text_original: I had never before seen any  thing so grand as the great hall with its polished stair  way. We had supper in the housekeeper's room, and I was taken up this stairway, and then up and up a corkscrew cousin until we reached the attic, which stretched over the whole house, one great dormitory called the " bee hive." Here I was to sleep with Hel  en Semple, a Pittsburg girl, of about my own age, a frail blonde, who quite won my heart at our first meeting.
text_transcription: I HAD NEVER BEFORE SEEN ANYTHING SO GRAND AS THE GREAT HALL WITH ITS POLISHED STAIRWAY WE HAD SUPPER IN THE HOUSEKEEPER'S ROOM AND I WAS TAKEN UP THIS STAIRWAY AND THEN UP AND UP A CORKSCREW COUSIN UNTIL WE REACHED THE ATTIC WHICH STRETCHED OVER THE WHOLE HOUSE ONE GREAT DORMITORY CALLED THE BEE HIVE HERE I WAS TO SLEEP WITH HELEN SEMPLE A PITTSBURG GIRL OF ABOUT MY OWN AGE A FRAIL BLONDE WHO QUITE WON MY HEART AT OUR FIRST MEETING
phonemes: aɪ hæd nˈɛvɚ bᵻfˌɔːɹ sˈiːn ˌɛni θˈɪŋ sˌoʊ ɡɹˈænd æz ðə ɡɹˈeɪt hˈɔːl wɪð ɪts pˈɑːlɪʃt stˈɛɹ wˈeɪ. wiː hæd sˈʌpɚɹ ɪnðə hˈaʊskiːpɚz ɹˈuːm, ænd aɪ wʌz tˈeɪkən ˌʌp ðɪs stˈɛɹweɪ, ænd ðˈɛn ˌʌp ænd ˌʌp ɐ kˈɔːɹkskɹuː kˈʌzən ʌntˈɪl wiː ɹˈiːtʃt ðɪ ˈæɾɪk, wˌɪtʃ stɹˈɛtʃt ˌoʊvɚ ðə hˈoʊl hˈaʊs, wˈʌn ɡɹˈeɪt dˈɔːɹmɪtˌɔːɹi kˈɔːld ðə " bˈiː hˈaɪv." hˈɪɹ aɪ wʌz tə slˈiːp wɪð hˈɛl ˈɛn sˈɛmpəl, ɐ pˈɪtsbɜːɡ ɡˈɜːl, ʌv ɐbˌaʊt maɪ ˈoʊn ˈeɪdʒ, ɐ fɹˈeɪl blˈɑːnd, hˌuː kwˈaɪt wˈʌn maɪ hˈɑːɹt æɾ ˌaʊɚ fˈɜːst mˈiːɾɪŋ.