CHAPTER XIX

THE TREASURE

The next morning Harry said:

"I will go upstairs to that look-out place again. I have been up there pretty nearly every day, and stared down. I can't get it out of my mind that the key of the mystery lies there, and that that hole was made for some other purpose than merely throwing stones out on to any of those who might go in behind the rocks. I have puzzled and worried over it."

"Shall I come up with you, Harry?"

"No, I would rather you didn't. I will go up by myself and spend the morning there; some idea may occur to me. You may as well all have a quiet day of it."

He lit his pipe and went upstairs. Jose went off to the mules, and Bertie descended the ladder, and strolled round what they called the courtyard, looking for eggs among the rocks and in the tufts of grass growing higher up. Dias scattered a few handfuls of maize to the chickens and then assisted Maria to catch two of them; after which he descended the ladder and sat down gloomily upon a stone. He had become more and more depressed in spirits as the search became daily more hopeless; and although he worked as hard as anyone, he seldom spoke, while Harry and his brother often joked, and showed no outward signs of disappointment. An hour passed, and then Harry appeared suddenly at the window.

"Bertie, Dias, come up at once, I have an idea!" What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. what lies at the look out place?
2. who thinks this?
3. when was he to go there?
4. alone?
5. did anyone offer to go with him?
6. what did he do before he went there?
7. How did Dias feel?
8. why?
9. Where did BErtie go?
10. why?
11. where?
12. Did she try to catch some bugs?
13. what did she try to catch?
14. How did Harry seem to feel about the search
15. Did he feel anything about the hole?
16. Did Harry have any siblings?
17. How did they interact?
18. Did they seem upset at all?
19. Did Dias joke with them?
20. Did Harry come up with anything while upstairs?
Answer: 1. The key of the mystery.
2. Harry.
3. The morning.
4. Yes.
5. Yes.
6. Lit his pipe and went upstaairs.
7. Gloomy.
8. He was depressed because the search seemed hopeless.
9. The courtyard
10. To look for eggs.
11. Among the rocks and grass.
12. No.
13. Chickens
14. Puzzled and worried.
15. That it had some other purpose than throwing stones in it.
16. Yes
17. They often joked.
18. There were no signs of disappointment.
19. No.
20. Yes.

Tom gets up at half past seven in the morning. He has an egg and some milk for his breakfast. Then he begins to go to school slowly. When he is on his way to school, he thinks, "I tell my teacher my mother is ill on Monday morning. I tell him my bike is wrong on Tuesday. What do I tell my teacher today?" Tom thinks over but he doesn't find a good idea before he gets to school."May I come in?" Tom shouts at the door of the classroom. " Oh, my boy," says Mr Green. " Please look at the clock on the wall. What time is it now?" " It's ten past eight," answers Tom. Mr Green is not happy. " You are late for class three times this week. If all the students are like you, the clock is no use, I think." " You are right, Mr Green," says Tom. " If we don't have the clock, how do you know I am late for class?" What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Where was Tom going?
2. Did he make it?
3. Was he on time?
4. How long did he have to get there?
5. Did he have an excuse for being tardy?
6. Is this a recurring problem for him?
7. How often lately has he been tardy?
8. Is his teacher upset?
9. How does the boy get to school?
10. Does he know he is getting to school late constantly?
Answer: 1. To school
2. Yes
3. No
4. 30 minutes
5. No
6. Yes
7. Three times this week.
8. Yes
9. By bike
10. Yes

CHAPTER XXIX

AN EXCITING TIME ALL AROUND

"We've got him! Down with him!" roared Sack Todd, as he leaped over the fallen door and made a grab for Dick.

For the instant Dick did not know what to do, then he stepped backward and at the same time attempted to draw his pistol.

"No, you don't!" yelled Gasper Pold, and aimed a blow at Dick's head with an iron bar he carried.

Had the blow landed as intended, the eldest Rover might have had his skull crushed in. But as the iron bar was descending Dan Baxter made a quick jump to Pold's side, gave him a shove and hurled him flat.

"Stop it!" cried the former bully of Putnam Hall. "Do you hear? Do you want to kill somebody?"

"So you're against us, eh?" yelled Sack Todd. "Well, we'll fix you!"

He tore a pistol from his pocket and started to aim it at Baxter. But the latter was now on the alert and, whirling around, he caught Sack Todd by the coat collar with one hand and with the other raised the pistol up into the air. It went off, but the bullet merely plowed its way into the woodwork of the ship.

By this time Hans had managed to scramble from beneath the fallen door. The German youth had not been hurt very much but his "Dutch blood" was up, and throwing prudence to the wind he sailed in vigorously, hitting Pold a blow in the stomach with his fist, and kicking the mate of the _Dogstar_ in the shin with his heavy shoe. Then he caught hold of Pold's iron bar and began to wrestle for its possession. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. what did Sack Todd make a grab for?
2. where did Gasper aim his blow?
3. what did Sack jump over?
4. who shoved Pold?
5. what chapter is this?
6. what did Sack Todd get out of his pocket?
7. did the iron bar hit the eldest rover?
8. who got knocked down?
9. Did Gasper fall as well?
10. did the pistol go off?
11. where did the bullet hit?
12. was Hans upset?
13. is he German or Dutch?
14. who did he kick?
15. what did he catch?
16. what is the name of the chapter?
17. what did Gasper YELL
18. who yelled "Stop it!"
19. of what?
Answer:
1. Dick.
2. at Dick's head
3. to Pold's side
4. Dan Baxter
5. 29
6. a pistol
7. no
8. Hans
9. yes
10. yes
11. the ships wood
12. yes
13. German
14. Pold
15. Pold's iron bar
16. AN EXCITING TIME ALL AROUND
17. "No, you don't
18. the former bully
19. Putnam Hall