item: #1 of 24 id: 13379 author: Finley, Martha title: The Two Elsies A Sequel to Elsie at Nantucket date: None words: 65347 flesch: 82 summary: How can you want to make poor Lulu do it? Lulu is not the timid little creature you are, he said, bending down to kiss her forehead, and I am sure is not really afraid of the man; nor need she be after what I have said to him about striking her or any of the pupils I send him. She whom the one called mamma, the other Grandma Elsie, had talked with them that morning on the same subject, and tenderly urged upon them--as often before--the duty of coming to Christ, telling them of His love to little children, and that they were not too young to give themselves to Him; and Mr. Dinsmore addressed a few closing words to them in the same strain. keywords: aunt; child; day; dear; dinsmore; elsie; evelyn; eyes; face; father; girl; good; grace; grandpa; hand; heart; home; hope; kind; lester; look; love; lulu; mamma; max; miss; mother; papa; room; rosie; thought; time; violet; way cache: 13379.txt plain text: 13379.txt item: #2 of 24 id: 14280 author: Finley, Martha title: Holidays at Roselands A Sequel to Elsie Dinsmore date: None words: 94171 flesch: 84 summary: Poor little Elsie! Towards evening they had given up almost all hope; he had ceased to recognize any one, and one after another, parents, brother, sisters, and servants, had been permitted to take a last look--all but little Elsie, his own and only child--the one nearest and dearest to him, and to whom he was all the world--she alone was forbidden to come. keywords: adelaide; aunt; child; chloe; darling; daughter; day; dear; dinsmore; elsie; eyes; face; father; girl; good; hand; head; heart; home; looking; love; miss; moment; mrs; papa; room; rose; tears; thought; time; tone; travilla; want cache: 14280.txt plain text: 14280.txt item: #3 of 24 id: 14379 author: Finley, Martha title: Elsie at Nantucket date: None words: 73567 flesch: 80 summary: Four, corrected Grace; for some day little Elsie will be wanting one. When it was for a long drive to some notable point, all went together, chartering several vehicles for their conveyance; at other times they not unfrequently broke up into smaller parties, some preferring one sort of sport, some another. keywords: beach; betty; captain; child; children; day; dear; dinsmore; edward; elsie; face; father; god; good; grace; half; hand; help; home; house; life; look; love; lulu; mamma; max; moment; morning; mother; mrs; night; papa; sea; think; thought; time; violet; want; way; zoe cache: 14379.txt plain text: 14379.txt item: #4 of 24 id: 14488 author: Finley, Martha title: Elsie's Kith and Kin date: None words: 75384 flesch: 85 summary: Perhaps they may, said the captain, if she is good: good children are not apt to be forgotten or neglected, and I hope mine are all going to be such. Jes' pow'ful cross dis hyar mawnin', Miss Zoe, was the reply, in a tone of disgust. keywords: baby; captain; child; children; day; dear; edward; elsie; eyes; face; father; good; gracie; hand; head; home; hope; house; husband; look; love; lulu; mamma; max; miss; night; papa; room; thing; thought; time; violet; want; zoe cache: 14488.txt plain text: 14488.txt item: #5 of 24 id: 14534 author: Finley, Martha title: Christmas with Grandma Elsie date: None words: 69419 flesch: 83 summary: We ought to be ever such good children! Yes, but I'm not, sighed Lulu. And we have good times all the time since we have a home of our own with our dear father in it, remarked Grace, taking his hand and carrying it to her lips, while her sweet azure eyes looked up lovingly into his face. keywords: captain; children; christmas; day; dear; door; elsie; face; father; girls; god; good; grace; grandma; hand; harold; help; home; house; little; look; lulu; mamma; max; morning; mother; papa; room; rosie; sir; things; think; thought; time; violet; want; way; work cache: 14534.txt plain text: 14534.txt item: #6 of 24 id: 14566 author: Finley, Martha title: Elsie's Motherhood date: None words: 80390 flesch: 82 summary: O, mamma, won't you wear your wedding dress? cried little Elsie; do, dear mamma, so that we may all see just how you looked when you were married. Mamma, it was so pretty, _so_ pretty, little Elsie said, clasping her arms about her mother's neck, and now I just feel as if I'd been to your wedding. keywords: arms; aunt; boy; children; coming; day; dear; dinsmore; door; eddie; elsie; eyes; face; father; god; good; half; hand; head; heart; help; home; house; husband; ion; leland; little; look; love; mamma; man; men; meta; moment; mother; mrs; night; papa; room; sir; son; time; travilla; uncle; way; wife; words; young cache: 14566.txt plain text: 14566.txt item: #7 of 24 id: 14874 author: Finley, Martha title: Elsie's Womanhood date: None words: 88486 flesch: 83 summary: Little Elsie, grandpa feels that you are his; his precious treasure. Little Elsie was almost the idol of her father and grandparents, who all looked upon her as a sort of second edition of her mother; more and more so as she grew in size, in beauty, and intelligence. keywords: arm; arms; aunt; child; children; darling; daughter; day; dear; dinsmore; elsie; eyes; face; father; god; good; half; hand; harold; head; heart; home; hope; house; husband; left; life; like; look; love; mamma; man; miss; moment; mother; mrs; papa; poor; right; room; rose; tears; thought; time; travilla; way; wife cache: 14874.txt plain text: 14874.txt item: #8 of 24 id: 14875 author: Finley, Martha title: Elsie's children date: None words: 72095 flesch: 82 summary: Mamma sick? exclaimed little Elsie, oh, may I go to her? Through the evening there was a great deal of romping between the children and the new dog, but little Elsie seemed unusually quiet, scarcely stirring from her mother's side. keywords: aunt; children; cousin; day; dear; eddie; elsie; enna; eyes; face; father; gertrude; girl; god; good; hand; heart; help; home; kind; life; look; mamma; man; miss; molly; moment; morning; mother; mrs; papa; poor; room; ross; sister; tears; thought; time; travilla; violet; way cache: 14875.txt plain text: 14875.txt item: #9 of 24 id: 14883 author: Finley, Martha title: Grandmother Elsie date: None words: 63339 flesch: 84 summary: If they're good children we'd like 'em to come here and play with us, remarked Walter. Before the last words had left his lips Zoe felt herself folded in a tender embrace, while the sweetest of voices said, Dear child! keywords: captain; children; daughter; day; dear; dinsmore; door; edward; elsie; eyes; face; father; good; gracie; hand; heart; home; leave; look; love; lulu; mamma; max; moment; mother; mrs; papa; room; sir; tears; thought; time; violet; way cache: 14883.txt plain text: 14883.txt item: #10 of 24 id: 14909 author: Finley, Martha title: Elsie's New Relations What They Did and How They Fared at Ion; A Sequel to Grandmother Elsie 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: #11 of 24 id: 14910 author: Finley, Martha title: Elsie at the World's Fair 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: #12 of 24 id: 17496 author: Finley, Martha title: Elsie at Home date: None words: 54466 flesch: 81 summary: Yes, papa; you love us all, I know, little Elsie said with a bright, glad look up into his face. I hope she will, little Elsie said. keywords: captain; cousin; daughter; day; dear; dinsmore; dress; elsie; father; god; good; grace; home; hope; look; love; lucilla; mamma; maud; mother; mrs; papa; rosie; smile; time; violet; wedding; young cache: 17496.txt plain text: 17496.txt item: #13 of 24 id: 18058 author: Finley, Martha title: Elsie's Vacation and After Events 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: #14 of 24 id: 32103 author: Finley, Martha title: Elsie in the South date: None words: 60056 flesch: 80 summary: And we do have good times here in the _Dolphin_. Anybody is pretty sure of good times when papa is at the head of affairs. keywords: brother; captain; chester; children; cousin; daughter; day; dear; dick; elsie; father; florida; good; grace; grandma; hand; harold; home; hope; look; love; lucilla; maud; max; moment; mother; mrs; ned; papa; raymond; rest; smile; spaniards; time; violet; voice; want; way cache: 32103.txt plain text: 32103.txt item: #15 of 24 id: 32163 author: Finley, Martha title: Elsie on the Hudson date: None words: 60533 flesch: 80 summary: Like papa? Yes; and like grandpa and other good men. Well, I want to be a man just like my own dear papa, said the little fellow, looking with loving admiration up into his father's face. And then they had good times, I hope, said Neddie. keywords: andrã; arnold; british; captain; colonel; country; day; days; dear; elsie; enemy; father; fort; general; good; grace; grandma; harrison; home; hope; house; indians; look; lucilla; man; meigs; men; morning; ned; new; night; papa; place; point; river; sir; time; war; washington; way; west cache: 32163.txt plain text: 32163.txt item: #16 of 24 id: 32225 author: Finley, Martha title: Elsie at Viamede date: None words: 64706 flesch: 76 summary: She signed herself Your penitent little daughter Lulu, folded the note, sealed it up in an envelope, and wrote her father's name on the outside. They are good little things though, and would not be any hindrance, returned the young mother laughingly. keywords: americans; british; captain; children; city; cousin; daughter; day; dear; elsie; eyes; face; father; fire; fort; general; god; good; grace; guns; half; hand; home; hope; jackson; left; look; love; lulu; max; men; morning; new; orleans; papa; river; rosie; sir; smile; time; troops; vessels; viamede; walter; war; way cache: 32225.txt plain text: 32225.txt item: #17 of 24 id: 38353 author: Finley, Martha title: Elsie's Widowhood A Sequel to Elsie's Children date: None words: 72642 flesch: 82 summary: Others may busy themselves with household cares, may fill their hearts with the sweet loves of kind husbands and dear little children; but these things are not for me. She found little time to spare from that which was not taken up in walking or riding with Cyril. keywords: aunt; charlie; children; cousin; day; dear; dinsmore; edward; elsie; eyes; face; father; god; good; grandpa; hand; heart; help; home; isa; life; look; love; mamma; man; mary; molly; mother; mrs; papa; rest; room; smile; tears; thought; time; travilla; violet; want; work cache: 38353.txt plain text: 38353.txt item: #18 of 24 id: 45804 author: Finley, Martha title: Elsie and Her Namesakes date: None words: 49714 flesch: 79 summary: CHAPTER III Noticing now that weak little Ned began to look weary and sleepy, Mrs. Travilla bade the other children go out and amuse themselves a while wherever they liked about the house and grounds; so they quietly left the room. As I certainly do my father and mother, said little Elsie Keith, standing near and listening with interest to the talk about the name she bore. keywords: baby; brother; captain; chester; children; country; cousin; day; dear; elsie; father; god; good; grace; grandma; harold; home; hope; indians; little; look; love; lucilla; mamma; man; men; morning; mother; ned; papa; ronald; sister; story; time; uncle; violet; want cache: 45804.txt plain text: 45804.txt item: #19 of 24 id: 45944 author: Finley, Martha title: Elsie Yachting with the Raymonds date: None words: 60200 flesch: 77 summary: He seems to me to have been as nearly perfect as one of the sinful race of man could be! Yes, responded Captain Raymond; thoroughly unselfish, just, generous, modest, self-denying and self-sacrificing, charitable to the poor, forgiving, fearless and heroic; a God-fearing man who sought nothing for himself, but was ready to do or die for his country; true to her, to his friends, to his God; a sincere and earnest Christian,--where can a more noble character be found? I think, said Mrs. Travilla, he was an instrument raised up and prepared of God for the work that he did in securing to our beloved country the liberties she now enjoys. Captain Raymond returned the salutation, adding, I would like very much to show my children those parts of your house here connected with Revolutionary memories, if-- Oh, yes, sir; yes! keywords: americans; battle; boston; british; captain; children; come; country; day; dear; elsie; eyes; father; fire; general; good; gracie; hope; house; interest; keith; look; lulu; man; max; men; morning; night; officers; papa; party; people; place; prescott; raymond; sea; ship; sir; tea; time; troops; vessel; war; washington; way cache: 45944.txt plain text: 45944.txt item: #20 of 24 id: 46010 author: Finley, Martha title: Elsie's Journey on Inland Waters date: None words: 58911 flesch: 77 summary: Young men and veterans vied with each other in enthusiasm, exchanging urgent calls to rally to the defence of their country, for Old King's Mountain would certainly lead them to victory. Remember it is not every boy--or young man--who attains to the blessing of a college education, without having to earn it by hard work. keywords: british; captain; children; country; day; dear; deck; detroit; elsie; enemy; father; fort; general; god; good; grace; grandma; hope; hull; indians; island; left; look; lucilla; man; men; morning; mother; mrs; night; order; papa; place; river; story; time; troops; violet; walter; war; way; young cache: 46010.txt plain text: 46010.txt item: #21 of 24 id: 46188 author: Finley, Martha title: Elsie's Young Folks in Peace and War date: None words: 49370 flesch: 79 summary: The difficulty was that because the _Brooklyn_ was on a parallel course with the Spaniards, and going in a directly opposite direction, she would have to make a complete circle in order to chase them; and had they had the speed with which they were credited, that would have put the _Brooklyn_ out of the fight, one of her engines being uncoupled, and in consequence her speed greatly reduced. But the Spanish vessels fell far behind their estimated speed, so that the _Brooklyn_ was able to circle about and still overhaul the fleetest of them, and the _Texas_, the slowest of our battleships, held its own in the race. keywords: admiral; british; brother; captain; chester; day; dear; dewey; elsie; evelyn; father; fire; good; grace; grandma; guns; harbor; harold; home; hope; know; love; lucilla; man; max; men; morning; mother; ned; night; papa; people; ship; spanish; time; vessels; war; way cache: 46188.txt plain text: 46188.txt item: #22 of 24 id: 46540 author: Finley, Martha title: Elsie's Winter Trip date: None words: 45265 flesch: 81 summary: cried little Elsie, with a shudder of disgust. Poor thing! sighed little Elsie, I don't know how men can have the heart to be so cruel to animals that are not dangerous. keywords: captain; chester; children; daughter; day; dear; deck; dinsmore; elsie; evelyn; father; good; grace; grandma; harold; home; hope; land; look; lucilla; max; men; mother; ned; papa; people; place; sea; smile; talk; tee; time; violet; water; way cache: 46540.txt plain text: 46540.txt item: #23 of 24 id: 6440 author: Finley, Martha title: Elsie Dinsmore date: None words: 83653 flesch: 83 summary: In the school-room, talking with little Elsie. But in spite of all her trials and vexations, little Elsie was the happiest person in the family; for she had in her heart that peace which the world can neither give nor take away; that joy which the Saviour gives to His own, and no man taketh from them. keywords: adelaide; arthur; book; child; chloe; daughter; day; dear; dinsmore; elsie; eyes; face; father; girl; good; hand; head; heart; look; love; lucy; miss; morning; papa; room; rose; saying; tears; time; tone; want cache: 6440.txt plain text: 6440.txt item: #24 of 24 id: 9963 author: Finley, Martha title: Elsie's Girlhood A Sequel to "Elsie Dinsmore" and "Elsie's Holidays at Roselands" date: None words: 97089 flesch: 84 summary: He stooped and snatched a kiss from her ruby lips, then walked away sighing softly to himself, Ah, little Elsie, if I were but ten years younger! Oh, little Elsie, if you only knew how I love you; how I have loved you, and only you, all these years--as child and as woman--how I have waited and longed, hoping even against hope, that some day I might be able to win the priceless treasure of your young heart. keywords: arthur; aunt; child; daughter; day; dear; dinsmore; egerton; elsie; eyes; face; father; good; half; hand; head; heart; herbert; home; horace; house; look; lottie; love; lucy; mamma; man; miss; moment; morning; mrs; papa; right; room; rose; smile; stanhope; tell; thought; time; tone; travilla; want; way; wealthy; young cache: 9963.txt plain text: 9963.txt