item: #1 of 25 id: 11181 author: Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark) title: Captains All Captains All, Part 1. date: None words: 4607 flesch: 90 summary: You're dreaming, ses Peter Russet, sneering at 'im. That flower-pot o' yours'll come in handy, ses Sam, thinking 'ow he 'ad put 'is arm round the widow's waist; and I thank you kindly for the teapot, Ginger. She said 'yes' at two o'clock in the arternoon, ses old Sam, smiling, arter they had 'ad a glass apiece. keywords: ginger; peter; sam; ses cache: 11181.txt plain text: 11181.txt item: #2 of 25 id: 11182 author: Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark) title: The Boatswain's Mate Captains All, Book 2. date: None words: 5102 flesch: 90 summary: Mr. Travers took the offered box and, with economy born of adversity, stooped and filled up first with the plug he had thrown away. Silly place for a pub, commented Mr. Travers. keywords: benn; boatswain; mrs; travers; waters cache: 11182.txt plain text: 11182.txt item: #3 of 25 id: 11183 author: Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark) title: The Nest Egg Captains All, Book 3. date: None words: 4602 flesch: 93 summary: Emma 'ad arf expected they was going to a theayter that night, but Charlie said he wasn't feeling the thing, and he sat there so quiet and miserable they didn't know wot to make of 'im. 'Ave you got any trouble on your mind, Charlie, ses Mrs. Cook, or is it the tooth-ache? It ain't the toothache, ses Charlie. Eighty pounds, ses Mrs. Cook, smiling at Charlie. keywords: charlie; cook; mrs; ses; wot cache: 11183.txt plain text: 11183.txt item: #4 of 25 id: 11184 author: Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark) title: The Constable's Move Captains All, Book 4. date: None words: 4173 flesch: 85 summary: Mr. Grummit, feeling that a reply was expected of him, gave utterance to a feeble Oh! No, said Mr. Evans, looking round disparagingly. Mrs. Grummit emitted a genuine shriek, and Mr. Grummit, suddenly remembering himself, stopped short and attacked the bed with extraordinary fury. keywords: constable; evans; grummit; mrs; wife cache: 11184.txt plain text: 11184.txt item: #5 of 25 id: 11185 author: Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark) title: Bob's Redemption Captains All, Book 5. date: None words: 5064 flesch: 91 summary: Me and Gerty 'ave been having a talk, ses George, bending down to undo his boots. Just wot I've done, ses George, arter patting 'is pockets. keywords: bob; george; gerty; ses cache: 11185.txt plain text: 11185.txt item: #6 of 25 id: 11186 author: Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark) title: Over the Side Captains All, Book 6. date: None words: 2755 flesch: 86 summary: Dreaming, repeated Bill, dreaming! Most boys have a rough time of it when they first go to sea, but, with a strong sense of what was good for me, I had attached myself to a brawny, good-natured infant, named Bill Smith, and it was soon understood that whoever hit me struck Bill by proxy. keywords: bill; man; night cache: 11186.txt plain text: 11186.txt item: #7 of 25 id: 11187 author: Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark) title: Four Pigeons Captains All, Book 7. date: None words: 4280 flesch: 88 summary: I can see you winking, Sam Jones, ses Bob Pretty, but I'll do more than bet. And tell 'em about my arf, in case they get too cheerful and go overdoing it, ses Bob Pretty, stopping at the door. keywords: bob; henery; ses cache: 11187.txt plain text: 11187.txt item: #8 of 25 id: 11188 author: Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark) title: The Temptation of Samuel Burge Captains All, Book 8. date: None words: 4179 flesch: 85 summary: The butcher was beside him in a moment; Brother Burge struggling wildly, called loudly upon the name of Brother Higgs. I expect Brother Burge will be a similar sort of man. keywords: brother; burge; clark; higgs; jeweller cache: 11188.txt plain text: 11188.txt item: #9 of 25 id: 11189 author: Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark) title: The Madness of Mr. Lister Captains All, Book 9. date: None words: 3577 flesch: 87 summary: [Illustration: The Madness of Mr. Lister. When Mr. Lister paid for a drink, the demon of avarice masquerading as conscience preached a teetotal lecture, and when he showed signs of profiting by it, the demon of drink would send him hanging round public-house doors cadging for drinks in a way which his shipmates regarded as a slur upon the entire ship's company. keywords: cook; henshaw; lister; old cache: 11189.txt plain text: 11189.txt item: #10 of 25 id: 11190 author: Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark) title: The White Cat Captains All, Book 10. date: None words: 4709 flesch: 91 summary: ses Henery Walker, watching 'im. No; I'm finding, ses George Barstow, very fierce, and picking up something. All right, ses George Barstow; you eat it then, and I'll give you two shillings in stead o' one. keywords: barstow; george; joe; ses cache: 11190.txt plain text: 11190.txt item: #11 of 25 id: 12121 author: Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark) title: The Lady of the Barge The Lady of the Barge and Others, Part 1. date: None words: 4225 flesch: 86 summary: In honour of the visitor he spread a small cloth, and then proceeded to produce cold beef, pickles, and accessories in a manner which reminded Miss Harris of white rabbits from a conjurer's hat. Miss Harris started. keywords: gibbs; mate; miss; skipper; ted cache: 12121.txt plain text: 12121.txt item: #12 of 25 id: 12123 author: Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark) title: Bill's Paper Chase Lady of the Barge and Others, Part 3. date: None words: 4272 flesch: 94 summary: Fancy throwing money away like that, Bill: seems a sin, don't it? Bill didn't answer 'im, and that afternoon the other chaps below being asleep we searched 'is bunk through and through without any luck, and at last Bill sat down and swore 'e must ha' got it about 'im. Everybody else was there, of course, and arter I'd got mine and come outside I see pore Bill with 'is back up ag'in a wall, staring 'ard at the second mate, who was looking at 'im with a kind smile, and asking 'im 'ow he'd slept. keywords: bill; boy; jimmy cache: 12123.txt plain text: 12123.txt item: #13 of 25 id: 12125 author: Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark) title: Cupboard Love The Lady of the Barge and Others, Part 5. date: None words: 3924 flesch: 84 summary: It appeared that Mr. Negget sent off a humorous message with his left eye, the right being for some reason closed, to which Mrs. Negget replied with a series of frowns and staccato shakes of the head, which her husband found easily translatable. He eyed Mr. Negget closely, as though half expecting another outburst, but none being forthcoming, sat back in his chair again and smoked in silence, while Mrs. Negget, with a carpet-brush which almost spoke, swept the pieces of dried mud from the stairs. keywords: bodfish; driver; mrs; negget cache: 12125.txt plain text: 12125.txt item: #14 of 25 id: 12126 author: Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark) title: In the Library The Lady of the Barge and Others, Part 6. date: None words: 3682 flesch: 91 summary: It was a bachelor establishment, and had been left to Trayton Burleigh and James Fletcher by a distant connection of both men some ten years before. My friend--Fletcher, said Burleigh, with an effort. keywords: burleigh; door; fletcher; sergeant cache: 12126.txt plain text: 12126.txt item: #15 of 25 id: 12127 author: Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark) title: Captain Rogers The Lady of the Barge and Others, Part 7. date: None words: 4072 flesch: 89 summary: The man was rude to my friend, my dear, he said dispiritedly If he was rude, it was because Mr. Gunn deserved it, said Joan, hotly. You drugged the hag, good Gunn, he continued. keywords: gunn; innkeeper; man; mullet; room cache: 12127.txt plain text: 12127.txt item: #16 of 25 id: 12128 author: Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark) title: A Tiger's Skin The Lady of the Barge and Others, Part 8. date: None words: 4744 flesch: 87 summary: 'It's all right, Sam,' ses Bob Pretty, as 'ad come in just after Henery Walker. ses Bob Pretty. keywords: bob; pretty; ses; tiger; wot cache: 12128.txt plain text: 12128.txt item: #17 of 25 id: 12129 author: Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark) title: A Mixed Proposal The Lady of the Barge and Others, Part 9. date: None words: 3809 flesch: 84 summary: Before Miss Philpotts could lay down her work, before Mr. Halibut could interpose, the Major took possession of Mrs. Riddel's small white hand and raised it gallantly to his lips. The Major took her hand again, and Miss Philpotts set Mr. Halibut an example--which he did not follow--by gazing meditatively out of the window. keywords: brill; halibut; major; mrs; riddel cache: 12129.txt plain text: 12129.txt item: #18 of 25 id: 12130 author: Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark) title: An Adulteration Act The Lady of the Barge and Others, Part 10. date: None words: 3953 flesch: 84 summary: When he calls me doctor, I'll go, said the other, stiffly. How did we get here? asked Mr. Harry Thomson, feebly. keywords: carson; doctor; officer; skipper cache: 12130.txt plain text: 12130.txt item: #19 of 25 id: 12131 author: Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark) title: A Golden Venture The Lady of the Barge and Others, Part 11. date: None words: 3993 flesch: 86 summary: By W. W. Jacobs A GOLDEN VENTURE The elders of the Tidger family sat at breakfast--Mrs. Tidger with knees wide apart and the youngest Tidger nestling in the valley of print-dress which lay between, and Mr. Tidger bearing on one moleskin knee a small copy of himself in a red flannel frock and a slipper. He gave up at the seventh game, and pushing back his chair, said that he thought Mrs. Pullen was the most wonderful draught- player he had ever seen, and took no notice when Mrs. Tidger, in a dry voice charged with subtle meaning, said that she thought he was. keywords: carpenter; miller; mrs; tidger cache: 12131.txt plain text: 12131.txt item: #20 of 25 id: 12132 author: Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark) title: Three at Table The Lady of the Barge and Others, Part 12. date: None words: 2533 flesch: 84 summary: Man and boy, said the other, I've been at sea thirty years, and the only unpleasant incident of that kind occurred in a quiet English countryside. Man or beast, which was it? keywords: door; man; table; woman cache: 12132.txt plain text: 12132.txt item: #21 of 25 id: 27805 author: Grahame, Kenneth title: The Wind in the Willows date: None words: 60955 flesch: 84 summary: When at last Toad had talked himself to a standstill, there was silence for a while; and then the Rat said, Now, Toady, I don't want to give you pain, after all you've been through already; but, seriously, don't you see what an awful ass you've been making of yourself? O, _bother_ Toad, said the Rat savagely; I've done with him. keywords: air; animal; badger; bank; boat; car; course; day; door; friends; good; hall; head; home; house; life; look; mind; mole; moment; morning; night; rat; ratty; river; road; room; round; set; snow; sort; table; things; thought; time; toad; toad hall; want; water; water rat; way; wood cache: 27805.txt plain text: 27805.txt item: #22 of 25 id: 28848 author: Spears, Raymond S. (Raymond Smiley) title: The River Prophet date: None words: 70632 flesch: 84 summary: She knew river men, and she had no illusions about river women. Prebol told how river rats sometimes stole hogs or cattle for food, and Rasba learned for the first time of organized piracy, of river men who were banded together for stealing what they could, raiding river towns, attacking sports, tripping the river, and even more desperate enterprises. keywords: away; bank; boat; books; buck; cabin; carline; coming; course; crele; current; day; eddy; eyes; git; good; head; heart; help; hit; island; kind; know; life; look; man; men; miles; mind; mississippi; mississippi river; mrs; nelia; new; night; palura; parson; people; prebol; rasba; river; river man; river woman; sandbar; saw; shanty; shot; skiff; slip; soul; stream; terabon; theh; things; thought; time; water; way; wind; woman; years cache: 28848.txt plain text: 28848.txt item: #23 of 25 id: 47262 author: Merrick, George Byron title: Old Times on the Upper Mississippi The Recollections of a Steamboat Pilot from 1854 to 1863 date: None words: 106478 flesch: 74 summary: Fuel: on river boats, 59-63. He is in the records as an intelligent, trustworthy pilot, and held the wheels of many of the largest and finest of upper river boats during the flush times between 1850 and 1862. keywords: 1855; 1856; 1857; = =; april; bank; bar; big; boat; business; cabin; captain; chapter; chief; city; clerk; company; crew; day; days; deck; end; engineer; feet; fort; freight; galena; good; half; harris; head; house; ice; island; lake; landing; levee; life; line; little; long; louis; man; mate; men; miles; minnesota; minnesota river; mississippi; mississippi river; money; new; night; packet; passengers; paul; paul trade; peters; pilot; place; point; prairie; prescott; river; river boat; river men; river trade; run; running; second; smith; steamboat; steamer; stern; time; tons; trade; trip; upper; water; way; west; wheel; wheel boat; white; work; years cache: 47262.txt plain text: 47262.txt item: #24 of 25 id: 54195 author: Alger, Horatio, Jr. title: Grit; or, The Young Boatman of Pine Point date: None words: 53279 flesch: 90 summary: Can't you thank Mr. Grit? Good afternoon, Mr. Grit. keywords: bank; boat; boy; brandon; business; carver; courtney; dollars; friend; good; graves; grit; house; johnson; man; money; mother; mrs; phil; sir; thought; time; travers; way cache: 54195.txt plain text: 54195.txt item: #25 of 25 id: 6465 author: Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark) title: Short Cruises date: None words: 51517 flesch: 89 summary: To Mr. Jobling, who had just consumed three herrings and a pint and a half of strong tea, the scene was delightful. 'Ullo! responded Mr. Jobling, gruffly. keywords: arter; ave; bill; cook; door; eyes; george; girl; good; heard; henery; henshaw; jobling; man; mate; mind; miss; mrs; pretty; sam; ses; skipper; stokes; time; uncle; voice; walker; way; wot cache: 6465.txt plain text: 6465.txt