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Eric Lease Morgan May 27, 2019 Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 27 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 95456 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 84 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 Mr. Henty 7 G. a. Henty 6 France 5 little time 5 illustration 4 british 4 G. Manville Fenn 3 long time 3 hard time 3 english 3 armed men 3 Tom 3 Paris 3 Mr. Fenn 3 Gordon Browne 2 young men 2 time Harry 2 swedish 2 spanish 2 second time 2 present time 2 page illustration 2 night Ned 2 morning Ned 2 morning Dick 2 morning Charlie 2 modern Greek 2 good way 2 good time 2 good men 2 french officer 2 french 2 day Malcolm 2 chapter 2 bad time 2 arrival Charlie 2 St. John 2 Spaniards 2 Sir John Oldcastle 2 Sir John 2 Mr. Jackson 2 Master Ned 2 King James 2 Jack 2 Indians 2 Greece 2 General Burrows 2 England 2 Dick 2 Candahar Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 8566 man 6060 time 4467 day 3800 way 2969 place 2472 hand 2392 hour 2182 boy 2152 horse 2149 officer 2139 boat 2130 side 2090 fire 2050 night 2017 order 1996 father 1954 house 1897 work 1873 life 1863 troop 1839 thing 1821 town 1820 water 1787 ship 1764 army 1757 one 1747 nothing 1717 head 1677 morning 1676 foot 1624 force 1617 year 1583 enemy 1535 party 1528 friend 1489 mile 1459 gun 1449 part 1449 country 1440 people 1392 king 1345 story 1310 other 1303 wall 1268 line 1260 matter 1222 minute 1208 position 1201 course 1195 lad Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 1935 Mr. 1274 Sir 1219 Ned 1204 Harry 1140 Charlie 1086 Captain 927 England 885 Tom 824 Malcolm 813 John 810 English 778 Rupert 746 Francis 676 Colonel 674 Godfrey 667 France 600 Horace 592 General 578 Crown 575 Mrs. 551 Gervaise 527 Frank 504 Percy 498 Guy 495 Paris 489 St. 480 Spaniards 469 Ronald 466 French 447 Jack 440 Amuba 433 Indians 431 Dick 412 Walter 411 Desmond 405 Turks 398 G. 396 Lord 396 Duke 394 Chebron 393 de 384 Martyn 382 William 379 Jethro 379 Geoffrey 352 NORTH 346 Henty 346 Charles 345 London 338 Luka Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 31804 i 27945 it 27341 he 23858 you 20957 they 14411 we 11110 them 10182 him 5670 me 4416 us 4394 she 2529 her 2167 himself 1055 themselves 860 myself 527 yourself 473 one 298 itself 262 ourselves 228 'em 227 herself 142 yours 115 yon 104 mine 49 theirs 40 his 39 ours 38 ye 35 aught 32 him- 31 thee 26 ex- 25 's 15 hers 10 em 9 oi 8 yourselves 8 hisself 7 hither 7 as- 5 eng- 5 be- 4 your'n 4 whomsoever 4 s 4 pos- 4 can- 3 yerself 3 ye've 3 ye're Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 109403 be 46444 have 13833 do 12933 say 8439 go 7447 take 7029 see 6614 come 6383 make 6103 get 4877 know 4843 think 3684 give 3317 tell 3260 find 2724 hear 2684 leave 2467 keep 2405 bring 2402 look 2250 send 2223 carry 2183 fall 1921 ask 1877 pass 1772 put 1670 stand 1655 seem 1585 run 1557 feel 1542 lie 1424 hold 1408 turn 1381 speak 1368 return 1356 follow 1333 ride 1292 fight 1291 begin 1287 enter 1224 want 1221 arrive 1219 set 1186 let 1168 start 1143 try 1143 kill 1143 break 1138 call 1132 join Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 18903 not 7471 up 6848 so 6113 out 5375 now 5128 well 5110 then 4545 down 4459 as 4228 good 4203 here 3906 other 3767 more 3518 great 3173 only 3064 long 3063 there 3057 very 3040 once 3013 off 2961 again 2920 first 2715 much 2551 little 2487 soon 2484 on 2457 back 2411 away 2197 many 2122 few 2096 just 2039 young 2015 in 1915 last 1870 even 1791 still 1780 enough 1759 far 1751 too 1745 most 1673 old 1660 never 1656 however 1649 own 1643 over 1485 indeed 1466 all 1450 next 1391 able 1382 strong Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1274 good 646 most 417 least 263 great 152 slight 146 bad 120 high 102 near 97 Most 52 large 48 strong 46 small 45 eld 41 brave 38 rich 37 low 30 young 29 fine 24 hard 20 early 18 late 17 old 17 big 16 strict 15 safe 15 noble 15 heavy 14 wild 14 warm 14 thick 13 fast 12 short 12 deep 12 close 10 wise 10 poor 10 keen 10 farth 9 narrow 9 kind 9 hot 8 weak 8 simple 8 light 8 happy 8 easy 8 bright 6 quiet 6 pure 6 pretty Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1099 most 192 well 53 least 7 highest 6 farthest 3 sourest 2 lowest 2 hard 1 wost 1 strongest 1 sharpest 1 roughest 1 mildest 1 long 1 fiercest 1 fast 1 chance^ 1 boy,—very Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------- Top 50 email addresses; "Who are you gonna call?" ------------------------------------------------- Top 50 positive assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-noun?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 one does not 9 men are not 9 men were now 8 time went on 7 day passed slowly 7 men are all 7 men had already 7 men were already 6 boat came alongside 6 hours passed slowly 6 men came up 6 time is not 6 work was over 5 army did not 5 day passed quietly 5 days passed quietly 5 father did not 5 father does not 5 fire was soon 5 men came out 5 men told off 5 men were all 5 men were not 5 night was dark 5 one is likely 4 boats came off 4 boats were now 4 days went on 4 father is dead 4 father is still 4 fire was now 4 fires were soon 4 man came in 4 men did not 4 men do not 4 men were still 4 officer came off 4 one does n't 4 one had ever 4 place is not 4 thing is not 4 things are not 4 things go wrong 4 things went on 4 time seemed long 4 times are bad 4 work was hard 4 work went on 3 army fell back 3 army took up Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 days are no mere 2 father is no more 2 men are not likely 2 time is not far 2 time is not very 2 time was no object 2 time was no particular 1 armies were not very 1 army made no move 1 army was not yet 1 boat is no use 1 boat made no attempt 1 boat was not there 1 boats had not fol- 1 boats were not long 1 boy being not too 1 boy had no right 1 boy has no friends 1 boys had no fear 1 boys has no bage 1 days are no mero 1 father are not likely 1 father had no doubt 1 father had not sufficient 1 father has no idea 1 father saying no word 1 father takes no exercise 1 fire made no sensible 1 fire was no sooner 1 horse knows no more 1 horse leaves no mark 1 horses were no trouble 1 life had no longer 1 life is not so 1 life is not worth 1 life was no proof 1 life was not quite 1 man gave no sign 1 man had no time 1 man has no idea 1 man has no right 1 man is not honest 1 man is not worthy 1 man made no reply 1 man was no credit 1 men are not apt 1 men are not pnt 1 men are not such 1 men are not water 1 men did not fully Sizes of items; "Measures in words, how big is each item?" ---------------------------------------------------------- 136639 mdp.39015063943040 122767 mdp.39015073483664 122194 mdp.39015035876997 121505 mdp.39015073480421 120763 mdp.39015073429063 116271 mdp.39015073479902 113837 mdp.39015020168079 113159 mdp.39015073429212 112443 mdp.39015073487137 109566 mdp.39015073483847 107144 mdp.39015063943198 103694 mdp.39015073483839 103038 mdp.39015073486709 96547 mdp.39015073484068 95882 mdp.39015063942901 95860 mdp.39015039579761 95230 mdp.39015073486956 90867 mdp.39015073486659 83560 mdp.39015073484514 83465 mdp.39015073480033 81265 mdp.39015008821947 79940 mdp.39015039579738 75880 mdp.39015073479571 62236 mdp.39015073480538 55618 mdp.39015073478755 43036 mdp.39015010944752 34912 mdp.39015073428826 Readability of items; "How difficult is each item to read?" ----------------------------------------------------------- 94.0 mdp.39015073429212 94.0 mdp.39015073428826 91.0 mdp.39015073478755 90.0 mdp.39015073480033 89.0 mdp.39015063942901 88.0 mdp.39015073486709 88.0 mdp.39015063943040 88.0 mdp.39015039579738 86.0 mdp.39015073483839 86.0 mdp.39015039579761 85.0 mdp.39015073487137 85.0 mdp.39015063943198 85.0 mdp.39015020168079 84.0 mdp.39015073486956 84.0 mdp.39015035876997 84.0 mdp.39015073483847 83.0 mdp.39015073484514 83.0 mdp.39015073486659 82.0 mdp.39015073483664 82.0 mdp.39015073429063 82.0 mdp.39015073479571 82.0 mdp.39015073480538 82.0 mdp.39015073479902 81.0 mdp.39015073480421 79.0 mdp.39015073484068 76.0 mdp.39015008821947 57.0 mdp.39015010944752 Item summaries; "In a narrative form, how can each item be abstracted?" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- mdp.39015008821947 battalions — Major Reno commanding the advance, General Custer following with the second, who was in general charge of the line of communications, Lieutenant Chard, Royal Engineers, Surgeon Reynolds, Army Medical Department, and other officers. Afghan cavalry had turned both of the British flanks, and the brigade was all but surrounded, whilst a separate attack was being pushed forward with great boldness; their cavalry streamed round the British left; in the right numbering thirty-two pieces, his camp, an immense quantity of ammunition, about one thousand men killed; his army was dispersed, and he As the morning passed Boer detachments attacked and hemmed in the British position on the north, the east, and the southwest. It so happened that in the darkness the Highland Brigade, which formed the left of the attack, had got considerably in front of the rest of not, like the mounts of Broadwood''s and Tudway''s men, had four days of continuous and exhausting work before this forced night march. mdp.39015010944752 yearns to create, to give in some form expression and life to those evasive ideals of loveliness which are planted within our consciousness by the aspects of nature. But abstract lines as we find them in Architecture and in the ceramic arts are the independent developments of this creative power, material beauties of nature a work of art. alone man can create like a god, to avail himself at once of the Greek orders, not as a sensitive and delicate means of fine aesthetic expression, but as a mechanical language of contrasts of form to be used according to the developed to fit an old civilization; the applicability of these primary principles to the refinement of the architectural expressions of a Through the agency of the Greek school, perhaps more new and directly symbolic architectural expressions have been uttered within studied; wheresoever and howsoever humanity has expressed itself in forms of art, these mdp.39015020168079 Some day, my son, things may be managed differently; but at present kings who have power make war upon "And the king, my father?" Amuba said, struggling to fully two hundred men at work in the heart of the embankment at each point The Egyptian king had ordered the "This is not your feeding time, you know," Chebron said, "Is it not strange, Jethro," Amuba said when Chebron "Chebron, tell Mysa to come here," Ameres said, and "You see, father," Chebron said, "that Ptylus is an ambitious man, and may have hoped at some time or other to "Come, Chebron," Amuba said, "it will not do to give "Jethro," Amuba said, "you told me you were going to Two days later, Ameres sent Chebron and Amuba away "It is a strange story," Jethro said when Amuba brought As soon as Jethro and Amuba had left him Chebron rejoined the girls. Jethro, Amuba, and Chebron, all armed mdp.39015035876997 Geoffrey and Lionel save Francis Vere''s Life, . Geoffrey and Lionel save Francis Vere''s Life, . an unusual stir and excitement in the village, for young Mr. Francis Vere, cousin of the Earl of Oxford, lord of Hedingham and of all the surrounding country, was to start that "We are ready to take our risk of that, my lord," Geoffrey said; "and are indeed greatly beholden both to Captain "Shall we follow you, sir?" Geoffrey asked his captain. this time, young masters," John Lirriper said when the boat of Dutch horse, Sir Francis Vere succeeded in throwing a convoy of provisions into the town of Rheinberg, which was besieged by a large force of the enemy. ''Geoffrey said; "and it will be a long time before we need "You are back before your time," Sir Francis Vere said "I think we might pass as Spaniards," Geoffrey said; "for mdp.39015039579738 "My daughters," the marquis said, " Mesdemoiselles Marie, Jeanne, and Virginie." less with you in England than it is here," the marquis said one day when Harry had been describing "Who is that young man who is talking to mademoiselle your sister, Ernest?" Harry asked, for "I don''t like his looks at all," Harry said shortly. "You are a dear boy, Harry!" Jeanne said with "I shall be better now, Jeanne," Marie said smiling, as she wiped away her tears. "1 like this too, Harry," Jeanne said. "I like Harry best," Jeanne said; "but, of "Here are some people coming," Harry said; "And now, Harry," Marie said, turning to him, "No, he is not in prison, Jeanne," Harry said, "You mustn''t give way, Jeanne," Harry said, "I have just left your sisters, Marie," Harry said. "That is good news, indeed, Harry," Marie said. "That is good news indeed, Jeanne," Harry said, mdp.39015039579761 WELCH was with the men two or three hundred yards away from the house when the Indians Upon the day after Harold''s return two gentlemen called upon Captain Wilson and asked him to At the time the march began from Boston to Concord the American colonists stood virtually in armed rebellion. Men do not carry off cannon by scores and accumulate everywhere great stores of warlike ammunition without a thought of fighting. Wilson was full of enthusiasm when he saw the success of the last gallant charge of the English soldiers, but he said to Harold : Harold watched the Indian and the scout collecting dry leaves and sticks, and took particular notice, General Clinton, with the right wing of the English army, moved forward to attack the enemy''s They marched in the usual fasbionin Indian file; the Seneca chief led the way, followed by one of his braves ; then came Peter, Harold, mdp.39015063942901 Frank stood looking at the dog, who tried several times, "Are you going in, young un?" Frank said, as he "I don''t suppose that it would be as bad as that, Mrs. Holl," Frank said, laughing. "We won''t tell them if we can help it," Frank said; time of the morning?" he said, as Frank, after entering "Yes, sir," Frank said in surprise;"I don''t know that "I don''t know what you mean, sir," Frank said, more "Tell the others," Frank said, "that I went because I sir," Frank said; "I am a pretty good hand at sailing or Frank said he liked a glass of grog at night, and should "I think," Frank said, "the best thing will be to manage to get the cabin door open, "We can put a tarpaulin Frank said, just a month after the day of landing. "They are off in good time," Frank said; "I did not mdp.39015063943040 "I think she will do," the Greek said; "just the sort of boat IN GREEK WATERS Horace said. Thinking that all that was necessary had been said, Mr. Beveridge then opened a Greek book that lay as usual beside "Good morning, Tom Burdett," Horace said as the boat "But are you sure, Horace," Martyn said, "that your father if they did not give him the authority he demanded, to interpose to save Turks from massacre, he would sail on to Constantinople, hoist the Turkish flag, and fight against the ships "Now," Martyn said to the Greek fighting men, "on one In a short time Martyn told Horace to get his men "Horace," Martyn said, "you had better tell your father, I "This is Captain Martyn, who commands the vessel," Horace said; "he has come ashore to concert measures for getting mdp.39015063943198 "I feel anxious, Ned," Captain Martin said as he "Let us be going, Ned," his father said at last; "there "We will talk of it later on, Ned," his father said. "Now, Peters," Captain Martin said, "let the boat captain said, as Ned and the rowers clambered on board; "Lie down under the bulwarks, men," Captain Martin said to the three sailors. ** Bear up, Ned; bear up like a man," his father said. "My mother comes from near here," Ned said. "Yes, father," Ned said, answering the look; "there that your mother tells me of to fight against the Spaniards for a time in the service of the Prince of Orange, "I should say, captain," Ned said, "we had best take some town," Ned said," and so bring out boats to cut after the news arrived of the fall of Naarden, Ned received a letter from his father, saying that the Good mdp.39015073428826 he said to Dick; "if you like, you can come "You won''t be taken on board the Northampton," Tom said, "for by this time she is welcome; but if the time comes when the redskins have got us shut up in some place we enter Mexico; one never knows who is watching one," Dave said the evening before. marks on the hills," Dave said; " we know we Dick said, " Look, Dave, there is a ledge running up behind that bush; it seems to me that "Tom is right, mates," Dave said, "that is "By the way, Dick," the latter said, looking up, "we have divided that lot of gold we Dave said, turning round to speak to Tom, men?" asked Captain Sumner, as Bob took his "We must examine her before we do anything else/'' exclaimed Bob. Captain Sumner looked at his watch. said the captain, on the following day. mdp.39015073429063 adherents of the house of Stuart that Irishmen left their native country to take service abroad, but because life in Ireland was rendered well-nigh intolerable for Catholics on account of the nature and severity of the laws against them, James, who, Father O''Leary tells me, is, in his opinion, supported here by the French king from no great love for himself, but because so long as James has adherents in Ireland, "I thought nothing about it one way or the other," Desmond said carelessly; "I only saw her face by torch-light, "Monsieur Desmond Kennedy, an officer in O''Brien''s regiment, and an Irish gentleman of good family." "I am Desmond Kennedy, sir," the young officer said. "Sure, your honour, I wish it had been in the ould country instead of Scotland," Mike said when he heard the news. mdp.39015073429212 "My white brother is a judge of horses," the chief said; "Leaping Horse has been hunting," the Indian said quietly, "Going to look for gold a little," the chief said, "hunt "You are not going on to-day, Jerry, are you?" Tom said, smoke, red-skins see a long way," he understood that Hunting Dog had been so careful in choosing the wood in order "Indian here," Leaping Horse said, "one, two days ago. "They don''t look to me like horses'' foot-prints," Tom said "Hunting Dog has good eyes," the chief said, "The "Good!" the chief said, putting his hand on Tom''s horse, chief, and Tom will take Hunting Dog''s, if so be you He was away better than half an hour and then came back, ''Leaping Horse found a place,'' he said, ''where he and his "That is a good day''s work," Harry said as the logs were "You shall be engineer-in-chief, Tom," Harry said. mdp.39015073478755 need to be, good sea-boats; for they have at times "It is time to go back, Lily," Jack said at last. mother," Jack said cheerfully; "it is not going to "Nice place this, Jack," his uncle said, "There Jack took a look round before he went below. Jack held his breath every time the boat pitched, on board the ship had lost no time, and had already launched a light spar with a line tied to it came round half an hour after Jack had gone up "Oh, I do not call this going to sea," Jack said "That''s right, Jack," the captain said as the "Look here, Arthur," Jack said, "I will stand "Look, Jim, over there to the right," Jack said. straight back again," Jack said; "we have got Jack said; "but I should not like to go through "That looks a good-sized place," Jack said, as mdp.39015073479571 "In that case, Walter," his father said, "if her captain Two days after the shipwreck Walter and John Whitefoot met at the place which they had agreed on when they had the chance, they said good-by, and the following morning John started with his father to Dublin, and "Walter had eagerly begged his father to appoint him cornet of the troop, and Mr. Davenant might "You are just in time, Walter," his father said; "we After forming the troops in order Douglas and Schomberg advanced, but presently perceived the French battalions and a great part of the Irish cavalry, forming the As the troops marched into Dublin "Walter said to As soon as the English army had left, Captain Davenant obtained for her an order of protection from General "Walter," Captain Davenant said to his son one day mdp.39015073479902 day when an attacking force crosses the boundary of the province, Nand Chund shall be installed as chief of a special Of the garrison a thousand men were placed on the north wall; the rest were stationed close at hand in readiness to support them, or to "They are a long time in coming, uncle," Percy said in a "I have brought you your interpreter, Clissold," Mr. Fullarton said as he entered that officer''s tent, followed by Percy, TWO hours after crossing the river, Percy with his two companions saw on the plain the camp of the Sikhs. The British force after the junction had been effected consisted of five thousand six hundred and seventy-four Europeans and twelve thousand and f1fty-three natives, with sixtyfive guns; the Sikhs numbered twenty-five thousand regular "Here are your orders, Mr. Groves," Mr. Agnew said, placing a letter in Percy''s hands. "Those are my two men, sir," Percy said to the officer. mdp.39015073480033 "Good-by," Ned''said to the boy, "I am so sorry you Ned said, seeing how feebly the boy spoke; "but I hope When Ripon met Ned next day he said: "I talked to "Ned," he said, "I think that you and Charlie had better "Good-morning, Polly!" Ned said, and walked on. questions went round, which Ned could easily have answered without preparation, the master said: "I am sure at present, Ned," Mr. Porson said kindly "Well, let us hope the best, Ned," Mr. Porson said "No," Ned said quietly, "I don''t want to think about "I dont know that there''s much to tell," Ned said "I am sure, Ned, he will get on very well," Mrs. Mulready said. "Ned, my dear boy," Mr. Porson said kindly, don''t "Come, Bill, you must tell me," Ned said. Ned said, "tell me about it, Luke." "I think they are all gone now," Ned said, "Shall mdp.39015073480421 distance along the coast, and on the following day disembarked the rest, consisting of a thousand French troops, cleared away that portion of the native town which surrounded the factory and fort, made wide roads, formed were no military officers left at Fort St. David, so Mr. Pigot, a member of the council, started with a large convoy of stores, escorted by eighty English and three Charlie said, as the three officers looked from the walls "It is a strong place," Charlie said to Tim Kelly, who took his place by the side of Charlie; and having introduced himself as captain of the rajah''s body-guard, rode "In time of peace," the rajah said, "I keep three hundred men under arms; in case of taking the field, three Charlie was soon on board the flag-ship, and informed the admiral and Colonel Clive what Hossein had the English, Charlie determined to attack the place. mdp.39015073480538 They stopped only one day at Durban, where Mr. Humphreys hired a waggon to take the party to suitable, and having bought a horse started for Newcastle, a small town situated close to the frontierline between the Transvaal and Natal. "Well, Dick," Mr. Humphreys said, after a little "Things look very bad, Dick," Tom said; "what their way through the Zulus, while numbers of fugitives could be seen making for the river, hotly pursued a large number of cattle, part the property of Umbelleni''s men, but the great majority spoil taken in raids. beat high, as they saw Colonel Wood''s column suddenly turn off from the line which Buller had followed, and make straight for it. day the boys started for home, Colonel Wood having Several times, as Dick stood in the waggon, rifle in Dick said, " and a few men with rocks up above could mdp.39015073483664 The order of the Knights of St. John, which for some centuries played a very important part in the great struggle between Christianity and Mahomedanism, was, at its origin, a It fortunately happened that a party of knights were starting for Rhodes a few days after the admission of Gervaise to said, "and tell them to send down slaves to fetch up our baggage; then I will take you, Gervaise, to Sir Peter D''Aubusson, and hand you over to his care." Sir Louis Ricord, with the knights of Auvergne and Spain having cleared the galley of their foes, and carried the pirate that If we live, we shall see Sir Gervaise one of the most distinguished knights of the Order." officer man who had brought Gervaise in went up to the overseer of the galley-slaves and informed him that he had told off "This, my lord duke," Caretto said, " is Sir Gervaise Tresham, a knight commander of our Order, and the commander of mdp.39015073483839 the better if, like Charlie, he had an hour a day at sword "You will know all about it in time, lad," his father said. CHARLIE," Sir Marmaduke said on the following "No ill news, I hope, Charlie?" Mr. Jervoise asked anxiously as the lad was shown into the room where his host was "I am going to Sweden," Mr. Jervoise said, and then repeated the reasons that he had given Charlie for taking this "That fort would give the French or the Dutch a hot reception were they at any time to think to capture the dockyard and shipping," Sir Marmaduke said. "Have you heard that an officer has been here this afternoon with a flag of truce to treat for your exchange?" Dr. Michaeloff said, turning suddenly to Charlie. "The king did not think of that," Charlie said; "his "Well, sir," Charlie said, "if this is the way in which you mdp.39015073483847 "It''s a scandalous thing," Francis Hammond said indignantly, "that, just because they have got powerful connections, Francis rowed, like Giuseppi, in his shirt, and in the darkness they were often taken for a pair-oared gondola on the "I don''t know which way to hope," Francis said gravely. "I do not like that woman Castaldi," Francis said one evening as, after leaving the palazzo, Giuseppi rowed them towards "I fear, signor," Francis said, "that there is little hope of "I wish to see Signor Polani at once," Francis said. In a few minutes the gondola arrived; Polani, his two daughters, and Francis took their places in it; the four men, bound "Francis," his father said, "Signor Polani has had the "Thank you very much indeed, Signor Polani," Francis said. "I don''t like losing the ship," Francis said. the boat said to Francis as the men again dipped their oars mdp.39015073484068 the attention of the enemy entirely occupied, Gustavus managed to pass a strong force of men and a One of the men turned his horse, and, with Malcolm walking by his side, left the party. army," Malcolm said, "and fought at Schiefelbrune "I have come through it, nevertheless." Malcolm said; "but it is a long story, colonel, and I "Well, sir," Gustavus said anxiously to Malcolm, The armor and arms were now cleaned and polished, and for a short time each day Malcolm exercised the men. The gates were at once opened, and Malcolm with his band marched into Mansfeld. had already been sent up to the castle, and as Malcolm entered the gateway the count came forward men of Munro''s regiment, and Malcolm entered the count said, " but Malcolm Graeme, a very young Malcolm," Munro said; "this time it was an old "That," Colonel Munro said as soon as Malcolm mdp.39015073484514 Netherwood Common, four miles away," that functionary said in answer to Captain Ripon. He paused at the village, and set the whole population at work by telling them that his child was missing, and had, he believed, been carried off by a gypsy so long a tramp, some of the boys were told off to accompany the white men and assist in bringing back Halid-Kitta, four miles from the Khotal; but the intelligence arriving that the Ameer''s troops had abandoned their guns and were in disorderly retreat, decided the general to push forward at once to the Peiwar-Khotal, seven miles further, instead of waiting General Roberts was able to flash the news of the successful capture of the enemy''s first position to Brigadiergeneral Cobbe, who was in command of the force which advance, and the capture of the passes and the dispersion of the Afghan armies within a week of the opening of the campaign, altogether altered this position. mdp.39015073486659 "I have had good masters, sir," Rupert said, modestty; "and having been taught to use my sword, there "No, sir," Rupert said, surprised; "it was no business of mine, and I gave no single thought to it." Here, mother, come out; Master Rupert''s killed Sir William Brownlow''s son, and is off to "It''s too big to think of, Master Rupert," Hugh said, The host at once came out, and after a momentary look of surprise at the youth of the new arrivals, he asked Rupert courteously if he needed a room. his rounds, and Rupert, who had been sitting thoughtfully, said, "Look here, Dillon, I am a good swimmer, "Do you know, Master Rupert," he said, on his return, "I don''t much like the look of that boatman chap. Rupert," Hugh said, one day when the time was approaching for their start; "I feel a longing to be with mdp.39015073486709 "Oh, of course!" Godfrey said, a little surprised at meeting the music mistress in such an assembly. "That is more cheerful by a long way," Godfrey said to Every day Godfrey wished him good-morning as he visited the cell, inquired what the weather was like going so far away," Godfrey said, "as my friends told me "I don''t think I am afraid of that, Godfrey," Alexis said "I should like to let you know if I get safely home," Godfrey said; "how can I write to you?" "They will be glad to sell us a boat," Luka said to Godfrey. "We shall be a long way down," Godfrey said, "if we keep "I shall not land, Luka," Godfrey said. 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