Problem: CHAPTER III

SAM BRINGS NEWS

As Tom ran over to his brother's side he could not help but give a glance at the flying machine, which was rising higher and higher in the air, with a noise from the engine that sounded like a battery of gattling guns in action.

"Hi! hi! Wot's that?" came in a startled voice from the other side of the barn, and Jack Ness, the Rovers hired man, came running into view. "By gum, if them boys ain't gone an' flew without waitin' fer that man to show 'em! Who's doin' it? I don't see nobuddy." And the hired man blinked in amazement at the sight before him. "Is Sam in there?"

"Nobody is in the machine," answered Tom, who was kneeling beside his brother. "Oh, gracious! Look at that!" he exclaimed.

"There goes the chimbley!" roared Jack Ness, as the biplane swooped just high enough to clear the roof of the Rover homestead. One of the wheels underneath struck a chimney a glancing blow, hurling the bricks in all directions. As they came clattering down, from the house out ran Mrs. Rover, followed by her husband and the hired help. Anderson Rover was away on business.

"What is the matter--is it a--er--a cyclone?" gasped Randolph Rover.

"I don't know, I'm sure," answered Mrs. Rover. "But it's a terrible noise."

"Look! look!" shrieked the cook, pointing upward. "Saints preserve us!" she moaned. "'Tis the end of the world!"

"A flying machine!" murmured Randolph Rover. He gazed around hurriedly. "Can it be the boys?"
1. who's side did he run to?
2. what did he glance at
3. what sounded like a battery of gattling guns in action.
4. what did she moan
5. who was the hired man
6. who as int he machine
7. where was Anderson Rover
8. who blinked
9. what struck the chimney
10. who ran out of the house
Answer: 1. his brothers
2. the flying machine
3. the noise from the engine
4. "Saints preserve us
5. Jack Ness
6. Nobody is in the machine or possibly the boys it's not disclosed
7. was away on business
8. Jack Ness the hired man
9. the plane
10. Mrs. Rover

Q: Chapter LII. L'homme propose, et Dieu dispose.

Captain Bennydeck met Catherine and her child at the open door of the room. Mrs. Presty, stopping a few paces behind them, waited in the passage; eager to see what the Captain's face might tell her. It told her nothing.

But Catherine saw a change in him. There was something in his manner unnaturally passive and subdued. It suggested the idea of a man whose mind had been forced into an effort of self-control which had exhausted its power, and had allowed the signs of depression and fatigue to find their way to the surface. The Captain was quiet, the Captain was kind; neither by word nor look did he warn Catherine that the continuity of their intimacy was in danger of being broken--and yet, her spirits sank, when they met at the open door.

He led her to a chair, and said she had come to him at a time when he especially wished to speak with her. Kitty asked if she might remain with them. He put his hand caressingly on her head; "No, my dear, not now."

The child eyed him for a moment, conscious of something which she had never noticed in him before, and puzzled by the discovery. She walked back, cowed and silent, to the door. He followed her and spoke to Mrs. Presty.

"Take your grandchild into the garden; we will join you there in a little while. Good-by for the present, Kitty."

Kitty said good-by mechanically--like a dull child repeating a lesson. Her grandmother led her away in silence.

Answer the following questions:
1. What did Catherine notice about him?
2. Who did she notice this about?
3. Where had he greeted her?
4. Did she have anyone with her?
5. Whom?
6. Had someone fallen far behind?
7. Whom?
8. What was she excited to do?
9. Did it say anything?
10. What was different about the Captain?
11. According to who?
12. Was he a loud man?
13. What was being threatened?
A: 1. a change
2. Captain Bennydeck
3. at the open door
4. yes
5. her child
6. Yes
7. Mrs. Presty
8. see what the Captain's face might tell her
9. No
10. He was passive and subdued.
11. Catherine
12. No
13. unknown

Problem: CHAPTER XXIII: Paddy The Beaver Does A Kind Deed

Paddy the Beaver listened to all that his small cousin, Jerry Muskrat, had to tell him about the trouble which Paddy's dam had caused in the Laughing Brook and the Smiling Pool.

"You see, we who live in the Smiling Pool love it dearly, and we don't want to have to leave it, but if the water cannot run down the Laughing Brook, there can be no Smiling Pool, and so we will have to move off to the Big River," concluded Jerry Muskrat. "That is why I tried to spoil your dam."

There was a twinkle in the eyes of Paddy the Beaver as he replied: "Well, now that you have found out that you can't do that, because I am bigger than you and can stop you, what are you going to do about it?"

"I don't know," said Jerry Muskrat sadly. "I don't see what we can do about it. Of course you are big and strong and can do just as you please, but it doesn't seem right that we who have lived here so long should have to move and go away from all that we love so just because you, a stranger, happen to want to live here. I tell you what!" Jerry's eyes sparkled as a brand new thought came to him. "Couldn't you come down and live in the Smiling Pool with us? I'm sure there is room enough!"

Paddy the Beaver shook his head. "No," said he, and Jerry's heart sank. "No, I can't do that because down there there isn't any of the kind of food I eat. Besides, I wouldn't feel at all safe in the Smiling Pool. You see, I always live in the woods. No, I couldn't possibly come down to live in the Smiling Pool. But I'm truly sorry that I have made you so much worry, Cousin Jerry, and I'm going to prove it to you. Now you sit right here until I come back."
1. Who had caused the beaver some trouble?
2. What had he done?
3. What was the beaver's name?
4. What was his relationship to the other animal?
5. Where was the problem caused?
6. Where else?
7. Were the residents of the pond fond of it?
8. Did they want to depart?
9. Where did the water for the pond have to traverse?
10. Could the pond survive without it?
11. Where were the residents moving to?
12. What was in the beaver's expression when he answered?
13. Was he smaller than the muskrat?
14. What did he say he could do to the plan?
15. Did the muskrat know what to do?
16. Had the beaver been living there long?
17. What did the smaller animal invite the larger one to do?
18. Did the larger animal agree?
19. Why not?
20. Where did he prefer to reside?
Answer:
1. Jerry Muskrat.
2. tried to spoil his dam
3. Paddy.
4. cousin
5. the Laughing Brook
6. the Smiling Pool.
7. Yes.
8. No.
9. the Laughing Brook
10. No.
11. the Big River
12. a twinkle
13. No.
14. Stop it.
15. No.
16. No.
17. come down and live in the Smiling Pool
18. No
19. there isn't any of the kind of food he eats
20. in the woods