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Clark's 
 
 Tangible Shorthand 
 
 Self-Instructor 
 
 THE ONLY SYSTEM FREE OF WORD SIGNS 
 
 A Purely Phonetic System of 1 00 Charadert 
 and 1 2 Rules 
 
 Interesting stories are introduced for 
 dictation with every fifty words produced 
 
 FRAN^:: 'ciriAbWlCK CLARK 
 
 AUTHOR AND PUBLISHER 
 
 KANSAS CITY 
 
 KANSAS 
 
Copyrighted, 1900, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1906, 1907, 1908 
 
 BY 
 
 FRANK CHADWICK CLARK 
 
 AUTHOR AND PUBUSHER 
 
 E. R. CALLENDER PRINTING COMPANY 
 
 Sixth and Minnesota 
 Kansas City, Kansas 
 
C^i t 
 
 PREFACE 
 
 A system of shorthand, to be universally adop- 
 ted, should have an alphabet large enough to furnish 
 a character for each of the elementary phonetic 
 sounds, each of the frequently occurring combined 
 consonant sounds, such as: pk, tk, fk, Ik, Is, rk, dl, 
 ^ pr, tr, fr, vr, Ir, kr, pi, bl, fl, vl, rl, sp, st, sk, etc.; 
 ^ and of such construction that the vowel characters 
 M can be easily combined into diphthongs and digraphs, 
 and join smoothly with consonant strokes, so that 
 
 ^ the hand may glide easily from one outline to another 
 
 «^ 
 
 5 without deforming the characters or retarding the 
 
 movement of the hand, 
 y In this the author feels that this system comes 
 
 5 the nearest to these ideals of perfection. 
 
 In this connection he wishes to acknowledge the 
 
 receipt of several valuable suggestions from Rev. 
 
 J. B. Worrall and other students of the system. 
 
 449499 
 
TERMS. 
 
 Each Per Dozen 
 
 Shorthand Instruction Book $2.00 $15.00 
 
 This book commences dictation 
 with the third page of the Shorthand 
 Instructor, and contains correspond- 
 ing reading and writing matter that 
 leads into the most difficult court 
 work. 
 
 This book is purchased with the understanding 
 ttiat every student of this system must study a book 
 of his own. 
 
 The system must not be modified, changed, or 
 improved only by and with the consent of its author. 
 
INTRODUCTION. 
 
 All mankind express themselves by the use of articulate 
 sounds. 
 
 These sounds are combined in different ways, by the human 
 race, to record what we call words, and expressed by characters 
 that represent elementary sounds which we call letters. 
 
 Should every race of the human family use the same charac- 
 ters to express the same sounds, less than fifty characters would 
 recoLrd every elementary sound in existence. 
 
 But, on the contrary, the English Language, especially the 
 American branch of it, is made up of every other language in ex- 
 istence; each.of which have their peculiar sounds for the letters or 
 the characters they use to express themselves. 
 
 Therefore, by the efforts of our educators to express foreign 
 words so that both the Englishman and the foreigner may recog- 
 nize the same, we have introduced into our language such a multi- 
 plied form of spelling, that it has become and is becoming exceed- 
 ingly burdensome. 
 
 From the French, we have "eau" for the spelling of long "o"; 
 from the Spanish, we get a character like this, " tf " for the sound 
 of "neQh", and this, "11" for the sound of "leiih", and from thfc 
 German, we have "ei" for long "i" and "ie" for long "e". 
 
Thereby, "a", has nine; "e", seven; "i" five; "o", seven, and 
 "u" six different sounds. 
 
 They each have several different ways by which thetr sounds 
 may be spelled; as, long "o" may be spelled, "eau, ow, oh, owe, eo, 
 oe, ough", and "o", followed by a consonant, requires an "e" to 
 distinguish the long from the short "o". 
 
 This necessitates the abandonment of the whole English Al- 
 phabet and the adoption of independent characters to represent 
 these elementary sounds for shorthand work; as, The word "beau" 
 has but two sounds— "beh ^2' ^^^ ^^ c l," and are written this 
 way " C (beau or bow)". 
 
 This" process of shorthand becomes exceedingly simple when a 
 student gets entirely away from the old form of spelling while 
 writing shorthand and simply records the sound [not those of the 
 English Alphabet] that he has heard in the word spoken, and 
 learns to dissolve words into their elementary sounds. 
 
TO THE TEACHER AND STUDENT. 
 
 This instruction book can be used for spelling type- 
 writer practice, shorthand instruction and dictation 
 purposes, as there are about five thousand different 
 words grouped into lessons of forty to fifty each, and 
 these words are woven into little spicy stories in such 
 a way as to show their, application. 
 
 There are about one hundred different characters 
 in the system, fifteen of which are vowel charcters. 
 The rest are divided into single and double consonant 
 characters. These consonant characters have four 
 lengths: J, i, |, and full length. They are part of 
 a circle ( 
 
 In order to have a gauge where- ( 
 by the length of a stroke can be( 
 quickly determined, there are two starting points 
 from which they are recorded; one for the downward 
 stroke and one for the upward stroke. 
 
 All downward strokes commence one-half way be- 
 tween rules lines and extend downward their relative 
 lengths; one fourth length extends toward ruled line; 
 one-half, to the line; three-fourths, just across, and 
 full length, to half its leng th below the ruled line of 
 writing, as follows; ^ ( i / / 
 
 All upward strokes ( P.V..b.\-.pkVv;^bk..l. 
 
 ~( V^^ 7 < -=^- 
 
 (Ns./..n./..m/...mn. /..... commence at base line of 
 writing and extend upward their relative lengths: 
 one-fourth, one-half, three-fourths and full distance. 
 
 Parallel strokes may be written in the most con- 
 venient position for the writer at the time of record- 
 ing, unless followed by a downward or upward stroke 
 in the same outline. If by a downward stroke, it 
 should be recorded one-half way between ruled lines; 
 if by an upward stroke, it should be recorded on base 
 line of writing. 
 
 All circles or loops must curve to or from the inside 
 of curved strokes unless used for some extra purpose 
 that requires their being recorded otherwise. 
 
Twenty-two of these characters are known as 
 single consonant characters. They have but one 
 eound each, (excepting "ks" stroke, which is called 
 "cus.") 
 
 The name of these characters is determined as 
 illustrated in lesson one. 
 
 The student should make a careful study of the 
 .-ounds that constitute the name of each character in 
 this way: Speak the word "ape," and notice the 
 change in the shape of the mouth while saying it, 
 and each of the two sounds in the word. The sec- 
 ond sound in the word is the name of the "p" stroke. 
 It should never be called "pea." 
 
 Study all of these sounds over and over until 
 they are thoroughly associated with the stroke, and 
 while doing so, retrace each of these strokes with a 
 light even pressure of a dry pen while calling them 
 by name, but never retrace with a dash of the pen. 
 
 The length, direction, and shape of the stroke 
 must be carefully studied, so that they can be made 
 quickly — exactly like copy. 
 
 When this is done, these consonant characters 
 should be written in a tablet across the page in the 
 order of their arrangement, over and over until they 
 can be written at a high rate of speed in copy-plate 
 FORM. At least ten solid pages. 
 
 In the second lesson, the words extracted from 
 these characters and the "familiar" words introduc- 
 ed, should be practiced over and over until they can 
 be freely handled in general composition work. 
 
 Thinking of outlines for words requires more 
 time than it does to record them; therefore, for 
 speedy writing, it is necessary to relieve the mind of 
 everything that can be made a force of habit. 
 
 Writing too fast causes a poor outline and writ- 
 ing too slow causes a dormant mind. The spirit of 
 
push and enterprise should imbue the student at all 
 times. 
 
 Recording a whole discourse in successive out- 
 lines by copying from print is too heavy a tax on the 
 mind of the beginner. 
 
 The outlines in the third lesson are the repeti- 
 tion of the outlines in columns one and three of Les- 
 son one, that is, the short e and the long a — spelled 
 eh and aye — are joined to the beginning and to the 
 end of these single consonant characters, thereby 
 producing words or parts of words. 
 
 The drill upon these should be the same as the 
 drill upon the single consonant characters, while the 
 student is making a careful study of the words pro- 
 duced. 
 
 If speed is to be attained, why not commence it 
 by laying a good foundation ? 
 
 The next lesson is composed of the words pro- 
 duced and introduced in preceding lessons. In this 
 the pupil should be required to write these words in 
 shorthand for an examination as to the accuracy of 
 the outline and the freedom with which they can 
 racord it. Then the story should be dictated to the 
 student without former practice, and the student 
 should be required to transcribe it in either long hand 
 or on the typewriter, and graded according to their 
 accuracy of transcript. If, then, any words are mis- 
 spelled or other error is made in the transcript, the 
 student should be so drilled upon such word or the 
 correction of such error as to thoroughly eliminate 
 the habit. 
 
 The teacher should keep in mind the fact that 
 the first time a student takes dictation in shorthand, 
 all he has learned seems to leave him for the time 
 being and he does not do himself justice. He will 
 take this first dictation slowly, but in a short time 
 
this will pass away if the teacher is quiet and allows 
 him to speak the last word of one phrase or clause 
 before dictating another. 
 
 The plan of the following lessons are repetitions 
 jf the last two lessons, until these single consonant 
 characters have been so joined to all of the single 
 vowel characters, and should be studied in the same 
 manner. 
 
 After this, a principle is introduced and carried 
 through all of these combinations, then another and 
 another until all of the rules have been applied to the 
 single consonant and single vowel characters in com- 
 bination. The student should carry every new prin- 
 ciple through the preceding process in search of new 
 words, and drill upon the same. 
 
SINGLE CONSONANT CHARACTERS. 
 
 The following words and combinations are formed by joining long S« 
 ' V, which is a circle, to these consonant strokes The short 5 ' V is 
 like long a. 
 
 These words and combinations are composed of two sounds- as. ache 
 is pronounced a— k, aich is pronounced a— ch and eighth is pronounced 
 a— th. Therefore take the sound of long a from these words and combi* 
 nations and the remainder of the word will be the name of each conson* 
 ant character. 
 
 Ape,..S: without a is p....Sr. and pay....^. without a is p .St , 
 
 Abe...L> without a is b.... *>»•.... and bay....Lo. without a is b... *>-..,.... 
 
 ave....^ without a is v.....\ andjreigh-...^ without a is v ....\ 
 
 afe....*....,. without a is f.....\ and Fay ^ without a is f ....\ 
 
 ale...'«v'. without a is l..m<'. and lay ....«<? without a is I r^.. 
 
 air.5!hrr..... without a is r ..r7rr....and ray.. ..r:rf?..,. without a isr 
 
 hay.. .J without aish..../ and whey I.... without a is wb ....!..... 
 
 ache.^ without a is k ..3 and kay...Jwi..T.... .without a is k .Z^ 
 
 aches..? without a is ks....? and case ^ without a is ks....^. 
 
 «ich ...V without a is ch....^ and chay.....^. without a is ch...>. 
 
 age ...C without a is J.....C and jay .4 without a is j ....C 
 
 egg... ^.......without a is g....(^. and gay ^. without a is g....^. 
 
 aqua../f. without a is i\...C.. and Quay ....r. without a is q C. 
 
 eightsL-^.. without a is t ,.vL.<'....and tay .s^^ without a is t ^^.^ 
 
 €ighth<3r>. without a is th./rn:N...and they ./rrTfe without a is tb.<:^7:^.., 
 
 aid dTTTTTr^.without a is d^frTTTrrs.and day. icTTrTrn^D.,. without a is d ^rrTTTTrN. 
 
 ain....^. without a is n.../C..,...and nay....,^. without a is o / 
 
 aim <:^...;.. without a is m..v^.....and may .j/ without a is m ./. 
 
 Aist C without a is St ../T. and stay.../:?. without a is st ../T. 
 
 ace..£". without a is s ..r. and way.....'*...S. without a is w.....?.. .">..., 
 
 8ay...o..,....without ais 8 (shade) and yea...?? without a is y T 
 
CONSONANT STROKES 
 
 The following twenty-two characters, are nearly one-fourth 
 of the strokes used in this system of shorthand and, therefore, 
 should be written in a tablet in the order below, exactly like 
 copy, over and over until they can be recorded at a speed of, at 
 least, one hundred words per minute, and every succeeding les- 
 son should attain, at least, this requirement. 
 
 This is the only system of shorthand that carries the pupil 
 through on new matter, and if the pupil will master each prin- 
 ciple so thoroughly that he can take any dictation at a high 
 speed that consists only of the words produced by such princi- 
 ple or principles as he has learned, without practicing the dic- 
 tation matter before taking it; such pupil will not only attain 
 a high degree of perfection in the shorthand but will acquire 
 the system in a remarkably short time. 
 
 The figures on the characters below indicate their relative 
 lengths (see page one) : 4, one-fourth; 2, one-half ; 3, three- 
 fourths; and 1, full length. Observe that "p, b, 1, k and st" 
 extend forward as far as they go up or down; that "ch, j, g 
 and^" are perpendicular, and that "n and m" can be written 
 upward or downward on the slant indicated. 
 
 PAGE OF TABLET 
 
 wh 
 
 ks 
 
 .^....^....1...^ j^,.^..:.!.,: :^ 2 
 
WORD CONTRACTIONS. 
 
 Even the best speakers contract the words, "To, the, do, 
 and would** to the sounds of, "t, th, or d'* in such expres- 
 sions as this, "D*you know it'd be well f'rus t'go t* th' city. 
 
 We, therefore, shade consonants to add these words to other 
 words; as, "for" shaded, becomes "for th** Thus we use: 
 \ \ 
 
 FAMILIAR WORDS. 
 
 Most of the following words are developed in foltowing 
 
 lessons: 
 
 In. .*. . .any.<?. . .on.ty. .f ronJVc<rr^l . ).. . .we. /?. . .saw.i . ..as./, .is. «?... 
 was.'>f..with5rT7>..us.^ would see.. T... so. .f ...use..'?... 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 For 
 
 to 
 
 in 
 
 saw 
 
 would 
 
 up 
 
 the 
 
 any 
 
 as 
 
 see 
 
 of 
 
 do 
 
 on 
 
 is 
 
 so 
 
 have 
 
 &n 
 
 all 
 
 from 
 
 use 
 
 will 
 
 and 
 
 we 
 
 was 
 
 
 are 
 
 am 
 
 us 
 
 with 
 
 
 Will was with us on the way from the woods to the sea, 
 and we saw the wood-saw Will was to use to saw all of the 
 wood we have in the woods. 
 
 Is Will to have any wood? 
 
 As we are to have Will saw "up" all of the wood we 
 have, wood is due Will for the wood we have. 
 
 Do you say you saw Will? 
 
 We see Will on the sea and so do you. We also saw dew 
 on the wood Will is to saw. 
 
The long a and short e are circles the size of Pica type or 
 typewriter type for "o." It circles from or to the inside of 
 curves; from the right side of the beginning of n or m strokes, 
 (which are always written upward following circle vowels) 
 and circles to the left side of n or m when written at the end. 
 
 Ape.. ^.. pay. 
 
 Abe.C.ebb.^.bayW.*. 
 
 efiA..Fay..^ *. 
 
 ^v..\. . veigh. A . .ave\*. . . . 
 ell.aJ.ailfl-/.lay~^..* 
 
 ereyrrrr...T&y..-rr7:r^...'' 
 
 hay. .a. .whey 1 *. 
 
 ache..*^A...kay!^. *.... 
 
 aches.. ^.. ex..?... case.?.* ... 
 aich . . .>! . etch . .9. . .chay . ... . 
 
 edge . . C .age . .C . .jay . . .fo. 
 egg.. ^... gay... (j. 
 
 aiqua./^..Quay....L. * 
 
 ate..O>'..et.S_/ .tay.s^.. *. 
 
 eighth. j(3!Trrs. they. 
 
 aid i($rrr7:>s. . Ed .<5rri77>\ .day .^^rrrr 
 
 en..6 ain. <^.... nay. /....* 
 
 em. ^.. aim. ^.. may//.* 
 
 e8.6'...ai8t.^...stay.^..* 
 
 weh.<5...way.9...yeh.<?...yea..O. 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Ape 
 
 whey 
 
 gay 
 
 may 
 
 M 
 
 pay 
 
 ache 
 
 eight 
 
 stay 
 
 N 
 
 Abe 
 
 aches 
 
 eighth 
 
 nay 
 
 F 
 
 bay 
 
 case 
 
 they 
 
 L 
 
 edge 
 
 ail 
 
 H 
 
 aid 
 
 ere 
 
 
 lay 
 
 age 
 
 day 
 
 X 
 
 
 hay 
 
 egg 
 
 aim 
 
 Ed 
 
 
 THE THINGS TO BE DONE ON MAY 8TH. 
 
 On the 8th day of May, Abe L. Case will pay Ed N. 
 Quay for a wood-saw. 
 
 Ed will have the wood-saw in the woods for Abe and will 
 saw the wood. AD of us will pay Ed. 
 
 May F. Ray saw an ape and the ape lay on the hay in 
 the woods, and ere the ape is eight days of age, N. X. Case 
 and Abe say they will pay May for the ape. 
 
 May and Fay say, "All ails Abe is the stay in the 
 woods." Abe aches and will ache all day. 
 
 All of us will aid Abe and saw the wood — ^nay, Ed will 
 stay and pay for the eggs.* 
 
 N. X. Case is of age today, so N. Ray and Will R. Day 
 will stay on the edge of the bay. They will have a case of 
 ale, whey and a gay day. 
 
 Will and May say they will see Ray on the 8th day of 
 May and have Fay weigh the hay and the wood, case the eggs 
 and the whey, and pay Ed for the ale they may have on the 
 bay. 
 
 They say the ape will neigh, — I say nay. The ape ate the 
 whey and lay in the hay. 
 
 See page 29 for the rule for reversed hook. 
 
THE LONG VOWELS. 
 
 These long vowel characters, on the side of this page, may 
 be shaded for the sound of "s" before them or the sound of 
 "s. z, sh^r tion" after them. 
 
 Ai^,..eh..Q..*.. 
 e....:....\h.P....*.. 
 1 ..c/ *.. 
 
 o.....?. *.. 
 
 U..'?...00..w *.. 
 
 w....? *., 
 
 y • •... 
 
 Vowels shaded, 
 say. ...P. *.. 
 
 ace.....c> *. 
 
 see * *. 
 
 ice (f *. 
 
 80....C ...*. 
 
 use....O. *. 
 
 sue. 
 
 rs * 
 
 owes..^. *., 
 
 ocean. .^ *. 
 
 ease....v *. 
 
 sigh...lt^ *. 
 
THE LONG I. u 
 
 The character for long! is adjusted to all consonant char- 
 acters (excepting n or m, which are adjusted to the T) so as 
 to curve to the inside of consonant curves, and frwn or to 
 the right or lower side of strokes. 
 
 C „;oU 
 
 * 
 
 Ipe..^T....pie 
 1be..s-....buy.v»s».*. 
 rve.\..vie..\i... .*. 
 
 ife...\...fie-.\j *. 
 
 rU.cw/..lye.:Tr?...*. 
 
 ire . ?rrrr. . . jye.-n:=?* . 
 high.. It. . why .L..*. 
 lke.T^....kie^. ...*. 
 Ike's.?.. .kies. ?....*. 
 Tche..?....chTe..^...*. 
 
 Ije..\, jTe...u...* 
 
 l8re..(: guy.(^...* 
 
 iqua./^ qui./...* 
 
 ite.%«<'...tie.S,^...» 
 
 ■ith<2C^v..thy.<r5*..* 
 
 rd.«Cr^s . ..dye/r:rr:=*..* . 
 
 ine^..nigh.^. • 
 
 Ym.c/......my.^... * 
 
 ice..(r.....8ty-/!t.. • 
 
 my..V. • 
 
THE LONG E AND SHORT I. . <> 
 
 The long e is a small closed circle and short t is a small 
 open circle. These are joined to consonant strokes in the 
 same way that long a is joined. Turn to lesson one and 
 examine the outlines. "Is" is short i shaded 
 
 Epe..^....pea * 
 
 eeb...Cw...be .V»#..... .* 
 
 eve...\...vee \ * 
 
 if....\....fee...\ * 
 
 ill*^.eel.,^.lea..^. * 
 
 ear.fr:77r..re. 
 
 ♦ 
 
 he. .J whee....i ♦.. 
 
 eke.r\..key..r?ii *.. 
 
 ekes...?. ...keys. ...kiss. !:. *.. 
 each..9...itch..?...chee.rr.*.. 
 
 eaj..s....gee...C *.. 
 
 eeg..v.Tg-\ gea..^..... * 
 
 equa/^...quee./...* 
 
 it.%^^.e&t.Srr-^..tea..>yrr?...:- 
 TthtfTTMhis yrrm^ .these .^rr::^ 
 eed.fTTTlTrr^idea/^rrrTTTX.* ., 
 
 east.r...8tea..<r'. *.... 
 
 wlh.?. we..f...f:*. *. 
 
 yih..* ye...* *.. 
 
 in<?.<r...een./...knee./;.. *.. 
 eem.t....iTn.^..A...me.//.... 
 
10 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 I, eye 
 
 sew 
 
 I've 
 
 high 
 
 I'm 
 
 you 
 
 sue 
 
 fie 
 
 why 
 
 nigh 
 
 owe 
 
 Sioux 
 
 I'll, isle 
 
 tie 
 
 my 
 
 oh 
 
 owes 
 
 aisle 
 
 thy 
 
 sty 
 
 sea 
 
 pie 
 
 lie 
 
 I'd 
 
 be, bee 
 
 ice 
 
 by 
 
 lye 
 
 die 
 
 pea 
 
 eyes 
 
 buy 
 
 rye 
 
 dye 
 
 if 
 
 ABE AND MAY. 
 
 Abe saw May today and said,* "May, will you sew for 
 me?" May said, "You'll have to pay me if I do, for I may 
 have to buy hay today." 
 
 "I'd sew for you for two days if you'd saw wood for me. 
 Ed will saw ice for X. L. Ayerst and you may use the wood- 
 saw." 
 
 "May, I've a case of eggs* you may have and I may 
 saw the wood for you, also, if you have a wood-saw for me 
 to use." 
 
 "Today, as I was on the bay, I saw an ape in the woods 
 nigh the sty. Oh! Do see the Sioux. The Sioux is on the 
 isle." 
 
 "Say, May, I saw the Sioux buy rye and ale. It may be 
 the Sioux will have your pay." 
 
 "If so, the Sioux will have to pay me for the wood and 
 dye." 
 
 "Is all he owes you due?" 
 
 "All he owes me is due." 
 
 "Why, would you sue the Sioux?" 
 
 "I would." 
 
 "I may see the Sioux today, as I have to stay and sew for 
 Sue, and Ed will pay me on the 8th day of May." 
 
 "You may sew for me and I will pay you for the tie 
 and all you sew in two days. I may have the Sioux pay 
 you ere the 8th day of May." 
 
 *See page 25 for the rule for shading vowels. 
 
 tSee page 29 for the rule for reversed hook. 
 
THE LONG U AND LONG 00. - 
 
 The n or m strokes are adjusted to the long u or long oo 
 characters so that when these are read before the n or m the 
 n or m is written downward, if read after the n or m the n 
 orm is written upward. The long u or long 6b is joined to 
 all other characters with as sharp an angle as possible or by 
 complete blending 
 
 Upe-.Sr pew..Sf. * 
 
 ube...V»-,....boo..Sw^....* 
 
 you*ve..\..view.\% * 
 
 ufe...A few..\x * 
 
 you'W/x^... lew. .rr>:. * 
 
 yOUr.'?rrr7rr...rue.rrrT:^...* , ... 
 
 who...K whew.I....* 
 
 uke...r?\...cue.\> * 
 
 ukes...<....cuse..?>....* 
 
 uche..V. chew...r.....* 
 
 uge...C. Jew...Cx...* 
 
 6bg.\ go6...V„ * 
 
 uqua.^. kwoo../.....* ^ 
 
 Ute.?s,<rr...too..s,rt^.* 
 
 youth <rTr>>.thue/^rrTy>.* 
 
 you'd.oc^rrrrrrN.dew.-j'rrrTrrri...* 
 
 une../. new.Z^ * ; 
 
 ume.^. mew.Z * 
 
 ust..<<r. stew..^. * 
 
 wob..fr> yew^.f^ * 
 
THE LONG O. c 
 
 The n or m is written upward after long o and written 
 downwards before long o. With all other consonant charac- 
 ters, the fornjs a complete blending or as sharp an angle 
 as possible 
 
 Ope..S-...poe..^. ..* 
 
 obe...\«..bow...N^.* 
 
 Ove..\....voe ..\....* 
 
 6fe..\....f5e..\....* 
 
 61e..c-/...low.«J'...* 
 
 o'erfrrrr...row.r~T. * 
 
 hoe.. J whoa...\....* 
 
 oak-.^.-coeT^ * 
 
 oaks..r...coes..< * 
 
 oach.v. ..choe .x....* 
 
 oge...C Jbe..y....* 
 
 oag..(^ go...y...* 
 
 oqua./..... quo... /....• 
 
 oat.S-^....toe .s»— fi.* 
 
 oath.<~>.though.<''T~:t ...*.. . . 
 ode.<r....7>s..doe.^rrrrr^.*. 
 
 own.c/ know..c.... * 
 
 ome..C^....mow.^. * 
 
 ost../] stow.yT^.... * 
 
 away..fe...woe..^...yeo...^....*. 
 
SHORT 00 AND SHORT U. t> 
 
 Short 66 and short u are the right half of a circle and are. 
 either completely blended with other strokes or form as 
 sharp an angle as possible -. 
 
 Up...^ pd6..S:^ *.. 
 
 uv....\....vuh ..^ *... 
 
 uf...\ ...fo^....\ *... 
 
 oblaJ....ld6.^.....* 
 
 were /^rrrr: . .rd^.TrrrT?. .*.. . 
 
 huh...L, whuh..A *. 
 
 ook..'S....kuh.7V..'... 
 
 obks..?... cuss. ..>....* 
 
 utch..>...chuh..?.... *.... 
 
 uj....C...juh...s>.,.* 
 
 dog.. ^.....guh..Cj.. ...*.... 
 ut.?f»^....tuh s-^.. ..*... 
 uth.>rn:^...thuh..'<:7:i..=t 
 ud.?rrrrr:>...dtih,-r:7r: 
 
 iin../ nuh...^ *.. 
 
 um../..,....muh./. *, 
 
 ust.^.....stah./:T....* 
 
 yoo.... ....woo.. ........* 
 
 6bkw.^.,.qud6..r....*. 
 
 yuh..'.....wuh..?. * 
 
quay 
 
 e'er 
 
 few 
 
 Jew 
 
 key 
 
 knee 
 
 you'U 
 
 Ute 
 
 kiss 
 
 me 
 
 lieu 
 
 few 
 
 each 
 
 east 
 
 your 
 
 youth 
 
 it 
 
 ye 
 
 rue 
 
 you'd 
 
 eat 
 
 pew 
 
 who 
 
 dew 
 
 tea 
 
 you've 
 
 hew 
 
 new, knew 
 
 thee 
 
 view 
 
 chew 
 
 stew 
 
 
 ABE'S VISIT. 
 
 
 14 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Eve 
 
 ifee 
 
 m 
 
 eel 
 
 ear 
 
 he 
 
 ■eke 
 
 On a May day, as the dew lay all o'er the rye, peas, wood 
 and hay on the low lea, Abe Case, a youth of eight years, 
 was on the way to the east to see Ed Wood, a Sioux, for a 
 stay of eight days. On the way, he saw the yew and the 
 oak of the woods, the isle of the sea, and a pew by the 
 aisle by the sea. 
 
 Eve, a wee Sioux, saw Abe, and, e'en though he would eat 
 tea. Eve would have Abe kiss each of the Sioux; Eve, who 
 was on his knee. Lew, Lee, Fay, Ray, Ed and two of May's 
 "beaux. 
 
 Ere tea was o'er, Poe and Hugh rowed* o'er the bay 
 to see Ed, the Sioux, who was ill. He said,t "I ache." Poe 
 said, "The aches of Ed are due to a sty in the eye," and 
 Hugh said, "Ed is so ill he may die." So they saw Sue to 
 have a stew of eel for Ed and Ed may eat the eel, eggs, Jnew 
 peas, and a few pies as Poe and Hugh hoe the peas. 
 
 They say Abe will buy the isle of the Sioux for a view. 
 So, he may have a view of the sea, the quay and the Utes*, 
 (foes of the Jew) whom he knew in the east. 
 
 As the stay of Abe was up on May 8th, Ed Keys and 
 Abe rowed* away. 
 
 *See rule for reversed hook on page 29. 
 
 tSee rule for shading consonants on page 34. 
 
 tSee rule for shading vowels on page 25. 
 
THE SHORT A. / 
 
 The short a is a diagonal tick, and is joined to all other 
 strokes with as sharp an angle as possible „. 
 
 Ap...rr paa.../^.. 
 
 ab...\-....baa...S^....*. 
 
 av.... A vaa-.X*'....* . 
 
 af..A faa.N^ *.. 
 
 al./..^..laa .^....*... 
 
 air. f.... :T...raa..-r 
 
 haa..u whaa..| * 
 
 ac....^....caaT\ *. 
 
 ax....r..... cass...f:,. ... 
 
 atch..!7...chaa.„V....* 
 
 aj .X jaa...V-.-.* 
 
 ag....^ gaa... (.....*. ... 
 
 aqua.. /....quaa.. /....* 
 
 at.<^w_«x.. taa.-S — ^.. .*.... 
 
 ath>^:7:>s...tha.<rr>/.* 
 
 ad .^rrrrTTrrN.. . . d aa x<rrTT?> 
 
 an..f^. naa.-^ *... 
 
 SLm..y\. maa./T *. 
 
 ast X"- staa./r!...* 
 
 waa..?.......yaa...<.^..*.. 
 
 as../ saa-.r* — *.... 
 
THE SHORT 6 OR HARD A. ^ 
 
 The short o or hard *a is the under hal^ of a circle. The n 
 (ur m is written upward after it and downward before it. It 
 either blends with other strokes or is joined with as sharp an 
 angle as possible 
 
 6p...^.....pa..-Sf. 
 
 ob...^.,..b*ah...W...* 
 
 0V....A vah...\/ *. 
 
 of....X...fa....Nv *.. 
 
 ol..^......la..^,...*.... 
 
 are vrrrr:..Tdh.rrrry.* ... 
 
 ha....L wha...l...,. *• 
 
 oc...!^....cah..J *.. 
 
 ox...!? cahs..P *. 
 
 otch...*^....chah...^.....*. 
 6dg....t jah....C *. 
 
 og...X- gah-C-....*. 
 
 ocqua/,...quah./. *.. 
 
 on...«/\......nah..c *... 
 
 om..u/....,..mi./. *. 
 
 ost-wT. st^h./Tf....*. 
 
 os..»/7. sah..v. *, 
 
 wah..~ yah..V * 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 17 
 
 Poe 
 
 odd 
 
 oath 
 
 stow 
 
 at 
 
 bow 
 
 oak 
 
 ma 
 
 away 
 
 add 
 
 foe 
 
 oaks 
 
 though 
 
 pa 
 
 
 low 
 
 Joe 
 
 ode 
 
 were 
 
 
 o'er 
 
 go 
 
 doe 
 
 air 
 
 
 row 
 
 oat 
 
 know 
 
 ax 
 
 
 Although Joe Cass and Ray Poe were on oath and said 
 they would use the oars we have, to row pa and ma o'er the 
 bay for the doe and the oats, Joe would not go, and said he 
 would have to mow the hay, hoe the peas and stow the hay 
 away in the hay-mow. He also said, as we have no ax, he 
 would have to saw the oak-wood with the old wood-saw. 
 
 I know an odd ode Joe used to have; also, have a bow 
 and arrows he used to use as he would go out on the low 
 lea to meet his foe at the oaks. 
 
THE BROAD 4 OR AW 
 
 The broad ^ sound, spelled aw. is recorded by a perpen- 
 dicular tick, and always joined to other strokes with as sharp 
 an angle as possible 
 
 /Vup. . ..St. . . . .paw. . .^^?. 
 
 §ub....Sw...baw....V^....* 
 
 §uv....\ vaw...\ " 
 
 off....\....faw...\ * 
 
 all..'.. ^... law ^. •: 
 
 or.. . '..:■.. : raw.rrrr?...* 
 
 hfiw...), whaw...f. • ... 
 
 auk...T7\ Kaw7\ *. .. 
 
 gux....< cause. ..\ * 
 
 auch .C chaw ..S.. * 
 
 awj....C jaw....C,. • 
 
 Aug....(]^ gaw...^. 
 
 ^wqua. . / quaw. . /. 
 
 ought is.~*/. . ..taw .^r-^l. ..^ 
 auth. >rr:^ ..thaw .-^rrTM...' 
 gwed . j<:r77?>\ . . daw ^rrrrrr 
 
 awn.../. gna.w.. /..... 
 
 gum..j/. maw./ 
 
 aust..*f st^w../r^.... *. 
 
 gus.. *<T saw...*.. .• 
 
 wj^u...?. yaw....l..f... 
 
THE OU OR OW AND 01 OR OY. 19 
 
 The OU is composed of the ah and the short oo, forming 
 two-thirds of a circle. The oy is composed of the aw and the 
 ihor small circle; as, OW o oi i 
 
 Bow.. Sso . ..boy . . Sr^ . . ,.*. 
 
 vow./So voi...Nl *... 
 
 owl . vir^ . . allow .^-J^'. *. . 
 oil. ij^. .. .alloy .^,^.,.<<^..*.. . . 
 our .orrr:. Roy . .rr-m . . . * . . 
 
 how..b cow..Tji?.....*. 
 
 coy..V?V... cows. ..«...* 
 
 ouch.v choi...S.... *... 
 
 chow..>? joy...C *... 
 
 out.os — <<..toy."s~<<3. * 
 
 thou./rTTTsj * .. 
 
 endow.. <^....r>f? * ... 
 
 now.;o.^oun..»X.^3..* .. 
 oin. .JK^... annoy. uf<<^..*.. 
 moi.x^. mow../. ♦. 
 
 oust.^....stou./r::^.. .*.... 
 
 ah-€-o-a lowa.*:^..*.... 
 o • c o 
 
 o-ah-e-o Ohio..^...*... 
 c w • .c 
 
 Association...!!^... 
 
20 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Paw 
 
 jaw 
 
 boy 
 
 our 
 
 ouch 
 
 off 
 
 ought 
 
 vow 
 
 row 
 
 joy 
 
 law 
 
 aught 
 
 owl 
 
 how 
 
 out 
 
 raw 
 
 awed 
 
 oil 
 
 now 
 
 thou 
 
 or 
 
 gnaw 
 
 allow 
 
 cows 
 
 
 cause 
 
 bough 
 
 alloy 
 
 coy 
 
 
 HELPING A NEIGHBOR. 
 
 "Say, Roy," said Hugh Hays, a boy of two-eight (28) 
 years, "I ought to go see the Coys." 
 
 *'A1 Case was at the Oaks today, and said Lee was 'so' ill, 
 Joe was way out at sea, his pa was away at law for a cow a 
 boy has, e'en though the cow was coy, the boy has it, and 
 Lee's pa had* to go to law for the cow. I see no cause for 
 the boy; though they were awed by the oath of the boy. 
 
 "I ought to mow the hay for the Coys and stow it away 
 in the hay-mow." 
 
 "I will stow it away," said Roy, "and you go and see 
 Lee. They have a doe, bees, and an owl for you to see to. 
 You ought to buy an ax so you may cut wood for the Coys to 
 use. I know you would enjoy it to see the Coys have wood." 
 
 "Oil is in the hay-mow, and if you stow away the hay, 
 do not alloy it," said Hugh. 
 
 Lee said, "ouch" and the owl said, "Who? who? are you?" 
 
 *See page 34 for the rule for shading consonants. 
 
CONTINUOUS COMBINATIONS. 21 
 
 Other sounds, syllables or words may be added to any 
 combination of sounds by adding other strokes or outlines; 
 but care must be used that no awkward junctions be ap- 
 plied 
 
 These... /-rrrC *.. 
 
 give Q *. 
 
 gave....Q. *.., 
 
 forgive /. * 
 
 leave.^..llaf.~A *. 
 
 before.. ..Sv^ *.... 
 
 above.. ..St^. * ... 
 
 question. ry... 
 
 ^ * 
 
 such 
 
 bet ween.. V-,^. *. 
 
 besides... iss* * •• 
 
 beyond.... Sr*^ *. 
 
 five....\i^. • 
 
 fifth...V •. 
 
 receive \ . 
 
 request.. ^../T *.. 
 
 business.. \^. *.. 
 
 quinine. /ly:'. * . 
 
 receipt *... 
 
 chief... ..^ *. 
 
 stock.. .'T.A ....*. 
 
22 
 
 CLARK'S 
 
 TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Now 
 
 aqua 
 
 thief 
 
 fife 
 
 before 
 
 mow- 
 
 Ettie 
 
 leaf 
 
 deaf 
 
 stock 
 
 oust 
 
 Eddie 
 
 leave 
 
 dove 
 
 teach 
 
 away 
 
 Addie 
 
 heave 
 
 dove 
 
 these 
 
 obey 
 
 Anna 
 
 cave 
 
 stiff 
 
 give 
 
 Abbie 
 
 Emma 
 
 cuff 
 
 stave 
 
 gave 
 
 Eva 
 
 them* 
 
 chafe 
 
 stuff 
 
 above 
 
 Ella 
 
 Dave 
 
 Jeff 
 
 staff 
 
 such 
 
 beef 
 
 Ora 
 
 Gov. 
 
 cake 
 
 between 
 
 Steve 
 
 allay 
 
 tough 
 
 thick 
 
 receipt 
 
 EIGHT DAYS OUTING. 
 
 In May, all of us were at the caves in the woods 
 for eight days, and such days as these were. 
 
 At this cave, as you may know, were leaves of the oak 
 and yew. Leaf on leaf lay all o'er the cave. 
 
 "Gov. Steve," as Ora and Abbie say, Ella, Ettie, Eddie, 
 Addie and Anna were all out on the bay each day. Eddie 
 and Steve were to row as Steve knew he would have to teach 
 Addie or Ella before they would row, so he gave Ettie a fife 
 and Addie a bow. 
 
 As they rowed by a thick oak, Steve saw a dove on a 
 bough above and said, "Addie, give me the bow and I will 
 raise it and aim at the dove." The bow was a stave and 
 the stuff in the bow was too stiff for Steve, so the dove dove 
 away. 
 
 As they were on the bay, Eva, Emma, Dave and Jeff 
 were in and out of the cave. 
 
 They saw stock in the rye, nigh by, so Dave and Jeff 
 said they would have to oust the stock. As they were away, 
 a thief, up in the edge of the woods, saw between the boughs 
 of an oak and a yew, Eva give Emma a cake, and as Steve 
 rowed up to tha cave, the thief was off, cake and all. 
 
 On the eighth day, we ate tough beef for a stew and 
 rowed o'er the bay to our house at the Oaks. 
 
 *See page 63 for the rule for rounding curves. 
 
LS. NS AND MS STROKES. 
 
 Ls— /..ns./ ms. ) 
 
 Vowels and rules are applied the same to those strokes as 
 to all other consonant characters, but the vowel written at 
 the end of these strokes is read between the sounds, or if 
 two vowels are written at the end, one is read between and 
 the other after both sounds 
 
 Necessary. . ^rr^. . .*. 
 
 necessity . . y^^-r?? " 
 
 necessitate ..^rrrrP../' 
 
 C 
 
 master. 
 
 mister... 
 
 miss 
 
 misstress... * * 
 
 Messrs * 
 
 most. ..>..... must. ......* 
 
 answer, . /.... rr * 
 
 since /... signs. £/..* 
 
 science.../ * 
 
 sales... <i-*/. * 
 
 less... — </.... * 
 
 leases ^. * 
 
 losses y. *., 
 
 Lucy..w^..LizzywX^..* 
 
 Lesley...--^ * 
 
 loosely ...J,-/. * 
 
24 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Niece 
 
 mess 
 
 less 
 
 necessitate 
 
 nice 
 
 Miss 
 
 lace 
 
 necessity 
 
 noose 
 
 mice 
 
 lease 
 
 Misses 
 
 news 
 
 moose 
 
 lose 
 
 Mister 
 
 nose 
 
 muss 
 
 lass 
 
 mistress 
 
 noise 
 
 mass 
 
 loss 
 
 Master 
 
 annoys 
 
 moss 
 
 laces 
 
 Messrs. 
 
 alms 
 
 mouse 
 
 leases 
 
 answer 
 
 amiss 
 
 Moses 
 
 losses 
 
 allows 
 
 Anna's 
 
 Emma's 
 
 necessary 
 
 
 Messrs Moses and Sims: 
 
 In answer to your news of the eighth, will say it is 
 necessary for us to be masters of most of the Misses Lucy 
 and Lizzie Sims's business. 
 
 We must see to the necessities and necessitate them to 
 seek no alms of Mrs. Sims's sons. 
 
 It seems to us that if you lease the "Moose House" to 
 your niece to sell eels, seals, signs, moist moss and nice mice 
 the lass will lose all of the sales on laces; as the mice or the 
 mouse will muss all of the nice lace your niece has — ^and of 
 all of the scenes! 
 
 Miss Lucy aims to use the sums from these sales to buy 
 Psalms that have not an ounce of sense, and may soil souls. 
 
 Most of this mess of business will be due to your niece's 
 lease of the "Moose House." 
 
 Your nephew. 
 
THE VOWELS SHADED. 
 
 At the beginning of an outline any vowel may be shaded 
 for the sound of s before it, and any vowel following conson- 
 ant sounds may be shaded to express the sound of s, z, sh, 
 or tion following It. 
 
 Pays....V^ pace-.-V?. 
 
 base.. ..SsO.... bays. .\£>....*. 
 
 face...!o phase-..^...* . 
 
 sail.iQ-^...sale..Q^.... * 
 
 race, .-rrrff. ...raise, rrr:.' ... . 
 cases. . .9. . . .occasion. . .!^. 
 cheese ^ *. 
 
 juice \/%. 
 
 sage...C his...^. * 
 
 fish...\ cash.!T?W...* 
 
 fashion.. \r ♦ 
 
 notion ....C-- ♦ 
 
 motion. .y^ *.... 
 
 mission...^ • 
 
 caution. .r!\ * 
 
 ocean .C *. 
 
 oration.. frr:^. * 
 
 said.. ^Sr77!>k... some../ *. 
 
 son...<? soon.../....*....... 
 
 soilJ^.-Bessficf^.. * 
 
26 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Must 
 
 looses 
 
 boss 
 
 fuss 
 
 cell 
 
 most 
 
 pace 
 
 bows 
 
 sip 
 
 sail 
 
 since 
 
 pies 
 
 vase 
 
 seep 
 
 sill 
 
 nice 
 
 puss 
 
 vice 
 
 soup 
 
 seal 
 
 news 
 
 pass 
 
 vise 
 
 soap 
 
 sole 
 
 owls 
 
 pause 
 
 views 
 
 sob 
 
 soul 
 
 laces 
 
 30se 
 
 phase 
 
 safe 
 
 soil 
 
 leases 
 
 )ase 
 
 face 
 
 save 
 
 
 losses 
 
 bush 
 
 fees 
 
 sieve 
 
 
 lasses 
 
 bass 
 
 fuse 
 
 sell 
 
 
 A REST FROM BUSINESS CARES. 
 
 Mr. A. L. Lewis, who gave a sale at his house a few 
 days ago, said he would "hie" to the sea for a stay of a 
 few days, although all of his ails and ills were due to his 
 losses in business — on laces. 
 
 So now he leases the "Ailes House," a house in a leafy 
 woods at the base of a hill on an isle of the sea, where he 
 will be safe from his business foes for these few days, also 
 from the vice of city society. 
 
 The eighth day he was away; Anna, a niece of his, said 
 to Will, his son, "I must have a sail o'er the bay to have 
 a view of the face of my father. Ella said it would be nice 
 to have the lasses, Addie and Emma, to go also, as it may 
 save some of those sobs, since we were to stay at Abbic's 
 house." 
 
 The Misses Bessie and Lucy Rose and Master Ed Russ 
 are each to have a pass on a sail-boat o'er the sea and they 
 say they are to see seals, eels, bass, owls and nice mice as 
 they pass this isle. 
 
 They would have puss with them in the sail-boat if puss 
 would not cause a fuss as she sees the mice. 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 27 
 
 Race 
 
 soar 
 
 seeks 
 
 Jessie 
 
 raise 
 
 sour 
 
 socks 
 
 juice 
 
 Reece 
 
 sick 
 
 sacks 
 
 gaze 
 
 rice 
 
 seek 
 
 chase 
 
 guise 
 
 ruse 
 
 soak 
 
 chess 
 
 goose 
 
 Russ — rush 
 
 sack 
 
 cheese 
 
 Guss 
 
 Rose 
 
 cases 
 
 choose 
 
 gas 
 
 rouse 
 
 kisses 
 
 chose 
 
 gauze 
 
 arouse 
 
 keys 
 
 choice 
 
 sit 
 
 sear 
 
 accude 
 
 sage 
 
 
 sire 
 
 Case 
 
 guess 
 
 
 sewer 
 
 causes 
 
 geese 
 
 
 TEA AT FATHER'S HOUSE. 
 
 This eve, Guss Reece, Jesse Ross, Will Russ, Fay Rose 
 and Sarah Sells are to have tea at father's house in the woods 
 by the bay. Father's niece is to be at tea, also. 
 
 Guss said, "Mother will have for tea a goose, rice, cheese, 
 cake and sour juice." So you know Guss will be sick, as he 
 will eat too much. They accuse Guss of such. He said, "The 
 gas may cause us to be sick." 
 
 As soon as tea is o'er, Guss and Jesse choose to sit at 
 chess, and Will and Fay say they will upset the chess. If 
 they do, Guss and Jesse will give them a chase o'er the gauze 
 sacks, out to the bay where they will have to soak Will in the 
 bay. The house of Dave Russ is nigh the bay and Dave is 
 to be in the house as the boys have the chase to the bay, so 
 that* he may get Will out, — thatf is, if the boys do not get 
 into the sewer before they set upon Will. 
 
 Father's niece may amuse Will, Fay and Sarah, as the 
 boys are at chess; if so, Jesse will seek the aid of Sire Russ, 
 who would arise to aid the boys. He arose to aid Guss two 
 days ago as Jesse would raise the siege. 
 
 Will and Jesse are to have a race in gauze socks o'er 
 bushes for some geese, if so be they arouse Guss. 
 
 *See page 39 for reversed vowels. 
 
 tSee page 59 for rule for lengthening "aw." 
 
28 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Seat 
 
 sooth 
 
 sad 
 
 seize 
 
 juicy 
 
 sight 
 
 this 
 
 soda 
 
 size 
 
 Josie 
 
 suit 
 
 thus 
 
 daze 
 
 Sioux 
 
 city 
 
 soot 
 
 those 
 
 daisy 
 
 sauce 
 
 Sallie 
 
 sat 
 
 said 
 
 dizzy 
 
 cease 
 
 Sarah 
 
 sought 
 
 Sadie 
 
 dice 
 
 stays 
 
 solely 
 
 'tis 
 
 sod 
 
 doze 
 
 Bessie 
 
 arise 
 
 tease 
 
 seep 
 
 dues 
 
 Lizzie 
 
 Moses 
 
 ties 
 
 side 
 
 douse 
 
 Lucy 
 
 arose 
 
 toss 
 
 sued 
 
 says 
 
 Rosie 
 
 abuse 
 
 A COMPROMISE. 
 
 As Lucy and Lizzie Moses sat on a low seat by the side 
 of a rose-bush, Josie and Bessie sought these lasses to go 
 to the city that they might see the sights and to buy a new 
 suit for Sarah Poe. 
 
 Thus, 'tis said, the Misses were in the city as Will Russ 
 doused Dave Orr, as Dave had ceased to pay his association 
 dues, and they saw Will do so. 
 
 As Lucy saw the sad face of Dave, the lass said, "Will, 
 you ought not to thus abuse Dave." Will sought to tease the 
 Miss and said, "I'll toss you in, too, if you accuse me of this 
 before the judge," (you know Will stays at Lucy's house). 
 So Lucy sought to soothe Dave and gave the boy a soda and 
 a juicy sauce as a dose to soothe his ills. 
 
 Lizzie said, in a sad way, "I thought the fall would daze 
 you or cause you to be dizzy." 
 
 Bessie said, "If Dave sues Will, I'll say all I choose in the 
 case." At this, the Misses sought to aid Dave to arise and 
 said, "You may go to our house." 
 
 Bessie said, "I must buy some seed to sow in the sod by 
 the side of the daisies, also a tie for Rosie. 
 
 In two days Dave sued Will, and as Lucy arose to give a 
 view of the case, Will said, "Cease your fuss, have Dave 
 'size it up' and I'll pay him* the fee, and also pay for a 
 stew, if Abe, the lasses and their beaux will go to a cafe 
 with me." 
 
 *See page 49 for rule for changing circles to loops. 
 
THE FOLLOWING REVERSED HOOK. 
 
 Where the sound of "s, shel or tion" follows a consonant 
 sound and no vowel is recorded at the end of its outline a 
 reversed narrow hook may be used to record that sound 
 
 Apes ?^ *. 
 
 action T\ *. 
 
 section..... T\» *... 
 
 saves \ *.. 
 
 seeps .^ *. 
 
 source... Srrr:?. * 
 
 assertion . .frrTf. ....*. . 
 
 Persian . . .Srrrff *. . 
 
 suction 7^....*. . 
 
 auction.... !?\ *. 
 
 sight.... f^r/. *.. 
 
 commercial. .rr... IT..*. 
 
 option ....rVr* ^.. 
 
 cooks. ..?7!W. *.. 
 
 ours..s^ 
 martial. 
 
 partial..>rrrMc...*.. 
 bushel.. Lj».... *. 
 
 station/^..' *. 
 
 nation..-^. *.. 
 
 rotation.......,^ *... 
 
30 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Fashion 
 
 occasion 
 
 petition 
 
 session 
 
 ration 
 
 cushion 
 
 sedition 
 
 imitation 
 
 oration 
 
 illusion 
 
 citation 
 
 notion 
 
 Hessian 
 
 caution 
 
 sensation 
 
 notation 
 
 fusion 
 
 quotient 
 
 allusion 
 
 motion 
 
 ambition 
 
 section 
 
 illusion 
 
 omission 
 
 position 
 
 lotion 
 
 action 
 
 association 
 
 possession 
 
 sufficient 
 
 auction 
 
 patients 
 
 rotation 
 
 addition 
 
 nation 
 
 society 
 
 AN ODD PETITION. 
 
 "Say, Will," said Jesse Moses, a few days ago as he saw 
 Will Reece buy some lotions at an auction, "I have an odd 
 petition." 
 
 "In this petition is a citation for a fusion of the Hes- 
 sian Association and the Society of Hessians; an allusion 
 to the secession of the Hessians from the Russian Nation; a 
 caution to have rations ready and to set this petition in rota- 
 tion in each section of these associations, a notation and an 
 initiation of those who are in position and have the ambition 
 sufficient to give an oration on the occasion of this sensation." 
 
 "Now, Jesse," said Will, "my notion is that the mission 
 of the action for the emission of this petition, is to set in 
 motion an illusion; and if you will have the patience to seek 
 the quotient or solution of this petition, you may see a patient, 
 as he sits on a cushion in a house adjacent to the city hall, 
 occasion an addition to your petition." 
 
 "This addition is the omission of the petition and it will 
 give you the solution of this sensation." 
 
 "This is the fashion of those Hessians." 
 
THE PRONOUNS I AND WE. 
 
 The pronouns I and we, at the beginning of an outline, 
 may be blended with the following consonant stroke but 
 they must be made long and narrow. 
 
 The I curves from the upper or right side of straight lines 
 and from inside of all curves. 
 
 The "we" curves the opposite way. "We" should not be 
 joined to the beginning of theh or sh strokes, but itmay.be 
 written in about the same position and slightly disjoined. 
 
 1'\\....<J. we'll, cr^ .....*.... 
 
 V\eX We've..\., *.... 
 
 I'd.. ^^rrrrN. we'd.. .«»rrrr^v..* . 
 
 I may^ we may. .V. * 
 
 you may J^ . . ..we know ...C....* 
 
 we're.. crrr?.... we had If....* . 
 
 I had...t-. you had..!'.....*... 
 
 we get..J^....I got..^ *.. 
 
 I wrote.'rr?;...! thought. ^TX.. 
 
 we thought. /?:^TN. *.. 
 
 I'ddoit..^jC7:>/:»... * 
 
 I'm to see you. ..6^ * 
 
 you'n I would, .^u- *.. 
 
THE SHADED CONSONANTS. 
 
 Any consonant character may * Where two or mdre vowei 
 be shaded for the following * sounds are used in the word 
 "t,th, or d" sounds. If these • after the first consonant 
 sounds are not needed in the * sound, if the consonant stroke 
 word, the shading may add • expresses more than one 
 to these words, the words; * sound, the first vowel may be 
 to, the, do or would. * read between and the other 
 
 • be read after the last conso- 
 
 * nant sound. 
 
 Pay...V* paid...Sf? * Pity ....S* 
 
 pate... ^... apt.. !Sr. * ^....Bettie..Vsft 
 
 obeyed. ..\j? * Bessie.... sjr 
 
 fate..!^... faded * .position... S; 
 
 late ^...kiid.w/:....* potato... S^^^^... 
 
 rate.-rrr^..raid.rrrr^..* Lottie v/T. 
 
 height.. U.. hide., .u * Louis P. 
 
 had....lr what..! * lady ...^. 
 
 could.. 7>.... lazy-*?. ...* Hattie...lr 
 
 good...C get./ * accusation.. !7\u. 
 
 ^ . ^ dado...r:rnT:6 
 
 read.rrr:f..write.'rT:=^::* duty../rrTT7rrv>...... 
 
 did/!^rrTrb..not...^ * beauty.. .L-rt 
 
 stood. /?..... study.. ^....* rotation b.... 
 
 past.. St.... pastor.. v.... * quotient..^ 
 
 futile.. .No * tuition.... si<» 
 
 institution.. iTT. • notation.... b. 
 
 bounty.... V..^ • ,„ body....ys-o « 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 33 
 
 Bate 
 
 date 
 
 fed 
 
 debt 
 
 heed 
 
 fate 
 
 made 
 
 let 
 
 net 
 
 wheat 
 
 fade 
 
 mate 
 
 led 
 
 Ned 
 
 cheat 
 
 rate 
 
 maid 
 
 red 
 
 met 
 
 deed 
 
 hate 
 
 state 
 
 head 
 
 stead 
 
 need 
 
 Kate 
 
 estate 
 
 whet 
 
 beat 
 
 meet 
 
 cased 
 
 saved 
 
 jet 
 
 feet 
 
 mead 
 
 gate 
 
 sailed 
 
 get 
 
 feed 
 
 dead 
 
 gait 
 
 saint 
 
 Teddie 
 
 lead 
 
 
 HOW NED MEAD MET HIS FATE. 
 
 Teddie Russ, a neighbor boy, was at our house today and 
 said that an old mate of the father of Ned Mead (a lad who 
 used to mow wheat for us) was dead and had made Ned 
 his sole heir to a neat estate in the state of Missouri — He 
 made a deed to the boy. 
 
 Teddie said that the boy, on his way to St. Louis, met 
 his fate in the way of a nice maid, Miss Kate Reed. 
 
 It was this way: Ned let his steed go at a high rate and 
 paid no heed to its gait. As he rushed past the feed gate 
 of an estate, an old red cow sallied out into the road; the 
 steed stopped* and he fellt onto the steed, caught his foot 
 in the net and hit his head on a post of a sty. 
 
 Kate Reed, a good maid of the estate, saw the boy and 
 thought he was dead. He was sick and in bed at the maid's 
 house for five days. The lass made a stew of meat and fed 
 the lad, also bathed his head, and thus saved him. 
 
 As Kate had so saved him, he said he did not know how 
 he could pay the debt and that he hated to cheat so nice 
 a maid. So Kate said, "Why not wed?"* and the lad said, 
 "I had not thought of that." Thus he met his fate and Kate 
 set the date and said, "Now, father, you may call me Mrs. 
 Mead, if I am not too late." So, on the date set, they passed 
 o'er the mead to his estate, as fast as the feet of his steed 
 could beat the road to meet the judge who wrote the deed 
 so that they might be wed on his estate that day. 
 
 * See page 41 for expressing "p" sound. 
 
 tSee page 101 for the "fl" stroke. 
 
 tSee page 88 for the combined vowel "we". \ 
 
jquit 
 
 rot 
 
 not 
 
 height 
 
 did 
 
 rod 
 
 lied 
 
 hide 
 
 knit 
 
 hot 
 
 jite 
 
 white 
 
 mit 
 
 hod 
 
 abide 
 
 kite 
 
 amid 
 
 cot 
 
 fight 
 
 chide 
 
 knight 
 
 jot 
 
 write 
 
 guide 
 
 pot 
 
 got 
 
 light 
 
 quite 
 
 ?od 
 
 30t 
 
 God 
 
 rite 
 
 tight 
 
 tot 
 
 Wright 
 
 tied 
 
 lot 
 
 dot 
 
 right 
 
 night 
 
 34 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Bit 
 
 bid 
 
 lit 
 
 writ 
 
 lid 
 
 rid 
 
 hit 
 
 hid 
 
 kit 
 
 kid 
 
 A WRIT ON THE RITES OF THE ODD FELLOWS. 
 
 Mr. M. A. Wright, a mill*-wright, who wrought a mill 
 on the mead, had a writ on the rites of the I. 0. 0. F., that 
 a knight who stayed at White's sought to get. 
 
 Amid Wright's haste to hide the writ, he forgot that his 
 tot of two lay on a cot not a rod away. 
 
 The tot saw his father, as he did this, got up, caught 
 up the writ and hid it in Pat Nye's hod the night before Pat 
 quit Wright. 
 
 The knight knew of this and had Pat leave his kit of 
 tools, that had the hod in it, at Joe White's house. 
 
 In the night, Joe ope'd the kit, although the lid was 
 tight, and spied* an old mitt tied to the lid of the kit. So 
 Joe called for a light that he might see what was in the kit. 
 As soon as he got the light, he saw right away that it was 
 Wright's writ. 
 
 To save a fight, Joe did not write a jot about this, but 
 bade Lot, his son, ride to Wright's and give it to him, e'er 
 Wright sued the knight. 
 
 Dot said, "I hid your writ" and the father essayed to 
 chide the tot; but the tot said he thought it was right, so the 
 father did not chide. 
 
 Now, Pat was to abide at Joe White's and guide the 
 knight o'er the mead to the mill that night; so they saw Lot 
 ere he was quite to Wright's house, sought the heights, and 
 rode in haste to chide the boy — it was a hot race but the 
 boy led. 
 
 Pat raised his bow and aimed at the boy, but the arrow 
 hit a pied kid that was in a lot nigh the boy's steed. 
 
 ♦See page 115 for the ml stroke. 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Naughty 
 
 boat 
 
 foot 
 
 Lloyd 
 
 who'd 
 
 might 
 
 abode 
 
 fat 
 
 route 
 
 hood 
 
 mite 
 
 about 
 
 fad 
 
 rude 
 
 hut 
 
 beauty 
 
 Boyd 
 
 fought 
 
 root 
 
 hat 
 
 boot 
 
 put 
 
 vote 
 
 rut 
 
 had 
 
 but 
 
 Pat 
 
 avowed 
 
 rat 
 
 what 
 
 bud 
 
 pout 
 
 load 
 
 wrought 
 
 cute 
 
 bat 
 
 vat 
 
 loud 
 
 wrote 
 
 cut 
 
 bought 
 
 food 
 
 aloud 
 
 road 
 
 :aught 
 
 MR. LLOYD WOOD. 
 
 Mr. Lloyd Wood had six good sized loads of wood nigh 
 his hut by the side of the road, but he did not know how he 
 would get them cut. 
 
 He saw Lee Boyd, a good sized lad, in a boat today on 
 his way to his father's hut; so he called aloud to the lad and 
 said, "Lee! Lee! Will you cut my wood and put it into my 
 house for me?" Lee said he would. 
 
 Mr. Lloyd paid the lad and gave a load of the wood 
 and some good food to his sick mother. 
 
 Mrs. Boyd wrote to Mr. Lloyd and said, "I might pay for 
 the food." He said, "No, but as the rats about our house 
 are bad you might let your cat stay at our house for a few 
 days." This Mrs. Boyd did and it caused Maude, a cute maid 
 of five, to pout. 
 
 Mr. Lloyd bought a nice hood for Maude, and for Lee, he 
 bought new boots and a bat, so Lee said he was good, and 
 avowed he would vote for Mr. Lloyd. 
 
 Mrs. Boyd was so wrought up she* almost cried.f 
 
 Lee got his hat and said, as Mr. Lloyd had paid his 
 mother to have the wood cut, it would be rude to put it off. 
 
 That night he got a beauty rose for Maude and the mite 
 of a maid said Lee was a knight. These words were a fad 
 that Maude had. 
 
 Lee said, "Maude, your cat caught a fat rat by the foot 
 nigh a vat and it fought, but pussy put it to rout." 
 
 *See page 94 for the sh stroke. 
 
 tSee page 107 for the kr stroke. 
 
36 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Coat 
 
 good 
 
 thawed 
 
 mud 
 
 about 
 
 code 
 
 gad 
 
 dude 
 
 mat 
 
 amused 
 
 cowed 
 
 goat 
 
 duds 
 
 Maude 
 
 paste 
 
 accused 
 
 gout 
 
 dad 
 
 mad 
 
 best 
 
 cast 
 
 quote 
 
 doubt 
 
 mode 
 
 baste 
 
 cost 
 
 taught 
 
 dote 
 
 amid 
 
 beast 
 
 coast 
 
 that 
 
 gnat 
 
 stout 
 
 boast 
 
 chat 
 
 thought 
 
 note 
 
 stood 
 
 supposed 
 
 MAT AND HIS GOAT. 
 
 Mat Stout, who stays about our estate, stood on the 
 coast of the sea and amused us at the cost of a goat. 
 
 The beast was mute, but, by and by, got mad at Mat. 
 
 Maude Post thought it was not best, and said, "Mat, let 
 us have a chat on your code of laws about the beast. I 
 doubt not that your mother taught you a code of laws such 
 as these; but Mat did not dote on a chat and g^ot mad at 
 Maude just as his dad passed and saw it all. 
 
 Maude accused Mat of abuse of the goat, and his father 
 said, "I have a good gad and I ought to use it on you." 
 Mat was cowed, and his sire said, "I quote my laws to you, 
 note it well my boy; be good to that beast or it will cost you 
 the most," 
 
THE L FOLLOWING A VOWEL. 
 
 L following any vowel, excepting circle vowels, may be 
 expressed by recording such vowel characters exceedingly 
 small. But the syllables "el, il or ly" may be recorded by 
 
 adding an extra short e or short 1 circle slightly disjoined 
 
 if danger of confusing with the expression of short e or 
 short 1. 
 
 If an outline is shaded in any way, the shading is read 
 after the following vowel and before the 1 sound excepting 
 when joined to the g stroke in which instance the 1 may be 
 read before the following vowel or immediately after. 
 
 Glow.Q gold..(^...*.. 
 
 glee.(,. ga.\e..Q...*... 
 
 lull.I/., lilly....-!/..*.. 
 
 Lowell.^ •• 
 
 loyal.. -rf^... while..] *... 
 
 child... v.... chill. 
 
 jewel C> * 
 
 style. ..<?. *.. 
 
 stole. .f?. *.. 
 
 al though.. Krrr^ *. 
 
 also....< *.. 
 
 always. .& *.. 
 
 bottle.. .L^ *... 
 
 battle.. ...V^ *.... 
 
 chattel. 
 
 < 
 
 wrestle. .TTTT. *. 
 
 449499 
 
38 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Polly 
 
 roily 
 
 fully 
 
 rally 
 
 Bailey 
 
 hilly 
 
 Billy 
 
 holly 
 
 folly 
 
 wheel 
 
 valley 
 
 whale 
 
 volley 
 
 while 
 
 lull 
 
 whole 
 
 Lowell 
 
 Kelly 
 
 huddle 
 
 whittle 
 
 acquittal 
 
 toddle 
 
 nettle 
 
 needle 
 
 really 
 
 chilly 
 
 .lelly 
 
 tally 
 
 style 
 
 jolly 
 
 daily 
 
 paddle 
 
 child 
 
 duly 
 
 battle 
 
 quilt 
 
 dally 
 
 beetle 
 
 gilt 
 
 Stella 
 
 bottle 
 
 quill 
 
 Alps 
 
 fiddle 
 
 gold 
 
 also 
 
 futile 
 
 jolt 
 
 always 
 
 vital 
 
 title 
 
 cattle 
 
 little 
 
 kettle 
 
 tattle 
 
 chattel 
 
 metal 
 
 model 
 
 total 
 
 quail 
 
 almost 
 
 
 quality 
 
 petal 
 
 
 A RIDE TO ITALY. 
 
 A gale from the Alps, that was really chilly, passed 
 o'er a model valley as Polly Lowell, Billy Kelly, Stella Gould 
 and Lillie Dailey rode on wheels past a little child that could 
 but toddle. 
 
 Although the child was guileless, it had some holly and 
 a lily — also some jelly (on its face). From the posies it 
 pulled the petals and put some into a bottle with a needle, 
 some into a kettle and the rest onto a quilt. While it did so, 
 the rattle of our wheels caused a whole lot of cattle to huddle 
 to one side of the road. 
 
 It seemed that this chattel was the cattle of the child's 
 father. The father had a royal title. 
 
 This was vital to them so they duly rallied to the aid of 
 the child; the act was futile, for Billy Kelly got a jolt as 
 his wheel hit a piece of metal that he thought was gold. He 
 lit into a nettle bed and had a battle with a lot of beetles. 
 He soon saw his folly. 
 
 They tried to pedal away, but a volley of words from 
 the "Royal Quill" caused them to quail so they were not so 
 jolly. As soon as there was a lull in the volley of words 
 they got the father's acquittal. 
 
 Stella said that the boys of quality would be in style 
 if they had a quail's quill in the hat. 
 
 Billy said Lillie would jilt the fellow, that would tattle. 
 
 They saw a pulley in a roily pool and Stella said, 
 "Those pullies almost always tally with the whale-rope on 
 the ocean." 
 
 On the road to Italy, Billy whittled a fiddle to a total 
 waste. 
 
VOWELS REVERSED. 
 
 Where vowels can be conveniently joined in a reversed 
 way from which they are joined in preceding lessons, they 
 may be so recorded to express the sounds of "r. rg, rj, rk 
 or rch" followmg them. 
 
 If an outline is shaded in any way, the shading is read 
 after the followmg vowel and before the "r" sound 
 
 pastor. 
 
40 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Fetter 
 
 foster 
 
 forge 
 
 Luther 
 
 heater 
 
 feather 
 
 patter 
 
 fork 
 
 ladder 
 
 header 
 
 feeder 
 
 pastor 
 
 argue 
 
 racer 
 
 hither 
 
 father 
 
 poster 
 
 dark 
 
 reader 
 
 hatter 
 
 fodder 
 
 bitter 
 
 Mark 
 
 Rider 
 
 cuter 
 
 fighter 
 
 butter 
 
 rear 
 
 writer 
 
 chatter 
 
 future 
 
 lark 
 
 rare 
 
 rather 
 
 stutter 
 
 fatter 
 
 large 
 
 roar 
 
 eraser 
 
 madder 
 
 voter 
 
 hark 
 
 sister 
 
 daughter 
 
 mitre 
 
 faster 
 
 whether 
 
 matter 
 
 gaiter 
 
 mother 
 
 whiter 
 
 thither 
 
 resource 
 
 roster 
 
 rooster 
 
 MARK LUTHER AND HIS FOSTER FATHER. 
 
 As Mark Luther wasted some of the resources of his 
 foster father, who was a feeder of cattle, on fast racers that 
 he rode hither and thither, he forged his own fetters for the 
 future. 
 
 He was a writer for "The Leader" and a reader of it. 
 The matter he wrote was a cater to the voters who were 
 fighters. 
 
 The more he wrote the madder was his father whose 
 words were quite bitter, for he did not care whether his foster 
 son succeeded or not. He would rather that he would not. 
 
 They used to argue way into the dark about the cost of 
 the posters. 
 
 A few days ago, as the father sold some of his fatter 
 cattle that he fed on fodder, this son saw some feathers of a 
 lark (that he thought were rare). 
 
 He put these feathers into a roster that his father had 
 kept for Kis voters. A large rooster had caught the lark on a 
 ladder that lay at the forks of the road. 
 
 Will Rider, who was a hatter, sold the father a header, a 
 heater, a mitre and some gaiters for the two daughters (one 
 that stutters and a sister that was some whiter and would 
 chatter about a cuter sister). 
 
 The mother sold a cow, that the son raised from a calf, 
 to the pastor so that the pastor would not have to buy butter. 
 
OUTLINES WRITTEN BELOW THE LINE. 41 
 
 Rp-rb..r-.....Shp.. y...mp-mb r.-sp-sub^, — 
 
 Vowels and rules are applied the same to the above strokes 
 as to all other consonant characters. 
 
 Any outline may be written below the line of writing to 
 express the following p or b sounds. If these sounds are not 
 needed in the word, the words; "up, "be" or "to be" may 
 be added to the word instead. 
 
 TvppwritPr ^^ ^ ^ *. 
 
 Ship. .. .\ . .shape. .. ?N .^;^. .* . 
 
 shop..\ map (.. *. 
 
 spy. >«»•. -submit....^ *. 
 
 are to be *. 
 
 had to be...... copy ».....*. 
 
 could be...._^. *. 
 
 repeat.. rr*.... report..:^ *. 
 
 library. .^^Arrrf.rope ..t^ * . 
 
 liberty yrrff. *• 
 
 Repub *. 
 
 February..., *. 
 
 publish..., *. 
 
 I'm to be.. ...y *. 
 
 you buy up.......... *. 
 
 respectfully. ."^. *.. 
 
42 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Peep 
 
 fob 
 
 reporter 
 
 sheep 
 
 spade 
 
 pop 
 
 fop 
 
 repay 
 
 shop 
 
 sped 
 
 pipe 
 
 vapor 
 
 Repub. 
 
 map 
 
 speed 
 
 pup 
 
 leap 
 
 rebate 
 
 may be 
 
 spot 
 
 pope 
 
 lop 
 
 reaper 
 
 mope 
 
 spied 
 
 bub 
 
 loop 
 
 wrapper 
 
 lump 
 
 spat 
 
 babe 
 
 lap 
 
 repute 
 
 lamp 
 
 spice 
 
 bib 
 
 elope 
 
 repose 
 
 lumber 
 
 suppose 
 
 Bob 
 
 liberty 
 
 shape 
 
 space 
 
 espouse 
 
 imbibe 
 
 library 
 
 ship 
 
 spies 
 
 spite 
 
 A REPORTER'S INTERVIEW. 
 
 A reporter of some repute, a fop, who wore an odd shaped 
 fob and an elaborate wrapper, peeped into Bob White's shop 
 on the ship as Bob had an old pipe in his mouth and imbibed 
 the vapor that seemed to have a spicy taste as it arose out 
 of the pipe. 
 
 A lamp was by his side as he espied the reporter. A 
 babe, that sat on a tub and had a pup in its lap, leaped up 
 as the pup hopped to a library stool. 
 
 The reporter said, "Bub, what a nice bib you have?" To 
 Mr. White he said, "Is this Mr. White? I am a reporter on 
 the Repub. and I wish to have the liberty to espouse your 
 cause. I was on the spot as you and Mr. Pope were supposed 
 to have a spat about the speed of an ape as it sped by you. 
 
 "As a spy, I see the lump on your face where he hit 
 you as you mopped him in the mud, and I have a map of the 
 lot. It may be you'll let me know where you stood. In spite 
 of what some say, I thought you stood by that spade and 
 he by the lumber you were to use to build* your new house. 
 
 "Now if you'll repose your case in me, I may get a nice 
 rebate for you." 
 
 "Now, Mr. Reporter," said Bob, "let me suggest to you 
 that on the day you saw us in a fight, Mr. Pope was in 
 Europe and I was in the South Seas, just oflF Cape Good 
 Hope." 
 
 ♦ See Page 97 for the bl stroke. 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 43 
 
 Heep 
 
 cop 
 
 chubby 
 
 top 
 
 to be 
 
 hop 
 
 cob 
 
 chap 
 
 type 
 
 they'd be 
 
 hub 
 
 coop 
 
 job 
 
 tube 
 
 will be 
 
 happy 
 
 cup 
 
 Joppa 
 
 tub 
 
 it'd be 
 
 hope 
 
 cope 
 
 jab 
 
 dip 
 
 stop 
 
 whip 
 
 captain 
 
 gap 
 
 deep 
 
 steep 
 
 whoop 
 
 cheap 
 
 equip 
 
 tape 
 
 stoop 
 
 kept 
 
 chip 
 
 tap 
 
 dope 
 
 stab 
 
 cape 
 
 chop 
 
 topple 
 
 knob 
 
 stub 
 
 keep 
 
 chapel 
 
 tabby 
 
 step 
 
 
 CAPTAIN POWELL'S JAP.* 
 
 Captain Powell was a happy, chubby chap, who kept a 
 cheap Jap, whose duty it was to aid the captain. The cap- 
 tain equipped him with a whip, a coat, a cape with a red tape 
 on it, and a cap so that he might go to Joppa. 
 
 As the Jap had to pass through* the deep woods, he 
 made a bow out of the wood of an old oak hoop and arrows 
 of the same oak. 
 
 At eve, as the sun was low, he stopped by a rill and 
 dipped his cup into it for a sup of its cool bubbles, just as 
 the captain and a "cop" got out of a cab. The captain had 
 the Jap get two cups for the "cop" and him. 
 
 He kept the Jap on the hop, as the Jap had to heap 
 chips and cobs to boil chops for them, for the captain had 
 hoped to be in Joppa by eight for "taps." 
 
 The Jap set a tub of dope on top of a stoop as the 
 "cop" passed up the steps. The "cop" stubbed his toe and 
 passed into the tub, daubed his "royal robe" in the mud and 
 jabbed his foot into the eye of a tabby cat. 
 
 On the way to Joppa, the captain had a mishap. As he 
 passed nigh a gap, the hub of his cab "gave way" and he, 
 the "cop" and the cab looped the loop. 
 
 I might write a lot of this, but it would be of the same 
 type. This is all you need to write on the typewriter. 
 
 * See page 119 for the "thr" stroke. 
 
 * Slang. . : 
 
44 PHRASING BY PRINCIPLE. 
 
 If it only requires part of an outline to express a word, 
 other vowel or consonant characters may be joined to that 
 outline to produce following words 
 
 Ape ate. 
 
 ^. 
 
 Abe had to be.p *. 
 
 Abe ought to be ^ *. 
 
 you have th...\,.^. *. 
 
 you have had...V *• 
 
 I have it \ *. 
 
 you have us...>y *. 
 
 we have these .\r7 *. 
 
 we leased. -c--^. * 
 
 Ilost...j=-^ * 
 
 sell it.. a--?. *. 
 
 seal it..«—<< *. 
 
 we areto..r^.;r. *. 
 
 you are as.. .777::^ '. 
 
 we are at. .^^TTT, *. 
 
 I had to be..p *. 
 
 we could be....G^ ...*. 
 
 I caused..... r. *. 
 
 He got to be a.. J» *, 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 45 
 
 You pay it I had to see you save these 
 
 you buy the we have to see your save those 
 
 you be at we've had to pay save us 
 
 we paid up we have to pay save all th 
 
 Abe ought I've had to pay yoursave your 
 
 we put up if you would be save that 
 
 I passed up if I would be safe at 
 
 Al bought up if we would be see if he would 
 
 we have had if they would be see if you will 
 
 you have it if he would be see if you are to 
 
 we have those save this 
 
 THE SALE OF A TYPEWRITER. 
 
 Joseph Wright has a nice typewriter that you ought to 
 have. You buy it. His sum is sixty-five. You pay for it 
 and we'll pay you that for it, if you do not need the type- 
 writer. We have to pay as high as eighty-five for the type- 
 writer we now use. 
 
 I've had to pay your father fifty-five for old typewriters, 
 and we've had to pay Abe Reed as high as the sum of sixty- 
 two for these. Some years ago we'd buy new typewriters for 
 ninety-eight and now we have to pay for new typewriters 
 eighty-nine. 
 
 I do not know what to do. If you would be at Mr. 
 Wright's I would have to see what typewriter was the best 
 for me to buy. 
 
 If I'm not at Wright's, Abe ought to be in the office 
 and he will aid you. You be at Wright's by five 'n I will 
 see if he would be in the office. 
 
 You see we have those old typewriters that we may use, 
 and may save this sixty-five. I wish to save all of the cash, 
 as I have to see you the ninth of Sept. They say Al bought 
 up all of the old typewriters that Wright had. 
 
 You may have all of these, save those for sixty-each. 
 
46 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Say less we lay it who would have had 
 
 see less we lease it who would have it 
 
 saw Lloyd I lost all who would have these 
 
 sell it I lay up who would know 
 
 sell your we laid up who would not know 
 
 sell all you light up who would have to be 
 
 sell out I had to be who would have us 
 
 sail out who would see he would have had 
 
 we let you who would have he would not be 
 
 DID LLOYD SELL COOPER'S HAT? 
 
 Artie Reed met Bob Cooper and said, Bob, did Lloyd 
 sell your old hat? Why? said Bob. 
 
 I saw Lloyd sell out and sail out to sea, and I thought I 
 saw him sell it. He said we let you have it. I saw less at 
 the sale today, and I see less and less at each successive sale. 
 Who would have had this old hat? 
 
 Who would have had it? Why, I would have had it. 
 
 Who would have had all of this or who would have these? 
 
 Why, Artie, he would have had all of these, if he had 
 not sold them. Say, Artie, do you own the house you stay 
 in? 
 
 No, we lease it. I lost all I had at the races. 
 
 Did you have the cash? 
 
 I laid up cash and I do lay up cash. 
 
 It is now quite late, will you light up? 
 
 I might, but as soon as I do, I must go to my house. So, 
 Good-night. 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 47 
 
 We could see you 
 you could see us 
 we caught you 
 I called up 
 we case it 
 I chose it 
 I chose to be 
 you choose it 
 
 we got it up 
 you get up a 
 each would be 
 such would be 
 each had to be 
 sought to be 
 we test your 
 I thought you 
 
 we cause it to be 
 we quote you 
 each ought to be 
 such ought to be 
 it had to be 
 ought to see us 
 sought to see us 
 it would be 
 
 RUBE ROBERTS' SAIL ON THE BAY. 
 
 "Why, Rube Roberts, where were you all day?" 
 
 "The Rose boys and I got up a sail and we were in our 
 sail-boat on the bay. We could see you on that high hill 
 nigh Wright's Hall. You could have seen us. We had a nice 
 day of it, as the air was as light as a zephyr and the sails 
 were all new." 
 
 "You ought to have called up Lloyd Abbott, Roy Haight 
 and Ella Wright. They would have had a nice day of it, 
 also. I called you up and you were away, and so you caused 
 it to be as it was." 
 
 "We could not get you and so didn't call them. Oh ! You 
 chose it to be so. I knew naught about it." 
 
 "You get up a sail in a few days. You ought to test 
 your boat and see that it is good. If you do, we will all be 
 in it. We had to test our boat and it was a siege but the 
 siege had to be made. Did we test your boat? Oh, no, we 
 knew you would do it. 
 
 "If you get up the sail, each ought to be on the quay by 
 eight or nine. Such would be my idea and such ought to be 
 yours." 
 
48 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 I thought to be I am to be some had to be 
 
 as though it would be I am at same as 
 
 so they would be you and I'd be as soon as 
 
 so they would've had we note seen to be 
 
 say these would be I knew it seem to be 
 
 saw that you we miss it not to be 
 
 say this is to be I knew that sent to be 
 
 oath had to be I missed you we know it 
 
 I would see that we must be would be 
 
 you would date you must have had we knew it 
 
 THE TWO AUTOMOBILES. 
 
 Mr. J. M. Lloyd's father bought for him a new auto., as 
 soon as he knew it would be safe for J. M. to have it. 
 
 Mr. R. L. Boyd bought a new auto, for his niece, Bessie, 
 but J. M. did not know it. 
 
 A few days ago he met Miss Bessie and said, "I am to 
 have a ride in my new auto. Do you not wish to ride in it?" 
 
 "Oh, no, I have an auto of my own ; I'm to be in my auto, 
 on my way to Oak Valley. I thought to be on my way by 
 day-light, but I missed you and I knew that you wished to 
 be, and would be on the way if you knew we were to go. 
 
 "They say this is to be a nice day, the same as Sunday. 
 It seems to be nice now and we must have a good ride o'er 
 the paved roads. Where were you last Sunday? I saw that 
 you had an auto, and you must have had a nice ride." 
 
 "Our society had a meet at Poe Valley; some ha(i to be 
 there* by nine, and I knew that I would have to see that 
 they were all out. So, they would have had me on oath, and 
 what could I say? The oath had to be and they would see 
 that I made it." 
 
CIRCLES CHANGED TO LOOPS. 49 
 
 Any circle may be changed to loops to express the follow- 
 ing n or m sound 
 
 enough.... A * 
 
 into..'?^^r>'...ten...S^..* 
 
 indeed.. ^....:7:^ * 
 
 them./r?\. agent.. ^..* 
 
 interest.. W> * 
 
 institution.. (Tt! * 
 
 embody ...v.^ * 
 
 impose... !Sl.'. *■ 
 
 imbibe...-. * , 
 
 engage j^ * .., ,... 
 
 inroad. .f?rrt..... ....* .-. 
 
 when....!. again .L.*. 
 
 been Vo.... open. 
 
 lessen , — <<. *.... 
 
 came. !Tj&... cousin...^..* 
 
 chain.. ^... stain, yfp .* 
 
 name./^.....main./!\...*.,^. 
 
 whence.,..] *. 
 
 invention/: . . C *• 
 
 intention.. 'Srr^ *. 
 
 mention.../^ *. 
 
50 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Pen 
 
 bend 
 
 faint 
 
 reign 
 
 him 
 
 pence 
 
 Bain 
 
 fence 
 
 rain 
 
 hymn 
 
 pain 
 
 bin 
 
 lain 
 
 rein 
 
 hint 
 
 pane 
 
 bean 
 
 lane 
 
 wren 
 
 when 
 
 paint 
 
 vent 
 
 lend 
 
 rinse 
 
 whence 
 
 pin 
 
 event 
 
 lean 
 
 rim 
 
 whim 
 
 opinion 
 
 vim 
 
 Linn 
 
 ream 
 
 cane 
 
 open 
 
 evince 
 
 limb 
 
 hame 
 
 kin 
 
 Ben 
 
 fin 
 
 limp 
 
 hem 
 
 came 
 
 bent 
 
 feign 
 
 lint 
 
 hence 
 
 
 BEN LYON'S REWARD. 
 
 Ben Lyons bent o'er the fence of a cow-pen by the 
 side of an oak, as the rain rinsed the rim of his hat. 
 
 He fain would have been at the fane whence floated* a 
 hymn of beauty through* an open pane, but a whim of his 
 kin had lain in his way, and hence to the lane he bent his 
 steps. 
 
 He gave vent to his opinion as he said, "I'll evince to 
 him that he is the bane of my vim." 
 
 As he passed the fence that his father had him paint, 
 he saw a wren that had cut its limb on a pin in the fence. 
 It lay limp on a bean vine* in a field of cane. He hid it, 
 away in the hem of his coat and allayed the pain with the 
 sap of cane. 
 
 An old hen, that had been out in all the rain, he put 
 in the pen and fed again. 
 
 He rubbed the lint off the hames and put them on old 
 Ned, so that he might go to get some quince. 
 
 His mother gave the father a hint that the boy was 
 sad, so he gave the boy a few pennies to repay him for the 
 events of the day. 
 
 Then Ben said, as he went to bed, "That is not so bad." 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 51 
 
 Kent 
 
 cone 
 
 then 
 
 steam 
 
 keen 
 
 acquaint 
 
 thence 
 
 esteem 
 
 cousin 
 
 Quincy 
 
 intense 
 
 indent 
 
 chain 
 
 ten 
 
 thin 
 
 dentist 
 
 chin 
 
 tent 
 
 dent 
 
 quince 
 
 gem 
 
 intent 
 
 dense 
 
 name 
 
 gent 
 
 intend 
 
 dame 
 
 intention 
 
 Jane 
 
 tense 
 
 dim 
 
 interest 
 
 Jim 
 
 tame 
 
 dean 
 
 instead 
 
 den 
 
 taint 
 
 main 
 
 invest 
 
 again 
 
 tin 
 
 stem 
 
 inert 
 
 against 
 
 tint 
 
 stain 
 
 
 agent 
 
 team 
 
 inlet 
 
 
 AN ESTATE ON THE THAMES. 
 
 Jim Kent of Quincy, said his intentions were to invest 
 in an estate in which a Dane whose name was Jean, had 
 an interest. 
 
 The Dane's cousin said he would act as agent, as Jim 
 was rather inert at business, and the Dane was keen to sell 
 it; the Dane said his cousin might sell it for him. For a 
 while, the cousin was quite tense, but at last sold it for quite 
 a gain. 
 
 Jim got a team and asked the cousin to go hence and 
 acquaint him with the estate. The cousin said it was 
 situated just off the Thames, nigh London, * England, on 
 an inlet of the sea in a dense wood and he did not intend to 
 use a team to go. 
 
 He said that it was a gem, as it was quite a chain of 
 isles and on the isles were ten dens, and an immense lot of 
 tame game. That he and Jean had been o'er the main isles 
 again and again. That they had raised cane and quince for 
 the "Queen's Gentlemen." Jean was not intent on the sale 
 and said, " 'Taint no use for I'm 'gainst it, and no gent's tin 
 or chin will cause me to sell it." It would do Jim good to 
 see the steam arise and stain the stems or tint the leaves 
 of the elm. 
 
 He did not advise Jim to go, but instead said he had 
 an esteemed friend, a dentist, to whom he said he deemed 
 it best for Jim to write an intense note and have him see to 
 a tent that was on the estate. 
 
 Jim said, "Oh, no, that is too thin." 
 
62 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Pension 
 
 intuition 
 
 repetition 
 
 vision 
 
 invention 
 
 attention 
 
 inattention 
 
 invasion 
 
 impatient 
 
 tuition 
 
 invitation 
 
 inefficient 
 
 ambition 
 
 edition 
 
 supposition 
 
 infatuation 
 
 Lucian 
 
 efficient 
 
 accusation 
 
 imitation 
 
 inventive 
 
 mention 
 
 cessation 
 
 incision 
 
 institution 
 
 reputation 
 
 insufficient 
 
 
 A YOUTH'S INVENTION. 
 
 The attention of Lucian Hays, who was at the head of 
 an institution, was called to the intuition of a youth of 
 eighteen years, who had an impatient ambition to test an 
 invention that would aid the deaf. He sent an invitation 
 to the youth to let him see the efficiency or inefficiency of the 
 invention in question, for he thought the success of it would 
 add to his reputation. 
 
 But the youth paid no attention to his invitation and 
 even the repetition of it. And when some youth mentioned 
 it to him, he said that all of the infatuation Hays had for 
 him was to get a vision of his invention that he might get 
 out an imitation of it. 
 
 Mr. Hays made invasions, on the supposition that the 
 youth owed for his tuition. These invasions were almost 
 without cessation, when he saw in an edition of the "Sunday 
 Sun,"* an accusation that set up, within his bosom, an emo- 
 tion. 
 
 It seems that the youth was about to institute an in- 
 vestigation as to what his rights were by the aid of law, as, 
 in an invasion, Mr. Hays made an incision on the face of the 
 youth; that was bad. 
 
EXTRA SYLLABLES. 53 
 
 If the n or m sound can not blend in the same syllable 
 with the name. of a circle vowel, either an extra loop must 
 be made or one of these strokes must be used to record the 
 extra syllable. 
 
 When a word ends in "ted, ded, detortet," as the con- 
 sonant cannot be shaded for more than one sound, the more 
 convenient of these should be used and generally shaded 
 
 J... 
 
 Basin . . .y>. . . ..laden . -*/ . . ..* . 
 
 business. ..\^ *. 
 
 bidden, v^... maiden./ *. 
 
 deaden 
 raisin I. . 
 
 hasten . .Jo chasten 7P . . * . 
 
 question/ /V- *• 
 
 listen-*/..... hidden.. X *. 
 
 beaten .x-* . . . recent ../T. . . * . 
 noted . ^^^ . . . .abated . >j5«^, 
 
 stated... <'r!'r!TT?^ *. 
 
 deeded . .><7^ . .^TT^ar.' . . . ::s *. 
 
 voted ■ ■^. . .^. hated . . . .<q^ .^ . *. 
 
 in vested.... X* *. 
 
 lasted—*/... listed—/^ *. 
 
 immediate /f-u- *• 
 
 cheated \>^-< *. 
 
 tasted. 
 
54 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Beaten 
 
 hasten 
 
 noted 
 
 posted 
 
 basin 
 
 hidden 
 
 needed 
 
 petted 
 
 business 
 
 written 
 
 knotted 
 
 padded 
 
 piston rod 
 
 whiten 
 
 matted 
 
 pasted 
 
 invested 
 
 kitten 
 
 deeded 
 
 basted 
 
 faded 
 
 jested 
 
 dotted 
 
 raided 
 
 laden 
 
 deaden 
 
 tested 
 
 loaded 
 
 lessen 
 
 tighten 
 
 tasted 
 
 lasted 
 
 heated 
 
 heeded 
 
 hated 
 
 quoted 
 
 studied 
 
 stated 
 
 instituted 
 
 questioi 
 
 ALBERT ROSS'S GASOLINE ENGINE. 
 
 Albert Ross has just invested in a noted business house 
 to which Edward Boyd had written and posted a letter in 
 which he quoted Albert, as asking* a question about how to 
 tighten a certain piston rod to an old gasoline engine that 
 loosens whenever* it is heated. 
 
 The basin of this engind was badjy "beaten up" when 
 deeded to Albert by a friend.* 
 
 Edward jested with him about the lesson he would get 
 if he tested it. To this Albert made a statement* as to 
 how he had studied it and "dotted down" each item the 
 engine needed. He said he had padded the laden parts of 
 the engine with a leaden piece to deaden its noise and that 
 this lasted about a week. He hastened to tell about how he 
 instituted a scheme* for whitening* the engine and said the 
 whitening* faded. 
 
 Edward said he hated to ask him about how he petted 
 a kitten that had raided some rats hidden in the basin of his 
 engine, so he, Edward, pasted the question on a piece of 
 linen and basted it around the engine for Albert to see. 
 
 *See page 55 for expressing the following "g." 
 
 *See page 94 for the "sk" stroke. 
 
CROSSING OUTLINES. 55 
 
 By crossing to or from any circle or loop the following "k, 
 g, 3 or ch" sounds may be expressed. If "ing" does not 
 coalesce with a preceding vowel an extra loop must be formed 
 and cross from that as pacing, paining, etc. If these sounds 
 are not needed in the word, by crossing from or to the short 
 i circle, the expression of the word "which" may be added; 
 or by crossing to or from the short e circle the syllable "ex" 
 
 may be expressed 
 
 Page Se. * 
 
 paying. ..)5r? * 
 
 thinking. .<:!^ ,...* 
 
 exerting.. f^TTT?. * 
 
 rising. in. * 
 
 passing....?:;^ ..* 
 
 for which ...^ .-* 
 
 which are.. ?.....: '. * 
 
 express... <:j^.:^ * 
 
 changing .tI *... 
 
 choosing ...rS. 
 
 costing.... T!^ 
 
 casting.... TiKf. 
 
 ragVvS:T7^ 
 
 passmg.....>r 
 
 figuring....:^. 
 
 which of !\. 
 
 pitch 7f. 
 
 hickory.... -rWrrrf!. 
 
56 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Paying 
 
 bending 
 
 bossing 
 
 fading 
 
 pacing 
 
 obeying 
 
 boating 
 
 investing 
 
 pensioning 
 
 beating 
 
 inventing 
 
 feeding 
 
 pinning 
 
 being 
 
 pouting 
 
 fitting 
 
 patting 
 
 abiding 
 
 figuring* 
 
 feasting 
 
 painting 
 
 buying 
 
 inviting 
 
 fighting 
 
 podding 
 
 abusing 
 
 voting 
 
 footing 
 
 pudding 
 
 boosting 
 
 fencing 
 
 fading 
 
 padding 
 
 budding 
 
 freighting 
 
 lending 
 
 bedding 
 
 facing 
 
 paining 
 
 
 A REPORTER AT AN AUCTION. 
 
 Abe Wright, a reporter on the "Evening News," and his 
 son, arranged to go to Mr. Lloyd's house to attend an auc- 
 tion, with the idea of investing in or buying Mr. Lloyd's 
 house and lot. On the way, he was boasting about not hav- 
 ing to pay or paying too big a sum for it. 
 
 The reporter's son thought of the boys' inviting him 
 into the house, so that he might be eating pudding as his 
 father was bidding on the house and awaiting the figuring 
 of those who did the auctioning. 
 
 As Mr, Lloyd was bossing the auction, he said that as 
 the paint was fading, Roy might be painting the coal-house, 
 fencing the podding peas, feeding the pigs that were fight- 
 ing, or fencing the cow-lot, and not beating the pining ape 
 that had lost its footing as it was pacing o'er the posies; 
 that Joe might be lending his aid to freighting* some goods 
 that the boys were boating, "fitting up" some padding to be 
 used for bedding for the ape, or footing up the sales as the 
 audience was bidding. 
 
 As the boys were obeying, the reporter's son was bend- 
 ing o'er the ape and patting it, pinning a wrapping upon its 
 paining limb and pouting about his not having any of the 
 nice roasting pudding that was being cooked for those at the 
 bidding, 
 
 Mr. Lloyd said the boy might be inventing some way for 
 boosting the ape, that Roy was abusing, into its bedding if 
 he wished pensioning. 
 
 *See page 101 for the "fg" stroke; page 101 for the "fr" 
 stroke. 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 57 
 
 Leading 
 
 raiding 
 
 rating 
 
 housing 
 
 lading 
 
 raising 
 
 Hastings 
 
 whetting 
 
 letting 
 
 resting 
 
 hitting 
 
 Whiting 
 
 allotting 
 
 arresting 
 
 heating 
 
 cutting 
 
 lighting 
 
 reading 
 
 heeding 
 
 casting 
 
 lasting 
 
 rotting 
 
 hiding 
 
 causing 
 
 lathing 
 
 writing 
 
 hooting 
 
 coasting 
 
 loading 
 
 riding 
 
 haying 
 
 costing 
 
 looting 
 
 routing 
 
 hewing 
 
 cheating 
 
 Reading 
 
 hemming 
 
 hoeing 
 
 king, kink 
 
 WHAT WE WERE ALL DOING AT HASTINGS. 
 
 We were all doing something at Hastings. Abe was 
 lading a ship; Will was leading ponies* to the ship; Edward 
 was allotting goods for the lading, while Ella was lighting 
 the gas. By the way, the gas was lasting well enough for 
 Jim to be lathing the hall; Roy was loading some hay as his 
 father did the rest of the haying; Kate was reading an ad. 
 as a robber was looting our shop; Hattie anv. little Eva 
 were raiding an ant-hill, as mother was raising dough for 
 a cake; Fay was resting on the bed as the police were 
 arresting a bad boy; Artie was going to Reading, as Roy 
 Case was writing about the wheat that was rotting in the 
 bin; Bettie was routing the hens that were on the roost, as 
 Rosie was riding a pony*; Alice was hemming her wrapper 
 and Ora was hitting a ball, as the sun was heating old 
 earth, and Lloyd was not heeding the heat; Lottie was hid- 
 ing some kittens, as Sarah was hunting* for them; Will 
 Read was hoeing the potatoes and hewing wood for Joe as 
 Joe was whetting his ax to do some chopping. 
 
 "When all of this is done," said father, "we may go to 
 Whiting and be casting our nets into the bay in the sum- 
 mer and coasting on the ice in the fall; although this will 
 be coscmg me some, it will be causing us to be enjoying our 
 stay in Whiting." 
 
 *See page 64 for deeping curves. 
 
58 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 acquainting 
 
 : intending 
 
 dotting 
 
 mussing 
 
 knitting 
 
 thinning 
 
 doubting 
 
 amassing 
 
 tiding 
 
 denting 
 
 netting 
 
 matting 
 
 testing 
 
 studying 
 
 noting 
 
 staying 
 
 teasing 
 
 dating 
 
 nothing 
 
 sting 
 
 tasting 
 
 deeding 
 
 thinking 
 
 stewing 
 
 toasting 
 
 dotting 
 
 needing 
 
 stating 
 
 tossing 
 
 dying 
 
 meeting 
 
 bringing* 
 
 tenting 
 
 indicting 
 
 missing 
 
 
 Change 
 
 chink 
 
 chasing 
 
 choosing 
 
 jotting 
 
 jesting 
 
 getting 
 
 guiding 
 
 quitting 
 
 THE ADVENTURES OF A "CHINK" (CHINAMAN). 
 
 I had been staying at a hotel, spending my hours in 
 knitting, studying, jesting, thinking, tasting some tea that 
 was steeping, and had just finished jotting down my lesson, 
 when I saw a lot of boys chasing a "chink" for the cash 
 he had. 
 
 I kept my eyes on the boys as they passed down the 
 avenue. At the postoffice they stopped, and the "chink" 
 set them to choosing, while he was teasing them by tossing 
 pennies out into the dust of the road. 
 
 Soon a lot of boys gathered,* and the police that were 
 passing, stopped to inquire about the fuss. 
 
 As soon as the "chink" saw the police, he "set" to stat- 
 ing his reasons for the boys amassing and giving some tid- 
 ings about the boys. But he had no idea of indicting the 
 boys. 
 
 Then he "set" to stating to them how his father, while 
 dying by the sting of a bee, had been inditing advice and 
 deeding to him all he had. 
 
 It seemed to be amusing to the boys to see him going 
 to meeting with his change in a piece of tenting. He was 
 intending to say nothing about this change. But as he was 
 missing some matting that he was needing he thought it 
 might be at the boys' meeting, and said so, when the boys 
 "set" to chasing hjm. 
 
 The police had been noting what he had said and test- 
 ing the boys, when they "set" to jesting them about getting 
 away and letting them off. All of this while they were 
 intending to let the boys think they were quitting their jobs 
 while they were guiding them to the station for not acquit- 
 ting the "chink." 
 
 ♦See page 134 for the "br" stroke. 
 
THE SHORT A AND AW LENGTHENED. 59 
 
 The short a and aw may be made the length of "n, m, ns, 
 ms, mn or nm" strokes to add the sound of these characters to 
 them. Aw may be lengthened in the same way to add these 
 sounds to "aw" or "ah" 
 
 Pan.. y..... pans .Sr....* Pawns.. .Si 
 
 answer. .4rr77 * Vaughan.N...., 
 
 pawn..Sn....band.Vy. * palm....?:?/.,.... 
 
 than/rr:rs/hand..lr...* balm....L.tA.... 
 
 Champion _ .* calm. ..7!^, 
 
 .a.. 
 
 Dan.<^T7!7rv;.«/ * botany. 
 
 iz::: 
 
 advantage . .^^ * . 
 
 fancy.\/..land.^....*. 
 
 stand ...cf. * 
 
 instance. .(rf * 
 
 chance. ...<^ *. 
 
 Panama. 
 Hammonc^..^. 
 
 famine... V^ *. 
 
 Latin..r^ *. 
 
 lance. . .Trf^. *. 
 
 lawn-w«^...fawn^sl *. 
 
 fatten. .\/. *. 
 
 patent..../. *. 
 
 laudanum . -w««q. *. 
 
 .gone 
 Da 
 
 h- 
 
60 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Page 
 
 hickory 
 
 quick 
 
 patent 
 
 fan 
 
 piR 
 
 hitch 
 
 quake 
 
 pant 
 
 fans 
 
 pitch 
 
 which 
 
 thick 
 
 palm 
 
 fatten 
 
 big 
 
 whig 
 
 Dick 
 
 pawn 
 
 fanned 
 
 passage 
 
 cage 
 
 dig 
 
 band 
 
 fawn 
 
 league 
 
 kitchen 
 
 deck 
 
 botany 
 
 fond 
 
 rage 
 
 check 
 
 make 
 
 bond 
 
 land 
 
 rig 
 
 cheek 
 
 stick 
 
 van 
 
 lands 
 
 fig 
 
 Jake 
 
 stake 
 
 vantage 
 
 lawn 
 
 Fitch 
 
 gauge 
 
 static 
 
 aVance 
 
 Latin 
 
 JAKE FITCH'S FAWN AND PIG. 
 
 On the fifty-eighth page of his botany, Jake Fitch saw 
 a Latin passage giving a story of an old Whig who pitched 
 his tent beneath the thick leaves of a fig and some palms, 
 where he could make fans of the palm leaves and put them 
 into his van, an old rig he got of a boy by the name of 
 Dick Vaughan. 
 
 This Whig had a big pet fawn that was fond of the figs 
 and he would use a hickory stick to stake it out on the land 
 or lands about his tent. Each day he would gauge its "static 
 advance" by weighing it. He, also, had a pet pig that he 
 kept in a cage in the kitchen of his tent or that he hitched to 
 a stake on the lawns about the houses in the neighborhood. 
 He fed it on hickory nuts and "checked up" its weight, also. 
 He fastened a patent band about its leg and a ring in its 
 nose so that it would not dig up the lawn, as he had given 
 his bond not to pawn the pig nor* let it dig up the lawn. 
 
 One day, when the heat was intense, and the Whig was 
 away to attend league, the fawn got into a quick rage at 
 the pig and they fought 'til they both had to pant. As the 
 Whig was not at the tent to fan them and they were so fat, 
 they both died. 
 
 *See page 126 for the "nr" stroke. 
 
THE FOLLOWING I LENGTHENED. 61 
 
 The following T may be lengthened to record the n or m 
 sound following the T. It should curve outward 
 
62 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Hand 
 
 John 
 
 dawn 
 
 bind 
 
 fines 
 
 Hattan 
 
 gone 
 
 daunt 
 
 dine 
 
 binds 
 
 cam 
 
 tan 
 
 dawned 
 
 minds 
 
 vine 
 
 can't 
 
 tans 
 
 Staten 
 
 kind 
 
 vines 
 
 calmed 
 
 tanned 
 
 stand 
 
 twine 
 
 Rhine 
 
 chance 
 
 taunt 
 
 instant 
 
 enchant 
 
 lines 
 
 chant 
 
 than 
 
 stammer 
 
 standard 
 
 behind 
 
 champion 
 
 dance 
 
 hammer 
 
 Jan. 
 
 mine 
 
 jam 
 
 dam 
 
 dancer 
 
 chimes 
 
 
 JOHN HATTON'S DANCE. 
 
 On Jan. 9, John Hatton, a champion dancer, danced all 
 night 'til day-dawn behind ivy vines, which twined about 
 the boughs of an old hickory. 
 
 There was not an instant that he ceased to dance. 
 This was on a fine stand at Staten Island, as some one 
 thought to daunt him by giving him the taunt that he would 
 stand it to dance less than six hours. So, just at the chime 
 of bells* and the ring of hammers, this enchanter,* with- 
 out a stammer, said, "This is my chance." To the tune of 
 "Ladies' Chants" he set his standard for other* dancers. 
 With not a can't, but with feet encased in oak-tans, a mind 
 that was calm and kind as the twine of the vine about the 
 stand, he had gone to wend his way o'er line on line as 
 freely* as the flow* of the Rhine; and as firm* as the cam 
 of a wheel, he glided his way o'er the Staten Island. 
 
 *See pages 122 for the "tr" stroke; 97 for the "bl" 
 stroke; 119 for the "thr" stroke; 101 for the "fl" stroke, 
 and 126 for the "rm" stroke. 
 
OW CHANGED TO OUN. 63 
 
 The curve for ou or ow ( o ) may be continued to curve in- 
 side like this ( o ) to express the following n or m sounds... 
 
 Ounce.. ...^P. *.. 
 
 pound ....S>P. *.. 
 
 bound. ..Sw^.... *.. 
 
 bounce .V-^ *., 
 
 found..., ^sa * , 
 
 pounded. . . .V:?^77!^ ....*. 
 
 around.... "fr.... ".'.'? *. 
 
 hound 1q *. 
 
 count ....r!As>. *. 
 
 account.... ^No... *. 
 
 gown Q *, 
 
 town....N^rr^ *. 
 
 down./<rr.....T^>^.. *. 
 
 noun 6 *• 
 
 amount. A^.... *. 
 
 astound.. yry *. 
 
 wound ...'Krrr> *. 
 
 sound.. 
 
64 CURVES DEEPENED. 
 
 All curves but those of "ah and longu" may be deepened 
 to express the following n or m sounds; as un ( =» ), own 
 
 (<=•), them (^^) or Gent (C ) 
 
 Shade ''un" for "under." » 
 
 f 
 own. f:... only 3....* 
 
 pony..S* * 
 
 bone..Nt5...un..=?..* 
 
 phone.. ^. • 
 
 hundred. .!t^ * 
 
 alone. .y«/. * 
 
 home.... J... ^ * 
 
 undone. ^f^^TTX...* 
 
 Jones... ^ • 
 
 toneNw^.ton.W.* 
 
 them/r!?S.undo.:^r!7T>.* 
 
 stone. <^ • 
 
 unless.. "^^f^. • 
 
 untie. :T?-i?.... ,,...* 
 
 lesson .^s--/ * 
 
 understand Y^...* , 
 
 done../r\.A * 
 
 homely...^. • 
 
 underwriter .T?rrP.* 
 
 lonely..— 7 ♦ 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 65 
 
 Pound 
 
 gown 
 
 pun 
 
 thump 
 
 bone 
 
 bound 
 
 town 
 
 abundance 
 
 jump 
 
 pony 
 
 abound 
 
 towns 
 
 fund 
 
 gun-gum 
 
 phone 
 
 found 
 
 down 
 
 lesson 
 
 gent 
 
 alone 
 
 fountain 
 
 noun 
 
 lump 
 
 ton 
 
 Rhone 
 
 round 
 
 mount 
 
 lumber 
 
 them 
 
 home 
 
 hound 
 
 amount 
 
 Huns 
 
 done 
 
 Jones 
 
 count 
 
 stound 
 
 hunt 
 
 none 
 
 tone 
 
 account 
 
 astound 
 
 cone 
 
 stun 
 
 stone 
 
 counts 
 
 announce 
 
 chum 
 
 stunt 
 
 
 THE GOWN JONES FOUND. 
 
 Last week, I received a 'phone from* a gentleman by 
 the name of Jones, who announced that he and his chum 
 had just come home, and wished to see me. 
 
 It seems that they had been away for a stay of a year 
 on the Rhone. While in Europe, they were on the hunt for 
 game, when some Huns, mounted on ponies, thumped them 
 with stones which stunned Jones and raised lumps on his 
 chum's head. They had guns but did not use them. When 
 the Huns had done this, they, again, mounted the ponies and 
 bounded away. In a "stound"* they were alone. 
 
 A count said, that around the woods, in which they were, 
 the Huns abound; but Jones said that the count aimed at a 
 pun, for he knew that no Huns were in Europe and he did 
 not enjoy the fun the count was having at his expense. 
 
 On account of this, he and his chum came home; and 
 as they passed through town nigh a fountain they found a 
 gown with quite an amount in it. As to the amount, he did 
 not say; but he thought it was mine and said I might have 
 it if I would come down town. 
 
 I had to have some lumber and a ton of lump coal; I 
 hitched up my ponies and sought the gown and the funds, as 
 I thought, but when I came to see the gown I had my lesson; 
 for the gown had quite an amount of holes in it. 
 
 ♦Obsolete. 
 
66 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND, 
 
 Aptly 
 
 peddle 
 
 fiddle 
 
 acquittal 
 
 cutely 
 
 safely 
 
 pistol 
 
 feudal 
 
 actual 
 
 justly 
 
 softly 
 
 petal 
 
 little 
 
 title 
 
 tastily 
 
 badly 
 
 paddle 
 
 riddle 
 
 tattle 
 
 deadly 
 
 fitly 
 
 postal 
 
 rattle 
 
 metal 
 
 neatly 
 
 vastly 
 
 bottle 
 
 huddle 
 
 meddle 
 
 nightly 
 
 readily 
 
 boodle 
 
 whittle 
 
 model 
 
 nicely 
 
 rudely 
 
 battle 
 
 kettle 
 
 muddle 
 
 medley 
 
 Hadley 
 
 fatal 
 
 fatality 
 
 nettle 
 
 stately 
 
 hastily 
 
 fatally 
 
 chattel 
 
 costly 
 
 steadily 
 
 THE LITTLE REBEL. 
 
 Now Mr. Caudle, you can readily see the feudal notions 
 of your little rebel. He was vastly in need of a model 
 father. 
 
 I fitly said to Mr. B. Hadley who peddles pistols, fid- 
 dles, costly medals, the red rose and its petals and those 
 deadly bottles of wine, that, if he sold the boy the fatal 
 pistol, the boy would hastily go to battle, let the bullets 
 rattle, and riddle all of those who would meddle with his 
 rights; and now you see how he is in a muddle. 
 
 Although he was nicely, neatly and tastily kept, he was 
 steadily and readily going to the bad. Nightly, he was in a 
 "huddle" at the race or rattled that old kettle to nettle me. 
 
 When he was a babe, and could but toddle, I softly and 
 safely put him to bed. Then we justly said he cutely spoke 
 and aptly used his little knife to whittle. 
 
 But, when I received this stately postal about his coat 
 being all red with the stain of Mr. Hay's blood* whom he 
 fatally riddled, I said, "Oh, how may we get the boy's 
 acquittal?" I rudely thought the officers might be vastly 
 in need of boodle. This thought, I knew, was a sin. 
 
 *See page 97 for the "bl" stroke. 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 67 
 
 Add-ition 
 
 add-le 
 
 add-uce 
 
 ad-here* 
 
 ad-apt 
 
 ad-jacent 
 
 ad-.|ective 
 
 ad- join 
 
 ad-just 
 
 ad-jutant 
 
 ad-mission 
 
 ad-vice 
 
 ad-mit 
 
 al, all 
 
 ad-mittance 
 
 al-though 
 
 ad-ieu 
 
 all-ow 
 
 ad-opt 
 
 al-ready 
 
 ad-vance 
 
 al-beit 
 
 ad-vantage 
 
 all-right 
 
 ad-vent 
 
 all-hands 
 
 ad-venture 
 
 all-day 
 
 advise 
 
 all-iance 
 
 Algiers 
 
 al-most 
 
 all-oy 
 
 al-so 
 
 all-ude 
 
 all-usion 
 
 ul-timate 
 
 ul-ster 
 
 Archie 
 
 ar-ch 
 
 ARCHIE ALLEN'S ADMISSION TO THE UNITED 
 STATES. 
 
 Mr. Archie Allen, whose home is in Algiers, gained 
 admission to the United States by the aid of an alliance 
 that he had with a count. 
 
 He had already bid adieu to his native town and got on 
 board a ship "all right" while all hands were on duty; when 
 he made his advances to a count to have the count adopt 
 him as his son, and had almost succeeded. An adjutant, 
 sitting on a seat adjacent to his, advised the count to do so, 
 adding that the boy was quite an adept at almost anything 
 he attempted to do and would be an advantage to him if he 
 could adapt the boy to our customs and ways. 
 
 The count heeded his advice and allowed the boy to act 
 as his son, for the time at least; but, in the advent of his 
 coming into the United States, the officers thought they would 
 not admit him. All day, the boy was quite abject. 
 
 Each time the count alluded to it, or at each allusion, 
 the officers were addled, and to adjust matters, said the count 
 might pay an admission fee for him if the boy would lay off 
 his ulster. This was the boy's ultimate success. Albeit, 
 the boy had to pay the count dearly* for his adventure. This 
 the boy did, as he was gold without alloy, and in addition, 
 adhered to the count's interest.* 
 
 *See page 111 for the "hr" stroke. 
 
 ♦See page 119 for the "dr" stroke. 
 
68 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Ar-dent 
 
 any-way 
 
 any-thing 
 
 ab-sent 
 
 ar-duous 
 
 ant-edate 
 
 any-where 
 
 app-earance 
 
 ar-gent 
 
 ant-erior 
 
 app-end 
 
 ob-edient 
 
 ar-gue 
 
 anth-em 
 
 app-etite 
 
 ob-edience 
 
 ar-ith — 
 
 ant-idote 
 
 app-licant 
 
 ob-lation 
 
 or-ifice 
 
 ant-ipode 
 
 app-lication 
 
 ob-ligate 
 
 ans-wer 
 
 ant-iquity 
 
 op-erate 
 
 ann-ex 
 
 an-tique 
 
 any 
 
 app-os-ition 
 
 
 A YOUTH'S AMBITION. 
 
 Some years ago, I knew an ardent youth, who put in an 
 application* to operate a pipe-organ for a gay audience. 
 
 He met with some opposition, as his antique ways aroused 
 the objection of the choir; and, to obligate* him to do an 
 arduous task, they chose an antique anthem — an anthem 
 anterior to anything he had ever heard.* 
 
 In answer to this he did not argue with them, for he 
 knew the urgent need of success; but he said to the audi- 
 ence, "Are any, anywhere, in this audience who know this 
 anthem?" and they all answered, "No." Then he said, "I 
 wish to amuse you, so listen." 
 
 He sat at the organ and thumped the keys to the time 
 of the anthem but to the tune of "A Hot Time in the Old 
 Town Tonight." 
 
 Not a listener knew, no, not even the choir, but that 
 he was right; for none of them knew the piece. 
 
 He received an ovation and the choir did not appear 
 to object to the audience's oblation and to his being annexed 
 to the choir. 
 
 *See page 111 for the "hr" stroke. 
 
 ♦See page 105 for the "Ik" stroke. 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 69 
 
 Ob-sequies 
 
 exc-el 
 
 exp-ance 
 
 exp-osition 
 
 em-boss 
 
 ob-tain 
 
 ex-cuse 
 
 ex-pedite 
 
 ex- tend 
 
 emp-ty 
 
 ob-viate 
 
 ex-alt 
 
 ex-pedition 
 
 ex-tent 
 
 en-chant 
 
 op-en-h-and 
 
 ex-ult 
 
 ex-pound 
 
 which-pay 
 
 en-chain 
 
 opp-ose 
 
 ex-ert 
 
 ex-press 
 
 which-had 
 
 en-case 
 
 opp-osition 
 
 ex-hort 
 
 ex-quisite 
 
 em-balm 
 
 endanger 
 
 ex-cavate 
 
 exp-and 
 
 ex-tant 
 
 em-body 
 
 end-eavor 
 in-which 
 
 HOW WE WERE FOOLED. 
 
 A few days ago, as we thought, a sad incident hap- 
 pened for my aunt. 
 
 It was this way. A beauty of a case came by express to 
 our house for our aunt and we were all exultant that aunt 
 had received such an exquisite gift. 
 
 I thought to exalt her son, Edward, by exhorting him 
 to expose that which was encased in this excellent, embossed 
 case, by opening it for exposition to us all. 
 
 I thought we would all be enchanted with that which 
 was excavated. To expedite matters, I, in an open-handed 
 way endeavored to give him an excuse to do so, by exhorting 
 the rest to have him do it, and expounding to all my rea- 
 
 This act, which had endangered my peace, was not so 
 excellent as I thought, for we found embodied in it, a body 
 that seemed to have been embalmed for some time, also, a 
 typewritten account of the obsequies at the death of Miss 
 Ella Rose. 
 
 We thought this was her niece, and, as our aunt was 
 out when we opened the case, we thought to obviate any 
 opposition by re-encasing it in the case in which it was 
 expressed. 
 
 Aunt, finding out what we had done, said that Ella 
 Rose is a white rat extant in the embalm, enchained in beads 
 of gold. "Edward, you may open the effigy and let the rat 
 out, for your cousin expanded the case to fool you by its 
 expanse," said our aunt. 
 
 We extend this story to you that you may write it to 
 its full extent in shorthand. 
 
70 THE SYLLABLE "lOUS" EXPRESSED. 
 
 - if --:-fi 
 
 Although this "syllable is naturally expressed, it does not 
 readily suggest itself to the pupil; we therefore, give illus- 
 trations below... 
 
 Anxious f^.^..*. 
 
 illustrious. . .*-*/ *. 
 
 facetious.... <i)i *. 
 
 gorgeous. Ci^,,^.^ . . . *. 
 
 righteous. ."T??. * 
 
 religious. -rrrT? *, 
 
 religion.. *rrrr^. * 
 
 gracious. C...^ ^.... * 
 
 luscious....---*/. * 
 
 ♦conspicuous ^;....* 
 •continuous., r" (P....* 
 industrious." " 
 
 • See page 79 for the "con" prefix. 
 
PREFIXES. 71 
 
 These characters are used for prefixes: "under (»), 
 super ( ^), trans ( « ), inter ( • ), enter ( • ). sub (r ), 
 ad ( y ) 
 
 Undergo ....O. *. 
 
 underwriter. .T*. ' . . ."? . *. 
 
 understate.... <^ ..*. 
 
 superin-tend . .Tt:/ * . 
 
 supervise .>& „...*. 
 
 superlative. .Ae^. * . 
 
 transcribe.... vj- *. 
 
 transmission . . .^. *. 
 
 transgress .... - T ^ 
 
 interview... \r> *., 
 
 entertain. .V^ *., 
 
 enterp-rise. __-_,. *.. 
 
 submit Jf. *. 
 
 subject... J[3V.(|^. *• 
 
 advise....^ *. 
 
 admission.^ *. 
 
 add-ition-.-'f* *. 
 
 ad vantage... \V/. *. 
 
 advantageous . .'\ro. *. 
 
72 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 En-d-less 
 
 en-dow 
 
 en-due 
 
 im-bibe 
 
 im-bitter 
 
 im-bue 
 
 im-mense 
 
 im-mediate 
 
 im-passive 
 
 im-peach 
 
 im-pede 
 
 im-pend 
 
 imper-ative 
 
 imper-tinent 
 
 imper-vious 
 
 im-petus 
 
 im-pious 
 
 import-ance 
 
 imp-ose 
 
 imp-osition 
 
 imp-otent 
 
 imp-ress 
 
 In-dian 
 
 in- capacity 
 
 in-case 
 
 In-diana 
 
 inde-finite 
 
 in-dent 
 
 in-deed 
 
 In-dia 
 
 in-dict 
 
 indisp-ose 
 
 indis-pense 
 
 in-dite 
 
 in-duce 
 
 in-dustry 
 
 in-famous 
 
 in-fant 
 
 A MOTHER OF INDIA. 
 
 A mother of India was about to dispose of her infant 
 A missionary saw it and so indited the account of it that 
 some men, imbittered by the act of the mother's imperti- 
 nence, imposed an immediate impost upon the agent, which 
 impeded the act. 
 
 This gave an impetus, that imbued the judges who had 
 the mother indicted and made it imperative that the infant 
 stay by her. 
 
 This impassive mother thought the act ./uite infamous 
 and most impious; and, indeed, thought to induce the judges, 
 who were indisposed to act, to put off, to an indefinite time, 
 this indictment.* 
 
 Some, who had imbibed ale, thought this was an impo- 
 sition and wished to impeach the judges or impress them 
 that an impending act would be made. 
 
 They soon found out that those immense judges were 
 impervious to all they did. The judges knew of their inca- 
 pacity to impeach them. 
 
 This inditement of the missionary did an endless amount 
 of good, as it caused some to endow an institution for the 
 good of such infants and this institute, so endowed, saved 
 mothers, also. 
 
 ♦See page 115 for the "mn" stroke. 
 
 See pagell5 for the "con" prefix. 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 73 
 
 In-fest 
 
 un-beaten 
 
 un-common 
 
 in-finite 
 
 un-bending 
 
 uncon-dition 
 
 in-fuse 
 
 unbe-known 
 
 uncon-stitute 
 
 in-genious 
 
 un-bidden 
 
 unde-fined 
 
 in-habit 
 
 un-bias 
 
 unde-sired 
 
 in-justice 
 
 un-bound 
 
 undisp-ose 
 
 in-let 
 
 un-brace 
 
 undi-vided 
 
 in-mate 
 
 un-capped 
 
 under-agent 
 
 in-quest 
 
 un-case 
 
 under-bid 
 
 en-thuse 
 
 un-changed 
 
 under-bush 
 
 under- 
 under 
 under 
 under 
 under 
 under 
 ""^nder 
 under 
 under 
 
 buy- 
 change 
 •coat 
 ■cut 
 •fed 
 ■go 
 
 -gone 
 -hand 
 -lie 
 
 THE OAKWOOD ESTATE ON HUDSON BAY. 
 
 Mr. John Boyd, an ingenious youth of two-five (25) 
 years, bought, unbeknown to his cousin, the undivided half 
 of some land on an inlet of Hudson Bay, that was owned by 
 heirs to the Oakwood estate, on which stood a large white 
 stone house. 
 
 The inmates had just had an inquest on the death of 
 some of the infinite amount of mosquitoes that infest the 
 house. 
 
 As they were the only inhabitants of the land, he saw 
 no injustice for him to go unbidden into the house and 
 infuse a perfume for them. This was so uncommon for them, 
 as the under-agent said that the land had been unchanged 
 for years, and that these mosquitoes had unconditioned it for 
 a home. The under-agent had hoped to underbid him as he 
 had underchanged his cash. 
 
 John was unbiased, and had unbounded hopes of uncon- 
 stituting the rights of the mosquitoes; so he lay off his 
 undercoat to cut the underbushes and the vines that underlie 
 them in an undefined way. 
 
 He knew that what the land was about to undergo was 
 undesired by them; but with a will unbeaten although under- 
 handed, he uncapped or uncased the well, unbraced the old 
 fence and seemed to be undisposed to give up when evening 
 came and the mosquitoes saw what their lot had undergone. 
 As they were underfed, and as he had his undercoat off, 
 they gave him so many undercuts, that he soon beat the air, 
 made a bee-line for higher land and now it would be easy to 
 underbuy the land of him. 
 
74 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Under-mine 
 
 super-fine 
 
 trans-! t 
 
 sub-ject 
 
 under-most 
 
 super-intend 
 
 trans-late 
 
 sub-lime 
 
 under-sell 
 
 super-lative 
 
 intrans-it 
 
 sub-mit 
 
 under-stand 
 
 super-cede 
 
 trans-mit 
 
 sub-ordain 
 
 under-study 
 
 super-vise 
 
 trans-view 
 
 sub-sequent 
 
 under-stood 
 
 trans-pose 
 
 sub-mission 
 
 sub-side 
 
 under-tone 
 
 trans-cend 
 
 sub-con-cave 
 
 sub-sist 
 
 under-writer 
 
 trans-ient 
 
 trans-mute 
 
 sub-stance 
 
 super-add 
 
 trans-action 
 
 subdi-vide 
 
 
 A SCENE ON LAKE GENEVA. 
 
 The superintendent of a deaf and dumb asylum owns 
 a nice residence on the west side of Lake Geneva, a beautiful 
 translucent lake, about a mile in width and eight miles in 
 length. 
 
 An undertaker, staying at the house as a transient, to 
 transact business subject to the supervision of his associa- 
 tion, had just superseded a superanuated deacon, and, in a 
 transaction, said to the deacon in an undertone, "I under- 
 stand that you understood me to undermine you by under- 
 selling these goods. Now, while these goods were in transit 
 subsequent to my supervision, they were subdivided and 
 sold, then the transaction was submitted to you. It was at 
 this submission that you were subject to this change." 
 
 As this speech was going on the superintendent was 
 having a transview of this sublime lake. H« sat in an in- 
 transitive way, as the transcendant beauty of the sun's rays 
 were transmitting a radiant light on the subconcave panes 
 of his residence. 
 
 Beside him sat his son, bending o'er a substudy trans- 
 lating Latin, the substance of which he could not get, due 
 to the fact that some of the words were in the superlative 
 degree. 
 
 When these superfine rays of light had subsided and 
 were transposed to the undulating lea below, the boy was 
 transmuted from a sedate student to a romping youth, and 
 said, ^'Father, let us have a sail on that beautiful lake." 
 
PREFIXES CONTINUED. 75 
 
 De or di ( ' ) may be shaded for dis or des ( * ) ; pre or 
 per ( '^ ) may be recorded closely under or to the right of the 
 beginning of an outline, and pro or por may be written close- 
 ly over or to the left of an outline. These may be written 
 below the line of writing for the following p or b 
 
 Denote / *. 
 
 divide. ...\i *. 
 
 dilate....^. .*. 
 
 dispose -..^ — .■*. 
 
 depot 
 
 if- 
 proposition 
 
 purpose...^. 
 
 deposition *... 
 
 disuse fr». *„, 
 
 provide.. \i. *. 
 
 permit J. *. 
 
 appropriate. . !^rrrf?. *. 
 
 predisposed Vx, 
 
 produce.. yr^rrrn^ * ^ ,,.....,,. ...vv...^.,.-.^ 
 
 promote [y. ......* ,..^ „ ,..,... 
 
 previous.... ^^... .*,.«.*.,.^,>....^.,,. ,..., ,....'■ 
 
 purchase, 
 indisposed. 
 
 ,^. 
 
76 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Sub-due 
 
 inter-cede 
 
 interp-ose 
 
 deb-it 
 
 sub-stitute 
 
 inter-cept 
 
 interr-ograte 
 
 de-camp 
 
 sub-urb 
 
 inter-chain 
 
 inter-sect 
 
 de-fine 
 
 ad-ore 
 
 inter-commune 
 
 inter-rupt 
 
 de-ceive 
 
 ad-ulate 
 
 inter-change 
 
 inter-state 
 
 de-cent 
 
 ad-hesion 
 
 inter-ject 
 
 inter-vene 
 
 de-cide 
 
 ad-hesive 
 
 inter-line 
 
 inter-view 
 
 
 inter-loan 
 
 inter-lace 
 
 enter-tain 
 
 
 inter-lude 
 
 inter-mit 
 
 enterp-rise 
 
 
 A SCHEME FRUSTRATED. 
 
 Messrs Roberts and Hand entertained the idea that, if 
 they could interview the officials* of the suburban road that 
 intersects on a choice piece of land in the suburbs of the 
 city of Omaha, Neb., and joins with the interstate line, they 
 might get them to intercede for them, so that they might 
 entertain the laborers, who were repairing these roads, 
 in an enterprise whereby these laborers would inter-loan to 
 each other* in such a way that their interchange would pass 
 into the hands of said Roberts and Hand. 
 
 They thought that this enterprise would interchain all 
 of these laborers of the road into such an adhesive society 
 that this adhesion would interlace all of their interest, and 
 nothing could interrupt their plans. 
 
 When they sought to interrogate these officers, an officer 
 of the law interjected his objection so as to intercept this 
 "debut." This was an interlude that caused an interchange 
 of thoughts and in the time when they were to intercom- 
 mune with the officers, the laborers decided to decamp and 
 this descent subdued their* intermittant adulation of the 
 laborer whom the officers seemed not to adore. 
 
 *See page 94 for the "shl" stroke. 
 
 *See page 119 for the "thr" stroke. 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 77 
 
 Dec-ision 
 
 de-mise 
 
 de-rision 
 
 des-pite 
 
 de-cisive 
 
 de-note 
 
 desc— end 
 
 de-scent 
 
 de-stitute 
 
 de-pend 
 
 de-feat 
 
 de-tain 
 
 de-fame 
 
 de-posit 
 
 de-sire 
 
 de-taste 
 
 de-fense 
 
 de-sign 
 
 de-cay 
 
 de-vast 
 
 dep-ose 
 
 dep-ot 
 
 de-sist 
 
 de-vise 
 
 de-generate 
 
 dep-ress 
 
 des-titution 
 
 de-vote 
 
 de-lay 
 
 dep-ute 
 
 des-pise 
 
 de-vout 
 
 de-liberate 
 
 de-ride 
 
 de-light 
 
 di-ffuse 
 
 
 CAPTAIN 
 
 JOHN SMITH. 
 
 
 Who does not delight in the early history of our coun- 
 try? In those days when our fore-fathers were almost desti- 
 tute by the devise of the Indians who devastated their 
 homes. 
 
 For example, deliberate on the days of our devout John 
 Smith.* Despite the fact* that some despised and sought 
 to depress him and even designed his imprisonment,* perse- 
 cuted by despots, defamed and derided by the degenerate, he 
 "landed" a prisoner in the colony of which John Smith be- 
 came* president. 
 
 While exploring the country he denoted his friendship 
 for the Indians. His people depended on him and he had 
 them build forts for their defense. 
 
 In an expedition up the Chickahominy he was detained 
 by the Indians. Without delay, he devised a plan for escape 
 by devoting his time to interesting his persecutors and was 
 decisive in depositing a letter into the hands of his friends 
 at Jamestown. The hour of his demise had apparently 
 come. He could not desist it. They would depose him of 
 his life.* 
 
 It was then that Pocahontas,* the daughter* of the 
 chief, descended to his assistance, and through* her descent 
 the purposes of the Indians were defeated. They could not 
 refuse her desire. 
 
 At last, disabled* by a wound. Smith was carried back 
 to England. The colony was depressed and Jamestown be- 
 came* devastated by disease, decay and famine. It was the 
 decision of all, that his valuable* services were the suppwrt 
 of the colony. 
 
 *See page 97 for the "bk" stroke. 
 
78 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 di-gest 
 
 di-mit 
 
 di-mity 
 
 dis-suade 
 
 dis-tance 
 
 disad-vantage 
 
 disad-vise 
 
 dis-aUow 
 
 dis-appoint 
 
 dis-avow 
 
 dis-band 
 
 dis-ease 
 
 de-cision 
 
 dis-cussion 
 
 discon-nect 
 
 dis gust 
 
 discon-tent 
 
 discont-inue 
 
 dis-guise 
 
 dis-honest 
 
 disinter-est 
 
 dis-join 
 
 dis-joint 
 
 dis-may 
 
 dis-mount 
 
 dis-obey 
 
 dis-miss 
 
 dis-pend-er 
 
 dis-pense 
 
 disp-ose 
 
 dispre-judice 
 
 dis-pute 
 
 dispro-portion 
 
 dis-quiet 
 
 dis-robe 
 
 dis-rupt 
 
 dis-satisfied 
 
 dis-sension 
 
 dis-sipate 
 
 dis-used 
 
 A BOY CAUSES DISCONTENT. 
 
 While reading o'er the digest of a case, I saw a nota- 
 tion, where a bad boy in a large notion business, to the dis- 
 may of his mother, disobeyed her advice, and disinterested 
 his co-laborers, while the owners of the business were in 
 the East, at such a distance that they could not dissuade 
 the discontented or dissatisfied not to jpin tl^e boy's dissen- 
 sion. ;? 
 
 They could disconnect the boy's interest with the busi- 
 ness, discontinue his labor, and disrobe him of his disguise. 
 They did dismiss him, but by dispensing with his labor did 
 not disprejudice his co-laborers, disband or disrupt their* 
 society, even though they disposed of some of the disquieted, 
 and disputed the right of some who were disappointed and 
 also dissipated by the association with this bad boy. 
 
 The boy said the cause of it all was, the dishonest dis- 
 proportion of cash, that they dispensed to the laborers and 
 that they were all disgusted o'er an act of the owners, who 
 made them wear a piece of dimity around the hat on the 
 way home or on the avenue, and that if they did not dis- 
 advise or dimit this dimity into disuse his society would sue 
 them for damage. 
 
 This the society did and got the damage. 
 
CON EXPRESSED BY CROSSING: ALSO THE 79 
 PREFIXES CON OR COM AND ORE OR GRA. 
 
 "Con, com, coun, cog or cong" ( - ) prefixes may be 
 shaded for t or d. These syllables in the body of a word 
 may be expressed by crossing outline for the syllable beforp 
 them with outline for syllable after them. Examples given 
 below, 
 
 The syllables gre Or gra may be expressed by slightly lift- 
 ing the pen. Examples given below 
 
 Committee ..?C;^ *.... 
 
 compose .^., 
 
 country.. ..s^.. 
 continue ..."^(T. 
 congress.... ■TT-rf 
 conduct 
 
 comply *. 
 
 to commence... ^?^. *. 
 
 comprehend ,.~a *. 
 
 compromise. 
 
 recommend .,../... *. 
 
 recognize. 
 
 congregate ^ •••• *- 
 
 photograph...^.... *. 
 
 lithograph ^V *. 
 
 aggregate. ...r?(, *.. 
 
 phonograph.. \j. >....*. 
 
 cMi.ry. cannot..,. ry....* 
 
 com. .rr. . . . .coming. .:*». .^ .*. 
 
80 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Dis-unite 
 
 perad-venture 
 
 per-ceive 
 
 per-cent 
 
 per-cept 
 
 per-chance 
 
 per-cussion 
 
 per-fidy 
 
 per-mit 
 
 pre-mature 
 
 per-mission 
 
 per-petual 
 
 per-secute 
 
 pre-cipice 
 
 per-son 
 
 per-suade 
 
 pur-chase 
 
 per-vade 
 
 pre-caution 
 
 pre-cede 
 
 pre-cedence 
 
 pre-cept 
 
 per-sist 
 
 pre-cision 
 
 pre-cise 
 
 precomp-ose 
 
 precon-sign 
 
 pre-con-demn 
 
 prede-fine 
 
 predes-tine 
 
 predisp-ose 
 
 pre-engage 
 
 pre-exist 
 
 pre-face 
 
 appre-hend 
 
 pre-judice 
 
 pre-lude 
 
 A MEDLEY OF WORDS. 
 
 "Do not think that I am predisposed to predestine you 
 to pre-engage any person to precompose this preface as 
 a prelude to the premature epistle of your predecessor. 
 
 "I must persist in being precise, and this precision as 
 a preceptor causes me not to precondemn you, but to pre- 
 consign this duty, as a precedence, to precede the epistle 
 to a person who can nicely predefine the advantages of pur- 
 chasing a precipice for a town lot. 
 
 "Peradventure, I do not get such a person, I may, per- 
 chance, permit you or give you the permission to write it, 
 if you will use precaution not to let the person know that 
 the lot is a precipice," said Roy. 
 
 "I do not perceive how you could think that I would 
 have a hand in such perfidy. Do not allow such thoughts 
 to pervade your mind. You might apprehend them before 
 they pre-exist," said Robert. 
 
 "I hope this speech of mine does not so prejudice you 
 against me as to cause you to persecute me by perpetually 
 speaking of it to me," said Roy. 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 81 
 
 Pre-mise 
 
 pre-notion 
 
 pre-occupy 
 
 prep-osition 
 
 prep-ose 
 
 pres-ent 
 
 pro-cess 
 
 prec-edent 
 
 press-ure 
 
 counter-sign 
 
 pre-sume 
 
 pre-tense 
 
 pre- vise 
 
 pro-bate 
 
 pro-bation 
 
 pro-ceed 
 
 pre-side 
 
 pro-cession 
 
 pro-duce 
 
 pro-fess 
 
 pro-ficient 
 
 pro-fit 
 
 pro-found 
 
 pro-fusion 
 
 pro-hibit 
 
 pro-mise 
 
 pro-n ounce 
 
 pro-phesy 
 
 pro-phet 
 
 can, cannot 
 
 prop-ose 
 
 pro-pound 
 
 purp-ose 
 
 pur-sue 
 
 pur-vey 
 
 com-bat 
 
 com-bine 
 
 corn-bust 
 
 come 
 
 come-ly 
 
 THE PROMISED PROMOTION. 
 
 Gentlemen, I am not a prophet and I do not propose to 
 prophesy that your association will meet with any combus- 
 tion if you do not; but I purpose to propose or propound to 
 you a question: 
 
 Do you at the present time or in the process of time 
 profess to promise me a promotion to the profound position 
 of pre-occupying the president's seat — the seat of him, whom 
 you have so profusely pronounced proficient to produce the 
 desired results, while pursuing the duties as a head of this 
 combine? 
 
 I need no pressure, for, without pretense, I presume 
 you do, and may I proceed to preside at the head of the 
 procession that is to lead our president to the combat, which 
 you in your good sense have purveyed or prevised and made 
 a wise choice? 
 
 May I profit by this and say that your "probate" will 
 keep in high esteem, the deep impressions made on him at 
 this probation? I say probation, for it gives me a chance to 
 let you see how I appreciate it. 
 
82 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Comet 
 
 comm-and 
 
 comm-end 
 
 comm-ence 
 
 coming 
 
 comp-ose 
 
 com-pound 
 
 comm-ode 
 
 com-rade 
 
 comm-une 
 
 com-mute 
 
 comp-anion 
 
 comp-ass 
 
 comm-ission 
 
 comp-etent 
 
 con-federate 
 
 compre-hend 
 
 con-cave 
 
 con-ceal 
 
 con-cede 
 
 con-ceit 
 
 con-ceive 
 
 con-sent 
 
 con-cept 
 
 com-mit 
 
 con-cession 
 
 cond-emn 
 
 condes-cend 
 
 cond-ition 
 
 cond-ole 
 
 con-done 
 
 cond-uct 
 
 con-fab 
 
 comm-ittee 
 
 con-fess 
 
 con-fide 
 
 THE COMRADE A SMUGGLER. 
 
 A confederate comrade had command of the "Comet," 
 k' fast liner on the Atlantic Ocean. His companion con- 
 cealed goods bound for the U. S. in a concave part of the 
 ship to escape paying duty on the same, and confided this fact 
 to his confederate friend, which act his friend condescended 
 to condone, and even commended him for his conduct. 
 
 A few days later they had a "confab" with a conmiission 
 that was appointed to commune with them about the concepts 
 they had of the ship's contents when the companion made 
 a confession on condition that this committee give him some 
 kind of concession. This they refused to concede; but con- 
 deimned him and committed him to Libby Prison by and with 
 the consent of this confederate. 
 
 A few days later the confederate, coming to his cell at 
 the prison, condoled with him and said, that he would try to 
 get the President to commute his sentence. 
 
 Now, what I cannot comprehend is, how such a com- 
 petent commander could commend the conceit of this thief, 
 even though he was his comrade. I conjecture that the ship 
 was too commodious for such a compound. 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 83 
 
 Con-fine con-secute con-stitution contra ( ) coun-sel 
 
 con-fuse con-sent con-sul contra-ry coun-cil 
 
 con-sign con-sequence con-suit contra-vene counter ( ) 
 
 con-fute con-jugate con-tain contri( ) counter-act 
 
 con-ject con-secutive cont-empt contri-bute counter-feit 
 
 con-join con-sist cont-«nt con-vene con-sumate 
 
 conn-ect con-solidate con-test con-vince con-sume 
 
 conn-ive cong-ress cont-inue con-vey 
 
 WHAT RIGHTS HAVE THE CONSUL? 
 
 Now suppose that Mr. R. C. Faust of Kansas City, 
 Kansas, be appointed or sent to Congress for the second 
 time and Congress had appointed him as consul to France 
 before his time in Congress was out, contrary to the wording 
 of the constitution of the U. S., although he was counseled 
 by his own city council to accept it. If some persons would 
 consolidate and contest the act, could he be confined or held 
 in contempt of the law, before Congress could reconvene? 
 
 In his confusion, if he continue in that oflace, consign or 
 convey the full contents of his goods to France, without the 
 consent of Congress and they connive to cause him to con- 
 sume his time to confute their evidence and convince the 
 judges, what would he the consequence? Would he have to 
 consult the Congress or get their consent before he did these 
 things? 
 
 In the eyes of the law, of what does the holding of two 
 offices, at the same time, consist? 
 
 What connection has congress with the U. S. consul? 
 
 I ask for what you know, not your conjecture. 
 
84 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Phono-gra-ph 
 
 phono-gra-phy 
 
 photo-gra-ph 
 
 photo-gra-phy 
 
 geo-gra-phy 
 
 se-gre-gate 
 
 auto-gra-phy 
 
 steno-gra-phy 
 
 litho-gra-ph 
 
 litho-gra-phy 
 
 lineo-gra-ph 
 
 lineo-gra-phy 
 
 mimeo-gra-ph 
 
 con-gre-gation 
 
 auto-gra-ph 
 
 steno-gra-pher 
 
 re-comm-end 
 re-comm-en dation 
 e-con-omical * 
 for-the-comm-ittee 
 re-cog-nize 
 inter-com-mune 
 that-comm-ission 
 this-cong-ress 
 
 Messrs. R, L. Lloyd & Co., 
 
 Kansas City, Missouri. 
 
 Gentlemen : 
 
 The fifty-fifth Congress has just appointed the committee 
 
 to pass on a bill for the purchase of the following:* 
 
 % doz. Phonographs, 
 
 3 doz. Photograpns, 
 
 400 Lithograph Letter and Note-Heads, 
 
 3 large Lineographs, 
 
 3 No. 1 Mimeogrraphs, 
 
 to be used at the State Institutions. 
 
 I think the University will teach Phonography, or 
 Stenography, Photography, Lithography, geography. Mimeo- 
 graph work, and Autography (i. e. Penmanship) as an eco- 
 nomical expedient if the recognition by Congress of the rec- 
 ommendation of this committee is secured. 
 
 The aggregation of expense will be paid by the state. 
 The segregation of this committee might mean something, 
 but to teach all that congregation of pupils means some- 
 thing, also. 
 
 Your agent in haste. 
 
 See page 107 for the kr stroke. 
 
W JOINED TO VOWELS THAT ARE JOINED 85 
 TO CONSONANT. 
 The following outlines illustrates how w is joined to vowels 
 that are joined to consonants. 
 
 For convenience w i^f^) has two forms. 
 The vowel characters are: 
 e a...*! e O...T u oo....66....u....a....aw,...o ..ow ... 
 
 ©Oo«<-'^'^ '^ ^5/ » CO 
 
 we...way...wT...we...wo...wy...woo...wd6. .wu.. wa. ..wau...wo... 
 Wept, wape. wipp, weep, wop, wipe, woop, wup, wap, waup, 
 
 X t. 'V 'VL'^ ^ !^. !^ '^ ^ 
 
 wope. weff. wave, wiff, we've woflP. wife. woof, wuff, waff, 
 
 ...V. ..\. x \...\.,.A....'\ A....'\. ..:\., 
 
 wauf, wove, well, wail, will, we'll, wile, wool, wol,. wal, wall, 
 
 ..^ \.-^.^^..U.^....aJ...^..r^..^^.^ 
 
 wole; wear, weigher, wier, we're, wor, wire, war, wooer, 
 
 woor, were, ware, wore; week, wake, wick, week, wock 
 
 ;^^a_^..^_...^_-.^.^ J^ ^3. 
 
 wyke, wook, woock, wuck, wack. walk, woke, awoke; wedge, 
 
 ..'^...:^.:^^.....r^..."^.."^...s b ?.... 
 
 wage, wig, weeg, watch, wige, wooch, wug, wag, waug, woge, 
 
 .tx C-^ .1..^ l.XXl 
 
 wet, wait, wit, weet, wot, wite, woote woot, wut, wat, waut, 
 wote, went, wain, wind, wean, worn, wine, woon, won, one, wan 
 
 <^J...J. J....l.X.n/.. 7.1.1.1. 
 
 waun, wone, wound: west, waste, wist, wost, wise, was, woes 
 
86 THE WEH. WAY. YEH AND YEA COMBINATIONS. 
 
 The weh ( ^3 9 ) has two fonns to blend with consonants. 
 One of these forms may be used for way in case the regular 
 form, "way ( a )," does not blend with the consonant 
 strokes. 
 The yeh or yea (00) may be written the sa!me 
 
 WelL^J ;. * 
 
 wail.iSw^ * 
 
 wave..J^ * » 
 
 waif....!A ., * 
 
 wept....!>r * 
 
 wear.. ^.... T: * 
 
 weigher ^rrr....* , 
 
 wake.. 3:.^!^.. ..*.-. 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 87 
 
 Wept 
 
 wedge 
 
 sweat 
 
 Yale 
 
 yeast 
 
 wind 
 
 wade 
 
 web 
 
 wage 
 
 pei-suade 
 
 yet 
 
 switch 
 
 yield 
 
 waist 
 
 wave 
 
 swept 
 
 swill 
 
 weep 
 
 sweet 
 
 year 
 
 went 
 
 waif 
 
 swell 
 
 sweep 
 
 weave 
 
 Swede 
 
 week 
 
 wend 
 
 well 
 
 swale 
 
 weight 
 
 we've 
 
 wit 
 
 wane 
 
 wet 
 
 wail 
 
 swear 
 
 yes 
 
 weal 
 
 with 
 
 west 
 
 swain 
 
 wear suage yell wick weed waste wed 
 
 THE YALE AND WILLIAM'S COLLEGE GAME, 
 
 At the games on Boston Commons, a few years ago, you 
 may suppose that the Yale boys won the cup, then in the 
 hands of the Williams boys, "The Swedes." 
 
 So the Yale boys yelled, "Let the Swedes wear the 
 'weeds,' we'll go out west for a week and beat the best, for 
 we've swept the commons as with a yeast like wave, and 
 this was done ere the wane of the sun. Though they wear the 
 weed, they must pay the wage and yield to jis this year." 
 
 But just as they passed to the other* side of the com- 
 mons, a weak wail of a waif was wafted to their* ears. It 
 seemed that the waif was wading in a pool, as the wind swept 
 it off its feet and was sweeping it out into the deep on the 
 swell of a wave. One of the boys said, "Aided by the weight 
 of these boots I will wade up to my waist, and with this 
 switch I will persuade it to come to me, for weal or for 
 woe*, if it has the wits." 
 
 Although he was a swain and his sweater was wet with 
 sweat, he did not swear, but went forth* and said, "Do not 
 weep and I'll lose no time to waft you out of the waves with 
 this wet net or web. Just wait." 
 
 "Well," said the sweet boy, "I'll wedge my way to you 
 as best I may." 
 
88 THE WIH, WE. YIH, YE COMBINATIONS. 
 
 The wi (OS) and we i*^^), each, have two forms; yi and 
 ye ( *«) may be adjusted any way to accommodate the fol- 
 lowing strokes 
 
 Weep..^-. *.. 
 
 weave.. A *.. 
 
 we've.. ..\ .....*.. 
 
 Will...w^ *.. 
 
 weal...e-/. *.. 
 
 we'll. .«J. *.. 
 
 we're.5=rTr: *.. 
 
 wick....T^..^ *.. 
 
 week....^~\... *., 
 
 wicks ■: *.. 
 
 weeks.../ *.. 
 
 witch.. .N *.. 
 
 wig..r..wit5-r/...*.. 
 
 weed.^r r>v....*. 
 
 win/:^.. wean. ./...*. 
 
 yield, t^. *. 
 
 year...*. *. 
 
 ■ yeast.. .•/? *. 
 
 wist-ciTT! *. 
 
OTHER VOWEL COMBINATIONS. 89 
 
 The w5(~ ), wy ('i' ), woo ( '^), w66 ( f> ), wu ( '> ), 
 wS (7 ), wau ( n ), w5e ( i ), y^ ( //•), you ( 3 ), you 
 ( 5 ), yaw ( f 1 ), yen ( c ), are joined to consonant strokes 
 as follows: 
 
 ' Watch .y!^....wat..'^^^rr/..* 
 
 wipe. .^.... wife.. ^ * 
 
 ^ vfile.xsJ.. wire..f?r 
 
 wide..<;rr:T> wine. 2/.* 
 
 wise. . ."i^. wooer fyyTrrr* 
 
 wool Q^....^wood *. 
 
 women../:/ * 
 
 one.../ once...... * 
 
 wareXw«\yax < * 
 
 wag....'j^ wan.^f!^ * 
 
 wall .0^... war .'^rrrrr: * 
 
 walk. ..7?N.. walks...?. * 
 
 want. .'V^ . . . . wove. . .. . .\ ..* 
 
 wore .^rrrr:.. woke.. 7T\....* 
 
 yacht.. V^^^■r^<'. .yon., e/. * 
 
 youth «rr>. . .young . .,}..* 
 
 Yankee.. .5 * 
 
 yawl.L</. ..yore.^Trrr:....*. 
 
 yeoman. .<?^ * 
 
 awoke... T^ * 
 
 New York. A * 
 
90 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Swab 
 
 swipe 
 
 woo 
 
 won-one 
 
 wall 
 
 'twas 
 
 woke 
 
 wasp 
 
 twine 
 
 woof 
 
 were 
 
 walk 
 
 wound 
 
 awoke 
 
 swop 
 
 wire 
 
 swoop 
 
 word 
 
 swath 
 
 yacht 
 
 twice 
 
 waft 
 
 wide 
 
 twain 
 
 wax 
 
 Swope 
 
 yon 
 
 
 watch 
 
 wine 
 
 swoon 
 
 swag 
 
 wove 
 
 wild 
 
 
 swan 
 
 swine 
 
 wool 
 
 twin 
 
 wore 
 
 walks 
 
 
 wipe 
 
 wise 
 
 wood 
 
 swam 
 
 swore 
 
 wife 
 
 
 Mrs. William R. Swope, ' ! '■ •' ', 
 
 Omaha, Neb. ' ' 
 
 Dear Friend: 
 
 Some two weeks ago I wired you about my wife's swoon 
 o'er a sting of a wasp. Since then she did not walk out for 
 o'er a year. Once we thought she* would die. The wound 
 was so serious one night, we gave her* wine and watched 
 with her all that night. 
 
 It happened this way: My wife and I had just got into 
 our yacht on a wide pond by the woods, when we saw a wild 
 swan swoop swiftly down to swim on the pond. I "swopped" 
 seats with her, and as she went to put her hand on the woolen 
 woof of the seat she wiped her hand o'er a wasp, then she 
 thought to waft it with one "swipe" off the seat. 
 
 There* was a hole in the fine woven woof of the seat, 
 that the rope wore while towing and a "swab" of wool was 
 stuffed in the hole. She caught her hand in this when she 
 received the sting. 
 
 It may not have been wise, but Will Boyd swore that he 
 would cure* it with bees-wax that he got off the wall by the 
 old well. When we put this on, her hand swelled. This 
 awoke her and she wailed with pain. 
 
 I have seen the twins but twice. 'Twas when the twain 
 were at our house for some twine. 
 
 Hoping for your success, I am, 
 
EXPEDIENTS TO BE OBSERVED. 91 
 
 When short u or oo occurs between consonants, and are not 
 accented, unless used to express another sound, it need not 
 be recorded. 
 
 The short a, for convenience, may be expressed by moving 
 back on former stroke to commence the following stroke, and 
 the sounds of "aw, ah, ow, and oy" may be expressed by 
 setting back in the opposite direction from which the follow- 
 ing stroke is to be made to commence the following stroke 
 
 Cuff...7V * 
 
 buff...-S^ ..*..-: ,. 
 
 enough A * •. 
 
 cook....r!\^ * 
 
 judge.... C .....* , 
 
 calf...'V * 
 
 character...^.....*.... 
 
 value. ..\w *.. 
 
 follow..N^ *. 
 
 taffy. .sJl^ *, 
 
 staff.. ^.... * 
 
 coffee. .TV ."•, 
 
 cough. TA^ *. 
 
 caucus.TA *. 
 
 stock. .?r\ *. 
 
 routed . .rrrS*^. . * . 
 appointment^^/ . * 
 dotted^ 
 
92 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Puff recover Duff 
 
 gull 
 
 stalk 
 
 patch 
 
 batch 
 
 buff fun stuff 
 
 Taft 
 
 coffee 
 
 ratchet 
 
 gawk 
 
 enough Gov. value 
 
 daft 
 
 coffin 
 
 hatchet 
 
 chuffy 
 
 huffy hook half 
 
 staff 
 
 golf 
 
 catch 
 
 
 cuff cook chaff 
 
 hawk 
 
 doff 
 
 cougar 
 
 
 uncover character quaif 
 
 horse 
 
 fond 
 
 judge 
 
 
 discover tough caught 
 
 stock 
 
 calf 
 
 chalk 
 
 
 GOV. DUFF'S COOK AND JUDGE TAFT. 
 
 Gov. Duff's cook, a chuffy fellow of a tough character, 
 with his coat puffed above his buff cuffs, had just quaffed 
 enough wine to make him huffy, when Judge Taft, riding a 
 bay horse, doffed his hat to the cook, half in fun and half to 
 "patch" up an old feud of some two years' standing, when 
 the judge uncovered with a hook, a hatchet, a typewriter 
 ratchet, a coffin lid, a mounted hawk, the hide of a cougar, 
 and some chalk that the judge accused him of "gulling" out 
 of some one. 
 
 The cook was fond of golf and did not know the value of 
 time; neither did the judge, so ere the judge could recover 
 his bow to the gawk, the cook invited him to take stock in 
 a game of golf. He accepted, tied his horse to a coffee stalk 
 nigh a patch of weeds, and a batch of chaff puffed into the 
 horse's face just as a calf passed by with some stuff in its 
 mouth. The horse discovered* it and tried to catch the calf. 
 This caused the calf to cough and let the stuff fall, which the 
 horse caught up as quickly as it fell. 
 
WORD BUILDING. 9? 
 
 By applying preceding rules and principles, words may be 
 built as illustrated below 
 
 Has.-i-. had. ...I *.. 
 
 hat .i....Hattie....l' .*.. 
 
 hated hast.-.U *.. 
 
 hand... It... Hammond. v.* , 
 
 Hattan.....l/ *. 
 
 hatter...^... hap..... *. 
 
 hazzard.. J.. enhance... r... *. 
 
 happy... happen...,...,^*. 
 
 happier...., *. 
 
 happiest..... *. 
 
 mishap.....^ *. 
 
 happiness .... ..y * 
 
 hoe. .J hope... *. 
 
 hopeless. „....!... *. 
 
 hopelessness...... jf. ,...*. 
 
 )ernaps...N,...*. 
 
 hotel.. .J perhaps...,.., 
 
 hoping. ........ home. ^ *. 
 
 homely. .<i. Homer ..«L— * 
 
04 STROKES COMMENCING WITH S. 
 
 All of these strokes are written downward; vowels are 
 joined to the lower end and rules are applied the same to 
 them as to all other strokes. 
 
 If a vowel is joined to the beginning of the shr, sh, shl or 
 shn strokes the hook is to be omitted. Following vowel 
 characters are read between thcsk. or sh and following r, 
 1 or n sounds' Use ah for aw 
 
 Shr..;...sh...l..8hl!|. ..shn-shm .1 .. skr sk./...sl/..8n-sm..^ 
 
 Sure...!? msure..?. * 
 
 insurance. 
 
 .f •. 
 
 should ...1... show. .<1.. *. 
 shall ..\^.. machine yf. ....*. 
 
 you shall be....p. .-...*. 
 
 shawl ..{. scare *. 
 
 shun...| shame. .j *. 
 
 ' ^ „_:„.d » 
 
 screw. ..r'. script'^.. . 
 
 scout. .6!! scribe.^^ — *. 
 
 slip. . . .^ sleep. ^^ . .* . 
 
 smile /TT.. shape. ..^.... *. 
 snap...^^....snipe^^^>..... *. 
 
 subsc^ption^^ .It * . 
 
 subscriber. . . .. -. * . 
 
 scold/T..school.^^ *. 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 95 
 
 Shear 
 
 shay 
 
 shout 
 
 shawl 
 
 shire 
 
 shade 
 
 should be 
 
 shalt 
 
 sure 
 
 she'd 
 
 you should 
 
 shame 
 
 sure to be 
 
 shot 
 
 I should 
 
 machine 
 
 shirt 
 
 shod 
 
 shell 
 
 shun 
 
 short 
 
 she'd 
 
 sure to have had 
 
 sham 
 
 share 
 
 shy 
 
 she'll do 
 
 shanty 
 
 shower 
 
 shale 
 
 sheet 
 
 shone 
 
 shear 
 
 shoe 
 
 shield 
 
 she may 
 
 insure 
 
 shaw 
 
 shilling 
 
 shine 
 
 insurance 
 
 show 
 
 shall 
 
 shin 
 
 shed 
 
 shoot 
 
 shall be 
 
 sheen 
 
 MR. RIGHT THE INSURANCE MAN. 
 
 One day, Mr. Right jumped into his "one-horse shay" 
 and drove out to the country to sell insurance. He had not 
 gone far when a shower came up, so he drove under the 
 shade of an ash nigh by, but it promised to be more than a 
 shower, so Mr. Right decided to look* around for better shel- 
 ter from the storm* and spied a shanty or shed not far* 
 away. He went to it and found the shed to be a blacksmith 
 shop. 
 
 The blacksmith and his good wife stayed in a shanty 
 nigh by. While waiting for the storm to pass, Mr. Right 
 thought he would have his horse shod. As the Smith was 
 putting shoes on the horse you should have seen Mr. Right 
 persuading the smith to have his life* insured. 
 
 The smith said, "I shall be glad to have some insurance, 
 but I am not sure, as to what my wife would say about it.'* 
 "But," said Mr. Right, "if you can show her the advantage 
 of it I am sure she will acquiesce." 
 
 So the smith sent Mr. Right into the house to see his 
 wife about the insurance. He hesitated some, but soon 
 found courage and went in. 
 
 She was cutting out a shirt for her husband, and was 
 about to sew it on a machine. She shot a glance at him 
 that seemed to say that she would rather shun him than 
 have him speak on insurance. 
 
 Mr. Right knew she was almost deaf, so he spread out 
 his sheets and shouted to her about the insurance. 
 
 She was ashamed to think her husband would be in- 
 sured, and said, "He shall not insure." 
 
96 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Screw 
 
 school 
 
 sled 
 
 sly 
 
 snow 
 
 secure 
 
 skull 
 
 slate 
 
 slough 
 
 snipe 
 
 scarce 
 
 scald 
 
 scold 
 
 slip 
 
 snoop 
 
 slow 
 
 skirt 
 
 sleet 
 
 slice 
 
 snug 
 
 score 
 
 escape 
 
 sleep 
 
 slept 
 
 smut 
 
 Scran ton 
 
 scope 
 
 sloop 
 
 sluice 
 
 smite 
 
 scream 
 
 sky 
 
 slap 
 
 slew 
 
 smoothe 
 
 scored 
 
 skate 
 
 slab 
 
 slick 
 
 Smith 
 
 escort 
 
 scat 
 
 slot 
 
 Sloan 
 
 smile 
 
 slight 
 
 small 
 
 scribe 
 
 subscribe 
 
 subscription 
 
 THE TRUANT BOYS' ESCAPADE. 
 
 John Sloan and William Smith of Scranton, Penn., two 
 youths about eighteen years of age, and a score of others*, 
 slapped the books and slates o'er their* shoulders and slipped 
 away from school to go hunting snipe in the deep snow. 
 
 They each had a small sled, so that they might slide on 
 the smooth, slick slopes of a high hill* by the sluice-way, 
 down to a slough at the foot of a sluice-way. 
 
 They each wore a smile and were not slow to escape the 
 scan of their* school master. 
 
 Some had skates and thought to slide on the sluice-way 
 just as they espied a cat "snooping" about a lot of snipe 
 that seemed to be asleep in the outskirts of the woods. One 
 of the boys said, "seat, and thought to smite it with a stone, 
 when his foot slipped and he smote his skull against a slab 
 on the side of the sluice-way which cut quite a slice in his 
 scalp. 
 
 His screams aroused his school teacher, who slept in a 
 house "nigh by." Scarcely a moment passed ere he was at 
 the sluice-way to escort the boys to his home where he scolded 
 them for being so snobbish and for escaping from school. 
 
STROKES COMMENCING WITH P OR B. 
 
 The student will observe that there are four lengths of 
 strokes, with the exception of the pl..^...blA... If or Iv. -/.... 
 strokes. Great care should be used to have these strokes 
 the right length , right slant and right direction 
 
 P.....Sr....b...L pk-pg...(^...bk-bg...L...pl . \ , h\..K^.., 
 
 Pick..;J^ * ^r 
 
 pug-.-V;^. ..pack...(^^^....,* 
 
 book.. I back. .1. * 
 
 pocket .^^^^. 
 
 became. .(.....become.(....*. 
 
 begin.. L.... began. .(.....* 
 
 because (. /^*. 
 
 bigger ...L^. * 
 
 play...S?...^re.^ 
 
 ply.... ^..... pile f^...*. 
 
 bill...W h\\ie..U\ *. 
 
 bowl...^^ Ijelow..^ *. 
 
 believe...<>« * 
 
 bluff.... .^. *. 
 
 plenty...!^. *. 
 
 playing...v?^ *. 
 
 billing. ....V«.. 
 building.. J«o. 
 
98 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Expect 
 
 pike 
 
 apex 
 
 become 
 
 respect 
 
 pack 
 
 boxing 
 
 became 
 
 inspect 
 
 package 
 
 backing 
 
 bucking 
 
 suspect 
 
 poke 
 
 baking 
 
 you become 
 
 despicable 
 
 picket 
 
 opaque 
 
 we begun 
 
 peek 
 
 packer 
 
 patch 
 
 you begin 
 
 peak 
 
 poker 
 
 beckon 
 
 begin 
 
 pocket 
 
 
 
 
 begun 
 
 began 
 
 bike 
 
 baker 
 
 bicker 
 
 bugle 
 
 buckle 
 
 MR. BAKER'S GAME OF POKER. 
 
 Q. Mr. Baker, do you know Mr. Edward Peking? 
 
 A. I saw him once. 
 
 Q. Where were you when you saw him? 
 
 A. I was standing on an opaque rock* at the apex of 
 Pike's Peak with my hands in my pockets and a pug by the 
 name of Puck by my side. 
 
 Q. How did you get acquainted with him? 
 
 A. He was riding on a "bike" with a bugle in a box, 
 buckled to his belt, and as soon as I saw him, I began to 
 beckon for him to come to me. When he came up to where 
 I was, I noticed a patch on his vest and a package in his 
 hand. I asked to inspect the package, at which he became 
 offended and was quite disrespectful. He said, "I did not 
 expect you to ask such a question." 
 
 Q. Did you two have a game of poker? 
 
 A. We did. After we had bickered in respect to the 
 package and I saw that he suspected me. I asked him to 
 begin a game of poker with me, and he said he would not do 
 so unless the picket would act as his backer, for he was not 
 pleased with my despicable question when he came up. 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 99 
 
 Rebuke 
 
 apply 
 
 aback 
 
 pail 
 
 plow 
 
 pickle 
 
 pile 
 
 bail 
 
 plea 
 
 able c 
 
 picking 
 
 bacon 
 
 blue 
 
 plot 
 
 bell '^ 
 
 peeking 
 
 begging 
 
 ball 
 
 plight 
 
 bowl 
 
 opaque 
 
 beggar 
 
 Powell 
 
 applause 
 
 plate 
 
 packing 
 
 book 
 
 bag 
 
 bled 
 
 blaze 
 
 packet 
 
 buck 
 
 apple 
 
 pull 
 
 please 
 
 blot 
 
 backing 
 
 opal 
 
 place 
 
 plate 
 
 repack 
 
 bleed 
 
 bless 
 
 bliss 
 
 beg 
 
 
 A PICNIC ON PIKE'S PEAK. 
 
 In the fall, Bill, Opal and Able Powell. built a house on 
 the apex of Pike's Peak. It was a pleasant place where no 
 beggars came and no begging was done. Each had the pocket- 
 book full. 
 
 They had moved into the house, unpacked all of the 
 goods save a packet or package that they repacked, and 
 were in quite a plight when some of the neighbors invited 
 them to a picnic, saying that it was now the last of the 
 week, their plowing was all done, the school books were put 
 away and that they had planned the picnic for Saturday.* 
 
 Opal packed a complete lunch* containing a bag of 
 apples, a bowl of pickles and a plate of baker's cake. 
 
 On the way to the picnic grounds* the pail fell off the 
 bail, spilling the cake which Puck, the pug, ate with bliss. 
 This plight made them feel blue, so they plotted to play 
 baU. 
 
 Bill saw a buck peeking around some opaque rocks*, and 
 picking up a pole, he pulled it back to poke the buck in the 
 eye. This caused it to bleed so badly that it bled to death. 
 He then applied the pole to poke it off the bluff. 
 
 This did not please Opal and she rebuked him as she 
 built a blaze, for she thought of baking some of its flesh. 
 This she did, and they had that instead of cake for the picnic 
 lunch.* 
 
 *See page 122 for the tr stroke, page 134 for the gr 
 stroke, and page 126 for the rk stroke, also page 107 for the 
 nch stroke. 
 
100 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Blossom 
 
 playing 
 
 employ 
 
 blazing 
 
 blinding 
 
 blight 
 
 platting 
 
 double 
 
 blasting 
 
 bloom 
 
 blood 
 
 ability 
 
 noble 
 
 applauding 
 
 bland 
 
 plain 
 
 ablaze 
 
 Mabel 
 
 platen 
 
 blown 
 
 plane 
 
 ample 
 
 belting 
 
 comply 
 
 supply 
 
 plant 
 
 imply 
 
 bolting 
 
 maple 
 
 complete 
 
 plumb 
 
 simple 
 
 blotting 
 
 plan 
 
 topple 
 
 plump 
 
 simply 
 
 blighting 
 
 blind 
 
 
 Dear Miss Mable Noble: 
 Bloomington, 111. 
 
 A hot wind has been blowing all day, and has blown 
 down or toppled every shock of wheat we have, blighted thu 
 blossom of every rose on the plains and it is so late in the 
 year that they will not bloom again this summer. This is not 
 only true of the rose, but of all other blossoms, so that the 
 bee cannot comply with its plans to give us a good supply of 
 honey. 
 
 We shall have to supplant honey with maple sugar. Do 
 not imply from this that the blighting of the blossom robbed 
 us of all of our sweet-meats, for we were able to save a good 
 supply of plum jelly and maple sugar from* last year's 
 supply. 
 
 Last year, the plums were plump and we simply employed 
 those simple boys who do the blasting in the mines, and 
 bolting flour* in the mills, to pick a double supply of plums. 
 So the blighting of the blossom did not completely rob us 
 of sweet-meats. 
 
 Ella and Roy are applauding little* May for wrapping 
 a blotting paper around the platen of my typewriter and 
 playing that the typewriter is blind. A while ago, she was 
 platting some yam* to use for belting for our sewing ma- 
 chine. With best wishes to all, I am. 
 
 Your Sister, 
 
STROKES COMMENCING WITH F OR V. 101 
 
 Vowels and rules are applied the same to all consonant 
 strokes of similar nature, but the vowels written at the end 
 of strokes having two or more sounds, may be read either 
 between or at the end of those sounds. The f and v are 
 treated as the same strokes. The long strokes may be read 
 with the sounds of j or ch at the end instead ofg or k sounds. 
 
 Fr-vr..... f-y...\... fl-vl..\ ...fk-fg-vkVvg-fj-vj-fch-vch. 
 
 Fear...* free..^. * 
 
 every....!*... very... V* * 
 
 several \<. ..* 
 
 advertise....\V * 
 
 advertiser " * 
 
 advertising r"...^...* 
 
 advertisement....' * 
 
 value.. \^.. valuable. \^^* 
 
 feel. .\.... flee. ..\ * 
 
 fell..\ fulL-N^ * 
 
 flow.V floor .Ny * 
 
 fact.V folks.V....* 
 
 factory..... \. * 
 
 figurative ......V......;...* 
 
 following.. V,...^ * , 
 
 fellow. V... flow. \ * 
 
 form.>f farm..V^ * 
 
 France..V....first..'yr...* 
 
102 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Ever 
 
 affray 
 
 phrase 
 
 affright 
 
 France 
 
 over 
 
 free 
 
 fierce 
 
 fruit 
 
 farther 
 
 sever 
 
 far 
 
 freeze 
 
 fraught 
 
 fringe 
 
 safer 
 
 fire 
 
 farce 
 
 friend 
 
 forcing 
 
 offer 
 
 fry 
 
 verse 
 
 frame 
 
 inference 
 
 suffer 
 
 fewer 
 
 aver 
 
 frighten 
 
 fairer 
 
 so far as 
 
 fur 
 
 fort 
 
 from 
 
 affairs 
 
 cipher 
 
 fair 
 
 effort 
 
 farm 
 
 you freight 
 
 fare 
 
 for 
 
 freight 
 
 foreign 
 
 I fear 
 
 fear 
 
 four 
 
 afford 
 
 afraid 
 
 we forage 
 
 Mr. Fred Ford, 
 
 Fair Plains, Iowa. 
 Dear Friend: 
 
 While we were out on the farm last year we had a farcp 
 play, in which we forced a friend of ours, who avers that 
 he could write a verse without a phrase in it, to wear a 
 fringe frock. We had hardly fraught our friend with this 
 farce when we affrighted a fowl that was eating new fruit 
 from the boughs of a plum. 
 
 The day was very fair, yes, fairer than ever before. We 
 did not freeze as you and I froze when you were with us. 
 You know how we suffered — ^but I shall not write further 
 about this. 
 
 A boy paid our fare and we went over an old ford to 
 a frame fort that the forces of the south built when they 
 sent a cipher code to France about some foreign affairs. 
 You know of the effort. 
 
 We sold our farm today and father bought no fewer 
 than forty furs for his friends, so they would not suffer in 
 the fierce gale that is to blow all of this week. That is 
 what the weather* man* says. 
 
 We are packing our trunks today as we are to set sail 
 for France on Friday. You know our trunks do not go by 
 freight but are sent free of fare. 
 
 So far as I know, I fear your freight will be delayed. 
 The inference is that the soldiers are to forage soon, and if 
 they do, it will delay our freight, also. 
 
 From your friend, 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 103 
 
 Evil 
 
 fell 
 
 flay 
 
 flat 
 
 flame 
 
 civilize 
 
 felt 
 
 inflate 
 
 flask 
 
 flaunt 
 
 civilization 
 
 feel 
 
 flee 
 
 flaw 
 
 flown 
 
 weevil 
 
 field 
 
 fleet 
 
 flow 
 
 flounce 
 
 swivel 
 
 fill 
 
 fleece 
 
 float 
 
 fluent 
 
 influence 
 
 file 
 
 flit 
 
 Floyd 
 
 floor 
 
 confluence 
 
 fool 
 
 flight 
 
 phlegm 
 
 flare 
 
 affluence 
 
 full 
 
 fly 
 
 flame 
 
 flowers 
 
 pre-valent 
 
 fault 
 
 flew 
 
 flimsy 
 
 fellow 
 
 pro-fliprate 
 
 false 
 
 flute 
 
 felon 
 
 value 
 
 THE PROFLIGATE'S REMORSE. 
 
 It was noised about the city a few days ago, that a 
 profligate, who had been brought in by a French fleet, had 
 flayed a mate and put acid on the wound to inflate it. The 
 felon was put on the first floor of the city jail by the civil 
 officers. , 
 
 The prevalent opinion was, that his influence with Floyd, 
 the jailer, was fraught with evil. The people said that Floyd 
 was false to his trust and guilty of aiding him in his flight. 
 Yet, some say it was no fault of his; that the profligate went 
 under the floor. 
 
 The felon had been a fellow of affluent and fluent means; 
 but he had failed in business and thus his fall. 
 
 He fled from jail and from civilization out into a field 
 of wheat. As he lay flat in the field of wheat and saw weevril 
 in it — knowing that it could not be used for flour — he thought 
 of the flaws in his life. 
 
 From thence he went to the confluence of two streams* 
 and sat down by a flume. He saw the water* flow past and 
 on it was a float, and on the float was a flute, a flask, a 
 swivel, and a file. As the float passed him he thought, "Thus 
 do I float down the stream of time and fool my life* away." 
 
 He saw a blue-jay fly above him, and as it flitted from 
 bough to bough of an old elm, it seemed to flaunt its liberty 
 before him. As a fleecy cat sought to flounce upon it, it 
 flew. The felon said, "Oh, that I could thus flee from sin." 
 
 The flare of a flimsy flame from a hut aroused him as 
 he arose; and he wished he might reform. 
 
104 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Affect 
 
 manufactory 
 
 if you're to 
 
 effect 
 
 fickle 
 
 if we are to 
 
 infect 
 
 if I could 
 
 we've let you have the 
 
 figs 
 
 if we could 
 
 if we'll be 
 
 fake 
 
 if 'ey could 
 
 if vou'll be 
 
 fix 
 
 if we're to have the 
 
 if 'ey'll be 
 
 fiction 
 
 we have caught 
 
 we've written 
 
 figure 
 
 I've got 
 
 I've read 
 
 factory 
 
 you've goods 
 
 you've read 
 
 affection 
 
 we've your 
 
 we've rates 
 
 faction 
 
 I've your 
 
 you've let us 
 
 fictitious 
 
 you've our 
 
 
 THE VALUE OF THIS COMPOSITION. 
 
 All stories in this book are fiction and should not affect 
 the reader, other* than to effect a better command of words. 
 
 If I could, if you could, if he could, or if they could use 
 better speech; — I say if we could speak better, then we have 
 caught the spirit or object of this composition. YOU HAVE 
 GOOD REASON TO STUDY IT. 
 
 You may figure that although you work* in a factory 
 where they manufacture goods and a fickle faction is all 
 around you — ^they say you are a fake and that you use fic- 
 titious words and that they do not care a fig for what you 
 say — yet, you have your reward, and we have our reward for 
 the study, for we shall infect their speech for the better. 
 
 If you are to, if we are to, or if they are to have the 
 respect of scholars, we, you and they must study the com- 
 mand of words. 
 
 We have let you have the book, so that, if you will be, 
 if he will be, if they will be, or if we will be valuable linguists, 
 you, he, they, or we will have to study this shorthand right. 
 
 I have read the shorthand, you have read it, and we have 
 written it over and over again. 
 
STROKES COMMENCING WITH L. 105 
 
 Theae strokes are recorded upward. The It'-lv stroke is no 
 larger than a vowel character. They may be used for "self or 
 selves." Vowels and rules are applied the same to these 
 strokes as to all other consonant characters...,,, , 
 
 Lf-lv..J^v,.lr.^..l~J....ls.--/...lk-lg-lj-lch-^. 
 
 love..^ laugh. ..^ * 
 
 leav^«..,.-^.roaf ..^. * 
 
 live..^. leaf...--?^....* , 
 
 eleven.ftjP life.^^-y • * , 
 
 lawyer.-/^..legai--^.....* 
 
 yourself ...Orrrrrf'. ;....* , , 
 
 ourselves... srrrrr * ....,..,., 
 
 lower..-7.^. letter. -5..^* , 
 
 likely .~<<\..lQ^ge -»*/...* „ 
 
 election ..a--^.....«.. * 
 
 locomotive... «.^. * ; 
 
 select ft^ himself. i^.... * 
 
 herself.. t!... myself./^..* 
 
 you'll have-.o^. * 
 
 ril haveto be..^ * 
 
 will you have to be..^...*. 
 
106 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 himself 
 
 self 
 
 we'll go 
 
 laugh 
 
 Left 
 
 you'll cut 
 
 life 
 
 legislate 
 
 we'll keep 
 
 enliven 
 
 liken 
 
 self-enlight 
 
 herself 
 
 elf 
 
 self -deny 
 
 themselves 
 
 lake 
 
 selfishness 
 
 itself 
 
 likely 
 
 Pennsylvania 
 
 yourself 
 
 myself 
 
 you'll have to be 
 
 elevator 
 
 ourselves 
 
 they'll have to be 
 
 alive 
 
 locally 
 
 he will have to be 
 
 aloof 
 
 legal 
 
 I will have to be 
 
 elect 
 
 select 
 
 we will have to be 
 
 leave 
 
 I'll get 
 
 we will have had 
 
 THIS IS A SELFISH PROPOSITION. 
 
 Of all of the selves; yourself, yourselves, ourselves, them 
 selves, myself, herself, himself, and itself; the self-enlight- 
 ened are the most selfish and the self-denying are full of 
 selfishness. 
 
 If the most select, at a special election, elect a repre- 
 sentative to the legislature of Pennsylvania, he will have to 
 be of their set. If you are that representative you will have 
 to be alive to their interests*, a likely fellow, full of life, free 
 from legal complications, a local leader, and they will have 
 to be your special friends or they will laugh at you and keep 
 aloof from you, go a fishing on the lakes on election days, 
 or, to enliven matters, liken you to a sucker. 
 
 "Good by. We will have to go in the elevator," said 
 Albert. "I will get the elevator boy to run it, for you will 
 cut yourself on the cable if you try to run it," said Cora. 
 "We will have had a ride in the elevator before evening; the 
 boy was in the elevator a while ago," said Robert. 
 
STROKES COMMENCING WITH K, ALSO 107 
 NK AND NG. 
 
 Vowels and rules are applied the same to these as to all 
 other consonant characters. 
 
 kr../...k..j..kl...|.kn-kni...^^.ks... ..nk-nich. j nj-ng ..j. 
 
 Cart.. !?.... card. ..^.. * ! 
 
 courageous 
 
 character... 71*^^ *. 
 
 could. 7^... cut. !7N * 
 
 cull..7!\..claW.~\ *• 
 
 coIlege.-.T^ *. 
 
 collect ..r!\ *. 
 
 inclose. *T\. 
 
 magazine m *...Trr77....^^.:.w*;^:^;.....'/. j^. 
 
 sink.../... make.. ^ * .' 
 
 knock. v). much../...*. 
 
 language. ,-<rJ;, *. 
 
 long — 7). . . bank . .V.- . . .* . 
 wrong. . . .") . strong.rT^' 
 
 thank<rTrN..court. . .^. 
 
108 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Acre 
 
 core 
 
 courage 
 
 crown 
 
 cruel 
 
 euchre 
 
 cry 
 
 courageous 
 
 cart 
 
 corral 
 
 ochre 
 
 curse 
 
 discourage 
 
 card 
 
 crawl 
 
 seeker 
 
 crew 
 
 encourage 
 
 court 
 
 cringe 
 
 sucker 
 
 cream 
 
 criss-cross 
 
 crease 
 
 accrue 
 
 Walker 
 
 cruise 
 
 colonel 
 
 crust 
 
 corn 
 
 care 
 
 carry 
 
 increase 
 
 curl 
 
 crime 
 
 car 
 
 Cora 
 
 cramp 
 
 Carl 
 
 crumb 
 
 cure 
 
 crazy 
 
 crony 
 
 choral 
 
 crate 
 
 CORA AND CARL'S CRUISE. 
 
 Cora and Carl Walker landed on a coral island with a dis- 
 couraged crew. They lost their courage when they saw that 
 their cruise brought* them to an island on which there* was 
 not an acre of soil — ^no not even yellow ochre that would 
 raise com. This was not very encouraging, for they knew 
 not how to meet such a crisis with only a few apple-cores, 
 one crate of crackers, crums of some cake, crusts of bread 
 with no cream, and a cringing squirrel that had just crawled 
 out of an old cart, also, a crisp new ten dollar* bill. 
 
 Colonel Walker, the father of Cora and Carl, and a few 
 of his cronies were seekers of pearl shells that might accrue 
 on the beach by the tide. 
 
 Cora knew that her* father had cards and she asked him 
 for them so that she might play a game of euchre with Carl, 
 when he cursed her until* she cried. He said card playing 
 was a crime and that her curls needed her* care. 
 
 Cora was very courageous and had just received a 
 "crown" for her choral singing. 
 
 Carl, while carrying a crate to a corral, was seized with 
 cramps. The crate fell and the contents splashed across a 
 table upon his cross father who became very cruel to him. 
 The father's mood had been criss-cross all day. 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 109 
 
 Uncle 
 
 Cal. 
 
 sickle 
 
 call 
 
 cycle 
 
 Colo. 
 
 inclose 
 
 cowel 
 
 include 
 
 coil 
 
 incline 
 
 class 
 
 inclement 
 
 close 
 
 exclude 
 
 cult 
 
 clay 
 
 colt 
 
 kill 
 
 cold 
 
 keel 
 
 clod 
 
 coal 
 
 cloud 
 
 cull 
 
 collect 
 
 college 
 
 click 
 
 cling 
 
 claim 
 
 clam 
 
 I call to see you 
 
 climate 
 
 clear 
 
 cloudy 
 
 clump 
 
 clumsy 
 
 acclimate 
 
 clime 
 
 Mr. Fred Call, 
 
 Denver, Colo. 
 Dear* Friend Fred : 
 
 I have just received a letter from* Uncle Clyde, inviting 
 me to spend my vacation with him. He also requests that I 
 bring my friends with me. 
 
 When I read the letter, I thought of you. All will be ex- 
 cluded from the estate but ourselves and our college class- 
 mates. 
 
 On my way, I shall call for you and we will go up into 
 the foot-hills of Colorado to collect the rest of our cult (class- 
 mates) . 
 
 Uncle's estate is situated near a beautiful bay in C^i- 
 fomia and consists of an old colonial home with all of its 
 • surroundings* in the center of a fine forest. Clumps of rose- 
 bushes nestle close to the great* trees* of the forest. Ivy 
 vines coiling around large pillars and clinging to the massive 
 walls of the building, give it a look of grandeur. 
 
 You need not fear bad colds for the weather in that part 
 of California is never inclement. The people do not experi- 
 ence the cold, cloudy days which we do in this country. 
 
 We shall include in our sports: 'cycling, riding colts, 
 killing wild geese, gathering clams, culling coal, sickling 
 grass, crushing clods of clay as we climb the cliffs and col- 
 lect rents from the tenants. 
 
 With kindest wishes, I am. 
 
 One of Your Cult. 
 
110 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Common 
 
 connect 
 
 second 
 
 come home 
 
 knock 
 
 canning 
 
 anxious 
 
 magazine 
 
 cane 
 
 cunning 
 
 you can see us 
 
 continue 
 
 kin 
 
 country 
 
 you and I could 
 
 make 
 
 keen 
 
 county 
 
 I come to see you 
 
 income 
 
 kind 
 
 account 
 
 you come to see us 
 
 nook 
 
 coon 
 
 contain 
 
 connection 
 
 knick 
 
 cannon 
 
 coinage 
 
 communicate 
 
 knack 
 
 Canton 
 
 commit 
 
 seek them 
 
 next 
 
 sicken 
 
 weaken 
 
 much 
 
 notch 
 
 Mr. Carl Coon, 
 
 New Haven, Conn. 
 Dear Friend: 
 
 Enclosed is a clipping of your communication to the 
 "Ladies' Magazine." In connection with this is a cunning 
 article, giving the account of the coinage of gold in this 
 country. 
 
 I cannot in any way connect our President at Canton, 
 with this kind of an article, for its keen comments are not in 
 keeping with his common views on that subject. 
 
 You and I could weaken the influence of the second 
 article without committing ourselves. 
 
 The next time I come to see you I shall expect a treat to 
 nick-knacks. I am anxious to come home in time to see the 
 "coons" cut the cane while some of their* kin are canning 
 some of the Ray County tomatoes. 
 
 I am not making very much now and all of my income 
 I could put into a nook of my vest pocket. 
 
 I continue to sicken at the thought of the notch I cut in 
 the old cannon with my hatchet. 
 
 I seem to see the people the cannon knocked down when 
 they fired it, and I seek them once again. 
 
 With kindest regards to all, I am, 
 
 Your cousin, 
 
STROKES COMMENCING WITH H. Ill 
 
 Vowels and rules are applied the same to these strokes as 
 to all other consonant characters. If preceded by vowels, 
 the first four characters would be read as sh, shr. shl or shn- 
 shm. Except phrasing. 
 
 H..l..hr...'! hi. J wh. .l...ch..^ j.C g ( q/.. 
 
 Harry..):' ,....* ......;::: 
 
 hardly .V.*.. hearty... y.. -r 
 
 heretofore..*s<.... * 
 
 higher. .k;^ * 
 
 who ar€....h * 
 
 hear...... here......* 
 
 her..V...herd...^...» 
 
 hill.. J. ..heal... J...* 
 
 who'll do..|^ * 
 
 whole..! * 
 
 hull ..|... . held. |...* 
 
 I should....! ..* 
 
 we should. .1 * 
 
 I shall.. .(J * , 
 
 you shall. ..r.. *,.... , 
 
 ash..J...Asher......* ^ 
 
 assure..,??...... * 
 
 assurance..../. * 
 
112 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Sing 
 
 nickel 
 
 hearse 
 
 heretofore 
 
 sunk 
 
 maker 
 
 hear 
 
 who are 
 
 sang 
 
 majority 
 
 herd 
 
 who are to be 
 
 swing 
 
 imagine 
 
 hard 
 
 hereafter 
 
 swung 
 
 image 
 
 hurt 
 
 herein 
 
 tswang 
 
 here to 
 
 heart 
 
 herewith 
 
 English 
 
 hewer 
 
 hearty 
 
 who are my 
 
 ankle 
 
 hoard 
 
 heartily 
 
 who are made 
 
 knuckle 
 
 Huron 
 
 hired 
 
 who are to have 
 
 single 
 
 heron 
 
 hire 
 
 who are not 
 
 JOE AND FRANK ENGLISH'S MISCHIEF. 
 
 My cousins, Joe and Frank English, were giving a 
 hearty "roast" to some hewers of images near* Huron eeme* 
 tery, when they imagined they saw our uncle and a majority 
 of the engravers rush out of the yard toward them; so the 
 boys rushed up town and jumped onto a hearse that was 
 standing in front of an undertaker's office. 
 
 As they did so, Joe hurt his knuckle on a nickel-plated 
 rod and Frank swung a whip over the hired horses and said, 
 "Herewith do we depart, and hereafter you may find this 
 hearse in the country." 
 
 They passed over the hard road at a higher speed than 
 usual, frightened a herd of horses at the comer of 18th and 
 Harper Avenues. They hurried on and came to a ferry. 
 Joe said, "I heard a boat," and Frank said, "I heard that 
 sometime ago." 
 
 They left the hearse and hired a canoe to row over the 
 Missouri. They were soon over and thought themselves 
 heroes. 
 
 Frank said that he heard a lass singing. They soon 
 saw her in a swing where she had swung and sung for some 
 time. 
 
 Joe went up to her and said, "You must be the 'Queen 
 of Hearts,' it does me good to hear you sing so heartily." 
 Heretofore, it was Frank who was so bold. 
 
 She gazed at him and said, "What is the matter with 
 your foot?" and he said, "I sprained my ankle." Herein she 
 knew that the boys knew who were to be arrested; who are 
 to have hand-cuffs and who are not. You may know who 
 are my cousins and who are made criminals, but you do not 
 know what they did with the heron they caught when they 
 rowed in the canoe. 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 113 
 
 Hale 
 
 howl 
 
 who will not 
 
 inhale 
 
 held 
 
 we will do 
 
 exhale 
 
 hilt 
 
 you share it 
 
 hill 
 
 halt 
 
 who will be 
 
 heal 
 
 exalt 
 
 you show us 
 
 who'll 
 
 Holy 
 
 who will have 
 
 hull 
 
 Helen 
 
 you shun us 
 
 Hal 
 
 Highland 
 
 who will know 
 
 hole 
 
 hall 
 
 who will make 
 
 whole 
 
 hollow 
 
 we showed you 
 
 I shall do 
 we should see you 
 who will see you 
 you shall see us 
 who will not be 
 we shall be 
 who will have it 
 you should not be 
 I shall not be 
 who will lead us. 
 
 A HALLOWE'EN PARTY AT HIGHLAND. 
 
 About seven o'clock, one Friday evening, a Miss Helen 
 Hall hallo'ed to Hal Holt, saying, "Who will lead us in a 
 Hallowe'en party to-night?" and Hal said, "I shall do so, but 
 who will have it?" 
 
 "Ella Hale, Roy Hilton, Ray Hall, yourself, Cora Hol- 
 land, my self and all others we may be able to get. I do not 
 know who will not be able to go." 
 
 "Well, I shall see the boys right away and we shall see 
 you or we should see you at the corner of Sixth Street and 
 Highland Avenue at eight o'clock sharp." 
 
 "Who will see you? We should see you at our homes. 
 And you shun us," said Hal? 
 
 "What will people think?" 
 
 "Who will know it? You should not be afraid of that. 
 Who will make any objections?" 
 
 "All right, we shall be there and if there is any blame 
 you share it." 
 
 "Of all the lasses you know, who will not be there? I 
 do not know." 
 
 That evening as the boys hailed the ladies hurrying up 
 the hill they could hear them exhale and inhale the cool 
 autumn air. The boys fairly howled their shouts to them 
 and exalted the ladies with praises for their bravery. 
 
 The whole party went down the hill to a hollow hull, 
 where they held their meeting to lay their plans. Then 
 through the town they swept like a cyclone, overturning 
 boxes, pulling down signs, exhibiting "Jack-o'-lanterns," and 
 playing mischief in general. When the police went after 
 them, they fled through a thick wood, circled and came back 
 to their own homes and were so quiet that no one outside of 
 their party knew who they were. 
 
114 BLENDING CONSONANT CHARACTERS. 
 
 • "^ ^ ■ . 
 
 The ch, j or g strokes may be written upward to blen^ 
 with the strokes commencing with k or similar strokes and 
 the vowels between them may be written at the end of the 
 following strokes; as ch-k-aw re-cords "chalk.. r./N(..." - 
 
 Checks cheek....)..*.... 
 
 choke. .. . !^.rejectrT4».A. .*.... 
 object. ^/\.. scale (^... .*.... 
 subject.X A . scald ..C/. .*.... 
 
 objection... CA» * 
 
 chuckle...?!\ *.... 
 
 chicken .\ *.... 
 
 glaze .(J? • glisten. Q^.. *. . . . 
 
 Gleason.^^.....; *..,. 
 
 e&\e.(j. gill..^....*.... 
 
 jelly.. C?... glade .^^ *.... 
 
 pray .—f:... braid V**-^..*.... 
 
 «heer .i*uryJs.«,Trt» .*.... 
 
 scrawl. .Tri:^ *,... 
 
 still .^ steeiyp.. ....... 
 
 spill.^....spell..g^ •.... 
 
STROKES COMMENCING WITH N OR M. 115 
 
 Vowels and rules are applied the same to these strokes as 
 to all other consonant characters 
 
 ...n/..n/..mm-nn-mn-nm/...; str.nl/jnU.mbAmp 
 ^:^m^n //....* 
 
 n8./..ms 
 
 Messrs.. .frr!?joen 
 
 manager,.^. ^ 
 
 »an<«,en,e„,.Z^^ .... 
 
 manufacture. . /^ . . . \ .. . * 
 
 acknowledgement. T^V^* 
 
 knowledge 
 
 union 
 
 statement 
 
 membery:?.. memory/...* 
 
 nile./T!!'^ mile/ *, 
 
 million .l^>.<.- -,-J 
 
 lumber.C^ mop./ * 
 
 lump... C/... stand. ./^....« 
 
 instance... (T'. * 
 
 stem. .(°:... system .iff * 
 
 ../...amount. 7. 
 \&Cit../^. 
 
116 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Check 
 
 inject 
 
 joke 
 
 maintain 
 
 management 
 
 chalk 
 
 reject 
 
 joking 
 
 manage 
 
 manufacture 
 
 choke 
 
 rejection 
 
 injection 
 
 union 
 
 summons 
 
 checks 
 
 subject 
 
 rejector 
 
 manner 
 
 Minnesota 
 
 checkers 
 
 object 
 
 man 
 
 women 
 
 minuend 
 
 chuckle 
 
 objection 
 
 mum 
 
 announce 
 
 amanuensis 
 
 chickens 
 
 Jake 
 
 numb 
 
 memory 
 
 amendment 
 
 check'm 
 
 jouk 
 
 unknown 
 
 number 
 
 announcement 
 
 GAINING A CHECK. 
 
 Jake Manning, an amanuensis for a manufacturing com- 
 pany, which was under the management of a union, was eat- 
 ing chicken at a hotel on Minnesota Avenue, and overheard 
 some man, unknown to him, who sat at a table near by, an- 
 nounce that he was intending to have the manufacturing 
 company managed in such a manner that no women could 
 work there. 
 
 Jake said, "These facts are so important that I shall 
 have to 'check 'm up' in my note book." So he got out his 
 note book, numbered the pages and began to "chalk down" 
 the conversation, as he knew it was no joke, although the 
 man jouked his head, chuckled and almost choked to make 
 people think he was only joking. 
 
 Jake was soon numb to everything but the conversation, 
 but the man was not in the least mum until* he saw the 
 silence that his subject maintained, when he rejected the 
 subject. 
 
 As soon as Jake was through with his dinner he sat 
 by the man and asked if he had any objection to his inter- 
 jecting the subject he was just speaking upon. 
 
 The man said I do not see what object you may have 
 in injecting any thought into the conversation. I may have 
 to reject it the moment you speak, if it is not agreeable. 
 
 Jake knew how to win the rejector, and in a minute Jake 
 was injecting his information. 
 
 When Jake had the information he said to the men that 
 he had a date to play checkers. 
 
 He went to the managers of the factory and read his 
 summary of the conversation and this man was summoned 
 to answer. This checked the men and won checks for 
 Jake. 
 
CLARICS TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 117 
 
 State 
 
 limp 
 
 Milton 
 
 acknowledgment 
 
 statement 
 
 melt 
 
 molten 
 
 'n'll say that 
 
 annual 
 
 mail 
 
 melon 
 
 "n'll be the 
 
 aniline 
 
 million 
 
 mellow 
 
 an'Il buy 
 
 knell 
 
 meal 
 
 miUer 
 
 I'm led' 
 
 nail 
 
 mile 
 
 similar 
 
 I'm late 
 
 kneel 
 
 mull 
 
 map 
 
 I'm less 
 
 Nile 
 
 maul 
 
 mope 
 
 we may buy up 
 
 Newall 
 
 I'm lost 
 
 mop 
 
 an'll see that 
 
 annul 
 
 mole 
 
 acknowledge 
 
 Miss Nellie Miller, 
 
 lamp 
 
 
 
 
 Dear Miss Miller: 
 
 Milton, Ohio. 
 
 I am led to acknowledge receipt of your favor of the 
 7th inst. with the annual statement of the State Fair Asso- 
 ciation, and'll say that the Newall Mills Hall, just one mile 
 from Nile City is not a very clean place to hold meetings, 
 as I found a mole in the meal that was to be used in our last 
 banquet. 
 
 I'm sure I'm lost to know, what to do that would help 
 Mr. Mull, who keeps a store near the mill. He was laid up 
 for a while and still limps. You know he was the man who 
 had charge of a million pieces of mail that passed through his 
 hands in one year. It seemed that he kneeled upon a nail 
 as he was mauling a loose board into jwsition on the sidewalk. 
 Yesterday he dropped some molten lead that he had been 
 melting for bullets, onto his foot. 
 
 I aim to help him buy some maps, mops, nails, lamps, 
 mellow or ripe melons, aniline, an'll see that he acknowledges 
 or signs an acknowledgment to the contract in such a way 
 that he can not annul it. "We may buy up the whole store." 
 
 Hoping you will come home soon, I am, 
 
 Your friend. 
 
118 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 I am in 
 some one 
 something 
 union 
 and know 
 and now 
 and not 
 went in 
 went on 
 one may 
 
 one made 
 one meets 
 one met 
 one might 
 one man 
 one knew 
 one must 
 sent an 
 one note 
 
 one needs 
 I may not 
 you may not 
 we may not 
 I may know 
 you may know 
 we may know 
 I might not 
 you might not 
 
 we might not 
 I'm not to be 
 and meet 
 and might 
 and made 
 and must 
 and most 
 and mean to 
 we meant to be 
 
 A VISIT TO THE UNION. 
 
 "Say, Will Ross, we are going to the Union one night 
 this week. Will you not go with us?" 
 
 "I am not able to go. Wheft are you going?" 
 
 "You may not, whyt We mean to hear the one man's 
 idea, and so we mean to be there." 
 
 "Oh, I know that; it'a. the one man one meets whom no 
 one knows and no one knew, but whom some one must know 
 something about." 
 
 "Well, I am going to the Union so that I may know and 
 you may know or we may know who he is. You know one 
 must be posted, for one needs such information." 
 
 "Now, suppose that I might know, that you might know 
 or that we might know. I am not to be taken in that way. 
 I may not know, you may not know or we may not know 
 and be none the worse off." 
 
 "I went in one night without a pass, as any one may; 
 one member met me just as I entered and most cordially 
 welcomed me. And now I know that I got one new idea, and 
 must say, it did me some good and made a better man of 
 me." 
 
 "If you will come and meet us at Main and Scott Streets, 
 we will show you the way. I should have gone and made 
 arrangements for you. Now, we may have to pay an enroll- 
 ment fee, and might have to stand up, but if we pay the 
 fee, you can stand it to stand up, can you not?" 
 
STROKES COMMENCING WITH TH AND D. 119 
 
 Vowels and rules are applied the same to these strokes as 
 to all other consonant characters 
 
 Thr-dr..rr>...th./;'r^. 
 Dear..<T>..three..<:7* .*. 
 third. .'T?^... thirty. f^*. 
 
 thirteen... <T!yr. * 
 
 drove \. drive . . a * 
 
 endure endorse^TH.* 
 
 there .<^.. their .<!>.. *. 
 
 through.. <r:>o *. 
 
 duel. ^ "^^ * 
 Idle. 
 
 I'd do aii.<:r:7:>M....* 
 duii...-^:::^^:^ * 
 
 drill... Q.. they 're. /r?3i..* 
 
 they're to be ..^,^ *, 
 
 draw.^r7H..throw..'rj^.. * 
 drawn /rri. . dower . C^. * 
 they are in th..<^ * 
 
 d...^<r>> dl-thl.. 
 
120 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHROTHAND. 
 
 Southern 
 
 there-their 
 
 threat-thread-dread 
 
 you draw 
 
 cedar 
 
 dear-three 
 
 throat 
 
 you drew 
 
 cider 
 
 dire-dry 
 
 they are 
 
 endure 
 
 sadder 
 
 threw-through they're to 
 
 indoors 
 
 solder 
 
 dare 
 
 thrown 
 
 endurance 
 
 wider 
 
 throw-door 
 
 drawn 
 
 adder 
 
 weather 
 
 dower 
 
 drown 
 
 address 
 
 I dare 
 
 dress-dray 
 
 I threw 
 
 author 
 
 we dare 
 
 drone-throne 
 
 third -dirt 
 
 they're in the 
 
 you dare 
 
 thrice-dries 
 
 thrust-thirst 
 
 
 Prof. Charles Sears, 
 
 Springfield, Mo. 
 Dear Friend: 
 
 Replying to yours of Dec. 20th, will say that the school 
 is in a flourishing condition and the new book is nearing 
 completion. Day by day it is getting a wider reputation. 
 
 I dare say it will be but a short time until the author 
 can spend his winters among the Southern cedars, drinking 
 cider and enjoying fine weather or outdoor life while we 
 poor creatures endure the Northern blizzard and live indoors 
 on account of our bad throats. 
 
 Tonight, my whole sympathy is with Queen Ameline. 
 She is truly a queen, to endure so patiently the grief which 
 followed the assassination of her husband and son but two 
 days ago. She, alone and single handed at that, has over- 
 thrown Franco, the dictator, and saved the smoking dynasty, 
 and thereby brought peace to a sadder but better kingdom. 
 
 Through her courage, self-possession and interest, she 
 has influenced the boy king to reject Franco's specious ad- 
 vice. There will not be a drone or a puppet on the throne. 
 
 Thrice was the husband shot, and I dare say, had it not 
 been for the timely thrusts of the policeman's drawn sword 
 she would not have lived to address her court. 
 
 With best wishes for your success, I am. 
 
 Very respectfully. 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 121 
 
 I would write 
 
 daily 
 
 you would add 
 
 I would let 
 
 we would draw 
 
 addle 
 
 idol-idle 
 
 we would lead 
 
 you would read 
 
 waddle 
 
 dale-dell 
 
 you would lay 
 
 we would route 
 
 Ethel 
 
 you dealt 
 
 we would light 
 
 you would run 
 
 dealt 
 
 we dealt 
 
 I would lay the 
 
 we would roam 
 
 deal 
 
 I dulled 
 
 we would lease 
 
 I would rule 
 
 doll 
 
 you dulled 
 
 we would loan 
 
 we would rule 
 
 dial 
 
 we dulled 
 
 we would line up 
 
 we would write 
 
 dial 
 
 I deal 
 
 you would land 
 
 WHAT WE WOULD DO IF WE WERE MEN. 
 
 I would write for a daily, you would read what I write 
 and we would draw the pay. 
 
 I would let you use my credit, you would run for office, 
 we would rule the election and I would rule you, so that we 
 would lead the ticket.* 
 
 I would lay the plans, we would lease an office and we 
 would loan money. 
 
 We would write to customers and we would "land them" 
 every time. Then you would add the profits to our bank 
 account every day. 
 
 We would roam all over the country and we would rout 
 every competitor. 
 
 We would "line up" our business with the best of them 
 and we would light our office with electric lights. 
 
 You know we have no idols, or idle time. I now deal 
 with the one you dealt with last week and we both dealt with 
 last year. He now lives in the dale or dell, as you call it. 
 He is so fat he can hardly waddle. 
 
 Ethel has a doll that she lets go with her to see the 
 dial each day. She says it addles the doll to know how the 
 dial can tell the time of day. 
 
 I dulled our reaper again to-day. You know you dulled 
 the sickle and we both dulled the mower when you were here 
 last fall. 
 
122 STROKES COMMENCING WITH T OR D. 
 
 Vowels and rules are applied the same to these strokes as 
 to all other consonant characters. 
 Thetk stroke may also be used fortj, dj, tchor dch 
 
 Tr..vrf...t. 
 indication 
 
 interest..^. *. 
 
 attend.. /N»^ *. 
 
 at last., 
 at least.. 
 
 it will....^....^.^-^ *. 
 
 track.^^trip.^^^.. *. 
 trace. sJP . .trace sS. * . 
 train . S4?. . trim s**?.* 
 
 intrusion .^v^ *. 
 
 introduce. S?l^ 
 
 introductions*^ 
 
 dig-Dick. 
 
 tall.S.-<^ tool.S^ 
 
 turn. .SJ. . . .term.S-< .*. 
 
 to write. .S*;?. *. 
 
 outright.vNi,^ ♦. 
 
 it takes .^ — ^ * 
 addicted. 
 
 tk-dk-tg-dg. 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 123 
 
 Otter 
 
 tray 
 
 trace-tress 
 
 tardy 
 
 trend 
 
 utter 
 
 tire 
 
 tree-tear 
 
 treat 
 
 train 
 
 setter 
 
 tier 
 
 tire-try 
 
 trait 
 
 trim 
 
 suitor 
 
 tar 
 
 tour-true 
 
 trot 
 
 tramp 
 
 wetter 
 
 trice 
 
 I tried 
 
 trod 
 
 trip 
 
 waiter 
 
 terse 
 
 trousseau 
 
 tried 
 
 troop 
 
 water 
 
 trash 
 
 it raised 
 
 trout 
 
 tribe 
 
 sweater 
 
 tare 
 
 we trapped 
 
 traced 
 
 to ride 
 
 outer 
 
 tower 
 
 to write 
 
 trust 
 
 tread 
 
 trade 
 
 truer 
 
 you trade 
 
 outrage 
 
 to raise 
 
 Mrs. Clara Murray, 
 
 Modesta, Cal. 
 Dear Clara: 
 
 We are now settled in our new home and I have time to 
 write to you about our vacation trip, which was a glorious 
 one. 
 
 We spent the greater part of our time hunting otters 
 and fishing for trout, for which I had prepared by adding 
 a corduroy hunting suit to my trousseau. 
 
 We took a setter with us that soon traced an otter and 
 treed one of my old suitors, who had tramped to the forest 
 and traced us to our cosy nook. 
 
 He was glad to tear a piece of thread from his tie to 
 tie his kerchief to a twig to raise as a truce from his high 
 tower. Twice he did this before. Trim, the setter, trusted 
 him to come down and tread, trot, trip, or tramp back to the 
 city. He trod back. When he arrived, he found his sweater 
 wetter than he had ever seen it before. Being tired, he sat 
 down to rest and was heard to say, "I'm a wiser man, but I'll 
 bet she had that dog trained. I have treid to win her, but 
 it is all utter folly. Who could trust such a woman? I fear 
 they are all of the same trend." 
 
 On our way home we traded our otter and trout to a 
 waiter at a restaurant for our dinner; she passed it to us 
 on a tray just before time for our train. 
 
 Trusting that you may visit us soon, I am. 
 
 Your chum. 
 
124 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 It will 
 
 tall 
 
 it leased 
 
 I would get to be 
 
 I tell 
 
 tole 
 
 at last 
 
 you would cause 
 
 you tell 
 
 towel 
 
 at least 
 
 I took that 
 
 we tell 
 
 toil 
 
 at less 
 
 we take the 
 
 settle 
 
 tilt 
 
 I tell you 
 
 you took it 
 
 subtle 
 
 told 
 
 we told 
 
 I take you to be 
 
 tell 
 
 at all 
 
 eat out 
 
 we took that 
 
 tale 
 
 it let 
 
 attic 
 
 we talked 
 
 till 
 
 it will 
 
 land 
 
 I would go 
 
 addict 
 
 it laid 
 
 tool 
 
 you would cause it to be 
 
 Mr. William Tell, 
 
 Toledo, Ohio. 
 Dear Mr. Tell: 
 
 I tell you it will pay us to settle down and till the soil, 
 at least, for one year. 
 
 At last, Robert Tilden, who was addicted to drink, has 
 the tools, and toils in the soil. He and I had quite a tilt and 
 I told him it would eat out his better life if he did not give 
 up drink, that I would get to be as bad as he if I gave up 
 to it. 
 
 He has a place that he got at less than I thought he 
 could get it. It leased for four hundred dollars last year 
 and he got it for two hundred. 
 
 I took that towel you had in the attic and tied it to a 
 tall toll-gate post so that those on your steamer can see it. 
 I am told that the steamer will land near the toll-gate. 
 
 I know that you would cause surprise if you would go 
 into the farming business, but if you did, I would go in with 
 you. We talked it all over and I know it will be all right. 
 I take it to be agreeable with you. 
 
 We took that deed to the court-house to have it recorded 
 on the same day you took the record from the records of 
 the exchange of land. 
 
 Extending to you the compliments of the season, I am 
 as ever. 
 
 Your friend. 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 125 
 
 Which to let 
 
 we would let 
 
 take 
 
 Dickens 
 
 which to lease 
 
 you would go 
 
 tick 
 
 tackle 
 
 which to lose 
 
 we would cut 
 
 took 
 
 teach 
 
 which to lay 
 
 we had got 
 
 toque 
 
 touch 
 
 which to light 
 
 we had good 
 
 taken 
 
 taking 
 
 which to lend 
 
 you had good 
 
 text 
 
 taxing 
 
 which to get 
 
 we had gone 
 
 tax 
 
 attacking 
 
 which to call 
 
 it would cause 
 
 Dick 
 
 ducking 
 
 which to lead 
 
 we had come 
 
 dock 
 
 ticking 
 
 JOSEPH DICKENS'S QUANDARY. 
 
 Dr. Joseph Dickens and Dick True went out to hunt and 
 fish for a few days and these were the queries that arose in 
 Joseph's mind. 
 
 "We had gone to the gun-smith's to lease some guns 
 and fishing tackle. There were two guns almost alike, and 
 I did not know which to lease and which to let Dick have. 
 
 "When we got to the dock, we saw a wild duck and a 
 wild goose, ducking their heads in the water* and I could 
 shoot but one, but I did not know which to get. Dick said, 
 'Why did you not shoot, you had a good chance?' So I told 
 him I did not know which to get or which to lose. I knew we 
 would get both, if we both shot, but I did not know which to 
 let him shoot. 
 
 "We saw some quails, and as we had two dogs, a setter 
 and a pointer, I did not know which to call, but I did know 
 it would cause the quails to fly, if I let both go. We had 
 to lead one and I did not know which to lead. 
 
 "We met another hunter and he said, 'If you would go 
 around a certain clump of trees or if you would cut through 
 them, you might get the quails. Yet, if you will lend me one 
 of your guns and lay one of those bars down, I think I can 
 shoot the quails,' but I did not know which to lend and which 
 to lay down. 
 
 "When we got the quails, I gave him two cigars and he 
 did not know which to light. He bade us goodby and said we 
 would soon come to a creek and he would teach us how to 
 use our fishing tackle. I let him take mine, which was 
 wrapped in a piece of ticking, and as he took or was taking 
 it, he touched the point of the hook with his finger, when he 
 commenced attacking me." 
 
 We shall not tax you with this text. 
 
126 
 
 STROKES COMMENCING WITH R. 
 
 The p, b. ch, j, g, and q alsost and sp will blend with these 
 stroke? t...... 
 
 Vowels and rules are applied the same to these strokes as 
 to all other consonant characters 
 
 Rp-rb.rr:. .r7^!7"rk-rg-rJ-rch- 
 rf-rv.~^*>r..rfr--rvr.TT~. ^fl--rvl.T>^fJlr. . .». mr . 
 
 Ripe. -Tr?... robe., nr *... 
 
 reporter... TT^ *... 
 
 respectfully.. !7^. *... 
 
 work . . 0. ■ ■■ ...-. urge. ?r . 
 
 energy. ..*v? f. *.... 
 
 cont-ract.. *T - j *... 
 
 ratchet..." ^. ..*. 
 
 world. 'X'.. early. >rrf.. * 
 ram..«<rTTr!... ran-*<<r.. *. 
 arrive. 
 
 roof.....^T^. rove, 
 revelation . 
 revolution, 
 revolver 
 north. 
 
 mortal ..( .^^^*. 
 
 nearly./ TT. .me rely. .' * 
 
 March. J.... market.!, * ,..^^ 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 127 
 
 Ripe 
 
 reap 
 
 wrap 
 
 rob 
 
 Europe 
 
 warp 
 
 wrapper 
 
 syrup 
 
 reaper 
 repeat 
 rope-robe 
 rip-rib 
 reporter 
 your pass 
 your pay 
 our pay 
 
 our pass 
 our best 
 your best 
 repetition 
 our boys 
 your boys 
 our boast 
 your piece 
 
 your papa 
 your pet 
 our bid 
 your bid 
 our bat 
 our boast 
 European 
 your pen 
 
 our pains 
 your patent 
 your patience 
 our paint 
 our bond 
 your paints 
 republican 
 reputation 
 
 A EUROPEAN'S BOND. 
 
 It has been repeatedly reported by a reporter of some 
 reputation, that an enwrapped European met a reputed Re- 
 publican and said, "You have our bond in your pants pocket 
 in which we agree to reap your ripe oats and wheat (you to 
 furnish the reaper) for fifty gal. of syrup, ninety feet of 
 rope, six yards of warp with which to make a robe that 
 would not rip, four pork ribs and a certain wrapper for our 
 pay. 
 
 "We did our best to get our pass on the steamer from 
 Europe (as they would not accept your pass) in such time 
 that we might be reaping your wheat and oats as soon as 
 they were ripe. 
 
 "It has been our boast that our boys and your boys will 
 be your friends. One of our boys said to one of your boys, 
 *I am glad that your papa accepted our bid, for now we can 
 help you with your patent and you can use our paint to 
 paint it.'" 
 
 The Republican said, "Your boys may be your pets but 
 not mine, and your patience will be tried before you get your 
 pay. For the repetition of the old quarrel over 'our bats' 
 will arise again. 
 
 "One of our boys said that the glass that was broken 
 by your boy's piece of bat was our panes, and was not paid 
 for." 
 
128 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Honor 
 
 I'm ready 
 
 mayor 
 
 former 
 
 winner 
 
 I'm raised 
 
 mere 
 
 comer 
 
 humor 
 
 more to be 
 
 more 
 
 farmer 
 
 summer 
 
 more to see 
 
 mar 
 
 narrow 
 
 America 
 
 more to say 
 
 admire 
 
 newer 
 
 American 
 
 more to us 
 
 merit 
 
 an hour 
 
 hammer 
 
 more to you 
 
 Merl 
 
 North 
 
 Homer* 
 
 and are at 
 
 market 
 
 
 and are to 
 
 and are good 
 
 marking 
 
 and are not 
 
 I'm right 
 
 on or about 
 
 you and I are to be 
 
 mirth 
 
 Mr. Homer Meyers, 
 
 North Market, Chicago. 
 Dear Mr. Meyers: 
 
 I am ready to announce that I am right when I say 
 that Merl North merits the honor of being the winner of the 
 American cup at the "Hay-market Contest." The mere fact 
 that he was a newer contestant and was at tho mercy of the 
 mirth and humor of the summer visitors and formerly a 
 farmer boy, should not bar him. 
 
 For him to come out with such a narrov/ margin be- 
 tween him and the best contestant deserves the admiration 
 of the mayor. It should not mar his dignity to ackonwledge 
 it. 
 
 You know you and I are to be at the next contest on or 
 about Aug. 5th and are to act as judges, more to see fair 
 play (which means more to you and more to us) than to 
 wield the hammer or to do the marking. 
 
 An hour or two later, I am to meet James at the comer 
 of Reed and J. Streets, more to say what I think of the con- 
 test than to go with him. 
 
 Homer Good and Merl are to be at that contest and are 
 not to be outdone by such trickery.* 
 
 With compliments for your success, I'm, 
 Very truly, 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 129 
 
 Work rug 
 urge energy 
 surge wreck-wretch 
 rogue rick-rig 
 urgent rake-rage 
 urchin reckon 
 wreck region 
 rock regent 
 rook record 
 
 recorder 
 regard 
 regular 
 rack-rag 
 cont-ract 
 regulation 
 you 'rl could 
 you're good 
 our goods 
 
 your goods 
 our cause 
 your cause 
 our gas 
 your guest 
 your justice 
 your coat 
 your guest 
 your cast 
 
 our cost 
 ycur coast 
 your kin 
 you're kind 
 our kind 
 your count 
 your call 
 our care 
 
 Mr. George Rogers, 
 
 Rogerville, Virginia. 
 
 Dear Mr. Rogers: 
 
 One day our kind employer, at the close of our work 
 urgently requested that we visit the region of rocks along 
 your coast, so we put a hay-rack on our rig, took a rake and 
 a rug and set out for the coast. 
 
 We saw your cows around a rick of hay and at the same 
 time saw the regent and made a contract with him in regard 
 to regular visits to this region. The county recorder wrote 
 out the regulations at our cost. I believe he is some of your 
 kin. He looks like you. 
 
 As we unloaded our goods, a wretched man appeared 
 and asked our cause for coming. He was a crook and dressed 
 in rags. One of us shot a rook and he flew into a rage, and 
 said, "I'll wreck your goods and steal your coats." I said, 
 "You are keen to drive us away, aren't you? You'd better 
 see that you are good or you will 'miss your count.' " You 
 know you or I could have him brought before your Justice of 
 the Peace. 
 
 The little urchin (your guest) was in our care. He 
 watched the surges of the water and when we urged him to 
 come, the little rogue said ,"I had a notion not to come at 
 your call." 
 
 I am as ever. 
 
 Your friend. 
 
180 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Earl 
 
 relent 
 
 real-estate 
 
 which are lost 
 
 world 
 
 realize 
 
 realty-rill 
 
 we are late 
 
 oral 
 
 re-lend 
 
 you are late 
 
 you're liberal 
 
 cereal 
 
 reality 
 
 your letter 
 
 our liberty 
 
 sorrel 
 
 railroad 
 
 we are lost 
 
 you are lower 
 
 surly 
 
 railway 
 
 our last 
 
 our light 
 
 rule 
 
 railing 
 
 your least 
 
 your list 
 
 roll 
 
 roller 
 
 our line 
 
 your little 
 
 rail 
 
 relation 
 
 which rule 
 
 which are least 
 
 royal 
 
 our lot 
 
 your lease 
 
 
 Mrs. Carrie Early, 
 
 Albany, New York. 
 Dear Madam: 
 
 In answer to your letter of the 15th inst. in reference 
 to our letter of the 4th inst., let me say that I did not realize, 
 while in conversation with him, that the Earl of Warwick 
 was in any way interested in real-estate. I noticed that he 
 seemed to be conversant with realty in general, but I am 
 lost to know how I could have interested him in your list of 
 property. 
 
 His conversation seemed to bear more on his royal 
 blood, his relation to the rulers, our railroad systems, our 
 liberty as a people, our last president, our line of communi- 
 cation* with the orient and the nature of the rails along* 
 the railway. 
 
 You are late in gettir? out your lease on our lots, but 
 as you are liberal in your offer to roll the lots with a heavy 
 iron roller, although yoT are lower than others* we shall 
 let it pass this time, but the other papers, which are lost, 
 and which are least in importance, as you say, we must have. 
 
 If you relent from your position now, although we are 
 late, we can relend the money. It does not pay to be surly, 
 and an oral contract anywhere in this world is not as bind- 
 ing as a written one. 
 
 Did you not realize that all kinds of cereals can be 
 raised along* the rill that flows through your farm? 
 
 Hoping you will be able to find a good customer for your 
 real-estate, I am, 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 131 
 
 Surf 
 
 serve 
 
 roof 
 
 rough 
 
 raft 
 
 rave 
 
 rift 
 
 reef 
 
 rove 
 
 swerve 
 
 service 
 surface 
 arrive 
 arrival 
 refit 
 refuse 
 your voice 
 your vase 
 our vise 
 your vest 
 
 your face 
 your fist 
 our fight 
 your vote 
 our fence 
 our famine 
 we are vastly 
 we are fit 
 we are fed 
 
 revisit 
 
 review 
 
 revive 
 
 we are of the 
 
 you are of the 
 
 ravine 
 
 refine 
 
 refund 
 
 our vote 
 
 REFORM AT TAMPA BAY. 
 
 Rev. Haight, upon his arrival at Tampa, Florida, of- 
 fered his services to put down the liquor traffic and said, "I 
 should be pleased to see in your fist or in your vest pocket, 
 your vote to put down the cause for all of our famine and 
 refit your city for good citizens. The success of our fight 
 will depend upon your vote. 
 
 "We are of the refined class and you are of the refined 
 class, if so be that you vote with us. 
 
 "If you refuse, your voice will weigh with the roughs 
 and your vice will be our vice. 
 
 "We are fit, we are vastly more fit to revise the present 
 law, than we will be able to revive the old revision later on. 
 
 "As I rove over the reef and see the surf swerve the 
 pebbles on the beach and go rushing up the ravine, so, can I 
 see rifts in the roofs of the houses exposing the rafters, and 
 fences down around the homes of those by whom we are fed. 
 
 "We, ourselves, rave as those who serve the cup and 
 cannot refund our manhood nor revisit the pleasant places 
 of our youth." 
 
132 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 You are for it 
 we are for it 
 you are free to 
 we are free to 
 we are fresh 
 we are friends 
 which are for the 
 which are for that 
 which are for those 
 which are for this 
 which are for a 
 
 your freight 
 your fruit 
 our first 
 our freight 
 your freight 
 our friend 
 your frame 
 we are from 
 you're from 
 your friend 
 your phrase 
 
 refer to 
 
 referring to 
 
 we refer to 
 
 revert 
 
 reverse 
 
 refrain 
 
 river 
 
 reverend 
 
 reverence 
 
 our phrase 
 
 which are for these 
 
 Senator T. H. Thompson, 
 Topeka, Kansas. 
 Dear Mr. Thompson: 
 
 As I refer to your bill for the regulation of freight, I 
 realize that we are for it as much as you are for it and in 
 trying to interest others in it you are free to quote us as 
 we are free to quote you. 
 
 We are friends and we realize that our freight and your 
 freight is too high. 
 
 You may say we are fresh, when we refer to your phrase 
 in your speech, "Our friends are your friends," and say it is 
 an error. But you know that in another part of your speech 
 you refer to their friends as not in harmony with yours. 
 
 In our first letter to you, we refrained from speaking of 
 this, and only revert to it, with all due reverence to you, that 
 you may refute Rev. Keever's argument. You know you 
 seem to revere his name. 
 
 We do not worry, as to which are for this party or which 
 are for that party, but we would like to know as to which 
 are for the bill and which are for a better freight rate — 
 which are for those principles that tend to bring about a 
 better condition of affairs, 
 
 I can imagine that I see your frowns and your frame 
 shake in your fright over the passage of the "River and Har- 
 bor Bill." 
 
 Hoping to help gather your fruit and our fruit from 
 the passage of this bill, I am. 
 
 Fraternally yours, 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 133 
 
 Servile 
 
 our flat 
 
 revel 
 
 ravel 
 
 raffle 
 
 riffle 
 
 rifle 
 
 ruffle 
 
 reveal 
 
 revolution 
 revelation 
 servilance 
 your field 
 our field 
 your volt 
 your fault 
 our file 
 your file 
 
 we are flat 
 we are flush 
 which are false 
 we are for all 
 you are felt 
 which are false 
 which are full 
 which are felt 
 
 which are fallen revile 
 
 which are flat 
 our fleet 
 our fleece 
 your fleece 
 your flame 
 revolutionize 
 your fuel 
 which refer to 
 
 Messrs. Servilance, Raffle & Co. 
 Dear Sirs: 
 
 Your favor requesting us not to revolutionize your plans 
 for the sale of your fuel is on our file. It was your fault. 
 Had you given us a revelation of your plans you would have 
 had no occasion to revile us. We are, of all your agents, the 
 least desirous of revealing or bringing about a revolution in 
 regard to the sale of your fuel. 
 
 You are false to your trust if you attempt to rifle our 
 fields of coal-oil of which you know we are flush. We know 
 your fields of coal are full, yet, they will be exhausted within 
 a few years. It is not your fault nor our fault, that our 
 fleet was burned. It was not your flame but our flame that 
 consumed all of our fleece, and your fuel that was on board 
 the ships. 
 
 You are felt to be good business men, hence we ask you 
 to help us unravel this mystery. We are flat without your 
 help, and therefore, make your our flat proposition to become 
 partners (which is flat). 
 
 We repose a trust in you to which you are false if you 
 do not aid us in this matter. 
 
 Our propositions which are felt to be just, are due to 
 the riffle which we are felt to have created in the business 
 world. 
 
 Sell your fleece and your fleet and join us in a fight 
 against electricity becoming the coming fuel. I think all 
 of your volts with our volts will shock them. 
 
 In our request, we are not servile to any one, but hope 
 you will join with us in this enetrprise. 
 
 Yours very truly. 
 
134 BLENDING CONSONANT CHARACTERS. 
 
 Any one of the r strokes can be blended with the strokes 
 commencing with p orb, also with the ch, j, g, and q strokes. 
 Vowels and rules are applied the same to these combinations 
 as to all other consonant characters 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 135 
 
 Upper 
 
 praise 
 
 power 
 
 prunes 
 
 supper 
 
 prize 
 
 Pierce 
 
 prove 
 
 sipper 
 
 prose 
 
 parse 
 
 priest 
 
 sapper 
 
 appear 
 
 purse 
 
 pearl 
 
 weeper 
 
 pier 
 
 part 
 
 peril 
 
 wiper 
 
 par 
 
 pard 
 
 prim 
 
 sweeper 
 
 poor 
 
 port 
 
 print 
 
 prefer 
 
 pur 
 
 prate 
 
 parade 
 
 proverb 
 
 pray 
 
 prod 
 
 prime 
 
 press 
 
 pry 
 
 pride 
 
 prance 
 
 prudence 
 
 preparation 
 
 parallel 
 
 professor 
 
 pare-pear 
 
 privilege 
 
 pore-pour 
 
 prevalence 
 
 practice 
 
 pressed 
 
 Miss Pearl Parson, 
 
 Providence, R. I. 
 
 Dear Pearl: 
 
 It was a privilege to spend the latter part of the season 
 with Prof. Priest and Prudence, his daughter. In the prime 
 of my stay we attended a prize party. 
 
 We were near the upper tier, when Prudence ran across 
 a poor street-sweeper and his partner, who were selling 
 pressed prunes and pears. Prudence opened her purse and 
 purchased some pears. They were below par, but Prudence 
 paid more than he asked and he, in his pride, pressed her to 
 take it back, when she said, "I prefer you to keep it, pray do 
 not prate about it." She quoted the proverb, "Waste not, 
 want not." He in turn praised her. 
 
 Down at the port, chaos appeared to have prevalence. 
 Such sounds as pierced our ears! Two foreigners were hav- 
 ing trouble. A policeman tried to pry into the affair, but got 
 himself into peril, as they proved too much for him. He had 
 not power to prevent the trouble. The next morning we saw 
 a parallel account of the affair in print. 
 
 Prudence is a "prep" this year. She went to the hall 
 each morning for practice. 
 
 She is a prim little maid. The Professor is rather prosy 
 and "pores" over his books. 
 
 We took supper out each evening and I had a "lovely" 
 time. 
 
 With love to all, I am, 
 
 Your sister. 
 
136 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Sober 
 
 bower 
 
 abroad 
 
 Weber 
 
 brow 
 
 board 
 
 bear 
 
 burst 
 
 breeze 
 
 bray 
 
 breast 
 
 bright 
 
 brier 
 
 brace 
 
 bride 
 
 bier 
 
 braid 
 
 bruise 
 
 bar 
 
 buyer 
 
 brute 
 
 Boer 
 
 breed 
 
 brass 
 
 bare 
 
 brood 
 
 brought 
 
 bore 
 
 broad 
 
 brush 
 
 barrel 
 
 brown 
 
 burlap 
 
 brick 
 
 brawl 
 
 brigadier 
 
 broil 
 
 bridge 
 
 brain 
 
 brake 
 
 brim 
 
 brook 
 
 brine 
 
 broke 
 
 broom 
 
 brogue 
 
 bran 
 
 broach 
 
 brawn 
 
 
 BRIGADIER WEBER AND THE BOER WAR. 
 
 It was a bright day during the Boer war when a breeze 
 blew off the sea and brought sweet scents to the bower where- 
 in sat Brigadier Weber; a sober frown brooded on his broad 
 brow. He was thinking of the bride he had left by the little 
 brook, when he got on board the ship to go abroad. A sound 
 burst upon his ears. The breeze bore it from a brown brick 
 building by the bridge. 
 
 Weber arose, braced himself and brushed with a whisk 
 broom the bran from the braid he had been making, and the 
 sight he saw caused his brain to broil, as it were. It was a 
 brawl between two of his men. One was trying to break a 
 brass rod over the other's head. Weber with bare head 
 rushed to them. "Brutes," he said, "why breed such envy 
 in your breasts, what brought this about?" 
 
 He placed the bruised man on a burlap and bore him 
 to the brink of a brook, filled his hat to the brim with water 
 and dressed the bruises of his brawny brave. 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 137 
 
 churn 
 
 gruel 
 
 grind 
 
 grief 
 
 charm 
 
 growl 
 
 grip 
 
 grieve 
 
 church 
 
 grain 
 
 grab 
 
 grave 
 
 chirp 
 
 grin 
 
 grub 
 
 gravy 
 
 cheer up 
 
 green 
 
 grope 
 
 gruff 
 
 germ 
 
 groom 
 
 group 
 
 graft 
 
 adjure 
 
 grand 
 
 grog 
 
 grove 
 
 jerk 
 
 grown 
 
 grudge 
 
 graver 
 
 girl 
 
 grant 
 
 Gregg 
 
 gravel 
 
 grill 
 
 ground 
 
 Greek 
 
 grovel 
 
 grit 
 
 grace 
 
 great 
 
 Graham 
 
 Brief 
 
 breve 
 
 brave 
 
 burn 
 
 etcher 
 
 chair 
 
 chore 
 
 charge 
 
 cheer 
 
 churlish 
 
 Charles 
 
 THE GREEK AND THE GROOM. 
 
 Charles Gregg, an etcher, was at work in his studio 
 chair. He was preparing an etching ground, the subject 
 of which was to be "a church in a grove of evergreens;" 
 near by was to be a boy grinding grain on the lid of an old 
 chum as a grovel worm lay at his feet in the gravel. 
 
 Just then his Greek chore boy looked in with a grin and 
 bade him get ready for the great grand day they were to 
 have on the "green." Come said the gruff driver in a churl- 
 ish voice as he gritted his teeth and jerked his horses' reins. 
 Charles grabbed his grip and "grub box" and was off. The 
 Greek had grog, gruel and a grill of gravy for his luncheon. 
 
 The etcher's groom and the Greek had a grudge against 
 each other. It seemed that the grog had awakened an evil 
 germ in the mind of the Greek and they had grown angry 
 with each other. In this instance a little girl said, "It is not 
 brave to grieve each other in this way." They saw grace and 
 beauty in the face of the girl as she spoke, and their faces 
 grew graver. "Cheer up, little girl," they said, "you have 
 charmed away the grudge and we grant each other's par- 
 don." Just then, a bright red bird sang or chirped, "Cheer 
 up, cheer up," which it kept up during their brief stay. 
 
138 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Jeer 
 
 jar 
 
 jury 
 
 jower 
 
 wager 
 
 jarred 
 
 auger 
 
 I grieve to see you 
 
 progress 
 
 ingrate 
 
 we grew 
 
 I grant 
 
 we charm 
 
 I grieve 
 
 we grant 
 
 I charge you to be 
 
 grouse 
 
 sugar 
 
 grade 
 
 Greece 
 
 question 
 
 quire 
 
 enquire 
 
 greed 
 
 gear 
 
 gore 
 
 gourd 
 
 queer 
 
 query 
 
 greed 
 
 grass 
 
 chirp 
 
 we cheer you up 
 
 gar 
 
 guard 
 
 girth 
 
 quart 
 
 grit 
 
 grew 
 
 quirk 
 
 gray 
 
 OUR TRIP THROUGH GREECE. 
 
 One day, while traveling through Greece, being fatigued 
 with our "sight seeing," we came upon a beautiful spot cov- 
 ered with grass and shade-trees. 
 
 Seeing benches scattered here and there over the lawn, 
 we decided to sit on one of them and rest. 
 
 We saw, a short distance away, a beautiful building, and 
 being anxious to learn of all of the places of interest, decided 
 to enquire of a gentleman who was passing on his way to the 
 building as to what building it was. In reply to our enquiry, 
 he told us it was the court-house and said, "I grieve to see 
 the criminal in this notorious murder trial that is now in 
 progress within." 
 
 We went into court with the intention of staying but a 
 short time, but, as the witness was to be put on the stand 
 every one grew excited as they saw the haggard air of the 
 prisoner. They jeered as he took his seat. 
 
 The lawyer put question after question to him, but he 
 was on his guard and would not answer until ordered by the 
 judge. The lawyer could not catch him either in direct or 
 cross-examination. 
 
 The judge charged the jury and they withdrew, so we 
 stayed a little longer than we intended, to see what verdict 
 the jury would bring in. There were several wagers "put" 
 upon the verdict. 
 
 The jury soon returned with the verdict of murder in 
 the second degree. This cheered the prisoner and a queer 
 look passed over his face. It was bad enough, but he was not 
 an ingrate and showed his grit, by bearing up with the sen- 
 tence, when they led him back to the gray stone prison. 
 
 This sentence jarred on the nerves of many as they ex- 
 pected him to be granted a release. 
 

 CLARK'S 
 
 TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Shuttle 
 
 scarlet 
 
 frail 
 
 heartily 
 
 trials 
 
 scroll 
 
 scowl 
 
 fickle 
 
 hurl 
 
 trolley 
 
 scrawl 
 
 snail 
 
 level 
 
 cruel 
 
 trill 
 
 scale 
 
 smell 
 
 laurel 
 
 crawl 
 
 trowel 
 
 skill 
 
 smile 
 
 legal 
 
 corral 
 
 thrill 
 
 school 
 
 small 
 
 local 
 
 cradle 
 
 thrall 
 
 scull 
 
 smolder 
 
 ripple 
 
 coral 
 
 drill 
 
 scald 
 
 smelter 
 
 rabble 
 
 curl 
 
 drawl 
 
 scold 
 
 scuttle 
 
 regal 
 
 carol 
 
 droll 
 
 skillet 
 
 frill 
 
 herald 
 
 trial 
 
 
 139 
 
 Dear Carol : 
 
 I am sending you a scroll taken from a local paper. It 
 will tell you of a trial which will interest you, as it concerns 
 our friend, Mr. D. Scale and his little son J. 
 
 He and some friends, while returning from Europe, 
 were watching the skill of a weaver at his shuttle, when a 
 herald came to hurl the intelligence, "The ship is scuttled." 
 This sent a thrill of horror through the crowd. 
 
 It seemed that the captain agreed, with some parties who 
 wished to secure certain legal papers, that he would, for a 
 certain sum, allow them to scuttle the ship. 
 
 The people were secured on an island in the tropic zone 
 in a large scull boat. The heat was intense as they were 
 near a smelter and the sweltering sun shone directly upon 
 them. 
 
 The ship caught fire as it sunk and all they could do was 
 to watch it smolder. 
 
 The rabble discovered the cruel, fickle deed of the droll 
 captain. His scrawl was heartily scrolled. All that was 
 saved was a trolley, a towel and a skillet (this may cause you 
 to smile). 
 
 Little J. was cradled in the scull and he watched the 
 ripple and felt the thrill of the water as it seemed to trill 
 its triumph, and washed some snail shells and scarlet coral 
 high upon the beach. He crawled out of his crib and put his 
 frail little hands into the water to get a "regal laurel" that 
 he might smell it. When they found him his face looked as 
 if it were scalded and his frills and curls were wet. 
 
 From your old schoolmate, 
 
140 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Pi-ayer 
 
 backer 
 
 figure 
 
 liquor 
 
 clear 
 
 prior 
 >riar 
 
 balker 
 
 faker 
 
 locker 
 
 Clark 
 
 fai'ther 
 
 factor 
 
 lucre 
 
 larger 
 
 picker 
 
 further 
 
 Victor 
 
 lacquer 
 
 clatter 
 
 pucker 
 
 fairer 
 
 filter 
 
 ledger 
 
 shipper 
 
 packer 
 
 freer 
 
 falter 
 
 record 
 
 shopper 
 
 poker 
 
 fryer 
 
 flitter 
 
 wrecker 
 
 Tyler 
 
 baker 
 
 flare 
 
 flutter 
 
 worker 
 
 taller 
 
 bicker 
 
 flyer 
 
 flatter 
 
 regard 
 
 toiler 
 
 Booker 
 
 floor 
 
 floater 
 
 cryer 
 
 tiger 
 
 Prior to the prayers of Booker T. Washington for Victor 
 Clark, he was regarded as ^ floater about a poker club of 
 berry pickers, packers, bakers and shippers at a certain fac- 
 tory, who used to play poker on the floor of the factory al- 
 most every night. 
 
 Victor with his backer, Clyde Tyler, who was regarded 
 as the wrecker of the New York Flyer and some taller but 
 not any larger young man than Victor, kept a record of all 
 of the games in their ledger. Further than that they took no 
 part in the game save to bicker with each other over the 
 filthy lucre spent by the freer "lookers on," for the liquor 
 which Mr. Tyler sold. 
 
 One night, as Victor was passing through some briars 
 with a lantern in his hand, he heard the clatter of horses' 
 hoofs, and by the flicker or flare of his lantern, he saw a fig- 
 ure of one of the toilers in the berry patch. Although not 
 clear, its features seemed almost as savage as a tiger. His 
 steps faltered and his heart began to flutter. He stubbed his 
 toe and fell flatter than the baker's flitters. His face began 
 to pucker and you would have thought by the sound that he 
 was a town cryer, until farther on he met his sister, who was 
 a "shopper" and also a worker in the berry patch. She was 
 a Christian and he thought she looked fairer than she had 
 ever looked before. This proved to be a factor in his con- 
 version and the liquor of the faker ceased to be a balker to 
 his better career. 
 
 He afterwards painted the lockers near the factory's 
 filters and used the best of lacquer. 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 141 
 
 Prep 
 
 croop 
 
 troupe 
 
 prop 
 
 carp 
 
 trap 
 
 probe 
 
 curb 
 
 drape 
 
 flop 
 
 clip 
 
 drip 
 
 flap 
 
 clap 
 
 drop 
 
 look up 
 
 club 
 
 droop 
 
 lock up 
 
 make up 
 
 drab 
 
 crop 
 
 trip 
 
 throb 
 
 crab 
 
 tripped 
 
 take up 
 
 creep 
 
 troop 
 
 
 if you are to be 
 if you are to have 
 if we are to be 
 if they are to be 
 if they are to have 
 if we are to have it 
 if our 
 
 say if you are to hav.j 
 we have your 
 you have our 
 
 Mr. Edward Cooper, 
 
 Corporate Mills, North Carolina. 
 Dear Edward: 
 
 If you are to be one of the troupe in "Hamlet's Ghost" 
 and if you are to have your own "make up," or if they are 
 to have your "make up," I wish you would let me know. 
 
 If we are to have it, and if we are to be in the play I 
 should like to know. 
 
 We have your old "make up" and we would like to "look 
 up" the best designs and take up this subject with you again. 
 
 You have our drab flaps to the crape we draped over our 
 shoulders locked up in your old trunk. We would like to 
 clip the crepon from it before we make the trip. We do not 
 like to have those flaps flopping in our faces. 
 
 Now if you will drop us a line and say if we are to 
 have your old "make up," we shall not have to probe the pro- 
 prietor to know this. 
 
 While at the club last night, we heard that a troop of 
 soldiers were to lay a trap for us, and the news made my 
 blood creep and throb. You know some of the boys "shoot 
 craps" on the old curbing. Well, one of the soldiers "dropped 
 in" upon them and you ought to see their feathers droop. 
 They do not "carp" about their game so much now. 
 
 Hoping to see you soon, I am. 
 
 Very truly. 
 
142 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Incarnate 
 
 inclose 
 
 include 
 
 incor-rupt 
 
 incum-bent 
 
 increase 
 
 incrust 
 
 index 
 
 infer-ence 
 
 incurable 
 
 incon-siderate 
 
 incon-vertible 
 
 in-cog-itant 
 
 in-cog-nito 
 
 incred-ible 
 
 incom-plete 
 
 incom-plex 
 
 incon-ceivable 
 
 inculpable 
 
 indi-fferent 
 
 indig-nant 
 
 indi-rect 
 
 indis-creet 
 
 indol-ent 
 
 indorse 
 
 induct-ive 
 
 indi-cation 
 
 indus-trial 
 
 ineffective 
 
 in-elegant 
 
 in-eligible 
 
 in-eloquent 
 
 in-equality 
 
 in-evi table 
 
 infallible 
 
 infection 
 
 PRINCE IMMANUEL. 
 
 It may seem almost inconceivable as to how the Prince 
 Immanuel could include within the incrust of his camate be- 
 ing, an incorruptible, incarnate, infallible being. 
 
 This apparent incognito seemed incredible and indiscreet 
 to the indifferent, incogitant, or inconsiderable and indignant 
 ruler of the Jews and his cohorts. 
 
 But by his curing the incurable, making powerful the in- 
 elegant ineffective, he inculcated his inenviable truth and lay 
 it incumbent upon the hearts of the inconvertible. 
 
 Although the inference of some was that his work was 
 incomplete, it was so incomplex that even the indolent in- 
 dorsed it and followed industrial pursuits. So inductive was 
 his teaching that its infections inflamed even the indifferent, 
 and now we see indications of it indexed on marble walls 
 and engraven upon tables of stone. 
 
 His influence has so increased, that it has been felt, 
 directly or indirectly, throughout the whole world. 
 
 You will find enclosed, in this discourse, all of the above 
 words. 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 143 
 
 Inflict 
 
 inharmonious 
 
 inspect 
 
 insurg-ent 
 
 inkl-ing 
 
 insup-pressive 
 
 inspire 
 
 insurrection 
 
 inner 
 
 inter-con-vert 
 
 instigate 
 
 influence 
 
 intact 
 
 inscription 
 
 instinct 
 
 integ-rity 
 
 informal 
 
 intemp-erate 
 
 inst-ruct 
 
 intellect 
 
 inform 
 
 instru-ment 
 
 inquire 
 
 intel-lig-ent 
 
 ingress 
 
 enshrine 
 
 insular 
 
 interdict 
 
 institute 
 
 ingratitude 
 
 insulate 
 
 inscribe 
 
 inherit 
 
 insurance 
 
 insure 
 
 insecure 
 
 injure 
 
 insolvent 
 
 enshrine 
 
 
 THE FALSE IMPRESSION. 
 
 In an informal way, a Russian official got an inkling that 
 a certain instructor was an insurgent, and had inspired others 
 to instigate an insurrection. 
 
 As soon as he was informed of this inharmonious influ- 
 ence, he sent an intelligent, although intemperate, inspector to 
 inquire into the integrity and about the intellect and ingrati- 
 tude of this instructor. 
 
 Upon his inspection, he saw enshrined an inscription in- 
 scribed in an insular instrument that the intsructor had in- 
 sulated to insure its safety. 
 
 With a desire to interdict its operations, he got an agent 
 for an insolvent insurance company to pronounce the instru- 
 ment insecure, and to smash it if he could; but the professor, 
 desiring to keep it intact removed the instrument without in- 
 — jttry. Then he removed the inscription from the inner part 
 of the instrument, so that any further ingress would not 
 cause them to inflict an injury to this inflexible instrument. 
 
 He had inherited the instrument and therefore prized it 
 very highly. 
 
144 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Inter-fere 
 
 energy 
 
 eng-rave 
 
 ent-angle 
 
 inter-grade 
 
 endear 
 
 eng-orge 
 
 enter-prise 
 
 inter-lock 
 
 endeavor 
 
 eng-ulf 
 
 entire-ly 
 
 inter-mediate 
 
 endl-ong 
 
 e-nigma 
 
 entrap 
 
 inter-mingle 
 
 enforce 
 
 enwrapped 
 
 enervate 
 
 interp-ret 
 
 engineer 
 
 enrich 
 
 environ 
 
 inter-work 
 
 enfranchise 
 
 enrobe 
 
 enslave 
 
 enrage 
 
 English 
 
 entail 
 
 
 THE COLOR LINE. 
 
 By the energy of a few Englishmen in enriching them- 
 selves by entrapping and enslaving the poor ignorant negro 
 on their native African soil and selling them into slavery, 
 they brought them into an entirely new environment and en- 
 tailed upon them the duty of exercising their intellects to such 
 an extent that, instead of enervating them it raised them to 
 high standards of intelligence. By the endeavor of a certain 
 class to interfere with their slavery, our nation became en- 
 tangled in a bloody warfare that resulted in their enfranchise- 
 ment. While this enwrapped them with the delights of liberty 
 it engulfed the white man more or less in intermingled social 
 complications. Yet the slightest intergrade is classed as the 
 colored man and the spirit of the enraged slave-holder is dy- 
 ing out. 
 
 The intermediate class of the white man and the intelli- 
 gent class of the colored man interwork at the same desk, 
 and some have even been known to interlock their business in- 
 terests. 
 
 Yet the time may never come when the white man will 
 willingly engorge at the same table or endear the colored man 
 to his social standing. They cannot interpret things that way. 
 
CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 145 
 
 Unb-ark 
 
 unduly 
 
 unarm 
 
 un-cover 
 
 unbe-come 
 
 unbe-lief 
 
 unbolt 
 
 unb-roken 
 
 unclean 
 
 un-con-form 
 
 un-attractive 
 
 under-charge 
 
 under-graduate 
 
 under-ground 
 
 under-mine 
 
 under-take 
 
 under-value 
 
 under-took 
 
 under-taken 
 
 un-equal 
 
 unex-pect 
 
 unfailing 
 
 unfold 
 
 un-forseen 
 
 inter-rupt 
 
 un-fortunate 
 
 un-friendly 
 
 un-grateful 
 
 un-graceful 
 
 un-guarded 
 
 unheard-of 
 
 unfavorable 
 
 un-forgiving 
 
 HIS POOR JUDGMENT. 
 
 "Mr. George Green, where do you live?" 
 "On Grand Avenue, next door to the Catholic church." 
 "What is your occupation? "An undertaker." 
 "Do you know the plaintiff in this case?" "I do." 
 "Will you please explain the unfriendly feeling that ex- 
 ists between you?" 
 
 "Well, he is an undergraduate; has an undercharge to 
 which he is unequal; he is ungrateful for what one does for 
 him; unguarded in his remarks; unfriendly to his superiors; 
 he is unforgiving to unfortunate persons who meet with un- 
 forseen accidents; he is unbecoming in his conduct, — ^that is, 
 he is ungraceful; his former employment was on an under- 
 ground railroad, which, of course, was unfavorable, to the 
 unfolding of an unbroken record of nobility." 
 
 "Is it not true that you have unduly unconformed to the 
 rules of etiquette, that you unfailingly undertook and do 
 undertake to undervalue this man that you might undermine 
 him, but uncovering your own unclean, unheard-of conduct?" 
 "I must say that I am unarmed for such an unexpected 
 question. I think you have unbolted the doors of decorum 
 by interrupting me with such a question." 
 
146 
 
 CLARK'S TANGIBLE SHORTHAND. 
 
 Priceless 
 
 bracelet 
 
 fearless 
 
 hopeless 
 
 helpless 
 
 heartless 
 
 careless 
 
 cheerless 
 
 grace-less 
 
 tasteless 
 
 establishment 
 
 business 
 
 furnace 
 
 freshness 
 
 blessedness 
 
 fullness 
 
 hardness 
 
 coolness 
 
 firmness 
 
 terseness 
 
 blankness 
 
 self-interest 
 
 advertisement 
 
 imp-rovement 
 
 emplojmient 
 
 treatment 
 
 casement 
 
 endowment 
 
 endearment 
 
 agreement 
 
 claimant 
 
 requirement 
 
 feeble 
 
 maple 
 
 double 
 
 treble 
 
 thribble 
 
 noble 
 
 stubble 
 
 pebble 
 
 publish 
 
 self-evident 
 
 yourself 
 
 herself 
 
 myself 
 
 itself 
 
 ourselves 
 
 yourselves 
 
 themselves 
 
 self-help 
 
 selfishness 
 
 MR. NOBLE'S RESIDENCE. 
 
 I, myself, visited Mr. Noble's old home some time ago. 
 You know it is an old establishment among the pebbles and 
 stubble in a cheerless maple grove. It has double windows 
 and it shows that the man who built it was careless and 
 tasteless. 
 
 Nell Rodgers and I went in the freshness of the morning 
 and looked into an old furnace. It was so old that it was 
 double, if not treble, my age. In it we found some priceless 
 heirlooms, among which was a bracelet, hid in the casement. 
 It belonged to a niece of an earl. This earl died and she 
 tried to establish herself as a claimant to his estate. 
 
 It was evident that she was herself interested. She was 
 fearless, cheerless and heartless as we, ourselves, could see. 
 
 The improvement of the earl's business was such as to de- 
 mand a large employment of help, and the endearment of his 
 employees influenced him to leave each of them an endow- 
 ment, which fact was published. The advertisement of his 
 agreements showed the niece her helplessness and that her case 
 was hopeless; so she brought suit, saying that it was to her, 
 an unjust treatment, that her uncle's mind was feeble, that it 
 was his blankness of mind, itself, that was responsible. 
 
 The judge reprimanded her with terseness and firmness 
 for her selfishness and hardness of heart, saying, "You know, 
 yourself, by his employees themselves, that the fullness of his 
 blessedness lies in his giving. You need no self-help to know 
 that." 
 
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