The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas 6 Free Adventure Teen Books Audiobooks Online.
this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org recorded by shanda williams atlanta georgia april 2006 the three musketeers by alexander dumas chapter 6 his majesty king louis xiii this affair made a great noise manjour dates reveal scolded his musketeers in public and congratulated them in private but as no time was to be lost in gaining the king monjour dates reveal hastened to report himself at the louvre it was already too late the king was closeted with the cardinal and manjour de treville was informed that the king was busy and could not receive him at that moment in the evening manjor de treville attended the king's gaming table the king was winning and as he was very avaricious he was in an excellent humor perceiving manjour de treville at a distance come here manjour captain he said come here that i may growl at you do you know that his eminence has been making fresh complaints against your musketeers and that with so much emotion after this evening his imminence is indisposed ah these musketeers of yours are very devil's fellows to be hanged no sire replier treville who saw at the first glance how things would go on the contrary they are good creatures as meek as lambs and have but one desire i'll be their warranty and that is that their swords may never leave their scabbards but in your majesty's service but what are they to do the guards of manjour the cardinal are forever seeking quarrels with them and for the honor of the core even the poor young men are obliged to defend themselves listen to manjour de treville said the king listen to him would not one say he was speaking of a religious community in truth my dear captain i have a great mind to take away your commission and give it to mademoiselle de camaro to whom i promised to navi but don't fancy that i'm going to take you on your bare word i am called louis the just bonjour de treville and by and by by and by we will see ah sire it is because i confide in that justice that i shall wait patiently and quietly the good pleasure of your majesty wait then monjour wait said the king i will not detain you long in fact fortune changed and as the king began to lose what he had won he was not sorry to find an excuse for playing charlemagne if we may use a gaming phrase of whose origin we confess our ignorance the king therefore arose a minute after and putting the money which lay before him into his pocket the major part of which arose from his winnings la ville said he'd take my place i must speak to manjour de trivil on an affair of importance ah i had 80 louis before me put down the same sum so that they who have lost may have nothing to complain of justice before everything then turning toward manjor de trivil and walking with him toward the embrasure of a window well mon jor continued he you say it is his imminence is guard to have sought a quarrel with your musketeers yes sire as they always do and how did the thing happen let us see for you know my dear captain a judge must hear both sides good lord in the most simple and natural manner possible three of my best soldiers whom your majesty knows by name and whose devotedness you have more than once appreciated and who have i dare affirm to the king his service much at heart three of my best soldiers i say athos porthos and aramis had made a party of pleasure with a young fellow from gascony whom i had introduced to them the same morning the party was to take place at st germain i believe and they had appointed to meet at the carm day show where they were disturbed by deju zak kaihuzak and bikara and two other guardsmen who certainly did not go there in such a numerous company without some ill intention against the edicts ah you incline me to think so said the king there is no doubt they went thither to fight themselves i do not...

Mystery of the Secret Band by Edith Lavell 4 The Job Young Adult Teen Mystery Book Free

The Mystery at Dark Cedars by Edith Lavell 7 The House of Mystery Free Public Domain Audiobooks.
chapter 7 of the mystery at dark cedars by edith lavelle this librivox recording is in the public domain hands up the two girls sat rigid with terror mary louise holding tightly to silky in the darkness they could see nothing for the denseness of the trees blotted even the sky from view the silence of the woods was broken only by a faint rustle in the undergrowth as something they didn't know what came nearer silky's ears were alert his body is tense with watching and jane was actually trembling got your flashlight mary lou she whispered yes but i'm afraid to put it on till harry grant gets away he might see it from the road the sudden roar of the motor almost drowned out her words the noise startled whatever it was that was near them and the girls felt a little animal pass so close that it nearly touched them they almost laughed out loud at their fear the cause of their terror was only an innocent little white rabbit mary louise took a tighter grip upon her dog you mustn't leave us silky you don't want that bunny we need you with us the engine continued to roar the girls heard the car start and drive away jane uttered a sigh of relief i wonder whether he missed his satchel she remarked probably he didn't care if he did returned her chum i don't believe it has anything in it but a toothbrush and a change of linen let's open it and see mary louise turned on her flashlight and looked at the small brown bag beside them shucks she explained in disappointment it's locked it would be well so long as we have to carry it home maybe we'll be glad that it's so light i've got my pen knife i'm going to cut the leather but mary lou it doesn't belong to us can't help that we'll buy harry grant a new one if he's innocent okay you're the boss but careful not to cut yourself you hold the flashlight jane said mary louise while i make the slit the operation was not so easy for the leather was tough but mary louise always kept her knife as sharp as a boy's and she succeeded at last in making an opening excitedly both girls peered into the bag and jane reached her hand into its depths she drew it out again with an expression of disappointment an old turkish towel she exclaimed in dismay but mary louise's search proved more fruitful her hands came upon a bulky paper wad encircled by a rubber band she drew her hand out quickly and flashed the light upon her find it was a fat roll of money the girls gazed at her discovery in speechless joy it seemed more like a dream than reality one of those strange dreams where you find money everywhere in all sorts of queer dark places hide it in your sweater mary lou whispered jane now let's make tracks for home her companion concealed it carefully and then took another look into the satchel to make sure that none of the gold was there she even inserted the flashlight into the bag to confirm her belief but there was nothing more both girls got to their feet jane with a satchel still in her hands i wish we were home she remarked after the flashlight had been turned off making the darkness seem blacker than before we can pick up a bus along this road i think return mary louise reassuringly they ought to run along here about every half hour shall we use some of this money for car fare no we don't have to i have my purse with me choosing their way carefully through the bushes and undergrowth the two girls proceeded slowly towards the road but their adventures in the wood were not over they heard another russell of twigs in front of them and footsteps human footsteps this time hands up snarled a gruff voice the reactions of the two girls and the dog were instantaneous and utterly different jane clutched her chum's arm in terror mary louise flashed her light upon the man a rough uncouth character without even a mask and silky flew at his legs the dog's bite was quick and sharp the bully cried out in pain mary...

My Man Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse 2 Comedy Classics Family Friendly Audiobooks Free Library.
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my man jeeves by p.g woathouse 2. jeeves and the unbidden guest

i'm not absolutely certain of my facts but i rather fancy it's shakespeare or if not it's some equally brainy lad who says that it's always just when a chappie is feeling particularly top hole and more than usually braced with things in general that fate sneaks up behind him with a bit of lead piping there's no doubt the man's right it's absolutely that way with me take for instance the fairly rummy matter of lady malvern and her son wilmot a moment before they turned up i was just thinking how thoroughly all right everything was it was one of those topping mornings and i had just climbed out from under the cold shower feeling like a two-year-old as a matter of fact i was especially bucked just then because the day before i had asserted myself with jeeves absolutely asserted myself don't you know you see the way things have been going on i was rapidly becoming a dashed serf the man had jolly well oppressed me i didn't so much mine when he made me give up one of my new suits because jeev's judgment about suits his sound but i as near as a toucher rebelled when he wouldn't let me wear a pair of cloth tops boots which i'd loved like a couple of brothers and when he tried to tread on me like a worm in the matter of a hat i jolly well put my foot down and showed him who was who it's a long story and i haven't time to tell you now but the point is that he wanted me to wear the longacre as worn by john drew when i had set my heart on the country gentleman as worn by another famous actor chappie and the end of the matter was that after a rather painful scene i bought the country gentleman so that's how things stood on this particular morning and i was feeling kind of manly and independent well i was in the bathroom wondering what there was going to be for breakfast while i massaged the good old spine with a rough towel and saying slightly when there was a tap at the door i stopped singing and opened the door an inch what hoe without there lady malvern wishes to see you sir said jeeves eh lady malvern sir she is waiting in the sitting room pull yourself together jeeves my man i said rather severely for i bar practical jokes before breakfast you know perfectly well there is no one waiting for me in the sitting room how could there be when it's barely 10 o'clock yet i gather from her ladyship sir that she had landed from an ocean liner at an early hour this morning this made the thing a bit more plausible i remembered that when i had arrived in america about a year before the proceedings had begun at some ghastly hour like six and that i'd been shot out onto a foreign shore considerably before eight who that deuces lady melvin jeeves her ladyship did not confide in me sir is she alone her ladyship is accompanied by a lord pershore sir i fancy that his lordship would be her ladyship's son oh well put out rich raymond of sorts and i'll be dressing our heather mixture lounge is in readiness sir then lead me to it while i was dressing i kept trying to think who on earth lady malvern could be it was until i had climbed through the top of my shirt and was reaching out for the studs that i remembered i've placed her jeeves she's a pal of my aunt agatha indeed sir yes i met her at lunch one sunday before i left london a very vicious specimen writes books she wrote a book on social conditions in india when she came back from the derber yes sir a pardon me sir but not that tie eh not that thai with the heather mixture lounge sir it was a shock to me i thought i had quelled the fellow it was rather a solemn moment what i mean is if i weaken now all my good work the night before would be thrown away i braced myself what's wrong with...

The Dragon of Wantley by Owen Wister 4 Free Comedy Free Book Club Family Entertainment.
chapter 4 of the dragon of wantly his tale by owen wister this librivox recording is in the public domain chapter 4 tells all about him in those days of shifting fortunes of turbulence and repeal of knight's errant and minstrel seeking for adventure and love and of solitary pilgrims and bodies of pious men wandering over europe to proclaim that the duty of all was to arise and quell the pagan defilers of the holy shrine good men and bad men undoubted saints and unmistakable sinners drifted forward and back through every country came by night and by day to every household and lived their lives in that unbounded and perilous freedom that put them at one moment upon the top limit of their ambition or their delight and plunged them into violent and bloody death almost air the moment was gone it was a time when fatten at thy neighbor's expense was the one commandment observed by many who outwardly maintained a profound respect for the original ten and any man whose wit taught him how this commandment could be obeyed with the greatest prophet and the least danger was in high standing among his fellows hence it was that francis almoine knight of the voracious stomach cumbered with no domestic ties worthy of mention a tall slim fellow who knew the appropriate hour to slit a throat or to wheedle a maid came to be grand marshal of the guild of go as you please this secret band under its grand marshal roved over europe and thrived mightily each member was as stout-hearted a villain as you could see sometimes their doings came to light and they were forced to hasten across the borders of an outraged territory into new pastures yet they fared well in the main for they could fight and drink and sing and many a fair one smiled upon them in spite of their perfectly outrageous morals so one day they came into the neighborhood of oyster lamar where much confusion reigned among the good monks sir godfrey decision over at wantly had let richard lionheart depart for the holy wars without him like father like son the people muttered in their discontent sure the church will gravely punish this second offense to all these whisperings of rumor the grand marshal of the guild paid fast attention for he was a man who laid his plans deeply and much in advance of the event he saw the country was fat and the neighbors foolish he took note of the handsome ties that came in to oyster lamar for the support of the monks he saw all these things and set himself to thinking upon a stormy afternoon when the light was nearly gone out of the sky a band of venerable pilgrims stood at the great gates of the monastery their garments were tattered their shoes were in sad disrepair they had walked they said all the way from jerusalem might they find shelter for the night the tale they told and the mere sight of their trembling old beards would have melted hearts far harder than those which beat in the breasts of the monks of oyster laman but above all these pilgrims brought with them as convincing proofs of their journey a collection of relics and talismans such as are to be met with only in eastern countries of great wonder and virtue with singular generosity which they explained had been taught them by the arabs they presented many of these treasures to the delighted inmates of the monastery who hastened to their respective cells this one reverently cherishing a tuft of hair from the tail of one of daniel's lions another handling with deep fervor a strip of the coat of many colors once worn by the excellent joseph but the most extraordinary relic among them all was the skin of a huge lizard beast the like of which none in england had ever seen this the pilgrims told their hosts was no less a thing than a crocodile from the nile the renowned river of moses it had been pressed upon them as they were departing from the city of damascus by a friend a blameless chiropodist whose...

Irish Wit and Humor 4 Free Audiobook Funny Literature Comedy Classic No Copyright

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The Wit and Humor of America 5 Fascination Free Funny Audiobooks Comedy Online Audio.
section 5 of the wit and humor of america volume 2. this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org recording by phil shenovere the old deacon's version of the story of a rich man and lazarus by frank l stanton i suppose you know the story oh my brethren a demand that was rich as cream and living on the fatness of the land how he sought their eating possum and when lazarus asks for some he tell him get away died for you never get a crumb the rich man was a feasting from his shiny plate and cup cause he frayed his pole relations come and eat his whittles up i suspect he had two possums on the table long and wide and a jimmy john a cane juice was a sitting by his side and he says this yazda suits me and i want to eat my fill but i'll sick the dogs on lazarus if he's waiting round here still and the dogs commenced their barking raise a racket high and low and when lazarus see him coming he decides was time to go so he limp off on his crutches and the rich man think it's fun but i reckon lazarus answer i'll get even with you son the rich man so enjoy himself he laughed his self to bed and brethren when he wake up he was stiff stoned dead and then he raised a racket and he hollered out what's this deep place is unfamiliar and i wonder where i is then satan he make answer i'm the man to tell you that using the fire department and the place i living at then the rich man say well lazarus that was begging at my gate and satan tell him yonder with a silver spoon and plate and he's eating fit to kill himself he's spending her today with good old mr abraham but he might fur away will you please sir said the rich man ask him bring a drink to me with a lit eyes to cool it cause i hot as hot can be but satan fall to laughing while he stood fire round the eyes would melt my brother for it ever hit the ground then he fill a cup with brimstone fill it steaming to the top but the rich man say he swear off that he'd never touch a drop but satan grabbed his pitchfork whilst the rich man give a squall and in about half a second he had swallowed cup and all now that's about the story of the rich man at the feast what wouldn't pass the possum round when lazarus want a piece the possum means your pocketbook tomorrow's plain as day shake the dollars in the basket for you go to rich man's way end of the old deacon's version of the story of the rich man and lazarus recorded by phil chanavair baton rouge louisiana

The Europeans by Henry James 3 Free Audiobooks Non-Fiction Educational Library.
chapter 3 of the europeans this librivox recording is in the public domain recording by leanne howlett the europeans by henry james chapter 3.

that evening at dinner felix young gave his sister the baroness munster an account of his impressions she saw that he had come back in the highest possible spirits but this fact to her own mind was not a reason for rejoicing she had but a limited confidence in her brother's judgment his capacity for taking rose-colored views was such as to vulgarize one of the prettiest of tents still she supposed he could be trusted to give her the mere facts and she invited him with some eagerness to communicate them i suppose at least they didn't turn you out from the door she said you've been away some 10 hours turn me from the door felix exclaimed they took me to their hearts they killed the fatted calf i know what you want to say they are a collection of angels exactly said felix they are a collection of angels simply

sabian vog remarked the baroness what are they like like nothing you ever saw i am sure i am much obliged but that is hardly more definite seriously they were glad to see you enchanted it has been the proudest day of my life never never have i been so lionized i assure you i was [ __ ] of the walk my dear sister said the young man nunevil que nous tener we shall be great swells madame munster looked at him and her eye exhibited a slight response of spark she touched her lips to a glass of wine and then she said describe them give me a picture felix drained his own glass well it's in the country among the meadows and woods a wild sort of place and yet not far from here only such a road my dear imagine one of the alpine glaciers reproduced in mud but you will not spend much time on it for they want you to come and stay once for all ah said the baroness they want me to come and stay once for all ball it's intensely rural tremendously natural and all over hung with this strange white light this far away blue sky there's a big wooden house a kind of three-story bungalow it looks like a magnified nuremberg toy there was a gentleman there that made a speech to me about it and called it a venerable mansion but it looks as if it had been built last night is it handsome is it elegant ask the baroness felix looked at her a moment smiling it's very clean no splendors no gilding no troops of servants rather straight back chairs but you might eat off the floors and you can sit down on the stairs that must be a privilege and the inhabitants are straight back too of course my dear sister said felix the inhabitants are charming in what style in a style of their own how shall i describe it it's primitive it's patriarchal it's the ton of the golden age and have they nothing golden but their ton are there no symptoms of wealth i should say there was wealth without symptoms a plain homely way of life nothing for show and very little for what shall i call it for the senses but a great faces and a lot of money out of sight that comes forward very quietly for subscriptions to institutions for repairing tenements for paying doctors bills perhaps even for portioning daughters and the daughters madame munster demanded how many are there there are two charlatan gertrude are they pretty one of them said felix which is that the young man was silent looking at his sister charlotte he said it last she looked at him in return i see you are in love with gertrude they must be puritans to their fingertips anything but gay no they are not gay felix admitted they are sober they are even severe they are offensive cast they take things hard i think there is something the matter with them they have some melancholy memory or some depressing expectation it's not the epicurean temperament my uncle mr wentworth is a tremendously high toned old fellow he looks as if he were undergoing martyrdom not by fire but by...

My Doggie and I by Robert Michael Ballantyne 6 Free Animal Audiobook Fiction Online Download.
chapter six of my doggy and eye by robert valentine this librivox recording is in the public domain recorded by allison hester chapter six relates a stirring innocent now it was at this critical moment that i chanced to come upon the scene i had just ascertained from the brass plate on the door that dr mcdougall dwelt there and was thinking what an ugly unromantic name that was for a pretty girl as i descended the steps when dumps's first yell broke upon my astonished ears i recognized the voice at once though i must confess that the second yell from the interior of the watering pan perplexed me not a little but the hideous clatter with which it was associated and the sudden bursting out of flames in the drawing room drove all thoughts of dumps instantly away my first impulse was to rush to the nearest fire station but a wild shouting in the lobby of the house arrested me i rang the bell violently at the same moment i heard the report of a pistol and a savage curse as a bullet came crashing through the door and went pretty close past my head then i heard a blow followed by a groan this was succeeded by female shrieks overhead and the violent undoing of the bolts locks and chains on the front door thought is quick burglary flashed into my mind a villainous looking fellow leaped out as the door flew open i recognized him instantly as the man who had sold dumps to me i put my foot in front of him he went over it with a wild pitch and descended the steps on his nose i was about to leap on him when a policeman came tearing around the corner just in time to receive the stunned brassy with open arms as he rose and staggered forward just so don't give way too much to your feelings i'll take care of you my poor unfortunate fellow said the policeman as a brother in blue came to his assistance already one of those ubiquitous creatures a street boy had flown to the fire station on the wings of hope and joy and an engine came careening around the corner as i turned to rush up the stairs which were already filled with smoke i dashed in the first door i came to a lady partially clothed stood there pella's death and motionless quit madame descend the house is on fire i gasped in sharp sentences as i seized her where is your your she looked young sister i cried as she resisted my efforts to lead her out i've no sister she shrieked you're a daughter then quick direct me oh my darling she cried ringing her hands where i shouted in desperation for the smoke was thickening upstairs she screamed and rushed out intending evidently to go up i caught around the waist and forced her down the stairs thrust her into the arms of an ascending fireman and then ran up again taking three steps at a time the cry of a child attracted me i made for a door opposite and burst it open the scene that presented itself was striking out of four cribs and a cradle arose five cones of bed clothes with a pretty little curly head surmounting each cone and ten eyes blazing with amazement a tall nurse stood erect in the middle of the floor with outstretched arms glaring instantly i grasped a cone in each arm and bore it from the room blinded with smoke i ran like a thunderbolt into the arms of a gigantic fireman take it easy sir you'll do far more work if you keep cool straight on to the front room fire escapes there by this time i understood and darted into a front room through the window of which the head of the fire escape entered at the same moment sending glass and splinters all over us it was immediately drawn back a little enabling me to throw up the window sash and thrust the two children into the arms of another fireman whose head suddenly emerged from the smoke that rose from the windows below i could see that the fire was roaring out onto the street and lighting up hundreds of faces below while the steady clank of engines told that the brigade was busily at work...