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Eric Lease Morgan Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 16 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 67935 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 83 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 Mr. 7 Mrs. 6 New 5 man 4 William 4 CHAPTER 3 York 3 George 3 Brown 2 good 2 detective 2 St. 2 Smith 2 John 2 Jerry 2 Frank 2 Captain 2 Black 2 Bill 1 work 1 tell 1 store 1 sommer 1 person 1 money 1 look 1 house 1 criminal 1 come 1 check 1 chapter 1 case 1 burglar 1 buck 1 Zeeth 1 Wright 1 Williams 1 Wickwire 1 White 1 Whispering 1 Webster 1 Watts 1 Waring 1 Vinton 1 Venus 1 Vanning 1 Trafton 1 Toner 1 Tisdale 1 Timothy Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 4674 man 2779 time 1881 day 1496 hand 1421 house 1420 way 1380 money 1320 room 1187 night 1139 detective 1073 place 1068 door 952 friend 927 thing 927 business 920 case 860 one 818 year 802 eye 786 dollar 783 nothing 769 face 758 office 748 matter 698 life 696 name 690 letter 686 bank 679 woman 668 work 665 boy 644 fact 642 hour 637 morning 622 moment 619 word 613 city 590 head 586 story 585 wife 573 person 570 train 562 company 550 street 542 anything 536 side 528 something 519 party 508 paper 500 part Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 2661 Mr. 1536 Mrs. 1501 _ 851 Garth 797 New 782 Maroney 581 York 534 McCloud 513 Smith 500 Fred 390 William 365 George 364 Dicksie 359 Nora 335 St. 329 Frank 322 Don 321 Sinclair 317 Whispering 291 Sam 291 Bucholz 288 Bill 276 Louis 275 Madam 270 CHAPTER 269 City 257 Marion 244 John 242 Pattmore 238 Joe 233 Drysdale 218 White 218 Shadow 218 McWatters 216 Imbert 216 Henry 210 Miss 200 Brown 194 Edwards 187 Helen 184 Street 184 Skip 184 Sanford 180 Duncan 178 Manning 168 Montgomery 163 Jim 161 Wright 161 Thayer 156 Captain Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 18924 i 18096 he 10275 it 9083 you 7052 him 4811 she 4606 they 4315 me 3292 we 2746 them 2199 her 1064 himself 778 us 476 myself 224 themselves 178 herself 140 yourself 130 itself 106 one 87 ''em 82 ''s 67 mine 58 ourselves 46 yours 43 his 15 hers 15 em 11 theirs 8 ours 7 andrews 2 you''re 2 you''ll 2 yerself 2 this:-- 2 impossible"--a 2 bridgeport 2 --''who 1 yourselves 1 you''ve 1 yip 1 ye 1 then--"this 1 thee 1 ready-- 1 money,--she 1 l 1 jus 1 i''m 1 entail,--for 1 caged.--a Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 41058 be 18760 have 6555 do 4541 say 3759 go 3116 know 2946 make 2934 take 2924 see 2581 get 2472 come 2252 find 2130 tell 1825 give 1578 leave 1524 think 1351 look 1274 ask 1021 want 974 hear 973 call 917 keep 815 send 798 seem 797 follow 782 turn 734 feel 727 bring 718 let 712 become 700 stand 689 put 686 try 667 return 655 reply 620 speak 620 pass 604 meet 599 pay 571 learn 564 enter 554 hold 547 arrive 545 run 543 believe 542 receive 536 show 532 begin 513 work 506 walk Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 8886 not 2738 so 2497 up 2288 then 2027 out 1835 now 1754 very 1637 good 1572 here 1521 well 1499 more 1365 other 1328 as 1271 there 1257 only 1249 old 1226 much 1124 little 1097 back 1080 long 1049 great 1015 never 1010 down 960 first 892 away 890 just 886 too 865 young 840 again 807 few 791 soon 768 once 755 many 750 most 713 on 713 in 712 about 707 large 679 all 665 last 653 such 641 same 636 own 621 right 614 off 600 enough 584 also 538 over 535 even 534 however Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 345 good 182 least 180 most 66 great 57 slight 39 bad 31 high 30 near 21 large 21 fine 12 strong 11 young 11 low 11 late 11 Most 10 eld 10 deep 9 early 9 MOST 8 small 8 happy 8 close 7 rich 7 old 7 j 7 easy 7 dear 6 wealthy 6 faint 6 big 5 wise 5 warm 5 mere 5 mean 5 long 5 keen 4 sweet 4 strange 4 short 4 safe 4 quick 4 noble 4 nice 4 light 4 hard 4 dry 4 common 3 tough 3 new 3 heavy Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 570 most 70 well 29 least 2 near 2 highest 1 worst 1 soon 1 lowest 1 hard 1 crest Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 www.gutenberg.org 4 www.gutenberg.net 2 archive.org 1 www.pgdpcanada.net Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------- 1 http://www.pgdpcanada.net 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/58576/58576-h/58576-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/58576/58576-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/33230/33230-h/33230-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/33230/33230-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/2/1/5/22155/22155-h/22155-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/2/1/5/22155/22155-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/7/7/6/17762/17762-h/17762-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/7/7/6/17762/17762-h.zip 1 http://archive.org/details/fiftyyearsadetec00furl 1 http://archive.org Top 50 email addresses; "Who are you gonna call?" ------------------------------------------------- Top 50 positive assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-noun?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 _ is _ 9 _ was _ 7 door was open 6 _ do _ 6 man did not 5 _ are _ 5 eyes were large 4 _ knew _ 4 garth was aware 4 maroney was not 4 men did not 4 men went out 3 _ am _ 3 _ have _ 3 _ know _ 3 days gone by 3 eyes did not 3 face did not 3 garth had not 3 garth went on 3 man was dead 3 maroney did not 3 men do n''t 3 men were guilty 3 time is short 3 time went on 2 _ do n''t 2 _ has _ 2 _ is n''t 2 _ looked _ 2 _ said _ 2 business was soon 2 detective was able 2 door is open 2 door was softly 2 eye took in 2 eyes are not 2 eyes were as 2 eyes were very 2 face was not 2 face was still 2 friend went on 2 garth did n''t 2 garth said gently 2 garth said harshly 2 garth said quietly 2 garth thought rapidly 2 garth took nora 2 house was not 2 man became very Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 garth had no doubt 1 _ am not warm 1 _ did not quite 1 _ were not men 1 business was not nearly 1 case has no special 1 day was not distant 1 detective had no difficulty 1 detective is not only 1 detective was not long 1 eyes are not so 1 eyes are not unlike---- 1 eyes did not quite 1 eyes did not waver 1 eyes were not quite 1 face was not such 1 garth had no choice 1 garth had no idea 1 hand is not quicker 1 hands were no longer 1 house did not _ 1 house was not worth 1 man gave no time 1 man had no misgivings 1 man had not far 1 man has no need 1 man made no complaint 1 man made no order 1 man said no more 1 man was not there 1 maroney did not again 1 maroney had no lawyer 1 maroney had no prospects 1 maroney had not yet 1 maroney made no allusions 1 maroney took no notice 1 maroney was not guilty 1 maroney was not slow 1 men are not so 1 men do not often 1 men found no difficulty 1 men had not much 1 men take no interest 1 men tell no tales 1 men were no more 1 men were not only 1 one have not only 1 things are not so 1 time did no good 1 time have no doubt A rudimentary bibliography -------------------------- id = 59652 author = Biggle, Lloyd, Jr. title = Cronus of the D. F. C. date = keywords = Captain; Cronus; Stella summary = "Captain Marks is waiting for you," he said and jerked his head toward "Walker calls it Cronus--for the Greek God of Time. glances around the city on what looks like a large TV screen--random "Walker," the Old Man said, "this is Forsdon, our new detective." by Cronus was a shadow world and the only way you could tell male from "Plenty of time," the Captain said. "It''s an apartment or a hotel room," I said. I wanted an apartment living room with a corner location and a door "Stella Emerson," the superintendent said. "I''d like to know everything you can tell me about this Mike Gregory," of the door I said, "Stella, I like you." "One thing is interesting," the Captain said. "We''re going to change it this time," I said. "All right, Gregory," I said. "I''ll tell him," the Captain said. "Cronus changed mine," I said, still looking at Stella. id = 33230 author = Camp, Wadsworth title = The Gray Mask date = keywords = Alden; Alsop; Black; Brown; Garth; George; Jim; Marvin; Mr.; Mrs.; Nora; Randall; Simmons; Slim; Taylor; come; man; tell summary = Garth received the words as a condemned man probably hears the voice of During the next few days Garth saw little of Nora, meeting her only once "If," Garth said, "anything develops, you''ll have to send Nora away." Garth took Nora''s arm, and, circling the house at a distance, reached When Garth had left, Nora arose and faced her father. "Then it''s only fair to tell you," Garth said, "that the man who drove When the crowded police van had left, Nora, Garth, and the inspector "Garth," the inspector said, "you and Nora ought to have medals or "I want you all out of this room now, please," Garth said. Garth, left alone in the room, turned out the light, went to the window, "Just the same, she''s in this house," Garth said. "You''ve got to get Nora," Garth urged the inspector. Garth saw George''s hands tighten on Nora''s arm. id = 58576 author = Furlong, Thomas title = Fifty Years a Detective: 35 Real Detective Stories date = keywords = Chief; City; Dallas; Dingfelter; Furlong; John; Kansas; Louis; Maxwell; Missouri; Mr.; New; Oil; Pacific; Pennsylvania; Pittsburg; Preller; San; Smith; St.; Sweeney; Texas; Watts summary = I took the fake check and Dingfelter and myself started for Dr. Smith''s office, which at that time was in the Missouri Pacific general I left St. Louis on the first train, and arrived at Sherman in due time, As soon as No. 2 was safely lodged in jail I wired Gov. Brown at St. Louis, Missouri, stating that I had arrested and locked up No. 2 on the I was at Oil City at the time, and left immediately, arriving at the a wife and a large family, and resided in South Oil City, at that time succeeded, just at the time that Manning and I reached the place where seen him was at Oil City on the day of his arrest, and he had said to me young man, also a lawyer, and had at one time lived in St. Louis for a id = 45455 author = Howard, Police Captain title = Shadow, the Mysterious Detective date = keywords = Black; Brown; CHAPTER; Cap; Helen; Mat; Morris; Mrs.; Shadow; Stanton; Tige summary = should work," said Helen, bravely, casting an affectionate glance "Helen Morris," was the reply, for she had now for a long time used the "Shadow," and that night took a couple of men to the spot designated, What were those whispered words of McGinnis'' which so affected Helen "There is one way," he said to Helen, "to escape this thing which you wrath of the man in whose hands his life rested, provided Helen would "Don''t they feel bully, eh?" he said, as he noted Helen''s face twitch As time passed by, however, without one word being said, the mysterious McGinnis'' head was more sobered than his body, and when Shadow suddenly "McGinnis, your time is short," the mysterious detective sternly said. "Take only two men this time," said Shadow, after we had reached the Both Mat and Helen understood that to Shadow they owed their id = 61978 author = Kuttner, Henry title = War-Gods of the Void date = keywords = Callahan; Lysla; North; Swamja; Vanning; Venus; Zeeth summary = Jerry Vanning trailed the fugitive Callahan Jerry Vanning, earth state investigator, moved his stocky body "North-Fever," the man said, worrying his lower lip. "Oh, hell," the consul said hopelessly, turning to Vanning. "You''ve got nerve," Vanning said. Listen, Mr. Jerry Vanning, two days after I got here I saw the Swamja Vanning said sharply, "Callahan!" His eyes flicked from one to another, Vanning looked at Zeeth with new interest. Followed by Sanderson''s sardonic grin, Vanning accompanied the Venusian Venusian slaves, Vanning saw. Vanning caught up the gun the Swamja had dropped. of a Swamja and yelled down at Vanning: Lysla tore the gun from Vanning''s hand, firing it twice. In the end--a Swamja stood facing Vanning! Vanning''s face went gray. Callahan looked at Vanning''s set, haggard face, and whirled. As far as Vanning could see the Swamja were pouring through their city. Vanning--" Zeeth''s eyes id = 46435 author = Manning, Emmerson Wain title = Practical Instruction for Detectives: A Complete Course in Secret Service Study date = keywords = case; check; criminal; detective; good; person; store; work summary = about detective work?" In order to secure a position in any line it VIII DETECTIVE WORK IN DEPARTMENT STORES 66 that the person to be shadowed shall at no time see the detective their having visited department stores in the afternoon detectives lost When subjects visit railway ticket offices the detective can easily I know of a good many cases where by this method detectives were the detective who investigates the case should proceed to the place If the detective is called upon to investigate, for instance, a case secure the money on his check, and by so doing enables the detective to One good way for the detective to secure evidence against a grafter is DETECTIVE WORK IN DEPARTMENT STORES The store detective must be a person of good, sound of department store detective work, but I believe what has been gone of private detectives, various kinds of cases to be investigated, and id = 46306 author = McWatters, George S. title = Knots Untied; Or, Ways and By-ways in the Hidden Life of American Detectives date = keywords = Alvord; Association; Brooks; Brown; Childs; Daniels; England; Floramond; Frederic; Hague; Hattie; John; Latimer; Legate; Leonard; Margaret; Mary; Mr.; Mrs.; New; Officer; Page; Payne; Perkins; Phillips; Purvis; Redding; Roberts; Rogers; Roy; Savage; Seymour; St.; Stevens; Street; William; York; good; man; money summary = Crime is no great stain to any man in New York if he but have money, or cars, Officer McWatters bade good day to the family. York friends, that having gotten all possible clew to Legate in St. Louis, I should take boat next day for New Orleans, from which point three hours," said the Baltimore agent, as the New York man went off. "Good day, my boy," said he, giving me a hearty grasp of the hand. My old friend King left the city, and went home a few days Well, such a looking man was Mr. Garretson, as he came one day into my office, bearing me a note of Said that he had seen a man in the lawyer''s office "We thought," said the old man, "then, that that was the happiest day "You see," said the old man, with a curious look in his eye, as he id = 28697 author = Otis, James title = Down the Slope date = keywords = Bill; Billings; Brace; Byram; Donovan; Farley; Fred; Gus; Joe; Mr.; Sam; Skip; Wright; chapter summary = "I came to look for the new breaker boy; I thought Skip''s crowd had done Mr. Wright replied, as Fred and the miner left the slope, walking Looking around quickly Fred saw Sam Thorpe, who had just come up the Fred repeated to Sam what Donovan had said, and the orders were not one of the party said, as Fred and Sam passed on. "This would be a good time for Skip to pay you off," Sam said, as they Joe Brace and Sam went into the drift, leaving Fred with Chunky, and When the day''s work was finished Joe Brace and Sam came for Fred, and he "It wouldn''t take a man very long to work his way through," Joe said, Joe, Bill, and Sam accompanied Fred to his new working place, and the order to gain time in which to think the matter over, Sam said: id = 17762 author = Pinkerton, Allan title = The Burglar''s Fate, and The Detectives date = keywords = CHAPTER; Chicago; Duncan; Edwards; Eugene; Everman; Geneva; Johnson; King; Manning; Mr.; Mrs.; Newton; Pearson; Robert; Silby; Vinton; William; detective; man summary = Dr. Johnson, Newton Edwards and Thomas Duncan, the young men of to-day, "Mr. Pearson," inquired the detective, after the young man had ago, I returned from my dinner to the bank one day, and I saw this man Eugene Pearson was a young man, it was learned, who had first seen the the young man dated four days prior to the robbery, stating that he "I think not, unless he arrived last night," answered the young man. [Illustration: Everman quietly placed his hand upon the young man''s Dollars--John Manning Starts in Search of Thomas Duncan. Dollars--John Manning Starts in Search of Thomas Duncan. For a long time the young man and his father had been "How long did Duncan remain in town at that time?" asked Manning. Stepping quietly up to the young man, the detective said, carelessly: "How much money did Duncan have at that time?" asked Manning. id = 20497 author = Pinkerton, Allan title = Bucholz and the Detectives date = keywords = Bollman; Bridgeport; Bucholz; CHAPTER; Edward; Emerence; Frank; German; Henry; Mr.; Nat; New; Norwalk; Olmstead; Schulte; South; State; Toner; Waring; William; York; sommer summary = William Bucholz.--Life at Roton Hill.--A Visit to New York City 30 Saloon.--The Departure of Henry Schulte.--William Bucholz Enters Such was William Bucholz, the servant of Henry Schulte. _William Bucholz._--_Life at Roton Hill._--_A Visit to New York On the second day after Christmas, Henry Schulte informed William of of the murder of Henry Schulte, and placing the matter fully in my Henry Schulte was at this time an old man--the sixty years of his The young man turned and left the room, and Bucholz seated himself Thus matters went on, the friendship of Sommers and William Bucholz Finding of the Watch of the Murdered Man._--_Edward Sommers consoles Finding of the Watch of the Murdered Man._--_Edward Sommers consoles hand, and looking Bucholz in the face with a knowing smile, said: He had informed Bucholz that the money had been securely placed in The trial of William Bucholz for the murder of Henry Schulte began in id = 22155 author = Pinkerton, Allan title = The Expressman and the Detective date = keywords = Cox; Forest; Imbert; Jenkintown; Josh; Madam; Maroney; Montgomery; Mrs.; New; Philadelphia; Roch; White; York summary = The next day Madam Imbert received a call from Mrs. Maroney, who wished Rivers met Green here, and turning Mrs. Maroney over to him, came to the office of the Adams Express and "Mrs. Maroney," said Madam Imbert, "I fear you find me poor company, He went over to Patterson''s and met Charlie May. Charlie said that Mrs. Maroney had called on his wife, but had been On the following day Mrs. Maroney called on Madam Imbert, and together The train from Philadelphia had just passed through, and Mrs. Maroney said: "Let us walk up to Stemples''s and see if any letters have "Mrs. Maroney," said Madam Imbert, getting up, "I must not listen to while in the city, Madam Imbert said to Mrs. Maroney: On receipt of this letter, Mrs. Maroney called on Madam Imbert, said she "As soon as she could, Mrs. Maroney went to Montgomery for the money. id = 30636 author = Pinkerton, Allan title = The Somnambulist and the Detective; The Murderer and the Fortune Teller date = keywords = Andrews; Annie; Captain; Drysdale; George; Gordon; Green; Lucille; Mr.; Mrs.; Pattmore; Potter; Seaton; Thayer summary = "Upon my word, Drysdale," said Andrews, "if you keep on, I shall think As they passed the Drysdale place, Mrs. Potter said: Several days after Drysdale''s return from the plantation, Mrs. Potter "What is the matter?" asked Mrs. Drysdale, in great alarm. "My husband is failing in health, I fear," said Mrs. Drysdale. Mr. Andrews and Mrs. Potter left the room in a few minutes, as Mr. Drysdale evidently wished to be left alone. The following night Mrs. Potter got up and went into Drysdale''s room, the fact that they were looking forward to, and wishing for Mrs. Pattmore''s death, was almost equivalent to committing murder, since to you mean Mrs. Pattmore," said Green. On their return from the drive, Pattmore and Annie went to Mrs. Thayer''s "How do you know that I ever looked for him?" said Mrs. Thayer, more, Mrs. Thayer; you are receiving letters from Pattmore every day; id = 35686 author = Pinkerton, Allan title = Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives date = keywords = Barton; Bernardi; Don; Donna; Farrington; Gloster; Ingham; Judge; Lesparre; Lester; Levi; Madame; Mather; Morton; Mr.; Mrs.; New; Pedro; Sanford; Sevier; Trafton; William summary = first robbery, I find that he sent eight hundred dollars to Mrs. Farrington; this establishes the connection of those two persons. "At the time Hillary arrived at Mrs. Farrington''s, the old lady had been Having run up several large bills in New York, I asked Pedro to pay "Possibly you may, Monsieur Lesparre," said Don Pedro; "but let us leave On the following day, Ingham returned to his room at Mrs. Sanford''s sitting-room, Mrs. Sanford said: gave her a significant look, and said that he had "made a raise." Mrs. Sanford was highly pleased, but she had no time to make inquiries, as following, Ingham, on his return to the house in the evening, found Mrs. Sanford standing in her room fixing her hair, while a man stood beside Three days later Mrs. Sanford received a visit from a gentleman who said After talking together for some time, Mrs. Sanford and Mr. Morton went id = 45492 author = Raymond, P. T. title = Bats in the Wall; or, The Mystery of Trinity Church-yard date = keywords = Barney; CHAPTER; Callister; Cutts; Detective; Elijah; Frank; Hook; Jerry; Mansfield; Mr.; New; Tisdale; Webster summary = Now, in thus demanding the hand of Miss Edna Callister, Frank Mansfield "Frank, I want to see you," he said, quietly, placing his hand lightly conversation with Frank Mansfield this hall door stood open on the Detective Cutts turned the corner of Rector street, and moved silently "Hello!" cried Cutts, placing his hand on Frank''s shoulder as he spoke, the New Church street side, at the spot where Frank Mansfield had so We left Detective Hook by the church-yard wall at the moment of his "Come, my boy," said Detective Hook, at length, laying his hand with "Young man, it looks tremendously like it," said Caleb Hook, decidedly, The eyes of Caleb Hook followed the direction indicated by Frank''s hand. We left Frank Mansfield standing in company with Detective Hook before "It is Detective Hook, boys," replied Frank, with as much firmness as Detective Hook and Frank Mansfield, concealed within a closed id = 29572 author = Spearman, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton) title = Whispering Smith date = keywords = Bend; Bill; Cache; Crawling; Creek; Dancing; Dicksie; Dunning; George; Kennedy; Lance; Marion; Medicine; Mr.; Rebstock; Sang; Sinclair; Smith; Stone; Whispering; Wickwire; Williams; buck; man summary = I know you''ve got good men, Sinclair. "Sinclair, you''ve got good men," continued McCloud, unmoved. "Mr. McCloud!" Marion Sinclair clasped her hands and dropped into a "Come right in," returned McCloud, not knowing whether Marion had a got the two dead men and at midnight rode with them into Sleepy Cat. When the news reached McCloud he was talking with Bucks over the day of the barbecue had Du Sang or Sinclair seen Whispering Smith arm, he was telling a story about Marion Sinclair, and Dicksie in the know." McCloud looked at Dicksie. McCloud looked at Marion Sinclair. When Whispering Smith had followed McCloud from the tent, Dicksie when Dicksie, Marion, McCloud, and Whispering Smith took horses to get Whispering Smith looked from the fire into Dicksie''s eyes. Riding back with McCloud, Dicksie and Whispering Smith discussed the "Marion Sinclair wants to know just one thing, George," said id = 10948 author = Stockton, Frank Richard title = The Stories of the Three Burglars date = keywords = Aunt; David; Jerry; Martha; Spotkirk; Timothy; burglar; house; look; man summary = "Look here," said the tall man, suddenly turning to the other with an "I can scarcely believe," said Aunt Martha, "that that young man is a "Now, then," said Aunt Martha to the burglars, "I would like very much "Very good," said Aunt Martha; "we want to hear all the particulars." want you to tell me what you think of that man''s story," said my wife. "It may be," said Aunt Martha, "that the man''s story is true. "I don''t think this man suffered for want of education," said my wife; "But, sir," said the young man, "you will surely except me. "If I was unbound," said the young man, looking at me, "I could speak "Well," said the young man, "the next day we met I took her to the "Well," said the young man, "Ajax never came back. man," said Aunt Martha quickly.