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Eric Lease Morgan Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 32 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 48292 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 85 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Mr. 9 man 4 time 4 illustration 4 great 4 good 4 San 4 Miss 4 Francisco 4 California 3 work 3 look 3 King 3 Indians 3 God 3 CHAPTER 2 water 2 ore 2 metal 2 foot 2 Washington 2 United 2 States 2 Sam 2 Robert 2 River 2 New 2 Morgan 2 Miller 2 Merry 2 Merriwell 2 Madame 2 Kong 2 Joe 2 Jan 2 Grant 2 Government 2 General 2 Frank 2 Earth 2 Don 2 District 2 Denver 2 Creek 2 Congress 2 City 2 Charley 2 Blue 2 Bill 2 Bart Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 5146 man 2964 time 2151 hand 1896 day 1826 way 1758 mine 1615 eye 1570 foot 1535 thing 1313 water 1208 place 1191 head 1187 year 1151 side 1108 face 1099 life 1078 night 1052 ore 918 word 915 nothing 888 one 878 something 872 rock 865 moment 862 tree 853 work 811 horse 799 door 794 case 775 girl 766 room 758 part 757 voice 748 boy 734 hour 727 woman 722 father 721 friend 668 house 647 fire 645 light 623 mining 622 ground 619 fact 619 end 619 arm 617 body 612 matter 611 name 607 air Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 4024 _ 1181 Mr. 1140 Ross 1133 Frank 717 Fairchild 640 Clay 584 Merry 569 Stephens 518 Judge 509 San 480 Merriwell 472 Brouillard 463 Oliver 446 Iris 428 Miss 421 California 420 States 412 Harry 392 Terry 386 Court 375 Indians 370 United 360 Bill 349 State 344 Indian 337 Langham 334 Field 329 Leslie 314 CHAPTER 313 Pierre 312 Francisco 285 Firmstone 281 Justice 276 Weimer 274 Dick 267 Don 262 Hartwell 255 Sandy 253 Selden 246 Morgan 246 Jenks 236 Hope 231 Joe 229 Élise 228 Zephyr 225 Grant 224 God 221 Old 214 New 212 Denver Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 21842 he 18431 i 18254 it 13115 you 7798 they 7152 him 4916 we 4477 she 4426 them 4321 me 2004 her 1493 us 1407 himself 419 themselves 384 myself 338 itself 226 yourself 208 ''em 191 one 189 herself 113 ''s 97 mine 84 ourselves 77 yours 65 his 31 ye 31 em 28 hers 26 theirs 20 ours 14 thee 9 yerself 9 hisself 6 yer 5 imself 4 yourselves 4 you''ll 4 i''m 3 thar 3 pe 2 ya 2 s 2 meself 2 huh 2 ein 1 |cost 1 zo 1 ze 1 yourseluf 1 you---- Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 58009 be 20148 have 8174 do 5597 say 4295 go 3803 come 3597 see 3544 make 3448 know 3120 get 3025 take 2287 look 2149 give 2112 find 1968 think 1932 tell 1508 seem 1444 leave 1330 turn 1239 stand 1169 hear 1098 keep 1087 want 1087 ask 1042 hold 1018 call 978 follow 938 bring 878 let 867 put 834 run 833 become 820 feel 820 begin 799 pass 790 try 783 reach 777 lie 763 fall 727 carry 711 show 687 mean 686 speak 673 sit 666 work 633 return 603 stop 591 use 581 rise 574 draw Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 12261 not 3803 up 3336 so 3235 then 3002 out 2933 now 2693 more 2403 here 2088 down 2067 only 1956 good 1940 little 1918 very 1916 other 1736 there 1718 well 1698 great 1666 long 1658 back 1510 again 1501 as 1458 just 1448 first 1444 old 1378 much 1284 away 1208 too 1173 never 1159 right 1154 on 1147 still 1136 even 1108 all 1078 off 1053 most 1042 many 1017 few 1011 such 974 own 956 far 953 last 941 once 902 in 883 same 803 enough 782 soon 778 ever 763 young 749 over 713 high Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 443 good 302 least 253 most 114 great 83 high 76 bad 70 slight 70 near 36 Most 32 large 28 fine 28 big 24 rich 23 late 22 low 19 early 17 deep 16 wild 15 strong 15 small 13 old 13 manif 11 simple 10 hard 9 short 9 long 9 cheap 7 j 7 heavy 7 easy 6 true 6 rare 6 dark 6 close 6 able 5 young 5 wise 5 white 5 tall 5 remote 5 pure 5 poor 5 loud 5 keen 5 grand 5 full 5 faint 5 brave 4 tough 4 topmost Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 800 most 81 well 63 least 2 worst 2 fast 1 writ 1 warmest 1 richest 1 infest 1 highest 1 headforemost 1 hard 1 greatest 1 finest Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 www.gutenberg.net 2 www.gutenberg.org 2 books.google.com 2 archive.org 1 www.fadedpage.net Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------- 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/37249/37249-h/37249-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/37249/37249-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/0/1/0/20104/20104-h/20104-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/0/1/0/20104/20104-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/4/9/1/14917/14917-h/14917-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/4/9/1/14917/14917-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/9/1/12911/12911-h/12911-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/9/1/12911/12911-h.zip 1 http://www.fadedpage.net 1 http://books.google.com/books?id=AAgdAAAAMAAJ&printsec=titlepage 1 http://books.google.com/ 1 http://archive.org/details/lonepinestoryofl00towniala 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?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 frank did not 10 _ was _ 9 _ is _ 7 face was pale 7 ross did not 6 _ did _ 6 _ do _ 6 _ got _ 6 man was not 6 men do n''t 6 mine is worth 4 eyes were still 4 face was white 4 frank was not 4 men did not 4 mine is not 4 ore is not 4 words were not 3 _ are _ 3 _ does _ 3 _ know _ 3 _ were _ 3 eyes did not 3 eyes were so 3 man did not 3 man does n''t 3 men are not 3 mine is exhausted 3 night came on 3 place was as 2 _ am _ 2 _ do n''t 2 _ give _ 2 _ had _ 2 _ had firmstone 2 _ is not 2 _ think _ 2 _ was still 2 day gone by 2 day is not 2 days is not 2 eyes do n''t 2 eyes had not 2 eyes were blue 2 eyes were misty 2 eyes were wide 2 face was calm 2 face was close 2 face was livid 2 face was nearly Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 ross made no reply 1 _ have no right 1 _ have no silver 1 _ is no part 1 _ is no sure 1 _ made no protest 1 day is not far 1 eyes are no good 1 face was not visible 1 frank had no desire 1 frank had no thought 1 frank made no objection 1 frank was not satisfied 1 frank was not yet 1 hand had no grip 1 life do not usually 1 life was not wholly 1 man had no opportunity 1 man has no business 1 man is not here 1 man was no menial 1 man was not dead 1 men are not just 1 men do not instantly 1 men tell no tales 1 men were not willing 1 mines have not yet 1 mines is not definitely 1 night was no part 1 night was not yet 1 ones are not always 1 ones was not difficult 1 ore are not necessarily 1 ore is not already 1 ross had not yet 1 side have not thus 1 sides is not more 1 things are no more 1 time ''s not ripe 1 time is no consideration 1 time was not favorable 1 time was not yet 1 water was not so 1 words were not always 1 words were not distinguishable 1 year had not yet 1 years seemed no barrier A rudimentary bibliography -------------------------- id = 61942 author = Ackermann, Henry Andrew title = South to Propontis date = keywords = Don; Martians; Pete summary = had raised his eyes so many times that day, his heart light with the of the rough stones, and his father sent for the boy''s uncle and his "Desert brat," said Uncle Fred thickly. "Let''s get going," said the outlaw. out of tins; the outlaws ate most of it and flung the scraps to the boy. "Brought plenty of water?" asked Pete, tilting a canteen. The boy burrowed down until he struck the red layer of sand that Pete glared at him out of his red-rimmed eyes, false geniality gone. outlaw and said: "Half a tank of water left. "Right," said the outlaw. "Native Martians," said the boy. "Birds native to Mars," said the boy. The Martians looked on stolidly as the outlaw raved and cursed, The boy turned his eyes away from the gory mess on the floor of His eyes widened as he saw the second of the outlaws dragged from id = 61976 author = Bond, Nelson S. title = "Shadrach" date = keywords = Amborg; Chip; Salvation; Syd; Titania; Warren; man summary = looked--and always would to Chip--like ungainly flowers of madness. Chip shook the man''s hand from his wrist. "A moment, sailor!" The man''s voice was like a low note struck in The man came to with a start, stared at Chip Warren blearily. "Thisss man!" Xuerl pointed a quavering tentacle at Chip. Chip paused suddenly, staring at the drunken miner. Chip gently away, fumbled at the dead man''s clothing, arranging it more Salvation turned to Chip sternly. "Call me ''Salvation''," said the old man. "Because Amborg knows," replied Chip grimly, "that this came from Chip nodded tightly, his hands gripping the control levers, his eyes Chip Warren and Syd Palmer were the co-owners of the _Chickadee_; it Chip said dubiously, "I don''t know, Padre. "Then you''ve got to freeze," said Salvation Smith, "and like it. Chip and Syd. Chip looked, and shuddered to see, the last judgment of Blaze Amborg Chip Warren was not a religious man. id = 39918 author = Browne, J. Ross (John Ross) title = Crusoe''s Island: A Ramble in the Footsteps of Alexander Selkirk With Sketches of Adventure in California and Washoe date = keywords = Abraham; CHAPTER; California; Carson; City; Colonel; Congress; Crusoe; Doubter; Fernandez; Francisco; Indians; Jack; Juan; Luff; Pearce; Port; River; Robinson; San; Selkirk; Strawberry; Townsend; Valley; Virginia; Washoe; chilian; great; illustration; look; man; time summary = rocks; whole days I lay there thinking of that island in the far-off great way toward making a man happy to be independent of fashion. so loose that it gave way as soon as I laid hold of it, and I came near "Well, I would like a good drink," said Abraham, thoughtfully; "there''s "A queer place!" said Abraham; "very like one of the piratical retreats the way when the people from the ship came ashore; and the wounded man "You call this a man''s skull?" said the Doubter, looking incredulously Abraham reddened a little and looked confused, but said nothing. Before I had time to say a word, Abraham seized hold of my right hand, reader that, as Selkirk is a man of good sense, it is a matter of great knowing the water-holes, or rather having no time to look for them, I Do I look like a man that wants money?" id = 20104 author = Cooper, Courtney Ryley title = The Cross-Cut date = keywords = Anita; Bill; Blue; Cornishman; Denver; Fairchild; Harry; Howard; Larsen; Laura; Maurice; Mother; Mr.; Ohadi; Poppy; Richmond; Robert; Rodaine; Squint summary = For a long moment Robert Fairchild stood staring at the letter, his Again the thrill of a new thing went through Robert Fairchild''s veins, Fairchild, who had worked it, together with his two men, Harry Harkins, driver''s seat, and Fairchild turned like a man suddenly awakened. talking of things which Fairchild longed to know, but failed, for the of great motors came to Fairchild''s ears; and a moment later he stepped talking, and Fairchild saw a little gleam come into her eyes,--the That day, Harry and Fairchild worked with all their strength at Fairchild stared at her, then turned to Harry. The big hand of Harry caught at Fairchild''s arm. long moments of waiting, in which Robert Fairchild''s eyes went to the A moment of staring, then Fairchild passed the telegram over to Harry For a long moment, Fairchild said nothing, then as Harry came from the id = 61895 author = Cummings, Ray title = Space-Wolf date = keywords = Livingston; Morgan; Nada summary = Solo Morgan laid his small portable spectroscope on the rock and sat From here, Solo Morgan could just see the tiny blob of his one-man Morgan dropped to the rocks, into a shadow Morgan was flat in the rock hollow. There was a rock-ledge some thirty feet away over a little chasm. The little red-shelled, ball-like thing on the window ledge suddenly "Well," Morgan said, "your father''s theories, here on Titan--" "They found him, lying like that," Nada said. had seen Morgan''s little space-ship; knew he was here, and were looking Morgan knew perfectly well what he was going to try to do--get the girl Morgan gripped the girl and stood still, peering around. Morgan and the girl were lying in a little depression Morgan could see that there was no chance for him and the girl to move trembling girl gripped Morgan. Morgan raised his gun, but Nada shoved it down. id = 62075 author = Cummings, Ray title = Gods of Space date = keywords = Atwood; Earth; God; Xarite summary = Actually, Atwood cared very little what strange form of life might vines of the swaying forest-top, Atwood was at a loss for words. And now she was staring at Atwood, another of God''s servants, like A Man-God. She stared with a little color coming into her "I think I understand," Atwood said at last. These _genes_--hideous monsters here on this little world, held in numbly Atwood stared at it; an inch-long blob of glow, with a tiny thing of horror--a round, glowing, luminous pulpy mass, big as Atwood patch, Atwood could see what seemed a weird little human settlement. of the weird little village, Atwood had a better look at the leader tell to the Great-Selah that the Man-God has come." Bohr''s wide heavy made a God now?" Atwood murmured. Atwood''s body struck him full so that he rocked, staggered a little, Atwood and the girl--escaping Gods, from a id = 62321 author = Cummings, Ray title = The Flame Breathers date = keywords = Ama; Jan; Orgs; Roberts; Sun; Torrence; Vulcan summary = "I just think they found Vulcan," Jan said once, out of one of his long In a little group we stood on the rocky ground with a dark, immense low, I crept to the bow of the ship, to the left away from Jan; sank For a moment, with little Ama clinging to me, I must have stood In the dimness suddenly it seemed to Jan that he saw me, far up the For a little time Jan sat there numbed, and Torrence sat "We came through that ravine, coming out this way," Jan said suddenly. Jan and Torrence tried to get to their feet. "Easing up a little--" He heard Torrence''s voice as though from far Another startled cry from Torrence stuck away Jan''s thoughts. they had come upon me, and Torrence and Jan.... There was a time when, roped and tied like Jan and Torrence, I was id = 403 author = Davis, Richard Harding title = Soldiers of Fortune date = keywords = Alvarez; Burke; Clay; General; Government; Hope; King; Langham; Madame; Mendoza; Miss; Mr.; Olancho; Palace; President; Rojas; Stuart; man summary = "I mind being called good-natured," said Miss Langham, smiling. He may be a most impossible sort of man, but, as I said to Mr. Porter, the people I''ve asked can''t complain, because I don''t know Miss Langham looked at Clay for a moment in silent dismay and with a Langham looked out to find Clay and MacWilliams knee-deep in the Langham dined with his people that night, Clay and MacWilliams having time herself, addressing what she said to Miss Langham, but looking at "If we are to continue good friends, Mr. Clay," said Miss Langham, in hurt and disappointed look in Hope''s face, and when Miss Langham asked "I hope not," Clay said, "but the soldiers are coming in from the Clay and Langham left MacWilliams and Stuart to look after their "I asked you not to come," Clay said to Hope, in a low voice. "Look back, Clay," he said. id = 15752 author = Field, Stephen J. (Stephen Johnson) title = Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sketches; To Which Is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State date = keywords = Althea; Barbour; California; Circuit; Congress; County; Court; District; Field; Francisco; General; Judge; Justice; Marysville; Mr.; Mrs.; Neagle; New; San; Sarah; Sharon; States; Supreme; Terry; Turner; United summary = Circuit Court of the United States for the District of California, Court of the United States, Justice Field, of California, United States Supreme Court, whose judge the Senator-attorney of the practice of said Supreme Court of the United States, above referred States District Court of Oregon, who sat in the case with Judge the suit in the state court had been brought, the Judge said: Although Judge Terry had been Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judge Terry next applied to the Supreme Court of the United States for Court of the United States, Judge Terry''s friends made a strenuous case of Mr. and Mrs. Terry in your United States Circuit Court of placing a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States in a Justice Field commenced in the United States Circuit Court, under the judges of the Supreme Court of the State, would they have been id = 62186 author = Gallun, Raymond Z. title = Space Oasis date = keywords = Earth; Geedeh; Haynes; Mavrocordatus; Nick; Norman summary = I found Nick Mavrocordatus scanning the bulletin board at the Haynes Shipping Office on Enterprize Asteroid, when I came back with a load of You''d think the Haynes Company would like to keep I''d seen and heard Norman Haynes act and talk like this before. Better come to our old space jaloppy, the _Corfu_." hairs in the larynx of Geedeh, the little Martian scientist, whom Nick Irene looked like a bold little kewpie, her dark head of tousled, curly and so forth, would take a lot of trade away from the Haynes Shipping "We need you, Chet," Irene said, her eyes appealing. Geedeh, Irene, and Pa Mavrocordatus following me. Though Pa Mavrocordatus kept cursing Haynes continuously, and Geedeh They were coming to stop Norman Haynes'' madness. head of the Haynes Shipping Company to guess what the little Martian trouble with Norman Haynes, now, except that the air was a little id = 34296 author = Garland, John title = Ross Grant, Tenderfoot date = keywords = Camp; Cody; Creek; Grant; Hank; Jake; Jones; Leslie; Meadow; Miller; Miners; Ross; Sandy; Steele; Uncle; Waymart; Weimer; Weston; Wilson summary = Ross looked his father squarely in the eyes, and lifted his chin a Sandy, watching Ross out of the corner of his eye, grinned at the boy''s Suddenly Ross''s eyes lighted on the wounded man''s sheepskin coat, which "Weston, huh?" came Hank''s voice at Ross''s elbow. followed, strange days for "Doc Tenderfoot," as Hank called Ross. ROSS stood motionless until Weston, muttering and turning his head from "I wonder," exclaimed Ross suddenly, "how Leslie Jones stood that trail?" Both Sandy and Waymart were surprised to see Ross at their cabin door, As Ross was returning with Steele to Weimer''s shack, the superintendent Steadily the two boys worked and steadily Ross held Weimer to The following day Ross wrote another letter to Leslie''s father and It was Leslie who led this time, axe in hand, while Ross followed with Ross and Leslie looked at each other with white faces when the roar and id = 34507 author = Hankins, Arthur Preston title = The Heritage of the Hills date = keywords = Adam; Clinker; Creek; Dad; Digger; Drew; Foss; Ivison; Jessamy; Man; Mr.; Oakers; Old; Oliver; Poche; Poison; Selden; Showut; Tamroy summary = between Old Man Selden and his boys and the rest o'' the Poison Oakers, ourselves speak of Poison Oakers we mean Old Man Selden''s gang--him, his "Now about the Old Tabor Ivison Place?" said Oliver. Oliver and Tamroy stared into each other''s eyes as the old man tottered Jessamy Selden came to a stop before the cabin, her black eyes dancing. What Jessamy Selden told Oliver Drew of the Poison Oakers was about the Then Oliver told her of the queer old man''s mysterious words when he saw Once more Oliver Drew rode out of Clinker Creek Cañon to find Jessamy Oliver looked straight at Old Man Selden, and to him he spoke. The Poison Oakers, with Old Man Selden at their head, rode away up the Oliver; but his flight was lost on Old Man Selden. He was Digger Foss, the half-white, right-hand man of Adam Selden. id = 26697 author = Hoover, Herbert title = Principles of Mining: Valuation, Organization and Administration date = keywords = CHAPTER; case; cost; deposit; depth; fig; foot; illustration; metal; ore; shaft; stope; value; work summary = In a general way, only the ore which must be mined need As mines are opened by levels, rises, etc., through the ore, an The risk in estimates of the average value of standing ore is dependent All ore-deposits vary in value and, in the miner''s view, only those From the point of view of continuity of values, ore-deposits may In considering the working costs of base-metal mines, much depends work economically extension of the ore-bodies is a matter of no vertical shafts are largely applied to coal-mines, and some engineers There was a time when mines were worked by driving the level on ore SUPPORT BY PILLARS OF ORE.--As a method of mining metals of the objectives is to work the ore at the least cost per ton, it is work which yields ore be charged to stoping account, and if cost and the stoping cost worked out on all ore hoisted, it will include id = 38903 author = Hoskin, Arthur J. (Arthur Joseph) title = The Business of Mining A brief non-technical exposition of the principles involved in the profitable operation of mines date = keywords = Colorado; District; Government; States; United; body; gold; great; illustration; man; metal; mining; ore; work summary = methods in the mining of precious metal ore. mines for the extraction of metallic contents from the ores. which have made him famous among mining men, says, "Ore dressing is an work of carrying on operations in a railroad tunnel is not mining; the driving of adits through barren rocks to reach ore bodies is not mining; dividends paid by the gold and silver mining companies of the United the copper mining companies of the United States exceed the combined The mining of low-grade _gold_ ores by open-pit methods has taken hold per ton of ore mined is said to average 55 cents. With shaft mines, having deep workings and low grades of ore, ores upon, or close to, the mining property. The Portland Gold Mining Company, operating a great property at Victor, There are districts that have many small gold and silver mines with ores id = 61843 author = James, D. L. (Daniel Lewis) title = Exit From Asteroid 60 date = keywords = Bormon; Calbur; Echo; Martian summary = of reverie-gas, probably held in a Martian tentacle, under Bormon''s of a Martian guard sounded in Bormon''s ears. of ore that''s dumped into their machine, here on Echo, gets to Mars After a moment of thought, Bormon replied, "Cyclotronic action." ore across space to the south magnetic pole of Mars. "Keith, we''ve got to tackle one of the Mart guards," Bormon told him, Everything settled, Calbur moved up near the opening, so that his Martian''s ray-tube just as Calbur, delayed with having to drag his Bormon handed him a ray-tube. Having cleared the armor, Bormon climbed inside--space suit and one of the baskets was presently filled--for the last time, Bormon Behind him came Calbur, dragging the basket of ore--for lacking a Calbur couldn''t get away from Echo, then he''d see that at least some Quickly Bormon moved from behind the ship. Frantically, Bormon focused the ether-wave on Calbur''s helmet, hurling Bormon opened his eyes, and light id = 27918 author = Kingston, William Henry Giles title = The Mines and its Wonders date = keywords = England; Europe; Gilbart; Mark; Simon; foot; gallery; man; time; water; work summary = At length some men came to carry young Gilbart''s corpse to his mother''s do, the first morning he returned to work he took Mark by the arm and Simon, taking Mark by the hand, stepped on to an iron frame-work or feet six inches from the ground and working upwards, cutting out the Coal mines, it should be understood, are worked in various ways, some in A few years ago the number of tin mines worked in Cornwall amounted to eagerness to obtain the rich ore, the miners had worked upwards until left dry at low-water, on which small veins of tin ore were discovered and some very rich lead mines have of late years been worked in the brethren working in coal mines, the atmosphere in the former is far more proprietor of two of the coal mines in which he had worked in his id = 61869 author = Kummer, Frederic Arnold title = Satellite of Fear date = keywords = Allers; Grant; Kennerly; Miller summary = that got Allers and Kennerly might have entered the ship, taken those Grant reached for one of the bulky space-suits that hung on the wall. forced to handle, covered the asbestoid "hands" of the space-suits. Grant loosened his heat-gun in its holster, glanced about. Harris and Miller disappeared among the up-thrust monoliths, Grant a bulky space-suit, it crouched ape-like on the ground, feet flat Grant''s heat-gun rose to cover the strange figure. lines, Grant swung the body over his shoulder, set out along the trail Grant picked up the asbestoid space-suit. Grant reached for his space-suit. Grant was following the wire to where Miller had stood, was digging Grant felt as though his feet and hands were caught between two "Drop your gun!" Allers shouted to make himself heard through Grant''s them, keeping Grant and Joan covered with his heat gun. One blow of Grant''s lead-gloved fist caught Allers'' face, spun him id = 61353 author = Laumer, Keith title = Saline Solution date = keywords = Leatherwell; Magnan; Mr.; Retief; Sam summary = "The claim looked all right to me," Retief said. "Hardly, my dear Retief," Magnan said blandly. "Mr. Retief, my Vice-Consul and Minerals Officer," Magnan said. "The Sam''s people have a clear priority," Retief said. Leatherwell rose, gathered up his papers from Magnan''s desk, dumped "It was under your papers, Mr. Leatherwell," Retief said. "Really, Retief," Magnan said reprovingly. Leatherwell directed a sharp look at Retief and a bland one at Magnan. "On your way out," Magnan said as Retief turned to the door, "ask Miss "Our claim''s on file at the Consulate," Sam said. look like much, Retief," Sam said. "Looks like water erosion," Retief said. "Sam," Retief said, turning, "it appears to me somebody has gone to a "I understood General Minerals was claiming that rock," Retief said, "That''s all right," Retief said, "I had my pocket recorder going. "All in all, it''s been a big day for Leatherwell," Retief said. id = 37249 author = Lynde, Francis title = The City of Numbered Days date = keywords = Amy; Avenue; Brouillard; Buckskin; Chigringo; Cortwright; David; Grislow; Harlan; Massingale; Mirapolis; Miss; Mr.; Niquoia; Reclamation; Service; Susan; Victor; Washington; good; little; man summary = Brouillard''s nod was for the man, but his words were for the young woman "It is a mine," said Brouillard, showing Miss Cortwright how to adjust Brouillard said "yes," for Miss Cortwright''s sake, and took the "That looks very much like it," said Brouillard sourly, pointing to the Brouillard took another long minute at the office window before he said: Brouillard smoked in silence for a full minute before he said: "You know "Pull up a chair and have a cigar," said the great man when Brouillard "It looks like a run on a bank," said Brouillard. Instead he smiled and said: "A little while ago, Mr. Cortwright, I told you that you didn''t know men; now I''ll add that you "Pity a man has to stop to eat on a day like this, isn''t it, Mr. Massingale?" he laughed; and then: "I wouldn''t hurry. "You mustn''t look at it that way," said Brouillard, suddenly turning id = 31327 author = Mullen, Stanley title = Master of the Moondog date = keywords = Big; Caltis; Charley; City; Crystal; Darbor; Denver; Tod summary = Tod Denver glared at Charley, who was a moondog and looked like one, But Tod Denver had won Charley in a crap game at Crystal City; and Charley liked Denver too well to put up with less interesting effort, so Denver merely sighed and made a face at Charley. "Charley, my moondog," Denver explained. Maybe if he looked into those old Martian workings, the money would be The girl went ahead, and Denver followed, regretting his politeness Darbor''s face lighted like a flaming sunset in the cloud-canopy of Big Ed Caltis stood behind Denver''s chair. Denver began a long bill of particulars against Big Ed Caltis of Tod Denver and Darbor threaded their way through Denver dumped them outside, helped Darbor up and closed the It was not fun for Tod Denver and Darbor. Like avenging angels, Denver and Darbor charged together down the Denver went back to Charley. id = 12911 author = Murdock, Charles A. (Charles Albert) title = A Backward Glance at Eighty: Recollections & Comment date = keywords = Boston; California; Charles; Dr.; Francisco; God; Hall; Harte; Humboldt; Indians; King; Mr.; Murdock; New; Pacific; River; San; Starr; Stebbins; Street; Sunday; Trinity; find; good; great; life; man; unitarian; year summary = think I remember a man who was sixteen years old when the Declaration as is known, not a white man lived in all California west of the Coast The third day they reached a large river flowing from the south, February 17th, one hundred and four days from Rich Bar. The four who started to follow the beach had experiences no less trying. pushed on to San Francisco and organized a party of thirty men to return It was good to find that men read and thought, even when they lived in depicting the picturesque life of the early days which made California For seven years New York City was generally his winter home. world''s noted streets, but at this time the city''s life pulsed through My second year in San Francisco I lived in Howard Street near First and Fifty years of municipal life have seen great advance and promise a rich id = 31485 author = Nason, Frank Lewis title = The Blue Goose date = keywords = Bennie; Bien; Blue; Firmstone; Goose; Hartwell; Luna; Madame; Miss; Morrison; Mr.; Pierre; Rainbow; Zephyr; eye; good; hand; look; man; time; Élise summary = Zephyr looked musingly up into the laughing eyes, and took her hands If Morrison and Pierre had not been in active evidence Firmstone would was sick, and Luna put Morrison in his place." Firmstone looked at Ain''t I do all right by Élise?" Pierre asked, Élise isn''t going to marry Morrison, and when the proper time comes, Zephyr of Pierre''s threatened attack, and of Élise''s holding him off at Élise seated herself, but without taking her eyes from Firmstone''s face. "Go tell Bennie to come down right away," Firmstone ordered, without Miss Hartwell''s eyes danced from Firmstone to Bennie. "Your cook has got me this time, Firmstone." Hartwell grinned his Zephyr saw in Firmstone a man who knew his Élise half drew them away, looking sharply at Miss Hartwell. Firmstone and later the association of Élise with Miss Hartwell. As Zephyr and Bennie left the office Hartwell turned to Firmstone. id = 35213 author = Reid, Mayne title = Afloat in the Forest; Or, A Voyage among the Tree-Tops date = keywords = Amazon; CHAPTER; Gapo; Indian; Irishman; Mozey; Munday; Mundurucu; Mura; Paraense; Ralph; Richard; Rosa; Solimoes; Tipperary; Tom; Trevannion; amazonian; branch; great; like; long; time; tree; water summary = looked more like clumps of trees half-submerged under water than For a long while they saw around them only open water, as of some great but half-way between the water''s surface and the branches, the colossal seen but open water,--the horizon not even broken by the branch of a dark water, and beneath the close-growing trees, they watched for the We must leave for a time the castaways in the tree-top, and follow the Their swim terminated at length, and the Indian, pointing to a tree, "I see something like the trunk of a dead tree, afloat upon the water. weary of it long before coming within sight of the open water on the the water; for just like old Munday on the alligator had the monkey come they sleep over land, or water, so long as they have the trees to cling water, and nothing to direct his course, neither tree, nor rock, nor id = 61798 author = Selwyn, Carl title = Venus Has Green Eyes date = keywords = Charlie; Flip; Vixen; woman summary = "Now look what you''ve done," said Flip. Flip heard Charlie replying in the native language. stood with feet wide apart, the gun pointed at Flip''s chest. She wasn''t beautiful, thought Flip; her eyes were too far apart, Charlie didn''t say anything and Flip knew his wrist must be agony. Flip fingered the rope and stared at the woman. "Hold the rope when you shove him in," said the woman, her eyes mere "Son of a veedle!" Flip said in his face. They couldn''t fire at Flip for fear of hitting the woman. "I''ve never killed a woman--" Flip said. "Look at the mud, Flip Miller," said the woman. "Hush, Flip," said Charlie. Flip got to his feet, ignoring the gun in his face. "You shouldn''t of told her, Flip," said Charlie. "Try the same thing, Charlie," Flip said at the door. "Maybe," said Charlie doubtfully as Flip streaked out into the rain. id = 44681 author = Smyth, H. Warington (Herbert Warington) title = Notes of a Journey on the Upper Mekong, Siam date = keywords = Bangkok; Chieng; Khorat; Kong; Laos; Luang; Meinam; Mekong; Mr.; Nam; Nan; Prabang; Siam; Siamese; Smyth; illustration summary = [Illustration: THE RAPIDS AT THE GATES OF CHIENG KONG, MEKONG RIVER.] would go far on into the night; and then long before day the great and is brought down in small pieces, generally about 14 feet long. province, which to the north-east reaches to the Mekong at Chieng Kan. The Governor, Phya Pechai, is a fine, tall young man, who is (and this of Nan. The trail on to Cherim (north-east) crosses a number of small river-bed, which can be seen deep down in the clear water, or rising time we had been in the water that day), we reached the sala of M. and meeting it half a day''s boat journey below Chieng Kong. turning of the boat in rapids, a long oar is fitted to work night a temporary village on the north bank, where a number of Laos, the town was not good; after a long day''s pulling, helping the men, id = 39433 author = Standish, Burt L. title = Frank Merriwell''s Backers; Or, The Pride of His Friends date = keywords = Arlington; Bart; Bill; Boxer; Burt; Charley; Cimarron; Dodge; Frank; Joe; June; Merriwell; Merry; Monte; Pablo; Sam; Standish; Tracy summary = The man started a little, gave Frank a look, then glanced toward the "Look here," Frank said, in a commanding way, "you are not to say "They git heap hot time!" said old Joe, in Frank''s ear. "Now," said Frank, "I''m going out with the men to watch for a second "Look here," said Frank, "before you go, I have some things to say. "Look out for that man, Frank," said Hodge, in an ominous manner. "I think I''ll look after things to-night," said Frank grimly. "Come in here," said Frank, leading the way into the cabin. "I''ll do what I can for your dog, sir," said Frank Merriwell. "Well, that''s Frank Merriwell!" said Bill. murderous wretch like the man who had tried to shoot Frank Merriwell "Let up, boy," said Frank to the dog. "He knows where he''s going, fellows," said Frank. "That''s a pretty good hand!" said Frank. id = 40262 author = Standish, Burt L. title = Frank Merriwell''s Triumph; Or, The Disappearance of Felicia date = keywords = Abe; Bart; Brad; Buckhart; Crowfoot; Curry; Dan; Dick; Felicia; Frank; Hodge; Joe; Merriwell; Merry; Morgan; Mr.; Prescott; Wiley; Worthington summary = "I don''t know nothing about those things, Frank," said the boy. "It''s up that way we saw smoke, Frank," said Hodge. "Seems to me," said Frank, "I have heard of him as a bad man who was "All right, cap''n," said Frank; "you are at liberty to do as you like." "I think," said Frank, "that it is about time for Cap''n Wiley to cash in "Now is the time for you to stop," said Frank in Wiley''s ear, speaking "It''s a wise man who knows when to stop," said Frank. "Now, Wiley," said Frank, "tell me about these men you say you have "Come into the hotel," said Frank, turning to the man who had brought "How, how, Strong Heart!" said the old man, extending his hand to Frank. "You know Dick is Frank''s half-brother, sir," said the girl. "Well, now that everything seems all right here, Frank," said Dick, "I id = 42268 author = Townshend, R. B. (Richard Baxter) title = Lone Pine: The Story of a Lost Mine date = keywords = American; Andrés; Backus; Don; Estevan; Felipe; Indians; Josefa; Mahletonkwa; Manuelita; Mexican; Mr.; Navajos; Nepomuceno; Remo; Rocky; Salvador; Sanchez; Santa; Santiago; Sooshiuamo; Stephens; Texan; Tito; look summary = "Well," said Stephens, "we''ll soon see what he looks like, anyhow, for "Yes," said Stephens, "taking sheep on shares is a good business. "Oh no, she''s Indian, right enough," said Stephens; "she''s a natural "Yes, I see," said Stephens, "but I don''t want ''em to-day. "She means, your honour," said the old Indian man, speaking with painful "How," said Stephens, dismounting and looking straight at this Indian "Likely enough," said Stephens, "but that''s no answer to my question. "He''s all right," said Stephens cheerfully to the girl, as he looked "It looks like it," said Stephens. "For the Americans," said the old Indian, with the air of a man making "You killed seven Navajos!" said Stephens, looking at him with surprise. "So it was," said the Indian, whom Stephens had learned to know as "That''ll be all right now, I guess," said Stephens, looking after his id = 14917 author = Tracy, Louis title = The Wings of the Morning date = keywords = Anstruther; Arthur; Captain; China; Costobell; Deane; Dyaks; God; Hong; Iris; Jan; Jenks; Kong; Lee; Lord; Mahommedan; Mir; Miss; Mr.; Orient; Robert; S''Ali; Sirdar; Tozer; Ventnor; come; good; man; tell summary = could I?" Miss Iris Deane''s large blue eyes surveyed him with innocent Conscious that her large blue eyes were fixed indignantly upon him Mr. Robert Jenks repressed a smile. By the time the sailor had safely landed his cargo Iris had cooked "You are really very clever, Mr. Jenks," said Iris, with childlike "I suppose, under the circumstances, you were not a rich man, Mr. Jenks," said Iris, timidly. "Do you know," said Iris, in all seriousness, "I think you are the Then Iris, for the first time in many days, wept bitterly, and Jenks, Again Jenks could look at Iris. "Stand close to me," said Jenks to Iris. Iris made no protest when Jenks explained the man''s request. "I thought you were never coming," protested Iris when Jenks reached Iris and he--Miss Deane, Mr. Jenks, to each other--were then The naval officer did not need to look a second time at Iris''s face to id = 61811 author = Williams, Robert Moore title = Quest on Io date = keywords = Andy; Oscar summary = "You shoot like a rocket-man," Oscar commented. his hands still, so that old rocket-men always looked like they had and Andy jerked his head down behind the boulder just in time to avoid Oscar protested against following the person who had shot at them, Andy Andy heard a startled cry as the man saw him coming. the man jerked his head to one side and Andy''s fist landed up on the her eyes made Andy think they were heat guns of a new kind. Andy glared at the _thlot_ and turned to the girl. caves--dark, gloomy places that looked like they would make good hiding "Hell!" Andy gasped, "another shot like that and we''ll be buried alive. If the pellet from his gun hit the blaster in the man''s hands--well, "I got it," said Andy, awe in his voice. Andy held the sights of the heat gun on it, waited. "Oscar!" Andy shouted dropping his gun. id = 4638 author = Woolley, L. H. (Lell Hawley) title = California, 1849-1913; Or, The Rambling Sketches and Experiences of Sixty-four Years'' Residence in that State date = keywords = California; Casey; Committee; Francisco; James; King; Mr.; Sacramento; San; Vigilance; Washington summary = came upon him he called out "Who comes there three times" and fired; I made a little money, and went to Sacramento City and bought two wagon general headquarters of the Committee at 41 Sacramento street (Fort The Committee reached the rooms on Sacramento street about 2 were soon on the ground, but Mulligan had made his way into the old St. Francis Hotel on the corner of Clay and Dupont streets which was vacant came up to the corner of Market and First streets, but it was not long joke on the street for a long time. boats from San Francisco went up J and K streets in Sacramento City and One of the exciting times in San Francisco in 1865 was when a mob went type now that I picked up in the street about that time. returned to San Francisco, went back in the morning, hunted up my man