text_original: Then the letter came. Simple as it was, it took on something of the character of a historical document in the town. It made the things they had read and shivered over every morning actual and in a vague way connected them with the events. There was no little pride, too, among Patsy's friends in town that they should know an eye witness of what they had begun to realize was the beginning of no ordinary war.
text_transcription: THEN THE LETTER CAME SIMPLE AS IT WAS IT TOOK ON SOMETHING OF THE CHARACTER OF A HISTORICAL DOCUMENT IN THE TOWN IT MADE THE THINGS THEY READ AND SHIVERED OVER EVERY MORNING ACTUAL AND IN A VAGUE WAY CONNECTED THEM WITH THE EVENTS THERE WAS NO LITTLE PRIDE TOO AMONG PATSY'S FRIENDS IN TOWN THAT THEY SHOULD KNOW AN EYE WITNESS OF WHAT THEY HAD BEGUN TO REALISE WAS THE BEGINNING OF NO ORDINARY WAR
phonemes: ðˈɛn ðə lˈɛɾɚ kˈeɪm. sˈɪmpəl æz ɪt wˈʌz, ɪt tˈʊk ˌɔn sˈʌmθɪŋ ʌvðə kˈæɹɪktɚɹ əvə hɪstˈɔːɹɪkəl dˈɑːkjuːmənt ɪnðə tˈaʊn. ɪt mˌeɪd ðə θˈɪŋz ðeɪ hæd ɹˈɛd ænd ʃˈɪvɚd ˌoʊvɚɹ ˈɛvɹi mˈɔːɹnɪŋ ˈæktʃuːəl ænd ɪn ɐ vˈeɪɡ wˈeɪ kənˈɛktᵻd ðˌɛm wɪððɪ ᵻvˈɛnts. ðɛɹwˌʌz nˈoʊ lˈɪɾəl pɹˈaɪd, tˈuː, ɐmˌʌŋ pˈætsiz fɹˈɛndz ɪn tˈaʊn ðæt ðeɪ ʃˌʊd nˈoʊ ɐn ˈaɪ wˈɪtnəs ʌv wʌt ðeɪ hæd bɪɡˈʌn tə ɹˈiːəlaɪz wʌzðə bɪɡˈɪnɪŋ ʌv nˈoʊ ˈɔːɹdɪnˌɛɹi wˈɔːɹ.