text_original: "If you have," responded the chief of police, grimly, "you won't be the only traveled, wide awake business man who has been caught by a trick like that. In this country, where letters of introduction are passed around as freely as cigars, it's very seldom that a man stops to wonder whether the letter handed him is genuine."
text_transcription: IF YOU HAVE RESPONDED THE CHIEF OF POLICE GRIMLY YOU WON'T BE THE ONLY TRAVELLED WIDE AWAKE BUSINESS MAN WHO HAS BEEN CAUGHT BY A TRICK LIKE THAT IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE LETTERS OF INTRODUCTION ARE PASSED AROUND AS FREELY AS CIGARS IT'S VERY SELDOM THAT A MAN STOPS TO WONDER WHETHER THE LETTER HAND IN HIM IS GENUINE
phonemes: "ɪf juː hˈæv," ɹᵻspˈɑːndᵻd ðə tʃˈiːf ʌv pəlˈiːs, ɡɹˈɪmli, "juː woʊnt biː ðɪ ˈoʊnli tɹˈævəld, wˈaɪd ɐwˈeɪk bˈɪznəs mˈæn hˌuː hˈæzbiːn kˈɔːt baɪ ɐ tɹˈɪk lˈaɪk ðˈæt. ɪn ðɪs kˈʌntɹi, wˌɛɹ lˈɛɾɚz ʌv ˌɪntɹədˈʌkʃən ɑːɹ pˈæst ɚɹˈaʊnd æz fɹˈiːli æz sᵻɡˈɑːɹz, ɪts vˈɛɹi sˈɛldəm ðˌæɾə mˈæn stˈɑːps tə wˈʌndɚ wˈɛðɚ ðə lˈɛɾɚ hˈændᵻd hˌɪm ɪz dʒˈɛnjuːɪn."