item: #1 of 29 id: 10976 author: Unknown title: The Apricot Tree date: None words: 6777 flesch: 82 summary: Tom Andrews was very teasing, but Ned tried not to be provoked; and when Tom said ill-natured things to him, he checked the angry replies he was tempted to make. Now, Ned, you have allowed that Tom's being turned away is not likely to make him better, but worse; so that I am afraid the true reason why you rejoice at his disgrace is because you bear resentment against him, for having been ill-natured to yourself. keywords: apricots; good; grandmother; ned; tom; tree cache: 10976.txt plain text: 10976.txt item: #2 of 29 id: 14762 author: Optic, Oliver title: Now or Never; Or, The Adventures of Bobby Bright: A Story for Young Folks date: None words: 45934 flesch: 87 summary: It is true Bobby did not think of any of these things; though, if he had, it would have made no difference with him. The book business is good just now, isn't it? continued Bobby, without clearly comprehending the meaning of the other's last remark. keywords: bayard; bobby; books; boy; bright; business; day; dollars; father; good; hardhand; hero; home; house; lady; lee; man; money; mother; pay; sir; squire; thing; thought; time; tom; want cache: 14762.txt plain text: 14762.txt item: #3 of 29 id: 19473 author: Optic, Oliver title: Now or Never; Or, The Adventures of Bobby Bright date: None words: 48415 flesch: 87 summary: It is true Bobby did not think of any of these things; though, if he had, it would have made no difference with him. The book business is good just now, isn't it? continued Bobby, without clearly comprehending the meaning of the other's last remark. keywords: annie; bayard; bobby; books; boy; bright; business; day; dollars; father; good; hardhand; hero; home; house; lady; lee; man; men; mind; money; morning; mother; pay; riverdale; sir; squire; thought; time; timmins; tom; want cache: 19473.txt plain text: 19473.txt item: #4 of 29 id: 20445 author: Chamberlain, Esther title: The Coast of Chance date: None words: 84814 flesch: 88 summary: But when he turned to Flora disgust lifted to high severity. Harry saw it--she glanced at the paper--as late as four o'clock. keywords: afraid; buller; clara; door; ella; eyes; face; feeling; felt; flora; garden; good; great; half; hand; harry; head; herrick; high; house; kerr; left; life; little; look; looking; man; mind; moment; morning; mrs; night; people; place; question; ring; room; sapphire; street; table; thing; thought; time; voice; waiting; way; white; window cache: 20445.txt plain text: 20445.txt item: #5 of 29 id: 21305 author: Fenn, George Manville title: A Dash from Diamond City date: None words: 87491 flesch: 86 summary: West was right: the magic word Mafeking brought the Commandant to his bedside; and as soon as he came up he stopped short and made what little blood poor West had left flush to his face, for he cried: Now, what did the Boer say? Said he had always heard we were cowards at Majuba; now he knew for himself. keywords: anson; believe; black; boers; companion; course; day; despatch; diamonds; enemy; eyes; face; fellow; general; good; half; hand; head; horses; ingleborough; kaffir; kimberley; lad; left; look; man; men; officer; place; ponies; rifle; right; round; sir; time; wagon; want; water; way; west cache: 21305.txt plain text: 21305.txt item: #6 of 29 id: 21310 author: Fenn, George Manville title: Featherland: How the Birds lived at Greenlawn date: None words: 21941 flesch: 74 summary: Nests had been built; eggs had been laid; little callow birds had been hatched; and the little mouths wanted so much feeding that there was not even time to sing. Whew, whoo, whistlerustle, away they went, and settled in a cloud on the top of the old ivied house, and round about the owl's nest--birds of all colours, sorts, and sizes; long tails and short tails; long bills and short bills; worm-workers, grub-grinders, bud-biters, snail-crushers, seed-snappers, berry-bringers, fruit-finders, all kinds of birds--to fetch Judge Owl to sit at the court, to try the foreign thief, who had made such a commotion, trouble, bother, worry, and disturbance; and kicked up such a dust, such a shindy, such a hobble, as had never before been known in Featherland. Hallo! here, Shoutnight; hallo! wake up; anybody at home? said the magpie, holding his head very much on one side, and peeping with one eye at a time into the snug place where the fuzzy old gentleman used to bring his mice home. keywords: birds; boxer; cold; come; feathers; flutethroat; fly; greenlawn; hole; mrs; nest; pond; puss; round; spring; tail; time; water; way cache: 21310.txt plain text: 21310.txt item: #7 of 29 id: 21706 author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael) title: Twice Bought date: None words: 76218 flesch: 83 summary: As poor Tom Brixton once said in a moment of confidence to his friend Westly, while excusing himself for so frequently going on prospecting expeditions to Bevan's Gully, There's no question about it, Fred; she's the sweetest girl in Oregon--pshaw! My frinds, he said, in a low, mysterious voice, I know that ivery mother's son of ye is ready to fight for poor Tom Brixton to-morrow, if the wust comes to the wust. keywords: betty; bevan; boy; brixton; camp; chief; drake; eyes; face; father; flinders; fred; friend; gashford; god; gold; good; hand; head; indian; lay; left; little; look; man; men; mind; moment; mother; paddy; paul; poor; right; rose; round; stalker; tell; think; thought; time; tolly; tom; tom brixton; trapper; trevor; way cache: 21706.txt plain text: 21706.txt item: #8 of 29 id: 32057 author: Stratemeyer, Edward title: Boys of The Fort; Or, A Young Captain's Pluck date: None words: 50481 flesch: 92 summary: A little rain wouldn't hurt, said Joe Moore. So have I, put in Joe Moore. keywords: benson; boys; captain; captain moore; cave; colonel; darry; desperadoes; fort; gilroy; good; hand; horses; indians; joe; know; leeson; man; men; moore; right; scout; soldiers; time; tree; way; white cache: 32057.txt plain text: 32057.txt item: #9 of 29 id: 33615 author: Stratemeyer, Edward title: Three Young Ranchmen; or, Daring Adventures in the Great West date: None words: 43078 flesch: 92 summary: Leaving Allen to bring his horse, Watson walked slowly along the bed of the stream, taking good care not to step into any deep holes. Allen on the Trail Although Allen Winthrop was but a young man in years, yet the fact that he had had the care of the family on his shoulders since the death of his parents had tended to make him older in experience and give him the courage to face whatever arose before him in the path of duty. keywords: allen; barnaby; boys; captain; chapter; chet; dottery; good; grady; horse; ike; man; noel; paul; ranch; right; slavin; ter; thet; thieves; time; trail; uncle; urner; watson; way; winthrop cache: 33615.txt plain text: 33615.txt item: #10 of 29 id: 34894 author: Glover, Julia Lestarjette title: Briarwood Girls date: None words: 14727 flesch: 88 summary: * * The public will be glad to hear that the best equipped hospital in the South will shortly be opened, with Miss Alison Fair as head nurse. Alison swallowed the lump in her throat and said nothing. keywords: alison; essay; father; girls; harland; joan; kathy; lamp; marcia; miss; room; rosalind; school; time cache: 34894.txt plain text: 34894.txt item: #11 of 29 id: 36313 author: Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams) title: Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter date: None words: 80380 flesch: 81 summary: And you never suspected what it was that occurred at the dressmaker's which displeased Miss Winnie? Never, until this moment. Can you tell me the exact time at which Miss Winnie visited the parlor last night? keywords: adelaide; armstrong; boys; brother; buttertub; cabinet; come; corner; course; cynthia; day; dear; door; eyes; face; father; girls; good; having; head; home; jim; life; little; look; madame; man; milly; miss; money; mother; mrs; mudge; new; night; noakes; place; polo; professor; professor waite; ricos; robbery; room; roseveldt; school; silver; stacey; studio; terwilliger; thing; thought; tib; time; van; waite; way; winnie; work cache: 36313.txt plain text: 36313.txt item: #12 of 29 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: #13 of 29 id: 37857 author: Castlemon, Harry title: The Haunted Mine date: None words: 84269 flesch: 90 summary: He stopped in front of the door, and called out to somebody he left below, Does Mr. Julian Gray live here? Which one of you is Julian Gray? I am, sir. I am delighted to meet you, said he; and he thrust out his hand, into which Julian put his own. keywords: banta; bob; box; boys; casper; claus; come; day; dollars; find; gold; good; hand; home; jack; julian; look; man; men; miners; money; office; right; room; thing; thought; time; want; way; wiggins; work cache: 37857.txt plain text: 37857.txt item: #14 of 29 id: 43144 author: Meade, L. T. title: Scamp and I: A Story of City By-Ways date: None words: 53408 flesch: 84 summary: Come here, Scamp, poor fellow, and you, little Flo, you come also; I have a great deal to say to you and your dog. And little Flo had said in her letter that God loved him, God and Jesus loved him. keywords: boy; cellar; child; day; dick; dog; eyes; face; father; flo; fur; god; good; hand; head; heart; home; jenks; letter; life; look; miss; mother; mrs jenks; night; place; queen; scamp; street; thief; things; thought; time; way; woman; yer cache: 43144.txt plain text: 43144.txt item: #15 of 29 id: 43765 author: Old Sleuth title: The Twin Ventriloquists; or, Nimble Ike and Jack the Juggler A Tale of Strategy and Jugglery date: None words: 28290 flesch: 88 summary: Old man, see here; do you want to be locked up? Say, young man, what is it you are trying to accomplish? keywords: detective; face; fellow; fire; girl; good; great; hero; house; ike; jack; lady; man; men; new; right; room; sidney; story; voice cache: 43765.txt plain text: 43765.txt item: #16 of 29 id: 44178 author: Unknown title: The Friends; or, The Triumph of Innocence over False Charges A Tale, Founded on Facts date: None words: 12391 flesch: 76 summary: This they did very willingly, not merely because she generally had a good assortment of those things which little boys are fond of, but because she was cheerful, civil, and obliging; and frequently took in good part, the tricks they so often played upon her. It had, for many years, been distinguished for possessing an excellent master, in the person of the Rev. Dr. Harris, who, by his amiable manners and sound knowledge, had obtained the friendship of the surrounding gentry; while his fatherly interest in behalf of the affairs of the poor, caused him to be universally beloved. keywords: boys; george; good; greene; harris; henry; money; price; school; time cache: 44178.txt plain text: 44178.txt item: #17 of 29 id: 45264 author: Potter, Beatrix title: The Tale of Two Bad Mice date: None words: 1027 flesch: 87 summary: Tom Thumb and Hunca Munca went cautiously across the hearthrug. Let it alone, said Tom Thumb; give me some fish, Hunca Munca! keywords: illustration; munca cache: 45264.txt plain text: 45264.txt item: #18 of 29 id: 45295 author: Anonymous title: Tom, the Piper's Son date: None words: 487 flesch: 69 summary: `He used his pipe, and she her legs [Illustration: 0008] `Her eggs were very sadly broke, ``While wicked Tom enjoy'd ```the joke.= `Tom met the parson on his way, ``Took out his pipe, began to ```play, `A merry tune, that led his grace ``Into a very dirty place.= [Illustration: 0009] `The mayor then said, he would ```not fail ``To send poor Tommy off to jail `Tom took his pipe, began to play, ``And all the court soon danc'd ```away.= `'Twas quite a treat to see the rout ``How clerks and judges hop- ```ped about.= [Illustration: 0004] `The pig was eat Tom was beat, ``And Tom ran roaring down ```the street.= `Here is a long tailed pig, or a ```short tailed pig, all sorts of ```pigs for sale: `A boar pig, or a sow pig, or a ```pig with a curly tail.= [Illustration: 005] `All the little girls and boys ``Were so delighted with his ```noise, `They'd dance and sing, while he ```did play ``Over the hills and far away.= `Tom now learn'd another tune, ``The cow that jumped o'er the ```moon. keywords: tom cache: 45295.txt plain text: 45295.txt item: #19 of 29 id: 481 author: Michelson, Miriam title: In the Bishop's Carriage date: None words: 57244 flesch: 95 summary: Get Tom out of jail. Then she took out a lace sample from her gold-linked purse and held them both up close to her blinky little eyes, looking at it through a gold lorgnette with emeralds in the handle; pulling it and feeling it with the air of one who knows a fine thing when she sees it, and just what makes it fine. keywords: big; bishop; bit; boy; dear; door; eyes; face; fellow; girl; good; gray; hand; head; lady; look; mag; man; minute; miss; moriway; mrs; nance; obermuller; olden; right; room; thing; thought; time; tom; way; woman cache: 481.txt plain text: 481.txt item: #20 of 29 id: 51420 author: Newman, Louis title: License to Steal date: None words: 3415 flesch: 63 summary: Of special interest to the legally inclined student is the famous Skrrgck Affair, which began before the Galactic Tribunal with the case of _Citizens vs. Skrrgck_. The Skrrgck case was by no means concluded by the decision of the Galactic Tribunal, but continued to reverberate down the years, a field day for lawyers, and a lesson to all in the complexities of modern intergalactic law and society, said Winston, Harold C, Herman Prof, of Legal History, Harvard. keywords: boötes; case; court; law; skrrgck; terran; theft cache: 51420.txt plain text: 51420.txt item: #21 of 29 id: 54961 author: Bowen, C. E. (Charlotte Elizabeth) title: How a Farthing Made a Fortune; or "Honesty is the best policy" date: None words: 23163 flesch: 88 summary: Such was the home in which little Dick was reared. And then he talked of things very new to little Dick. keywords: 8vo; author; boy; cloth; crown; day; dick; extra; god; good; home; illustrated; illustrations; john; life; little; man; mrs; naylor; new; page; sir; stories; story; thought; time; walters; way; young cache: 54961.txt plain text: 54961.txt item: #22 of 29 id: 55098 author: Alger, Horatio, Jr. title: Strong and Steady; Or, Paddle Your Own Canoe date: None words: 59690 flesch: 89 summary: Walter took the telegram, with trembling fingers, and read the following message:-- DR. PORTER:--Please send Walter Conrad home by the first train. Do you mean to say, Walter Conrad, that you didn't sell such a shawl for five dollars (only half price), and, instead of entering the sale, put the money into your own pocket? I do deny it most emphatically, Mr. Drummond, said Walter, impetuously, and I challenge you to prove it. keywords: book; boy; business; conrad; day; dollars; drummond; father; good; home; house; jack; joshua; man; mean; money; mrs; pay; pocket; right; store; thought; time; walter; want; way; woman; young cache: 55098.txt plain text: 55098.txt item: #23 of 29 id: 56798 author: Alger, Horatio, Jr. title: The Young Salesman date: None words: 55135 flesch: 93 summary: When they entered, Scott saw Loammi seated at a table in the rear part of the saloon. It is my young friend, Mr. Scott Walton. keywords: boy; business; cousin; dollars; earl; ezra; father; good; house; lane; lawton; like; little; loammi; man; money; new; pay; place; room; scott; seth; sir; store; thought; time; way; week cache: 56798.txt plain text: 56798.txt item: #24 of 29 id: 59853 author: Ellis, Edward Sylvester title: A Young Hero; Or, Fighting to Win date: None words: 68534 flesch: 77 summary: It may well be asked what young Fred Sheldon expected to do with such a useless musket, should emergency arise demanding a weapon. As he did so he placed his hand on the top rail of the fence and with one bound leaped over, dropping upon his feet within a few steps of poor Fred Sheldon, who, with every reason for believing he had been seen, sprang to his feet and ran for dear life. keywords: archie; boy; boys; bud; bud heyland; carter; constable; cyrus; day; door; fred; fred sheldon; good; hand; head; heyland; home; house; kincade; lad; ladies; lion; man; minute; money; mother; night; place; road; room; sutton; thought; time; tramp; voice; way; work; young cache: 59853.txt plain text: 59853.txt item: #25 of 29 id: 62866 author: Castlemon, Harry title: The Young Game-Warden date: None words: 76043 flesch: 85 summary: I'd leave Joe and Dan to run the ferry, and then I'd put a shovel on to my shoulder and come up here, and never leave off digging till I'd turned some of these mountings t'other side up. Some day I'll get mad and sink it so deep that it can't never be found again--I will so! Now, Dan, what's the use of talking that way? exclaimed Joe, impatiently. keywords: birds; bob; cabin; dan; day; dollars; father; game; good; hallet; home; joe; know; letter; look; man; money; morgan; place; silas; tell; thing; thought; time; tom; want; warren; way; wood; work cache: 62866.txt plain text: 62866.txt item: #26 of 29 id: 6569 author: Mathews, Joanna H. (Joanna Hooe) title: Bessie Bradford's Prize date: None words: 57057 flesch: 74 summary: Poor little Lena! Poor little Lena! keywords: bessie; boy; boys; colonel; come; dear; doctor; father; good; hannah; lena; letter; lewis; maggie; mind; miss; money; mrs; neville; percy; room; rush; school; seabrooke; sister; tell; thought; time; trevor; uncle; way cache: 6569.txt plain text: 6569.txt item: #27 of 29 id: 6984 author: Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) title: The Pothunters date: None words: 42506 flesch: 91 summary: 'Said the row didn't interfere with him. 'Mr Charteris!' 'The same,' said Charteris. keywords: allen; babe; barrett; charteris; dallas; day; good; great; half; head; house; jim; left; look; man; merevale; place; plunkett; right; room; school; sir; study; thing; thomson; thought; time; tony; vaughan; way; welch cache: 6984.txt plain text: 6984.txt item: #28 of 29 id: 8413 author: Thurston, I. T. (Ida Treadwell) title: The Bishop's Shadow date: None words: 70347 flesch: 89 summary: There were not many women in the number gathered there, and the few who were there were of the lowest sort, but men and boys--largely tramps, roughs and street boys--were there in countless numbers, mingled with not a few of the better class. She was thinking how hard she tried to bring up her children to be good boys and girls, and yet they were not always good. keywords: baby; bishop; boy; boys; brother; carrots; day; dick; door; eyes; face; girl; good; head; heart; home; hunt; jimmy; know; look; man; mrs; room; scott; street; theodore; thought; time; tode; want; way; work cache: 8413.txt plain text: 8413.txt item: #29 of 29 id: 959 author: Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) title: The Lost Princess of Oz date: None words: 48077 flesch: 86 summary: Said he to Cayke, I am now convinced that no Yip has taken your dishpan, and since it is gone from the Yip Country, I suspect that some stranger came from the world down below us in the darkness of night when all of us were asleep and took away your treasure. After all, it was little Dorothy who came to their rescue, and her ability to save them was almost as much a surprise to the girl as it was to her friends. keywords: bear; bright; button; cayke; city; cook; country; dishpan; dorothy; frogman; girl; good; king; know; lion; magic; ozma; people; scraps; shoemaker; time; ugu; way; wizard cache: 959.txt plain text: 959.txt