item: #1 of 9 id: 10948 author: Stockton, Frank Richard title: The Stories of the Three Burglars date: None words: 33906 flesch: 82 summary: At one time there was a mounted patrol of young men, which, however, was soon broken up by their mothers. And I can tell you what it is, young man, I can appear ag'in you for doing poor work. keywords: aunt; burglar; business; course; david; dog; door; face; father; good; hand; head; house; man; martha; men; night; room; story; thing; time; want; way; wife cache: 10948.txt plain text: 10948.txt item: #2 of 9 id: 28093 author: Leblanc, Maurice title: The Confessions of Arsène Lupin date: None words: 68329 flesch: 86 summary: But you're suspicious as well: 'Why should that confounded Lupin hand the business over to me,' say you, 'instead of keeping it for himself, hunting down the murderer and rifling his pockets, if there was a robbery?' Was good old Lupin! keywords: arsène; baron; case; chief; day; doctor; door; dugrival; end; evening; eyes; face; farmer; father; floor; ganimard; good; hand; head; house; husband; inspector; know; left; look; lupin; man; matter; minutes; moment; money; people; place; right; room; son; thought; time; voice; way; wife; woman cache: 28093.txt plain text: 28093.txt item: #3 of 9 id: 37647 author: Otis, James title: The Adventures of a Country Boy at a Country Fair date: None words: 64645 flesch: 80 summary: On the way to his place of business Teddy chanced to think of the errand on which they had started out, and he bought a generous supply of sandwiches for Dan, Tim, and himself. On retuning to his place of business Teddy did not have the heart to wait upon the customers, and after telling Tim what had been said to him, he added: I can't work; it's no use to try. keywords: boy; boys; business; dan; day; dollars; fair; goin'; good; grounds; hazelton; jim; long; man; matter; men; money; nathan; night; sam; sweet; teddy; tent; think; thought; time; uncle; way; work cache: 37647.txt plain text: 37647.txt item: #4 of 9 id: 4014 author: Leblanc, Maurice title: Arsene Lupin date: None words: 72098 flesch: 91 summary: The Duke shook hands with Guerchard, saying, I'm delighted to make your acquaintance, M. Guerchard. Really, M. Guerchard, said the Duke, shrugging his shoulders. keywords: bonavent; charmerace; charolais; door; drawing; duke; eyes; face; firmin; formery; germaine; good; gournay; grace; guerchard; hall; hand; house; inspector; look; lupin; m. formery; mademoiselle; man; martin; millionaire; night; room; sonia; time; tone; victoire; voice cache: 4014.txt plain text: 4014.txt item: #5 of 9 id: 4017 author: Leblanc, Maurice title: The Hollow Needle; Further adventures of Arsene Lupin date: None words: 66902 flesch: 84 summary: At dawn, when they entered the oratory which had been used as a cell for young Isidore Beautrelet, they realized that young Isidore Beautrelet had vanished. On examination, it was proved, first, that young Isidore Beautrelet had administered a sleeping draught to the village policeman; secondly, that he could only have escaped by a window situated at a height of seven or eight feet in the wall; and lastly--a charming detail, this--that he could only have reached this window by using the back of his warder as a footstool. keywords: arsene; arsene lupin; beautrelet; book; chateau; day; document; door; end; eyes; face; father; filleul; ganimard; gesvres; hand; hollow; isidore; isidore beautrelet; left; letter; look; louis; lupin; magistrate; man; men; mlle; moment; monsieur; morning; needle; o'clock; paper; place; raymonde; right; road; room; saint; secret; think; time; valmeras; veran; way; words cache: 4017.txt plain text: 4017.txt item: #6 of 9 id: 40203 author: Leblanc, Maurice title: Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes date: None words: 61830 flesch: 85 summary: This advice seemed to commend itself to the detective, for he partially rose and said, very formally: Monsieur Wilson, my friend and assistant--Monsieur Arsène Lupin. Monsieur Lupin, there are two men in the world at whom I am never astonished: in the first place, myself--and then, Arsène Lupin. keywords: arsène; arsène lupin; baron; day; destange; diamond; door; englishman; floor; friend; ganimard; gerbois; good; hand; herlock; herlock sholmes; house; lady; left; letter; lupin; madame; mademoiselle; man; men; minutes; moment; monsieur; monsieur sholmes; morning; place; room; rue; sholmes; time; way; wilson cache: 40203.txt plain text: 40203.txt item: #7 of 9 id: 40897 author: Hering, Henry Augustus title: The Burglars' Club: A Romance in Twelve Chronicles date: None words: 53828 flesch: 85 summary: A spiral staircase at the east end of the house led to the observatory containing the powerful equatorial telescope through which, as opportunity offered, Mr. Meyer was wont to gaze thoughtfully at the satellites of Jupiter, the canals on Mars, and other eccentricities of the heavens. At the landing-stage he informed the man in charge that he had business with Mr. Meyer. keywords: bishop; burglar; business; club; cunningham; day; door; evening; gentlemen; good; half; hand; hilton; house; illingworth; john; kassala; know; lady; left; look; lord; lordship; lucas; man; marvell; matter; meyer; minutes; moment; morning; night; open; pearl; pilgrim; professor; rivers; roker; room; round; secretary; sir; thought; time; toft; travers; vizier; want; way; window cache: 40897.txt plain text: 40897.txt item: #8 of 9 id: 5866 author: McCutcheon, George Barr title: Yollop date: None words: 23708 flesch: 86 summary: Mr. Smilk in closing the window, looked searchingly up and down the fire escape, peered intently into the street below, sighed profoundly and muttered something that Mr. Yollop did not hear. Do you mean to tell me, Ernest Wilson, that you've gone back to your evil ways after all I,-- I say, Cassius, cried Mr. Yollop, is this the woman you wanted to bind and gag and--and-- Yes, and rap over the bean, finished Mr. Smilk, as the speaker considerately refrained. keywords: apartment; cassius; counsel; court; good; jury; law; life; man; mind; mrs; police; right; room; smilk; state; telephone; time; way; witness; yollop cache: 5866.txt plain text: 5866.txt item: #9 of 9 id: 7896 author: Leblanc, Maurice title: The Eight Strokes of the Clock date: None words: 64328 flesch: 87 summary: III THE CASE OF JEAN LOUIS Monsieur, continued the young girl, addressing Serge Rénine, it was while I was spending the Easter holidays at Nice with my father that I made the acquaintance of Jean Louis d'Imbleval.... Rénine interrupted her: Excuse me, mademoiselle, but just now you spoke of this young man as Jean Louis Vaurois. I saw the writing on the envelope: Prince Serge Rénine. keywords: andrée; case; d'ormeval; day; door; dutreuil; eyes; face; friend; good; gorne; hand; hortense; house; husband; jean; left; life; look; louis; lourtier; madame; man; moment; pancaldi; right; room; rose; rénine; thing; time; way; wife; woman; word cache: 7896.txt plain text: 7896.txt