input: CHAPTER IV.

HAL STANDS UP FOR HIMSELF.

Hal now found himself in a tight situation. Felix Hardwick had him by the throat, and was slowly but surely choking him.

"Don't! don't!" cried Mr. Sumner, in great alarm.

"The miserable tramp!" cried Hardwick. "I'll teach him to call a gentleman a thief."

He continued his choking process, paying no attention to his employer's efforts to haul him away.

But by this time Hal began to realize that Hardwick was in earnest. He began to kick, and presently landed a blow in the book-keeper's stomach that completely winded the man.

Hardwick relaxed his hold, and Hal sprang away.

"Stop! stop!" ordered Mr. Sumner. "I will not have such disgraceful scenes in this office."

"But he intimated I was a thief," said Hardwick, trying to catch his wind.

"And he said the same of me," retorted Hal.

"So you are!"

"I never stole a thing in my life, Mr. Sumner." Hal turned to the broker. "And I am not a tramp."

"Then supposing we make it a poor-house beggar," returned Hardwick, with a short laugh.

Hal turned red. The shot was a cruel one.

"Hush! Hardwick," cried Mr. Sumner. "There is no necessity for such language."

The broker turned to Hal.

"You just made a strange statement, Carson," he said. "How do you know Mr. Hardwick contemplated robbing the safe?"

"Because I do."

"That is no answer."

"I overheard him and Mr. Allen talking about the bonds being in the safe."

"When?"

"The evening I came to New York." 1. Who is fighting?
2. Who is trying to stop them?
3. Who is being the most aggressive?
4. What is he doing?
5. How did Hal respond?
6. Did he get a good hit in?
7. Where? Return numbered answers in your output.

output: 1. Hal and Felix
2. Mr. Sumner
3. Felix
4. had him by the throat, and was slowly but surely choking him.
5. He began to kick
6. Yes
7. stomach

input: (CNN) -- Federal prosecutors revealed a photograph Thursday that they say show an Amish man attacking another Amish man by attempting to forcibly cut his beard.

The photo was submitted as evidence in the trial of 16 Amish men and women charged with federal hate crimes in connection with last year's beard-cutting attacks in rural eastern Ohio. The trial started Monday at federal court in Cleveland with jury selection.

To the Amish, a beard is a significant symbol of faith and manhood.

The photo was recovered from a disposable camera that was used to document the attacks, which prosecutors say were ordered by Samuel Mullet Sr., the Amish leader of a breakaway sect and one of the 16 defendants. Prosecutors did not identify the attacker or the victim in the photo in their court filings.

If convicted, Mullet faces 20 years in prison, according to CNN affiliate WOIO in Cleveland.

According to witnesses cited in a federal affidavit, Mullet "forced extreme punishments" on anyone in his community who defied him, "including forcing members to sleep for days at a time in a chicken coop on his property." In addition, the affidavit alleges that, as the bishop of his Amish clan in Bergholz, Ohio, Mullet had "acts of sexual intimacy" with married women as part of "counseling" to "cleanse them of the devil."

CNN has sought a response from Mullet's attorney, Edward Bryan. Bryan has disputed the prosecution's characterization of his client, according to The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

"They're trying to create this perception he's something he's not," Bryan told the newspaper. "He's not a wacky cult leader. He's a decent, hardworking, caring man." 1. What does the photograph show?
2. What kind of attack?
3. Where did the attack take place?
4. Where was the photo retreived from?
5. Who ordered the attack?
6. What's his occupation?
7. How many years will he get if convicted?
8. Who is Mullet's attorney?
9. Why is the beard important to the Amish?
10. How many people are being charged in total?
11. What did Mullet do to people who defied him?
12. Mullet is the bishop of of his people in what city? Return numbered answers in your output.

output: 1. An attack.
2. One man trying to cut another man's beard.
3. Ohio.
4. A disposable camera.
5. Samuel Mullet Sr.
6. Amish leader
7. 20
8. Edward Bryan.
9. It is a significant symbol of faith and manhood.
10. 16
11. forced extreme punishments
12. Bergholz

input: CHAPTER XXIV.

ALONG THE RIVER.

Matt could do nothing but stare at the freight agent. A man had come there and driven off with the horse and wagon and taken the cases of goods with him. It seemed too bold-faced to be true.

"Our man?" he stammered. "We have no man."

"Didn't you send the man here?" demanded the agent, as he stopped short in his work of checking off packages.

"We certainly did not," returned the young auctioneer. "Andy!" he called out, as he stepped back toward the open door, and a moment later Andy Dilks hurried into the depot.

"He says a man came here, got the cases of goods, and drove off with Billy," cried Matt breathlessly. "You did not send any one here, did you?"

"Certainly not," returned Andy promptly. "When was this?"

"Less than two hours ago," replied the freight agent, and he was now all attention. "Do you mean to say the fellow was a thief?"

"He was!" cried Matt.

"I don't see how he could be anything else," added Andy. "Did he pretend to have an order for the cases?"

"Yes, he had a written order."

"And the bill of lading?"

"N--no, he didn't have that," was the slow reply. "But I thought it was all right. He looked like an honest chap. You had better notify the police at once."

"We will," said Matt. "What sort of a looking fellow was he?"

As best he could the freight agent gave a description of the man who had driven off with the goods and the turn-out. Matt and Andy both listened attentively. 1. Was there a bill of lading?
2. Did he appear to be dishonest?
3. Who needed to be called?
4. Who questioned the agent?
5. And who else?
6. What was his last name?
7. When did he take off?
8. What did he steal?
9. Who did he drive off with?
10. What is Billy?
11. And it was hitched to?
12. What was
13. What was Matt's occupation?
14. Who worked with him?
15. Was the thief emboldened?
16. Was there an order?
17. Was it in writing?
18. Was the bandit a woman?
19. How old was Matt?
20. Who was stared at? Return numbered answers in your output.

output:
1. no
2. no
3. the police
4. Matt
5. Andy
6. Dilks
7. Less than two hours ago
8. the cases of goods
9. Billy
10. the horse
11. a wagon
12. unknown
13. auctioneer.
14. Andy
15. yes
16. yes
17. yes
18. no
19. he was young
20. the freight agent