CHAPTER XII.

THE WEDDING.

When Ussher first came into the parlour at Ballycloran, he asked after Thady, and it will be necessary to explain why he did so; the terms on which the two men stood towards each other not being such as to render it probable that either should be very anxious for the presence of the other.

It had come to the knowledge of Denis McGovery that Brady had asked to the wedding a lot of men from Drumleesh, and some also from Mohill--characters with whom Denis was not apt to consort himself, and whom he looked on as paupers and rapparees. He had also made out, it is presumed with the aid of his affianced, that some other motive was probably ensuring their attendance than merely that of doing honour to his, Denis's, nuptials. Pat Brady was not likely to have made a confidant of his sister or of Denis on the occasion; but nevertheless, the bridegroom had discovered that the meeting was, to some extent, to be a political one, and moreover, that Thady Macdermot was expected to be there.

Now McGovery, although it must be presumed that, in common with all Irishmen of the lower order, he conceived that he was to a certain degree injured and oppressed by the operation of the existing laws, nevertheless had always thought it the wiser course to be with the laws, bad as they might be, than against them. When, therefore, he learnt that the brothers of the men whom Ussher had put into prison were to be of the party, and that many of their more immediate neighbours would be there, and remembered also that Captain Ussher himself had promised to come to the "divarsion," mighty fears suggested themselves to him, and he began to dread that the occasion would be taken for offering some personal injury to the latter! In which case, might not all be implicated?--and among the number that dear person for whom Denis felt the tenderest regard--viz., himself? What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who went into the Parlour?
2. why?
3. where is the parlour?
4. Who was invited to the wedding?
5. from where?
6. what kind of people from Mohill?
7. what kind?
8. How did Dennis feel about them?
9. Did Denis feel as if they were unimportant and lower status?
10. Who invited all the men?
11. why?
Answer: 1. Ussher.
2. He asked after Thady
3. Ballycloran
4. A lot of men
5. Drumleesh and Mohill
6. Characters
7. The sort Denis was not apt to consort with himself.
8. unknown
9. Yes.
10. Brady
11. Politics

Usenet is a worldwide distributed discussion system available on computers. It was developed from the general-purpose UUCP dial-up network architecture. Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis conceived the idea in 1979, and it was established in 1980. Users read and post messages (called "articles" or "posts", and collectively termed "news") to one or more categories, known as newsgroups. Usenet resembles a bulletin board system (BBS) in many respects and is the precursor to Internet forums that are widely used today. Discussions are threaded, as with web forums and BBSs, though posts are stored on the server sequentially. The name comes from the term "users network".

One notable difference between a BBS or web forum and Usenet is the absence of a central server and dedicated administrator. Usenet is distributed among a large, constantly changing conglomeration of servers that store and forward messages to one another in so-called news feeds. Individual users may read messages from and post messages to a local server operated by a commercial usenet provider, their Internet service provider, university, employer, or their own server.

Usenet has significant cultural importance in the networked world, having given rise to, or popularized, many widely recognized concepts and terms such as "FAQ", "flame", and "spam". What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What system is this article about?
2. How many people thought of the idea?
3. Who is one?
4. And the other?
5. When did the idea come to them?
6. When did they create it?
7. How many computer words are mentioned having been made there?
8. Is LOL one of them?
9. What is one of them?
10. Another?
11. And a third?
12. Where does the word Usenet come from?
Answer: 1. Usenet
2. two
3. Tom Truscott
4. Jim Ellis
5. in 1979
6. in 1980
7. three
8. no
9. FAQ
10. flame
11. spam
12. "users network".

CHAPTER II

DAVE PORTER'S PAST

"What do you think of that, fellows?" asked Roger, as he concluded the reading of the letter.

"I am not surprised," answered Dave. "Now that Merwell finds he can't show himself where he is known, he must be very bitter in mind."

"I thought he might reform, but I guess I was mistaken," said Phil. "Say, we had better do as Buster suggests,--keep our eyes peeled for him."

"We are not responsible for his position," retorted Roger. "He got himself into trouble."

"So he did, Roger. But, just the same, a fellow like Link Merwell is bound to blame somebody else,--and in this case he blames us. I am afraid he'll make trouble for us--if he gets the chance," concluded Dave, seriously.

And now, while the three chums are busy reading their letters again, let me introduce them more specifically than I have already done.

Dave Porter was a typical American lad, now well grown, and a graduate of Oak Hall, a high-class preparatory school for boys located in one of our eastern States.

While a mere child, Dave had been found wandering beside the railroad tracks near the little village of Crumville. He could not tell who he was, nor where he had come from, and not being claimed by any one, was taken to the local poor-house. There a broken-down college professor, Caspar Potts, had found him and given him a home.

In Crumville resided a rich jewelry manufacturer named Oliver Wadsworth, who had a daughter named Jessie. One day the Wadsworth automobile caught fire and Jessie was in danger of being burned to death, when Dave rushed to the rescue and saved her. For this Mr. Wadsworth was very grateful, and when he learned that Dave lived with Mr. Potts, who had been one of his instructors in college, he made the man and the youth come to live with him. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Where did Dave live as a child?
2. Found where in Crumville?
3. Was Dave's family looking for him?
4. Where did Dave go after that?
5. What did Mr. Potts do?
6. Who was Oliver Wadsworth?
7. Where did he live?
8. Did he have children?
9. And did he know Mr. Potts?
10. How?
11. Was Dave brave?
Answer:
1. It's unknown but he was found in crumville?
2. wandering beside the railroad tracks
3. no
4. to live with Caspar Potts
5. college professor
6. a rich jewelry manufacturer
7. Crumville
8. yes
9. yes
10. He was one of his instructors in college
11. yes