input: CHAPTER XXXIV.THE END OF PORLER.

Porler and Murphy were taken completely by surprise when confronted by Leo.

On seeing the young gymnast, Mart gave a cry of joy.

"Oh, thank Heaven you have come!"

"Get into the corner, boy!" howled Porler.

"Don't you speak to him again," said Leo sharply. "He is no longer your prisoner."

"Ain't he? We'll soon see about that."

As Porler spoke he advanced upon Leo.

But when the young gymnast brought his weapon up within range of the rascal's head the latter quickly recoiled.

"You see, Porler, I am armed."

Murphy, who was completely dumfounded to see Leo, now came forward.

"We are two to one, young feller," he said warningly. "Yer better go slow."

"I know my own business," was Leo's quiet reply. "Mart!"

"Well?"

"Will you go down and summon help?"

"But you are alone"

"Never mind. Get a policeman, or somebody else. I am going to have these rascals arrested."

"Not much!" howled Porler.

"Let's down him?" yelled Murphy.

"Back! both of you!"

The two men, however, ran forward, dodging behind Mart as they came on, and closed in on him.

It was an unequal fight.

But Leo fought well, and the boy was not idle.

Mart caught up a chair, and raising it over his head brought it down on Porler's back.

"Oh! oh! you have broken my back!" yelled the old balloonist.

Scarcely had he spoken when Leo tripped him up.

But now Murphy leaped on the young gymnast, and the pair rolled over on the floor. 1. Was it an even fight?
2. Who had a weapon?
3. Who came to the front?
4. What did he say?
5. Who were they going to call on the rascals?
6. Why?
7. Who yelled that they should jump on Leo?
8. Did they try it?
9. How did Leo do?
10. Who did they have to get around to get to Leo?
11. And what did he hit Porler with?
12. Where did he hit him with it?
13. What did Porler say?
14. Then what happened to him?
15. Porler was an old what?
16. And Leo was a young what?
17. Who was very happy to see Leo before the fight?
18. Who was no longer a hostage?
19. Did Porler agree with that?
20. Who moved on who to start the fight? Return numbered answers in your output.

output: 1. No.
2. Leo.
3. Murphy
4. We are two to one, young feller," "Yer better go slow."
5. A policeman.
6. To have them arrested.
7. Murphy.
8. Yes.
9. He fought well
10. Mart.
11. A chair.
12. His back.
13. "Oh! oh! you have broken my back!" 14. Leo tripped him up
15. Balloonist.
16. Gymnast
17. On seeing the young gymnast, Mart gave a cry of joy.
18. Mart
19. No.
20. Porler advanced on Leo.

input: CHAPTER XXXIX. THE PEDLAR'S PREDICTION

But if ne'er so close you wall him, Do the best that you may; Blind Love, if so you call him, Will find out his way. --OLD SONG

'Too late,' muttered Berenger to himself, as he stood by the fire in his prison-chamber. Humfrey and Philip were busy in the vaults, and he was taking his turn in waiting in the sitting-room to disarm suspicion. 'It is too late now, and I thank God that so it is.'

'Do you indeed, M. le Baron?' said a low voice close beside him; and, as he turned in haste, he beheld, at the foot of the turret-stair, the youth Aime de Selinville, holding a dark lantern in his hand, and veiling its light.

'Ha!' and he started to his feet. 'Whence come you?'

'From my Lady,' was the youth's answer. 'She has sent me to ask whether you persist in what you replied to her the other day. For if not, she bids me say that it is not too late.'

'And if I do persevere?'

'Then--ah! what do I know? Who can tell how far malice can go? And there are towers and bastilles where hope never enters. Moreover, your researches underground are known.'

'Sir,' said Berenger, the heart-sinking quelled by the effort of resistance, 'Madame de Selinville has my answer--I must take the consequences. Tell her, if she truly wishes me well, the honourable way of saving us would be to let our English friends know what has befallen us.' 1. Who was talking to himself?
2. What was he standing near?
3. Who was in the vaults?
4. Where was Berenger?
5. Who was at the bottom of the steps?
6. What was he holding?
7. Who sent him?
8. What for?
9. Does the messenger care about the response?
10. Who is the response for?
11. What would be the honorable thing for her to do? Return numbered answers in your output.

output: 1. Berenger
2. the fire
3. Humfrey and Philip
4. in his prison-chamber
5. Aime de Selinville
6. a dark lantern
7. my Lady
8. o ask whether you persist
9. yes
10. Madame de Selinville
11. let our English friends know what has befallen us

input: The term Reconstruction Era, in the context of the history of the United States, has two senses: the first covers the complete history of the entire country from 1865 to 1877 following the American Civil War (1861 to 1865); the second sense focuses on the attempted transformation of the Southern United States from 1863 to 1877, as directed by Congress, with the reconstruction of state and society. With the three Reconstruction Amendments, the era saw the first amendments to the U.S. Constitution in decades.

Three visions of Civil War memory appeared during Reconstruction: the reconciliationist vision, which was rooted in coping with the death and devastation the war had brought; the white supremacist vision, which included terror and violence; and the emancipationist vision, which sought full freedom, citizenship and Constitutional equality for African Americans.

Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson both took moderate positions designed to bring the South back into the union as quickly as possible, while Radical Republicans in Congress sought stronger measures to upgrade the rights of African Americans, including the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, while curtailing the rights of former Confederates, such as through the provisions of the WadeDavis Bill. Johnson followed a lenient policy toward ex-Confederates. Lincoln's last speeches show that he was leaning toward supporting the enfranchisement of all freedmen, whereas Johnson was opposed to this. 1. How many ways did we look at the Reconstruction Era?
2. What years does the first one span?
3. What event preceded this?
4. When was that?
5. How much of the country does this version cover?
6. What part does the other version concern?
7. What years?
8. Who was trying change the south?
9. What did they use?
10. How many?
11. What were they amending?
12. How long had it been since it was amended?
13. What kind of position did Lincoln have?
14. What did he want to reunite?
15. With what?
16. How fast?
17. Who shared this idea?
18. What did Congress want to do for African Americans?
19. What was one amendment that would do that?
20. What bill was about former Confederates? Return numbered answers in your output.

output:
1. two
2. 1865-1877
3. American Civil War
4. 1861 to 1865
5. the entire country
6. the attempted transformation of the Southern United States
7. 1863-1877
8. Congress
9. Reconstruction Amendments
10. three
11. the U.S. Constitution
12. in decades
13. moderate
14. the union
15. the South
16. as quickly as possible
17. Andrew Johnson
18. upgrade their rights
19. Fourteenth Amendment
20. WadeDavis Bill