Q: CHAPTER XXIII.

News of Importance

"Don't be alarmed; he is not going to shoot," cried Paul.

"Don't ye make too shure o' thet," ejaculated the cowboy. "Wot's he puttin' his hand into his pocket fer?"

"He has something there I fancy he wishes to conceal," went on Paul. "Empty the pocket, please."

"Let me go! This is highway robbery!" stormed Captain Grady.

He struggled fiercely to regain his feet. But Blowfen was the stronger of the pair and he easily held the rascal down with one hand, while with the other he brought several letters from his inside pocket.

Paul eagerly snatched the letters, in spite of the captain's protest. He glanced at them, with Chet looking over his shoulder.

"Well, what do you make out?" asked Caleb Dottery. He didn't quite like the way matters were turning.

"I think we will be safe in making Captain Grady a prisoner," replied Paul slowly.

"Yes, make him a prisoner by all means," put in Chet. "He is a villain if ever there was one. If we can't prove it I think my Uncle Barnaby can."

At the reference to Barnaby Winthrop Captain Grady grew pale. It was evident that his sins were at last finding him out.

It did not take Jack Blowfen long to act upon Paul's suggestion. He disarmed the captain and made him march into the house, where he bound the fellow in very much the same manner as Dottery had bound Jeff Jones.

While he was doing so Paul showed the letters taken from the prisoner to Caleb Dottery. Chet, while a second reading was going on, commenced to ransack the house.

1. no
2. no, he was disarmed
3. no
4. letters
5. no
6. Blowfen
7. Yno
8. he was bound
9. no
10. Chet

Numbered questions:
1. Does Grady have a weapon for the first portion of story?
2. Does he have a weapon at the end of the story?
3. Is the Captain free at the end?
4. What does the captain have in his pocket?
5. Does the Captain want to share the letters?
6. Who forces the Captain to reveal the letters?
7. Do the letters show the others that the Captain is good?
8. What is done with the Captain after the letters are read?
9. Does the captain want Barnaby Winthrop to be involved?
10. Who is Barnaby Winthrop related to?

Q: Do you want to make friends with a special man? Here is some information about him. He is quiet and shy. He likes to hide his eyes behind his hair. He doesn't smile very often. However, if you talk to him about music, he'll have a lot to say. This is Jay Chou, the 34-year-old Taiwanese pop king . His fans are so excited because he will have a singing party next month. Many pop stars will come, too. Chou grew up just with his mother. He did not talk much and did badly in many school subjects. His mother noticed the boy's special interest in music and sent him to learn piano when he was only three years old. He loved it and kept on practicing. Chou is not very handsome. He does not speak clearly when he sings or talks. But the singer has a lot of fans. "He is really good at music. It makes him attractive to me, " said Liu Jiajun, a Junior 2 student in No. 101 Middle School in Beijing. "He is true to himself. _ , "said Zhang Yujie, a Junior 1 girl at No.23 Middle School in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province.

1. Jay Chou
2. 34
3. Taiwanese
4. pop
5. His fans
6. he will have a singing party
7. next month
8. no
9. His mother
10. three years old
11. yes
12. Liu Jiajun,
13. student
14. No. 101 Middle School
15. Beijing
16. Zhang Yujie
17. No.23 Middle School
18. Nanjing
19. Jiangsu
20. no

Numbered questions:
1. some information about who ?
2. how old is he ?
3. what natianality ?
4. what kind of kind is he ?
5. who is excited ?
6. why ?
7. when ?
8. did he grow up with his dad ?
9. who noticed his music intrest ?
10. when did he learn piano ?
11. did he like it ?
12. who thinks that he is good in music
13. what is she ?
14. what school ?
15. where ?
16. who is a jr #1 student ?
17. what school ?
18. where ?
19. what providence ?
20. is Chou cute ?

Q: Paris, France (CNN) -- Former Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt tells the story of her six-year captivity in a book due to hit the shelves Tuesday.

Betancourt, a former presidential candidate in Colombia, was held for more than six years by Marxist rebels before the Colombian military rescued her and 14 others in 2008.

"Meme le Silence a une Fin," or "Even Silence Has an End," will go on sale around the world, the publishing house Gallimard said.

In June, Betancourt filed a suit, asking for about $7 million from the Colombian government for the years she spent as a hostage.

Betancourt and her family members say the government did not do enough to protect her.

Betancourt was freed in a high-profile helicopter rescue mission in July 2008. Colombian commandos posed as humanitarian aid workers to free the group, which included three U.S. military contractors and 11 Colombian police and military members.

In a memoir published last year, the U.S. military contractors rescued along with Betancourt painted an unflattering portrait of the dual citizen of France and Colombia, describing her as someone who hoarded belongings and let her temper flare during their time in the rebel camp.

CNN's Sarah Goddard contributed to this report.

1. six years
2. Marxist rebels
3. unknown
4. Colombian military
5. helicopter rescue mission
6. 14 others
7. three U.S. military contractors and 11 Colombian police and military members
8. someone who hoarded belongings and let her temper flare during their time in the rebel camp.
9. Yes
10. Even Silence Has an End
11. Tuesday
12. Gallimard
13. around the world
14. like the government did not do enough to protect her.
15. she filed a suit
16. France and Colombia
17. president
18. Colombia

Numbered questions:
1. How long was Ingrid Betancourt held in captivity?
2. Who was she held by?
3. Was a ransom paid for her release?
4. Who rescued her?
5. How did they manage that?
6. Who was being held along with her?
7. Who were they?
8. How did the military contractors describe her?
9. Were these descriptions part of her book?
10. What is her book called?
11. When will it be released?
12. Who is releasing it?
13. Where?
14. How does she feel about her government?
15. How is she attempting to hold them responsible?
16. Whom is she a citizen of?
17. What did she run for?
18. Where?