow; work cache: 18981.txt plain text: 18981.txt item: #163 of 450 id: 18990 author: None title: 18990 date: None words: 33522 flesch: 90 summary: I think the first thing I should do, said Billy, is to send a message to Nannie that the three of us are alive and well and are on our way to the old farm, and to ask her, Billy Junior, Daisy and the Twins to start for Chicago, where we will meet them in Lincoln Park as soon as we get there. When Billy Junior saw his father advancing on the panther, he too left the herd and walked out by Billy. keywords: animals; big; billy; button; cat; cats; dog; fence; goat; good; head; illustration; kids; man; nannie; place; run; stubby; thought; time; water; way cache: 18990.txt plain text: 18990.txt item: #164 of 450 id: 19001 author: None title: 19001 date: None words: 61546 flesch: 84 summary: Carnegie seems of fine grain, and little Miss Faith is as modest as a violet. Glad he's got them nice little girls to make him brace up these days--sometimes I think as he's getting old too fast. keywords: allyne; bess; campbell; captain; carnegie; course; day; dear; deck; dwight; eyes; face; faith; father; girls; good; half; hand; head; hope; hosmer; know; lady; lawrence; left; little; look; man; men; miss; moreham; mrs; new; papa; people; place; poor; right; sea; ship; sister; think; thought; time; voice; way; white; young cache: 19001.txt plain text: 19001.txt item: #165 of 450 id: 19014 author: None title: 19014 date: None words: 8639 flesch: 87 summary: Very gently they lifted poor little Nibsy--for it was he, caught in his berth by a worse enemy than the cop or the watchman of the hay-barge--into the ambulance that bore him off to the hospital cot, too late. More than one of the passers-by who came within range was taken with an extra shiver in which the vision of wife and little ones waiting at home for his coming was snuffed out, as he dropped in to brace up. keywords: alley; boys; christmas; cold; door; home; man; mother; nibsy; room; skippy; street; tenements; way cache: 19014.txt plain text: 19014.txt item: #166 of 450 id: 19015 author: None title: 19015 date: None words: 60000 flesch: 88 summary: This Marian well knew that with Mrs. Weatherbee Jane could not agree, asserted Adrienne. Oh, joy! To emphasize further her satisfaction Judith gave Jane an ecstatic hug. keywords: adrienne; alicia; allen; day; dorothy; elsie; ethel; eyes; freshman; girls; good; hall; jane; jane allen; judith; judy; know; letter; little; maizie; marian; miss; mrs; noble; norma; right; room; seaton; stearns; team; time; weatherbee; wellington; year cache: 19015.txt plain text: 19015.txt item: #167 of 450 id: 19016 author: None title: 19016 date: None words: 65545 flesch: 94 summary: [Illustration: As Dave clucked again, Hero shot ahead.--Page 121.] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Porter Series DAVE PORTER AT STAR RANCH OR THE COWBOY'S SECRET BY EDWARD STRATEMEYER Author of Dave Porter at Oak Hall, The Gun Club Boys of Lakeport, Old Glory Series, Colonial Series, Pan-American Series, etc. The cloud concerning his parentage troubled Dave a great deal, and when he saw what he thought was a chance to clear up the mystery, he took a long trip from home, as related in Dave Porter in the South Seas. keywords: belle; boys; cowboy; dave; dave porter; endicott; face; girls; good; horses; jessie; laura; link; little; look; man; merwell; nat; phil; poole; porter; ranch; right; rocks; roger; senator; sid; snogger; son; time; todd; want; way cache: 19016.txt plain text: 19016.txt item: #168 of 450 id: 19025 author: None title: 19025 date: None words: 41073 flesch: 94 summary: AN UNCLE AND A WEDDING 196 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CHAPTER I Dimple and Bubbles Is yuh asleep, Miss Dimple? I wouldn't tell fur nothin', Miss Dimple, said she, as Dimple threw her an old wrapper. keywords: boys; bubbles; dallas; day; dear; dimple; dolls; eyes; florence; girls; good; home; house; know; little; look; mamma; miss; mother; mrs; papa; play; rock; things; thought; time; way; wish cache: 19025.txt plain text: 19025.txt item: #169 of 450 id: 19027 author: None title: 19027 date: None words: 54871 flesch: 87 summary: Roger saw Tom heading for the tunnel and made a sudden dash for Sinclair. After Tom introduced Connel to the couple, the major questioned them closely about their absence during the attack by the shock troops. keywords: astro; base; big; boys; building; cadet; connel; corbett; door; feet; ground; guard; gun; hand; head; jet; jungle; major; man; men; polaris; ray; right; roger; ship; sinclair; sir; solar; space; strong; time; tom; tyrannosaurus; unit; venus; venusian; voice; walters; way cache: 19027.txt plain text: 19027.txt item: #170 of 450 id: 19057 author: None title: 19057 date: None words: 76761 flesch: 89 summary: Don't you know what your mother is? Little Robin met his astonishment with a ripple of laughter. Little Robin with the sky-blue eyes was quite forgotten! CHAPTER III THE HOUSE OF FORSYTH keywords: allendyce; beryl; big; budge; child; cornelius; dale; day; dear; door; eyes; face; father; forsyth; girl; good; gordon; granger; guardian; hand; harkness; head; heart; home; house; jimmie; little; lynch; madame; manor; mills; miss; moira; moment; mother; mrs; new; people; poor; robin; room; story; susy; things; think; thought; time; voice; want; way; young cache: 19057.txt plain text: 19057.txt item: #171 of 450 id: 19063 author: None title: 19063 date: None words: 8655 flesch: 83 summary: It seemed as if she could see him bending graciously down towards her, as her Sunday-school teacher had often represented him to her; and then she thought of Him who was upon the earth, and who took up little children in his arms and blessed them; and she put out her hands towards the heavens, saying earnestly, Me, too, dear Saviour: bless me too! Sunny little girl! keywords: alice; child; father; home; little; lolly; maddie; mother cache: 19063.txt plain text: 19063.txt item: #172 of 450 id: 19079 author: None title: 19079 date: None words: 21811 flesch: 95 summary: Little by little Lightfoot grew easy in his mind. Paddy saw Lightfoot almost as soon as he stepped out on the bank. keywords: deer; forest; green; hunter; lightfoot; little; paddy; sammy; stranger; time cache: 19079.txt plain text: 19079.txt item: #173 of 450 id: 19083 author: None title: 19083 date: None words: 49005 flesch: 84 summary: As readers of The Border Boys on the Trail know, Professor Wintergreen had accompanied Jack Merrill and Ralph Stetson from Stonefell College, some weeks before, to spend a vacation on the Agua Caliente Ranch, belonging to Jack's father. yelled Jack, with a true cowboy yell. keywords: altar; black; bob; border; boys; bradley; buck; camp; come; coyote; eyes; fact; feet; geisler; good; harding; horses; insurrectos; jack; know; little; long; look; madero; man; men; merrill; mesa; mexican; party; pete; place; professor; ralph; ramon; right; ter; ther; thing; time; voice; walt; water; way cache: 19083.txt plain text: 19083.txt item: #174 of 450 id: 19092 author: None title: 19092 date: None words: 16340 flesch: 95 summary: So Jerry sat on the end of an old log and watched Paddy work. At last Paddy decided that he would go over to his aspen-trees and look them over to decide which ones he would cut the next night. keywords: beaver; coyote; forest; green; jerry; paddy; sammy; work cache: 19092.txt plain text: 19092.txt item: #175 of 450 id: 19120 author: None title: 19120 date: None words: 46139 flesch: 87 summary: Both Frank and Bob jumped from their saddles, for the little affair was taking place in the courtyard of an inn that fronted on the street. I believe you're just about right, Bob, said Frank; and it agrees with my own opinion exactly. keywords: bob; boy; boys; chum; come; fellow; frank; going; good; hand; hank; horses; joe; kentucky; look; mountain; nick; old; peg; place; ranch; right; saddle; tell; thing; thunder; time; way cache: 19120.txt plain text: 19120.txt item: #176 of 450 id: 19136 author: None title: 19136 date: None words: 26904 flesch: 80 summary: What mischief should it be but sending away Master Harry Drury to the Parliament wars, as though the king hadn't had enough of the lads from Hayslope? But this poor old woman did not send Harry away, said Maud, quickly. But the old woman was the first to recover herself, and she said, You have come to tell me about Master Harry Drury? keywords: bertram; bessie; captain; drury; father; harry; hayslope; head; king; mabel; man; mary; master; master drury; maud; mistress; nay; stanhope; time cache: 19136.txt plain text: 19136.txt item: #177 of 450 id: 19140 author: None title: 19140 date: None words: 100794 flesch: 73 summary: He did not go very far down; he was not without his piques, and like other good-natured men--like Will Locke, for that matter--when he was once offended he was apt to be vindictive; but he was buoyant, and that little man must have had a great fund of charity about him somewhere to be drawn upon at first sight. They pressed forward; they looked up in anguish; old men who had followed her when a fairy child, friends of long standing, acquaintances of yesterday. keywords: betty; bourhope; bridget; care; carnegie; child; chrissy; clarissa; clary; company; corrie; country; crawfurd; day; days; dear; dulcie; eyes; face; fair; family; father; fellow; fiddy; garret; gervase; girl; god; good; granny; hair; half; hand; harry; head; heart; hector; home; house; jardine; joanna; lady; leslie; life; locke; look; love; madam; man; master; men; mind; miss; mistress; moment; morning; mother; mrs; nelly; new; night; norgate; otter; papa; place; polly; poor; room; round; rowland; sam; son; spirit; spottiswoode; staneholme; thought; time; uncle; way; west; white; wife; winnington; woman; world; years; young cache: 19140.txt plain text: 19140.txt item: #178 of 450 id: 19167 author: None title: 19167 date: None words: 32256 flesch: 83 summary: Each girl thought Billy was behind her, but was too afraid to turn round to look, so kept running until she had reached a place of safety, either climbing a fence or getting behind something; and then when she turned to look there was no Billy Goat in sight, for Mr. Billy had disappeared in a small grove behind the store. Is that you, Mr. Billy, shut up in that cage? keywords: billy; boys; circus; come; day; dog; fence; goat; good; head; horns; illustration; looking; man; mike; nanny; night; thought; time; water; way cache: 19167.txt plain text: 19167.txt item: #179 of 450 id: 19171 author: None title: 19171 date: None words: 45193 flesch: 93 summary: This is Miss Alice DeVere, began Russ, and she has come to you about her father. The whistle broke off into a discord as Russ saw Ruth standing waiting for him. keywords: actor; alice; daddy; day; devere; father; film; girls; good; little; look; manager; miss; new; parts; pertell; picture; place; play; russ; ruth; scene; sister; time; voice; way; work cache: 19171.txt plain text: 19171.txt item: #180 of 450 id: 19177 author: None title: 19177 date: None words: 376 flesch: 67 summary: Each containing four different books, with their Coloured Pictures and innumerable Outline Sketches;_ 1 R. Caldecott's Picture Book No. 1 2 R. Caldecott's Picture Book No. 2 3 Hey-Diddle-Diddle-Picture Book 4 The Panjandrum Picture Book RALPH CALDECOTT'S Collection of Pictures and Songs No. 1 containing the first 8 books listed above with their Color Pictures and numerous Outline Sketches RALPH CALDECOTT'S Collection of Pictures and Songs No. 2 containing the second 8 books listed above with their Color Pictures and numerous Outline Sketches LONDON FREDERICK WARNE & Co. Ltd. & NEW YORK _ [Illustration: Advertisement page] Randolph Caldecott's Picture Books The humour of Randolph Caldecott's drawings is simply irresistible, no healthy-minded man, woman, or child could look at them without laughing. keywords: illustration cache: 19177.txt plain text: 19177.txt item: #181 of 450 id: 19195 author: None title: 19195 date: None words: 4766 flesch: 95 summary: James, however, had the half dollar, and would not give it up; and so Rollo went to Jonas, and told him that James had got his half dollar. Jonas held down the half dollar, and showed to Rollo and James the marks and scratches made by the pin; proving that this was Rollo's half dollar. keywords: james; jonas; rollo cache: 19195.txt plain text: 19195.txt item: #182 of 450 id: 19197 author: None title: 19197 date: None words: 1836 flesch: 93 summary: And poor little Freckle Frog wished that she had a blue silk dress with lace, and a pink parasol like Big Mary. Once upon a time there was a little girl named Marian, and she had a doll called Big Mary. keywords: big; mary cache: 19197.txt plain text: 19197.txt item: #183 of 450 id: 19206 author: None title: 19206 date: None words: 108628 flesch: 75 summary: Accustomed as the young men were to see great Spanish ships taken by single boats, and a whole fleet submissive before one ship, it seemed to them that with such an armament they could destroy the whole navies of Spain, and even then that little glory would be divided between each vessel. Sir Francis threw himself into the center of the Spanish lines, followed by many other English ships, and thus separated several of the great galleons from their consorts, and then fell to work battering them. keywords: admiral; arrows; attack; board; boat; boys; canoes; captain; coast; course; day; days; distance; drake; enemy; english; fire; force; forest; gerald; good; governor; hands; indians; island; lads; man; men; morning; natives; ned; negroes; night; party; people; place; round; sea; set; ship; shore; spaniards; spanish; thought; time; tom; town; voyage; water; way; white; young cache: 19206.txt plain text: 19206.txt item: #184 of 450 id: 19207 author: None title: 19207 date: None words: 43540 flesch: 83 summary: A great shadowy cloud, advancing with inconceivable rapidity, already filled half the sky, and as the boy gazed into this cloud, he saw to his astonishment that it was not a cloud at all, but hundreds and hundreds of thousands of great gray birds, flapping their long wings. Great doors instantly opened wide, and a gorgeous procession entered. keywords: bird; black; bobo; boy; castle; cat; day; dog; door; enchanter; florian; giles; golden; good; hand; king; land; little; man; marianna; master; night; people; prince; princess; queen; sailor; sea; ship; time; water; white; witch; world cache: 19207.txt plain text: 19207.txt item: #185 of 450 id: 19235 author: None title: 19235 date: None words: 62365 flesch: 78 summary: The capital of Nova Scotia marks the half-way point between New York and St. Johns, Newfoundland, which name Cabot was already learning to pronounce as do its inhabitants--Newfund-_land_--and after leaving it the ship was again headed for the open across the wide mouth of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. So saying, the manager handed over the telegram in which Mr. Hepburn instructed the St. Johns branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia to advance only the price of a ticket to New York on a letter of credit that would be presented by his ward, Cabot Grant. What does it mean? asked Cabot in bewilderment, as he finished reading this surprising order. keywords: baldwin; bee; business; cabot; captain; close; coast; course; day; factory; fire; french; hand; harbour; hepburn; ice; island; johns; labrador; lads; life; long; look; man; minute; moment; new; night; place; schooner; sea; ship; steamer; thing; thought; time; water; way; white; wolf; work; world; yim; young cache: 19235.txt plain text: 19235.txt item: #186 of 450 id: 19247 author: None title: 19247 date: None words: 25542 flesch: 94 summary: This is about the way little Flyaway would be likely to talk, sixty years from now, adding, as she polished her spectacles,-- And after that, children, things went into a mist, and I don't remember anything else that happened for some time. Can um see we? struck in little Flyaway, holding to Dinah's flat nose a bottle of reviving soap suds. keywords: aunt; child; dear; dimple; dotty; flyaway; grandma; horace; jennie; mamma; miss; money; mother; mrs; parlin; polly; prudy; right; tell; thought; time cache: 19247.txt plain text: 19247.txt item: #187 of 450 id: 19256 author: None title: 19256 date: None words: 5640 flesch: 91 summary: His father had to work pretty hard to get food and clothing for his family; he loved little Georgie very much, but he could not buy him many things. O no, said Georgie, it's only a _little_ of what you have to spend for me. keywords: georgie; jonas; mother; pleasure; rollo cache: 19256.txt plain text: 19256.txt item: #188 of 450 id: 19258 author: None title: 19258 date: None words: 33095 flesch: 88 summary: The idea was simple enough in itself, Tom felt. Such a device, Tom felt, might prove to be a lifesaver if he should ever become trapped under water--perhaps far from help. keywords: admiral; air; ames; arv; boys; bud; chow; enemy; enterprises; eyes; face; good; hank; hound; inventor; jetmarine; job; man; mel; mirov; missile; new; phyl; right; sandy; sea; search; sonar; sub; swift; thought; time; tom; water; way; young; zimby cache: 19258.txt plain text: 19258.txt item: #189 of 450 id: 19294 author: None title: 19294 date: None words: 50520 flesch: 91 summary: Betty inquired of her visitor, pausing in the act of slipping her skirt over her head. Betty and I met Frank Haley and Will a few minutes ago and Frank happened to remark that it was a splendid day for an auto ride. keywords: allen; amy; betty; boys; cave; day; eyes; frank; girls; going; good; grace; gypsies; half; hand; home; irving; island; little; look; mollie; mrs; place; right; roy; things; think; thought; time; water; way; young cache: 19294.txt plain text: 19294.txt item: #190 of 450 id: 19295 author: None title: 19295 date: None words: 43426 flesch: 93 summary: The three girls were laughing and--yes, truth compels me to say they were giggling--when the door of the shop swung open, a girl entered and at the sight of the newcomer the three burst out with: Betty! The Little Captain! Betty Nelson, where were you? It took some little time, but at last Betty and Allen, who were working together, announced that they found A to be the next most predominating letter after E. And the others' search agreed with this. keywords: allen; amy; beach; betty; boat; box; boys; course; diamonds; find; girls; grace; little; look; men; mollie; nelson; ocean; percy; place; right; roy; sand; time; tin; view; want; way; woman cache: 19295.txt plain text: 19295.txt item: #191 of 450 id: 19303 author: None title: 19303 date: None words: 76501 flesch: 82 summary: The one directed to Mr. Winn Caspar, Mandrake, Iowa, read as follows: MY DARLING BOY,--How could you leave us as you did? Gentlemen, this impudent young vil-ly-an is my nephew, Mr. Winn Caspar. keywords: bank; billy; billy brackett; bim; boat; boy; brackett; cap'n; caspar; cod; course; day; dog; door; father; good; great; hand; island; left; look; major; man; minutes; moment; new; night; place; raft; river; room; sabella; shanty; sheriff; skiff; solon; thought; time; venture; water; way; whatnot; winn; winn caspar cache: 19303.txt plain text: 19303.txt item: #192 of 450 id: 19311 author: None title: 19311 date: None words: 43984 flesch: 93 summary: Somehow or other Betty naturally fell into step beside Tom. Don't mind! Grace Ford tried to repress her emotion, but the cause of her tears was evidently too recent, or the effort at self-control too much for her, for she gave way to another outburst, sobbing this time on the shoulder of Betty Nelson, who patted her sympathetically, and murmured soothingly to her chum. keywords: amy; betty; boat; boys; brother; florida; ford; gem; girls; good; grace; hammond; help; isaac; know; little; look; loon; man; men; mollie; right; river; stonington; time; tom; uncle; want; water; way cache: 19311.txt plain text: 19311.txt item: #193 of 450 id: 19318 author: None title: 19318 date: None words: 44720 flesch: 87 summary: Well, I didn't do it, said Allen plaintively, adding quickly as Betty's face clouded: I beg your pardon, little girl, I didn't mean to be flippant. Good work, Mollie, old girl, cried Betty's voice encouragingly, and Mollie, wiping a tell-tale drop from the corner of her nose, answered in a voice that held never a quiver: I couldn't fail you, Little Captain. keywords: allen; amy; andy; betty; day; eyes; find; girls; gold; good; grace; head; horses; levine; look; man; meggy; mollie; mother; mrs; nelson; ranch; rawlinson; right; run; think; thought; time; voice; way cache: 19318.txt plain text: 19318.txt item: #194 of 450 id: 19333 author: None title: 19333 date: None words: 19670 flesch: 98 summary: This isn't Friday; and we don't want any fish! Speak for yourself, if you please, said a large, white China Cat, who had just finished washing a few specks of dirt off her shiny coat with her red tongue. The Talking Doll swayed on her feet as though waltzing, and even the China Cat beat time with her tail. keywords: cat; china; china cat; doll; donkey; fire; jack; jeff; jennie; mugg; toy; toys cache: 19333.txt plain text: 19333.txt item: #195 of 450 id: 19351 author: None title: 19351 date: None words: 36945 flesch: 91 summary: CHAPTER XII OUT TO SEA IN A COCKLESHELL Darkness was falling when at last Curlie and Joe reached the station at Landensport. Pardon me, said Curlie, but did you get Mr. Ardmore's wire? You're this wireless man, Curlie Carson? asked the captain. keywords: air; ardmore; boy; car; curlie; girl; hand; head; island; joe; man; map; message; moment; plane; radiophone; right; room; sea; secret; silence; storm; thing; thought; time; vincent; wave; way cache: 19351.txt plain text: 19351.txt item: #196 of 450 id: 19361 author: None title: 19361 date: None words: 1233 flesch: 82 summary: Randolph Caldecott's Picture Books [Illustration] The humour of Randolph Caldecott's drawings is simply irresistible, no healthy-minded man, woman, or child could look at them without laughing. [Illustration] Now ponder well, you parents deare, These wordes which I shall write; A doleful story you shall heare, In time brought forth to light. keywords: babes; children; illustration cache: 19361.txt plain text: 19361.txt item: #197 of 450 id: 19366 author: None title: 19366 date: None words: 414 flesch: 90 summary: [Illustration] Now Punky felt hurt as he gazed very pert At the gay spotted pup in the box, For the pup was all white, save for spots black as night On his back and his tail, ears and sox. [Illustration] Then Punky, quite rash, at the pup made a dash, But the pup stood his ground very bold. And Punky then stopped so quick that he dropped And over and over he rolled. keywords: illustration cache: 19366.txt plain text: 19366.txt item: #198 of 450 id: 19381 author: None title: 19381 date: None words: 40205 flesch: 94 summary: That was where the little fellow was mistaken, for although his sister did not talk so much about it, she showed her love in many other ways. Then, too, they cannot tell big things from little things, and they are not happy unless they can have their own way all the time. keywords: black; cock; day; farmer; feathers; fowls; good; hen; look; mother; people; sheep; tail; things; time; way cache: 19381.txt plain text: 19381.txt item: #199 of 450 id: 19409 author: None title: 19409 date: None words: 7072 flesch: 92 summary: THE MESSAGE OF THE LILY Little flower, little flower, said the birdie, why are you so silent and sad? I am not sad, sweet sister, whispered the flower gently; ah! It was then that little Dot came forward and took the shawled bundle in her own baby arms, and commenced to feed it from the milk-can. keywords: anne; child; dot; flower; horse; miller; mouse; tom cache: 19409.txt plain text: 19409.txt item: #200 of 450 id: 19423 author: None title: 19423 date: None words: 47742 flesch: 82 summary: She loved boys and understood how to be one with them, and in consequence the friendship that at first had extended only to Mr. Croyden Theo now stretched to include her. Theo Makes a Present XIII. keywords: art; boy; china; chinese; clay; course; croyden; day; dishes; doctor; england; father; fire; glaze; good; hand; home; illustration; making; man; marwood; men; new; people; piece; porcelain; pottery; story; swift; theo; things; think; time; use; ware; way; white; work cache: 19423.txt plain text: 19423.txt item: #201 of 450 id: 19425 author: None title: 19425 date: None words: 18961 flesch: 97 summary: You're up on my back, laughed the jolly Elephant toy. Some one who tells the right from the wrong, answered the Rake. Listen, Mr. Stuffed Elephant! keywords: archie; barn; big; doll; dunn; elephant; elsie; nip; toy; toys cache: 19425.txt plain text: 19425.txt item: #202 of 450 id: 19461 author: None title: 19461 date: None words: 134240 flesch: 85 summary: They said that Jack had not been to the Well of the World's End and it was no Ioca he had with him, but some water from the roadside. Said Jack, Take care that is not your own story. So give a short answer--yes or no; I insist upon it! Said the eldest brother, I will not give her to you. keywords: amadan; bai; billy; black; boy; brother; caliph; castle; daughter; day; dead; door; emperor; end; father; fire; golden; good; hans; head; home; house; jack; jackal; king; know; lad; left; life; little; man; morning; mother; night; palace; people; poor; prince; princess; rajah; ranee; sister; son; sword; tell; thought; time; water; way; white; wife; woman; world cache: 19461.txt plain text: 19461.txt item: #203 of 450 id: 19473 author: None title: 19473 date: None words: 48415 flesch: 87 summary: It is true Bobby did not think of any of these things; though, if he had, it would have made no difference with him. The book business is good just now, isn't it? continued Bobby, without clearly comprehending the meaning of the other's last remark. keywords: annie; bayard; bobby; books; boy; bright; business; day; dollars; father; good; hardhand; hero; home; house; lady; lee; man; men; mind; money; morning; mother; pay; riverdale; sir; squire; thought; time; timmins; tom; want cache: 19473.txt plain text: 19473.txt item: #204 of 450 id: 19489 author: None title: 19489 date: None words: 49236 flesch: 67 summary: Owen's little cousin had accompanied grandpa to town, since a woman's judgment was considered essential in choosing some of the household effects; and the last glimpse our twain had of dear old Owen, the erstwhile lad, was standing with his arm about Jessie, while the proud factor beamed upon them both, and waved his hat with just as much enthusiasm as the youngsters. Cuthbert halted in his explanations; he did not hint at such a thing, but evidently it was up to Owen to tell something at least in connection with his presence in the neighborhood, and how he came to be rushing down the dangerous rapids at the time the storm broke, when it would appear the part of wisdom for one who knew the peril involved as well as he did, to land and portage around the troubled water. keywords: boys; camp; canadian; close; country; course; cuthbert; eli; eyes; face; factor; fellow; fire; fur; good; gregory; hand; head; heart; lad; life; look; man; men; mind; mother; new; night; owen; post; region; river; stackpole; things; timber; time; way; woods cache: 19489.txt plain text: 19489.txt item: #205 of 450 id: 19495 author: None title: 19495 date: None words: 40705 flesch: 83 summary: CHAPTER THREE THE OLD COMPASS Tom took the limping Boche, his first war prisoner, to the Red Cross station at Vivieres where they had knives and scissors and bandages and antiseptics, but nothing with which to remove Prussian manacles, and all the king's horses and all the king's men and the willing, kindly nurses there could have done little for the poor Boche if Tom Slade, alias Thatchy, had not administered his own particular kind of first aid. Slade's Hole isn't known outside of Barrell Alley, Tom, he said impressively, although in the same cautious undertone, but _Tom Slade_ is known from one end of this sector to the other. keywords: big; boys; chapter; conne; dispatch; eyes; french; german; hand; head; kind; like; little; look; machine; men; new; officer; rider; right; road; roscoe; sam; soldier; stream; thing; thought; time; tom; tom slade; tommy; uncle; village; water; way; wheel; wire; woods cache: 19495.txt plain text: 19495.txt item: #206 of 450 id: 19501 author: None title: 19501 date: None words: 5584 flesch: 87 summary: Men unafraid; men not afraid of fever or sudden death; not afraid to tell the truth--even to _you_. Into the most private of the private offices Carroll invited Gaskell, the head clerk; in the main office Hastings had asked young Thorne, the bond clerk, to be seated. keywords: barbara; boy; carroll; eyes; hastings; jimmie; man; street; thorne cache: 19501.txt plain text: 19501.txt item: #207 of 450 id: 19502 author: None title: 19502 date: None words: 69637 flesch: 90 summary: Down upon the ground he flung himself, peering over the verge of the bluff, and calling: Frank--Frank Merriwell! Immediately there was a faint, muffled answer from near at hand. The coat was flung aside in an instant, and then Frank saw Fred boldly plunge into the water after Bascomb. keywords: academy; barney; bart; bascomb; big; black; boy; boys; davis; dot; eyes; face; fellow; frank; frank merriwell; gage; game; good; great; hand; hans; head; hodge; inza; lad; look; man; mean; merriwell; money; professor; rains; right; ring; room; sir; snell; thing; thought; time; vos; wat; way cache: 19502.txt plain text: 19502.txt item: #208 of 450 id: 19522 author: None title: 19522 date: None words: 42386 flesch: 90 summary: The next morning Roy received a letter which read: Dear Roy--I want you and Tom to ask Walter Harris to go with you. They used to say 'Old Man Temple'--he's a man we know that owns a lot of railroads and things; of course, he's reformed now--he's a magnet---- Magnate, corrected Roy. keywords: boat; boys; cabin; camp; day; fellow; garry; girl; going; good; hand; home; jeb; know; life; man; mary; pee; right; river; roy; scout; shore; silver; stanton; temple; thing; thought; time; tom; troop; turn; water; way; wee cache: 19522.txt plain text: 19522.txt item: #209 of 450 id: 19526 author: None title: 19526 date: None words: 58643 flesch: 89 summary: Cadet Candidate Tom Corbett, announced Tom, and Herbert repeated it into the audioscriber. Running down field, Tom saw Swift and Allen meet the ball together. keywords: academy; astro; ball; big; boys; cadet; captain; control; corbett; deck; eyes; face; feet; good; hand; hatch; head; left; look; manning; polaris; power; radar; right; rocket; roger; sand; ship; sir; solar; space; strong; time; tom; unit; venus; voice; water; way cache: 19526.txt plain text: 19526.txt item: #210 of 450 id: 19531 author: None title: 19531 date: None words: 398 flesch: 96 summary: [Illustration] Punky sat by the trap, and seemed taking a nap, But you know that bold Punky was wise. [Illustration] Soon the mouse crept right out and went running about; Punky smiled to himself and he said: I will just let him play in his own foolish way keywords: illustration cache: 19531.txt plain text: 19531.txt item: #211 of 450 id: 19537 author: None title: 19537 date: None words: 401 flesch: 85 summary: [Illustration] PUNKY DUNK AND THE GOLD FISH THIS LITTLE STORY IS TOLD AND THE LITTLE PICTURES WERE DRAWN FOR A GOOD LITTLE CHILD NAMED --------------- Published in the Shop of P.F. VOLLAND & CO. CHICAGO COPYRIGHT, 1912, P. F. VOLLAND & CO., CHICAGO, U. S. A. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [Illustration] Punky Dunk, so fat, was a black and white cat Of exceedingly tender years. keywords: illustration cache: 19537.txt plain text: 19537.txt item: #212 of 450 id: 19538 author: None title: 19538 date: None words: 56819 flesch: 90 summary: Let me look, Billie, and Donald reached out his hand for the field glass through which Broncho Billie was gazing down from the summit of Real del Monte upon the plain of Quesco, through which the Pachuca river winds its way. You'll get to be as bad as Billie first thing you know, was the retort. keywords: adrian; american; billie; black; boys; captain; cruz; donald; door; gen; going; good; hand; head; horses; house; left; lieutenant; man; men; minutes; place; reply; right; santiago; strong; thought; time; train; vera; way cache: 19538.txt plain text: 19538.txt item: #213 of 450 id: 19539 author: None title: 19539 date: None words: 83258 flesch: 84 summary: That horrid old man! Go into my clerk's office, young man, an' ax Andrews to show up a copy of the ship's manifest. keywords: andromeda; ave; benavides; board; brazilian; bridge; bulmer; captain; carmela; coke; corria; course; david; day; deck; dickey; dom; ere; eyes; face; fernando; girl; good; half; hand; heart; hour; house; hozier; iris; island; know; launch; left; life; look; man; marcel; men; miss; new; night; noronha; officer; philip; place; present; president; rock; san; sea; ship; skipper; south; sylva; thing; thought; time; verity; vessel; voice; water; watts; way; woman; words; wot; yorke; young cache: 19539.txt plain text: 19539.txt item: #214 of 450 id: 19541 author: None title: 19541 date: None words: 5580 flesch: 91 summary: ================================= THE LITTLE JUMPING GIRLS. [Illustration] ================================= [Illustration] ================================= Marigold Garden Pictures and Rhymes by KATE GREENAWAY London FREDERICK WARNE & Co. Ltd. & New York ================================= You little girl, You little boy, With wondering eyes, That kindly look, keywords: = =; day; illustration; jump; york = cache: 19541.txt plain text: 19541.txt item: #215 of 450 id: 19590 author: None title: 19590 date: None words: 37415 flesch: 91 summary: Just because it's a gray roadster---- Well, there may be other little things about it, too, said Tom. About the car or the letter or what? But I know the story of Aaron Harlowe from beginning to end, and the part that Tom Slade played in it, and all the latter history of Goliath, as they called him. keywords: bus; camp; chapter; dare; denny; eyes; face; fellow; gilbert; good; hervey; kind; lake; life; look; mountain; right; road; roy; scout; slade; storm; thing; thought; time; tom; troop; tyson; water; way; willetts cache: 19590.txt plain text: 19590.txt item: #216 of 450 id: 19592 author: None title: 19592 date: None words: 49004 flesch: 92 summary: Then, Mr. Jasper Kent, I beg leave to suggest that you mind your own business. I don't know about that, said Jasper, composedly, but I think if you will tell Mr. Fitch that Jasper Kent is here he will receive me. keywords: boy; dick; father; good; home; house; jack; jasper; jasper kent; kent; know; little; look; man; money; mother; mrs; nicholas; room; step; thorne; thought; time; way cache: 19592.txt plain text: 19592.txt item: #217 of 450 id: 19601 author: None title: 19601 date: None words: 51618 flesch: 96 summary: It was the question uppermost in the hearts of Frank and Andy Racer. CHAPTER III THE BOY'S RESCUE Can we make it, Frank? questioned Andy desperately. We just towed it in, Frank and Andy Racer and me! keywords: andy; boat; bob; boys; brother; chet; craft; day; frank; going; good; guess; gull; island; lad; look; man; motor; paul; racer; right; time; want; water; way; whale cache: 19601.txt plain text: 19601.txt item: #218 of 450 id: 19731 author: None title: 19731 date: None words: 51017 flesch: 89 summary: It's a bad state of affairs, replied professor Henderson. Porpoise_ was fastened to a small dock with strong ropes the two young men had carried out to her in rowboats. keywords: air; andy; boys; come; conning; craft; deck; engine; feet; henderson; ice; inventor; jack; man; mark; night; ocean; pole; porpoise; professor; professor henderson; sea; ship; south; submarine; surface; tanks; time; tower; washington; water; way cache: 19731.txt plain text: 19731.txt item: #219 of 450 id: 19734 author: None title: 19734 date: None words: 122420 flesch: 79 summary: The princess presently asked Abricotina whether she had seen anything extraordinary during her short travels? Madam, said she, I passed through one forest where I saw certain creatures that resembled little children: they skip and dance upon the trees like squirrels; they are very ugly, but have wonderful agility and address. What is the matter with you, little man? asked Rose-red. keywords: away; beauty; bed; bird; cat; children; daughter; day; door; eyes; fairy; father; giant; gold; good; great; head; heart; home; house; jack; john; king; know; lady; leander; life; little; love; man; mother; night; palace; people; poor; prince; princess; queen; rose; son; thought; time; tree; white; wife; woman; wood; world; years; young cache: 19734.txt plain text: 19734.txt item: #220 of 450 id: 19743 author: None title: 19743 date: None words: 51617 flesch: 84 summary: We ought to have some ready for them when they get here, suggested thoughtful Frank; though of course they'll have eaten breakfast at the village. And unless Frank here has made a mistake in his reckoning we're due to reach that hole in the ground before another hour. keywords: aaron; bluff; boys; cabin; camp; chums; course; cup; day; dennison; face; frank; gilbert; good; half; home; hope; jerry; lake; look; man; place; point; right; set; things; time; way cache: 19743.txt plain text: 19743.txt item: #221 of 450 id: 19859 author: None title: 19859 date: None words: 65983 flesch: 81 summary: We had a triumphal welcome from the tenants, my dear father was beaming, the Rector no less so, and good old Nurse Bundle showered blessings on the head of my bride. Though there's no tutors nor none of them will ever love you better than poor Nurse Bundle, my deary. keywords: andrewes; aunt; boy; bundle; children; clerke; come; day; dear; eyes; face; father; garden; gentleman; good; half; hand; head; home; house; lady; leo; life; look; man; maria; mind; miss; mother; mrs; nurse; nurse bundle; people; place; polly; poor; rector; regie; room; rubens; sir; sister; thought; time; tutor; way; young cache: 19859.txt plain text: 19859.txt item: #222 of 450 id: 19860 author: None title: 19860 date: None words: 87499 flesch: 74 summary: This is the cause of those footmen who run before great men to prepare the way for them.] The giants, who perceived this, took up great stones, and running to the shore they entered the water up to the middle, and threw so exactly that they sank all the rafts but that I was upon; and all my companions, except the two with me, were drowned. keywords: aladdin; ali; baba; bird; brother; caliph; captain; city; day; days; door; emperor; father; footnote; genie; gold; good; hand; head; house; lamp; left; life; magician; man; merchant; morning; mother; night; palace; princess; return; set; slaves; son; sultan; time; tree; vizier; wife; woman; words cache: 19860.txt plain text: 19860.txt item: #223 of 450 id: 19867 author: None title: 19867 date: None words: 21642 flesch: 88 summary: He never allowed a chance for a contest with young Frank Merriwell to get past him. I had made up my mind to go on to-night, Merry answered, even before McGurvin told us that about Barzy Blunt. keywords: away; ballard; blunt; borrodaile; bradlaugh; chip; claim; clancy; frank; gold; happenchance; hill; mcgurvin; merriwell; merry; ore; porter; professor; trail; way cache: 19867.txt plain text: 19867.txt item: #224 of 450 id: 19868 author: None title: 19868 date: None words: 443 flesch: 74 summary: Each containing four different books, with their Coloured Pictures and innumerable Outline Sketches._ 1 R. Caldecott's Picture Book No. 1 2 R. Caldecott's Picture Book No. 2 3 Hey-Diddle-Diddle-Picture Book 4 The Panjandrum Picture Book RANDOLPH CALDECOTT'S Collection of Pictures and Songs No. 1 containing the first 8 books listed above with their Colour Pictures and numerous Outline Sketches. The Published Prices of the above Picture Books can be obtained of all Booksellers or from the Illustrated Catalogue of the Publishers. keywords: illustration cache: 19868.txt plain text: 19868.txt item: #225 of 450 id: 19930 author: None title: 19930 date: None words: 44352 flesch: 88 summary: But they had heard much of the treacherous and mean nature of the Yaquis Indians. Nort and Bud still stuck, Bud helping Nort in loading. keywords: band; boy; brother; bud; captain; cowboys; diamond; dick; fight; floyd; friends; good; hand; indians; kid; men; nort; paz; place; ranchers; rolling; rosemary; sister; snake; stone; time; trail; way; yaquis cache: 19930.txt plain text: 19930.txt item: #226 of 450 id: 19936 author: None title: 19936 date: None words: 13657 flesch: 94 summary: But little Willie would not hear of any such arrangement. In that time she had forgotten all the lessons her mother had tried to teach her, and now when little Willie wanted her to show him the way to Jesus she was not able to do so. keywords: blair; bob; boy; boys; brother; children; come; day; elton; jesus; lady; little; miss; mrs; time; willie; yer cache: 19936.txt plain text: 19936.txt item: #227 of 450 id: 19957 author: None title: 19957 date: None words: 40980 flesch: 93 summary: While it was true that orders had to be obeyed, there was no reason, Harry felt, why the lieutenant should not have shown some discretion. Dick stayed with the cab, outside the wall; Harry hurried in. keywords: boy; bray; chance; colonel; course; dick; england; find; going; good; graves; harry; house; jack; man; moment; place; right; scouts; sir; things; thought; time; war; way cache: 19957.txt plain text: 19957.txt item: #228 of 450 id: 19962 author: None title: 19962 date: None words: 5770 flesch: 88 summary: Sly little Swanki did not tell him that she had lately been hidden in a hollow tree stump near a picnic party which had come into the bush, and that she had heard the people offering these strange foods to one another, and they sounded as though they might be more interesting than just berries--berries--berries--roots--roots--roots. The scrap of paper was a page out of a fashion book, and there were pictures on it of horrid little smug-faced boys in sky-blue suits bowling hoops in a way no real little boy ever bowled a hoop in his life, and simpering little girls in lace frocks holding dolls or sun-shades in un-natural attitudes. keywords: berries; bush; girls; illustration; little; piccaninnies; swanki; tree cache: 19962.txt plain text: 19962.txt item: #229 of 450 id: 19969 author: None title: 19969 date: None words: 44085 flesch: 93 summary: For the next day Mr. Pertell had planned a little drama which gave Mr. Bunn a chance to appear in his favorite roles--some Shakespearean characters. The next scene, which Mr. Pertell had thought of on the spur of the moment, required Mr. Bunn to fall into the horse trough, and the actor, after strenuously objecting, finally yielded. keywords: alice; barn; bunn; day; farm; film; girls; good; little; look; man; manager; miss; new; paul; pertell; picture; place; play; right; russ; ruth; sandy; scene; sneed; time; want; way cache: 19969.txt plain text: 19969.txt item: #230 of 450 id: 19988 author: None title: 19988 date: None words: 38883 flesch: 90 summary: Then before she could explain this strange speech to the puzzled Patty, Mr. Robbins said they must hurry to the train, and she had to leave Patty on the platform waiting till her train should be called, and wondering what sort of girl Marian could be to say such very unusual things. I know, returned Marian meekly, I got too excited. keywords: child; christmas; day; dear; dorothy; father; good; grandma; grandmother; home; house; hunt; marian; miss; miss dorothy; mrs; otway; patty; room; things; thought; time; way cache: 19988.txt plain text: 19988.txt item: #231 of 450 id: 19991 author: None title: 19991 date: None words: 547 flesch: 85 summary: 1 R. Caldecott's Picture Book No. 1 2 R. Caldecott's Picture Book No. 2 3 Hey-Diddle-Diddle-Picture Book 4 The Panjandrum Picture Book RANDOLPH CALDECOTT'S Collection of Pictures and Songs No. 1 containing the first 8 books listed above with their Colour Pictures and numerous Outline Sketches RANDOLPH CALDECOTT'S Collection of Pictures and Songs No. 2 containing the second 8 books listed above with their Colour Pictures and numerous Outline Sketches Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd. London & New York _ The Published Prices of the above Picture Books can be obtained of all Booksellers or from the Illustrated Catalogue of the Publishers. keywords: tally cache: 19991.txt plain text: 19991.txt item: #232 of 450 id: 19993 author: None title: 19993 date: None words: 173837 flesch: 91 summary: Who Slew the Giant Cormoran 358 Connla and the Fairy Maiden 390 A Pheasant Also Came Flying and Said: Give Me a Dumpling 434 _(Many of the illustrations in this volume are reproduced by special permission of E. P. Dutton & Company, owners of the American rights.) * * * Little Robin Redbreast sat upon a tree, Up went pussy-cat, and down went he; Down came pussy-cat, and away Robin ran; Said little Robin Redbreast, Catch me if you can. keywords: beautiful; bed; bird; boy; castle; cat; children; come; coming; daughter; day; dead; dear; dog; door; evening; eyes; fairy; fast; father; field; fine; fox; giant; girl; gold; golden; good; goose; great; hand; hans; head; heart; home; house; jack; king; land; left; life; little; look; maiden; man; master; money; morning; mother; night; palace; people; pig; pinocchio; poor; princess; queen; red; room; round; saw; sea; set; soldier; son; story; table; teeny; thing; thought; time; tree; voice; water; way; white; wife; window; wish; wolf; woman; wood; world cache: 19993.txt plain text: 19993.txt item: #233 of 450 id: 19994 author: None title: 19994 date: None words: 27667 flesch: 93 summary: It happened to be a very lean and bony Dog, and Master Wolf would have turned up his nose at such meager fare had he not been more hungry than usual. A white paw, of course, is a feature few Wolves can show, and so Master Wolf had to go away as hungry as he had come. keywords: ass; cat; day; dog; eagle; farmer; fox; good; head; illustration; lion; man; master; mouse; sheep; shepherd; time; water; way; wolf cache: 19994.txt plain text: 19994.txt item: #234 of 450 id: 19999 author: None title: 19999 date: None words: 70842 flesch: 86 summary: What is your name? Frank Manly, sir. Are you any relation to Mrs. Manly, of----? She is my mother, sir, said Frank, with proud affection. Let Frank, said Harris; for he knows the man. keywords: atwater; body; boy; boys; camp; captain; company; day; drummer; edney; eyes; face; fire; frank; friend; good; gray; gun; hand; heart; home; jack; life; look; man; manly; mean; men; morning; mother; mrs; night; rebel; regiment; saw; seth; shot; sinjin; sir; soldier; thing; thought; time; tucket; watch; way; winch; young cache: 19999.txt plain text: 19999.txt item: #235 of 450 id: 20017 author: None title: 20017 date: None words: 6672 flesch: 96 summary: she whispered to me, do you see that little girl opposite? Little pans shaped like hearts and rounds, and one large round pan were then well greased, and the beaten up cake put into each pan until it was half full. keywords: boy; child; day; illustration; ing; pie; thought; time; wheel cache: 20017.txt plain text: 20017.txt item: #236 of 450 id: 20022 author: None title: 20022 date: None words: 35974 flesch: 97 summary: so father and old man Thirsten went down to see the barn and it was all spatered with yellow. tomorrow nite we are going to lay for old man Churchil with his troter. keywords: beany; becaus; bed; bimeby; boy; brite; cele; cood; coodent; dident; enny; father; fatty; fellers; gim; good; head; home; house; jest; man; mister; mother; old; pewt; prety; school; sum; time; today; tonite; whitch; wood cache: 20022.txt plain text: 20022.txt item: #237 of 450 id: 20040 author: None title: 20040 date: None words: 79031 flesch: 90 summary: And now, Will said as they settled down in their old room on Washington boulevard, we're going to be good boys from this time on and remain in Chicago and stay at home nights! What'd you say about other boys being hungry? asked Sandy. keywords: bert; boat; boys; cabin; cameron; canfield; caretaker; carson; course; detective; elmer; frank; gangway; george; going; good; guess; jamison; jimmie; left; look; man; moment; money; place; plans; reply; right; sam; sandy; saw; shaft; time; tommy; want; water; way cache: 20040.txt plain text: 20040.txt item: #238 of 450 id: 20043 author: None title: 20043 date: None words: 28981 flesch: 84 summary: The priest spoke out blessed words of the Father in heaven, how he calls the tired and weary to come and be folded up in his arms; how he even says, Suffer little children to come unto mo, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven. She did, too, many little things for the servants, who all loved her very dearly; so when, a few years afterwards, she fell sick, and nothing they could do for her was able to make her any better, but the doctor said she must die, they all wept very much, and no comfort or joy could come into their hearts. keywords: angel; boy; children; dear; eyes; genevieve; god; heart; hepsa; home; house; love; maggie; mother; people; ruth; story; things; thought; time; woman; words cache: 20043.txt plain text: 20043.txt item: #239 of 450 id: 20052 author: None title: 20052 date: None words: 84352 flesch: 86 summary: for she certainly didn't treat me as she did Nora, and there are only fourteen months between us, if Nora _is_ so tall, and acts so grown up. Oh, Nannie, I said, I do wish Fee _could_ go to college! keywords: away; bed; betty; chad; course; day; dear; door; erveng; eyes; face; fee; felix; good; hand; head; help; hilliard; home; house; jack; look; max; mind; miss; mrs; nannie; nora; nurse; papa; people; phil; right; room; things; think; thought; time; voice; way cache: 20052.txt plain text: 20052.txt item: #240 of 450 id: 20053 author: None title: 20053 date: None words: 61866 flesch: 93 summary: Some day you are going to be Mrs. Dick Rover, and that day can't come any too soon for me. Why, Aleck, don't you know what that is? returned Dick Rover, with a smile at the colored man. keywords: air; biplane; boys; brill; brothers; car; chapter; college; crabtree; dartaway; dick; dora; engine; flying; girls; good; hand; left; little; look; machine; man; men; mrs; new; place; right; road; rover; rover boys; run; sam; saw; sobber; tell; time; tom; touring; try cache: 20053.txt plain text: 20053.txt item: #241 of 450 id: 20059 author: None title: 20059 date: None words: 56298 flesch: 89 summary: When all were seated, Skipper Zeb, in so big a voice Charley was sure the Lord could not fail to hear, asked a devout blessing upon the family, the stranger within their home, and upon the food. But Charley and the Twigs, old and young, found the stewed bear's meat, with Mrs. Twig's light, fluffy dumplings and the good bread and molasses, both satisfying and appetizing; and when Charley declined a third helping, urged upon him by Skipper Zeb, he declared that he was as full as though he had eaten a Christmas dinner. keywords: bay; bear; boat; boys; cabin; charley; dad; day; dogs; end; fine; fire; fix; gettin; good; home; ice; komatik; marks; mrs; rifle; right; skipper; skipper zeb; snow; thinkin; time; tis; toby; twig; twill; way; wind; winter; zeb cache: 20059.txt plain text: 20059.txt item: #242 of 450 id: 20068 author: None title: 20068 date: None words: 78875 flesch: 90 summary: Sarah Clay was, unfortunately, more in the habit of uttering unpleasant truths than making pretty speeches to her father; and, if the truth be told, she was not altogether pleased at the honour shown, for the rooms were not very suitable for a young girl, and Sarah had an idea that the grandeur would be wasted on Horatia, who, she suspected, would rather have a room near hers. Sarah always cherished the hope that she might some day find that she and her brother were not really George and Sarah Clay, but adopted children of Mark Clay, and that by-and-by the news would be broken to them. keywords: brother; clay; day; dear; face; father; george; good; hands; horatia; house; howroyd; like; look; man; mark; mean; mills; miss; mother; mr clay; mrs; naomi; people; room; sarah; thing; thought; time; uncle; want; way cache: 20068.txt plain text: 20068.txt item: #243 of 450 id: 20071 author: None title: 20071 date: None words: 76570 flesch: 92 summary: If he's the son of my old friend, more than ever is he my care now; and you this evening, little Connie, shall tell me your story. Purty little Connie? keywords: agnes; anderson; boy; child; children; come; connie; day; dear; door; eyes; face; father; fire; fur; giles; girl; good; great; harris; heart; home; john; little; look; man; mother; mrs; night; pickles; poor; ronald; room; sue; thought; time; voice; warren; wery; wot; yer cache: 20071.txt plain text: 20071.txt item: #244 of 450 id: 20080 author: None title: 20080 date: None words: 18439 flesch: 82 summary: Poor little Pollie lies sick and ill at home, so pale and thin one would scarcely recognise in that wan little face the Pollie of last spring-time! Poor child, poor little child, murmured the lady compassionately. keywords: child; day; dear; face; flanagan; girl; god; good; heart; home; mother; mrs; pollie; poor; sally; time; yer cache: 20080.txt plain text: 20080.txt item: #245 of 450 id: 20087 author: None title: 20087 date: None words: 51157 flesch: 91 summary: Without giving it a chance to rise, Tad sprang upon it, and, when the pony rose, Tad Butler was sitting proudly in the saddle. Tad Gave the Rope a Quick, Rolling Motion. keywords: animal; away; boy; boys; butler; camp; cattle; chunky; cowboys; eyes; foot; foreman; going; head; herd; lad; ned; ponies; pony; professor; ride; right; saddle; stacy; stallings; steer; tad; tad butler; time; wagon; water cache: 20087.txt plain text: 20087.txt item: #246 of 450 id: 20097 author: None title: 20097 date: None words: 14131 flesch: 91 summary: Some of her less worthy neighbors were known sometimes to say with a sniff, If Mrs. Ladybug didn't enjoy her work she wouldn't care about helping Farmer Green. Goodness knows what Farmer Green would have done had Mrs. Ladybug and all her family lost their taste for that kind of fare. keywords: bumblebee; buster; farmer; green; jennie; junebug; ladybug; little; mrs; tale; time cache: 20097.txt plain text: 20097.txt item: #247 of 450 id: 20106 author: None title: 20106 date: None words: 32308 flesch: 89 summary: * * Copyright, 1912, M. A. Donohue & Co. CONTENTS Chapter Page I--A Fashionable Mother 7 II--Ethel Hollister 14 III--Grandmother Hollister 18 IV--A Pink Tea 23 V--An invitation to Aunt Susan 29 VI--Aunt Susan Arrives 41 VII--Aunt Susan Makes Friends 48 VIII--Ethel is Invited to Visit 51 IX--Ethel and Aunt Susan Start 55 X--The Journey 58 XI--The Next Day 62 XII--Ethel Learns to Cook 65 XIII--A Little Drive 68 XIV--Some Confidences 72 XV--A New Ethel 81 XVI--Aunt Susan's Trials 84 XVII--Cousin Kate Arrives 88 XVIII--Selecting the Costume 90 XIX--Ethel Meets Her Uncle and Aunt 97 XX-- What do they think of Mamma's giving me permission to join Cousin Kate's Camp Fire Girls? Isn't it great? With love and lots of kisses to all, Your affectionate grandchild, Ethel. keywords: annie; aunt; aunt susan; camp; day; dear; ethel; eyes; father; fire; girl; good; grandmother; hollister; home; house; kate; love; man; mattie; money; mother; mrs; old; patty; people; susan; tom cache: 20106.txt plain text: 20106.txt item: #248 of 450 id: 20112 author: None title: 20112 date: None words: 11127 flesch: 93 summary: In this instance baby's mother was a plain, quiet woman; and she thought baby's grandmother's name was quite fine enough for baby; and so baby was called Roxy, and, when she was ten years old, you would have thought little Roxy fully as old-fashioned as her name. Poor little Roxy! keywords: claus; day; flaxie; lill; mother; mrs; ninny; roxy; santa; thought; time cache: 20112.txt plain text: 20112.txt item: #249 of 450 id: 20132 author: None title: 20132 date: None words: 29614 flesch: 90 summary: I'm a passenger, replied Mont, and my name is Mont Folsom. Why you're the wust boy in the town fer mischief, Mont--an' everybody knows it. keywords: air; boat; boys; bully; captain; carl; good; half; hero; hoke; link; man; mont; professor; right; sea; searcher; ship; sir; stump; time; vindex; water; way; woddle cache: 20132.txt plain text: 20132.txt item: #250 of 450 id: 20133 author: None title: 20133 date: None words: 45602 flesch: 99 summary: Their eyes fairly dance with delight at the lively doings of inquisitive little Bunny Brown and his cunning, trustful sister Sue. CHAPTER II BUNNY AND SUE GO OUT Bunny Brown, in his little room, and Sue Brown, in hers, jumped out of bed and ran to the window. keywords: aunt; aunt lu; boy; bunny; bunny brown; children; dog; girl; good; home; house; little; man; mother; mrs; new; sister; sue; time; wopsie cache: 20133.txt plain text: 20133.txt item: #251 of 450 id: 20134 author: None title: 20134 date: None words: 44513 flesch: 96 summary: Their eyes fairly dance with delight at the lively doings of inquisitive little Bunny Brown and his cunning, trustful sister Sue. And it was work Bunny Brown and his sister Sue liked, for often when they went to the grocer's he gave each a sweet cracker to eat on the way home. keywords: boat; boy; brown; bunker; bunny; bunny brown; captain; children; christmas; cove; dog; harry; mother; mrs; pocketbook; ring; sister; sue; time; tree; water cache: 20134.txt plain text: 20134.txt item: #252 of 450 id: 20163 author: None title: 20163 date: None words: 76577 flesch: 83 summary: The juniors, amazed and flattered at an invitation from older girls, were ready enough for a game. Her highly strung temperament found school restrictions irksome, and she was apt to blaze out into odd pranks which in other girls might have met with sterner punishment. keywords: bertha; beverley; blue; buds; camellia; course; day; delia; door; eyes; face; father; find; friends; garden; girls; good; great; half; hand; head; home; house; irene; italian; jess; juniors; leave; left; life; look; lorna; mabel; matter; mean; miss; moment; morley; mother; mrs; naples; new; party; peachy; people; place; poor; rachel; right; rodgers; room; round; school; sea; things; thought; time; transition; villa; water; way; world; years cache: 20163.txt plain text: 20163.txt item: #253 of 450 id: 20180 author: None title: 20180 date: None words: 5838 flesch: 96 summary: Said Hugh, You said, Mr. Khwis, that the oysters make pearls. Said Alice, If we go together, Hugh, and he takes one, the other can squeal. keywords: alice; children; hugh; khwis; kris; man; mother cache: 20180.txt plain text: 20180.txt item: #254 of 450 id: 20187 author: None title: 20187 date: None words: 6111 flesch: 93 summary: That Christmas Day virtually began a whole year beforehand, with a red-hot letter written by Guy Fernald to his younger sister, Nan, who had been married to Samuel Burnett just two and one-half years. Eyes whose glance had long been his dearest torture met Guy Fernald's and fell. keywords: children; christmas; day; fernald; guy; marietta; mother cache: 20187.txt plain text: 20187.txt item: #255 of 450 id: 20193 author: None title: 20193 date: None words: 33473 flesch: 93 summary: Poor little Mary! And Jerry--well, I don't know what Jerry would think of little girls who would do such a thing after all the trouble he has taken to roll them so nice and smooth. keywords: aunt; berta; beth; box; day; dear; dick; doctor; father; gene; girl; good; home; jes; liza; mary; mother; ones; room; sister; things; time; uncle; way; wilhelmina cache: 20193.txt plain text: 20193.txt item: #256 of 450 id: 20197 author: None title: 20197 date: None words: 11313 flesch: 75 summary: It was the remembrance of all these established customs that had caused the entire breakdown of Alice's walls of self-control (which she thought had been so well built), and when little Alsie found her there, alone in her chamber, in such deep distress, it was not surprising that the little maid was frightened. The rolling chair was drawn forth, and little Alsie led the way from one room to another with feet that fairly danced. keywords: alice; alsie; auntee; christmas; day; dear; dick; family; gordon; grandfather; little; pie; time cache: 20197.txt plain text: 20197.txt item: #257 of 450 id: 20207 author: None title: 20207 date: None words: 129775 flesch: 78 summary: They were both good men, and will be a loss to us. I have two thousand men under me and, though Bull and Macwitty are good men, so far as the carrying out of an order goes, they are still too much troopers, seldom make a suggestion, and never really discuss any plan I suggest; so that the responsibility of the lives of all these men really rests entirely upon my shoulders. keywords: army; boat; british; captain; cavalry; colonel; command; country; course; day; days; division; doubt; fire; force; french; general; good; half; hill; left; line; march; men; miles; morning; night; o'connor; officers; orders; place; portuguese; position; prisoners; regiment; river; round; ryan; sir; soldiers; spaniards; spanish; terence; time; town; troops; way; wellington; work cache: 20207.txt plain text: 20207.txt item: #258 of 450 id: 20208 author: None title: 20208 date: None words: 50510 flesch: 88 summary: With the first show of light Ned looked Pat Mack over with interest. At Manila Ned had held a long conference with Major John Ross, and that gentleman had seemed overjoyed at the report the boy had presented, especially as it made his return to the group of islands to the north unnecessary. keywords: boat; box; boy; boys; cabin; captain; carstens; frank; french; good; hand; head; island; jack; jimmie; left; lieutenant; look; major; man; manhattan; manila; men; moment; ned; pat; place; reply; right; sailor; saw; time; treaty; way cache: 20208.txt plain text: 20208.txt item: #259 of 450 id: 20213 author: None title: 20213 date: None words: 16271 flesch: 88 summary: Why, is that you, Miss Flame? he gasped. Why, really, Miss Flame, I couldn't countenance any sort of mock service! keywords: butler; chair; christmas; course; day; delcote; dogs; door; eyes; father; flame; flora; house; lay; man; miss; mother; reader; table; time cache: 20213.txt plain text: 20213.txt item: #260 of 450 id: 20223 author: None title: 20223 date: None words: 71992 flesch: 81 summary: It takes a good deal to startle an American Indian, but if there ever was a frightened red man it was the one who heard himself thus addressed, and, glancing like a flash to his right, saw Jack Dudley step forward, with a Winchester rifle leveled at him. Unsuspected by Jack Dudley and Fred Greenwood, their parents read on the instant the momentous problem which assumed form in the brains of their sons. keywords: boys; camp; canyon; cavern; face; feet; fire; fred; fred greenwood; friend; fur; good; greenwood; guide; half; hank; hazletine; head; indian; jack; jack dudley; left; look; man; motoza; place; point; ranch; right; sioux; thing; thought; time; tozer; way; youth cache: 20223.txt plain text: 20223.txt item: #261 of 450 id: 20242 author: None title: 20242 date: None words: 67580 flesch: 91 summary: The Husky Belles.--_We-we_ and _Caubvick_.--_Abb_, she said.--All Promenade.--Candy at a Discount.-- _Pillitay, pillitay!_--Old Trull and the Husky Matron.--Gorgeous Gifts.--Adieu to the Arctic Beauties 125 CHAPTER VIII. --An Attack threatened.--The Savages dispersed with the Howitzer 162 CHAPTER X. The Dip of the Needle.--The North Magnetic Pole.--A _Kayak_ keywords: bear; big; black; boat; captain; curlew; deck; dollars; donovan; feet; fire; good; guard; half; head; ice; island; kit; lay; look; man; mazard; miles; morning; near; night; north; palmleaf; raed; rocks; round; saw; schooner; sea; set; ship; shore; shot; straits; thing; thought; time; wade; water; way; weymouth; wind; yards cache: 20242.txt plain text: 20242.txt item: #262 of 450 id: 20258 author: None title: 20258 date: None words: 74972 flesch: 86 summary: Yes, he had the other half; and he told Marjory how he and that other Marjory had split it for luck, and how each had promised to wear it always. She kissed the girl tenderly, and, putting her arms round her, said,-- I am very glad to welcome you here, little Marjory, and I hope this will soon feel like a second home to you. keywords: alan; ann; blanche; child; davidson; day; dear; doctor; eyes; face; father; forester; friend; garden; girl; going; good; heart; home; house; hunter; life; lisbeth; little; look; man; marjory; mary; maud; miss; mother; mrs; new; night; people; peter; place; poor; room; saw; shaw; story; things; thought; time; uncle; want; way cache: 20258.txt plain text: 20258.txt item: #263 of 450 id: 20259 author: None title: 20259 date: None words: 51227 flesch: 84 summary: After a struggle lasting some minutes, the girl was thrown with severe violence against the wall of the cell and lay there stunned and bleeding from a cut on the forehead, but her efforts had given Jim time to reach the library which he had to pass and bolt and lock the door to it, before ever the chase began. Jim Takes a Chance 24 IV. keywords: berwick; bill; black; boat; boys; broome; captain; car; castle; conductor; dark; door; engineer; eyes; face; feet; fellow; figure; fog; friend; good; half; hall; hand; head; heavy; james; jim; john; ketchel; little; look; man; mexican; moment; right; sea; seã±orita; time; train; voice; way cache: 20259.txt plain text: 20259.txt item: #264 of 450 id: 20260 author: None title: 20260 date: None words: 8409 flesch: 88 summary: Mother Agnes' tenderness to poor Kate almost exceeded her tenderness to the dying child, but Kate made no response to it. The days had seemed months since poor Kate was missed, and this first news of a girl who might possibly turn out to be Kate, had made Mother Agnes hurry up to town by the night train, quite forgetting that she could not disturb St. Thomas' Hospital with inquiries at such an early hour. keywords: agnes; bed; children; day; face; frances; great; kate; mother cache: 20260.txt plain text: 20260.txt item: #265 of 450 id: 20280 author: None title: 20280 date: None words: 78155 flesch: 87 summary: Through Scaife John received his fez; and when John wore it for the first time, Scaife came up and said, smiling-- I'm nearly even with you, Verney. As soon as John saw Caesar after the Easter holidays, he knew that, temporarily, at any rate, he had lost his friend. keywords: ball; beaumont; boys; caesar; caterpillar; damer; day; demon; desmond; duffer; eton; eyes; face; father; fellow; fluff; form; friend; good; greene; half; hand; harrow; head; heart; hill; house; john; john verney; jonathan; know; lawrence; left; life; look; lord; lovell; man; manor; master; moment; night; place; play; room; rutford; scaife; school; sir; sort; term; thought; time; verney; voice; warde; word; young cache: 20280.txt plain text: 20280.txt item: #266 of 450 id: 20286 author: None title: 20286 date: None words: 561 flesch: 76 summary: [Illustration] [Illustration] McLOUGHLIN BROTHERS, 24 Beekman Street, NEW YORK. No. 2, +Parlor Set,+ contains a Sofa, Centre Table, six Gothic Chairs, two Rocking Chairs, and two Ottomans. keywords: illustration cache: 20286.txt plain text: 20286.txt item: #267 of 450 id: 20307 author: None title: 20307 date: None words: 18115 flesch: 84 summary: At last Kate was able to be removed from the infirmary to her uncle's house, but she felt little joy or hope at the thought of getting better. This was how Esther had talked, and it gave Kate Haydon no small pleasure to be able to come and tell her schoolfellow that she was going to the wonderful city first. keywords: cousin; home; kate; london; maple; marion; mother; mrs; shop; sunday; william cache: 20307.txt plain text: 20307.txt item: #268 of 450 id: 20309 author: None title: 20309 date: None words: 44748 flesch: 95 summary: Oh, Bunny! exclaimed Sue, and from her voice you might have thought Bunny had said he was going to throw a snowball at Wango, the pet monkey of Mr. Jed Winkler, an animal of which Bunny Brown and his sister Sue were very fond. And while Bunny is under the snow heap, from which he doubtless hoped soon to be rescued, I will take just a moment or two to tell my new readers something about Bunny Brown and his sister Sue. keywords: alligators; big; bunny; bunny brown; car; children; cotton; door; freight; little; man; mother; mrs; nutty; orange; sister; snow; sue; tad; time; train; uncle; water cache: 20309.txt plain text: 20309.txt item: #269 of 450 id: 20311 author: None title: 20311 date: None words: 46499 flesch: 96 summary: I'm caught! CHAPTER XVIII FLOSSIE IS TANGLED Flossie Bobbsey, who had been sitting on the cleanest and dryest log she could find near the edge of the stream to watch Freddie wade, jumped up as she heard him cry. Why, Flossie and Freddie Bobbsey! cried Nan, the older sister of the two small twins who had spoken. keywords: bert; boat; bobbsey; camp; cave; children; doll; flossie; freddie; goat; gypsies; gypsy; helen; island; little; mother; mrs; snap; twins; want; whisker cache: 20311.txt plain text: 20311.txt item: #270 of 450 id: 20314 author: None title: 20314 date: None words: 13627 flesch: 83 summary: Miss Hetty Maise, having spent the night in fitful spells of slumber, at last awakened by the beams of sunlight, sat up in bed with a start, quite unrefreshed and possessed of an uncomfortable feeling that something unpleasant was about to happen. Periwinkle and Pearl Toddles, relatives of Miss Hetty Maise, was the whispered reply. keywords: aunt; children; good; grey; hetty; joe; maise; minister; miss; pearl; periwinkle; robert; smith; son cache: 20314.txt plain text: 20314.txt item: #271 of 450 id: 20315 author: None title: 20315 date: None words: 3437 flesch: 99 summary: Then the mother-bird hopped around so gladly and said Thank you, little boy; you are very kind! You are welcome, replied Billy and he and the grasshopper went on their way. THE WISE GRASSHOPPER Come, Billy! Billy dropped his tin-soldier on the ground and ran in to help his mother wipe the dishes. keywords: billy; grasshopper; mother cache: 20315.txt plain text: 20315.txt item: #272 of 450 id: 20320 author: None title: 20320 date: None words: 85375 flesch: 85 summary: The victim was lifted up, and a messenger dispatched with a note to young Jack Harkaway to forward the orphan's cash-box. Kill you, Mr. Mole; why, we've come to let you out, said the foremost of the group, and he flung back the cowl of his Moorish cloak, thereby revealing to Mole the startling fact, that instead of a murderous Arab, it was young Jack Harkaway. keywords: bashaw; bogey; boy; captain; chapter; chief; chivey; come; consul; day; dear; deering; doctor; door; english; excellency; eyes; face; figgins; flute; friends; girdwood; good; half; hand; harkaway; harry; head; herbert; jack; jack harkaway; legs; lenoir; letter; life; look; man; markby; mean; mole; moment; murray; old; orphan; pasha; place; poor; right; room; round; sir; think; thought; thyra; time; tinker; turk; turkish cache: 20320.txt plain text: 20320.txt item: #273 of 450 id: 20324 author: None title: 20324 date: None words: 50246 flesch: 87 summary: She started running toward the house, with Grace, thinking of Will, at her heels, while Betty helped Amy to her feet. Poor little Betty, she said. keywords: amy; away; betty; car; course; day; dear; eyes; face; feel; ford; girls; going; good; grace; hand; head; house; joe; look; minute; mollie; mother; mrs; right; road; thought; time; voice; way; wonder cache: 20324.txt plain text: 20324.txt item: #274 of 450 id: 20326 author: None title: 20326 date: None words: 46337 flesch: 98 summary: Rose and Russ could soon manage their ponies by themselves, but as Vi and Laddie were younger Uncle Fred and one of his cowboys led their ponies about by the bridle. CHAPTER XIV MUN BUN'S PIE Russ Bunker came back from the barn, dragging with him some long bean poles, an old bag that had held oats for the horses, and some pieces of rope. keywords: bunker; cattle; children; daddy; fred; indian; laddie; margy; mother; mrs; mun; ranch; ride; rose; russ; spring; uncle; uncle fred; water cache: 20326.txt plain text: 20326.txt item: #275 of 450 id: 20327 author: None title: 20327 date: None words: 39129 flesch: 92 summary: At last Frank stopped and whispered to Henri. THE BOY SCOUTS ON THE TRAIL CHAPTER I PLANS FOR THE HOLIDAYS Where are you going to spend the holidays, Frank? The speaker was Henri Martin, a French boy of the new type that has sprung up in France since games like football and tennis began to be generally encouraged. keywords: amiens; boys; chance; day; english; france; frank; french; general; germans; good; greene; harry; henri; knew; men; moment; officer; paris; right; road; scouts; time; troops; war; way cache: 20327.txt plain text: 20327.txt item: #276 of 450 id: 20332 author: None title: 20332 date: None words: 47708 flesch: 87 summary: There's just about enough for three, and I've a notion that Miss Tabitha will think you didn't keep your promise very well if she ever finds out how near you came to setting the house a-fire. Toady's pale face on the pillow made him pause on the threshold, while a twinge of remorse tugged at his heart, but the victim, hearing the creak of the opening door, opened his round eyes, and smiling beatifically, asked in a weak voice, Seen Tabitha? Billiard grunted an unintelligible reply. keywords: away; billiard; boys; children; day; door; eyes; face; girl; gloriana; glory; good; half; head; home; house; inez; irene; janie; kitchen; know; look; mckittrick; mean; mercedes; myra; night; rest; room; susie; tabitha; tell; thought; time; toady; town; voice cache: 20332.txt plain text: 20332.txt item: #277 of 450 id: 20342 author: None title: 20342 date: None words: 56220 flesch: 87 summary: The building of a specially endowed home for self-supporting girls who were trying to gain a college education, presented to Overton College, by Mrs. Gray, in honor of Grace Harlowe, Anne Pierson and Miriam Nesbit, and named Harlowe House, decided Grace as to what her future work would be. Now if you go to New York to live next winter perhaps David won't be able to leave his business, and your mother will need you and---- And do I live to hear Grace Harlowe borrowing trouble? broke in Emma Dean. keywords: anne; boys; brent; college; david; day; dean; elfreda; emma; evelyn; eyes; face; friends; girls; good; grace; grace harlowe; gray; harlowe; harlowe house; hippy; house; jean; kathleen; know; love; miriam; miss; miss wharton; mrs; new; overton; room; school; tell; time; tom; way; wharton; wilder; work; year cache: 20342.txt plain text: 20342.txt item: #278 of 450 id: 20385 author: None title: 20385 date: None words: 26456 flesch: 84 summary: As they passed the Newichewannock Camp, four forlorn shivering little Indians who had been huddling over the dying coals caught her attention. They started home, probably talking about their gingerbread dolls, when little John called out eagerly, 'See the big dog, sister; he is coming right to us!' keywords: boy; boys; children; david; day; door; england; father; fish; home; house; indians; john; little; man; men; mother; new; night; nonowit; river; roger; thought; time; tom; white; woods cache: 20385.txt plain text: 20385.txt item: #279 of 450 id: 20471 author: None title: 20471 date: None words: 54976 flesch: 85 summary: As the greater part of the townspeople of Oakdale were desirous of seeing Grace Harlowe and Tom Gray married, Grace rather reluctantly decided in favor of a church wedding. Several days had elapsed since Grace Harlowe had accompanied Tom Gray and his aunt on the mysterious mission that had brought her Haven Home. keywords: arline; boys; camp; david; day; elfreda; emma; eyes; face; girls; good; grace; grace harlowe; gray; hand; harlowe; high; hippy; home; house; jean; know; letter; life; little; love; man; miriam; morning; mother; mrs; new; night; nora; overton; room; summer; time; tom; tom gray; way; year cache: 20471.txt plain text: 20471.txt item: #280 of 450 id: 20472 author: None title: 20472 date: None words: 53575 flesch: 87 summary: Was there not a memorial window, in the chapel of the High School, of an angel carrying a lily and underneath an inscription familiar to them all: In Memory of Anne Gray, died in her freshman year, aged sixteen? When the performance was over the girls crowded around little Anne with eager congratulations; but, strange to say, everyone forgot that Miriam had given her promise to sing. keywords: anne; boys; class; david; day; dear; door; eyes; freshman; friends; girls; good; grace; gray; great; harlowe; high; hippy; house; jessica; leece; little; miriam; miss; moment; mrs; nesbit; night; nora; oakdale; party; people; pierson; reddy; room; school; thompson; thought; time; tom; voice; way cache: 20472.txt plain text: 20472.txt item: #281 of 450 id: 20473 author: None title: 20473 date: None words: 50308 flesch: 85 summary: Grace Harlowe, demanded Elfreda with asperity, have you suddenly taken leave of your senses? No, returned Grace, her gray eyes gleaming wrathfully, her lips set in a determined line as she faced about. Grace Harlowe, you big goose! exclaimed Elfreda, springing to Grace's side and winding both arms about her. keywords: alberta; anne; arline; boys; club; college; day; dean; door; elfreda; emma; eyes; face; father; friends; girls; good; grace; grace harlowe; half; hall; harlowe; hippy; home; jean; kathleen; letter; little; mabel; miriam; miss; night; nora; overton; room; ruth; time; west; year cache: 20473.txt plain text: 20473.txt item: #282 of 450 id: 20474 author: None title: 20474 date: None words: 50255 flesch: 84 summary: If Miss Grace Harlowe, a senior at Overton College, had not been possessed of a remarkably good memory for faces, Lawrence Baines, known to the underworld as 'Larry, the Locksmith,' would undoubtedly be at large to-day. I am Grace Harlowe, at your service, replied Grace lightly, and it is always gratifying to be liked. keywords: anne; arline; boys; college; day; door; elfreda; emma; eyes; face; father; friends; girls; good; grace; grace harlowe; half; hall; harlowe; house; kathleen; know; little; mabel; miriam; miss; mrs; newspaper; night; overton; patience; room; think; thought; time; wayne; west; year cache: 20474.txt plain text: 20474.txt item: #283 of 450 id: 20541 author: None title: 20541 date: None words: 28710 flesch: 79 summary: There were persons coming in of all nations and people, and some, too, of all ages, though the greatest number were little children, so small that their little hands would not hold the man's gifts, and so he hung them round their necks, for them to use as soon as they were able. There were a multitude of other happy children too in the castle, with whom they lived, and learned, and spent their glad days. keywords: book; children; darkness; eyes; god; heart; king; light; look; lord; man; path; round; thought; way cache: 20541.txt plain text: 20541.txt item: #284 of 450 id: 20544 author: None title: 20544 date: None words: 12500 flesch: 89 summary: As for Captain Trevor, the Skipper saw that he had squeezed his lips together, wrinkled up his face, and frowned heavily. The Skipper slept on heavily while Captain Trevor stayed upon the bridge all night, with his chief officer and the pilot, the fast boat tearing through the heavy swell, which they entered as soon as they were out of the shelter of the Isle of Wight. keywords: bob; boy; captain; dot; father; flash; jack; man; sailor; sir; skipper; trevor cache: 20544.txt plain text: 20544.txt item: #285 of 450 id: 20567 author: None title: 20567 date: None words: 5841 flesch: 76 summary: It had grown so dark that their guide now took a lantern down from the wall and, fastening a glow worm inside to light the way, showed Laurie great piles of nuts and acorns stacked in the corners. [Illustration: The boy Laurie with a pigeon] The Pigeon Tale CHAPTER I. Something unusual was about to happen--any one could see that; the tall pine trees swayed and nodded to each other as if whispering together, the leaves blew up against a corner of the fence as though they meant to sweep the old-fashioned brick path clean, and the gate swung to and fro on its hinges as in anticipation of a visitor. keywords: aunt; house; illustration; laura; laurie; pigeon; time; way cache: 20567.txt plain text: 20567.txt item: #286 of 450 id: 20575 author: None title: 20575 date: None words: 2531 flesch: 97 summary: But all the doctors' skill was vain, Poor William Bruce soon passed away, Leaving his little orphan child Without a friend--save poor dog Tray. The cruel landlady one day Was sitting by her fireside, Rejoiced that she had gained the gold, Meant for poor Nelly to provide. keywords: alphabet; child; dog; nelly; nursery; tray cache: 20575.txt plain text: 20575.txt item: #287 of 450 id: 20606 author: None title: 20606 date: None words: 61889 flesch: 94 summary: You be off, Mr. Philip, without you want a flea in your ear.' he said rather crossly, 'what are you doing here?' 'Saying the multiplication table,' said Lucy promptly and turned her head, 'so as not even to think about you. keywords: ark; book; brenda; captain; children; city; course; door; dragon; good; helen; high; island; know; lucy; man; moment; noah; nurse; parrot; people; philip; pretenderette; right; room; round; saw; sea; sloth; things; thought; time; voice; want; water; way; white; wish cache: 20606.txt plain text: 20606.txt item: #288 of 450 id: 20614 author: None title: 20614 date: None words: 58920 flesch: 81 summary: Making bullets. An hour after the return, Harry saw Angel coming over the field at the east of the Cataract, dragging something after him laboriously. keywords: angel; boat; boys; cave; course; day; direction; end; feet; fig; find; forward; george; good; guns; hand; harry; home; island; john; making; new; night; place; point; professor; river; saw; south; team; things; time; tree; trip; use; wagon; water; way; west; wind; work cache: 20614.txt plain text: 20614.txt item: #289 of 450 id: 20617 author: None title: 20617 date: None words: 27114 flesch: 93 summary: But it was not going to come to him just then, for Cap Roche suddenly called Chuck Snivel and said: Take Young Wild West out and tie him to the post again. It was just about five o'clock in the afternoon of a cool day in autumn when Young Wild West and his friends rode into a little mining camp called Big Bonanza, which was situated in the heart of the range, known as the Silver Bend Mountains, Nevada. keywords: allee; arietta; cap; cave; charlie; hop; man; outlaws; pass; right; roche; ter; ther; time; way; west; wild; yer cache: 20617.txt plain text: 20617.txt item: #290 of 450 id: 20618 author: None title: 20618 date: None words: 46082 flesch: 92 summary: Too cowardly to meet Pawnee Brown face to face, he wanted to make sure that the great scout should be killed. The boomers, who numbered thousands, had among them several daring and well-known leaders, but not one was better known or more daring than the leader who is known in these pages as Pawnee Brown. keywords: arbuckle; boomers; boy; brown; camp; dick; elk; father; feet; girl; good; hand; head; horse; indian; jack; know; left; man; nellie; pawnee; pawnee brown; pistol; rasco; right; scout; time; trail; vorlange; way; yer cache: 20618.txt plain text: 20618.txt item: #291 of 450 id: 20620 author: None title: 20620 date: None words: 61311 flesch: 87 summary: Isn't that Rosemary Willis? asked Frank, stunning kid, isn't she? Rosemary, rosy from the cold and with her eyes dark and starry, left Sarah on the curb and crossed over. What shall I do with you? groaned poor Rosemary. keywords: afternoon; aunt; aunt trudy; bed; brother; day; dinner; doctor; doctor hugh; door; eyes; face; fannie; girls; good; home; house; hugh; jack; look; miss; morning; mother; night; nina; room; rosemary; sarah; school; shirley; table; tell; thought; time; trudy; way; willis; winnie cache: 20620.txt plain text: 20620.txt item: #292 of 450 id: 20693 author: None title: 20693 date: None words: 1951 flesch: 86 summary: And so Bab-ba went on and on till he came to where Tig the Tiger lay asleep in the long grass. The wicked Hoodo was justly punished, for just as he was going into his hole under the tree, he met an old enemy of his, Tiv, the Mongoose, and the two fought and fought for a long while, till at last Hoodo was exhausted and stretched himself out and died, while little Tiv sat up and rubbed his paws together to clean them, and then skipped off to his new little home under Bab-ba's verandah, where he still lives to keep away any other wicked snakes from harming him. keywords: bab cache: 20693.txt plain text: 20693.txt item: #293 of 450 id: 20698 author: None title: 20698 date: None words: 39090 flesch: 86 summary: Much of the work done by the earliest glass-makers was specked in this way, and in fact the genuineness of old glass is sometimes determined from these very imperfections. Such glass is made in two layers, the outer one being cut away so to leave the design upon the surface underneath. keywords: bob; boston; boy; cabot; course; curtis; day; girl; giusippe; glass; good; hannah; home; jean; long; making; man; miss; new; people; pittsburgh; set; things; time; tom; uncle; uncle bob; uncle tom; use; venice; way; work; world cache: 20698.txt plain text: 20698.txt item: #294 of 450 id: 20699 author: None title: 20699 date: None words: 25424 flesch: 94 summary: They went into the house, the trail of Susy's long wrapper following after little Dotty Dimple like the closing feet in one of Polly's long-metre verses. After her grandmother had left the room, Miss Dotty lay on the sofa for five minutes, thinking. keywords: aunt; charlie; children; dear; dimple; dotty; grandma; gray; home; house; jennie; katie; milk; miss; mrs; parlin; polly; prudy; thought; time; vance cache: 20699.txt plain text: 20699.txt item: #295 of 450 id: 20730 author: None title: 20730 date: None words: 62796 flesch: 86 summary: It was good little Rona who saved me, she added, smiling faintly at Miss Bowes, who was down on her knees beside her on the grass. Little girls shouldn't ask questions. keywords: addie; arnold; bowes; camp; come; course; cuckoo; day; end; eyes; face; farm; fire; girls; good; half; hand; home; league; left; like; lizzie; look; matter; mind; miss; moment; morning; mrs; new; night; place; present; rona; room; round; school; stanton; stephanie; stream; tea; teddington; things; thought; time; ulyth; voice; water; way; white; wish; woodlands; work cache: 20730.txt plain text: 20730.txt item: #296 of 450 id: 20736 author: None title: 20736 date: None words: 39887 flesch: 92 summary: little Rosanna! It seemed as though she could see in all the letters evidences that little Rosanna was undergoing some slight changes in her way of thinking and acting. keywords: child; children; culver; day; girl; good; grandmother; hargrave; helen; home; horton; minnie; mrs; right; robert; room; rosanna; things; thought; time; uncle; way cache: 20736.txt plain text: 20736.txt item: #297 of 450 id: 20737 author: None title: 20737 date: None words: 55392 flesch: 89 summary: Pompey, the colored boy, declared that he had not seen Miss Madge all morning. * * * * * Miss Phyllis Alden, Miss Madge Morton, Miss Lillian Seldon and Miss Eleanor Butler, there is an express package downstairs for you as big as I don't know what! keywords: alfred; ann; away; box; boys; curtis; day; door; eleanor; father; flora; friends; girls; harris; houseboat; island; jenny; jenny ann; lawton; lieutenant; lillian; madge; maid; man; men; merry; miss; miss jenny; morton; mother; mrs; night; party; phil; phyllis; thornton; thought; time; tom cache: 20737.txt plain text: 20737.txt item: #298 of 450 id: 20741 author: None title: 20741 date: None words: 23787 flesch: 77 summary: Every thing I was unused to looked funny or wonderful; and if I had not been restrained by the presence of such great dogs, I should have sometimes laughed outright, and at others broken forth into expressions of surprise. What made the matter worse, was the fact that Lupo was yet at liberty, and many dogs were afraid to go out at night for fear of meeting with this terrible animal. keywords: caneville; city; dog; dogs; eyes; fida; good; head; house; job; life; meat; nip; place; river; thought; time; water; way cache: 20741.txt plain text: 20741.txt item: #299 of 450 id: 20748 author: None title: 20748 date: None words: 40399 flesch: 86 summary: Trembling with cold and hunger she crept on, the picture of sorrow; poor little child! Good people, said he, if you do not tell the King, when he comes this way, that the meadow you are mowing belongs to the Marquis of Carabas, you shall all be chopped up into little pieces. keywords: aladdin; bear; cat; children; day; door; giant; good; home; house; illustration; jack; king; morning; mother; ogre; princess; snow; thought; time; way; white; wife; woman cache: 20748.txt plain text: 20748.txt item: #300 of 450 id: 20753 author: None title: 20753 date: None words: 59100 flesch: 79 summary: Like many other boys I ran away, and took a position on a sailing vessel. Harry and George follow John, and cut poles for a raft. keywords: angel; boys; cave; chief; course; day; direction; george; good; guns; hand; harry; island; john; left; new; night; north; party; people; place; position; professor; ralph; river; savages; saw; south; stream; things; time; tom; tribe; wagon; water; way; work; yaks cache: 20753.txt plain text: 20753.txt item: #301 of 450 id: 20809 author: None title: 20809 date: None words: 9675 flesch: 90 summary: What's up now, I wonder, thought Simon, as he watched Timothy come out and Stephen go in at the little door of the manufactory. I thought Mr. Archie looked so kind at first, but I can see now he thinks worse of me than any. keywords: archie; chris; day; father; mill; stephen; time; walter cache: 20809.txt plain text: 20809.txt item: #302 of 450 id: 20821 author: None title: 20821 date: None words: 68382 flesch: 85 summary: Betty felt responsible for their friendship and wondered if she ought to warn Tom that she really didn't know anything about Georgia. Before we act upon the motion to refer the matter to a committee who shall interview the president and the faculty and find out how the rest of the money is to be spent and where ours seems to be most needed, I want to ask Miss Betty Wales for an expression of her opinion. keywords: afternoon; babbie; babe; betty; betty wales; bob; class; college; committee; course; day; dinner; eleanor; freshman; friends; georgia; girls; good; half; harding; helen; help; house; jean; katherine; madeline; mary; miss; new; nita; people; play; rachel; rest; right; roberta; room; senior; suppose; things; thought; time; wales; way; year cache: 20821.txt plain text: 20821.txt item: #303 of 450 id: 20822 author: None title: 20822 date: None words: 41942 flesch: 94 summary: Can't you see where she goes wrong, Bessie? I think I can, Miss Eleanor, said Bessie. Do you know, Bessie, that if this train only makes one or two stops, we shall be at Plum Beach very soon after Miss Eleanor and the other girls get there! keywords: bessie; camp; dolly; eleanor; fire; girls; good; house; jake; look; lot; margery; men; miss; mrs; people; pratt; right; things; time; way; work cache: 20822.txt plain text: 20822.txt item: #304 of 450 id: 20832 author: None title: 20832 date: None words: 32082 flesch: 80 summary: The thirteen Camp Fire Girls, who had pitched their tents on the lower hillside, a few hundred feet from a boisterous, gravel-and-boulder bedded stream known as Butter creek, were students at Hiawatha Institute, a girls' school in a neighboring state. The students of that school were all Camp Fire Girls, and it was not an uncommon thing for individual Fires to spend parts of their vacations together at favorite camping places. keywords: away; boat; boy; camp; chapter; cottage; fire; fire girls; girls; glen; graham; guardian; hazel; helen; hutchins; katherine; ladd; lake; langford; man; miss; mrs; place; point; right; time; twin; want; water; way; work cache: 20832.txt plain text: 20832.txt item: #305 of 450 id: 20833 author: None title: 20833 date: None words: 20528 flesch: 91 summary: But if Mister Robert Robin, or Mrs. Robert Robin had spied you up in their tree, they would have made a great fuss about it. as loudly as he could say it, and the squirrels began chattering, and Major Partridge played a tune on his drum, and Mister Robert Robin mounted the very highest twig of his big basswood tree and sang a song for Mrs. Robin: Cheer up! keywords: basswood; cat; cherry; farmer; mister; mister robert; mrs; nest; partridge; robert robin; robins; song; tree; white; woods cache: 20833.txt plain text: 20833.txt item: #306 of 450 id: 20834 author: None title: 20834 date: None words: 40176 flesch: 89 summary: He is her only living relative and he considers little Ruth Fielding a charity child. Oh, Mademoiselle Ruth! keywords: ambulance; american; bragg; cameron; car; charlie; chateau; clair; countess; door; fielding; french; german; girl; good; helen; henriette; hospital; mademoiselle; major; man; marchand; men; mother; night; red; road; ruth; ruth fielding; time; told; tom; work cache: 20834.txt plain text: 20834.txt item: #307 of 450 id: 20836 author: None title: 20836 date: None words: 37057 flesch: 81 summary: Great King! He saw that the dwarf had given this feast on account of his joy at having captured the Princess, and thus caused grief to the King and Prince, and all the people; but it was also evident that he was very sly, and had not mentioned the matter to any of the company. keywords: castle; day; door; dwarf; fairy; giant; good; head; king; ling; man; music; palace; people; prince; princess; right; room; saw; slaves; time; ting; tur; way cache: 20836.txt plain text: 20836.txt item: #308 of 450 id: 20837 author: None title: 20837 date: None words: 35117 flesch: 94 summary: Peggy and the pussy-cat had a wild race, and more than one person looked back to see why Peggy Owen, with flying yellow hair, was running at such speed cross-lots, through back yards, and climbing over fences. While Peggy was busy getting Diana out of her wraps, Alice was taking off the wraps of her namesake Alice, and those of Peggy Owen Carter, for Diana had been asked to bring these two with her. keywords: alice; carter; cat; children; christopher; clara; day; diana; hens; house; jane; lady; miss; mother; mrs; new; owen; peggy; think; thought; time cache: 20837.txt plain text: 20837.txt item: #309 of 450 id: 20849 author: None title: 20849 date: None words: 35548 flesch: 82 summary: Whar mus' we go, Mas Sam? Sam did not answer. Whar's ye gwine to, Mas' Sam? asked Joe. _ keywords: boys; chapter; dat; day; drift; fire; fort; fortress; glass; good; indians; joe; judie; mas; night; people; pile; place; river; sam; savages; thought; time; tom; water; way cache: 20849.txt plain text: 20849.txt item: #310 of 450 id: 20850 author: None title: 20850 date: None words: 17737 flesch: 87 summary: _Punctuality is the politeness of princes_! When _you_ come back with the horns and tail of the Firedrake, you shall be crown prince; and Prigio shall be made an usher at the Grammar School--it is all he is fit for. keywords: alphonso; ambassador; cap; carpet; firedrake; king; lady; majesty; molinda; prigio; prince; prince prigio; queen; remora; royal; tail; thought cache: 20850.txt plain text: 20850.txt item: #311 of 450 id: 20853 author: None title: 20853 date: None words: 19714 flesch: 93 summary: Then Frithiof kissed the youthful monarch on the brow in farewell, and, turning from the assembly, he silently and slowly passed from view. Frithiof at his Father's Grave From the home of King Ring Frithiof fared to seek his father's grave in his own loved land. Great men and proud you seem, and methinks you plan great deeds. keywords: balder; beowulf; brave; father; frithiof; good; hall; helge; hrothgar; ingeborg; king; king ring; man; men; ring; sea; sword; warriors cache: 20853.txt plain text: 20853.txt item: #312 of 450 id: 20860 author: None title: 20860 date: None words: 2646 flesch: 72 summary: The British Museum Catalogue says Mrs Dorset also wrote The Three Wishes, or Think before you Speak, which is the last on the list of books in _Harris's Cabinet_. Early in the present century John Harris--one of the successors to the business of Honest John Newbery, now carried on by Messrs Griffith & Farran at the old corner of St. Paul's Churchyard--began the publication of a series of little books, which for many years were probably among the most famous of the productions of the House. keywords: ball; books; butterfly; home; little; peacock cache: 20860.txt plain text: 20860.txt item: #313 of 450 id: 20862 author: None title: 20862 date: None words: 10508 flesch: 87 summary: He sang the words twice, and then he let the handkerchief fall behind little Nell Morton, but she was watching, so she grabbed it and chased Addy Gravvy, trying to catch him before he could get round the circle into her place. On the other side were dwelling-houses, and these were filled with children--lots of them. keywords: children; common; convent; door; jerry; man; morton; mrs; paddy; peggy; story; time; wife cache: 20862.txt plain text: 20862.txt item: #314 of 450 id: 20868 author: None title: 20868 date: None words: 27703 flesch: 84 summary: With great good sense, and valuable moral teaching, much fun and amusement if wisely intermixed.--_Britannia_. She admitted, without hesitation, that mine was the superior proceeding; but she suggested, that perhaps it might be as well not to be quite so ready to attack other dogs before they had given me any offence: also that it was unnecessary to suppose that every man who came to the house _must_ have bad intentions, whether he gave me just cause for suspicion or not. keywords: 8vo; author; body; captain; cloth; craven; day; dog; edges; edition; fcap; good; history; home; house; illustrations; john; life; lily; master; price; pussy; thing; thought; time; way cache: 20868.txt plain text: 20868.txt item: #315 of 450 id: 20870 author: None title: 20870 date: None words: 45970 flesch: 95 summary: What a fine chauffeur Miss Cora is? remarked Miss Robbins to Hazel. Yes, Miss Cora must wear my English robe--the one with the silver crown. keywords: belle; bess; betty; boys; car; cora; course; girls; good; gypsy; hazel; helka; hotel; jack; lena; like; look; man; men; miss; mother; night; rand; robbins; thought; time; walter; way; woman cache: 20870.txt plain text: 20870.txt item: #316 of 450 id: 20877 author: None title: 20877 date: None words: 29848 flesch: 92 summary: By and by up came old Mr. Toad. Good morning, Danny Meadow Mouse, said old Mr. Toad, it's a fine morning. keywords: chuck; fox; frog; grandfather; green; johnny; meadow; merry; mother; peter; rabbit; reddy cache: 20877.txt plain text: 20877.txt item: #317 of 450 id: 20896 author: None title: 20896 date: None words: 11483 flesch: 78 summary: Caroline Ashcroft stood by the trellised arbour on the lawn, along with Daisy, her pet lamb, watching for the approach of the carriage which had been sent to the railway-station to meet her papa and her only brother, Herbert. She was so anxious to pull it off, that Caroline was obliged to hold her head very firm, in case she should eat it up before Herbert arrived. keywords: caroline; carry; day; good; herbert; illustration; mamma; mrs; time cache: 20896.txt plain text: 20896.txt item: #318 of 450 id: 20916 author: None title: 20916 date: None words: 115653 flesch: 69 summary: That prince knew me immediately, and testified very great joy at seeing me, 'Sinbad,' said he, 'you are welcome; I have many times thought of you since you departed; I bless the day on which we see one another once more.' In short, he took such great pleasure in their conversation, that, after having sat longer than usual, he led them into his closet, where he pursued his conversation with them, and at last said: I never supposed that there were among my subjects in the country youths so well brought up, so lively, so capable; and I never was better pleased with any conversation than yours; but it is time now we should relax our minds with some diversion; and as nothing is more capable of enlivening the mind than music, you shall hear a vocal and instrumental concert which may not be disagreeable to you. keywords: aladdin; ali; baba; black; brother; city; day; days; death; door; emperor; eyes; father; genie; god; gold; good; grand; hand; house; king; know; lamp; left; like; magician; majesty; man; mother; night; palace; people; princess; return; sea; son; sultan; thee; thou; time; vizier; way; words cache: 20916.txt plain text: 20916.txt item: #319 of 450 id: 20922 author: None title: 20922 date: None words: 43098 flesch: 92 summary: I will write a letter to Mr. Baxter, and you can take it to him. After dinner Fred started out, this time on a shorter journey, bearing a letter to Mr. Baxter, explaining matters. keywords: baxter; boys; callack; camp; cold; dogs; father; fred; going; gold; good; holfax; indians; jerry; johnson; man; sleds; snow; stanley; stults; time; treasure; way; work cache: 20922.txt plain text: 20922.txt item: #320 of 450 id: 20945 author: None title: 20945 date: None words: 54980 flesch: 92 summary: Yes, Miss Patty, replied Jane, and until her breakfast came, Patty's mind worked rapidly. A STOLEN POEM XVII PATTY'S DECISION XVIII THE HOUSE SALE XIX PATTY RUNAWAY XX BLOSSOM GIRL Patty Blossom CHAPTER I SAM BLANEY Patty, Patty, pit-a-pat, Grinning like a Chessy Cat, if you don't stop looking so everlasting cheerful, I'll throw something at you! keywords: adele; alla; bill; blaney; course; dance; dear; elise; eyes; face; fairfield; farnsworth; girl; good; home; house; little; look; love; man; mean; miss; mona; patty; people; philip; ray; reypen; right; roger; room; sam; things; think; thought; time; van; way; wedding cache: 20945.txt plain text: 20945.txt item: #321 of 450 id: 20952 author: None title: 20952 date: None words: 8868 flesch: 96 summary: The Ball An Outdoor Girl The Bedtime Story-Book Bad Luck and Good Luck Brownies A Big Playfellow Nobody Sympathy Secrets A Little April Fool Whistling in the Rain The Dutch Wish When It Rains A JOLLY BOOK How can they put in black and white What little children think at night, When lights are out and prayers are said, And little children laugh and go A-ring-a-round-a-rosy-O; And birds sing gay--you'd almost think You listened to a bobolink. keywords: baby; bed; book; day; dear; head; illustration; mother; play; things; time; way; whistle cache: 20952.txt plain text: 20952.txt item: #322 of 450 id: 20962 author: None title: 20962 date: None words: 26914 flesch: 89 summary: And he did, arriving just as the supper was being put on the table; and while Mr. Crow did not go to the door, he had no trouble at all in looking in through the shutters, for old Mr. Crow was very clever in the art of spying. So, thought old Mr. Crow, Mr. Possum is giving this supper and he is a neighbor. keywords: crow; fairies; fairy; goblin; jack; night; possum; queen; river; sallie; thought; time; white; wind cache: 20962.txt plain text: 20962.txt item: #323 of 450 id: 20963 author: None title: 20963 date: None words: 56231 flesch: 88 summary: You naughty girl, she said, to go and frighten dear little grandmother like that. They just kissed her and said, Thank you, _dear_ grandmother, and that was all. keywords: aunty; away; boy; children; day; dear; door; eyes; father; girl; good; grandmother; grandmother dear; head; home; house; jack; little; mary; molly; morning; poor; ralph; room; sawyer; sylvia; things; thought; time; way; woman cache: 20963.txt plain text: 20963.txt item: #324 of 450 id: 20984 author: None title: 20984 date: None words: 26967 flesch: 92 summary: Seeing her betters disagree, little Fly had taken her turn at pouting. She saw no harm in letting Fly hop about the pavement on one foot sucking oranges, till she herself felt chilled by the keen wind; then she drew the little girl into the house, and shut the door against the snow-storm, saying,-- Why, how happened you out here, little Miss Fly? She sawed me the whole time; she ought to sended me in, thought Fly, dancing up and down to shake off the snow. keywords: auntie; children; dear; dimple; doctor; dotty; eyes; fixfax; fly; folks; good; home; horace; house; hubbard; lady; look; miss; mother; mrs; pragoff; prudy; room; tell; thought cache: 20984.txt plain text: 20984.txt item: #325 of 450 id: 20985 author: None title: 20985 date: None words: 68800 flesch: 85 summary: Food was found, also some bottles of liquor, which latter Paul took great pleasure in immediately smashing. In the preceding volume, The Banner Boy Scouts; or, The Struggle for Leadership, I endeavored to interest my readers in an account of the numerous trials and adventures that befell Paul and his chums when forming the first Red Fox Patrol. keywords: away; bobolink; boys; camp; chapter; chum; close; course; day; door; fellows; find; fire; good; gordon; half; hand; head; hold; jack; joe; jud; leader; look; man; mountain; night; patrol; paul; scouts; stanhope; ted; tent; things; thought; time; troop; wallace; want; water; way; william cache: 20985.txt plain text: 20985.txt item: #326 of 450 id: 20986 author: None title: 20986 date: None words: 43568 flesch: 87 summary: Tom Makes a Discovery 116 XVII. It's me--Tom Slade, Tom panted. keywords: archer; bent; boy; camp; day; deck; ellsworth; good; hand; head; home; kind; look; man; mind; place; right; roscoe; roy; scout; ship; slade; soldier; temple; thing; thought; tick; time; tom; tom slade; trail; way; young cache: 20986.txt plain text: 20986.txt item: #327 of 450 id: 20991 author: None title: 20991 date: None words: 103419 flesch: 85 summary: Where's old Dick? said he to Coote; did you see him at breakfast? Yes; he was at the other table. Yes; Dick Richardson must be looked to. keywords: aspinall; boat; boy; boys; captain; cheers; club; coote; course; cresswell; culver; day; den; dick; door; evening; eyes; face; fellows; firm; freckleton; friend; georgie; good; gosse; half; hand; head; heathcote; heroes; hour; left; look; man; mansfield; mind; moment; morning; pledge; richardson; right; round; saw; school; templeton; term; thing; thought; time; tom; want; way; webster; white; yes cache: 20991.txt plain text: 20991.txt item: #328 of 450 id: 20992 author: None title: 20992 date: None words: 93817 flesch: 86 summary: Good old Tempest! Have you any more questions, Mr Tempest? Yes, please, sir. keywords: boy; boys; brown; chap; come; crofter; day; dicky; doctor; dux; fellow; good; half; hand; head; heath; house; jarman; jones; langrish; left; look; low; master; mind; miss; mother; philosophers; place; pridgin; redwood; right; round; sarah; school; sharpe; sir; sorry; tempest; term; thing; thought; till; time; trimble; want; way; yes; young cache: 20992.txt plain text: 20992.txt item: #329 of 450 id: 20993 author: None title: 20993 date: None words: 121783 flesch: 88 summary: Said he anything, before he died? Indeed, 'twas for this reason I think my master sent me off here on this business to get him more men. keywords: arm; bade; boat; boy; captain; company; comrade; day; enemy; english; eyes; face; father; fellow; friend; good; half; hand; head; heart; heaven; help; hour; house; humphrey; jeannette; left; london; look; ludar; maiden; man; master; men; mistress; moment; news; night; peter; place; queen; round; sea; set; ship; sir; sword; thee; thought; time; tis; twas; water; way; wind; work cache: 20993.txt plain text: 20993.txt item: #330 of 450 id: 20994 author: None title: 20994 date: None words: 108026 flesch: 85 summary: There was little time to observe anything in the bustle of our putting out from Yarmouth. As soon as the order for a rush was given, I called on a few of my comrades--among them one or two of the _Kestrel_ men--to follow me and make the attempt. keywords: away; barry; biddy; boat; boy; business; captain; day; door; end; eyes; face; father; french; gallagher; good; gorman; guns; half; hand; head; help; honour; hour; house; ireland; kilgorman; kit; knockowen; lady; lay; life; like; look; man; martin; men; miss; moment; morning; mother; night; paris; place; poor; road; round; sea; set; ship; sure; tell; thought; tim; time; water; way; wind cache: 20994.txt plain text: 20994.txt item: #331 of 450 id: 20995 author: None title: 20995 date: None words: 41424 flesch: 91 summary: How do you feel, Leon? inquired Jacques from the driver's seat. Yes, sir, exclaimed Jacques, who spoke English with only the slightest suspicion of an accent, there will certainly be some real fighting soon. keywords: armande; boys; dubois; earl; fire; france; french; german; good; guns; hand; jacques; leon; line; machine; men; moment; right; soldiers; spot; think; time; trenches; way cache: 20995.txt plain text: 20995.txt item: #332 of 450 id: 20997 author: None title: 20997 date: None words: 19638 flesch: 83 summary: Little August saw all these things, as he saw everything with his two big bright eyes that had such curious lights and shadows in them; but he went heedfully on his way for the sake of the beer which a single slip of the foot would make him spill. So the stove had got to be called Hirschvogel in the family, as if it were a living creature, and little August was very proud because he had been named after that famous old dead German who had had the genius to make so glorious a thing. keywords: august; boy; children; cold; door; dorothea; father; hirschvogel; home; house; king; man; men; night; nürnberg; snow; stove; strehla; thing; thought; time; voice; work cache: 20997.txt plain text: 20997.txt item: #333 of 450 id: 21004 author: None title: 21004 date: None words: 20353 flesch: 93 summary: [Illustration: The Stone that Had no Thought] THE STONE THAT HAD NO THOUGHT Once, said the Singing Mouse, while many men hurried into the city, as, each day, they do, they saw many other men standing about a place where a large building was growing. True, after you have gone, after the fire has burned down and the room is all still--usually near midnight, as I sit and muse alone over the dead or dying fire--true, then the Singing Mouse comes out and asks for its bit of bread; and then it folds its tiny paws and sits up, and turning its bright red eye upon me, half in power and half in beseeching, as of some fading memory of the past--why, it sings, I say to you; it sings! keywords: day; fire; illustration; man; men; mountains; mouse; night; oak; shadows; singing; singing mouse; things; thought; time; trees; white cache: 21004.txt plain text: 21004.txt item: #334 of 450 id: 21008 author: None title: 21008 date: None words: 83841 flesch: 85 summary: And Colin heard the other reply, with a note of pride in his voice: That's Colin Dare. Colin's glance followed the direction, and almost immediately he saw the faint cloud of vapor which showed that a whale had just spouted. keywords: agent; big; boat; boatman; boy; bureau; captain; catch; chance; colin; commissioner; course; day; end; father; feet; find; fish; fisheries; food; fur; good; half; hank; head; illustration; land; let; life; line; look; man; men; minute; new; place; professor; reply; right; river; rookery; salmon; sea; seal; sir; thing; thought; time; tuna; water; way; whale; work; world; year cache: 21008.txt plain text: 21008.txt item: #335 of 450 id: 21014 author: None title: 21014 date: None words: 22968 flesch: 84 summary: In a hall of this castle a party of children met once on Twelfth-night to play at Christmas games and dance with little Hulda, the only child of the lord and lady. If you wish for both perhaps you will get neither, said little Hulda. keywords: bird; day; fairy; gold; good; hand; hulda; kitty; lark; man; mother; pedlar; prince; saw; thought; time; wand; wife; wish cache: 21014.txt plain text: 21014.txt item: #336 of 450 id: 21015 author: None title: 21015 date: None words: 16528 flesch: 95 summary: Sammy Jay Does Some Guessing 33 VIII Jimmy Skunk Looks for Peter 39 IX Jimmy Visits Johnny Chuck's Old House 44 X Peter Rabbit is Most Uncomfortable 50 XI Jimmy Skunk Keeps His Word 55 XII Jimmy Skunk and Unc' Billy Possum Meet 61 XIII Jimmy Skunk Explains 66 XIV A Little Something About Eggs 70 It had been a great relief to Peter when he had seen Jimmy Skunk get to his feet, and he knew that Jimmy hadn't been hurt in that wild ride. keywords: billy; brown; jimmy; jimmy skunk; peter; reddy; skunk; unc cache: 21015.txt plain text: 21015.txt item: #337 of 450 id: 21034 author: None title: 21034 date: None words: 55092 flesch: 92 summary: 'I should think you Corner House girls could afford to hire somebody to run your errands, if you've got all the money they say you have,' says Trix Severn--just like that! The quartette of Corner House girls were not the only young folk anxious about entering the Milton schools for the forthcoming year. keywords: aggie; agnes; aunt; billy; boy; boys; bumps; circus; corner; corner house; dat; day; dot; eyes; girls; goat; good; hair; head; house; house girls; kenway; little; maccall; man; miss; money; mrs; murphy; neale; neale o'neil; o'neil; pig; right; room; rufus; ruth; sarah; school; snow; sorber; street; tess; thought; time; trix; uncle; way cache: 21034.txt plain text: 21034.txt item: #338 of 450 id: 21035 author: None title: 21035 date: None words: 76878 flesch: 85 summary: Here, young un, tell Tom Drift Charlie can't come. But there's no knowing where it is now; poor Tom Drift must have parted with it years ago. keywords: boy; charlie; course; day; door; drift; eyes; face; father; fellow; friend; george; good; gus; half; halliday; hand; head; heart; help; jim; let; life; like; look; man; master; mind; moment; newcome; night; place; pocket; poor; randlebury; reader; round; tell; thought; time; tom; tom drift; voice; want; watch; way; work cache: 21035.txt plain text: 21035.txt item: #339 of 450 id: 21036 author: None title: 21036 date: None words: 136091 flesch: 88 summary: Know him--old Jack Smith? Oh, my eye, that's a good 'un; you at school with old Jack Smith! keywords: barnacle; batchelor; billy; boy; course; crow; door; doubleday; evening; face; fellow; flanagan; friend; good; half; hand; hawkesbury; henniker; home; house; jack; jack smith; left; letter; little; look; man; merrett; mind; moment; morning; mr smith; mrs; nash; night; office; place; room; round; smith; street; thing; thought; time; uncle; wallop; way; week; work; young cache: 21036.txt plain text: 21036.txt item: #340 of 450 id: 21037 author: None title: 21037 date: None words: 91143 flesch: 87 summary: If young Fisher minor hadn't been born, he wouldn't have had a governor and a mater, and if he hadn't had a governor and a mater, no more would Fisher major. Good old Rollitt! Wally did not stay to explain how Rollitt could have got in any more than any one else. keywords: ashby; boys; brinkman; brother; captain; chaps; clapperton; classic; clubs; corder; course; d'arcy; dangle; day; door; end; fellows; fellsgarth; fisher; fisher minor; good; half; hand; head; house; juniors; left; look; major; master; mind; minor; money; percy; play; ranger; right; rollitt; room; round; school; shop; stratton; thing; time; wally; way; yorke; young cache: 21037.txt plain text: 21037.txt item: #341 of 450 id: 21038 author: None title: 21038 date: None words: 99155 flesch: 84 summary: Mrs Jessop, said he, Mr Jeffreys is going on a journey. Very well, Mr -- Jeffreys, ma'am. Mr Jeffreys, we'll try how we get on for a month; and after that I can offer you a pound a month besides your board. keywords: atherton; bolsover; boy; boys; course; day; dog; door; face; father; fellow; forrester; frampton; good; half; halgrove; hand; head; hear; home; hope; hour; house; jeffreys; jonah; julius; left; letter; life; little; look; man; master; mind; moment; mother; mr jeffreys; mr rimbolt; mrs; night; percy; place; poor; raby; rimbolt; room; scarfe; school; sir; time; trimble; way; work cache: 21038.txt plain text: 21038.txt item: #342 of 450 id: 21039 author: None title: 21039 date: None words: 75885 flesch: 87 summary: At other times we would sally forth, and out of sheer mischief organise a riot in the town, and end the night with broken heads, and now and then in the lock-up. Oh! you wicked young man! Address the judge, please, said Henry the Eighth. keywords: bay; boys; brother; castle; chapter; day; door; end; eyes; face; feet; fellow; giants; good; half; hand; harry; head; henry; home; horse; hour; joe; king; know; lady; left; life; look; magnus; man; master; men; mind; moment; morning; night; place; remus; room; round; sigurd; singleton; sir; story; sub; tell; thing; thought; time; train; voice; way; wind; word; young cache: 21039.txt plain text: 21039.txt item: #343 of 450 id: 21042 author: None title: 21042 date: None words: 92011 flesch: 85 summary: Or was it the complacent man with the expansive presence and leonine head, who smoked a big cigar and was exchanging a few effusive farewells with a small group of fellow- voyagers? Roger accosted one of the stewards-- Will you please tell Captain Oliphant that Mr Roger Ingleton is on board, with Mr Armstrong, and would like to see him? Mr Armstrong was inclined to compliment Raffles on his Latin, but on second thoughts (the tutor's second thoughts murdered a great number of his good sayings) keywords: boy; brandram; brother; business; captain; day; dear; doctor; door; eye; eyes; face; father; fellow; friend; gentleman; glass; good; half; hand; head; help; home; hope; ingleton; jill; letter; london; look; maxfield; mind; miss; moment; mr armstrong; mr ratman; mrs; oliphant; place; poor; ratman; right; roger; roger ingleton; room; rosalind; sir; till; time; tom; tutor; way; years cache: 21042.txt plain text: 21042.txt item: #344 of 450 id: 21043 author: None title: 21043 date: None words: 94034 flesch: 83 summary: You've printed it Cruden Reginald, it should be Reginald Cruden. I shall have to play the piano now, Mr Reginald, said Miss Jemima, making a last effort to get a word out of her silent companion. keywords: blandford; booms; boy; boys; business; case; come; course; cruden; day; door; durfy; evening; face; fellow; gedge; gentleman; good; half; hand; home; horace; letter; look; love; man; medlock; mind; moment; morning; mother; mr cruden; mr durfy; mr reginald; mrs; new; night; office; place; poor; reginald; room; round; sort; street; till; time; want; waterford; way; work cache: 21043.txt plain text: 21043.txt item: #345 of 450 id: 21044 author: None title: 21044 date: None words: 128512 flesch: 84 summary: Of course, it was an experiment making Riddell captain, particularly as he is not generally popular. I'm the captain's fag, you know--old Riddell. keywords: bloomfield; boat; bosher; boy; boys; captain; come; course; cusack; day; doctor; door; evening; fairbairn; fellows; game; gilks; good; half; head; king; little; look; man; mean; mind; moment; morning; parrett; parson; pilbury; race; riddell; right; round; row; school; schoolhouse; silk; sir; study; suppose; telson; thing; thought; time; way; willoughby; wyndham; young cache: 21044.txt plain text: 21044.txt item: #346 of 450 id: 21048 author: None title: 21048 date: None words: 51312 flesch: 85 summary: Here's some fresh gingerbread, Miss Patty. 'Beg pardon, Miss Patty,' she said. keywords: bed; case; christmas; class; conny; day; door; dowager; end; evalina; eyes; face; father; girls; good; hair; half; hand; harriet; head; hour; irene; kid; left; lord; mae; man; matter; mccoy; mertelle; miss; moment; morning; new; night; open; patty; priscilla; room; rosalie; sallie; school; study; thing; time; ursula; way cache: 21048.txt plain text: 21048.txt item: #347 of 450 id: 21049 author: None title: 21049 date: None words: 49093 flesch: 96 summary: Teddy Martin jumped up so suddenly from the bank of the brook, where he was loading his ship with what he called swords, guns and gunpowder, that he tipped the vessel over and the whole cargo was spilled into the water. A moment later Teddy Martin came pushing his way through the crowd now in the bakery. CHAPTER XI TOP ACTS STRANGELY Mr. Martin, the father of the Curlytops, Mr. Capper, the baker, and the crowd of persons in the shop looked at Teddy and his friend, Jimmy Norton, as the two boys hurried into the place. keywords: circus; curlytops; dog; dogs; house; jack; janet; little; man; martin; monkey; mother; mrs; pets; skyrocket; teddy; tip; toby; tricks; trouble; uncle cache: 21049.txt plain text: 21049.txt item: #348 of 450 id: 21050 author: None title: 21050 date: None words: 101692 flesch: 83 summary: By chance the hero, Mr Railsford, finds out who did it, but under circumstances which make it impossible for him to tell anyone. I am Mr Railsford, the new master, said he presently, overtaking Mrs Hastings, as she hobbled back in dudgeon to her work; which are my rooms? keywords: ainger; arthur; barnworth; baronet; bickers; boys; captain; course; day; dig; doctor; door; end; evening; face; felgate; fellows; friend; going; good; grandcourt; half; head; hear; herapath; house; know; letter; look; man; marky; master; mind; morning; mr bickers; mr railsford; place; present; question; railsford; right; room; round; school; shell; sir; smedley; stafford; study; tell; term; thing; thought; time; way; work cache: 21050.txt plain text: 21050.txt item: #349 of 450 id: 21052 author: None title: 21052 date: None words: 39921 flesch: 90 summary: Mart noted that old Jerry had a very strong chin and a tight-lipped mouth, for all his gentle appearance, and his hands were very gnarled and knotted. And when Mart saw the features of old Jerry, he did not wonder that Birch paused, for the quartermaster's face was absolutely livid with mingled fear and anger, while his blue eyes shone out clear and baleful. keywords: air; birch; bob; boys; captain; eyes; face; fish; hollinger; holly; jerry; kanakas; lads; little; look; man; mart; men; pirate; quartermaster; right; shark; sir; smith; swanson; time; water; wreck cache: 21052.txt plain text: 21052.txt item: #350 of 450 id: 21057 author: None title: 21057 date: None words: 107334 flesch: 56 summary: No sooner was the _Flying Fish_ fairly settled on the ice than Mildmay, who knew exactly what ought to be done, descended to the lower recesses of the ship, and, opening the trap-door in her bottom, made his way out on the ice, dragging with him a ladder which was always kept in the diving-room. Their enthusiasm became almost painful in its intensity; and as the _Flying Fish_ rushed at headlong speed through the rippling waters, tossing the wavelets aside in a great outward-curling fringe of sparkling foam, and as the minutes lagged slowly away, the eyes of the quartette in the pilot-house were strained with ever-increasing intensity in their vain efforts to pierce the mysteries of the horizon ahead. keywords: air; appearance; baronet; board; colonel; companions; course; day; deck; direction; distance; door; engines; eyes; fact; feet; fish; flying; forward; good; half; hand; head; horizon; hour; house; ice; king; left; length; light; look; m'bongwele; making; man; means; mildmay; miles; minutes; moment; morning; object; open; party; pilot; place; point; position; power; professor; reginald; round; schalckenberg; sea; ship; sir; speed; spot; sun; surface; time; travellers; von; water; way; work cache: 21057.txt plain text: 21057.txt item: #351 of 450 id: 21058 author: None title: 21058 date: None words: 76878 flesch: 64 summary: The Chinese seaman is, as a rule, drawn from the lowest stratum of his people, and among such men the moral sense, if not absolutely lacking, is very nearly so. In a word, the Chinese seaman is by instinct a pirate, and a cruel, bloodthirsty one at that; hence my feeling of disappointment at the sight of that junk; for how could I hope that our treasure would remain inviolate if placed in the power of such men as I have endeavoured to describe? keywords: apes; barber; beach; billy; boat; course; day; deck; feet; fire; good; group; half; hand; head; house; island; length; life; look; man; men; miles; moment; natives; night; place; reef; round; sea; set; ship; spot; svorenssen; thing; time; treasure; trees; water; way; wind; work; wreck cache: 21058.txt plain text: 21058.txt item: #352 of 450 id: 21059 author: None title: 21059 date: None words: 85590 flesch: 58 summary: Such was the vessel in which young Dick Maitland was to make his first, and, as he hoped, his only, essay as a seaman before the mast, and after the slight sketch which has been given of her and her skipper, it will be readily seen that he could scarcely have hit upon a craft where he would be likely to have more hard work, or better opportunities for the acquirement of a large measure of seafaring knowledge in a very short time. Meanwhile Dick, concentrating his thoughts upon Sekosini, mentally commanded him at once to present himself before the king in the Great Place. keywords: case; chiefs; country; course; day; days; dick; dick maitland; doctor; eyes; fact; feet; friend; good; grosvenor; half; hand; head; humphreys; king; length; life; lobelalatutu; look; mafuta; maitland; makolo; man; matter; means; moment; morning; order; oxen; party; patient; people; place; present; queen; right; round; sekosini; ship; sort; thing; time; village; voice; wagon; water; way; white; work; young cache: 21059.txt plain text: 21059.txt item: #353 of 450 id: 21060 author: None title: 21060 date: None words: 103340 flesch: 66 summary: For instance, he once or twice used the word the, uttering it as plainly as I could; and at other times I noticed that he called it ze or dee. But we will take care to have the boats in the creek in good time. keywords: austin; black; board; boat; brig; captain; course; craft; creek; crew; daphne; day; deck; distance; don; eyes; fact; feet; fellow; good; half; hand; hawkesley; head; hour; length; lieutenant; look; man; manuel; miles; minutes; moment; mr smellie; night; old; point; poor; river; round; sail; schooner; second; set; ship; sir; skipper; smellie; thought; time; tree; vernon; water; way; work cache: 21060.txt plain text: 21060.txt item: #354 of 450 id: 21061 author: None title: 21061 date: None words: 85872 flesch: 67 summary: As for a crew, I cannot _order_ men to go on such an expedition as you contemplate, but I believe that if you call for volunteers you will get your complement. It was unanimously decided to pursue, so as to prevent them from doing any further damage; and Riveros therefore divided his squadron into two parts, consisting of the _Almirante Cochrane_ and _Blanco Encalada_ keywords: admiral; blanco; board; boat; captain; chilian; close; course; crew; day; deck; douglas; encalada; escape; fire; fleet; good; guns; half; huascar; jim; jim douglas; launch; left; look; man; men; minutes; moment; morning; night; peruvian; place; prisoners; round; second; senor; ship; speed; terry; thought; time; torpedo; union; water; way; work; young cache: 21061.txt plain text: 21061.txt item: #355 of 450 id: 21062 author: None title: 21062 date: None words: 104389 flesch: 58 summary: I must not forget to thank George Saint Leger for his share in it. Then, and not until then, the tall, strapping young fellow upon the poop--familiarly referred to by Captain Burroughs as Garge, and henceforth to be known to us as George Saint Leger and the hero of the moving story which the writer proposes to set forth in the following pages--descended to the main deck, uttered a word or two of greeting and caution to the two sturdy ship-keepers who had already come on board to take care of ship and cargo during the absence of the crew, and with quick, springy step, strode to the gang-plank, and so to the wharf, whither the captain, in Mr Marshall's company, had preceded him. keywords: alcalde; attack; boat; brother; captain; city; close; course; crew; day; deck; don; dyer; english; englishmen; excellency; galley; george; george saint; good; governor; half; hands; harbour; head; hour; juan; leger; length; little; look; man; matter; men; minutes; moment; night; nombre; nonsuch; order; panama; party; place; rest; return; saint; san; sea; senor; ship; shore; spaniards; spanish; think; time; town; treasure; water; way; wind; young cache: 21062.txt plain text: 21062.txt item: #356 of 450 id: 21063 author: None title: 21063 date: None words: 108894 flesch: 65 summary: The accidents--if I may call them so--of the sea are countless; we shall, by and by, be constantly hovering in the regular track of other ships, and that, in spite of all their vigilance, may afford us an opportunity to make our situation known. Why, Josh, bo! you don't mean to say as how you'd go piratin' if so be as this here pretty little ship was yourn, do you? asked Tim Parsons, a great burly, bushy-whiskered seaman, who was seated on a sea-chest on the opposite side of the forecastle. keywords: blyth; board; boat; captain; captain blyth; cloud; course; day; deck; feet; fellow; flying; gaunt; good; half; hands; henderson; hour; island; length; like; little; look; man; manners; matter; means; men; moment; morning; ned; nicholls; night; party; place; poor; raft; round; sail; saw; sea; set; ship; sibylla; sir; skipper; thought; time; watch; water; way; weather; williams; wind; work cache: 21063.txt plain text: 21063.txt item: #357 of 450 id: 21064 author: None title: 21064 date: None words: 105920 flesch: 67 summary: And as the man duly passed the word, I turned to Keene and said: Now, then, young man, hurry up and get your kit ready as fast as you please. What is your name, young man? was the next question, for as yet he had only read the dispatch, leaving the covering letter and other documents for perusal at his leisure. keywords: boat; breeze; brig; cabin; canvas; captain; carter; close; course; craft; crew; day; deck; fact; fellow; general; good; grenvile; half; hand; head; hour; left; length; little; longboat; look; lotta; man; men; minutes; moment; night; order; place; port; quarter; ricardo; round; sail; schooner; sea; ship; simpson; sir; skipper; time; watch; water; way; wind; work cache: 21064.txt plain text: 21064.txt item: #358 of 450 id: 21065 author: None title: 21065 date: None words: 104155 flesch: 63 summary: Man, man! When we knocked off work at noon, to go to dinner, our work was completed; and as Mr White had taken care to secure our letters-of- marque in good time, it was determined that the _Dolphin_ should proceed to sea that same evening, the crew having already signed articles, and been warned to hold themselves in readiness for a start at a moment's notice. keywords: board; boat; breeze; canvas; captain; close; course; craft; crew; day; deck; dolphin; fellow; fire; fore; french; frigate; good; gun; guns; half; hands; harbour; hour; length; look; lugger; man; matter; men; miles; minutes; moment; night; quarter; renouf; round; sail; schooner; sea; ship; shot; sir; skipper; time; vessel; water; way; weather; wind; windward; work cache: 21065.txt plain text: 21065.txt item: #359 of 450 id: 21066 author: None title: 21066 date: None words: 92537 flesch: 57 summary: Harry Escombe A Tale of Adventure in Peru By Harry Collingwood ________________________________________________________________________ Harry Escombe is a young apprentice in a civil engineer's office. But before he could arrive at a decision on this point he was in the presence of Mr Richards, and a single glance at the chief draughtsman's face--now that it could be seen clearly and unveiled by a pall of smoke--sufficed to assure Harry Escombe that in this case at least he had nothing in the nature of censure to fear. keywords: arima; body; building; butler; camp; chief; city; country; course; day; end; escombe; eyes; fact; feet; find; gold; good; half; hand; harry; head; hour; house; huanacocha; inca; indian; lake; left; length; life; lord; man; manco; matter; minutes; moment; morning; night; palace; party; people; return; room; sun; survey; tiahuana; time; umu; valley; water; way; work; xaxaguana cache: 21066.txt plain text: 21066.txt item: #360 of 450 id: 21068 author: None title: 21068 date: None words: 144180 flesch: 66 summary: Turning round, he faced me just in good time to catch on my features the expression of sickening disgust with which I had viewed his actions. Don't try to recall the circumstances just now; your brain is still too weak to be much exercised; it will all come back in good time, never fear. keywords: admiral; annesley; board; boat; breeze; cabin; canvas; captain; chester; close; count; course; craft; crew; day; deck; distance; door; end; evening; eyes; face; feet; fire; fore; french; frigate; general; good; guns; half; hands; having; head; hood; hour; juno; lay; left; length; little; look; man; minutes; moment; morning; night; officers; order; party; place; point; poor; port; quarter; room; round; run; sail; sea; set; ship; shore; shot; sir; skipper; thought; time; water; way; weather; wind; work cache: 21068.txt plain text: 21068.txt item: #361 of 450 id: 21069 author: None title: 21069 date: None words: 105656 flesch: 67 summary: You shall know all, dear sir, in good time, I answered. A dark object of triangular shape appeared, moving in narrow circles round the spot where poor Bob was floating, disappearing at frequent intervals, and then the splashing became more frantically vigorous than ever. keywords: beach; board; boat; bob; breeze; brig; canvas; clear; close; course; craft; cutter; day; deck; ella; end; father; feet; good; half; hand; harry; having; head; hour; island; know; left; length; lily; look; man; moment; morning; night; point; poor; round; run; sail; sea; set; ship; small; thought; time; vessel; water; way; weather; wind; work cache: 21069.txt plain text: 21069.txt item: #362 of 450 id: 21070 author: None title: 21070 date: None words: 102915 flesch: 59 summary: For, from your account of him, I judge the skipper of the _Virginia_ to be an exceptionally vindictive individual, with a very strong animus against us `Britishers,' as he calls us, and such men are apt to be dangerous when provoked, as he will pretty certainly be when he discovers that you are following and watching him. The next day, accordingly, the party crossed to the mainland to complete the preparation of the ambuscade, returning, in good time for dinner, with the report that all was now done, and that the spot was ready for occupation at a moment's notice. keywords: ama; boat; cabin; captain; course; craft; crew; cut; day; deck; distance; eyes; fact; feet; fire; fortescue; good; half; hand; head; hour; king; left; length; little; look; man; mate; matter; miles; minutes; moment; monsieur; morning; night; order; party; perry; place; purchase; rest; river; round; sea; set; ship; sir; skipper; slave; spot; time; watch; water; way; wind; work cache: 21070.txt plain text: 21070.txt item: #363 of 450 id: 21071 author: None title: 21071 date: None words: 124133 flesch: 61 summary: The crew of that ship, or _this_ ship--it is all the same in the present case--take us to be, not two unfortunate fugitive British midshipmen yearning to return to their duty, but two officers of the Spanish navy told off by that no doubt most respectable old gentleman--whose acquaintance I regret I have not yet had the honour of making--the captain-general, to execute a certain duty which we may perhaps make a rough guess at, but as to the precise nature of which we are at present without any definite information. Such conduct struck me as being not only barbarously tyrannical, but also in the highest degree impolitic; for what could any man of sense expect but that, by persistence in it, he would make good men bad, and bad men worse. keywords: board; boat; breeze; cabin; canvas; captain; carera; channel; clear; close; course; courtenay; craft; crew; day; deck; don; fact; father; feet; felucca; fire; frigate; good; half; hands; head; hour; land; length; look; man; matter; means; men; miles; minutes; moment; morning; mother; night; officers; place; point; port; quarter; round; run; sail; saw; schooner; sea; set; ship; sir; skipper; thought; time; vessel; water; way; wind; work cache: 21071.txt plain text: 21071.txt item: #364 of 450 id: 21072 author: None title: 21072 date: None words: 116016 flesch: 68 summary: The passengers moved forward as requested, Lance taking Blanche's hand upon his arm and giving it a little reassuring squeeze as he did so. He accordingly went out to them and, with an earnestness quite foreign to his usual manner, thanked them warmly yet courteously for their valuable assistance (Lance _never_ forgot that he was a gentleman, and was therefore uniformly courteous to everybody), and then dismissed them, adding at the last moment a word or two of reminder to Dickinson as to his promise for the following Sunday, which he emphasised with a hearty shake of the hand. keywords: bill; blanche; board; boat; bob; bowles; brig; captain; captain staunton; course; craft; crew; dale; day; deck; dickinson; evelin; eyes; face; gold; good; half; hand; head; hour; johnson; ladies; lance; launch; length; light; look; man; mate; men; minutes; moment; order; party; place; poor; ralli; rest; round; schooner; sea; set; ship; sir; skipper; staunton; think; thought; time; watch; water; way; wind; word; work cache: 21072.txt plain text: 21072.txt item: #365 of 450 id: 21073 author: None title: 21073 date: None words: 86282 flesch: 61 summary: And as the wailing sounds arose and grew in volume, sudden stirrings in the stagnant air became apparent, first in the form of exaggerated cats'- paws, that smote savagely upon the glassy surface of the water, scourging it into a sudden flurry of foam, and then dying away again, and then in sudden gusts that swept screaming past the felucca hither and thither, sometimes high enough aloft to leave the water undisturbed, at other times striking it and, as it were, rebounding from the surface, leaving in its path streaks and patches of ruffled water that had scarcely time to subside ere another gust went howling past, to leave them more disturbed than before. Terns_ volunteered, these again inducing other men of their acquaintance to come forward and join; so that by the time that the finishing touches were being put to the _Diane_, I had fifty-two first-rate men waiting to go aboard as soon as the ship should be ready to receive them. keywords: aboard; boat; brigantine; canvas; captain; close; course; courtenay; craft; crew; day; deck; dominguez; end; fellow; felucca; fire; good; guns; half; hands; head; hour; length; lindsay; look; man; miles; minutes; moment; morillo; night; port; quarter; round; sail; schooner; sea; ship; shot; sir; sky; starboard; stern; time; watch; water; way; weather; wind; work cache: 21073.txt plain text: 21073.txt item: #366 of 450 id: 21074 author: None title: 21074 date: None words: 43416 flesch: 79 summary: Once more Max talked it all over with them. And seeing Max close Shack even ventured to speak decently to him, something he would never have dreamed of doing had the conditions been other than they were. keywords: bandy; bessie; boat; boys; bridge; camp; carson; chums; coming; flood; girls; good; hand; house; know; legs; look; max; right; river; roof; shack; shore; steve; things; time; toby; water; way cache: 21074.txt plain text: 21074.txt item: #367 of 450 id: 21075 author: None title: 21075 date: None words: 105317 flesch: 57 summary: I am Jack--Jack Singleton; that is the yacht over yonder, disguised as a gunboat; and I have come to take you all away out of this wretched ship, and restore you to your home. And with that somewhat meagre promise Master Jack was obliged to rest content. keywords: alvaros; board; boat; carlos; course; craft; cuba; day; deck; don; don hermoso; fact; family; friend; general; good; government; half; hand; harbour; havana; having; hermoso; hour; house; island; jack; know; left; length; little; man; matter; means; milsom; moment; montijo; morning; night; officer; order; party; place; point; result; room; round; senor; ship; singleton; spaniards; spanish; thetis; time; vessel; water; way; word; work; yacht cache: 21075.txt plain text: 21075.txt item: #368 of 450 id: 21078 author: None title: 21078 date: None words: 14917 flesch: 96 summary: Now, the reason why Mr. and Mrs. Wren liked their house and the reason why Miss Kitty Cat didn't were one and the same: Miss Kitty couldn't get inside it. V SPOTS AND SPECKLES WHEN she first met Miss Kitty Cat face to face Henrietta Hen exclaimed, What a pity! Miss Kitty Cat hadn't intended to speak to Henrietta Hen at all. keywords: green; kitty; kitty cat; miss; miss kitty; moses; mouse; mrs; spot; tale; time; wren cache: 21078.txt plain text: 21078.txt item: #369 of 450 id: 21086 author: None title: 21086 date: None words: 39601 flesch: 66 summary: However, it was a godsend any way; and it gave us so much additional strength and courage, combined with the effects of the yams we had already eaten and the plentiful supply of good water, that it was unanimously resolved, after having a thorough rest that day by the side of the river, to resume our march to Majunga the next morning at daybreak and to keep on till we got there. Fortunately for them, as it gave them more time to prepare, the breeze had quite died away, and a dead calm had fallen on the surface of the deep, while yet the schooner had scarcely decreased her distance, and they had been making their preparations for the fight. keywords: board; boat; boatswain; captain; coast; course; crew; day; dhow; dolphin; good; hands; jem; look; magellan; man; men; moment; old; pinnace; right; river; sea; set; ship; sir; sun; thought; time; trees; vessel; water; way; wind cache: 21086.txt plain text: 21086.txt item: #370 of 450 id: 21089 author: None title: 21089 date: None words: 85686 flesch: 66 summary: as father used to exclaim sometimes when he was excited, you should have only heard the cheer that greeted us when the cutter got back to the brig, which had now dropped her anchor; the boys and older hands also, who were just on their way down from aloft after furling the sails, manning the rigging, and giving out a wild and hearty `Hooray' that might have been heard in the dockyard. I BECOME AN UNCLOTHED BOY! Look sharp, my lads! sang out after us the master-at-arms, or Jaunty as he is always called on board ship. keywords: arms; away; aye; begorrah; bit; board; boat; bowling; boys; captain; chap; commodore; course; cutter; day; deck; end; face; faith; father; fur; good; gyp; half; hand; hankey; head; home; jenny; larrikins; left; lieutenant; little; look; looking; lot; making; man; master; men; mick; moment; morning; mother; number; officer; old; place; port; right; round; saint; saw; sea; second; ship; sir; sort; tell; thought; time; tom; turn; vincent; watch; water; way; wind; yer cache: 21089.txt plain text: 21089.txt item: #371 of 450 id: 21092 author: None title: 21092 date: None words: 54094 flesch: 87 summary: At last the light stopped moving and Tom knew Strong had reached the bottom. But whatever the private feelings of the criminals, Coxine had roused them to fever pitch and the boys could hear them racing through the _Avenger_, preparing to fight the squadrons of Solar Guard ships bearing down on them. keywords: academy; air; asteroid; astro; attention; belt; blast; cadets; captain; control; coxine; deck; eyes; guard; hawks; jet; lock; man; men; pirate; polaris; power; radar; right; rocket; roger; scanner; ship; simms; sir; solar; space; strong; time; tom; voice; wallace cache: 21092.txt plain text: 21092.txt item: #372 of 450 id: 21097 author: None title: 21097 date: None words: 28098 flesch: 66 summary: The Piccadilly Inimitables arrived early in the morning, having stopped overnight at Brighton, where they had scored their last victory over the Sussex eleven, and which place was not so remote from Little Peddlington as you might suppose, consequently we were able to commence the match in good time, and as our club won the toss for first innings we buckled to at once for the fray, sending in John Hardy, who had the reputation with us of being a sticker, and the grumbling Charley Bates, to the wickets punctually at eleven o'clock. Black had better go in as first man along with you, Hardy, and see what he can do, our captain said. keywords: admiral; black; board; brig; captain; chief; course; dad; day; deck; fellow; good; head; ice; jim; jocko; look; man; moment; right; round; sea; ship; sir; tell; thought; time; tom; way; wind cache: 21097.txt plain text: 21097.txt item: #373 of 450 id: 21099 author: None title: 21099 date: None words: 89258 flesch: 81 summary: Peggy Peggy, I do love you for thinking of it, and giving me such a pleasure. Peggy Saville! keywords: air; arthur; asplin; darcy; day; dear; esther; eunice; eyes; face; fashion; father; girl; good; hand; head; heart; hector; help; home; house; lady; life; look; love; man; mellicent; mind; miss; moment; mother; mrs; peggy; peggy saville; people; poor; rob; room; rosalind; round; saville; tell; thing; thought; time; want; way; words; work; world; years cache: 21099.txt plain text: 21099.txt item: #374 of 450 id: 21101 author: None title: 21101 date: None words: 87812 flesch: 81 summary: I do! said little Pixie, and her back straightened, and her head reared itself in proud determination. Poor little Pixie going forth alone into the unknown world--little, wild, ignorant Irish girl, bound for a strange land among strange people! keywords: bed; bridgie; child; come; day; dear; end; esmeralda; eyes; face; father; girls; good; hand; head; heart; hilliard; home; house; jack; let; look; lottie; mademoiselle; major; man; margaret; miss; moment; morning; night; o'shaughnessy; pat; phipps; pixie; place; poor; room; round; school; thing; thought; time; voice; want; way; white; words; work cache: 21101.txt plain text: 21101.txt item: #375 of 450 id: 21102 author: None title: 21102 date: None words: 69684 flesch: 82 summary: She is a jolly little soul, and I'm proud of her; but her eyes are so taken up admiring Miss Rhoda Chester that she has no attention left for anything else. When Jim followed, the mug was not forthcoming; but when little Rhoda made her appearance six years later he gave her a rattle, and trusted that she would improve in looks as she grew older, since he never remembered seeing an uglier baby. keywords: bed; chester; course; day; days; dear; dorothy; everett; evie; eyes; face; fashion; girls; good; half; hand; harold; head; heart; help; home; house; hurst; left; life; look; mind; miss; moment; mother; mrs; poor; rest; rhoda; rhoda chester; right; room; round; school; thing; thomasina; thought; time; tom; want; way; words; work; young cache: 21102.txt plain text: 21102.txt item: #376 of 450 id: 21104 author: None title: 21104 date: None words: 77276 flesch: 66 summary: My face must again have reflected my thoughts; for even Tim Rooney noticed the puzzled expression it bore, as I looked over the poop rail in the direction Mr Mackay pointed. Oh! ejaculated Mr Mackay with deep meaning, swinging round on his heel, all alert in an instant; and taking hold of a short bar of iron pointed at the end, lying near, which Tim Rooney told me afterwards was what is called a marling-spike, he proceeded to rap with it vigorously against the side of the companion hatchway, shouting out at the same time so that he could be heard all over the ship: Tumble up, all you idlers and stowaways and everybody! keywords: aft; away; aye; board; boatswain; boy; cabin; captain; captain gillespie; ching; coming; course; day; deck; face; father; getting; gillespie; good; hands; having; head; jerrold; jock; left; look; looking; mackay; man; mate; men; moment; morning; mr mackay; poop; queen; right; rooney; round; sail; saunders; sea; second; ship; silver; sir; sorr; sure; thought; tim; tim rooney; time; tom; wang; watch; water; way; weeks; wind cache: 21104.txt plain text: 21104.txt item: #377 of 450 id: 21105 author: None title: 21105 date: None words: 36549 flesch: 66 summary: You gie him to me! Impressed with his words, and knowing besides now from long acquaintance that Jupp was what she called a knowledgeable man, Mary accordingly surrendered the apparently lifeless body of little Teddy; whereupon the porter incontinently began to strip off all the boy's clothing, which of course was wringing wet like his own. Swimming on his side, however, and striking out grandly, Jupp succeeded at length in vanquishing the current, or rather made it serve his purpose; and, presently, grasping hold of the branch of an alder that hung over the river at the point of the bend, he drew himself up on the bank with one hand, holding poor Teddy still with the other, to find himself at the same moment confronted by Nurse Mary, with Cissy and Liz, who had all hurried down the slope to the scene of the disaster. keywords: captain; cissy; conny; doctor; face; father; good; hands; home; jack; jupp; lennard; liz; look; looking; man; mary; master; master teddy; miss; mite; moment; old; poor; porter; puck; round; ship; sir; teddy; thought; time; uncle; vicar; water; way cache: 21105.txt plain text: 21105.txt item: #378 of 450 id: 21106 author: None title: 21106 date: None words: 86706 flesch: 75 summary: He was Captain Gilmour, sir. But you promised us, Captain, cried Nellie, taking up the cudgels now that poor Bob was routed so ignominiously. keywords: aunt; auntie; beach; bit; board; boat; bob; boys; captain; captain dresser; come; course; cutter; day; dear; dick; dog; end; eyes; face; gentleman; gilmour; good; half; head; hellyer; home; house; lady; left; little; look; ma'am; making; man; master bob; mind; miss; moment; morning; mrs; mrs gilmour; nellie; poor; right; round; rover; sailor; sarah; sea; ship; sir; steamer; strong; things; thought; tide; time; vessel; water; way cache: 21106.txt plain text: 21106.txt item: #379 of 450 id: 21107 author: None title: 21107 date: None words: 81313 flesch: 64 summary: there's a wonderful way in the workings o' Providence--to think that you should come across me now when you needs a friend, one whom your father often befriended in old times, more like a brother than an officer! But I'm glad you think he's like Teddy--it will make it more like old times and home-like for us to have the laddie with us. keywords: aye; billings; board; boat; boys; captain; close; course; day; deck; doctor; end; esmeralda; face; fire; good; hands; having; head; hellyer; help; jorrocks; left; leigh; life; look; macdougall; man; mate; mind; moment; morning; order; pengelly; place; point; right; round; sam; school; sea; second; ship; sir; skipper; south; standing; tell; thought; time; tom; uncle; vessel; water; way; west; wind cache: 21107.txt plain text: 21107.txt item: #380 of 450 id: 21108 author: None title: 21108 date: None words: 121782 flesch: 70 summary: I fear not, most worthy lady, replied the little man in a tone of great concern; but, from the look on his face and the brisk way in which he still continued to rub his hands together, it might have been surmised that the prolonged absence of poor Fritz from his home would not affect him much,--in fact, that he would be rather pleased by such a contingency than not. I believe he would be glad to keep poor Fritz away if he could. keywords: army; away; bay; beach; boat; bride; brother; brown; burgher; bye; captain; coming; course; day; dog; dort; end; eric; eyes; face; fellow; french; fritz; german; good; grass; half; hand; having; head; home; hope; house; hut; island; know; lad; left; life; little; look; looking; lorischen; madaleine; madame; making; man; matter; mind; moment; morning; mother; new; order; penguins; pilot; place; poor; return; right; round; sailor; sea; ship; skipper; sort; thet; thought; time; vessel; war; water; way; wind; work; year; young cache: 21108.txt plain text: 21108.txt item: #381 of 450 id: 21118 author: None title: 21118 date: None words: 63600 flesch: 83 summary: Miss Rowena, they agreed, was high; but Miss Dreda was feelin'. As for Miss Dreda herself, she was not only conscious of, but felt an acute enjoyment in observing the anxiety of her relatives on her behalf, and, like a true actress, warmed to her part under the consciousness of an audience. keywords: air; course; day; dear; drake; dreda; etheldreda; eyes; face; girls; good; guy; hand; head; heart; help; home; house; life; look; maud; mind; miss; moment; mother; mrs; nancy; norah; people; poor; rawdon; room; round; rowena; saxon; school; seton; smile; susan; things; thought; time; words; work cache: 21118.txt plain text: 21118.txt item: #382 of 450 id: 21121 author: None title: 21121 date: None words: 80400 flesch: 82 summary: Could it be that to-morrow morning--in twenty-four hours from now--in less than twenty-four hours, she would be transformed from Nan Rendell of the coat and skirt--Nan, the third daughter in a large family, in constant straits for money and anticipation of her dress allowance--into Nan Vanburgh in satin and diamonds, Mrs Gervase Vanburgh, with her country seat, her diamonds, her carriages, her expectations of even greater wealth to come! Half an hour later, Nan Rendell let herself out of the front door, and ran hurriedly down the steps. keywords: agatha; chrissie; day; dear; door; elsie; eyes; face; family; father; garden; gervase; girls; good; hand; head; heart; help; home; house; jim; kitty; life; lilias; look; love; man; maud; miss; moment; mother; mrs; ned; people; poor; rendell; room; round; sisters; talbot; things; thought; time; vanburgh; want; way; work; world cache: 21121.txt plain text: 21121.txt item: #383 of 450 id: 21122 author: None title: 21122 date: None words: 88109 flesch: 81 summary: Dear little Pixie, she said softly, I don't pity the pupils after all. That's little Pixie! keywords: aunt; away; bridgie; coming; day; days; dear; door; esmeralda; eyes; face; family; father; friends; geoffrey; girl; good; hand; head; heart; home; house; jack; lady; life; look; love; man; mind; miss; moment; morning; mrs; munns; o'shaughnessy; people; pixie; poor; right; road; room; round; sister; sylvia; tea; thing; thought; time; want; way; world; years cache: 21122.txt plain text: 21122.txt item: #384 of 450 id: 21131 author: None title: 21131 date: None words: 104654 flesch: 78 summary: I suppose you are right, and I must allow brother Amos to have his duty and his mystery all to himself. Such were the words which suddenly broke the stillness of a dark October night, and roused up the household of Mr Walter Huntingdon, a country gentleman living on his own estate in Derbyshire. keywords: amos; amos huntingdon; aunt; auntie; boy; brother; brother amos; children; courage; course; day; dear; door; duty; eyes; face; father; god; good; great; hand; harry; heart; home; house; huntingdon; julia; know; look; man; master; mind; miss; mother; mr huntingdon; place; poor; reply; right; room; round; sister; thing; time; voice; walter; want; way; words; work cache: 21131.txt plain text: 21131.txt item: #385 of 450 id: 21132 author: None title: 21132 date: None words: 114918 flesch: 85 summary: On a low, roughly-made bedstead lay poor Frank Oldfield, judiciously shielded from draughts by hangings of carefully arranged drapery. Oh no, my dear, exclaimed Lady Oldfield; I am quite sure total abstinence would never suit poor Frank; his constitution would not bear it; I appeal to you, Dr Portman, is it not so? I am quite of your ladyship's opinion, said the doctor. keywords: betty; boy; captain; day; dear; drink; eyes; face; father; find; frank; god; good; got; half; hand; head; heart; help; home; hope; house; hubert; jacob; johnson; juniper; lady; left; life; look; love; man; mary; master; mind; mother; oldfield; oliphant; place; poor; right; round; sammul; sir; thing; thomas; thought; time; total; want; way; wife; work; young cache: 21132.txt plain text: 21132.txt item: #386 of 450 id: 21136 author: None title: 21136 date: None words: 108604 flesch: 80 summary: Good man, Gubbins! It very well might, said Strachan; for there are all sorts of chances going when good men are really wanted. keywords: arabs; bit; body; camel; chance; close; company; country; course; cut; daireh; day; dead; egyptian; enemy; english; face; fellow; fire; forsyth; general; good; grady; green; half; hand; harry; head; home; hope; kavanagh; lay; left; life; look; mahdi; man; men; mind; officer; people; place; position; present; rifle; right; round; sergeant; sheikh; shot; sir; square; strachan; sword; thing; thought; time; tom; uncle; use; want; water; way; work; zereba cache: 21136.txt plain text: 21136.txt item: #387 of 450 id: 21137 author: None title: 21137 date: None words: 107599 flesch: 83 summary: Next morning I went to see Evans, and left him in good time to meet my father at the stated hour. As to his dress, I can safely say that, though Jack always had good clothes, he always looked much less respectable than other boys whose parents could not afford them anything but common material. keywords: ball; boat; bowler; boy; boys; chapter; close; course; day; doctor; end; england; eyes; face; father; fellow; gayford; getting; going; good; half; hall; hand; head; home; hour; jack; jim; king; left; life; little; look; man; master; mile; mind; moment; morning; parkhurst; people; place; poor; prince; race; right; round; run; said; school; sea; sir; sort; thing; thought; time; turn; water; way; wind; word; work; yards; young cache: 21137.txt plain text: 21137.txt item: #388 of 450 id: 21187 author: None title: 21187 date: None words: 63051 flesch: 79 summary: Mr Wobbler sometimes unbended-- Mr Saurin was such a haffable gent there was no resisting him--and told anecdotes of his past experiences, which were the reverse of edifying. Other boys would admire him for smoking like a full-grown man, and so he smoked. keywords: ball; bit; boys; buller; chance; course; crawley; day; doctor; edwards; face; fellow; friend; game; good; gould; gun; half; hand; head; home; house; jolliffe; left; look; lord; man; marriner; mind; money; right; room; round; saurin; school; sir; slam; thing; thought; time; way; weston cache: 21187.txt plain text: 21187.txt item: #389 of 450 id: 21202 author: None title: 21202 date: None words: 23670 flesch: 85 summary: This is itself a kind of small whale, but it is wonderfully strong, swift, and bold. The man in the crow's-nest, as they call the cask fixed up at the masthead, was looking anxiously out for whales, and the crew were idling about the deck. keywords: boat; captain; fish; head; know; line; lokins; man; mate; men; moment; mother; right; sea; ship; time; tom; water; whale cache: 21202.txt plain text: 21202.txt item: #390 of 450 id: 21203 author: None title: 21203 date: None words: 15974 flesch: 90 summary: More than once, when Grandfather Mole had advised her to try a smaller one, Mrs. Robin had declared afterward that she wished she could catch the biggest angleworm in the whole garden, just to spite old Grandfather Mole and teach him that other people had their rights, as well as he. Grandfather Mole had dug them for a certain purpose. keywords: crow; garden; grandfather mole; meadow; mouse; mrs; robin; tale; time cache: 21203.txt plain text: 21203.txt item: #391 of 450 id: 21216 author: None title: 21216 date: None words: 9905 flesch: 70 summary: Then began a frightful scene, for the bodies of dead and dying men and horses so encumbered the way, that many poor fellows, struggling with the agonies of death, caught hold of those who mounted over them; but these kicked them with violence to disengage themselves, treading them under foot. 'It does indeed, sir, at times; but at other times I am ready to sink. keywords: catharine; child; day; father; fire; gentleman; house; jane; mother; time; way; widow; woman cache: 21216.txt plain text: 21216.txt item: #392 of 450 id: 21217 author: None title: 21217 date: None words: 9047 flesch: 77 summary: With all these pleasures, James Courtenay was not, however, so happy a youth as poor Jacob Dobbin. I saw a rose bush--a moss-rose--and it had one bud upon it, and sitting under the bud was little Jacob Dobbin. keywords: courtenay; dobbin; jacob; james; leonard; poor; rose; squire cache: 21217.txt plain text: 21217.txt item: #393 of 450 id: 21226 author: None title: 21226 date: None words: 106771 flesch: 90 summary: It was the sickly, peevish little Christie who suffered most. Poor little Christie! keywords: aunt; away; book; children; christie; day; days; effie; elsie; eyes; face; father; gertrude; god; good; hand; home; lee; like; look; mind; miss; mother; mrs; night; place; read; rest; room; sister; things; think; thought; time; words cache: 21226.txt plain text: 21226.txt item: #394 of 450 id: 21228 author: None title: 21228 date: None words: 62739 flesch: 87 summary: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Not that it matters, said Mrs Greenways on her way home afterwards, what they call the poor little thing--Lilac White, or White Lilac, or what you will, for she'll never rear it, never. There's little White Lilac, as we used to call her,--you find her a handy sort of lass, don't you? She's well enough in her way, said Mrs Greenways. keywords: agnetta; bella; bit; butter; child; day; eyes; face; farm; good; greenways; hand; head; joshua; leigh; lilac; lilac white; look; mind; mother; mrs; mrs greenways; mrs white; peter; queen; round; things; think; thought; time; uncle; white; wishing; work cache: 21228.txt plain text: 21228.txt item: #395 of 450 id: 21229 author: None title: 21229 date: None words: 36433 flesch: 87 summary: You're Miss Anna Forrest. They were not wholly pleasant thoughts, and they had to do chiefly with two people, one very well known to her, and the other quite a stranger-- Mr Goodwin, and his grandchild, Anna Forrest. keywords: anna; aunt; day; delia; dornton; forrest; goodwin; grandfather; hunt; little; miss; mother; mrs; people; professor; sarah; think; time; waverley; way; winn cache: 21229.txt plain text: 21229.txt item: #396 of 450 id: 21230 author: None title: 21230 date: None words: 44424 flesch: 85 summary: She hoped that Aunt Hannah would not send her away, for she felt sure she could be of great use in nursing Sophia Jane if they would only let her try. There are several other girls staying with the aunt, two of them a bit older than Susan, grown-up, almost, while Sophia Jane is Susan's age. keywords: aunt; day; eyes; face; freddie; good; hannah; head; look; mademoiselle; margaretta; maria; mind; monsieur; mother; nanna; room; round; sea; sophia jane; susan; thing; thought; time; way cache: 21230.txt plain text: 21230.txt item: #397 of 450 id: 21231 author: None title: 21231 date: None words: 56376 flesch: 85 summary: Miss Pennie was very much interested in her, added Miss Unity as an afterthought. Do come away, Miss Pennie, said Nurse's voice behind her. keywords: ambrose; away; betty; boys; children; david; day; doctor; face; father; good; hawthorne; house; kettles; look; mind; miss; money; mother; mrs; museum; nancy; nurse; pennie; room; things; thought; time; unity; way cache: 21231.txt plain text: 21231.txt item: #398 of 450 id: 21232 author: None title: 21232 date: None words: 31795 flesch: 82 summary: On the whole Miss Unity liked to have the grave little David with her better than the other children, though she sometimes felt when she found his solemn and disapproving gaze fixed upon her. And you look mournful; what's the matter? I think Miss Pennie frets after her brother, ma'am, observed Nurse. keywords: ambrose; andrew; children; david; dickie; ethelwyn; eyes; face; father; good; grey; hawthorn; head; miss; mother; mrs; nancy; nurse; pennie; pig; round; time; unity cache: 21232.txt plain text: 21232.txt item: #399 of 450 id: 21236 author: None title: 21236 date: None words: 93592 flesch: 81 summary: No doubt there may be other species growing in wild countries, and yet unknown or undescribed by botanists; and this remark applies as well to other trees, for every day we hear of new varieties being discovered by enterprising explorers. They have grown afraid of _us_, because they know that we are dangerous to them; and they can easily distinguish our upright form and shape from those of other animals. keywords: animals; appearance; basil; bear; bird; black; body; boys; brothers; buffalo; buffaloes; colour; course; distance; doubt; end; eyes; feet; fire; francois; grass; ground; half; head; horses; hunters; indians; jeanette; lay; left; length; little; lucien; marengo; meat; miles; moment; prairie; shot; sight; species; spot; thought; time; tree; vultures; water; way; white; wolves; young cache: 21236.txt plain text: 21236.txt item: #400 of 450 id: 21237 author: None title: 21237 date: None words: 87656 flesch: 82 summary: Hendrik Von Bloom was a _boor_. Is it likely, then, when I called Hendrik Von Bloom a boor, that I meant him any disrespect? keywords: africa; animals; bloom; bushman; camp; cornet; course; day; direction; distance; elephant; eyes; feet; field; good; ground; hans; head; hendrik; horses; hunters; hyena; jan; kind; lay; length; like; lion; little; locusts; moment; night; place; plain; saw; shot; species; swartboy; thought; time; tree; truey; von; von bloom; wagon; water; way; wild cache: 21237.txt plain text: 21237.txt item: #401 of 450 id: 21278 author: None title: 21278 date: None words: 8545 flesch: 86 summary: But George also had time to think of Alick, time to recollect what Annie had said about the utter dreariness of going through the world without God; and God, answering George's earnest prayer, caused this recollection to move his heart to the tenderest pity and concern for poor Alick. But poor Alick had severely sprained his shoulder in trying to save himself as he fell, and the attempt to use his crutches gave him the most violent pain. keywords: alick; bernard; boy; georgie; god; mother; thought; time cache: 21278.txt plain text: 21278.txt item: #402 of 450 id: 21286 author: None title: 21286 date: None words: 27558 flesch: 94 summary: Little Mr. Squirrel gulped very hard, trying to swallow his fear. Little Mr. Squirrel did. keywords: day; frog; grandfather; green; king; mother; nature; peter; time; tree; way cache: 21286.txt plain text: 21286.txt item: #403 of 450 id: 21292 author: None title: 21292 date: None words: 14604 flesch: 85 summary: Some day--it was such a tremendous thought that little Kirl kept it quite to himself, deep down in his mind--but some day, when he had got beyond even herding the goats, he meant to become a guide. The way up the mountain hitherto for little Kirl ended in the grassy pasture where the goats stayed. keywords: bernard; boy; boys; day; eyes; face; good; home; jem; kirl; kite; little; man; mother; ned; tizzy; way cache: 21292.txt plain text: 21292.txt item: #404 of 450 id: 21293 author: None title: 21293 date: None words: 113185 flesch: 90 summary: Without old Ike, eh, my lad? I don't mean that, I said; only I should like to be a man. Like to be a boy, my lad, and thank God you are one, said old Ike, speaking as I had never heard him speak before. keywords: baskets; bit; boy; boys; brownsmith; cart; courtenay; cut; day; face; francis; fruit; garden; good; grant; half; hand; hard; head; horse; ike; lad; ladder; little; look; looking; man; philip; place; right; rope; round; sand; saw; shock; sir; solomon; thought; time; trees; want; water; way; work; yes cache: 21293.txt plain text: 21293.txt item: #405 of 450 id: 21294 author: None title: 21294 date: None words: 104568 flesch: 92 summary: Here, look at old Mercer! cried a boy. Hullo, Mr Mercer, sir, he whined; looking for me? No, said my companion. keywords: big; bob; boys; burr; coming; course; day; dicksee; doctor; door; eyes; face; father; general; good; half; hand; hasnip; head; hopley; junior; know; little; lomax; look; looking; major; man; mercer; mind; place; polly; rebble; right; round; saw; school; sir; thought; time; tom; uncle; watch; water; way cache: 21294.txt plain text: 21294.txt item: #406 of 450 id: 21295 author: None title: 21295 date: None words: 125787 flesch: 90 summary: At last Vince reached home and had his supper, which had been put out for him, and when he had finished, found that the sea air and exercise had made him ravenous. They had neither of them spoken for some time; but at last Vince said: We shall have to pay old Joe for the mending of the boat. keywords: boat; boys; captain; cave; close; companion; course; dark; daygo; end; eyes; face; father; feel; feet; find; fish; good; half; hand; head; hold; hole; home; joe; know; ladle; lanthorn; left; little; look; man; men; mike; mind; old; place; right; rocks; rope; round; sail; sand; saw; sea; tell; thought; time; try; vince; want; water; way cache: 21295.txt plain text: 21295.txt item: #407 of 450 id: 21296 author: None title: 21296 date: None words: 119570 flesch: 86 summary: The water descended with its furious hissing and gurgling, rose again to the top, and then, judging from the sounds, came up less and less distances in its vast stony pipe, and then all was silent once more, and they were gazing at the piece of rock Mark had thrown down, now lying in the basin about three feet from the well-like central hole. I've brought the captain to see you, Mr Mark, sir, said Billy grinning. keywords: billy; boat; boy; bruff; captain; coming; day; deck; dog; father; feet; find; fire; good; great; gregory; half; hand; head; help; jack; lad; let; little; look; looking; major; man; mark; mate; men; monkey; morgan; mr mark; place; right; round; sailor; sand; sea; ship; shot; sir; small; strong; time; trees; try; want; water; way; widgeon cache: 21296.txt plain text: 21296.txt item: #408 of 450 id: 21297 author: None title: 21297 date: None words: 93223 flesch: 89 summary: Said as his dooty, sir, and would you send the boat for him if you did not think he'd done right. All right, Dick, my man, said the young officer; and he hurried to where a plump, rosy little man stood in full post-captain's uniform. keywords: archy; boat; boy; cliff; cow; cutter; dick; door; eyes; father; feet; good; gurr; half; hand; head; jemmy; lad; lieutenant; look; man; master; men; midshipman; place; ram; raystoke; right; round; run; sea; shackle; sir; smugglers; stone; thought; time; way; yes cache: 21297.txt plain text: 21297.txt item: #409 of 450 id: 21298 author: None title: 21298 date: None words: 92080 flesch: 88 summary: But if you had been, what would you have done? I d'know, Master Mark. 'Fraid, Master Mark? keywords: boy; captain; cliff; darley; dummy; eden; edward; enemy; father; feet; going; good; half; hand; head; help; lad; like; look; man; mark; mark eden; master mark; men; morton; nick; old; place; ralph; rayburn; right; round; sir; stone; sword; thought; time; want; water; way cache: 21298.txt plain text: 21298.txt item: #410 of 450 id: 21299 author: None title: 21299 date: None words: 121501 flesch: 89 summary: It were on'y a bit of a game, were it, Mr Ching? No, only bit game, said the Chinaman. Is this a trick on the part of Mr Ching? The men were looking hard at us, and they did not have long to wait. keywords: allee; bad; barkins; big; board; boat; brooke; captain; chinese; ching; close; come; course; deck; eyes; feel; fellow; fire; good; half; hand; head; herrick; jecks; junks; know; lads; left; lieutenant; like; look; looking; man; men; moment; mr brooke; mr herrick; mr reardon; pilate; pirates; place; plenty; ready; reardon; right; river; round; ship; sir; smith; think; thought; time; tom; velly; want; water; way cache: 21299.txt plain text: 21299.txt item: #411 of 450 id: 21301 author: None title: 21301 date: None words: 106413 flesch: 85 summary: Jimmy tink doctor somewhere right long--big hill. Jimmy see Mass Joe fader, cried the black indignantly. keywords: big; black; boy; captain; coming; day; doctor; dog; eyes; father; feet; fellow; find; fire; good; gyp; hand; head; help; jack; jack penny; jimmy; joe; know; lay; let; little; look; looking; man; mass; moment; penny; place; ready; right; round; savage; saw; thought; time; water; way cache: 21301.txt plain text: 21301.txt item: #412 of 450 id: 21302 author: None title: 21302 date: None words: 118125 flesch: 88 summary: I felt for a few minutes so much brightened up that I was ready to go off too; but the thoughts of poor Denham lying out dead or wounded somewhere on the veldt kept me awake, and I was in greater pain than ever from the blow I had received. For I was having hard work with poor Denham in those days. keywords: big; bit; black; boers; boss; colonel; coming; course; dark; denham; enemy; eyes; face; father; fellow; good; half; hand; head; hear; horse; joeboy; know; left; little; look; making; man; men; place; right; round; sandho; sergeant; sir; stone; tell; thought; time; val; wagon; want; water; way; words cache: 21302.txt plain text: 21302.txt item: #413 of 450 id: 21303 author: None title: 21303 date: None words: 112349 flesch: 90 summary: Go and fall out with old Bob Chowne. I didn't make the stones stick and old Bigley come down squelch on us, did I? Oh, if you want to quarrel, Bob, we may as well go home, I said. keywords: bigley; boat; bob; bob chowne; boys; chowne; cliff; coming; day; doctor; father; fellow; gap; good; half; hand; head; help; home; jonas; know; lad; like; look; lugger; man; men; mind; place; right; rock; round; saw; sea; sep; sir; stone; thought; time; uggleston; want; water; way; work cache: 21303.txt plain text: 21303.txt item: #414 of 450 id: 21305 author: None title: 21305 date: None words: 87491 flesch: 86 summary: West was right: the magic word Mafeking brought the Commandant to his bedside; and as soon as he came up he stopped short and made what little blood poor West had left flush to his face, for he cried: Now, what did the Boer say? Said he had always heard we were cowards at Majuba; now he knew for himself. keywords: anson; believe; black; boers; companion; course; day; despatch; diamonds; enemy; eyes; face; fellow; general; good; half; hand; head; horses; ingleborough; kaffir; kimberley; lad; left; look; man; men; officer; place; ponies; rifle; right; round; sir; time; wagon; want; water; way; west cache: 21305.txt plain text: 21305.txt item: #415 of 450 id: 21306 author: None title: 21306 date: None words: 122451 flesch: 89 summary: One day, as they were poling along, Tom gave Dick a queer look, and nodded in the direction of a fir-crowned gravelly island lying about a mile away. For the sun called Dick Winthorpe when he shone, and as the lad lay upon his side with his face toward the window the sun seemed to be doing his morning duty so well that Dick yawned, stretched, and lay with his eyes closed while the glow of red light flooded his room. keywords: bed; boat; boys; coming; dave; day; dick; dick winthorpe; drain; end; farmer; father; fen; fire; fish; good; half; hand; head; hickathrift; hicky; home; house; lad; lads; look; man; marston; men; mester; mind; nay; people; place; pole; punt; reeds; right; round; shot; squire; tallington; theer; time; tom; want; water; way; wheelwright; work; young cache: 21306.txt plain text: 21306.txt item: #416 of 450 id: 21307 author: None title: 21307 date: None words: 119932 flesch: 87 summary: I know now, it's one o' them stoopid-looking Tommy soft sort o' howls, as Mr Oliver Lane shot at one day. I mean to have one of them watches, and I asked Mr Oliver Lane about 'em. keywords: billy; bird; bit; brig; come; coming; course; darkness; deck; drew; edge; end; feeling; feet; fire; forest; good; gun; half; hand; head; help; hold; lane; left; look; man; mate; men; mountain; oliver; panton; party; place; right; rimmer; round; sea; sir; smith; thought; time; tommy; trees; try; want; water; way; wriggs; yer cache: 21307.txt plain text: 21307.txt item: #417 of 450 id: 21308 author: None title: 21308 date: None words: 110835 flesch: 90 summary: But Nic felt that the only course open to him was to assume a careless air; and walking over to where the man had caught a sheep, thrown it, and was examining its fleece, he exclaimed: Anything the matter with it, Brookes? My word, Mr Nic, how you made me jump! Here, Master Nic, whispered the old man with a grin: go closely to him and say sharply, `Kangaroo!' Nic did as he was told, and the dog gave a tremendous bound and stood looking wildly round, ending by running back with a deep-toned bark, looking up at him as much as to say, Where? Gone, Nib! cried Samson. keywords: black; boy; braydon; brookes; convict; course; day; doctor; dogs; eyes; face; father; fellow; good; green; gun; hand; head; home; horse; know; lady; leather; like; little; look; man; master nic; men; mind; moment; morning; mrs; nic; o'hara; place; ride; right; round; sam; saw; sheep; sir; thought; time; trees; waggon; want; water; way; work cache: 21308.txt plain text: 21308.txt item: #418 of 450 id: 21309 author: None title: 21309 date: None words: 130260 flesch: 90 summary: That's meant for you, Mr Fitz, sir, said the carpenter with a chuckle, and the men roared again. If you and Mr Fitz here has fell out, none of that tommy-rot nonsense. keywords: big; bit; board; boatswain; boy; burgess; burnett; cabin; captain; carpenter; chips; coming; course; crew; deck; don; enemy; eyes; face; father; feel; fitz; good; gunboat; half; hand; head; help; know; lad; lads; look; man; mate; men; mind; moment; place; poole; ramon; right; round; schooner; sea; sir; skipper; think; thought; time; water; way; word cache: 21309.txt plain text: 21309.txt item: #419 of 450 id: 21310 author: None title: 21310 date: None words: 21941 flesch: 74 summary: Nests had been built; eggs had been laid; little callow birds had been hatched; and the little mouths wanted so much feeding that there was not even time to sing. Whew, whoo, whistlerustle, away they went, and settled in a cloud on the top of the old ivied house, and round about the owl's nest--birds of all colours, sorts, and sizes; long tails and short tails; long bills and short bills; worm-workers, grub-grinders, bud-biters, snail-crushers, seed-snappers, berry-bringers, fruit-finders, all kinds of birds--to fetch Judge Owl to sit at the court, to try the foreign thief, who had made such a commotion, trouble, bother, worry, and disturbance; and kicked up such a dust, such a shindy, such a hobble, as had never before been known in Featherland. Hallo! here, Shoutnight; hallo! wake up; anybody at home? said the magpie, holding his head very much on one side, and peeping with one eye at a time into the snug place where the fuzzy old gentleman used to bring his mice home. keywords: birds; boxer; cold; come; feathers; flutethroat; fly; greenlawn; hole; mrs; nest; pond; puss; round; spring; tail; time; water; way cache: 21310.txt plain text: 21310.txt item: #420 of 450 id: 21311 author: None title: 21311 date: None words: 145899 flesch: 85 summary: Said it was a feather in a man's cap to get that; so look sharp and grow, and make yourself fit to wear that feather. Of course not; but there are plenty of good men and true to carry you, so hold your tongue, and get better as fast as you can. keywords: brace; captain; coming; course; day; doctor; dost; eyes; face; feeling; gil; good; great; guns; half; hand; head; help; horses; know; left; look; lord; man; men; moment; officer; people; place; poor; rajah; regiment; right; room; round; sahib; salaman; sir; sword; tent; think; thinking; thought; time; troop; vincent; voice; want; way; white; words cache: 21311.txt plain text: 21311.txt item: #421 of 450 id: 21312 author: None title: 21312 date: None words: 89142 flesch: 87 summary: Said he wouldn't fight, did he. Said it was very particular business, sir, and he must see the young gentlemen. keywords: belt; big; boy; boys; colonel; course; day; doctor; elephant; eyes; face; father; fellow; gentlemen; glyn; going; good; got; half; hand; head; little; look; man; master; morning; morris; professor; ramball; right; room; round; school; severn; singh; sir; slegge; thought; time; want; way; wrench; young cache: 21312.txt plain text: 21312.txt item: #422 of 450 id: 21313 author: None title: 21313 date: None words: 118225 flesch: 91 summary: Why, boy, if you liked to make a stand for it, they would, I dare say, tell you that you are now Sir Frank Gowan. What's the matter, Frank boy? keywords: andrew; boy; captain; companion; course; dear; door; eyes; face; father; feel; forbes; frank; friend; good; gowan; hand; head; help; king; lad; lady; look; man; men; mother; murray; officer; people; place; prince; right; robert; room; sir; think; thought; time; want; way; yes cache: 21313.txt plain text: 21313.txt item: #423 of 450 id: 21315 author: None title: 21315 date: None words: 11624 flesch: 88 summary: good boy! whispered the monk. We cannot do that, boys. keywords: alfred; boy; boys; father; king; men; monk; queen; swythe cache: 21315.txt plain text: 21315.txt item: #424 of 450 id: 21316 author: None title: 21316 date: None words: 119227 flesch: 92 summary: That's a true word, Mas' Don, cried Jem. It was a busy day at the yard, for a part of the lading of a sugar ship was being stored away in Uncle Josiah's warehouses; but from the very commencement matters seemed to go wrong, and the state of affairs about ten o'clock was pretty ably expressed by Jem Wimble, who came up to Don as he was busy with pencil and book, keeping account of the deliveries, and said in a loud voice,-- What did your uncle have for breakfast, Mas' Don? Coffee--ham--I hardly know, Jem. keywords: arn't; boat; boy; captain; close; come; coming; don; door; eyes; face; feel; good; half; hand; head; help; home; jem; jem wimble; josiah; lad; left; little; look; looking; man; mas; master don; men; mike; mind; ngati; place; poor; right; round; ship; sir; slowly; tell; thought; time; try; uncle; want; water; way; yes cache: 21316.txt plain text: 21316.txt item: #425 of 450 id: 21317 author: None title: 21317 date: None words: 29766 flesch: 89 summary: I'm very glad to see how you have thrown yourself into the gap, and managed now poor John Grange is down; everything looks perfect. Oh, by the way, Barnett, poor John Grange is to be sent up to town. keywords: bailiff; barnett; daniel; dear; ellis; good; grange; james; john; john grange; man; mary; mostyn; mrs; poor; sir; think; time; tummus; young cache: 21317.txt plain text: 21317.txt item: #426 of 450 id: 21318 author: None title: 21318 date: None words: 94486 flesch: 90 summary: And directly after a big broad fellow detached himself from the rail to sidle up with: Say, Master Aleck, would you mind asking the cap'n to let me have another little bottle o' them iles he gives me for my showther? Here, that'll do, you dogs! cried the first voice, and-- Stand fast, Master Aleck, I'm a-coming, cried the other. keywords: aleck; away; big; bit; boat; bodger; boy; course; eben; eyes; face; fellow; good; half; head; help; lad; little; look; man; master aleck; men; middy; mind; officer; place; right; rock; round; sailor; sea; sir; smuggler; think; thought; time; tom; try; uncle; want; water; way; yer cache: 21318.txt plain text: 21318.txt item: #427 of 450 id: 21344 author: None title: 21344 date: None words: 56064 flesch: 91 summary: Hallo, there, Ralph Nelson, counting your fortune! cried a rude voice from the shore, and looking up, Ralph saw a loudly-dressed youth approaching. You are talking in riddles, Ralph Nelson, cried Percy, more than half angry at Ralph's short replies. keywords: bill; boy; bridge; good; half; kelsey; left; man; martin; money; mother; mrs; nelson; new; office; paget; percy; place; post; ralph; ralph nelson; right; sir; squire; tell; thought; time; uriah; way; westville; work cache: 21344.txt plain text: 21344.txt item: #428 of 450 id: 21354 author: None title: 21354 date: None words: 104460 flesch: 90 summary: Dick Temple flushed like a girl. Ahoy-ay! A musical chorus, softened by distance as it came off the sea, awakened Dick Temple from dreams of boats and mines, and rocks, and caves full of cuttle-fish, crabs, and seals, so big that they seemed monsters of the deep. keywords: abram; arthur; bit; boat; boy; brother; cliff; dick; end; father; fish; fishing; good; great; half; hand; head; hold; hook; josh; lad; line; little; look; man; master; men; mind; mr temple; net; place; right; rock; rope; round; sea; sir; taff; temple; time; uncle; want; water; way; yes cache: 21354.txt plain text: 21354.txt item: #429 of 450 id: 21355 author: None title: 21355 date: None words: 146715 flesch: 81 summary: Captain Smithers started slightly as the major exclaimed,-- Who may that be? Our dashing young friend, Mr Bob Roberts. I want to see those black monkeys like our friend Mr Bob Roberts has for a pet. keywords: ali; board; boat; bob; bob roberts; captain; close; coming; course; day; dick; doctor; english; ensign; face; fellow; fire; going; good; gray; half; hand; head; help; island; jungle; kris; left; lieutenant; life; linton; long; look; major; malay; man; men; moment; officers; party; place; private; resident; right; river; round; saw; set; shot; sir; smithers; steamer; stream; sultan; thought; time; tom; trees; water; way; young cache: 21355.txt plain text: 21355.txt item: #430 of 450 id: 21356 author: None title: 21356 date: None words: 81652 flesch: 83 summary: Nat the Naturalist; or, A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas by George Manville Fenn. ________________________________________________________________________ Nat's mother and father have died, and he is being brought up by an aunt and uncle, the latter being his mother's brother. He was a very amiable, mild-tempered man, who had never had any children, in fact he did not marry till quite late in life; when I remember my poor father saying that it was my aunt married my uncle, for uncle would never have had the courage to ask her. keywords: aunt; birds; black; boat; boy; day; ebo; find; fire; fish; going; good; gun; half; hands; head; laughing; little; look; looking; nat; place; right; saw; sea; shot; sir; specimens; thought; time; tree; uncle; uncle dick; uncle joe; uncle joseph; water; way; work cache: 21356.txt plain text: 21356.txt item: #431 of 450 id: 21357 author: None title: 21357 date: None words: 74358 flesch: 88 summary: You'll have to buy me another one, Master Nic, continued the man, and get the smith to make me a noo steel hook. You did laugh, sir, roared the Captain--that is, I saw you look at Master Nic here and smile. keywords: 'em; away; big; bit; black; boat; captain; dee; dogs; eyes; father; fellow; good; hand; head; help; humpy; lad; like; look; man; master nic; men; nic; overseer; pete; place; right; river; round; salmon; sir; solly; thought; time; water; zir cache: 21357.txt plain text: 21357.txt item: #432 of 450 id: 21362 author: None title: 21362 date: None words: 9775 flesch: 91 summary: All that little Phil knew was that his ears were deafened by the roar, his throat throbbing and suffering from the dense clouds of smoke which darkened the sky, and that he could hardly see Jack Jeens, who, like the rest of the crew, was stripped to the waist, as he helped to load their gun, which grew hotter and hotter, and finally leapt from the deck at every discharge. Then the little group closed in again and passed along the deck, while with the horror and confusion increasing once more, Phil found himself following Jack Jeens, who was being carried below to where the surgeon and his helpmates were busy over their terrible task, and all that the powder monkey saw more of the Battle of Trafalgar was a dim lanthorn swinging by a hammock in which lay poor Jack Jeens, badly wounded, but with energy enough left to smile at his nurse, who was watching by his side. keywords: boy; deck; fellow; jack; jeens; man; phil; powder; sir cache: 21362.txt plain text: 21362.txt item: #433 of 450 id: 21367 author: None title: 21367 date: None words: 108749 flesch: 93 summary: But what did the fellow say to give you an excuse for attacking him as you did? Said he was fishing, father, replied Gwyn; but that was only his insolence. Said it was all nonsense, I believe. keywords: boy; boys; colonel; course; dinass; dog; end; face; father; feet; good; grip; gwyn; hand; hardock; head; help; hold; joe; jollivet; lad; little; look; major; man; men; mind; pendarve; place; right; rope; round; sam; sir; think; time; try; vores; want; water; way; work cache: 21367.txt plain text: 21367.txt item: #434 of 450 id: 21368 author: None title: 21368 date: None words: 95329 flesch: 80 summary: Still Sam clung to the spot where he had been from the first, and made no effort to move; and at last, when he was half-way through the branch, Bart stopped short in despair, for the pretence of cutting it off had not the slightest effect upon Sam. Tired, Master Bart? cried Joses just then; and snatching away the axe, he began to apply it with tremendous effect, the chips flying over the precipice, and a great yawning opening appearing in the upper part of the branch. I say, Master Bart, said Joses, as he sat upon his strong horse side by side with Bart, watching their train go slowly by, I think we can laugh at the Apaches now, my lad; while, when the Sharp-Toothed Beaver joins us with his dark-skinned fighting men, we can give the rascals such a hunting as shall send 'em north amongst the Yankees with fleas in their ears. keywords: apaches; bart; beaver; boy; camp; canyon; cattle; chief; day; doctor; eyes; find; fire; good; half; hand; help; horses; indians; joses; lad; look; man; master bart; men; mountain; party; place; plain; rifle; right; rock; round; silver; sir; thought; time; water; way cache: 21368.txt plain text: 21368.txt item: #435 of 450 id: 21371 author: None title: 21371 date: None words: 12235 flesch: 87 summary: Said he knowed there'd be a house up somewheres there. He asked for water often, and then all at once the boy felt frightened, for the wounded man began to talk and mutter wildly: then he began to shout to his men to come on and charge, and at last poor Dick broke down. keywords: beane; boy; colonel; corporal; dick; head; joe; men; mrs; tom cache: 21371.txt plain text: 21371.txt item: #436 of 450 id: 21372 author: None title: 21372 date: None words: 112758 flesch: 87 summary: Heaven helps those who help themselves, Steve lad; and Heaven knows we have helped ourselves. Well, Steve boy, said the doctor, what do you think of Jan Mayen? Is this Jan Mayen--the island? Yes. Beautiful! lovely! keywords: andrew; bear; boat; boy; captain; captain marsham; close; cold; course; day; deck; doctor; dog; feet; fire; good; hand; head; help; hvalross; ice; johannes; lad; land; lay; left; look; looking; man; marsham; men; norseman; north; place; plenty; right; round; sea; ship; sir; snow; steve; sun; thought; time; try; vessel; walrus; want; water; watty; way cache: 21372.txt plain text: 21372.txt item: #437 of 450 id: 21373 author: None title: 21373 date: None words: 105741 flesch: 91 summary: Master Syd going? Yes, Barney, cried the boy. Said you couldn't get up, and here you are. keywords: admiral; barney; belton; boatswain; boy; captain; course; end; eyes; face; father; good; gun; hand; head; lad; lieutenant; little; look; man; master syd; men; pan; place; right; rock; rogers; rope; round; roylance; sea; ship; sir; strake; syd; sydney; terry; thought; time; uncle; want; water; way; yes cache: 21373.txt plain text: 21373.txt item: #438 of 450 id: 21374 author: None title: 21374 date: None words: 95961 flesch: 90 summary: I have got poor Punch here. Now for poor Punch. keywords: bit; boy; coming; companion; comrade; course; door; eyes; fellow; french; girl; good; half; hand; head; help; lads; like; look; looking; man; men; officer; pen; priest; punch; right; sir; sleep; thought; time; try; want; water; way; wound cache: 21374.txt plain text: 21374.txt item: #439 of 450 id: 21375 author: None title: 21375 date: None words: 98343 flesch: 89 summary: No. Have you seen Mr Vane since he left after lessons this morning? Hooray, old Vane! keywords: aunt; boat; boy; bruff; clock; course; day; dear; deering; distin; doctor; door; eyes; face; feeling; fellow; fire; gilmore; good; half; hand; hannah; head; help; know; lad; lads; lee; little; look; macey; man; mean; mind; place; rector; right; round; sir; thing; thought; time; try; turn; uncle; vane; want; water; way; work cache: 21375.txt plain text: 21375.txt item: #440 of 450 id: 21376 author: None title: 21376 date: None words: 33931 flesch: 93 summary: Said he'd repent it some day. I'll go and rouse up old Josh. keywords: artist; boys; dam; drinkwater; father; good; hand; help; josh; like; look; manners; mill; place; right; sir; stone; stream; time; vicar; way; willows; work cache: 21376.txt plain text: 21376.txt item: #441 of 450 id: 21377 author: None title: 21377 date: None words: 68182 flesch: 91 summary: Now then, open the door just a little way, so that you can squeeze out and get hold of the dog, Mr Dallas. What do you say, Mr Dallas? asked Tregelly. keywords: abel; big; bit; cornishman; cousin; dallas; darkness; dog; door; eyes; fellow; find; fire; gold; good; hand; head; help; look; man; men; place; right; round; sledge; snow; son; sons; thought; time; tregelly; want; way; work cache: 21377.txt plain text: 21377.txt item: #442 of 450 id: 21379 author: None title: 21379 date: None words: 85270 flesch: 87 summary: Something you can't make out? Yes, father--old Serge. Ah, Serge! said Cracis, with his brow clouding over. Old Serge says what you said has cut him to the heart, and that you didn't forgive him properly, and that he is dishonoured and disgraced as a soldier. keywords: army; boy; captain; chariot; course; cracis; dog; enemy; eyes; father; good; hand; head; help; horses; lad; left; look; man; marcus; master; men; place; right; serge; soldier; thought; time; want; way cache: 21379.txt plain text: 21379.txt item: #443 of 450 id: 21380 author: None title: 21380 date: None words: 9927 flesch: 92 summary: The plot itself consists of an opening scene in which Doctor Martin, a most learned gentleman, is teaching Phil, the hero, his Latin. Come, Phil, boy; be brave. keywords: boy; doctor; father; french; man; martin; phil cache: 21380.txt plain text: 21380.txt item: #444 of 450 id: 21382 author: None title: 21382 date: None words: 13035 flesch: 81 summary: Well, why not be a soldier? Philip Hexton shook his head. No, dear; I shall not be a sailor, said Philip Hexton; and leaving his chair at the breakfast table he went round to his mother's side, sank down on one knee, passed his arm around her, and drew her to his broad breast. keywords: boy; coal; father; hexton; lamp; life; man; men; philip; pit; way; work cache: 21382.txt plain text: 21382.txt item: #445 of 450 id: 21383 author: None title: 21383 date: None words: 36662 flesch: 79 summary: I should like to go and see it, I exclaimed; can we do so without risk of being discovered? Taking Toby to guide us, while Bracewell remained in camp, we set out. Thankful you've come, gentlemen, he exclaimed; though Mr Bracewell's round the corner, he'll be glad of your society. keywords: blacks; bracewell; bushrangers; camp; distance; dominie; fellows; fire; ground; guy; head; hector; horses; hut; man; night; station; strong; time; toby; way cache: 21383.txt plain text: 21383.txt item: #446 of 450 id: 21384 author: None title: 21384 date: None words: 82028 flesch: 79 summary: Having taken off our skates, we followed him to his camp, where he introduced us to several other Indians and their squaws, among whom were a number of children of all ages. Mike and I were compelled to assist in doing up the bales, the squaws showing us how to perform the operation; sometimes scolding us, at other times laughing at what they considered our clumsiness. keywords: bank; buffalo; canoe; course; day; direction; distance; fire; friends; good; ground; horses; indians; kepenau; lily; looking; man; mark; men; mike; people; quambo; reuben; river; samson; saw; set; sight; stream; thought; time; trees; uncle; water; way; wolves cache: 21384.txt plain text: 21384.txt item: #447 of 450 id: 21385 author: None title: 21385 date: None words: 132242 flesch: 83 summary: There were other trees in the neighbourhood which looked very like them, but Don Jose showed us the difference. Before us flowed the rapid river; on either side rose the thick forest of palms and other trees, round the stems of which circled many a creeper, hanging in festoons from the branches overhead. keywords: arthur; bank; bird; branches; canoe; creature; day; distance; domingos; don; duppo; ellen; eyes; father; feet; fire; forest; friends; good; hand; head; hope; hut; indians; john; jose; leaves; left; length; look; maria; moment; natives; night; number; people; place; recluse; return; river; round; set; shore; spot; thought; time; tony; trees; true; water; way; white; young cache: 21385.txt plain text: 21385.txt item: #448 of 450 id: 21387 author: None title: 21387 date: None words: 164473 flesch: 83 summary: It was not very large; but we saw a number of parrots and parroquets up in the trees, and many other birds, but we had not much chance of getting them. Walter in his journal has already described several other birds of paradise. keywords: ali; bamboo; birds; board; boat; captain; course; creature; cut; day; deck; distance; emily; feet; fire; fish; food; frau; good; grace; hand; head; help; hold; hooker; hope; house; island; jumbo; know; length; like; looking; macco; man; men; mr hooker; night; number; oliver; people; place; potto; roger; round; saw; sea; sedgwick; ship; shore; sun; tarbox; thought; thudicumb; time; trees; uncle; vessel; water; way; work cache: 21387.txt plain text: 21387.txt item: #449 of 450 id: 21396 author: None title: 21396 date: None words: 187588 flesch: 76 summary: Jack saw Murray lifted on board and carried below--the surgeon expressed a hope that his wound was not dangerous, though he had fainted from loss of blood. Nothing daunted, other men took the places of those who were wounded; the gigs offering a smaller mark were less frequently hit, but the white splinters which flew from their gunwales and oars showed that the bullets of the enemy had found them out; one of the captain's crew was hit, and directly afterwards Murray had another man hurt. keywords: adair; admiral; archy; board; boat; breeze; brig; captain; colonel; coming; commander; corvette; course; crew; day; deck; desmond; distance; enemy; english; fellows; fire; frigate; gerald; good; guns; hands; harbour; head; higson; hold; hope; jack; know; length; lieutenant; long; look; looking; man; men; midshipmen; moment; murray; needham; night; officers; party; people; place; rest; river; rogers; round; run; sail; schooner; sea; set; shore; shot; sir; stella; supplejack; terence; thought; time; tom; vessel; water; way; wind cache: 21396.txt plain text: 21396.txt item: #450 of 450 id: 21397 author: None title: 21397 date: None words: 110041 flesch: 78 summary: As I watched the countenance of the speaker, it wore an almost terrific expression, full of an intense hatred, and a desire for vengeance; yet, before the outbreak, he had probably been like most other Indians, a mild, peaceable, and patiently suffering man. He is very much liked by all the Indians, though he has his faults like other men. keywords: body; chief; country; dark; day; days; distance; escape; eyes; father; feet; fire; friends; good; ground; hand; head; hope; horses; house; inca; indians; ithulpo; jose; left; like; look; manco; men; moment; mountains; ned; night; number; pedro; people; place; rest; river; set; soldiers; spaniards; spanish; tell; thought; till; time; trees; water; way; work cache: 21397.txt plain text: 21397.txt