question: CHAPTER XVIII

DICK AND SAM BECOME PRISONERS

"Do you really think those are counterfeit, Dick?" gasped Sam.

"More than likely. Don't you remember the machinery? That printing press--"

"Yes, yes! It's as clear as day. This must be a regular den, and Sack Todd--"

Sam got no further, for, at that moment, he felt himself seized from behind. A pair of strong arms were thrown around him, so that he could scarcely budge.

Dick was attacked in a similar fashion, and, though both of the Rovers struggled desperately, they found that their assailants had the advantage.

"Caught you good and proper, didn't we?" came in the voice of Sack Todd.

"Let me go!" cried Dick.

"Not much, young man. Have you got the other one, Jimson?"

"I have," answered the second man, a fellow with a long nose. "And he won't get away in a hurry. I'm thinking."

"We had better take 'em inside," went on Sack Todd.

"Just as you say," answered Andy Jimson. "I reckon you boys remember me," he went on with a grin.

"You are the man who was on that lumber raft that came near running down our houseboat," said Dick.

"Struck it, fust clip. Didn't expect to meet me ag'in, did ye?"

"I did not."

"Wanted to shoot me, didn't ye?"

"Didn't you deserve it?" asked Sam boldly. "You came mighty close to sinking us."

"Oh, that was only a bit of fun on the part o' the feller who owned the raft. He knew what he was doin'. But I reckon you didn't know what you were doin' when you spied on Sack and his outfit," continued the long-nosed man sarcastically.
1. Who had arms with strength around him?
2. What was Jimson's first name?
3. Who was spied on?
4. Did Sam inquire about something being counterfeit?
5. To whom?
6. Could Sam move after he had another person's limbs around him?
7. Did Dick's and Sam's attackers have advantages?
8. Who made a plea to be let go?
9. Did the man referred to as the second one has a distinctive nose?
10. How distinctive?
11. Who posited that he was remembered?
12. Did he smile as he said this?
13. What specific type of smile did he wear?
14. What kind of raft had Jimson been on?
15. Who realized he had been on the raft?
16. Was Dick surprised that they'd encountered each other again?
17. Did Sam imply that Jimson should have been harmed with a gun?
18. Why did Sam think he deserved to be shot?
19. Was Jimson's manner of speech described as mocking?
20. What was the word used to describe it?
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answer: 1. Sam
2. Andy
3. Sack
4. Yes
5. Dick
6. A bit, but just barely
7. Yes
8. Dick
9. Yes
10. It was long
11. Andy Jimson
12. Yes
13. A grin
14. Lumber
15. Dick
16. Yes
17. Yes
18. Almost caused them to sink
19. No
20. Sarcastically

question: CHAPTER XXIII

BACK AT ASHTON

The three Rovers listened in astonishment to what the auto-stage driver had to say concerning the sudden disappearance of Blackie Crowden.

"Then he must have jumped from the stage while you were running," remarked Dick.

"That's just what he did do, mister. And he took some chances, too, believe me, for I wasn't runnin' at less than twenty miles an hour."

"Did he have any baggage with him?" questioned Tom.

"He had a small handbag, that's all."

"Would you remember the place where he jumped off?" came from Sam, eagerly.

"Yes, it was on the road back of here--just before you turn into this highway."

"You mean the road that was so thick with dust?" remarked Tom.

"That's the place. He jumped off at a spot where the bushes are pretty thick, and there are three trees standin' close together just back of the bushes."

"I think I know that place," said Dick. "There is a small white cottage on the hillside just behind it."

"You've struck it," answered the stage driver. "I reckon as how he was goin' to call on somebody at the cottage. But why he didn't ask me to stop is a mystery. Why! he might have broken a leg gettin' off that way."

"That man is a criminal, and he did it to throw you off his track," announced Sam. "Do you know what I think?" he continued to his brothers. "I think Blackie Crowden must have gotten on to the fact that we were at Fernwood, and made up his mind to clear out as soon as possible. Then he got afraid that we might question folks, including this stage driver, and so jumped from the auto-stage to throw us off his trail, provided we should follow the stage."
1. Who is being questioned?
2. Who may be a criminal?
3. How are the people asking questions related?
4. What dangerous stunt did Blackie Crowden do?
5. Off what?
6. How fast was it going?
7. Did he take anything with him?
8. Did he jump in to plain grass?
9. What vegetation was there?
10. What structure was near the place he jumped?
11. Would the driver have stopped if he had been asked to?
12. Was Blackie Crowden fleeing when he left Fernwood?
13. Who from?
14. What did the driver think Blackie Crowden was going to do at the cottage?
15. Do the brother think Blackie Crowden is law abiding?
16. How many people are questioning the driver?
17. What is their last name?
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answer:
1. the stage driver.
2. Blackie Crw=owden
3. they are brothers.
4. He jumped off
5. the stage
6. not less than twenty miles an hour.
7. yes, a small handbag
8. no
9. bushes and trees
10. a small white cottage
11. yes
12. yes
13. the brothers.
14. call on somebody at the cottage.
15. no
16. three
17. Rover