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Joe the Hotel Boy

Chapter XVI · Chapter 16

Chapter 16 of Joe the Hotel Boy is here in full — 130 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Horatio, Jr. Alger • Curated US English Learning Edition

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A MATTER OF SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS.

“Say, you, give me my money!”

Such were Josiah Bean's words, as he rushed up to Henry Davis and grabbed the swindler by the shoulder.

The slick-looking individual was thoroughly startled, for he had not dreamed that the countryman would get on his track so soon.

He turned and looked at the man and also at Joe, and his face fell.

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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Chapter XVI Reading 1/26

Joe the Hotel Boy

Chapter XVI · Chapter 16

Chapter 16 of Joe the Hotel Boy is here in full — 130 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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

Line 1

A MATTER OF SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS.

Line 2

“Say, you, give me my money!”

Line 3

Such were Josiah Bean's words, as he rushed up to Henry Davis and grabbed the swindler by the shoulder.

Line 4

The slick-looking individual was thoroughly startled, for he had not dreamed that the countryman would get on his track so soon.

Line 5

He turned and looked at the man and also at Joe, and his face fell.

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A

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also

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and

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as

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at

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Bean's

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by

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countryman

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Davis

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DOLLARS

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From this reading A MATTER OF SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS.

dreamed

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face

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fell

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for

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get

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give

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grabbed

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had

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he

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Henry

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his

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HUNDRED

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individual

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Joe

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Josiah

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looked

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man

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MATTER

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me

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money

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my

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not

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OF

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on

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rushed

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Say

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shoulder

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SIX

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From this reading A MATTER OF SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS.

slick-looking

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so

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soon

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startled

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Such

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swindler

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that

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the

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thoroughly

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to

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track

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turned

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up

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was

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were

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words

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would

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you

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From this reading “Say, you, give me my money!”

Chapter 16 of Joe the Hotel Boy by Horatio, Jr. Alger holds 130 sentences, grouped into 26 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.

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Chapter 16 holds 130 sentences of Joe the Hotel Boy, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.

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