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Joe the Hotel Boy
Joe the Hotel Boy

Chapter XXVIII · Chapter 28

Chapter 28 of Joe the Hotel Boy is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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FROM OUT OF A TREE.
Caven was right, Joe and his newly-made friend were still in the woods, doing their best to locate the two rascals.
They had found the trail but lost it in the patch of tall timber, and were gazing around when they heard the trains leaving the cut.
There goes our outfit, friend,” said the westerner.
And there won't be another train along for several hours.”
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Joe the Hotel Boy

Chapter XXVIII · Chapter 28

Chapter 28 of Joe the Hotel Boy is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/25 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
FROM OUT OF A TREE.
Line 2
Caven was right, Joe and his newly-made friend were still in the woods, doing their best to locate the two rascals.
Line 3
They had found the trail but lost it in the patch of tall timber, and were gazing around when they heard the trains leaving the cut.
Line 4
There goes our outfit, friend,” said the westerner.
Line 5
And there won't be another train along for several hours.”

All words in this reading · 56

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A

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From this reading FROM OUT OF A TREE.

along

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From this reading “And there won't be another train along for several hours.”

and

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From this reading Caven was right, Joe and his newly-made friend were still in the woods, doing their best to locate the two rascals.

another

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From this reading “And there won't be another train along for several hours.”

around

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From this reading They had found the trail but lost it in the patch of tall timber, and were gazing around when they heard the trains leaving the cut.

be

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From this reading “And there won't be another train along for several hours.”

best

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From this reading Caven was right, Joe and his newly-made friend were still in the woods, doing their best to locate the two rascals.

but

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From this reading They had found the trail but lost it in the patch of tall timber, and were gazing around when they heard the trains leaving the cut.

Caven

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From this reading Caven was right, Joe and his newly-made friend were still in the woods, doing their best to locate the two rascals.

cut

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From this reading They had found the trail but lost it in the patch of tall timber, and were gazing around when they heard the trains leaving the cut.

doing

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From this reading Caven was right, Joe and his newly-made friend were still in the woods, doing their best to locate the two rascals.

for

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From this reading “And there won't be another train along for several hours.”

found

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From this reading They had found the trail but lost it in the patch of tall timber, and were gazing around when they heard the trains leaving the cut.

friend

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From this reading Caven was right, Joe and his newly-made friend were still in the woods, doing their best to locate the two rascals.

FROM

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From this reading FROM OUT OF A TREE.

gazing

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From this reading They had found the trail but lost it in the patch of tall timber, and were gazing around when they heard the trains leaving the cut.

goes

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From this reading “There goes our outfit, friend,” said the westerner.

had

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From this reading They had found the trail but lost it in the patch of tall timber, and were gazing around when they heard the trains leaving the cut.

heard

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From this reading They had found the trail but lost it in the patch of tall timber, and were gazing around when they heard the trains leaving the cut.

his

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From this reading Caven was right, Joe and his newly-made friend were still in the woods, doing their best to locate the two rascals.

hours

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From this reading “And there won't be another train along for several hours.”

in

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From this reading Caven was right, Joe and his newly-made friend were still in the woods, doing their best to locate the two rascals.

it

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From this reading They had found the trail but lost it in the patch of tall timber, and were gazing around when they heard the trains leaving the cut.

Joe

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From this reading Caven was right, Joe and his newly-made friend were still in the woods, doing their best to locate the two rascals.

leaving

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From this reading They had found the trail but lost it in the patch of tall timber, and were gazing around when they heard the trains leaving the cut.

locate

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From this reading Caven was right, Joe and his newly-made friend were still in the woods, doing their best to locate the two rascals.

lost

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From this reading They had found the trail but lost it in the patch of tall timber, and were gazing around when they heard the trains leaving the cut.

newly-made

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From this reading Caven was right, Joe and his newly-made friend were still in the woods, doing their best to locate the two rascals.

OF

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From this reading FROM OUT OF A TREE.

our

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From this reading “There goes our outfit, friend,” said the westerner.

OUT

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From this reading FROM OUT OF A TREE.

outfit

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From this reading “There goes our outfit, friend,” said the westerner.

patch

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From this reading They had found the trail but lost it in the patch of tall timber, and were gazing around when they heard the trains leaving the cut.

rascals

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From this reading Caven was right, Joe and his newly-made friend were still in the woods, doing their best to locate the two rascals.

right

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From this reading Caven was right, Joe and his newly-made friend were still in the woods, doing their best to locate the two rascals.

said

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From this reading “There goes our outfit, friend,” said the westerner.

several

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From this reading “And there won't be another train along for several hours.”

still

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From this reading Caven was right, Joe and his newly-made friend were still in the woods, doing their best to locate the two rascals.

tall

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From this reading They had found the trail but lost it in the patch of tall timber, and were gazing around when they heard the trains leaving the cut.

the

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From this reading Caven was right, Joe and his newly-made friend were still in the woods, doing their best to locate the two rascals.

their

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From this reading Caven was right, Joe and his newly-made friend were still in the woods, doing their best to locate the two rascals.

There

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From this reading “There goes our outfit, friend,” said the westerner.

They

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From this reading They had found the trail but lost it in the patch of tall timber, and were gazing around when they heard the trains leaving the cut.

timber

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From this reading They had found the trail but lost it in the patch of tall timber, and were gazing around when they heard the trains leaving the cut.

to

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

From this reading Caven was right, Joe and his newly-made friend were still in the woods, doing their best to locate the two rascals.

trail

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

From this reading They had found the trail but lost it in the patch of tall timber, and were gazing around when they heard the trains leaving the cut.

train

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From this reading “And there won't be another train along for several hours.”

trains

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From this reading They had found the trail but lost it in the patch of tall timber, and were gazing around when they heard the trains leaving the cut.

TREE

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From this reading FROM OUT OF A TREE.

two

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From this reading Caven was right, Joe and his newly-made friend were still in the woods, doing their best to locate the two rascals.

was

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

From this reading Caven was right, Joe and his newly-made friend were still in the woods, doing their best to locate the two rascals.

were

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From this reading Caven was right, Joe and his newly-made friend were still in the woods, doing their best to locate the two rascals.

westerner

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From this reading “There goes our outfit, friend,” said the westerner.

when

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From this reading They had found the trail but lost it in the patch of tall timber, and were gazing around when they heard the trains leaving the cut.

won't

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From this reading “And there won't be another train along for several hours.”

woods

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From this reading Caven was right, Joe and his newly-made friend were still in the woods, doing their best to locate the two rascals.

Chapter 28 of Joe the Hotel Boy by Horatio, Jr. Alger holds 129 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.

What does chapter 28 of Joe the Hotel Boy contain?

Chapter 28 holds 129 sentences of Joe the Hotel Boy, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 28 of Joe the Hotel Boy by Horatio, Jr. Alger exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 129 sentences, grouped into 26 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 28 of Joe the Hotel Boy?

Work through the 26 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 26 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.

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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 28 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.