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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 9 ,

a [small] [piece] [of] [silver] [was] [my] passport [within] [his] [premises] [,] [where] [i] [found] [only] [one] [other] [person] [,] [hereafter] [to] [be] [described] [.] 
1 a 8 passport

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 13 ,
13 , 14 and

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 19 people
8 the 18 little
18 little 19 people

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

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
4 how 6 a
5 fresh 6 a
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 18 way
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 13 ,
13 , 14 "
13 , 15 said
15 said 17 master
16 the 17 master
17 master 18 of
18 of 20 wagon
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 13 was
13 was 19 that

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
4 travelled 5 through
6 the 8 extent
7 vast 8 extent
8 extent 9 of
8 extent 15 looked
9 of 13 ,
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 " 11 "

" ah , ["] said the gay damsel , ["] you might as well ask where the summer wind is going [.] 
1 " 15 ask
2 ah 3 ,
3 , 5 said
5 said 8 damsel
5 said 9 ,
6 the 8 damsel
7 gay 8 damsel
9 , 11 you
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 , 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 2 pair

" [o] [maiden] [!] " [said] [i] [aloud] [,] ["] [why] [did] [you] [not] [come] [hither] [alone] [?] ["] 
1 " 5 "

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 12 said

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
4 have 6 for
5 credit 6 for
6 for 9 fact
7 a 8 sober
7 a 9 fact
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

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 6 of
6 of 13 ,
12 of 13 ,

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 6 ,
2 was 6 ,
6 , 7 armed
6 , 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 11 storm
10 the 11 storm
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] [.] 

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 ,
1 now 6 ,
2 , 3 hoping
6 , 9 like
9 like 13 this

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 7 take
7 take 8 it

" [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] [.] 

" [mirth] [,] " [cried] [i] [,] [most] [aptly] [appropriating] [the] [words] [of] [l'allegro] [,] ["] [to] [thee] [i] [sue] [!] 
1 " 4 "

[mirth] [,] [admit] [me] [of] [thy] [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 2 ,

he is [never] [guilty] of [a] [sad] [thought] , but a merry one is [twin] born with it [.] 
1 he 2 is
2 is 5 of
5 of 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 13 one
10 but 14 is
11 a 13 one
12 merry 13 one
13 one 14 is
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 3 settled

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
6 fact 13 from
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

" [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
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 25 auditors
24 heterogeneous 25 auditors

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 9 steed
7 switched 11 and
8 his 9 steed
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
3 being 6 ,
3 being 14 we
3 being 16 sundered
4 thus 5 nullified
6 , 7 by
7 by 9 removal
7 by 13 ,
7 by 14 we
8 the 9 removal
9 removal 10 of
10 of 12 object
11 its 12 object
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

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