question: CHAPTER XXIII.

THE TOWN ORDINANCE.

The news which Dick carried to Sawyer was sufficient to create a great excitement in that naturally quiet little town. In addition to what looked like an attempted murder, was the fact that George Harnett, whom they had all respected before the conflagration, and admired after it, was the intended victim.

There was no need for Dick to urge that officers be sent to try to effect the capture of the scoundrels, for almost before he had finished telling the story, a large party of citizens started in search of the men, determined that they should answer for their crime.

Therefore, when Dick returned, it was with so large a following that the physicians rushed out in the greatest haste to insist on their keeping at a respectful distance from the house, lest the noise might affect their patient.

Bob and his partners were anxious to join in the search, and urged Ralph to accompany them, since he could do no good to George by remaining; but he refused to leave his friend, even though he could not aid him, and the party started without him, a look of determination on their faces that boded no good to the professed oil prospectors in case they should be caught.

During all of that night Ralph remained with George, listening to his delirious ravings, as he supposed he was still battling for his life with the men, and just at daybreak Bob returned alone. The search had been even more successful than any of the party had dared to hope for when they set out, for the men had been captured in the woods about four miles from the place where the assault had been made and in the pocket of one of them was the paper from which one corner had been left in George's hand.
1. what chapter is this ?
2. and the title ?
3. who returned alone ?
4. who remained with gerge ?
5. doing what ?
6. to what ?
7. who was the victim ?
8. was he respected ?
9. was it a large town ?
10. who told the news ?
11. to who ?
12. there was no need for dick to do what ?
13. earg what ?
14. to try and do what ?
15. of who ?
16. did people search for them ?
17. what was the perpose ?
18. what would affect the patient ?
19. who rushed out ?
20. and who returned ?
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answer: 1. XXIII
2. THE TOWN ORDINANCE.
3. Bob
4. Ralph
5. listening
6. delirious ravings
7. George Harnet
8. yes
9. no
10. Dick
11. Sawyer
12. urge
13. officers be sent
14. effect the capture
15. scoundrels
16. yew
17. that they should answer for their crime.
18. noise
19. physicians
20. Dick

question: Chapter VIII.

MAGGIE AND THE GIPSIES.

After Tom and Lucy had walked away, Maggie's quick mind formed a plan which was not so simple as that of going home. No; she would run away and go to the gipsies, and Tom should never see her any more. She had been often told she was like a gipsy, and "half wild;" so now she would go and live in a little brown tent on the common.

The gipsies, she considered, would gladly receive her, and pay her much respect on account of her superior knowledge. She had once mentioned her views on this point to Tom, and suggested that he should stain his face brown, and they should run away together; but Tom rejected the scheme with contempt, observing that gipsies were thieves, and hardly got anything to eat, and had nothing to drive but a donkey. To-day, however, Maggie thought her misery had reached a pitch at which gipsydom was her only refuge, and she rose from her seat on the roots of the tree with the sense that this was a great crisis in her life.

She would run straight away till she came to Dunlow Common, where there would certainly be gipsies; and cruel Tom, and the rest of her relations who found fault with her, should never see her any more. She thought of her father as she ran along, but made up her mind that she would secretly send him a letter by a small gipsy, who would run away without telling where she was, and just let him know that she was well and happy, and always loved him very much.
1. Who did Maggie think would be happy to have her?
2. Who was walking away as Maggie was making a plan?
3. What did Maggie tell Tom he should do to his face?
4. What was Maggie's plan?
5. What had she been told a lot?
6. And what else?
7. Did Tom want to go?
8. Who did she think of when she was running?
9. How did she decide to contact him?
10. What would she say in the note?
11. And what else would it say?
12. Why did she think the gipsies would respect her?
13. What did Tom say about gipsies?
14. And what else?
15. What did Maggie feel was her only choice?
16. Where was she sitting?
17. Where would she run to?
18. Did she think Tom nice?
19. Was he related?
20. Was Maggie dim witted?
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answer: 1. the gipsies
2. Tom and Lucy
3. stain it brown
4. she would run away and go to the gipsies
5. that she was like a gipsy
6. "half wild;"
7. no
8. her father
9. she would secretly send him a letter by a small gipsy
10. that she was well and happy
11. that she loved him very much
12. because of her superior knowledge
13. that they were thieves
14. that they hardly got anything to eat, and had nothing to drive but a donkey
15. gipsydom
16. on the roots of the tree
17. Dunlow Common
18. no
19. yes
20. no

question: Do you ever run out of great books to read? So what should I read next? Is fast-paced crime fiction your thing?

Try the new Patricia Cornwell book,

(Putnam). She is such an able writer and handles complex forensic intelligence with ease. You need to be prepared, though, for the world you're entering--

, let's say.

If peace is more your thing, try Mary Pipher's wonderful new book,

Chronicles of the Worst Buddhist in the World (Riverhead). Mary is a lovely, comfortable writer who takes the reader through her personal awakening after reputation and fortune came her way. Even if you've never experienced life as a bestselling writer (as she has done, in her book years back,

), you'll totally understand and sympathize with her renewed need for privacy, distance and quiet.

What if you want a straightforward, totally thrilling read with vivid characters, set about World War II? You cannot go wrong with Jim Lehrer's new novel,

(Random House), about a young Marine whose life is changed forever when he meets a woman on his way to war. His relationship with her lasts him through danger and hardship, and there's an impressive ending. See our interview with the productive novelist/newsman in the current issue of Reader's Digest (March, on stands now), by the way, for insight into the very talented Mr. Lehrer and what interests him.

Well, what about something wickedly funny and totally offbeat? Does the name Carrie Fisher do anything for you? Try her vivid and new life in Hollywood and elsewhere,

(Simon & Schuster). Be prepared for humor as sharp as knives.
1. how many different books are described?
2. is Carrie Fishers book funny?
3. if you are into crime which book should you read?
4. who published that one?
5. whose book should you read if you want a thriller?
6. who published that one?
7. who published carrie fisher's work?
8. what is highlighted as a peaceful book?
9. by who?
10. how do you think you would feel reading it?
11. is she a private person?
12. is it likely you would be sympathetic?
13. who published that work?
14. what should you read if you want action?
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answer:
1. Four
2. Yes
3. Patricia Cornwell
4. Putnam
5. Jim Lehrer's
6. Random House
7. Simon & Schuster
8. Chronicles of the Worst Buddhist in the World
9. Mary Pipher
10. unknown
11. Yes
12. Yes
13. Riverhead
14. unknown