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[twice] [told] [tales] 

[the] [seven] [vagabonds] 

[by] [nathaniel] [hawthorne] 

["] [halloo] [!] 

who stands [guard] here [?] 
1 who 2 stands
2 stands 4 here

is [the] [doorkeeper] asleep [?] ["] [cried] [i] [,] [approaching] [a] [ladder] of two or three steps [which] [was] [let] [down] [from] [the] [wagon] [.] 
1 is 4 asleep
4 asleep 13 of
13 of 17 steps
14 two 15 or
15 or 16 three
15 or 17 steps

a small piece of silver was [my] [passport] [within] [his] [premises] , [where] [i] [found] only [one] [other] [person] , hereafter to be described [.] 
1 a 3 piece
2 small 3 piece
3 piece 4 of
3 piece 6 was
4 of 5 silver
6 was 24 described
12 , 16 only
12 , 20 ,
20 , 21 hereafter
21 hereafter 22 to
22 to 23 be
23 be 24 described

perhaps the movable scene of this narrative is still peregrinating [new] [england] , and may enable the reader to test the accuracy of my description [.] 
1 perhaps 4 scene
2 the 4 scene
3 movable 4 scene
4 scene 5 of
4 scene 14 and
6 this 7 narrative
7 narrative 8 is
8 is 14 and
9 still 10 peregrinating
10 peregrinating 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 may
15 may 16 enable
16 enable 18 reader
16 enable 19 to
16 enable 20 test
17 the 18 reader
19 to 20 test
20 test 22 accuracy
21 the 22 accuracy
22 accuracy 23 of
23 of 25 description
24 my 25 description

the spectacle for [i] [will] [not] use the unworthy term of [puppet-show] consisted of a multitude of little people assembled on a miniature stage [.] 
1 the 2 spectacle
2 spectacle 3 for
2 spectacle 20 assembled
3 for 16 multitude
7 use 10 term
8 the 9 unworthy
8 the 10 term
10 term 11 of
11 of 13 consisted
13 consisted 14 of
14 of 16 multitude
15 a 16 multitude
16 multitude 17 of
17 of 19 people
18 little 19 people
20 assembled 21 on
21 on 24 stage
22 a 23 miniature
22 a 24 stage

" [what] [an] [admirable] [piece] [of] [work] is this ! " [exclaimed] [i] , [lifting] [up] my [bands] [in] astonishment [.] 
1 " 8 is
8 is 9 this
8 is 20 astonishment
10 ! 11 "
10 ! 14 ,
14 , 17 my
17 my 20 astonishment

and then [with] how fresh a feeling must he return , at intervals , to his own peculiar home ! 
1 and 2 then
1 and 4 how
1 and 10 return
4 how 5 fresh
6 a 7 feeling
7 feeling 8 must
7 feeling 10 return
8 must 9 he
8 must 10 return
10 return 12 at
10 return 15 to
11 , 12 at
12 at 13 intervals
12 at 14 ,
14 , 15 to
15 to 19 home
15 to 20 !
16 his 17 own
16 his 19 home
18 peculiar 19 home

the literary man now evinced a great kindness [for] [me] , and [i] ventured to inquire which way he was travelling [.] 
1 the 3 man
2 literary 3 man
3 man 5 evinced
4 now 5 evinced
5 evinced 18 way
6 a 7 great
6 a 18 way
7 great 8 kindness
8 kindness 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 14 ventured
14 ventured 15 to
15 to 16 inquire
16 inquire 17 which
18 way 19 he
18 way 20 was
19 he 20 was
20 was 21 travelling

" you are housed but just in [time] [,] [my] [young] friends , " said the master of the wagon [.] 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 are
3 are 4 housed
4 housed 5 but
4 housed 7 in
5 but 6 just
7 in 20 wagon
12 friends 15 said
13 , 14 "
13 , 15 said
15 said 17 master
16 the 17 master
17 master 18 of
18 of 19 the
19 the 20 wagon

" [the] [sky] [would] [have] [been] [down] [upon] [you] [within] [five] [minutes] [.] " 
1 " 14 "

i [,] meanwhile , [with] [many] [a] [wild] and [undetermined] fantasy [,] was narrowly inspecting these two doves that had flown into our ark [.] 
1 i 3 meanwhile
3 meanwhile 4 ,
4 , 9 and
9 and 11 fantasy
9 and 13 was
13 was 15 inspecting
14 narrowly 15 inspecting
15 inspecting 18 doves
16 these 17 two
17 two 18 doves
18 doves 19 that
18 doves 20 had
19 that 20 had
20 had 21 flown
21 flown 22 into
22 into 24 ark
23 our 24 ark

when we had travelled through the vast extent of the mahogany [box] [,] [i] looked into my guide 's face [.] 
1 when 2 we
1 when 4 travelled
1 when 8 extent
2 we 3 had
3 had 4 travelled
5 through 6 the
6 the 8 extent
7 vast 8 extent
8 extent 9 of
8 extent 15 looked
9 of 11 mahogany
10 the 11 mahogany
15 looked 16 into
16 into 20 face
17 my 18 guide
18 guide 19 's
19 's 20 face

" [where] [are] [you] [going] [,] [my] [pretty] maid [?] ["] inquired [i] [,] [in] [the] [words] [of] [an] [old] [song] [.] 
1 " 12 inquired
9 maid 12 inquired

" ah , " said the gay damsel , " you might as well ask where the summer wind is going [.] 
1 " 15 ask
2 ah 3 ,
3 , 4 "
3 , 5 said
5 said 8 damsel
5 said 9 ,
5 said 11 you
6 the 8 damsel
7 gay 8 damsel
9 , 10 "
11 you 12 might
12 might 15 ask
13 as 14 well
14 well 15 ask
15 ask 16 where
16 where 19 wind
16 where 20 is
17 the 19 wind
18 summer 19 wind
19 wind 20 is
20 is 21 going

we are wanderers here , and there , and everywhere [.] 
1 we 2 are
2 are 3 wanderers
2 are 10 everywhere
3 wanderers 6 and
4 here 6 and
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 there
8 , 9 and
8 , 10 everywhere

wherever there is mirth , our merry hearts are drawn to it [.] 
1 wherever 2 there
1 wherever 3 is
1 wherever 5 ,
1 wherever 8 hearts
2 there 3 is
3 is 4 mirth
6 our 8 hearts
7 merry 8 hearts
8 hearts 9 are
9 are 10 drawn
10 drawn 11 to
11 to 12 it

blessed [pair] [,] [whose] [happy] [home] [was] [throughout] all the earth [!] 
1 blessed 11 earth
9 all 10 the
10 the 11 earth

" [o] [maiden] [!] ["] said [i] [aloud] , ["] why did you [not] come hither [alone] [?] ["] 
1 " 6 said
6 said 16 hither
9 , 11 why
9 , 16 hither
11 why 12 did
12 did 13 you
12 did 15 come

while the merry girl [and] myself were busy with the show-box , the unceasing rain had driven another wayfarer into the wagon [.] 
1 while 4 girl
1 while 7 were
1 while 15 rain
2 the 4 girl
3 merry 4 girl
4 girl 7 were
6 myself 7 were
7 were 8 busy
9 with 11 show-box
9 with 12 ,
9 with 15 rain
10 the 11 show-box
13 the 15 rain
14 unceasing 15 rain
15 rain 16 had
16 had 17 driven
17 driven 19 wayfarer
17 driven 20 into
18 another 19 wayfarer
19 wayfarer 20 into
20 into 22 wagon
21 the 22 wagon

" it is a bill of [the] [suffolk] [bank] , " said [i] , " [and] [better] [than] [the] specie [.] ["] 
1 " 2 it
1 " 12 said
2 it 3 is
3 is 5 bill
4 a 5 bill
5 bill 6 of
6 of 10 ,
10 , 11 "
12 said 20 specie
14 , 15 "
14 , 20 specie

as the beggar had nothing to object , he now produced a small buff-leather bag , tied up carefully with a shoe-string [.] 
1 as 3 beggar
1 as 4 had
1 as 8 ,
1 as 9 he
2 the 3 beggar
3 beggar 4 had
4 had 5 nothing
4 had 6 to
6 to 7 object
9 he 16 ,
10 now 11 produced
11 produced 15 bag
11 produced 16 ,
12 a 13 small
12 a 15 bag
13 small 15 bag
14 buff-leather 15 bag
16 , 17 tied
16 , 18 up
16 , 19 carefully
16 , 20 with
20 with 22 shoe-string
21 a 22 shoe-string

in this precious heap was my bank , [note] deposited , the rate of exchange being considerably against me [.] 
1 in 4 heap
1 in 5 was
2 this 4 heap
3 precious 4 heap
5 was 7 bank
6 my 7 bank
7 bank 10 deposited
7 bank 13 rate
8 , 10 deposited
10 deposited 11 ,
11 , 13 rate
12 the 13 rate
13 rate 14 of
14 of 15 exchange
15 exchange 16 being
16 being 18 against
17 considerably 18 against
18 against 19 me

here let me have credit for a sober fact [.] 
1 here 2 let
2 let 3 me
2 let 4 have
4 have 5 credit
5 credit 6 for
6 for 9 fact
7 a 8 sober
8 sober 9 fact

but [i] must stop and see [the] [breaking] up [of] [the] [camp-meeting] [at] [stamford] [.] " 
1 but 5 and
3 must 4 stop
3 must 5 and
5 and 6 see
6 see 9 up
9 up 16 "

all this was a sort of happiness [which] [i] [could] [conceive] of , [though] [i] [had] little sympathy with it [.] 
1 all 2 this
2 this 3 was
3 was 5 sort
4 a 5 sort
5 sort 6 of
5 sort 19 with
6 of 7 happiness
7 happiness 12 of
12 of 13 ,
13 , 18 sympathy
17 little 18 sympathy
19 with 20 it

my reflections were here interrupted [.] 
1 my 2 reflections
2 reflections 3 were
3 were 4 here
3 were 5 interrupted

" [another] [visitor] [!] " [exclaimed] [the] [old] [showman] [.] 
1 " 5 "

it was a [red] [indian] , armed with his bow and arrow [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 12 arrow
3 a 12 arrow
6 , 7 armed
7 armed 8 with
8 with 11 and
9 his 10 bow
10 bow 11 and
11 and 12 arrow

this son of the wilderness , and pilgrim of the storm , took his place silently in the midst of us [.] 
1 this 2 son
2 son 3 of
2 son 13 took
3 of 7 and
4 the 5 wilderness
5 wilderness 7 and
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 pilgrim
7 and 9 of
9 of 10 the
10 the 11 storm
11 storm 12 ,
13 took 15 place
13 took 16 silently
13 took 17 in
14 his 15 place
17 in 19 midst
18 the 19 midst
19 midst 20 of
20 of 21 us

the [indian] [had] [not] [long] [been] [seated] [,] [ere] [our] [merry] damsel [sought] to draw [him] into conversation [.] 
1 the 12 damsel
12 damsel 14 to
14 to 15 draw
15 draw 17 into
17 into 18 conversation

at length , she inquired whether his journey had any particular end or purpose [.] 
1 at 2 length
1 at 3 ,
1 at 4 she
4 she 5 inquired
5 inquired 6 whether
6 whether 8 journey
6 whether 9 had
7 his 8 journey
8 journey 9 had
9 had 13 or
10 any 12 end
11 particular 12 end
12 end 13 or
13 or 14 purpose

" [i] [go] [shoot] [at] [the] [camp-meeting] [at] [stamford] [,] " [replied] [the] [indian] [.] 
1 " 11 "

" [and] [here] [are] [five] [more] [,] ["] said the girl , " all aiming at the camp-meeting too [.] 
1 " 9 said
9 said 11 girl
10 the 11 girl
11 girl 14 all
12 , 13 "
12 , 14 all
14 all 15 aiming
15 aiming 16 at
15 aiming 19 too
16 at 18 camp-meeting
17 the 18 camp-meeting

but , [o] , you would find it very dull indeed , to go all the way [to] [stamford] [alone] ! " 
1 but 2 ,
1 but 4 ,
1 but 5 you
5 you 6 would
6 would 7 find
7 find 8 it
8 it 10 dull
9 very 10 dull
10 dull 11 indeed
10 dull 13 to
12 , 13 to
13 to 14 go
13 to 21 !
14 go 17 way
15 all 16 the
16 the 17 way
21 ! 22 "

now , hoping [no] [offence] , [i] [should] [like] to know where this young gentleman may be going [?] ["] 
1 now 2 ,
2 , 3 hoping
3 hoping 6 ,
3 hoping 10 to
10 to 11 know
11 know 12 where
12 where 15 gentleman
12 where 17 be
13 this 15 gentleman
14 young 15 gentleman
15 gentleman 16 may
16 may 17 be
17 be 18 going

i started [.] 
1 i 2 started

[how] [came] [i] [among] [these] [wanderers] [?] 

" [but] [in] [what] [capacity] [?] ["] asked the old showman , after a moment 's silence [.] 
1 " 8 asked
8 asked 11 showman
9 the 11 showman
10 old 11 showman
11 showman 13 after
12 , 13 after
13 after 17 silence
14 a 15 moment
15 moment 16 's
16 's 17 silence

["] [all] [of] [us] [here] [can] [get] [our] [bread] [in] [some] [creditable] [way] [.] 

every honest man should have his livelihood [.] 
1 every 3 man
2 honest 3 man
3 man 4 should
4 should 5 have
5 have 7 livelihood
6 his 7 livelihood

you [,] [sir] [,] [as] [i] [take] [it] [,] are a mere [strolling] gentleman [.] ["] 
1 you 10 are
10 are 14 gentleman
11 a 12 mere
11 a 14 gentleman

" [either] [this] [,] " [said] [i] [,] ["] [is] [my] [vocation] [,] [or] [i] [have] [been] [born] [in] [vain] [.] ["] 
1 " 5 "

dreading [a] [rejection] , [i] [solicited] [the] interest [of] the [merry] damsel [.] 
1 dreading 4 ,
1 dreading 8 interest
8 interest 12 damsel
10 the 12 damsel

" [mirth] [,] ["] cried [i] , [most] aptly [appropriating] [the] [words] [of] [l'allegro] , " [to] [thee] [i] sue [!] 
1 " 5 cried
5 cried 20 sue
7 , 9 aptly
7 , 15 ,
15 , 16 "
15 , 20 sue

mirth [,] [admit] [me] of thy crew [!] ["] 
1 mirth 5 of
5 of 7 crew
6 thy 7 crew

["] [i] [have] [espied] [much] [promise] [in] [him] [.] 

true , a shadow sometimes flits across his brow , but the sunshine is sure to follow in a moment [.] 
1 true 17 follow
2 , 4 shadow
2 , 6 flits
2 , 11 but
3 a 4 shadow
4 shadow 6 flits
5 sometimes 6 flits
6 flits 7 across
7 across 9 brow
8 his 9 brow
10 , 11 but
11 but 13 sunshine
11 but 14 is
12 the 13 sunshine
13 sunshine 14 is
14 is 15 sure
15 sure 16 to
16 to 17 follow
17 follow 18 in
18 in 20 moment
19 a 20 moment

he is [never] guilty of a sad thought , but a merry one is [twin] born with it [.] 
1 he 9 ,
2 is 4 guilty
2 is 9 ,
4 guilty 5 of
5 of 8 thought
6 a 8 thought
7 sad 8 thought
9 , 14 is
10 but 13 one
10 but 14 is
11 a 13 one
12 merry 13 one
14 is 16 born
16 born 17 with
17 with 18 it

this affair [settled] , [a] [marvellous] [jollity] [entered] [into] the [whole] tribe of us , manifesting [itself] characteristically [in] [each] [individual] [.] 
1 this 2 affair
2 affair 4 ,
4 , 12 tribe
10 the 12 tribe
12 tribe 13 of
13 of 15 ,
14 us 15 ,
15 , 16 manifesting
16 manifesting 18 characteristically

the young foreigner flourished his fiddle-bow with a master 's hand , and gave an inspiring echo to the showman's melody [.] 
1 the 3 foreigner
2 young 3 foreigner
3 foreigner 13 and
4 flourished 6 fiddle-bow
4 flourished 7 with
4 flourished 13 and
5 his 6 fiddle-bow
6 fiddle-bow 7 with
7 with 11 hand
8 a 9 master
9 master 10 's
10 's 11 hand
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 gave
14 gave 17 echo
14 gave 18 to
15 an 17 echo
16 inspiring 17 echo
17 echo 18 to
18 to 21 melody
19 the 21 melody
20 showman's 21 melody

" [we] ['ll] [come] [among] [them] [in] [procession] [,] [with] [music] [and] [dancing] [,] ["] cried the merry damsel [.] 
1 " 16 cried
16 cried 19 damsel
17 the 19 damsel
18 merry 19 damsel

casting our eyes northward , we beheld a horseman approaching leisurely , and splashing through the little puddles on the [stamford] road [.] 
1 casting 3 eyes
1 casting 4 northward
1 casting 5 ,
1 casting 6 we
2 our 3 eyes
6 we 7 beheld
7 beheld 9 horseman
7 beheld 13 and
7 beheld 15 through
7 beheld 19 on
8 a 9 horseman
9 horseman 10 approaching
11 leisurely 13 and
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 splashing
15 through 18 puddles
16 the 18 puddles
17 little 18 puddles
18 puddles 19 on
19 on 22 road
20 the 22 road

what [puzzled] [us] was the fact , that his face appeared turned from [,] [instead] [of] to [,] the camp-meeting [at] [stamford] [.] 
1 what 4 was
4 was 6 fact
5 the 6 fact
6 fact 8 that
7 , 8 that
8 that 10 face
8 that 11 appeared
9 his 10 face
10 face 11 appeared
11 appeared 12 turned
12 turned 13 from
13 from 20 camp-meeting
17 to 19 the
19 the 20 camp-meeting

" [what] [news] [,] [what] [news] [from] [the] [camp-meeting] [at] [stamford] [?] " 
1 " 13 "

the missionary looked down , in surprise , at as singular a knot of people as could [have] [been] selected from all his heterogeneous auditors . 
1 the 2 missionary
1 the 26 .
2 missionary 3 looked
3 looked 4 down
3 looked 6 in
3 looked 9 at
3 looked 21 from
5 , 6 in
6 in 7 surprise
6 in 8 ,
9 at 13 knot
10 as 11 singular
10 as 12 a
11 singular 12 a
12 a 13 knot
13 knot 14 of
13 knot 20 selected
14 of 15 people
16 as 17 could
16 as 20 selected
17 could 20 selected
21 from 22 all
22 all 23 his
22 all 25 auditors
23 his 24 heterogeneous

i even fancied that a smile was endeavoring to [disturb] the iron gravity of the preacher 's mouth [.] 
1 i 3 fancied
2 even 3 fancied
3 fancied 4 that
3 fancied 9 to
5 a 6 smile
6 smile 7 was
7 was 8 endeavoring
8 endeavoring 9 to
9 to 13 gravity
11 the 13 gravity
12 iron 13 gravity
13 gravity 14 of
14 of 18 mouth
15 the 16 preacher
16 preacher 17 's
17 's 18 mouth

" [good] [people] [,] ["] [answered] he [,] ["] [the] [camp-meeting] is [broke] up [.] ["] 
1 " 7 he
7 he 12 is
12 is 14 up

so saying , the [methodist] minister switched his steed , and rode westward [.] 
1 so 2 saying
1 so 3 ,
3 , 11 and
4 the 6 minister
6 minister 11 and
7 switched 11 and
8 his 9 steed
9 steed 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 rode
11 and 13 westward

our union being thus nullified , by the removal of its object , we were sundered at once to the four winds of heaven [.] 
1 our 2 union
2 union 3 being
3 being 5 nullified
4 thus 5 nullified
5 nullified 7 by
6 , 7 by
7 by 9 removal
8 the 9 removal
9 removal 10 of
10 of 13 ,
11 its 12 object
12 object 13 ,
13 , 14 we
14 we 15 were
15 were 16 sundered
16 sundered 18 once
16 sundered 19 to
17 at 18 once
19 to 22 winds
20 the 21 four
21 four 22 winds
22 winds 23 of
23 of 24 heaven

the old showman and his literary coadjutor were already tackling their horses to the wagon , with a design to peregrinate southwest along the seacoast [.] 
1 the 3 showman
2 old 3 showman
3 showman 4 and
4 and 7 coadjutor
4 and 8 were
5 his 7 coadjutor
6 literary 7 coadjutor
8 were 10 tackling
9 already 10 tackling
10 tackling 12 horses
10 tackling 13 to
11 their 12 horses
12 horses 13 to
13 to 15 wagon
14 the 15 wagon
15 wagon 17 with
16 , 17 with
17 with 19 design
18 a 19 design
19 design 20 to
19 design 23 along
20 to 21 peregrinate
21 peregrinate 22 southwest
23 along 25 seacoast
24 the 25 seacoast

end of the [project] [gutenberg] [ebook] of [the] [seven] [vagabonds] [(] [from] ["] [twice] [told] [tales] ["] [)] , [by] [nathaniel] [hawthorne] 
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