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10036
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From this reading 10036 Originally published in 1925 as a serial in _Argosy All-Story Weekly_.
1120
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From this reading 1120 Avenue of the Americas New York, N.Y.
1925
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From this reading 10036 Originally published in 1925 as a serial in _Argosy All-Story Weekly_.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading 10036 Originally published in 1925 as a serial in _Argosy All-Story Weekly_.
ACE
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From this reading ACE BOOKS, INC.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
All-Story
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From this reading 10036 Originally published in 1925 as a serial in _Argosy All-Story Weekly_.
Americas
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From this reading 1120 Avenue of the Americas New York, N.Y.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
Argosy
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From this reading 10036 Originally published in 1925 as a serial in _Argosy All-Story Weekly_.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading 10036 Originally published in 1925 as a serial in _Argosy All-Story Weekly_.
attention
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From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
attract
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From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
Avenue
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From this reading 1120 Avenue of the Americas New York, N.Y.
BOOKSnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading ACE BOOKS, INC.
Boston
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From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
broke
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From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
Chappiquiddick
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From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
chores
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From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
clad
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From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.
coast
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From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
Cover
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From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
Ed
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From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
Electric
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From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.
Emshwiller
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From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
evening
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From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
farmhouse
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From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
following
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From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
frightened
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From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.
General
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From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.
ghost
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From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.
glancing
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From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
happened
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From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
idly
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From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
illustration
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From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading 10036 Originally published in 1925 as a serial in _Argosy All-Story Weekly_.
INC
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From this reading ACE BOOKS, INC.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.
Island
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From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
item
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From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
July
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From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
kitchen
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From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
laboratory
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From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.
LYNN
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From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.
maniac
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From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.
Massachusetts
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From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
N
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From this reading 1120 Avenue of the Americas New York, N.Y.
New
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From this reading 1120 Avenue of the Americas New York, N.Y.
night
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From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.
nightgown
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From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 1120 Avenue of the Americas New York, N.Y.
off
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From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
only
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From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.
operator
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From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.
Originally
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From this reading 10036 Originally published in 1925 as a serial in _Argosy All-Story Weekly_.
Post
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From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
published
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From this reading 10036 Originally published in 1925 as a serial in _Argosy All-Story Weekly_.
reason
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From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
serial
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From this reading 10036 Originally published in 1925 as a serial in _Argosy All-Story Weekly_.
sitting
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From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
some
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From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
steps
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From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 1120 Avenue of the Americas New York, N.Y.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
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From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
warm
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From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
Weekly
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From this reading 10036 Originally published in 1925 as a serial in _Argosy All-Story Weekly_.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading _Cover art and illustration by Ed Emshwiller._ One warm evening in July after the chores were done, I was sitting on the kitchen steps of my farmhouse, on Chappiquiddick Island off the coast of Massachusetts, idly glancing through the _Boston Post_ of that morning, when for some reason the following item happened to attract my attention:
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.
Y
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From this reading 1120 Avenue of the Americas New York, N.Y.
yesterday
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From this reading LYNN.—A maniac, clad only in a nightgown, broke into the General Electric laboratory in Lynn yesterday evening, and frightened the night operator, who thought he was a ghost.
York
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From this reading 1120 Avenue of the Americas New York, N.Y.
