CHAPTER XI

THE BAT'S EXIT

_Columbine_ rolled heavily on the broken swell and the lamp that swung from a beam threw a puzzling light about the cabin. Now and then water splashed on the deck and the slack sails flapped. The fresh breeze had dropped, although the sea had not yet gone down, and Marston had set the topsail and the balloon jib. The light canvas would chafe and was not of much use, but he must reach Kingston as soon as possible. He was exhausted by physical effort and anxious watching, and when Rupert replaced the bandage on his comrade's face he leaned back slackly on the locker seat.

Wyndham lay in an upper berth, in the faint draught that came down through the open skylight. A wet cloth covered his face and the cabin smelt of drugs. He did not move and had not been altogether conscious for some time. Rupert wore Harry's white clothes and looked, in the unsteady light, like a rather haggard and jaundiced Englishman. Marston had noted his firm touch when he fixed the bandage and now he was methodically putting back some bottles in the medicine chest. When he finished he bent over the berth for a moment, as if he listened to Wyndham's breathing.

"I think he will live," he said. "Although he is very weak, we have got the fever down, and the wound is not as septic as it was. Anyhow, you must get him into hospital at Kingston soon."

Marston remembered afterwards that Rupert had said _you_, not we, and thought it significant. Now, however, he was dully pondering something else. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. whose face was covered with a wet cloth?
2. where were they going to?
3. what had chafed?
4. what is the name of the boat?
5. do they think he will live?
6. was Rupert wearing his own clothes?
7. then whose?
8. was the wound still as septic?
9. did he check to see if Wyndham was still alive?
10. how?
11. who was exhausted?
12. who was exhausted by physcial effort?
13. what did Marston set up?
14. and?
15. what did the cabin smell of?
16. was Wyndham strong?
17. had he been conscious?
18. who replaced the bandage?
19. who put the medicine bottles back?
20. what were they going to to in Kingston?
Answer: 1. Wyndham
2. Kingston
3. The light canvas
4. Columbine
5. yes
6. no
7. Harry
8. no
9. yes
10. listening to his breathing
11. Wyndham
12. Marston
13. topsail
14. the balloon jib
15. drugs
16. no
17. no
18. Marston
19. Marston
20. getting him into a hospital

Problem: Cartilage is a resilient and smooth elastic tissue, rubber-like padding that covers and protects the ends of long bones at the joints, and is a structural component of the rib cage, the ear, the nose, the bronchial tubes, the intervertebral discs, and many other body components. It is not as hard and rigid as bone, but it is much stiffer and much less flexible than muscle.

Because of its rigidity, cartilage often serves the purpose of holding tubes open in the body. Examples include the rings of the trachea, such as the cricoid cartilage and carina.

Cartilage is composed of specialized cells called chondrocytes that produce a large amount of collagenous extracellular matrix, abundant ground substance that is rich in proteoglycan and elastin fibers. Cartilage is classified in three types, "elastic cartilage", "hyaline cartilage" and "fibrocartilage", which differ in relative amounts of collagen and proteoglycan.

Cartilage does not contain blood vessels (it is avascular) or nerves (it is aneural). Nutrition is supplied to the chondrocytes by diffusion. The compression of the articular cartilage or flexion of the elastic cartilage generates fluid flow, which assists diffusion of nutrients to the chondrocytes. Compared to other connective tissues, cartilage has a very slow turnover of its extracellular matrix and does not repair. In embryogenesis, the skeletal system is derived from the mesoderm germ layer. Chondrification (also known as chondrogenesis) is the process by which cartilage is formed from condensed mesenchyme tissue, which differentiates into chondroblasts and begins secreting the molecules (aggrecan and collagen type II) that form the extracellular matrix.
1. What substance can cartilage be compared to?
2. Is it flexible or rigid?
3. Where is cartilage located in the body?
4. Anywhere else?
5. What is cartilage like compared to muscle?
6. What kinds of cells is cartilage made up of?
7. What are they called?
8. What do they produce?
9. How many types of cartilage are there?
10. How do they differ?
11. How do cartilage cells get nutrition?
12. How often does cartilage repair itself?
13. Does cartilage have blood vessels?
Answer: 1. other connective tissues
2. flexibl
3. , the ear,
4. the rib cage
5. stiffer
6. specialized cells
7. chondrocytes
8. matrix
9. three
10. in relative amounts of collagen and proteoglycan
11. diffusion
12. never
13. no

question: CHAPTER IV.

NEGOTIATIONS.

It is necessary in this chapter to return to Phonny and Wallace, in order to explain how Phonny succeeded in getting his squirrel.

He was quite in haste, as he went on after leaving the squirrel, in order to get down to the mill where Espy lived, before the squirrel should have gnawed out. The road, he was quite confident, led to the mill.

"I should like to buy the squirrel, if Espy will sell him," said Phonny.

"Do you think that your mother would be willing?" asked Wallace.

"Why yes," said Phonny, "certainly. What objection could she have?"

"None, only the trouble that it would occasion her," replied Wallace.

"Oh, it would not make her any trouble," said Phonny. "I should take care of it myself."

"It would not make her much trouble, I know," said Wallace, "if you were only considerate and careful. As it is I think it may make her a great deal."

"No," said Phonny, "I don't think that it will make her any trouble at all."

"Where shall you keep your squirrel?" asked Wallace.

"In a cage, in the back room," said Phonny, promptly.

"Have you got a cage?" asked Wallace.

"No," said Phonny, "but I can make one."

"I think that in making a cage," replied Wallace, "you would have to give other people a great deal of trouble. You would be inquiring all about the house, for tools, and boards, and wire,--that is unless you keep your tools and materials for such kind of work, in better order than boys usually do."
1. Who wanted to buy the squirrel?
2. Who would have to sell the squirrel?
3. Where did Espy live?
4. Was Phonny in a hurry?
5. What did he think his mom think about the squirrel?
6. Where did Phonny plan to keep the squirrel?
7. Where would he put it?
8. Did he already have one?
9. How was he going to get one?
10. Who was Phonny talking to about all this?
11. Did Wallace think that it would be troublesome to build?
12. Why?
13. For what?
14. And what else?
15. Did Phonny ever get his squirrel?
16. What did he worry the squirrel might do?
17. What was Phonny pretty confident about?
18. What was he sure led to the mill?
19. What did Phonny's father say?
20. At first, did Wallace think his mother would object?
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answer:
1. Phonny
2. Espy
3. the mill
4. Yes
5. she would be willing
6. In a cage
7. in the back room
8. No
9. he can make one
10. Wallace
11. yes
12. You would be inquiring all about the house
13. tools
14. and boards
15. yes
16. gnaw out
17. it would not make his Mom any trouble
18. Yes
19. unknown
20. Yes