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Eric Lease Morgan Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 31 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 36781 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 86 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 Mrs. 12 God 9 Mr. 9 Miss 5 little 5 Christmas 4 man 4 Mary 4 Madame 4 Jack 3 Uncle 3 Milly 3 Lord 2 tree 2 home 2 good 2 Winnie 2 Wild 2 Virginia 2 Van 2 Trapper 2 Tour 2 Tom 2 Street 2 St. 2 Ruth 2 Paul 2 Old 2 Norton 2 New 2 Ned 2 Mrs 2 Margaret 2 Maggie 2 London 2 Johnny 2 John 2 Jim 2 Grant 2 Europe 2 Emma 2 Domingo 2 Bill 2 Aunt 2 Adelaide 1 work 1 school 1 preservative 1 poor 1 illustration Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 2160 man 2096 time 1856 day 1817 child 1616 thing 1479 mother 1414 way 1333 girl 1241 hand 1198 boy 1187 eye 1064 one 1060 room 1042 life 988 face 962 house 880 word 879 year 870 heart 845 woman 831 place 829 friend 768 night 749 door 746 people 734 work 730 nothing 718 head 713 something 697 home 668 lady 651 moment 623 money 613 school 602 father 598 world 575 side 571 morning 554 voice 532 family 517 name 490 foot 483 part 482 wife 477 mind 469 tree 457 anything 435 thought 431 fire 422 arm Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 4269 _ 1808 Mrs. 1350 Mr. 1005 Miss 796 God 600 Winnie 594 Ruth 510 Adelaide 484 Flo 438 ye 434 Ester 417 Madame 409 Virginia 401 Jack 396 Aunt 364 Bessie 361 Bill 359 Maggie 352 Hildegarde 348 Uncle 339 Franks 335 Paul 332 Jenks 318 Ned 314 Emma 297 Jim 295 Sadie 273 Dr. 271 Lord 269 Christmas 257 Judge 255 Abbie 250 Trapper 244 Tom 244 John 241 Dick 228 la 224 Ike 214 Patty 212 Mary 209 Mrs 204 Desire 203 New 203 Jerry 202 Milly 199 Nancy 195 Cynthia 191 Hazel 189 Tour 189 Professor Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 16574 i 13133 it 10831 she 10211 he 10208 you 4976 they 4469 we 3931 him 3931 her 3576 me 3198 them 1496 us 758 himself 744 herself 358 myself 330 themselves 225 one 224 itself 177 yourself 135 ''em 132 ourselves 78 thee 77 ''s 68 yours 61 mine 53 hers 31 em 28 ye 26 theirs 26 his 18 ours 13 yerself 6 thyself 6 oneself 5 yourselves 4 hisself 3 ya 3 i''m 2 yer 2 written,-- 2 on''y 2 o 2 ha 2 delf 1 zo 1 zemself 1 you,--or 1 you''re 1 yo''d 1 work,--and Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 40436 be 17588 have 8115 do 6268 say 3705 go 3439 come 3173 see 2964 know 2823 make 2576 think 2277 take 1995 give 1973 look 1768 tell 1676 get 1449 find 1367 ask 1101 seem 1040 feel 970 hear 937 want 916 leave 916 keep 898 put 876 speak 841 let 817 call 778 bring 775 stand 771 turn 740 live 697 begin 674 sit 659 help 640 try 622 like 599 mean 567 reply 563 pass 560 love 558 cry 550 believe 542 send 528 wish 521 answer 504 hold 502 run 498 use 484 grow 479 become Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 10856 not 3932 so 3500 little 2645 up 2600 very 2308 then 2269 good 2112 now 2085 more 1864 old 1826 out 1683 well 1619 only 1618 never 1539 much 1483 great 1458 just 1356 as 1305 down 1273 other 1199 long 1196 here 1192 poor 1182 own 1137 too 1042 there 1034 young 1025 away 1011 first 990 again 989 all 915 even 905 many 877 last 861 ever 844 back 834 most 744 in 740 always 723 such 708 on 681 still 661 dear 642 off 639 once 612 right 594 few 591 over 590 quite 574 enough Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 411 good 330 least 194 most 64 great 41 bad 32 small 31 high 27 slight 23 large 20 young 20 old 20 bright 17 near 17 happy 16 dear 15 eld 15 big 14 low 14 Most 12 wise 12 fine 11 farth 11 arn 10 strong 10 early 9 sweet 9 rich 9 deep 8 soft 8 poor 8 pleasant 8 j 8 hard 8 dark 7 nice 7 lovely 6 warm 5 short 5 pure 5 noble 5 mean 5 long 5 late 5 furth 4 wealthy 4 strange 4 simple 4 keen 4 furder 4 faint Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 640 most 68 well 38 least 2 hard 1 oddest 1 near 1 long 1 highest 1 cunningest 1 brightest Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 www.gutenberg.org 4 archive.org 1 www.archive.org 1 dp.rastko.net 1 digital.library.villanova.edu Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------- 2 http://archive.org 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/46762/46762-h/46762-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/46762/46762-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/42961/42961-h/42961-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/42961/42961-h.zip 1 http://www.archive.org/details/holidaytaleschr00murriala 1 http://dp.rastko.net 1 http://digital.library.villanova.edu/) 1 http://archive.org/details/housewithsixtycl00chil 1 http://archive.org/details/bessieherfriends00math Top 50 email addresses; "Who are you gonna call?" ------------------------------------------------- Top 50 positive assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-noun?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 43 _ was _ 34 _ is _ 31 _ do n''t 29 _ do _ 24 _ did _ 19 _ are _ 11 _ have _ 10 _ had _ 9 _ be _ 6 _ does _ 6 _ know _ 6 boy do n''t 5 _ am _ 5 _ is n''t 5 _ were _ 4 _ is not 4 children were all 4 man did not 4 things do n''t 3 _ ai n''t 3 _ be so 3 _ did n''t 3 _ feel _ 3 _ got _ 3 _ let _ 3 _ said _ 3 _ think _ 3 _ was n''t 3 boy is not 3 days gone by 3 face was so 3 face was very 3 heart is full 3 heart was not 3 mother did not 3 mother do n''t 3 mother was not 3 mothers were servants 3 one had ever 3 people did not 3 people were more 3 things are possible 3 things were so 3 things were very 3 time went on 2 _ am not 2 _ are always 2 _ go _ 2 _ had never 2 _ look _ Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 face was no longer 2 mother was not there 2 night brought no coolness 1 _ am not afraid 1 _ be no wrong 1 _ has no bright 1 _ is not _ 1 _ is not too 1 _ is not up 1 _ let no man 1 boy is not fit 1 boys are no good 1 boys were not there 1 child had no one 1 child was not very 1 children have no rum 1 children were not then 1 day is not far 1 day was not altogether 1 days were not _ 1 door was not only 1 face was not beautiful 1 friend made no reply 1 friends had no weapon 1 friends were not so 1 girl made no reply 1 girl was not necessarily 1 girls are not easy 1 girls are not so 1 girls asked no questions 1 girls did not all 1 girls did not even 1 girls were not all 1 god is not unworthy 1 god was no respecter 1 heart knew no fears 1 heart was not more 1 heart was not quite 1 heart was not very 1 lives had no join 1 man had no home 1 man had not yet 1 man was no beggar 1 mother made no answer 1 mother made no reply 1 one does not generally 1 one is not much 1 people are not thereby 1 people do not yet 1 people have no more A rudimentary bibliography -------------------------- id = 61804 author = A. L. O. E. title = Sheer Off: A Tale date = keywords = Bell; Ben; Colme; Franks; God; Isaacs; Lacy; Leyton; Lord; Mr.; Mrs.; Nancy; Ned; Norah; Persis; Sands; Sir; Sophy; Stone summary = remarked Persis; "our old baronet dead, and his lady away, dear Mrs. Lane absent in France, and, worst of all, our vicar still so ill, and Good-day to you, Ned Franks, let me know what you get from Bat Bell; of Colme," said Ned Franks to himself, as he walked towards his home. "Mr. Franks, you have a happy home," said the clerk, after a little "I can match your piece of good news with another," said Persis Franks, "Are you going to see poor Stone to-morrow?" said Persis Franks to her carpenter''s wife; "Sands has little cause to thank Ned. The poor clerk half our say," said Ben Stone to Ned Franks, as, called in by the the kindness of Ned Franks and his wife,--better enter a poor-house, or "Certainly Sophy should know of this," said Ned Franks; "but she''s man," said Ned Franks to his wife as they met. id = 37981 author = Alcott, Louisa May title = May Flowers date = keywords = Almiry; Anna; Maggie; Mamma; Mrs.; Papa; little summary = sad; but Mamma said it might do us good to know something of the hard times other girls have," said Anna, soberly; for she was a thoughtful Happy Dodd did when she once began, and she was only a poor little girl and, taking the things I bought, went home to talk it over with Mamma. "It would have done your hearts good, girls, to see those poor old faces was the day you girls came in and bought our goods, and I peeped at you Children''s Hospital, and soon loved to help amuse the poor little dears. "The poor little thing came and stood at my knee, without stirring, She does her best, loves the girls, and works hard at the only my way home, and told him to come to our house and get an old coat Mamma house, ''If the little girls who want to help the world along would id = 21725 author = Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael) title = The Coxswain''s Bride; also, Jack Frost and Sons; and, A Double Rescue date = keywords = Bob; Christmas; God; Hayward; Jack; Joe; John; Massey; Mitford; Mrs; Ned; Nellie; O''Connor; Peggy; Slag; Terrence; Tom; Tomlin summary = "Come, father," she said, holding out her hand; but the old man did not comparatively warm at the time, and Bob had thrust her little head into "Listen, Joe Slag," said Bob Massey, with sudden earnestness. In order to her being got comfortably ready in good time, Nellie Carr "I don''t know what _you_ think," she said, faintly, when two little boys "Right you are, Bob," said Joe Slagg, coming up at that moment. "Cheer up, David," said the poor wife, grasping her husband''s hand, and to a dying man on board the ship, leaped into John Mitford''s mind like a "A ship''ll come, Joe, when God sees fit to send it," said Ned. Slag glanced at his comrade in surprise, the reply was so very unlike "Right you are, Nell," said Joe Slag, who came up at that moment, "John, dear," said his mother to his father, one day not long after his id = 34551 author = Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams) title = Witch Winnie: The Story of a "King''s Daughter" date = keywords = Adelaide; Anton; Armstrong; Court; Emma; Halsey; Hetterman; Indians; Jane; Jim; Madame; Meyer; Milly; Miss; Mr.; Mrs.; New; Prillwitz; Rickett; Sartoris; Stillman; Trimble; Winnie; Witch; home summary = mother makes her dresses at home," said Witch Winnie; "and, as she can''t real good practical joke, anyway," said Witch Winnie; "better than I "Then I think I would like to talk with her," said Winnie. the paper pattern to-night?" Adelaide slipped a dollar into Mrs. Halsey''s hand, and would take no change. "Then the little boy who is coming to you," said Emma Jane, "may not be "I haf nefer ze pleasure to know zat room," said Miss Prillwitz, her "Oh yes, Miss, I mind; it was little Jim ''Alsey; ''e''s the prince of fine "He will make one good engineer some day," said Miss Prillwitz, in "Bless his heart!" said Miss Prillwitz, as he closed the door; "he knows the time that Mrs. Halsey was looking for a place for Jim. It was so "I can''t see why we don''t hear from Miss Prillwitz," said Winnie, 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 = keywords = Adelaide; Corner; Cynthia; Jim; Madame; Milly; Miss; Mr.; Mrs.; Mudge; Noakes; Polo; Professor; Ricos; Roseveldt; Silver; Stacey; Terwilliger; Tib; Van; Waite; Winnie; home summary = Winnie replied hotly, at the same time rolling Adelaide''s great "It''s of no use, Adelaide," laughed Winnie, "we must let Milly have her "Wait," said Adelaide commandingly; "that is not the way we do things in Not Professor Waite," Milly exclaimed, and Winnie started as though "Milly shall do as she pleases," Adelaide said; "there is really no "Adelaide believes," Milly said slowly, "that it was some sneak thief A great fear came over me; Milly had taken the money and Winnie knew it. in the following order: Winnie, Adelaide, Milly, myself, and Cynthia studio door a little ahead of time, and Professor Waite threw it open at "Of course," Milly replied, looking at Winnie in a puzzled way. Little Breeze and Milly first led away two of the girls, and then Winnie "I have been thinking," Stacey said, after Adelaide had told him Polo''s id = 42961 author = Child, Frank Samuel title = The House With Sixty Closets: A Christmas Story for Young Folks and Old Children date = keywords = Christmas; Judge; Mrs.; Ruth; Samuel; child; closet; house; illustration; little summary = CLOSETS, RUTH, AND THE "LITTLE JUDGE" 113 ONCE upon a time there lived a good Judge in an old New England town. Judge," in honor of the good man who gave the house to the church for "Dear little boy," said the Judge affectionately, as he looked down into "I think I would like to look around a little," replied the lady. "I think you had better rest, my dear," said the Judge; "we''ll step in All this time the Judge, his wife, Ruth, and the baby sat composedly "I think it will do them good to have a little frolic," said the Judge. "But you wouldn''t let your children play like that," said Ruth. "I think we had better put the baby in the first closet," said Ruth. "Don''t you think it''s time to call the children?" said Ruth. Ruth didn''t like to go into the Judge''s old study, but that was where id = 14630 author = Emerson, Alice B. title = Ruth Fielding on Cliff Island; Or, The Old Hunter''s Treasure Box date = keywords = Ann; Blent; Heavy; Helen; Hicks; Jerry; Miss; Mr.; Mrs.; Ruth; Tingley; Tom; Uncle summary = "Of course not," Helen said, briskly, as Ruth ran to the house. girls missed, for _they_ were looking for Jane Ann Hicks. Ruth made friends quickly with Helen and Tom Cameron, and when, the year and her chums be given up to Ruth, Helen, Mercy and the new girl. Ann knew that she could not blame Ruth Fielding, and the other girls who The girl of the Red Mill felt that she wished to know Jerry better. Belle Tingley and her friends started for Cliff Island for Ann to "Here comes that Blent man," said Mrs. Tingley, with some disgust. A party of the boys, with Ruth, Helen, and Ann Hicks, stole out of the surely Jerry has a better right to the box than Blent," Ruth said, "Ruth isn''t afraid--nor Helen--nor the other girls," said Tom. "Let me have the lantern, Tom, and you boys stay here," Ruth said, id = 43697 author = Franklin, Josephine title = Nelly''s First Schooldays date = keywords = Brooks; Comfort; Elinor; Johnny; Martin; Melinda; Milly; Miss; Nell summary = Not very far from Nelly''s home, stood a small, time-worn, wooden house. Martin, a boy who lived at Mr. Brooks'', told Nelly that Miss Elinor told Comfort, in confidence, when she went home, that this little boy''s "It wasn''t Miss Harrow, at all," said Nelly, reddening; "it was that "I know it," said Nell, a little sadly, "and I would be good now, if Near the door of Mrs. Harrow''s little house, Nelly encountered her "Comfort," said Nell, that night, leaning her head on her hand, and "Comfort," said Nelly, getting impatient, "why don''t you tell me, then, "You mustn''t laugh so, Comfort," said Nelly, with dignity, "you make me "Poor little fellow!" said Nelly meditating; "I don''t wonder you want "Good-night, Comfort," said Martin; "I wish _I_ had thirty dollars; yet "Yes, ma''am," said Nelly; and then she added, "Comfort was going to "Dear, dear!" said Nelly; "that will be hard for Miss Milly." id = 59654 author = Hill, Octavia title = Our Common Land (and Other Short Essays) date = keywords = Act; Board; Charity; England; God; London; Organisation; Parliament; Society; common; good; poor summary = of open space you have left to these people is needed; take care you taking the place of a Common right over a little bit of English soil? duty to the poor was supposed to consist in giving large alms; once, individual gentle help which is so often needed in cases coming before about poor-law relief, little about the thousand and one societies for cover all the ground, and there is no place for the poor man''s cottage. gifts of open spaces to be made for the rich and poor to share alike in There are two great wants in the life of the poor of our large towns, workmen''s clubs, and, in fact, all common meeting-places of the poor, of small open spaces quite near the homes of the poor, than of their meeting-place, where workers for the poor shall be able to learn each id = 38564 author = Isle, June title = Happy Hearts date = keywords = Mrs.; Payson summary = Mr. and Mrs. Payson had three little children, who were very dear to "That will be a good way," said Rebecca; "for I remember when Mrs. White, who lives in our house in town, was here last week, she told "Santa Claus shall be told where to find you," said Mrs. Payson, "and "Try to think about something good and pleasant," said Mrs. Payson, "and "I know, mamma," said Joshua, "that I wish to be good. "A little verse which you repeat," said Mrs. Payson, "says truly that "We can do our little," said Mrs. Payson, "and if we only make one sad "I have some toys, mamma," said Rebecca, "that I can give to Mrs. Grant''s lame Harry; I am sure they will make his little pale face "Mr. Kelly is a very kind and good man," said Mrs. Payson; "and I hope, "That will be good," said Rebecca; "the little hungry children will id = 33523 author = Leslie, Madeline title = Little Frankie at School date = keywords = Frankie; Grant; Gray; Hitty summary = WHEN little Frankie Gray was nearly seven years old, a lady came to "Thank you, my little friend," said the teacher, giving him a kiss. I SUPPOSE you will wish to know how Frankie and Nelly liked their new "See, Hitty," said Frankie; "this is the way to do it;" and the dear boy MISS GRANT was very much pleased with Frankie''s kindness to Hitty; and Almost always, when Nelly went home from school, she and Frankie ran up "Nelly pushed this little girl against the stone post, at the school blushed when she saw Hitty; but Frankie ran to the little girl, asking, "Frankie," said his mother, "you may go down with Hitty to the cook, and The next day, when Hitty returned from school, Nelly, Frankie, and was only a half day, the teacher said; and so Frankie and Hitty stood "What a funny little school!" said Frankie, laughing. id = 43390 author = Leslie, Madeline title = The Factory Boy date = keywords = Ella; Johnny; Miles; Mrs. summary = "I wish, Johnny," Mrs. Talbot was saying, "that the dollar was ours; and The next morning, when the little boy went to his work, he looked all tap on the window of a house close by, and, looking up, he saw Mrs. Miles beckoning to him. Mrs. Miles says she is sure a little nourishing food will do more "Now, Johnny," said Mr. Miles, "here''s your medal; wear it around your Mrs. Miles opened the door when she heard her husband''s voice, and said, "You must tell me about your troubles," Mrs. Miles said. afternoon, when Johnny was at work in the factory, and Ella was taking Johnny was still in the factory; and Mrs. Talbot worked away at the One day he came running home from his work, his face looking very bright "I mean to be very careful of my new clothes," said Johnny, who had id = 46762 author = Mathews, Joanna H. (Joanna Hooe) title = Bessie and Her Friends date = keywords = Aunt; Bessie; Bradford; Granby; Jennie; Maggie; Mr.; Mrs.; Patty; Richards; Uncle; Willie summary = "No, Sergeant Richards, you needn''t look at me that way," said Mrs. Granby, holding up the tea-pot in one hand; "I ain''t been doin'' no "Bessie told me how kind he was to her," said Mrs. Bradford. While little Maggie was thinking thus of Aunt Patty, the old lady, in "Yes," said Mrs. Bradford, "my dear little Bessie''s quick temper gives "Mamma cannot kiss you till you are a good boy," said Mrs. Bradford, "But, Mrs. Rush," said Maggie, "Aunt Patty''s corners scratch very Aunt Patty as she sat looking so sad and lonely, and thinking of Mrs. Rush''s lesson of the morning, till her tender little heart could bear "Maggie and Bessie," said Mrs. Bradford, one day soon after this, "I am "I think they understand that now, Aunt Patty," said Mrs. Bradford, "Mamma and Aunt Bessie," said Maggie. "Mamma," Bessie had said afterwards, "do you think Aunt Patty was very id = 9402 author = Maxwell, M. H. (Mary H.) title = Be Courteous, or, Religion, the True Refiner date = keywords = Dora; Emma; Fanny; Graffam; Lindsay; Mary; Miss; Mrs.; Susan summary = "What a singular girl is Emma," said one of the young ladies who looked "So Emma thought," said Mrs. Lindsay, "and had the frankness to tell "Of course," said Fanny, looking suddenly at Emma, "you think Miss "There is a good old lady living with my mother," said Emma, "who is "Good-morning, Mr. Graffam," said Emma, who was in the garden when the "I was at your house yesterday," continued Emma, "and promised Mrs. Graffam that I would bring a good old lady living with us to see her; "I never thought," said another, "that I should come to love Emma "It is a dear child," said Emma; "and perhaps, Mr. Graffam, it may "Good-morning, Mr. Sliver," said Emma. And Emma replied, "Yes, Mrs. Graffam; _I_ will come as long as I am "Nothing," said Emma; "only love me: if you can do that, Fanny, I shall id = 43144 author = Meade, L. T. title = Scamp and I: A Story of City By-Ways date = keywords = Dick; Father; Flo; God; Janey; Jenks; London; Mary; Miss; Mrs; Queen; Scamp; Street; come; little summary = "Come, Flo, do," said Jenks, "don''t waste time with that little sight o'' Flo, her little heart utterly melting, and then the knowing animal came "Scamp shall come ''ome then wid us," said Jenks, and lifting the little Now Flo knew that as mother had not appeared the first time Dick stole, "Yes, Jenks, I''ll tell you," said Flo; "''tis because Dick and me isn''t "That ''ere little chap wot yer ''ave such a grip of," said Flo, "that''s "Come home with me," said the little woman by Flo''s side. "Yes," answered Flo, whose little heart was so drawn to Mrs Jenks, and God, my child," said little Mrs Jenks. "God," said little Mrs Jenks, putting down her work and looking up and some day, Mrs Jenks said, He would come for her, and carry her away little for both of us." Mrs Jenks paused, but Flo was quite silent. id = 60581 author = Moulton, Louise Chandler title = More Bed-Time Stories date = keywords = Agatha; Aunt; God; Grant; Hal; Hurlburt; Irene; Jack; Lill; Max; Miss; Mrs.; Ruthy; little summary = I have asked you three times," said Mrs. Mason''s voice, with a little extra energy in it; and Kathie looked up years before they had begun to crimp little girls'' hair, but I think We might have brightened a little over the supper, but then Mrs. Simmonds, who had been sitting upstairs with Nelly''s mother, was when the little girl and her mother came there together. "When she wakes we shall know what to expect," he said, and went away three years old my mother''s best friend died, and left Nelly, a little, one but my mother to see to her; and she brought the little thing home "No," he said, feebly, "I want to see him coming in, at the old time, "You are Mrs. Osgood, are you not?" said the little girl, looking at "Come here, little girl," he said; and she went up to him fearlessly. id = 28098 author = Murray, W. H. H. (William Henry Harrison) title = Holiday Tales: Christmas in the Adirondacks date = keywords = Bill; Christmas; God; John; Lord; Norton; Old; Trapper; Wild; man summary = HOW JOHN NORTON THE TRAPPER KEPT HIS CHRISTMAS, (_Heading_) 11 said the old man, rising, "it''ll be a good tramp through the snow, "Lord-a-massy!" exclaimed the old man as he stood over the sled, and "Old man," answered Bill, as he wheeled his chair toward the Trapper, "Old Trapper," said Wild Bill, rising to his feet, and holding the the runway, he''ll sartinly come within range;" and the Old Trapper "Come here, leetle uns," said the Trapper, as he turned his good-natured face toward the children,--"come here, and put yer leetle "A merry Christmas to ye, my good woman," said the Trapper. "My good woman," said the Trapper, when the breakfast was eaten, "The Lord be praised fur His goodness!" said the Trapper, whose "Now fur the sled!" exclaimed the Trapper, as he rose from the table. where the Old Trapper sat, and, looking him straight in the face, id = 38279 author = Murray, W. H. H. (William Henry Harrison) title = How John Norton the Trapper Kept His Christmas date = keywords = Bill; Christmas; God; Lord; Norton; Trapper; Wild; man summary = said the old man, rising, "it''ll be a good tramp through the snow, but man, won''t be of sarvice to a woman; and as fur the leetle uns, I don''t good fur a woman when things go crosswise, and the box''ll be a great "Lord-a-massy!" exclaimed the old man as he stood over the sled, and didn''t send him along with the box, Wild Bill, fur it sartinly looks as "Old Trapper," said Wild Bill, rising to his feet, and holding the "Come here, leetle uns," said the Trapper, as he turned his good-natured face toward the children,--"come here, and put yer leetle "A merry Christmas to ye, my good woman," said the Trapper. "My good woman," said the Trapper, when the breakfast was eaten, "we''ve "The Lord be praised fur his goodness!" said the Trapper, whose "Now fur the sled!" exclaimed the Trapper, as he rose from the table. id = 43765 author = Old Sleuth title = The Twin Ventriloquists; or, Nimble Ike and Jack the Juggler A Tale of Strategy and Jugglery date = keywords = Flore; Ike; Jack; New; Sara; Sidney; York; man summary = "I''ll have first shot," thought Ike, and as the young man passed close "That settles it," said Ike. There came a smile upon the face of the youth and he caused a voice to Ike''s new friend, the young detective whom our hero was anxious to "I''ve a strange story to tell you, Ike," he said. The girl rose as though to walk away, when the man said: The man was confused, and Ike said: "Yes, I do believe your story," said Ike, "and we will recover your Ike arranged to meet Jack later on and proceeded with Sara to the house Ike turned and beheld a strange-looking old man standing within a few Ike stood with his face turned toward the strange old man. The old man appeared dazed and Ike said: "I believe I can," said the old man; "I will. "This is great!" said Ike, and he asked: "There''s our man," said Ike. id = 21901 author = Optic, Oliver title = The Birthday Party: A Story for Little Folks date = keywords = Flora; Lee; Tommy summary = About a week before the time, Mrs. Lee told Flora she might "I want to ask all the children in Riverdale," said Flora, "Just as you think best, dear mother," replied Flora. "Tommy isn''t a bad boy," said Mrs. Lee, with a smile. "But Tommy is a great traveller, you know," added Mrs. Lee, The next day, when the children had gone to school, Mrs. Lee Flora could not help thinking how much good the forty Mrs. Lee laughed at the troubled looks of Flora, and I could live in a little house, like Mrs. White?" laughed not think Master Woggs was a very great man. The children wanted to march a little "Children," said the old man, as he took off his hat and "I think it is too bad to laugh at an old man like him," "Play us some tunes," said the children. id = 13234 author = Pansy title = Ester Ried date = keywords = Abbie; Alfred; Anden; Bible; Christian; Douglass; Dr.; Ester; Foster; God; Julia; Mr.; Mrs.; Ralph; Ried; Sadie; Van summary = "O, Ester, you''re cross!" said Sadie, in a good-humored tone, coming "You wouldn''t think so by to-morrow evening," Ester said, shortly. "I shall think for her," Dr. Van Anden said, coming down the stairs. "I think I haven''t seen her look better this great while," Ester "Mother," said Sadie, appearing in the dining-room one morning, "_Really_, mother," Sadie said, as the little girl went stamping up Abbie, had been the one great dream of Ester''s heart--as likely to be to go, Sadie had such a brisk, business-like way of saying "Ester New York bride looks; besides, you know, dear mother, I want to stay "Ester," said Abbie quickly, "I couldn''t marry a man who was not a "That man," said Mr. Foster, turning to Ester, as the door closed Ester felt it in her very soul, Dr. Douglass, her mother, Sadie, all "Sadie," said Ester, in a low, shocked tone, "_do_ you think we are id = 34218 author = Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe title = Hildegarde''s Home date = keywords = Aytoun; Beadle; Colonel; Ferrers; Grahame; Hildegarde; Hugh; Jack; Lankton; Loftus; Merlin; Miss; Mr.; Mrs.; dear; good summary = think we shall be happy here, dear!" said Hildegarde softly. funny little old dame standing in the doorway, looking so like Mrs. Gummidge that I wanted to ask her on the spot if Mr. Peggotty was at Cousin Wealthy said, a privilege to be good-looking, and Hildegarde was "Bad little mother!" said Hildegarde. "Good evening!" said Hildegarde, thinking that mamma was very cruel. "By the way, Mrs. Grahame," he said, "I think this boy must be a "Good-night, dear mamma!" said Hildegarde meekly. "Good-morning, Cousin Jack!" said Hildegarde pleasantly. Hildegarde flushed and looked at her mother, but Mrs. Grahame said very "In that old secretary in Uncle Aytoun''s room," said Hildegarde. "But Mrs. Loftus needs a good deal of room!" said Hildegarde to "You may come fifty times, dear little lad!" cried Hildegarde warmly. "Jack," said Hildegarde, "you are a dear! "Good-by, dear Colonel Ferrers!" cried Hildegarde. id = 17090 author = Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison) title = Random Reminiscences of Men and Events date = keywords = Backus; Cleveland; Company; Flagler; Mr.; Oil; Rockefeller; Standard; business; great; man; work summary = people our country has produced, especially in business--men who have by working out some great problems at a time when most men want to About the time we went into the oil business Mr. Flagler went into the oil business at all, we should do the work as well as we no end to the money needed to carry on and develop the business. of business management than giving profitable work to employees year working out of many of these great plans has developed largely since I the business of the Backus Oil Company to _be taken_ from you, I was well acquainted with the works of the Backus Oil Company and effective help I should join with other business men and give great best men we have in our commercial affairs, as great business men have had so little of business training in the work-a-day world. id = 10859 author = Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de title = Paul and Virginia from the French of J.B.H. de Saint Pierre date = keywords = Domingo; Europe; God; Madame; Margaret; Mary; Paul; Tour; Virginia; tree summary = If Paul complained, his mother pointed to Virginia; and at One day, coming down that mountain, I saw Virginia at the end "At this sight Virginia burst into tears, and pressed her mother''s hand and She took Paul and Virginia in her arms, and, embracing them, cried, Virginia, holding Paul by the hand, drew near, and with much emotion begged Paul said to Virginia, ''My dear sister, it band, approaching Paul and Virginia, said to them, ''Good little white Virginia, affected by this scene, said to Paul, with emotion, ''O, my dear Virginia, upon receiving this little picture from the hands of Paul, said dear friend, no, my beloved children,'' replied Madame de la Tour; ''I will Thither, amidst the heats of summer, Madame de la Tour, Margaret, Virginia, tree had risen but a little from the ground at the time of Virginia''s Madame de la Tour said to Paul, ''My son, go and inform our id = 2127 author = Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de title = Paul and Virginia date = keywords = Domingo; Europe; France; God; Heaven; Madame; Margaret; Mary; Old; Paul; Pierre; St.; Tour; Virginia; tree summary = Four years after its publication, St. Pierre gave to the world "Paul and Virginia," which had for some time One day as I was coming down that mountain, I saw Virginia at the end of Paul said to Virginia,--"My dear sister, it is said Paul; "these trees produce no fruit fit to eat; and I shall not be rose-apple trees, planted round a green sward where Virginia and Paul the two families; one was called Paul''s tree, the other, Virginia''s. Paul,--"My brother," said she, "is as old as the great cocoa-tree of the Virginia, on receiving this little present from the hands of Paul, said children." "Young man," said the governor to Paul, "when you have Paul and Virginia for a short time, and provide by this means, for their Virginia, alarmed, said to him,--"Oh, my dear Paul, I call to witness of summer, Madame de la Tour, Margaret, Virginia, Paul, and myself, id = 23195 author = Vaders, Henrietta title = Wikkey A Scrap date = keywords = Evans; Lawrence; Mrs.; Reginald; Wikkey summary = Lawrence stopped this time and looked curiously at the boy, at the odd, "Poor lad!" Lawrence said again, looking at the thin skeleton frame, And starting upward with wild startled eyes the boy saw Lawrence Granby. "Wikkey, poor little chap, how bad you are," said Lawrence, looking Wikkey''s beseeching eyes rose up before Lawrence, and he stammered out "Wikkey, you mustn''t talk like that!" while the curate laughed and said: how the boy''s eyes were scarcely ever moved from Lawrence''s face. Lawrence went back to Wikkey, and leant his back against the "Wikkey," said Lawrence again, after a silence, "what made you take a "Look here, Wikkey, you said you would "Did He live in London?" Wikkey asked, as Lawrence took up the old Book "I shouldn''t think it would," said Lawrence, looking at his cousin''s So Wikkey passed away, and Lawrence went back to his work, ever id = 33701 author = Valuy, Benôit title = Fraternal Charity date = keywords = CHARACTERISTIC; CHARITY; God; Holy; Jesus; St.; preservative summary = Religious, called to reproduce the three great virtues of Jesus child of God, the member of Jesus Christ, and the sanctuary of the Thus it is that charity poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, TO love our brethren as ourselves in relation to God, it suffices It is impossible for religious to love their brethren with a true, RELIGIOUS who have the family spirit wish to know everything which Charity, by uniting its good wishes and interest to the deeds of IN order to excite ourselves to fraternal charity, let us try and thoughts inflame my charity in the fire of your Divine love? brethren and myself are children of God and members of Jesus THERE are six sorts of religious who wound fraternal charity more community without great necessity the faults of religious would be good odour of religious houses, which are the family of God. Guard id = 13997 author = Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) title = Real Folks date = keywords = Boston; Craydocke; Desire; Dorris; Frank; Geoffrey; God; Hazel; Helena; Kenneth; Kincaid; Laura; Ledwith; Luclarion; Megilp; Miss; Mr.; Mrs.; Oldways; Rachel; Ripwinkley; Rosamond; Street; Titus; Uncle summary = "It looks as if it were meant, Luclarion," said Mrs. Ripwinkley, at "If you once begin to alter, you''ve got to make all over," said Mrs. Ledwith, a little fractiously, putting the scissors in with "The girls get it; we have to live in our children," said Mrs. Megilp, self-renouncingly. "I asked Mrs. Mig," Desire pursued, "and she said some people''s part "You might live all your days here," said Mrs. Ledwith to her Then Kenneth Kincaid said,--"Miss Desire, why won''t you come and come right up stairs, with her little petticoats and things to work "But the little children, Miss Craydocke," said Mrs. Ripwinkley. "I guess I know, mother," said Hazel, a little while after this, one "I don''t think Uncle Oldways minded much," said Mrs. Ledwith to "And the ''little round Godamighty in the middle of it,''" said Mrs. Ripwinkley, her face all bright and her eyes full of tears. id = 11007 author = nan title = Jemmy Stubbins, or the Nailer Boy Illustrations of the Law of Kindness date = keywords = America; Christmas; Josiah; little; school summary = sent him to School for two years I dedicate this little Book, as an send his children to school, nor teach them himself to read. it took him loner to read a little, for he learned the letters when he the little fellow a Christmas gift of a year''s schooling. or earned, to send Josiah to school to learn to read the Testament; and children to school; if they could not read, they would be poor, even if little sisters to read during the winter nights, and the baby, too, as nailer children that lived within a mile, and teach them how to read and the eyes of the children in "Our School Room" in America, as I went on Now many a little boy and girl of our school-room circle has contributed Mr. Fry, a little school boy, and a beautiful letter Poor little blighted city flower, thought I, as I looked at