A collection of tales about real life boys in every walk of life. They are redolent of the breezy spirit of healthy, jovial boyhood, and permeated with the author’s best brand of humor. (The Publishers Trade List Annual 1917)
The author, Francis J. Finn, S.J., was a Catholic priest who wrote a series of 27 popular Catholic novels for young people during the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. His best known work is “Tom Playfair”.
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No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording! START of recording (Intro):
"Chapter [number] of Mostly Boys: Short Stories. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
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"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
Say: "Mostly Boys: Short Stories, by Francis J. Finn. [Chapter]"
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"Chapter [number] of Mostly Boys: Short Stories by Francis J. Finn. This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
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No, I still can't download from the thread, but no worries, I'm using Opera to download from Librivox, and it's working just fine. Not a big fan of Chrome.
"the story seems to take forever to go anywhere - and I know where it is going." - m8b1 2012
But a few moments afterward a crowd of soldiers flushed with drink came staggering forth, some singing, some swearing, some shouting out "Down with the Jesuits!"
The ending surprised me, I was not expecting it to end like that!
"the story seems to take forever to go anywhere - and I know where it is going." - m8b1 2012
Thanks, Hugh! I think I kind of guessed where it was going to a certain extent.
I believe I have read these all before, but it has been awhile, so I generally do not remember most of the story lines.
Next one is up!
Oh, and I didn't fix the last file yet, as I didn't realize it was a missing line til now. Will get that recorded and fixed soon!
5 is okay. Don't worry about taking some time with this right now, we have out of town guests for a few days, so we are busy entertaining.
One of the few things I wish I could do is to be able to sing. I was told I had a nice voice when I was a little boy, then my voice changed. Now I can't hold a note in a bucket.
"the story seems to take forever to go anywhere - and I know where it is going." - m8b1 2012
I am feeling better, not 100% over it, but good enough to record. It's gone around to a couple other family members, and today I've been feeling like I'm trying to get it back - but hopefully I won't....I'll be very annoyed if I do!
7 is okay. No...don't get sick again. There, I've said my piece.
I've been checking on the weather in your neck of the woods, and the humidity you get must be miserable. I don't know how you do it. We hit 110 today, stayed inside for the most part, it's not as bad as you might think, low humidity. Still battling ants, my neighbors too, with the backyard completely dead, they are getting in for the water. The only thing I can figure is they are getting in thru a crack in the foundation. They are not on any of the outside walls.
Take care of yourself
"the story seems to take forever to go anywhere - and I know where it is going." - m8b1 2012
Now I can't hold a note in a bucket. 