item: #1 of 13 id: 25938 author: Mainer, R. Henry (Robert Henry) title: Nancy McVeigh of the Monk Road date: None words: 29868 flesch: 82 summary: So it was that Jennie left the old tavern on the Monk Road, jubilant in her innocent way at the happy prospects which old Nancy painted for her, but when she was gone Nancy turned to her work again with a heavy heart. The roadside hostelry soon had a place on the highway, and deep into its centre was Nancy McVeigh's. keywords: day; doctor; eyes; face; father; fer; good; heart; home; jennie; john; man; mcveigh; miss; monk; mother; mrs; nancy; nancy mcveigh; night; piper; place; road; sophia; tavern; time; woman; yer; young cache: 25938.txt plain text: 25938.txt item: #2 of 13 id: 26728 author: Hall, Eliza Calvert title: Aunt Jane of Kentucky date: None words: 64625 flesch: 88 summary: Abram used to say that if I started to the spring-house, I'd go by way o' the front porch and the front yard and the back porch and the back yard and the flower gyarden and the vegetable gyarden to git there. I did say I was done with that sort o' work; but this mornin' I was rummagin' around up in the garret, and I come across this bundle of pieces, and thinks I, 'I reckon it's intended for me to piece one more quilt before I die;' I must 'a' put 'em there thirty years ago and clean forgot 'em, and I've been settin' here all the evenin' cuttin' 'em and thinkin' about old times. keywords: 'em; abram; amos; ann; annie; aunt; aunt jane; brother; child; children; church; come; day; dick; dinner; eyes; folks; git; goin'; good; harvey; home; house; jane; jest; jim; life; little; look; lookin; man; marthy; mary; men; mighty; milly; new; people; place; rest; right; rose; sally; sam; saw; set; sunday; tell; things; thought; time; uncle; way; woman; work; years cache: 26728.txt plain text: 26728.txt item: #3 of 13 id: 27472 author: La Bédollière, Emile de title: The Story of a Cat date: None words: 14049 flesch: 77 summary: On seeing Mother Michel bearing in her arms the rescued cat, he said to himself: What, another beast! Having pronounced these words in a firm tone, Madame de la Grenouillère addressed herself to Mother Michel. keywords: cat; countess; day; faribole; father; father lustucru; grenouillère; house; illustration; lustucru; madame; michel; mother; mother michel; moumouth; steward cache: 27472.txt plain text: 27472.txt item: #4 of 13 id: 28517 author: Westcott, Frank N. (Frank Nash) title: Hepsey Burke date: None words: 63873 flesch: 81 summary: As Maxwell presented his wife to Mrs. Burke, Hepsey took the girl's two hands in hers and kissed her heartily, and then, looking at her keenly as the bride blushed under her searching gaze, she remarked: You're a dreadful disappointment, Mrs. Maxwell. Mrs. Burke will allay parental anxiety as to the bodily welfare of the recruits and the pacific object of the organization, and Mrs. Maxwell will make the colors. keywords: bascom; betty; bit; burke; business; church; come; course; day; donald; durford; face; find; goin'; good; guess; hepsey; hepsey burke; home; house; jonathan; know; life; look; lot; man; matter; maxwell; mind; mrs; new; nickey; parish; parson; people; place; rector; right; room; thing; thought; time; town; virginia; want; warden; way; wife; woman; work cache: 28517.txt plain text: 28517.txt item: #5 of 13 id: 30439 author: Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe title: Mrs. Tree date: None words: 40941 flesch: 91 summary: 'Tiddy hi, toddy ho, Tiddy hi hum, Thus was it when Barbara Popkins was young!' Miss Vesta sighed again; it was always a bad sign when Mrs. Tree began to sing. Said he'd done all he could do, and the critter didn't seem to be gettin' no better, and what did I advise? 'What have ye done?' says I. 'Wal,' says he, 'I've cut his tail, and drawed two of his teeth, and I dono what else _to_ do,' he says. keywords: aunt; blyth; butters; cousin; day; dear; direxia; doctor; door; eyes; good; hand; homer; house; james; jaquith; kind; lady; look; marcia; miss; miss vesta; mother; mrs; phoebe; pryor; room; stedman; thought; time; tree; vesta; want; way; weight; woman cache: 30439.txt plain text: 30439.txt item: #6 of 13 id: 32203 author: Hall, Eliza Calvert title: The Land of Long Ago date: None words: 63725 flesch: 82 summary: Old man Sam lived on the fur side o' the creek, and he was in the habit o' comin' to town every once in a while to lay in his groceries and such things, and every time he'd come to town he'd git his jug filled, of course, and drink all along the way home; but by the time he'd git to Clear Fork he wouldn't know where he was, or who he was, or which way he was goin'. Old man Sam laid down by the kittle and went to sleep. keywords: amaryllis; aunt; brother; child; children; church; come; day; doctor; emmeline; eyes; father; folks; git; goin'; good; hand; henry; home; honey; house; jane; jest; life; look; love; man; men; milly; miss; mother; ricollect; right; sam; schuyler; tell; things; thought; time; town; uncle; way; wilson; woman; years cache: 32203.txt plain text: 32203.txt item: #7 of 13 id: 48197 author: Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret) title: Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 1 (of 3) date: None words: 68215 flesch: 82 summary: Mrs. John Vernon was considered very refined and elegant according to the language of the day, a young lady with many accomplishments. Sir! said Mrs. John Vernon, standing in a fine attitude of displeasure by her desk, holding it open with one hand. keywords: bank; captain; catherine; catherine vernon; cousin; dear; edward; eyes; felt; girl; going; good; harry; head; heart; hester; house; john; john vernon; lady; life; like; man; mind; miss; mother; mrs; people; poor; rule; things; think; thought; time; vernon; way; woman cache: 48197.txt plain text: 48197.txt item: #8 of 13 id: 48198 author: Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret) title: Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 2 (of 3) date: None words: 67518 flesch: 83 summary: Catherine Vernon, who was sixty-five, and knew herself to be an old woman, looked at the other, who was over eighty, as a girl looks at her mother--wondering at her strange experiences, feeling herself a child in presence of a knowledge which is not hers. Catherine Vernon was still in the region of prejudice and dislike. keywords: ashton; captain; catherine; course; dear; edward; ellen; emma; eyes; girl; good; harry; head; hester; john; kind; lady; life; look; man; mean; mind; miss; money; mother; mrs; people; roland; thing; thought; time; vernon; way; young cache: 48198.txt plain text: 48198.txt item: #9 of 13 id: 48199 author: Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret) title: Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 3 (of 3) date: None words: 70448 flesch: 85 summary: I should like, not that, but to do as Catherine Vernon did, she cried, lighting up in every line of her animated countenance. I should like to step in when ruin was coming and prop it up on my shoulders as she did, and meet the danger, and overcome it---- I thought you hated Catherine Vernon, Roland cried. keywords: business; catherine; day; dear; edward; emma; eyes; face; girl; going; good; harry; head; heart; hester; john; life; long; look; love; man; mind; moment; mother; mrs; night; people; roland; room; thing; thought; time; vernon; way cache: 48199.txt plain text: 48199.txt item: #10 of 13 id: 51171 author: Bradbury, Ray title: A Little Journey date: None words: 2646 flesch: 87 summary: The special helmets were issued to be fitted over every gray or white head to supply extra oxygen in case of a leakage in the ship's hull, and at long last the hour had come and Mrs. Bellowes stood behind Mr. Thirkell and said, We're ready, sir. There goes Mr. Thirkell_, thought Mrs. Bellowes. keywords: bellowes; mrs; rocket; ship; thirkell cache: 51171.txt plain text: 51171.txt item: #11 of 13 id: 63045 author: LM (Leslie Moore) title: Aunt Olive in Bohemia date: None words: 67460 flesch: 89 summary: That's all right, said Miss Mason hurriedly. It's all right, said Miss Mason again. keywords: barnabas; blue; chair; child; christopher; corleone; dan; day; dear; door; duchessa; eyes; face; garden; good; hand; heart; house; jasper; left; life; little; look; love; man; mind; miss mason; moment; morning; paul; people; pippa; place; room; round; sara; silence; studio; sybil; thought; time; voice; way; white; woman; words; years cache: 63045.txt plain text: 63045.txt item: #12 of 13 id: 63109 author: Jacobi, Carl title: Doctor Universe date: None words: 6467 flesch: 87 summary: Moments later we made a landing at a rude jetty, and Grannie Annie was introducing me to Ezra Karn. Doctor Universe By CARL JACOBI Grannie Annie, who wrote science fiction under the nom de plume of Annabella C. Flowers, had stumbled onto a murderous plot more hair-raising than any she had ever concocted. keywords: billy; boy; doctor; ezra; flames; grannie; green; karn; ship; swamp; universe; woman cache: 63109.txt plain text: 63109.txt item: #13 of 13 id: 63442 author: Jacobi, Carl title: Double Trouble date: None words: 5289 flesch: 88 summary: The duplicate of Grannie Annie was bowing to the duplicate of Jimmy Baker, and the image of Ezra Karn was playing leap frog with the image of Antlers Park. Directly behind the windscreen, backs turned to me, were Jimmy Baker, Grannie, and Xartal. keywords: baker; baldric; car; ezra; grannie; jimmy; kite; park cache: 63442.txt plain text: 63442.txt