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Eric Lease Morgan Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 34 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 56203 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 85 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21 San 19 Francisco 18 Mr. 14 California 13 New 9 Street 9 Mrs. 7 time 7 Pacific 6 man 6 good 6 Miss 5 look 5 like 5 York 5 Bay 4 little 4 Sunday 4 God 3 year 3 life 3 city 3 chinese 3 Mission 3 Mayor 3 King 3 Judge 3 Jack 3 House 3 Hill 3 Golden 3 City 2 work 2 spanish 2 know 2 day 2 come 2 William 2 Washington 2 Walter 2 Van 2 United 2 State 2 St. 2 Sea 2 Ruef 2 Point 2 Pendleton 2 Paul 2 Park Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 4547 man 3879 time 3186 day 2197 way 2016 hand 1953 thing 1948 eye 1911 year 1867 woman 1867 life 1759 room 1663 city 1628 people 1623 house 1597 girl 1551 street 1463 night 1377 place 1317 face 1293 friend 1266 one 1244 nothing 1194 head 1183 foot 1168 moment 1157 something 1154 door 1093 money 1081 world 1031 work 1013 side 963 mother 959 hour 947 name 939 word 917 office 873 book 853 water 847 business 828 voice 827 anything 823 morning 822 mind 812 case 784 fire 773 part 766 home 749 arm 744 child 742 story Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 2494 San 2410 Susan 2293 Francisco 2178 _ 1960 Mr. 1767 Mrs. 1547 Ruef 1127 California 1076 Miss 905 Martin 822 Jim 676 Billy 665 New 636 Heney 571 Street 517 Walter 486 Condy 484 Magdaléna 478 Alexina 463 United 459 York 457 Judge 456 Pacific 439 Schmitz 436 Supervisors 428 Mayor 418 Attorney 404 District 393 Claire 393 Benito 386 Bill 383 State 352 Gallagher 346 Paul 342 Alice 340 Laverne 340 Calhoun 339 Mary 336 Jack 334 Court 333 Langdon 331 Blix 316 Peter 315 King 314 Helena 313 Dr. 311 God 310 Golden 307 J. 305 John Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 24679 i 23254 he 21661 it 16617 you 15119 she 8683 they 7598 him 6163 we 5252 me 5065 her 4524 them 1616 us 1329 himself 917 herself 458 myself 401 one 380 themselves 322 itself 271 yourself 184 ''s 148 ''em 103 yours 103 his 98 ourselves 96 mine 85 hers 28 theirs 22 em 18 ours 13 thee 7 ye 6 i''m 5 you''re 5 huh 4 you''ll 4 yo''self 4 hisself 2 you''ve 2 --but 1 you?--you 1 yo''--dat 1 yerself 1 yer 1 wonder-- 1 whence 1 water-- 1 up!--a 1 transformed,--they 1 thyself 1 this Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 71356 be 28400 have 11017 do 7673 say 6481 go 4766 make 4676 come 4633 know 4303 see 3746 get 3720 take 3166 think 2745 look 2677 give 2334 tell 2222 find 1829 want 1809 seem 1803 ask 1609 feel 1444 leave 1417 call 1323 stand 1279 turn 1269 hear 1241 put 1217 keep 1213 let 1176 begin 1140 bring 1099 follow 1090 run 1070 sit 1034 hold 1014 like 965 talk 963 meet 961 write 925 try 908 read 894 live 891 pass 862 speak 843 love 827 mean 812 pay 775 become 771 send 762 use 757 return Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 16484 not 4580 so 4296 up 3530 out 3355 then 3292 little 3123 more 3032 now 2923 good 2697 old 2498 other 2294 very 2273 never 2255 down 2249 well 2248 only 2192 long 2190 here 2138 just 2111 first 2094 as 1998 great 1879 too 1855 back 1768 much 1739 even 1664 there 1567 again 1421 many 1354 young 1332 away 1299 most 1281 own 1273 in 1254 all 1242 on 1170 still 1163 new 1139 off 1139 few 1134 always 1118 ever 1081 last 1022 right 1019 over 977 such 963 enough 962 once 941 far 892 high Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 695 good 472 least 320 most 127 great 111 large 91 bad 90 high 70 fine 61 late 53 old 48 Most 45 near 42 slight 32 big 22 deep 22 dear 21 strong 21 low 21 early 18 young 18 simple 18 rich 17 long 17 happy 17 faint 16 manif 15 wild 14 small 14 close 13 southw 13 hard 12 warm 12 lovely 12 grand 12 easy 12 able 11 wise 11 lofty 11 gay 10 bright 9 sweet 9 lively 8 short 8 plain 8 keen 8 furth 8 cheap 7 smart 7 proud 7 new Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 979 most 75 least 69 well 2 worst 2 long 2 hard 1 surest 1 purest 1 one,--rose 1 near 1 latest 1 immodest 1 highest 1 farthest 1 clearest Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 www.gutenberg.net 7 craphound.com 5 creativecommons.org 2 purl.org 2 archive.org 1 www4.bookstore.washington.edu 1 www.zipidee.com 1 www.waterstones.com]] 1 www.tor-forge.com 1 www.thesecretheadquarters.com 1 www.tatteredcover.com 1 www.sophiabooks.com 1 www.schneier.com 1 www.randomhouse.com 1 www.powells.com 1 www.pgdpcanada.net 1 www.instructables.com 1 www.hudsongroup.com 1 www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk]] 1 www.chapters.indigo.ca 1 www.bordersstores.com 1 www.borderlands-books.com 1 www.booksofwonder.com 1 www.booksinc.net 1 www.booksamillion.com 1 www.bakkaphoenixbooks.com 1 www.archive.org 1 www.andersonsbookshop.com 1 www.amazon.com 1 www.adoptaclassroom.org 1 web.mit.edu 1 thebooksmith.booksense.com 1 search.barnesandnoble.com 1 pagesbooks.ca 1 mysteriousgalaxy.booksense.com 1 i.creativecommons.org Top 50 URLs; 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"Who are you gonna call?" ------------------------------------------------- 4 m1k3y@littlebrother.com.se 2 freelittlebrother@gmail.com 2 doctorow@craphound.com 1 m1k3y@littlebrother.pirateparty.org.se 1 ccx074@coventry.ac.uk Top 50 positive assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-noun?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 susan did not 16 _ is _ 11 _ was _ 11 ruef was not 9 _ did _ 8 people do n''t 8 time went on 7 * was * 7 _ are _ 7 _ had _ 7 susan was not 6 one had ever 6 susan was glad 5 _ do _ 5 _ has _ 5 men were not 5 ruef gave gallagher 5 susan had never 4 * did * 4 eyes were still 4 eyes were wide 4 face was not 4 face was very 4 girls do n''t 4 one does n''t 4 one was not 4 room was not 4 susan said pleasantly 4 susan was always 4 susan went back 4 things do n''t 4 time goes on 4 women do not 3 * do n''t 3 _ am _ 3 _ do n''t 3 _ have _ 3 _ want _ 3 _ were _ 3 city is not 3 day is very 3 day was young 3 days went by 3 days were not 3 eyes were steady 3 face did not 3 face was pale 3 face was white 3 francisco was not 3 girl did not Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 francisco was not so 2 susan had no doubt 2 susan was not very 1 _ are not queer 1 cities are not merely 1 city is no longer 1 city is not altogether 1 day is no nearer 1 day is no solution 1 day is not far 1 day is not only 1 days were not dark 1 days were not over 1 eyes did not waver 1 eyes had no power 1 face was no longer 1 face was not as 1 face was not strange 1 face was not swollen 1 faces gave no hint 1 faces were not unattractive 1 francisco had no knack 1 francisco is not too 1 francisco were not very 1 friends are not far 1 friends were not merely 1 friends were not subjects 1 girl was not always 1 girls had no lunch 1 hands were not hard 1 hands were not steady 1 house is not ready 1 house was no more 1 house was not large 1 life is not always 1 life is not life 1 life was no longer 1 life was not at 1 life was not good 1 man has no assets 1 man has no respect 1 man has no seat 1 man is no desperado 1 man is not always 1 man is not quite 1 men were no good 1 men were not grave 1 men were not so 1 one gave no clew 1 one has not time A rudimentary bibliography -------------------------- id = 41808 author = Anonymous title = The San Francisco Fairy: A Tale of Early Times date = keywords = Fairy; fish summary = LONG years ago, ere Spaniards lived on California soil, Down came the Fish''s lower jaw upon her light canoe, Down came the Fish''s lower jaw upon her light canoe, She was a lovely Fairy, and she lived right down below. And soon her fine Fish Monster drew down his under jaw There, right upon a golden throne, sat San Francisco Fairy. Says the Fairy to Li-Lamboni, "This wampum''s all your own; When stepping down the ladder you can take the wampum chair. No Indian maiden e''er so rich as Li-Lamboni that day, She found her old Fish Monster with everything all right, Her Chieftain soon did see it, and said ''twas very good. But Li-Lamboni oft wonder''d if her Fairy friend was gone. One day while at her Wigwam door, the baby in her arms, Then she saw her old Fish Monster swimming gracefully along, Li-Lamboni felt sad to bid her friend good-bye. id = 21903 author = Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn title = The Californians date = keywords = Belmont; California; Colonel; Don; Francisco; Helena; Ila; Jack; Léna; Magdaléna; Menlo; Miss; Mr.; Mrs.; New; Park; Polk; Roberto; Rose; San; Tiny; Trennahan; Washington; Yorba; man summary = Magdaléna stood for some time looking out over the darkening bay, at the Helena paid the money like a blood, Magdaléna horrified at the "What queer-looking girls!" said Magdaléna. "Please tell him to stop a few doors from the house," said Helena; The time came when Magdaléna hated the monotony of Menlo, "A strange man in the house for two days," gasped Magdaléna, forgetting Trennahan saw the flash of dismay from Magdaléna''s eyes before her face "Here comes Mr. Trennahan," said Magdaléna, standing up. "I won''t admit it," said Trennahan, who was looking at Magdaléna. This looks like the stories they tell of old times." They were in Helena''s room, and Magdaléna sat down by the open window, Trennahan in that first month thought little of Magdaléna. On the third day Mrs. Polk said to Magdaléna,-Mrs. Yorba went straight to Magdaléna''s room, and for the first time in id = 6884 author = Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn title = Sleeping Fires: a Novel date = keywords = Abbott; Ballinger; Francisco; Holt; Howard; Langdon; Madeleine; Masters; Mr.; Mrs.; New; Sally; San; Society; Street; Talbot; Travers; York; man summary = Madeleine Talbot at this time was very happy, or, at least, too busy to Langdon Masters arrived in San Francisco during Madeleine''s third Such was Langdon Masters when he came to San Francisco and Madeleine To him, a far better judge of men than of women, Langdon Masters was seen a good many women in love in her time. end!" And for the first time in her life she felt like fainting. Madeleine sat at the end of the long double room behind a table and Masters turned after a time and his face looked as old as Talbot''s. imitation of the old Madeleine Talbot, and even mentioned Masters'' name he was leaving San Francisco for good and all, he looked like a man who man like Masters can quit cold no matter how far he has gone if the that Madeleine was in love with Langdon Masters. id = 8535 author = Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn title = The Sisters-In-Law: A Novel of Our Time date = keywords = Abbott; Aileen; Alexina; Ballinger; CHAPTER; California; Dwight; Europe; Francisco; Gathbroke; Gora; Groome; Judge; Kirkpatrick; Lawton; Maria; Miss; Mortimer; Morty; Mr.; Mrs.; New; Paris; San; Street; Tom; York; american; man summary = members of that distinguished old band, whose glory, like Mrs. Groome''s You look like an exceptionally decent young man. Mr. Dwight comes of the best old American stock from New York. Said Alexina: "Sibyl, what are you going to do with your young life? That night Alexina knew that romance had surely come to her. Alexina still occupied her old room in the front of the house where the only a little after two." As Gora turned to leave the room Alexina put The poor old parlors and dining-room do look like they elect to live a life of serene spinsterhood like Alexina''s Aunt "Now, this is life!" said Alexina to Aileen. Alexina felt like a very young girl. Gora did not see her sister-in-law for a moment and Alexina had time to she and Alexina as they said good-night looked full into each other''s id = 2504 author = Bancroft, Hubert Howe title = Some Cities and San Francisco, and Resurgam date = keywords = California; Chicago; Francisco; New; Pacific; San; city summary = SOME CITIES AND SAN FRANCISCO AND RESURGAM city of San Francisco prior to the catastrophe of April 18th. city and seaport at San Francisco bay; the importance to the army and will give you the finest site in the world for a city, with state-house peninsula of San Francisco covered by a real city equal in beauty and building material for a time, and thus protect the city-builders from San Francisco was destroyed by fire, and each time new houses were going Compare San Francisco casualties with those of other cities. women continue to live and build houses in those cities without thought city on the shores of San Francisco bay. twentieth-century young men cannot do better in artistic city building San Francisco is already a large manufacturing city; it will be many city of San Francisco will be what people make of it, neither more nor id = 11510 author = Brandt, Fred title = Fascinating San Francisco date = keywords = Bay; California; Club; Francisco; Gate; Golden; Market; Park; San; city; street summary = cities that approach the natural beauty of situation of San Francisco. The Bay spreads out below San Francisco like an animated poster keyed in A city conscious of its obligation to the sea, San Francisco has always pueblo of Yerba Buena which has grown into the city of San Francisco. San Francisco is the greatest hotel city in the world in proportion to Constant shopping by San Francisco women gives stimulus to the city''s The dash of San Francisco women on the street, as well as in the hotels inevitable world city is San Francisco. Golden Gate Park is the aureole of San Francisco''s recreational haunts. Golden Gate, affords a distant but luring view of San Francisco. the residence parks of San Francisco. Industrial Activity: San Francisco leads the cities of the Pacific Coast Golden Gate Park cars on Market and Geary streets, or by taxi, auto or Californian''s Inc. 140 Montgomery Street San Francisco id = 6076 author = Caldwell, George W. (George Walter) title = The Legends of San Francisco date = keywords = Beaver; Merita; Sea; Spirit; Tamalpais; Tamals summary = The legends of the hills, the fog, the gulls, the waters Ancient tribe of Indian people, Mighty Father, save my people, Save my people; Save the Tamals.'' When the Gods lived near the people, So the people called to Spirits. O''er the water came the foemen, Came and bowed their heads and waited. From the ocean came the west-wind, Change the foemen to Sea-creatures, Know you, then, that these blue waters Lived a tribe of fisher people, Fishing in the harbor waters Came the Sea King''s boat upon them, Long she prayed to the Great Spirit From the harbor came the night winds Change us, Father, into sea birds. Sea bird, sleeping on the water; Climbed the people of the Tamals, Then the people prayed the Spirit-One people around the great harbor. The water birds came at her calling, And that water-birds come at their calling, id = 12883 author = Carey, Joseph title = By the Golden Gate; Or, San Francisco, the Queen City of the Pacific Coast With Scenes and Incidents Characteristic of its Life date = keywords = Bay; Bishop; California; Chinaman; Chinatown; Church; City; Convention; Dr.; Francisco; Gate; General; God; Golden; House; John; Lake; Mr.; New; New York; Pacific; Rev.; San; St.; William; York; chinese summary = San Francisco, the Queen City of the Pacific Coast; with Scenes The meeting of the General Convention of the Church in San Francisco, Our sojourn in Salt Lake City gave ample time to visit the Great Salt the great Bay of San Francisco, make a deep impression on the mind. devout men and true women in early San Francisco, who, in the midst of great city the names of men who either benefited California or take To-day you can live as cheaply in San Francisco or any other city of the Chinese people, whether in Chinatown in San Francisco, or in China Joss-House made all these years on the life of San Francisco outside were only 3,000 Chinese in the City of San Francisco; but even then of the Church in California--The General Convention in San Francisco--A diocese, with San Francisco as its chief city, Right Rev. William id = 11875 author = Dobie, Charles Caldwell title = The Blood Red Dawn date = keywords = Claire; Condor; Edington; Finnegan; Flint; Lily; Miss; Mr.; Mrs.; Munch; Ned; Richards; Robson; Stillman; Whitehead summary = platform Claire Robson, leaning forward, said to her mother: Mrs. Robson rose and faced Claire with a look of bewilderment. "My name is Stillman, and of course you know Mrs. Condor--the lady who The group clustered about Miss Munch broke up at the approach of Mr. Flint, who gave a significant glance in the direction of Claire Robson, As Claire had scarcely said a half-dozen words to Mrs. Condor on the Claire did not tell her mother about the invitation to Mrs. Condor''s "She''s come home in Stillman''s car," flashed through Mrs. Robson''s mind, For Claire Robson, there followed after the memorable Condor-Stillman "Only four--Mr. Stillman, Claire, Mrs. Condor, and a young fellow named Claire was disappointed that Mrs. Flint was not to be at home. Later in the day Mrs. Robson''s two sisters arrived in answer to Claire''s "They''re mine," Mrs. Robson had repeated to Claire again and again. id = 30142 author = Doctorow, Cory title = Little Brother date = keywords = America; Ange; BART; Barbara; Bay; Charles; DHS; Dad; Darryl; Francisco; Jolu; Marcus; Masha; Mission; San; Street; Van; Xbox; Xnet; come; good; internet; license; like; little; look; mom; people; right; time; work summary = What''s more, kids were clearly being used as guinea-pigs for a new kind of technological state that all of us were on our way to, a world where taking a picture was either piracy (in a movie theater or museum or even a Starbucks), or terrorism (in a public place), but where we could be photographed, tracked and logged hundreds of times a day by every tin-pot dictator, cop, bureaucrat and shop-keeper. "I can talk about Little Brother in terms of its bravura political speculation or its brilliant uses of technology -each of which make this book a must-read -but, at the end of it all, I''m haunted by the universality of Marcus''s rite-of-passage and struggle, an experience any teen today is going to grasp: the moment when you choose what your life will mean and how to achieve it." He looked like he was Chinese or Korean -even Van can''t tell the difference sometimes -but with that bearing that said *American* in a way I couldn''t put my finger on. id = 37314 author = Doughty, Francis Worcester title = The Bradys After a Chinese Princess; Or, The Yellow Fiends of ''Frisco date = keywords = Alice; Brady; Garshaski; Harry; King; Leggett; Lung; Mr.; Old; Secret; Service; chinese summary = warehouses," declared Old King Brady, and he gave Harry orders Old King Brady, Alice and the other two Secret Service men ascended to "I see no other way," replied Old King Brady, and once again he started "Come, boys," said Old King Brady, "we''ll sneak along the bulkhead and The day after Alice''s disappearance Old King Brady was notified by Mr. Narraway that the regular force would finish up the matter, inasmuch as The Secret Service man gave his promise and Old King Brady hurried away. Old King Brady with his back to the door talked aloud to Leggett on a "Harry, my dear boy, where are you?" cried Old King Brady, for like "Yes, yes, I know," said Old King Brady. "It does," replied Old King Brady, "and it don''t give us the Chinese "Go on in, Harry and Alice," said the old detective. Harry covered the Doctor, Old King Brady managed to make the princess id = 42582 author = Douglas, Amanda M. title = A Little Girl in Old San Francisco date = keywords = Chadsey; Dawson; Francisco; Holmes; Jason; Laverne; Maine; Miss; Mr.; Mrs.; New; Olive; Pablo; Personette; San; Savedra; Uncle; Victor; Westbury; Wrexford; girl; little; spanish summary = "Oh, but I remember things," said the little girl with a confident "This is my little girl, Laverne," said her mother. David Westbury, and when her little girl was a month old he came back down the street was a group of little girls, but Laverne''s light hair "I wonder if you would like a pony?" he asked of the little girl, as "It was very nice," declared Laverne, "only I think I like the little All these things were far away from the little girl''s life. "Will you like to go?" Laverne asked of Miss Holmes as they were "Of the little girl Miss Alwood is to have, and whether I shall like "Uncle Jason is coming home early with the horses, you know," she said Miss Holmes thanked him cordially, and the little girl said the same The little girl was quiet so long that Miss Holmes said presently: id = 50651 author = Drake, Samuel Adams title = The Young Vigilantes: A Story of California Life in the Fifties date = keywords = Argonaut; Bill; Boston; Bright; Charley; Mr.; Ramon; San; Walter; good; hand; like; look; man; ship; tell; time; way summary = a boy who would run away from such a good home as Walter had, would Walter went home that night thanking his lucky stars that he had come One day Ramon, with more than ordinary cordiality, asked Walter to "All right; I understand," said Walter, walking briskly away on his look on Walter''s face, said, as he had said a hundred times before to about town, before going home," Walter replied, a word at a time. The old man waited a moment for Walter to speak, and finding that Walter, however, drew a long breath of relief as the ship moved away the jib on her; come, bear a hand!" Walter went forward with the men. Bill''s eyes were almost closed, and poor Walter''s face looked as if he Neither Walter nor Charley could have said one word for the life of "Why, no," said Charley, looking at Walter, to see how he would take id = 51241 author = Dryfoos, Dave title = Bridge Crossing date = keywords = Ida; Molly; Roddie summary = "Come here, fellow," Roddie said. "I''m Roddie," he said, squatting to Scrabbling fearfully in the dust for his hammer, Roddie paused "I wouldn''t know," Roddie said, closing his fingers on the hammer, and "Scouting around," Roddie said vaguely. "Well, I guess the boats have gone," Ida said. Uneasy, Roddie hefted the hammer in his hand. "I''ll go first," said Roddie. soldiers will never leave the city; their purpose is to guard it and "It''s all right," Roddie said, his voice breaking. But because his friends knew neither pain nor fatigue, Roddie would had ever come even this far, for soldiers, as he''d told Ida, never left Roddie awoke as Ida finished struggling free of his unconscious grip. Fascinated, Roddie stared for minutes, but turned when Ida showed no Roddie noticed that her eyes were dark and frightened, yet Ida began to weep again, and Roddie found it necessary to comfort her. id = 45306 author = Goodkind, Ben title = An American Hobo in Europe A True Narrative of the Adventures of a Poor American at Home and in the Old Country date = keywords = Billy; Burns; Frisco; Glasgow; Island; Mr.; New; Scotch; Scotland; Scott; Sir; Street; Walter; Windy; York; good; like; little; look; time summary = they live, act, and what they do, and Billy wanted to know how Mormons much in old England, Billy told me, and have to serve long years at morning a long train full of empty cars came our way and we made it "Let''s hike out of this place, Billy," said I; "the best cure for the out a likely looking restaurant along the water front where a good meal The angry man now got the thought through his noddle that Billy wasn''t We got out of the place all right, the old man and I telling Billy said it was like getting money from home. "You''re way off, Windy," replied Billy, "the old country is different "You say I can''t beat my way in the old country, Billy; why not?" asked After a good long time I got down in the steerage and saw the steerage id = 51571 author = Goulart, Ron title = Subject to Change date = keywords = Beth; Pendleton summary = On one corner Pendleton stopped and took a deep breath, Pendleton crossed the street and turned down the alley the old man had Pendleton liked the pre-quake apartment house Beth lived in. "It''s because I''m so intense," Beth said, near her bedroom door. Pendleton let himself into Beth''s darkening apartment. Pendleton opened the bedroom door and turned on the lights. beyond Beth''s low, blue-covered bed was open and the wind was flapping Edging around the bed, Pendleton closed the window and picked up the Something started tapping on the window behind Pendleton''s chair. Pendleton spun and saw the cat scoot through the open bedroom door. and anyway Beth would want to get in when she got home. Pendleton took Beth''s shoulders. Beth shrugged her shoulders until Pendleton let go. Pendleton slammed Beth''s door and went out into the clear night. Pendleton called Beth''s name over and over, but she wouldn''t come back. id = 2193 author = Harte, Bret title = A Ward of the Golden Gate date = keywords = Arguello; Caesar; Colonel; Don; Francisco; George; Hathaway; Kernel; Mayor; Milly; Miss; Mr.; Mrs.; Paul; Pendleton; San; Woods; Yerba; know summary = told her, she said, All right, she wanted to see Colonel Pendleton too." "Can YOU think of something, Paul?" said the Mayor, appealing to "Paul," said the Mayor, reentering the office and turning to his "My dear colonel," said Paul, somewhat less positively, but still "I think, my dear sir," said Paul plaintively, "that I and my friends Paul smiled as she rustled away, and Yerba, entering the summer-house, "But you DO like it," said Paul, touched with this first hearing of her "Your brother seems to admire Miss Yerba," said Paul. "Colonel Pendleton belongs to no party," said Paul, curtly; "but if his "Very likely," said Paul, turning away with a faint smile. "Fact, sir--George there knows it all," said Pendleton. "There may have been nobody in the house at the time," said Paul "Well," said Paul, looking at him critically, "I don''t know about that. "God only knows," said Paul. id = 46653 author = Hemyng, Bracebridge title = The Slave of the Mine; or, Jack Harkaway in ''Frisco date = keywords = Clarence; Harkaway; Jack; Lena; Maltravers; Mr.; Smith; Vanhoosen summary = the jack, I tell you," replied Dan Markham. Lena''s brother Alfred wished her to marry Jack, but her mother, Mrs. Vanhoosen, wished her to espouse the rich nobleman. Lord Maltravers gave him the gold, and at the same time Jack took a "Ask Lord Maltravers," said Jack. "No man shall call me that," cried Jack. "Of course," continued Jack, "Maltravers will send the papers to Lena, "Look at this," said Jack, handing the letter to Harvey. "Put up your iron, you old fool," he said; "we only want Jack Harkaway "That''s all right," replied Jack; "I knew that was coming." "Certainly," replied Jack; "but let me ask you a few questions." "They say I took a man''s watch, and I got five years," replied Jack. "Come to report, sir," replied Jack. "Start right away," said Jack, "and you shall have a hundred dollars if id = 43103 author = Hichborn, Franklin title = "The System," As Uncovered by the San Francisco Graft Prosecution date = keywords = Attorney; Board; Calhoun; California; Company; Court; District; Ford; Francisco; Gallagher; Grand; Heney; Judge; Jury; Labor; Langdon; Mayor; Mr.; Pacific; Railroads; Ruef; San; Schmitz; Spreckels; State; Supervisors; Union; United summary = [22] At Ruef''s trial on the charge of offering a bribe to Supervisor [22] At Ruef''s trial on the charge of offering a bribe to Supervisor then, through Ruef, receiving bribe money from public-service [51] Supervisor Gallagher testified at graft trials that Ruef had [70] Ruef advised strongly against Schmitz leaving San Francisco. Gallagher removed Langdon and named Ruef as District Attorney Heney objected to Ruef appearing, if by officer of the court he meant court before an untutored Grand Jury for an indictment." Ruef charged The Grand Jury, on the evidence, indicted Schmitz and Ruef on five The San Francisco Examiner said of the indictment of Schmitz of Ruef and Schmitz, who represented a San Francisco district in The day following, Ruef''s attorneys appealed to the State Appellate elected Schmitz-Ruef Board of Supervisors at the time of the exposures graft trials that after Gallagher had gone Ruef stated that id = 28443 author = Irwin, Will title = The Readjustment date = keywords = Bertram; Chester; Edward; Eleanor; Francisco; Goodyear; Gray; Heath; Judge; Kate; Mark; Masters; Mattie; Mr.; Mrs.; San; Santa; Street; Tiffany; Waddington summary = "I think Eleanor must be back from the city," Mrs. Tiffany was saying, "Say, we didn''t do a thing to that tree," said Bertram Chester, with "You remember the young man who went over with Eleanor to drive away To the great relief of Eleanor, Mrs. Tiffany came out to meet them, "Yes, I know it is overcrowded," said Bertram Chester, not a particle Mark Heath; the spirit came into the face of Bertram Chester. "This reminds me of the places one slips into abroad," she said, "Mr. and Mrs. Wark--Lars Wark you know--took me to just such an old ruin in Kate Waddington spent that night with Eleanor Gray in the Tiffany old Sturtevant mahogany, came upon Bertram Chester like a stage "Eleanor," spoke Mrs. Tiffany, "suppose you show Mr. Chester your end "The man who gets Eleanor Gray--and especially if Bertram Chester is id = 3314 author = Irwin, Will title = The City That Was: A Requiem of Old San Francisco date = keywords = California; Chinese; Francisco; San; city; year summary = San Francisco lay on a series of hills and the lowlands between. San Francisco Bay, a body of water always tinged with gold from the mountainous country to the south bring the real forest closer to San cable cars crawling up the hills of San Francisco to the south. Summer and winter, San Francisco women usually entered San Francisco by way of the Bay. Across its yellow a great part of San Francisco was building, the newly-rich perpetrated has always hung over life in San Francisco since the padres came and the fishermen of San Francisco Bay are all Neapolitans who have brought San Francisco was famous for its restaurants and cafes. with the best, and the others were in San, Francisco. almost any season of the year--and of long tours in the great mountains Chinese among the working people of San Francisco, and no white man, id = 12518 author = Knower, Daniel title = The Adventures of a Forty-niner An Historic Description of California, with Events and Ideas of San Francisco and Its People in Those Early Days date = keywords = California; Francisco; New; Pacific; Panama; San; States; Stevenson; United; York; day; time summary = territory three times as large as New York and Oregon and the State of conceived at the time, I found the day before I arrived in New York, the There was great California excitement about this time, and other parties could not buy a ticket in New York for the steamer from Panama to San and day, and an extra present to the men if they made good time, for time to go on according to our contract, to be rowed night and day. I said to him, "This vessel is bound for San Francisco, and you He came back in a short time and said he had bought them, and that had not heard of the gold discovery, on his first day in San Francisco, He said a man could make $10 a day, and who was a going One man said he had $10,000 in gold with him; if his id = 32287 author = Lewis, Elisabeth R. title = Know Thy Neighbor date = keywords = Ellen; Moffatt summary = It began with the dead cat on the fire escape and ended with the green elevator when Ellen came out to get her paper. Mrs. Moffatt must have heard Ellen''s footsteps in the hall. She opened the door of her apartment and peered out. The old woman closed her door, shutting off the musty smell, and Ellen Isn''t there something about landing on your feet like a cat? Ellen opened the window and asked, "How do you think it got there, Ellen could see the door standing slightly open. I''ll go back to the apartment and call Dr. Clive, thought Ellen. Ellen looked out at the street through the glass front. her in the lobby; he held the front door open for her. He opened the elevator doors, The man held the door open and for a moment she Ellen backed away from the door. id = 1056 author = London, Jack title = Martin Eden date = keywords = Arthur; Brissenden; Butler; Cheese; Eden; Francisco; God; Higginbotham; Joe; Lizzie; Maria; Martin; Morse; Mr.; Oakland; Ruth; San; Spencer; Sunday; Transcontinental; chapter; come; face; good; know; life; like; love; man; read; think; time; work; yes summary = looked him straight in the eyes as she shook hands, frankly, like a man. Martin Eden, with blood still crawling from contact with his brother-inlaw, felt his way along the unlighted back hall and entered his room, a Martin Eden''s head was in a state of addlement when he went away after other time I was here I said I couldn''t talk about books an'' things short time, you know,--but I always liked books, read everything I could "Yes, sir," Martin said humbly, wishing somehow that the man at the desk disciplined minds." Ruth looked expectantly at Martin, as if waiting for "Like trimming cargo in the tropics," Martin said, when they went his work and upon how to save time, pointing out to Martin where he did Ruth came up to them a second time, just as Martin began to speak. How hard, even she did not know, was the thought in Martin''s mind. 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 = 401 author = Norris, Frank title = Blix date = keywords = Bessemer; Blix; Captain; Carter; Condy; Howard; Jack; Mr.; New; Rivers; San; Sargeant; Sunday; Travis; time summary = times Condy even told himself that he loved this girl so much younger "Condy," said Blix, "I think that diver''s story is almost too good for Gently, and a little at a time, Condy turned his head and looked at Condy''s face fell, and Blix gave a little gasp of dismay. back, and Condy and Blix set about the serious business of the day. "Sudden enough," said Condy, "but it IS a great thing for you, Blix, Blix and Condy had planned a long walk for that day. "Look, Condy!" said Blix. At the end, Blix''s little eyes were snapping like sparks; Condy''s face Let''s do it, Blix," Condy suddenly exclaimed; "let''s get to know "Condy, what''s the matter?" Blix was looking at him with an expression "Condy," said Blix, looking at him intently, "what is it stands in your Blix was going; she and Condy would id = 4687 author = Norris, Kathleen Thompson title = Saturday''s Child date = keywords = Anna; Auntie; Baxter; Betsey; Billy; Bocqueraz; Brauer; Brown; Carroll; Coleman; Cudahy; Ella; Emily; Georgie; Hunter; Isabel; Kenneth; Lancaster; Lord; Lou; Lydia; Mary; Miss; Mr.; Mrs.; Oliver; Peter; Saunders; Stephen; Sue; Sunday; Susan; Thornton; Thorny; Virginia summary = "Not calling Susan a cow, or anything like that," said Miss Thornton Susan and Mary Lou went into the dining-room, and the closing door shut Susan was glad to get out of the kitchen, and in a moment Mrs. Lancaster and Mary Lou came into the dining-room, too, and Alice rang "I saw my pearl to-day," said William Oliver to Susan, under cover of "Miss Saunders," said Susan quickly, "will you tell Mrs. Fox that my "Good-morning!" said Susan, bravely, when Miss Thornton came into the "She wanted a good time and pretty things," said Susan to "That''s Miss Emily Saunders," said Susan, in a low voice. "We want some butter here," said Billy, as Susan took a roll, broke it "Did you know I was asked to the Juniors this year?" she said to Susan "You know why," Susan said, meeting his eyes with a little difficulty. id = 11507 author = Potter, Elizabeth Gray title = The Lure of San Francisco: A Romance Amid Old Landmarks date = keywords = Argüello; Bostonian; Buena; California; Francisco; Hill; Luis; Mission; Plaza; Presidio; San; spanish summary = restore it, and as long as San Francisco shall last, a cross will rise "If we want to see the old building before lunch time, we shall have to He looked up at the two-story dwelling house before us, let his eyes building next door and crept close to the walls of this old adobe, when Luis Argüello, comandante of the San Francisco Presidio for twenty-three duplicate of the old bell hung in front of the Mission San Francisco de night five years ago, when Tetrazzini sang to San Francisco?" I asked. "That park is a relic of old Spanish days and one of the most historic "Portsmouth Square was once the Plaza of the little Spanish town of asked: "Would you like to see the location of the old Spanish fort?" He "This, you said, was the old Spanish Plaza. old adobe Custom House, the first building erected on the Plaza, and it id = 20259 author = Roosevelt, Wyn title = Frontier Boys in Frisco date = keywords = Berwick; Bill; Bob; Boys; Broome; Captain; Darlington; Eagle; James; Jim; John; Ketchel; Mexican; Scheff; Sea; engineer; look summary = "Good-by, Jim," said Ketchel, as they gripped hands; "take care of Jim was soon to find that his old pirate friend, Captain Bill Broome, "Well, Jim," said the chief engineer of the _Sea Eagle_, James "Old friends, Jim?" asked Berwick who was quick to note the lad''s "Hold on, Jim," said the engineer, "I don''t think that is the wisest "No danger of that," replied Jim. Again a match was lit and this time Berwick held the flame close to the these hounds come back on their trail," suggested Jim. The engineer of the _Sea Eagle_ who was at present out of his element, "Wind ''em together and they will do," replied Jim. In a short time, he had got one end of the improvised rope over one of "Good old Chief," said Jim, returning his friend''s grip; "now I''m off." "Ah, the captain," said Jim to Berwick quietly. John Berwick, the engineer, had had an anxious time while Jim had been id = 12560 author = Stellman, Louis J. (Louis John) title = Port O'' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts date = keywords = Adrian; Aleta; Alice; Bartlett; Benito; Brannan; Broderick; CHAPTER; California; Casey; City; Coleman; Committee; Francisco; Frank; God; Governor; Heney; Inez; King; Lun; Mayor; Montgomery; Mr.; New; Ralston; Robert; Ruef; San; Sherman; Spear; Stanley; Terry; Vigilance; Washington; William; Windham summary = "We must arm and drive these robbers from our California," said Benito "By jove, he sits his horse like a king," said Bartlett''s companion, "I wish that Inez might have seen it," Mrs. Windham said a little Robert and Benito Windham, on the hill above Clark''s Point, looked down "Ah," Benito said, "we''ve talked that over, Adrian and I. center of a little group composed of Benito and Inez Windham, Adrian nothing," said Benito, adding, "save the talk of gold "Said he''d let you know about Benito. "Don''t know," said Benito, half bewildered. Thus Alice came to know what boded for the town of San Francisco. As Adrian, Benito and Samuel Brannan passed the new city hall on the "It looks very much as though we _were_ doing something," said Benito, "Yes, Robert," said Benito. "My son," Benito answered; "Robert likes work. "Yes, she came to me," said Robert Windham. id = 4640 author = Stetson, James B. (James Burgess) title = San Francisco During the Eventful Days of April 1906 date = keywords = Avenue; California; Mrs.; Ness; Street; Van summary = I then went over to the power-house of the California-Street Railroad California Street and Van Ness Avenue. When I arrived at Sacramento Street and Van Ness Avenue I saw a woman California-Street power-house and had a talk with Superintendent Harris. At 3 o''clock the soldiers drove the people north on Van Ness and west up east side of Van Ness Avenue between Washington and Bush streets, and by From 4 to 4:30 St. Luke''s and the Presbyterian Church and all the houses on Van Ness Avenue of Van Ness and California Street, and the Knickerbocker Hotel felt that I could consider that my house had passed the critical time, Street, and the flames coming toward Van Ness Avenue, with the In the morning I went over to the California-Street engine-house, and One of our men who roomed near the engine-house on California Street, all the chimneys of the houses were littering the streets through which id = 13321 author = Stoddard, Charles Warren title = In the Footprints of the Padres date = keywords = Bay; California; Clitheroe; Drake; Francisco; Gabriel; Golden; Hill; House; Monterey; New; Pacific; Paul; Point; San; St.; Stoddard; Street; chinese; day; good; illustration; life; like; little; long; look; night; sea; time; year summary = Thrice happy days so long ago in California! than two thousand miles across the sea, she loomed like a Noah''s Ark shores, but lay half submerged in mid-stream, like huge water-logged after having been toeing the mark on a ship''s deck for a dozen days or Our life for three days had been like a veritable "Jungle Book." Gate to the sea-wall of San Francisco. Not a day, not an hour, but watchful eyes sought that signal in the hope What an inland sea it is--the Bay of San. Francisco, seventy miles in We had been but a few days in San Francisco when a new-found friend, the eggs of the sea-gull, the gull that cries all day among the shipping old mission days, wrote thus of his first sight of Monterey: "The sun the Misty City and the sea-fog that had walled it in through the night id = 42210 author = nan title = Bancroft''s Tourist''s Guide. Yosemite. San Francisco and around the Bay, (South.) date = keywords = Bay; Big; California; City; Co.; Francisco; Hill; Hotel; House; Kearny; Market; Mission; Montgomery; New; Pacific; Point; San; State; Stockton; Street; Sutter; Valley; Yosemite; foot; mile summary = miles directly south of the lower hotel in Yosemite valley, and about front, half a mile east of the old City Hall, and slightly ascending the Mission Bay, ending in South street, less than a block and a half of Market street the blocks are about one seventh of a mile long from stands on the south side of Market street, occupying the whole block The city has four: The San Francisco and Pacific, Bay, California, and one-half miles west of the City Hall, at the head of Bush street. high, and stand four miles southwest of the City Hall. Heights, near Alta Plaza, a mile and a half west of the City Hall, are City Almshouse stands on the hill, half a mile south of the lake. north of San Francisco, and two and one half miles east of the Golden Next to San Francisco, it is the largest city in the State, having a