item: #1 of 10 id: 11111 author: Alger, Horatio, Jr. title: Only an Irish Boy; Or, Andy Burke's Fortunes date: None words: 51314 flesch: 89 summary: Look here, Godfrey Preston, said Andy, roused to indignation by this insinuation, you'd better not say that again, if you know what's best for yourself. Godfrey now resolved to put in a ball waist-high, but so swiftly that Andy could not hit it; but he had never seen Andy play. keywords: andy; boy; burke; colonel; course; doctor; dollars; fairfax; father; godfrey; good; house; husband; ma'am; man; money; mother; mrs; preston; priscilla; school; son; sophia; thought; time; want; work cache: 11111.txt plain text: 11111.txt item: #2 of 10 id: 13784 author: Dunne, Finley Peter title: Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen date: None words: 50258 flesch: 92 summary: Th' prayers f'r th' occasion, printed on negotyable paper, is disthributed among th' guests. Th' pathrites wint up again a band iv Kansas sojers, that was wanst heroes befure they larned th' hay-foot-sthraw-foot, an' is now arnin' th' wages iv a good harvest hand all th' year ar-round, an' 'd rather fight than ate th' ar-rmy beef, an' ye know what happened. keywords: ads; afther th; anny; befure; bein; big; cap; come; coort; counthry; cud; d'ye; day; divvle; donahue; dooley; dure; f'r th; fr'm; fr'm th; frind; gin'ral; goin'; good; hand; head; hinnissy; hogan; home; house; iv th; iv thim; ivry; jawn; long; man; mckenna; men; mike; mind; nawthin; night; niver; ol'; on'y; people; polis; prisident; road; run; sthreet; thim; thin; time; tin; tis; tis th; twas; twinty; wan; wan iv; wanst; way; whin th; wint; wurruld; ye'er; ye're cache: 13784.txt plain text: 13784.txt item: #3 of 10 id: 14684 author: Dunne, Finley Peter title: Mr. Dooley Says date: None words: 44368 flesch: 88 summary: Lave it on th' flure f'r th' boy that sweeps up, oh, son iv a tailor,' he says, an' he gives a nod an' fr'm behind a curtain comes Jawn Johnson with little on him, an' th' next thing ye hear iv th' faithless minister is a squeak an' a splash. Th' historyan says, go up; th' bi-ographer says, come down among us. keywords: afther; anny; annything; befure; bein; counthry; cud; day; days; dhrink; dooley; f'r th; f'r ye; fellow; fine; fr'm; fr'm th; frind; goin'; good; hand; head; hennessy; hinnissy; hogan; home; house; iv th; iv thim; iv ye'er; ivry; kind; ladies; life; long; look; man; men; money; nawthin; new; niver; on'y; people; read; right; says; shud; sir; thim; thin; time; tis; wan; wan iv; war; way; whin th; wife; wint; wud; wudden't; wurruk; wurruld; ye'er; ye'll; years cache: 14684.txt plain text: 14684.txt item: #4 of 10 id: 16958 author: Quigley, Hugh title: The Cross and the Shamrock Or, How To Defend The Faith. An Irish-American Catholic Tale Of Real Life, Descriptive Of The Temptations, Sufferings, Trials, And Triumphs Of The Children Of St. Patrick In The Great Republic Of Washington. A Book For The Entertainment And Special Instructions Of The Catholic Male And Female Servants Of The United States. date: None words: 65701 flesch: 69 summary: This was not difficult to effect with poor men who were half starved, and who had to look out for work somewhere else for the support of their families. Sadly did the mysterious miscarriage of his letters puzzle the ingenuous heart of poor Paul; though he had reason to suspect, from certain hints thrown out by Amanda, that she, somehow or other, was in possession of their contents. keywords: amanda; bible; body; bridget; brother; catholic; chapter; children; church; country; day; days; death; eugene; faith; family; father; god; good; holy; home; house; irish; life; lord; man; men; mind; money; mother; mrs; murty; new; o'clery; parson; paul; people; poor; priest; protestant; prying; religion; sir; sister; soul; thing; thy; time; uncle; way; wife; work; world; years; young cache: 16958.txt plain text: 16958.txt item: #5 of 10 id: 22537 author: Dunne, Finley Peter title: Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War date: None words: 46567 flesch: 91 summary: Th' ol' la-ad met us at th' dure. Th' cinter rush iv th' Saint Aloysiuses took a runnin' jump at th' left lung iv wan iv th' Christyan Brothers, an' wint to th' grass with him. keywords: afther; anny; bein; come; counthry; cud; day; dooley; f'r th; face; father; fr'm; fr'm th; frind; george; gin'ral; goin'; good; hand; head; hear; hennessy; hinnissy; hogan; home; house; iv th; iv thim; iv ye'er; ivry; know; lave; life; little; look; mack; man; men; mike; miles; money; nawthin; new; night; niver; ol'; on'y; people; run; sthreet; they'se; thim; thin; time; tis; twas; wan; wan iv; wanst; war; way; whin th; wint; woman; ye'er; ye're; year cache: 22537.txt plain text: 22537.txt item: #6 of 10 id: 27925 author: Smith, John Talbot title: The Art of Disappearing date: None words: 137414 flesch: 83 summary: You have only to begin divorce proceedings here, issue a summons for the real Horace Endicott, and serve the papers on Mr. Arthur Dillon. Then the door closed, and Arthur Dillon was alone with his mother; Arthur Dillon who had run away to California ten years before, and died there, it was supposed; but he had not died, for behold him returned to his mother miraculously. keywords: anne; arthur; arthur dillon; boy; captain; case; child; claire; course; curran; day; dear; death; detective; edith; endicott; english; everard; eyes; face; father; feeling; find; friends; god; good; grahame; great; hands; hate; heart; home; honora; hope; horace; house; husband; ireland; irish; judy; ledwith; life; livingstone; look; louis; love; man; matter; men; mind; moment; mona; money; monsignor; mother; mrs; new; night; people; place; poor; priest; senator; sister; sonia; story; things; think; thought; time; way; woman; world; years; young cache: 27925.txt plain text: 27925.txt item: #7 of 10 id: 31718 author: Fillmore, Parker title: The Rosie World date: None words: 83873 flesch: 93 summary: CHAPTER XVIII ON THE CULTURE OF BABIES Midsummer came and with it a great suffocating blanket of heat which brought prostration to the world at large and to little Rosie O'Brien a new care and a great anxiety. At sight of Rosie, Mrs. Sullivan exclaimed gushingly: If there ain't Rosie O'Brien! keywords: agin; come; course; danny; day; ellen; eyes; face; father; george; geraldine; girl; going; good; head; home; jackie; janet; jarge; kind; long; love; man; mcfadden; moment; mother; mrs; o'brien; right; riley; rosie; rosie dear; rosie o'brien; talk; tell; terry; thing; time; way; week cache: 31718.txt plain text: 31718.txt item: #8 of 10 id: 39753 author: Consolation Club title: The Misfit Christmas Puddings date: None words: 19655 flesch: 80 summary: Finally Granny M'Carty, who had noticed Bridget's restlessness, exclaimed: Are ye crazy, then, Bridget M'Carty? That presumptuous plan never had been whispered to any one save his darlin' Biddy, and they dreaded the day when it should be made known to Granny M'Carty, whose presence at the family hearthstone supplied all the discipline that could possibly be needed in any fairly moral household. keywords: baker; baumgärtner; bridget; children; christmas; day; door; dose; good; grandad; granny; granny m'carty; herr; katrina; little; m'carty; man; michael; mrs; puddings; store; table; time; widow; yer cache: 39753.txt plain text: 39753.txt item: #9 of 10 id: 4729 author: Dunne, Finley Peter title: Observations By Mr. Dooley date: None words: 48893 flesch: 86 summary: Th' father iv th' fam'ly niver thought iv sindin' in an expert accountant to look over th' young man's books an' decide whether his invistmints was sound, an' if th' young man had th' nerve to ask his father-in-law was he still on th' payroll, 'twudn't be the sacramint iv mathrimony he'd require. In th' Bay we was surrounded be a fleet iv tugs carryin' riprisintatives iv th' press, singin' th' Watch on th' Rhine. keywords: afther; afther th; american; anny; annything; apers; away; beet; befure th; bein; betther; business; come; counthry; cud; day; dooley; f'r th; f'r ye; fam'ly; father; fr'm; frind; gin'ral; goin'; good; hand; head; heerd; hennessy; himsilf; hinnissy; hogan; home; house; iv th; iv thim; ivry; job; kind; king; life; little; long; look; man; men; mind; money; new; niver; on'y; people; prisidint; right; sir; sthreet; they'se; thim; thin; things; time; tis; twas; wan; wan iv; wanst; war; way; whin th; wint; woman; wud; wurruk; wurruld; ye'er; years; young cache: 4729.txt plain text: 4729.txt item: #10 of 10 id: 9329 author: Zollinger, Gulielma title: The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys date: None words: 47929 flesch: 93 summary: Those nearest were passing the story on, a sentence at a time, after the manner of interpreters, and suddenly there was a shout, Three cheers for little Jim O'Callaghan! [Illustration 'Three cheers for little Jim O'Callaghan.' keywords: andy; b'ys; boy; boys; brady; day; eyes; face; father; general; good; home; jim; little; loike; look; mike; mother; mrs; o'callaghan; pat; place; thought; time; tis; wan; way; widow; work cache: 9329.txt plain text: 9329.txt