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Eric Lease Morgan Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 39 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 42863 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 91 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 Mr. 10 Ben 6 Mrs. 5 man 5 Miss 4 illustration 4 David 3 little 3 good 3 Tom 3 Stubbs 3 Ping 3 New 3 Motor 3 Matt 3 Jim 3 Hindoo 3 Carl 3 CHAPTER 3 Burton 3 Bob 3 Aunt 3 Ali 2 time 2 look 2 like 2 circus 2 animal 2 York 2 Uncle 2 Tum 2 Toby 2 Paris 2 Manners 2 Joe 2 Jane 2 God 2 Dorothy 2 Don 2 Dhondaram 2 Daniel 2 Dan 2 Comet 2 Colonel 2 Clown 2 Celia 2 Carter 2 Brown 2 Billy 2 Bill Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 3835 man 3093 time 2958 boy 2418 circus 2207 hand 2109 way 2024 day 1739 eye 1727 thing 1482 face 1454 one 1392 head 1326 show 1233 tent 1223 night 1194 animal 1174 something 1170 place 1122 house 1103 girl 1065 elephant 1046 horse 1010 side 983 money 982 child 972 friend 970 foot 928 door 926 father 899 word 894 life 879 mother 854 nothing 842 room 826 anything 824 woman 797 year 796 arm 767 people 753 moment 741 voice 734 minute 724 lion 703 water 690 wagon 683 ground 681 work 663 dog 658 end 654 cage Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 3645 _ 1948 Mr. 1913 Ben 1323 Joe 1287 Joel 1191 David 1165 Matt 1120 Toby 1112 Tum 1062 Mrs. 1062 Andy 902 Polly 830 Miss 817 Bunny 729 Jerry 673 Dorothy 654 Sue 645 pa 610 Noddy 558 Bear 517 Andrew 514 Nero 495 Braddock 488 Carl 488 Burton 458 Johnny 458 Fred 432 Celia 423 Kit 414 Jimmy 389 Dick 381 Pepper 373 Danny 360 Brown 341 Squinty 335 McGlory 325 CHAPTER 317 Elodie 317 Bab 304 exclaimed 301 Betty 299 Grand 295 Joey 292 Cub 289 Bud 285 Phronsie 284 Pa 283 Jim 282 Uncle 271 Aunt Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 28339 he 24678 i 18021 you 17665 it 9026 him 8455 she 7332 they 5189 me 5100 we 3889 them 2765 her 1524 himself 1358 us 487 ''em 411 herself 363 myself 253 themselves 243 ''s 232 one 223 yourself 171 itself 98 mine 96 em 90 yours 52 thee 47 ourselves 41 his 35 hers 19 ours 14 ye 10 ya 10 theirs 7 you''re 5 isself 5 i''m 4 yourselves 3 you''ll 3 vy 3 out,-- 3 oneself 3 imself 3 hisself 2 yourseluf 2 ten 2 sho 2 oop 2 ha 2 d''you 1 you''ve 1 yit Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 56271 be 21900 have 13294 do 9976 say 7544 go 5516 get 5371 see 5173 come 4113 know 4060 make 3495 take 3226 look 3035 think 2704 tell 2404 give 2266 ask 2191 want 2043 find 1776 run 1640 cry 1530 let 1479 put 1469 hear 1368 seem 1349 leave 1335 keep 1330 feel 1318 try 1317 stand 1227 call 1202 begin 1168 turn 1026 sit 1025 like 982 hold 940 answer 912 bring 885 speak 810 eat 802 stop 790 fall 788 catch 772 start 757 follow 743 walk 733 help 713 talk 699 wait 687 show 680 guess Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 16394 not 5446 up 5050 so 4078 little 4020 then 3866 out 3150 now 2758 very 2630 good 2582 down 2553 just 2351 more 2313 as 2275 back 2094 old 2049 away 1998 here 1872 other 1804 well 1802 only 1797 much 1785 there 1751 long 1660 never 1638 all 1602 again 1593 big 1553 off 1528 too 1454 great 1413 on 1406 right 1321 first 1269 over 1130 ever 1122 in 1079 even 1024 last 1002 once 998 soon 984 enough 982 young 897 still 889 many 868 own 810 always 776 most 728 next 711 hard 708 same Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 467 good 212 least 208 most 84 great 80 bad 65 slight 62 big 43 large 41 near 25 Most 24 old 20 late 19 high 19 fine 19 dear 18 strong 14 small 14 nice 14 happy 12 strange 12 long 11 young 11 hard 11 faint 11 early 11 deep 10 queer 10 low 9 easy 8 smart 8 j 8 bright 7 wild 7 sweet 7 safe 7 fond 7 eld 7 dark 7 close 6 soft 6 rich 6 lovely 6 loud 6 lively 6 fierce 5 short 5 proud 5 pleasant 5 manif 5 jolly Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 568 most 48 well 32 least 2 youngest 2 near 2 highest 1 where 1 hard 1 easiest Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 www.gutenberg.org 3 digital.library.villanova.edu 2 www.gutenberg.net 2 www.archive.org 2 archive.org Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------- 3 http://digital.library.villanova.edu/) 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/45108/45108-h/45108-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/45108/45108-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32393/32393-h/32393-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32393/32393-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/28805/28805-h/28805-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/28805/28805-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/6/9/5/16956/16956-h/16956-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/6/9/5/16956/16956-h.zip 1 http://www.archive.org/details/tobytylerortenwe00kalerich 1 http://www.archive.org 1 http://archive.org/details/ptbarnumsmenager00barn 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?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20 _ is _ 15 _ do _ 14 _ was _ 13 tum did not 12 _ did _ 12 joe did not 10 ben did not 10 men did not 9 david did not 8 _ are _ 8 man did not 7 ben came in 7 face was very 7 joel did n''t 7 one does n''t 7 something was wrong 7 toby did not 6 _ does _ 6 _ know _ 6 boy did not 6 eyes were full 6 matt makes good 6 show was over 6 toby was very 6 tum was glad 5 _ am _ 5 _ did n''t 5 _ do n''t 5 _ had _ 5 animal did not 5 ben was not 5 circus was over 5 face was as 5 joe was glad 5 joe went on 5 toby was about 5 toby was not 5 toby was so 4 _ have _ 4 animal coming up 4 boy is n''t 4 boy was not 4 day was over 4 elephant was not 4 eyes were very 4 face was not 4 house was so 4 joel was already 4 matt was not 4 one does not Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 ben took no notice 2 toby had no difficulty 2 toby made no reply 2 toby was not at 1 _ had no difficulties 1 _ is not general 1 animal was not dead 1 animal was not particularly 1 animal was not so 1 animals does not quite 1 animals have no human 1 ben did not even 1 ben got no praise 1 ben heard no more 1 ben made no answer 1 ben made no reply 1 ben was not around 1 ben was not too 1 boy has no home 1 boy was no better 1 boy was no scatter 1 boy was not pleased 1 boys had no end 1 boys had not yet 1 boys were not at 1 boys were not professional 1 david did not even 1 david did not then 1 day is not complete 1 day was not very 1 elephant was not available 1 elephant was not genuine 1 elephant was not quick 1 elephant was not so 1 elephants are not near 1 eyes were not always 1 face had no trouble 1 face was not so 1 face was not stern 1 girl felt no lack 1 girls are no fools 1 house were no gods 1 joe did not really 1 joe had no difficulty 1 joe was not satisfied 1 joel had no ears 1 joel were not there 1 man was not so 1 man was not utterly 1 matt got no further A rudimentary bibliography -------------------------- id = 3795 author = Alcott, Louisa May title = Under the Lilacs date = keywords = Bab; Ben; Betty; Billy; Brown; Celia; Lita; Miss; Moss; Mr.; Mrs.; Sam; Sancho; Squire; Thorny; boy; come; good; like; little; look summary = Bab and Betty burst out laughing when their mother said that, and Ben little girls running on to school, while Mrs. Moss and Ben went up to this fine feller with the ships; I like him," persisted Ben. So Bab, with frequent interruptions and hints from Betty, told the "Is Ben coming, too?" asked Bab, as Betty trotted off in a silent Miss Celia could not help smiling at Ben''s way of telling things; but "Thorny, I want you to be good to Ben, and amuse him in some quiet way "I like that!" said Ben, emphatically, when he had read the little hymn. little, Ben, and be sure before we set out," said Miss Celia, ready to "Thorny, what is the matter with Ben?" asked Miss Celia, one day, when "Ben is Miss Celia''s boy. "I''m looking round for a likely boy; don''t you think this Ben would id = 22521 author = Alger, Horatio, Jr. title = The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus date = keywords = Aaron; Achilles; Barlow; Bickford; Dan; Hayden; Kit; Mr.; Ralph; Stubbs; Watson; William summary = "Shall you go to the circus, Dan?" asked Kit. "I wonder you associate with that boy, Kit," he said. Stephen Watson, uncle of Kit and father of Ralph, was a man of middle "Thank you," said Kit. Soon after the boys left the circus lot and went home. "I think I am entitled to know all about it, Uncle Stephen," said Kit, "I hope I don''t look like a cat," said Kit laughing. "I suppose the dollar a week is all right," said Kit. "Suppose we discuss matters a little, Mr. Bickford," said Kit, calmly. "What do you want of me, Mr. Bickford?" said Kit. "Won''t you let me stay with the circus a week?" asked Kit, in a subdued "I don''t think I should like to perform in a dime museum," said Kit. "I have only been two days with the circus," said Kit; "and that may "Then you have a boy?" said Kit, surprised. id = 45108 author = Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor) title = P. T. Barnum''s Menagerie date = keywords = Tom; illustration summary = Tom, Trixie and Gay as they entered the menagerie with Mr. Barnum. looked like a wild bull "in front," but when he turned round she said to make a meal of baby," said Tom, but the truth was a man had been "I mean to hunt the buffalo, out West, when I am a man," said Tom. "Killed off," said Mr. Barnum; and Tom thought that a much better way "See those two play see-saw!" cried Trixie, laughing till her little added Tom. Gay smiled sweetly again, but Trixie squeezed her old friend''s hand "Never mind, Tom," said Mr. Barnum: "come and see the fisherman that "Look out, Trixie!" cried Tom, when they saw the whale. "What would mama say if we ate like that, Trixie?" said Tom. "Would you like to pet and smooth it, Gay?" asked Mr. Barnum. you are a funny baby," said Trixie, laughing, and speaking as "The little goose!" said Tom. id = 11069 author = Barnum, Richard title = Squinty the Comical Pig: His Many Adventures date = keywords = Don; Pig; Squinty; Wuff summary = Squinty!" exclaimed Mrs. Pig, as she heard what the farmer said. "Hello, Squinty!" called the boys and girls, giving the little pig his That little pig, with the squinty eye, is getting pretty As soon as Squinty''s brothers and sisters saw the green pig weed the "Squinty, how is your ear that Don, the dog, bit?" asked Mrs. Pig of her "I won''t eat any pig weed just yet," thought Squinty, as he went softly Squinty, wondering what happened to little pigs when they were lost, and It was just like that at the pen where Squinty, the comical pig, lived. I guess that little pig must be hungry," said the farmer looking You see Squinty, like most little pigs, thought more of something to eat pigs, in the pen at home, were wondering what had happened to Squinty. said one day, after feeding Squinty, and he scratched the little pig on id = 21546 author = Barnum, Richard title = Nero, the Circus Lion: His Many Adventures date = keywords = Nero; Switchie; Tum; lion summary = "Where are you going, Nero?" asked his mother of the lion boy cub one "Want to have some fun?" asked Switchie, as Nero lay down in the jungle The first thought of Nero, the little lion cub boy, as he felt himself "Come on," said Switchie to Nero, after they had gone a little way "Now hurry and get well," said Nero''s father to him, as the lion boy lay "Now for the hunt!" said Mr. Lion, as he led Nero into the jungle. "I''m going to leave you for a while now, Nero," said Mr. Lion, after a As I have said, Nero did not know his way back home through the jungle. silly, Nero!" said the other circus lion, whose name was Leo. elephants pushed the animal cages about, and one day Nero saw the big "Well, Nero got away all right," said one circus man. id = 21599 author = Barnum, Richard title = Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant: His Many Adventures date = keywords = Don; Mappo; Mr.; Tum summary = "Oh, it sounds like some of the little boy elephants," said the old papa "Oh, it''s some of your little elephant friends," said Mr. Tum Tum, to "I''ll be careful," promised Tum Tum. Elephants in the jungle live in big families, or herds. "I''ll listen, and be careful," said Tum Tum. Back he crashed through the jungle, and soon he and his elephant friends But one of the tame elephants, who heard what Tum Tum said, called to like it," said Hoy. Tum Tum and the older elephant were led to the middle of the circus "He must be a funny chap," said Tum Tum. The big, jolly elephant pushed you, Mappo," said Tum Tum. On rushed the big elephant toward the rolling cage. Tum Tum saw a little animal with Mappo, and the elephant said to "Now you may let go of the tree, Tum Tum," the man said to the elephant, id = 28642 author = Barnum, Vance title = Joe Strong on the Trapeze; Or, The Daring Feats of a Young Circus Performer date = keywords = Benny; Bill; Helen; Jim; Joe; Lascalla; Sid; Strong; Tonzo; Tracy summary = possible for Joe to try some tricks on the circus trapezes. trapeze in a circus tent, while the crowd below held its breath, Joe "Yes. We can settle up our business arrangements in that time, Joe. As I said, I''ll be very sorry to lose you, but it is all for the best. "Do you think they''ll perform with me?" Joe wanted to know. "Do Tonzo and Sid want Sim to come back and act with them?" asked Joe, "How''s your act going?" asked Joe. The "human fish" paused a moment before answering. "Oh, Joe!" exclaimed Helen one day, when they were in the small tent "I want to thank you, Joe, for what you did," said Helen, coming up to He ignored several of the circus performers, Joe and Helen just before the opening of the performance, Joe went to Helen''s tent to "Good night, Joe," said Helen. id = 62349 author = Brackett, Leigh title = The Blue Behemoth date = keywords = Beamish; Bucky; Gertrude; Kapper; Shannon summary = Bucky Shannon leaned forward across the little hexagonal table. slanting cat-eyes of the little dark people at the tables swing round The little guy looked at Shannon with pale blue eyes like a baby, and his voice was softer than Bucky''s. Gow looks a lot like the "That''s tough," said Bucky Shannon. His grey-green eyes looked like an I wouldn''t know, of course, but Gertrude looks to me like she got stuck Her eyes were way back in deep horny pits, like cold green fire. Bucky said, "Jig--it''s Sam Kapper." Beamish said to Melak, "Kapper''s dead. A male _cansin_, Kapper said. my eyes clear enough to see Bucky Shannon poised across the table like Gow said, almost absently, "Gertrude went nuts. I knew what was eating Gow. The fear that had looked out of Kapper''s "Get Quern," she said, and went off through the hot rain, back into the id = 7938 author = Clark, Felicia Buttz title = Virgilia; or, Out of the Lion''s Mouth date = keywords = Alyrus; Aurelius; Christians; Claudia; Lucanus; Lycias; Martius; Octavia; Rome; Virgilia summary = Virgilia watched her mother, with an anxious look on her young face. To Virgilia in her severest tone: "Thou art exactly like thy "Not so, dear mother," said a cheerful voice, "Martius has returned to Far out on the Campagna, Virgilia knew that the Christians were Virgilia knew, however, that the time must come soon when, if she was little older than Martius and Virgilia, and the lawyer, while saying "Because Martius, son of Aurelius, is a Christian," he replied, and in detaining hand on his arm, said: "I see that thou art a man to be "Thou hast been long absent, Martius?" she said, while she twirled in their mother thought that some day the Apostle would come to Rome, it "Thou art late to-night, father," said Lidia, reaching up her hardened "For a feast, your father said," replied the slave, leaving Virgilia Martius and the Lady Virgilia went id = 31371 author = Cobb, Thomas title = The Little Clown date = keywords = Aunt; Jimmy; Miss; Roberts; Selina summary = As he sat at breakfast Jimmy saw a large railway van stop at the door, ''Where does your Aunt Selina live?'' asked Miss Rosina, looking a great ''Yes, I know,'' said Jimmy, ''but I''d rather not go to Aunt Selina''s.'' Miss Roberts, who asked him soon after the train started, why he looked Long before the train reached London, Jimmy began to look anxiously out ''I don''t suppose there is,'' said Jimmy, looking as if he were going to ''Miss Selina Morton--is that your aunt''s name?'' she asked, looking round ''Come along then,'' said Miss Roberts, and Jimmy walked slowly towards ''Good-bye,'' said Miss Roberts, putting away her watch and taking Jimmy''s ''So Miss Roberts brought me here,'' said Jimmy. ''My father and mother are going to meet me at Chesterham,'' said Jimmy as ''Well, you can look out at my window,'' she said, and so Jimmy went to id = 36219 author = Coup, W. C. (William Cameron) title = Sawdust & Spangles: Stories & Secrets of the Circus date = keywords = America; Aquarium; Barnum; Coup; Dan; Jumbo; Mr.; New; Texas; York; animal; circus; day; elephant; great; horse; life; little; man; old; showman; time summary = Wild West shows and trained animal exhibitions baby elephant, one day seeing the men shoveling to throw up a ring great New York Aquarium enterprise I remember having one day figured up In capturing wild animals the rule is to kill the old ones and secure circus men remember it as the "White Elephant Year." For many years of the circus attachés thought they had seen the man exhibiting the A few weeks before the time for opening the circus season the horses with toppling chariots, with horses, animals, elephants, camels and the entire old-time circus canvases, when the advertising was done by A great circus uses large quantities of advertising paper--so much, in advertise, like a circus, and in the eyes of the general public pass The advertising agents for a large circus of the present day would, no of the advertising men who traveled in advance of the old-time wagon id = 59853 author = Ellis, Edward Sylvester title = A Young Hero; Or, Fighting to Win date = keywords = Annie; Archie; Aunt; Bud; Carter; Cyrus; Fred; Heyland; Jackson; Kincade; Lizzie; Mr.; Perkinpine; Sheldon; Sutton; Tottenville summary = "What a little coward you are, Fred," said Miss Annie; "surely there is "Leave the door open and let me sleep there," said Fred, stoutly. "It wan''t be the first time," said Bud, looking with a grin at the poor "Can it be Bud knows anything about last night?" Fred asked himself, minutes when Bud Heyland stood talking to the boys before school Fred However, Fred Sheldon thought it his duty to let his good friends know good little boys, and I s''pose he was looking for Freddy there," said When Fred Sheldon saw Bud Heyland standing before him in the path, his "Good evening," and Fred was moving on, when Mr. Cyrus Sutton said: "He looked to me like a very small man," said Bud, as he walked slowly "Let me look at it," said Bud, reaching out his hand for it. id = 10396 author = Harkness, Peter T. title = Andy the Acrobat Or, Out with the Greatest Show on Earth date = keywords = Andy; Benares; Billy; Blow; Bob; Dale; Fairview; Graham; Lavinia; Luke; Marco; Miss; Mr.; Starr; Tapp; Wildwood summary = "You bunk right there, kid," said Marco, stowing Andy behind a pile of "See here, boy," she said, laying her gloved hand winningly on Andy''s Marco''s big eyes opened widely as Andy made plain the fact that he was a Andy took up a good armful of wood, marched right up to the back steps door was pushed open Andy saw a big portly man standing behind his aunt. Andy had a vivid picture in his mind--the big circus tent four miles "One of the fellows was a boy named Jim Tapp," said Andy. The man himself helped Andy to the clown''s tent. The man who had assisted Andy went away saying he would consult with Mr. Giles Harding, the owner of the circus, at once. "Mr. Harding, this is the boy, Andy Wildwood, I told you about," said Andy went about the circus grounds until he discovered the clown. id = 20384 author = Harney, George S. title = David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story date = keywords = Adine; Adot; Bar; Cheyenne; David; Davy; Fisheye; Gillis; Hulls; Jim; Landy; Lannarck; Logan; Lough; Maddy; Maizie; Mister; Mr.; Mrs.; Shirley; Ugly; Welborn; Wells summary = "Good-by, Prince," said the big man as the car got under way. "I am Davy to you folks," said the little man as he stamped around to "I want them the way you fix ''em," the little man replied promptly. history-makin'' times en every man had a right to tell hit his way as Old Jim took the extended hand of the little man and held it while he "Pshaw, Jim, yer wastin'' valuable time," said Landy, wanting to get a Landy and Davy rode their horses to the Gillis barn; Welborn "We''ve got a lot of work cut out for us," said Davy as he and Landy "Old Jim and I were jist talkin'' about this same thing," said Landy as Jim''s got the money all right, but he wants to spend hit on a big, id = 16956 author = Hope, Laura Lee title = Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Playing Circus date = keywords = Ben; Brown; Bunker; Bunny; Grandpa; Splash; Sue summary = "And what are you going to do?" asked Bunny Brown''s sister Sue. Grandpa Brown, who was walking down the path at the side of the Bunny Brown said, he did know a little bit about climbing. "You look just like the circus man," said Sue. For one of the men in the Even Wango, the queer monkey pet of Mr. Winkler, the old sailor, liked Bunny and Sue. But they had not seen Wango for some time now; not since coming to the Ben Hall laughed, and looked at Bunny and Sue in a queer sort of way. "Bunny and I got up the circus first," said Sue, "and then the big boys BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE PLAYING CIRCUS BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE PLAYING CIRCUS BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE PLAYING CIRCUS BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE PLAYING CIRCUS BUNNY BROWN AND HIS SISTER SUE PLAYING CIRCUS id = 59982 author = Kelley, Leo P. title = The Human Element date = keywords = Kevin; man summary = Kevin nodded but didn''t look at his questioner. thought Kevin as the speeding, robot driven monorail transport The man next to Kevin, discouraged by the lack of response to his Kevin watched the people file through the entrance and slowly, almost The circus was beginning and Kevin interrupted his reverie to watch. On small elevated squares in the center of the great arena stood Kevin watched robots perform mindless feats of strength as the circus Kevin watched the man''s mouth working. Kevin skipped about the arena watching the people whispering among Kevin''s wig bobbed gaily as he hopped and strutted about the arena arena and Kevin found himself facing two well dressed and corpulent Kevin slowly removed the wig and the white skull piece and stood with Kevin didn''t give the man a chance to answer the question. Kevin placed the boy back in the stands and skipped about the arena. id = 59072 author = Leblanc, Maurice title = The Secret Tomb date = keywords = Chagny; Count; Countess; Dario; Davernoie; Delarue; Dorothy; Errington; Manor; Marquis; Maître; Montfaucon; Périac; Quentin; Raoul; Roborey; Saint; Webster summary = Saint-Quentin was off again like an arrow; but Dorothy stopped short, "What''s the matter, Saint-Quentin?" said Dorothy. "Saint-Quentin," murmured Dorothy, looking after them. Saint-Quentin on hearing Dorothy reveal the events in the ravine and d''Estreicher," said Dorothy, ending his sentence "Yes," said Dorothy after a pause in a dull voice. "Like you," said Saint-Quentin in a low voice. D''Estreicher?" said Raoul, a little taken aback by this greeting. who looked after her and whom Saint-Quentin had questioned, Dorothy had "Of course I know," said Dorothy, who only thought of gaining time and "The medal?" said Dorothy. "Monsieur Delarue''s letter is going to inform us," said Dorothy. Dorothy said nothing; her eyes were thoughtful. "Come: a little vigor!" said Dorothy in a tone of jest. "But where was he going?" said Dorothy. Dorothy knew that a man like d''Estreicher would "Where did they come from?" said Dorothy ending his sentence for him. id = 8430 author = Locke, William John title = The Mountebank date = keywords = Andrew; André; Auriol; Bakkus; Ben; Cirque; Clermont; Colonel; Elodie; England; English; Evadne; Ferrand; Flint; France; General; God; Horatio; Lackaday; Lady; Madame; Marseilles; Monsieur; Paris; Patou; Petit; Prépimpin; Rocambeau; Royat; Tony; french; good; man summary = Thus, at two years old, Andrew Lackaday started life on his own account. "I''ve met very few English ladies in the course of my life," said he half "At this time of day, it''s all such damn nonsense," said Lady Auriol. "The dear old idiot," said Lady Auriol. "Four years," said Andrew looking into the dark backward and abysm of time. "I know," said Andrew, "but he is a great artist." "I''m going to back Elodie," said Andrew. "I like the look of her," said Andrew. And what the old man and Andrew had said was true.... It came to pass that the next time Andrew and Elodie met in their Paris "Every man," said Andrew, with his disarming smile, "is bound to do that "Elodie told me," said Andrew. "We all talk French, my dear Auriol," said I, "because Madame Patou knows "My dear child," said I, "if Andrew Lackaday thought id = 52138 author = Matthews, Stanley R. title = Motor Matt''s Engagement; or, On the Road with a Show date = keywords = Ali; Ben; Burton; CHAPTER; Carl; Comet; Dutchman; Haidee; Hindoo; Joe; Manners; Matt; Motor; Ping summary = returned Motor Matt; "but we''re under contract, Joe, and Boss Burton a turn on Motor Matt''s flying machine just before the doors open. hope"--and McGlory''s face went rather long--"is that you and Matt come "What does your uncle, Ben Ali, think of it, Haidee?" asked Matt. "It looks to me, Carl," said Matt, handing back the paper, "as though Haidee was standing by the aëroplane when Matt, McGlory, and Ping Matt, McGlory, and Haidee, on account of the wings of the aëroplane "Just a minute, Ben Ali," said Matt, catching the Hindoo by the sleeve "I''m ready, Motor Matt," said Haidee. Matt, thinking McGlory might tell what Haidee had done, gave him a "You come, sahib," said Ben Ali. Carl got up and moved toward the door. "We''ll go look for the Hindoos and Haidee," said Matt. "Carl," said Matt, "you''ve got a wooden head when it comes to id = 52397 author = Matthews, Stanley R. title = Motor Matt''s Short Circuit; or, The Mahout''s Vow date = keywords = Ali; Ben; Bon; Burton; Carl; Carter; Comet; Dhondaram; Hindoo; Matt; Motor; Ping; Rajah summary = =Ping=, a Chinese boy who insists on working for Motor Matt, and who "Dot''s me, too," said Carl to Matt and McGlory. Matt, McGlory, and Carl followed the showman under the canvas and into Dhondaram dropped in behind Burton, and Matt and his friends fell in "Better get busy and make your ascent, Matt," said Burton. "He''s a pard of Matt''s," said Burton, casting a significant look at the "There you have it, Burton," said Matt, facing the showman. "Hold up, Carter!" called Matt; then, turning to Burton, he went on: "Go and look for Ping, Carl," said Matt. "Keep hands off my Dutch pard, Burton," said Matt. "Now," said Burton, as he walked off with Matt and McGlory, "we''re in "I don''t know, pard," said McGlory, as he and Matt made their way Matt, McGlory, and Burton turned around and saw not only Carl, but Ping id = 52891 author = Matthews, Stanley R. title = Motor Matt''s Make Up; or, Playing a New Rôle date = keywords = Ali; Ben; Bill; Burton; CHAPTER; Carl; Dhondaram; Hindoo; Manners; Matt; Motor; Ping; Twomley; Wily summary = =Carl Pretzel=, an old chum who flags Motor Matt and more trouble "That''s Motor Matt," said Landers, pointing to the young motorist. Bill had left for town on the street car, and that Motor Matt and feeble way, why Motor Matt was chasing Bill Wily. Motor Matt followed Wily around the house corner, paused an instant in In about two minutes, Ping figured, Matt would have Bill Wily by the find Motor Matt, he would be content to leave the question of Wily''s "Well," declared McGlory, "if Motor Matt and Wily Bill went in there, "If Ping''s giving it to us straight," said McGlory, "neither Matt nor "Motor Matt, sahib," muttered Dhondaram, "he''s listening to your talk." Both Dhondaram and Wily turned their gaze on Matt. McGlory was looking for Matt, and paid little attention to the Hindoo. "And it was from Ben Ali?" asked Motor Matt. id = 6118 author = McCutcheon, George Barr title = The Rose in the Ring date = keywords = Bob; Braddock; Casey; Christine; Colonel; Cronk; David; Dick; Ernie; Frank; God; Grand; Grinaldi; Hall; Isaac; Jacky; Jenison; Joey; Mary; Mr.; Mrs.; New; Noakes; Portman; Ruby; Thomas; Tom; York summary = "Oh, I''m not likely to tell her what kind of a man her father is," said "You are not to break this seal, David Jenison," said Mrs. Braddock Mrs. Braddock looked at David, an abject appeal in her eyes. "Where is Miss Christine?" asked David, turning to Mrs. Braddock with a took David over to where Mrs. Braddock and Christine were standing with that Joey Grinaldi said when David told him of Braddock''s sudden change David caught the look of profound embarrassment in Dick Cronk''s face. said David, looking straight into his eyes. "You''re right, Joey," said David, his face flushing. "I know that, Joey," said David. "David," she said, laying her hand on his arm, "you don''t know what you David had prepared Mrs. Braddock and Christine; they looked for the "I''ll tell you what I came here for to-day, Jenison," said Braddock id = 16991 author = Mitchell, Lebbeus title = The Circus Comes to Town date = keywords = Celia; Chris; Danny; Darn; Jane; Jerry; Mr.; Mullarkey; Nora summary = him whether Danny and Chris and Nora and Celia Jane liked him very much "What does it say, Danny?" eagerly asked Jerry, going close to the "You don''t know how old you are," said Celia Jane, following Danny''s "Mother, why didn''t you make Jerry help pick gooseberries?" asked Danny, "Of course, we can''t," said Danny decisively and turned to Jerry. "An'' me, too," echoed Chris and Nora and Celia Jane and Jerry. "Mother ''Larkey won''t let them take me, will she, Danny?" asked Jerry in Jerry opened his eyes on a blurred picture of Danny and Chris turning "Celia Jane always does what Danny wants her to," continued Jerry. "He''s Jerry Elbow," said Danny who, with Chris, had edged in close to "No," answered Jerry, "just Danny and Chris and Nora and Celia Jane and "Nora won''t," said Jerry, "nor Kathleen nor Celia Jane." id = 23758 author = Optic, Oliver title = Work and Win; Or, Noddy Newman on a Cruise date = keywords = Ben; Bertha; Captain; Fanny; Grant; Miss; Mollie; Mr.; Noddy; Roebuck; Woodville; work summary = "I wish the boat-house was burned up!" added Noddy, petulantly. "Did you know the boat-house was burned up?" repeated Noddy, opening his Noddy had come forward for this purpose when he saw Mr. Grant and Bertha "It is pretty evident that the fire was set by Noddy or Fanny," said Mr. Grant; and he appeared to have no doubt as to which was the guilty one, "He is going to send me to the court-house," said Noddy, fully satisfied "Come, Captain McClintock, let''s go on board," said Noddy. The captain did not say a word to Noddy, which made the boy feel as "Don''t be troubled, Noddy," said Mollie, in a low tone, as she placed "Captain McClintock," said Noddy, when the master of the vessel came on "Well, Noddy, you did good work that time, and you have won a great deal "You shall win something better than that, Noddy," said the captain, as id = 27702 author = Otis, James title = Mr. Stubbs''s Brother A Sequel to ''Toby Tyler'' date = keywords = Abner; Ben; Bob; Daniel; Mr.; Olive; Stubbs; Toby; Uncle summary = "This is Abner Bolton, Uncle Dan''l," said Toby, as he saw that his newly then he said to Abner, "Come in, my lad, and share Toby''s dinner, nor the habit of sitting, Toby saw, as Ben had said, a monkey that looked "Uncle Dan''l says it''s ''cause he works so hard to get full," said Toby, there till we boys have our circus," said Toby, never for a moment "Ben an'' me will come ''round when it''s time to go," said Toby, and then, brother sure," said Toby to himself as Abner hurried him away to look at That night Toby and Abner went to the circus grounds with Uncle Daniel "Now''s the time when you come in, Toby," said Bob; "an'' if you''ll see "He won''t go very far, Toby, boy," said Uncle Daniel, consolingly, "and "We''re goin'' away from home all the time this way," said Toby, after he id = 32393 author = Otis, James title = Toby Tyler; Or, Ten Weeks with a Circus date = keywords = Ben; Castle; Daniel; Job; Lord; Mr.; Mrs.; Old; Stubbs; Toby; Treat; Uncle summary = At this moment Toby saw Mr. Lord enter the tent, and he knew that the Toby looked another good-bye at the venerable monkey, who was watching "Yes," said the skeleton, reflectively, as he looked Toby over from head Ben looked at Toby earnestly for a moment, acting all the time as if he "Here''s the boy," said Ben, as he lifted Toby up on the step, gave him warning of the coming night, Toby took the monkey on his arm and started "All right, Toby," said the old driver, as the boy came in sight; "I was Toby was left alone with his thoughts and the two or three little boy "''Cause Job Lord won''t let me," said Toby, wondering if it was possible "See there, Toby," said the old driver to the boy, as he gave him a taking Toby''s hand again, he said, "Now, my boy, it won''t do for you to id = 10212 author = Peck, George W. (George Wilbur) title = Peck''s Bad Boy with the Circus date = keywords = Bolivar; Boy; CHAPTER; Circus; Indians; New; Sunday; animal; bad; illustration; like; look; man; run summary = Pa Jumped Like a Box Car. There Never Was Such a Runaway Since the Days of Ben Hur. The Zebras Turned Short and Tipped the Tally-ho Over into the Water. We got out of the dining tent, and went to the barn, where the animals on the elephant''s leg and said to the keeper: "That looks to me like a Pa got up and went to her berth, though I told him to keep away, ''cause people followed, and cheered pa, and when they got in the tent pa said Well, he went up to the woman in the dressing-room, and said he came got back to the circus lot in time for the afternoon performance. alive ran away in the dark, and somebody said the animals had all got I got, when pa came up to me and said: "I want you two boys to id = 28805 author = Raymond, Evelyn title = Dorothy''s House Party date = keywords = Alfaretta; Alfy; Aunt; Betty; Calvert; Dinah; Dorothy; Helena; Jane; Jim; Luna; Master; Molly; Monty; Mr.; Mrs.; Party; Seth; Winters summary = But without waiting for an answer the young farm girl caught her old old Aunt Betty got acquainted with you an'' liked you, and sort of breakfast; also with the request that "Miss Dorothy should attend Mrs. Calvert in her own room before going below stairs." In Mrs. Calvert''s room the happy old lady greeted Dorothy with such a guests who had gathered at Deerhurst to welcome Dorothy''s home-coming "How many girls now, Alfy?" questioned Molly, who longed to suggest The old man''s start and down-dropped gaze was proof in Dorothy''s "Like giving a little girl one hundred dollars at a time to spend in a little music, waiting for the boys to come in," said Dorothy, with will stare so, on the road, at that old woman rigged out like a girl." Good-night, little Dorothy. never seen a little girl just like her; and he answered promptly: id = 45239 author = Riley, James Whitcomb title = Little Orphan Annie, and Billy Miller''s Circus-Show date = keywords = illustration summary = LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE To _all_ the little children:--The happy ones; and sad ones; LITTLE {015}ORPHANT ANNIE she knows riddles, rhymes and things! The same as bats er lightnin''-bugs!--An'' knows ''bout Ring-mo-rees ''At thist can take an'' turn theirselves in anything they please! Little {017}Orphant Annie''s come to our house to stay, Onc''t {018}they was a little boy wouldn''t say his prayers,-An'' they seeked him in the rafter-room, an'' cubby-hole, an'' press, An'' thist as she kicked her heels, an'' turn''t to run an'' hide, An'' {022}little Orphant Annie says, when the blaze is blue, An'' the lightnin''-bugs in dew is all squenched away,-At Billy {023}Miller''s Circus-Show-At Billy {023}Miller''s Circus-Show-At Billy {023}Miller''s Circus-Show-With shore-fer-certain circus-shows! He''s {027}got a circus-ring--an'' they''s He''s "The Old Clown," an'' got on clo''es An'' peakud--like in shore-''nuff shows,-On his white cheeks--ist like they do!-- id = 7434 author = Sidney, Margaret title = The Adventures of Joel Pepper date = keywords = Beebe; Ben; David; Joel; Mamsie; Mr.; Mrs.; Pepper; Phronsie; Polly; Tisbett summary = "I''m not going to cry," said Polly, "because I know Joel will be "O dear me," said little Davie, hiding his face in Polly''s gown, "Not a single bit of an inch nearer, Joel Pepper," said Polly, "There now, Phronsie; see, Joel''s got it for you," said Polly, "Now, boys," said Polly, as Joel pushed back his chair, "I want "Joel wanted to do ''em, Davie dear," said Polly, coming to the "We can''t," said Polly, "Mamsie wants us to come right home." "Go and call him, Polly," said Mrs. Pepper, "Come in, won''t you, "Tisn''t nice a bit to go without Joel, Mamsie," said Polly, "Joel Pepper!" cried Polly, a little red spot coming in either "Be quiet, Joel and David," said Mrs. Pepper, turning her black "Go on, Polly, Joel''s right," said Mrs. Pepper, in satisfaction. "No--no, Joel," said Mrs. Pepper, "you''re too little to go to a fire." id = 41721 author = Snell, Roy J. (Roy Judson) title = The Crimson Flash date = keywords = Gwen; Johnny; Millie; Pant; Snowball; Thompson; Tom; cat; circus; good; man; time summary = When Johnny leaped over the rope in the circus tent the previous the end; and to Johnny Thompson it was to this time as great a mystery as Each time Johnny''s eye, following the In time, Johnny, having regained his breath, sat up dizzily and looked Johnny had a mind to run for it, but one look into those clear eyes told In another moment there came a whispered, "Hello, Johnny," and Pant The following day Johnny carried out Pant''s wish in the matter of selling "There''s your bear," panted Johnny, wiping his face. "Life''s like this," Pant gripped Johnny''s arm, as the two red balls in Johnny could feel Pant''s hand grip his arm hard, as the black creature in Johnny told Pant of the day''s experiences, as they made their way back to And Johnny," Pant repeated, "get the black cat!" id = 10749 author = Unknown title = The Circus Procession date = keywords = Clown summary = THE CIRCUS PROCESSION And head the procession that will follow soon. Make the gay steeds keep their paces, While behind him soldiers gay Bugle notes of victory play. Now a Clown in line appearing Quite as funny as his brother, Here''s another Clown arriving, Like a noble Roman drest, Lo, he guides three steeds abreast! Rides along upon a pony, Followed by a stupid Clown, Close behind her two enormous Here is something very funny, At the sight what laughter peals!-''Tis an Elephant on wheels! Close behind him a relation, Here is Jumbo, gentle creature, March ''twixt Elephants and Giraffes; Clowns, and Dogs with queer expression Have their place in this procession; Making them like dwarfs appear. Here''s a funny turnout, surely, And well the bird the burden bears! But a tandem-team like this, Bearing heavy burdens too, None but Clowns would dare to go A Soldier comes! id = 46793 author = Vimar, A. (Auguste) title = Clown, the Circus Dog date = keywords = Bertha; Clown; Marie; Paris; dog; illustration summary = [Illustration: Clown the Circus Dog] [Illustration: Clown the Circus Dog] Bertha decided to call him "Clown," after her first dog, Uncle Jean''s [Illustration: Clown running away from Marie] [Illustration: Man with parcel carries away Clown] [Illustration: Clown at the dog market] [Illustration: Clown at the dog market] [Illustration: Clown leaves Paris] [Illustration: Clown shut up in the dog kennel] [Illustration: Clown released from the dog kennel] [Illustration: Clown and two sheep dogs] [Illustration: Clown visits the animals of the circus] [Illustration: Clown thinks about Bertha] [Illustration: Clown is being prepared for his performance] [Illustration: Clown''s horse performance] When Dog-Clown appeared for the first time in public in this town, even Dog-Clown, by way of thanks, gave such a performance as even he had [Illustration: Clown ran to Bertha] [Illustration: Clown and Bertha] [Illustration: Bertha and Clown leave Reine and the circus] [Illustration: Clown and Bertha in the train] id = 21232 author = Walton, Amy title = The Hawthorns A Story about Children date = keywords = Ambrose; Andrew; David; Dickie; Ethelwyn; Hawthorn; Miss; Nancy; Pennie; Unity summary = "You look merry, Miss Pennie," said she. "You''ll only be away three days, Davie," said Pennie, looking up from "Well," said David, "Nancy''s got to be ''sponsible, because I took care "Well, I''m not quite sure," said Pennie; "once I saw her eyes look quite Pennie means about Miss Unity; _I''ve_ seen her eyes look nice too. On the whole Miss Unity liked to have the grave little David with her Nor did David; and he never said again that the thing he liked least at "Do you come and try yours on, Miss Pennie," said "Oh, well, Miss Pennie," said Nurse, "your head will grow to it, and you "Children," she said, "a little girl is coming to stay with you." "Well," said Ethelwyn as the children all moved away, David rather It seemed to Dickie that they always said she was too little when she id = 60209 author = Wilbur, Curtis Dwight title = The Bear Family at Home, and How the Circus Came to Visit Them date = keywords = Bear; Cub; Mr.; Papa; little summary = the little Cub Bear said, "I wonder where all those animals are?" Then the little Cub Bear said, "Maybe these animals will come to see Jumbo came to the mouth of the cave, and the little Cub Bear said to So the little Cub Bear said to the owl very politely, "Come in, Mr. Owl," and the owl came into the den. ''Little-Cub-Bear-that-would-not-mind-his-papa'' went to sleep right little Cub Bear, who lived away up in the cave in the mountain, said, dirt came down, but the little Cub Bear went and looked up the hole, The beaver came in, and the little Cub Bear said, "We are going to try And the Papa Bear said, "That''s right, dear little cub. So the little Cub Bear came out and went to the mouth of the cave, just "You know that little cub bears like to eat," said