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Joe the Hotel Boy
Joe the Hotel Boy

Chapter VII · Chapter 7

Chapter 7 of Joe the Hotel Boy is here in full — 132 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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BLOWS AND KIND DEEDS.
Several days passed and Joe went out half a dozen times on the lake with parties from the hotel.
All whom he served were pleased with him and treated him so nicely that, for the time being, his past troubles were forgotten.
At the beginning of the week Ned Talmadge came to see him.
I am going away to join the folks out West,” said Ned.
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Joe the Hotel Boy

Chapter VII · Chapter 7

Chapter 7 of Joe the Hotel Boy is here in full — 132 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/26 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
BLOWS AND KIND DEEDS.
Line 2
Several days passed and Joe went out half a dozen times on the lake with parties from the hotel.
Line 3
All whom he served were pleased with him and treated him so nicely that, for the time being, his past troubles were forgotten.
Line 4
At the beginning of the week Ned Talmadge came to see him.
Line 5
I am going away to join the folks out West,” said Ned.

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

Forgotten adjective US /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/

Not remembered; lapsed from memory.

From this reading “All whom he served were pleased with him and treated him so nicely that, for the time being, his past troubles were forgotten.”

All words in this reading · 56

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

a

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Several days passed and Joe went out half a dozen times on the lake with parties from the hotel.

All

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From this reading All whom he served were pleased with him and treated him so nicely that, for the time being, his past troubles were forgotten.

am

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From this reading “I am going away to join the folks out West,” said Ned.

AND

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From this reading BLOWS AND KIND DEEDS.

At

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From this reading At the beginning of the week Ned Talmadge came to see him.

away

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From this reading “I am going away to join the folks out West,” said Ned.

beginning

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From this reading At the beginning of the week Ned Talmadge came to see him.

being

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From this reading All whom he served were pleased with him and treated him so nicely that, for the time being, his past troubles were forgotten.

BLOWS

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From this reading BLOWS AND KIND DEEDS.

came

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From this reading At the beginning of the week Ned Talmadge came to see him.

days

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Several days passed and Joe went out half a dozen times on the lake with parties from the hotel.

DEEDS

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From this reading BLOWS AND KIND DEEDS.

dozen

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From this reading Several days passed and Joe went out half a dozen times on the lake with parties from the hotel.

folks

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From this reading “I am going away to join the folks out West,” said Ned.

for

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From this reading All whom he served were pleased with him and treated him so nicely that, for the time being, his past troubles were forgotten.

forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/

Not remembered; lapsed from memory.

From this reading All whom he served were pleased with him and treated him so nicely that, for the time being, his past troubles were forgotten.

from

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Several days passed and Joe went out half a dozen times on the lake with parties from the hotel.

going

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From this reading “I am going away to join the folks out West,” said Ned.

half

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From this reading Several days passed and Joe went out half a dozen times on the lake with parties from the hotel.

he

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading All whom he served were pleased with him and treated him so nicely that, for the time being, his past troubles were forgotten.

him

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading All whom he served were pleased with him and treated him so nicely that, for the time being, his past troubles were forgotten.

his

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading All whom he served were pleased with him and treated him so nicely that, for the time being, his past troubles were forgotten.

hotel

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Several days passed and Joe went out half a dozen times on the lake with parties from the hotel.

I

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “I am going away to join the folks out West,” said Ned.

Joe

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Several days passed and Joe went out half a dozen times on the lake with parties from the hotel.

join

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “I am going away to join the folks out West,” said Ned.

KIND

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading BLOWS AND KIND DEEDS.

lake

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From this reading Several days passed and Joe went out half a dozen times on the lake with parties from the hotel.

Ned

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading At the beginning of the week Ned Talmadge came to see him.

nicely

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From this reading All whom he served were pleased with him and treated him so nicely that, for the time being, his past troubles were forgotten.

of

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From this reading At the beginning of the week Ned Talmadge came to see him.

on

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From this reading Several days passed and Joe went out half a dozen times on the lake with parties from the hotel.

out

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Several days passed and Joe went out half a dozen times on the lake with parties from the hotel.

parties

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Several days passed and Joe went out half a dozen times on the lake with parties from the hotel.

passed

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Several days passed and Joe went out half a dozen times on the lake with parties from the hotel.

past

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From this reading All whom he served were pleased with him and treated him so nicely that, for the time being, his past troubles were forgotten.

pleased

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading All whom he served were pleased with him and treated him so nicely that, for the time being, his past troubles were forgotten.

said

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “I am going away to join the folks out West,” said Ned.

see

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading At the beginning of the week Ned Talmadge came to see him.

served

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading All whom he served were pleased with him and treated him so nicely that, for the time being, his past troubles were forgotten.

Several

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Several days passed and Joe went out half a dozen times on the lake with parties from the hotel.

so

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading All whom he served were pleased with him and treated him so nicely that, for the time being, his past troubles were forgotten.

Talmadge

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading At the beginning of the week Ned Talmadge came to see him.

that

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading All whom he served were pleased with him and treated him so nicely that, for the time being, his past troubles were forgotten.

the

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Several days passed and Joe went out half a dozen times on the lake with parties from the hotel.

time

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading All whom he served were pleased with him and treated him so nicely that, for the time being, his past troubles were forgotten.

times

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Several days passed and Joe went out half a dozen times on the lake with parties from the hotel.

to

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading At the beginning of the week Ned Talmadge came to see him.

treated

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading All whom he served were pleased with him and treated him so nicely that, for the time being, his past troubles were forgotten.

troubles

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading All whom he served were pleased with him and treated him so nicely that, for the time being, his past troubles were forgotten.

week

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading At the beginning of the week Ned Talmadge came to see him.

went

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Several days passed and Joe went out half a dozen times on the lake with parties from the hotel.

were

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading All whom he served were pleased with him and treated him so nicely that, for the time being, his past troubles were forgotten.

West

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “I am going away to join the folks out West,” said Ned.

whom

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading All whom he served were pleased with him and treated him so nicely that, for the time being, his past troubles were forgotten.

with

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Several days passed and Joe went out half a dozen times on the lake with parties from the hotel.

Chapter 7 of Joe the Hotel Boy by Horatio, Jr. Alger holds 132 sentences, grouped into 27 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

What does chapter 7 of Joe the Hotel Boy contain?

Chapter 7 holds 132 sentences of Joe the Hotel Boy, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 7 of Joe the Hotel Boy by Horatio, Jr. Alger exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 132 sentences, grouped into 27 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

How do I study chapter 7 of Joe the Hotel Boy?

Work through the 27 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 27 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 7 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 7 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

Questions about reading Joe the Hotel Boy

Common questions about reading Joe the Hotel Boy by Horatio, Jr. Alger on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of Joe the Hotel Boy?

Yes. All 3877 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #528 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Joe the Hotel Boy is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #528, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Joe the Hotel Boy take to read?

About 323 minutes of reading across 776 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Joe the Hotel Boy

Words and structures a reader meets early in Joe the Hotel Boy, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Storm
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Joe the Hotel Boy; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Think
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Joe the Hotel Boy; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Going
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Joe the Hotel Boy; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Heavy
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Joe the Hotel Boy; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.