Sammy's Hairbreadth Escape From the Indians
A ten year old Samuel Green and his friend Fred flee as Indians approach their riverfront homestead. Sammy hides in a rock cave while his mother and neighbor’s wife defend the homestead with a shotgun. The Indians raid, are repelled, and Sammy is reunited with his mother after a tense escape.
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Mississippi River
Kanens
Green
Samuel—Saummy
Sammy
Mr. Green
Mrs. Green
George
Fred
Sammy Tankee and the Wash Man's Dream
A child named Sammy Tan-kee is described as a queer Chin-ee with a long cueve and loose shirt. His father works washing all day, rubbing and wrestling suds in a huge tub as Sammy vows to grow fast and become a rich wash-ee-wash man.
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Sammy Tan-kee
Tan-kee
Papa
Naughty Little Silly Child Causes Family Grief
A fragmentary verse about a defiant girl named Naughty Tishee who disobeys rules at school and home, spoils toys, cries for sweets, rejects plain foods, and complains about clothes, with a stray garbled line at the end.
A Tale of Hioh and Hick the Red Men of California
An old chronicle recalls Hioh a North American king in California as well as Hick a friendly chief under Drake. Drake lands, learns of a “Happy Hunting Ground” and leaves, leaving the red men mourning gods who never stayed.
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California
Hioh
Sir Francis Drake
Hick
Drake
Elizabeth
England
Red Men
Pussy Earns Her Board and Keep on the Farm
A found kitten in spring becomes Miss Clark’s ward, grows into a pampered farm cat named Pussy, and later proves her worth during a dangerous cellar fire, earning her keep by saving lives and guarding the homestead.
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Frankie
May
Miss Puss
Miss Clark
Freakie
Frankis
Clark
Bport
Pussy the cat saves the farm family from fire
A cat named Pussy awakens a family with loud mewing and scratching as a fire starts in the cellar from coal sparks. The parents and children extinguish the blaze, crediting Pussy with saving their home and lives. Miss Clark had predicted the cat's value.
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May
Mama
Frankie
Irish Wit and a Mayflower Comeback
An Irish wit challenges his employer's claim that his forefathers came aboard the Mayflower. The conversation turns to ancestry as the descendant provides a date, prompting a boastful quip about a modern family’s insignificance.
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O'Rourke
Adam
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William Wallace, JR
Namit
Sammy Tankee
Naughty Little Silly
Helena Davis
Old Sport
Canary
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