CHAPTER XXIII.

CROSSING THE CREEK.

"Now, then," said Harry, "here's the boat and a good pole, and you've nothing to do, Harvey, but just to get in and push yourself over to your station as fast as you can."

But the situation did not seem to strike Harvey very favorably. He looked rather dissatisfied with the arrangement made for him.

"I can't swim," he said. "At least, not much, you know."

"Well, who wants you to swim?" said Harry, laughing. "That's a pretty joke. Are you thinking of swimming across, and towing the boat after you? You can push her over easy enough; that pole will reach the bottom anywhere."

"Dat's so," said old Lewston. "It'll touch de bottom ob de water, but I don't know 'bout de bottom ob de mud. Ye musn't push her down too deep. Dar's 'bout as much mud as water out dar in de creek."

The more they talked about the matter, the greater became Harvey's disinclination to go over. He was not a coward, but he was not used to the water or the management of a boat, and the trip seemed much more difficult to him than it would have appeared to a boy accustomed to boating.

"I tell you what we'll do," cried Harry, at last. "You take my station, Harvey, and I'll go over and work your end of the line."

There was no opposition to this plan, and so Harry hurried off with Harvey to Lewston's cabin and helped him to make the connections and get the line in working order at that end, and then he ran down to the boat, jumped in, and Lewston pushed him off. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. was harry used to the water management of the boat?
2. who was he talking over with?
3. who didn't know how to swim?
4. where was he supposed to go with the boat?
5. did he want to go?
6. did he think it would be easy or hard?
7. what did Harry suggest to do?
8. was Harvey ok with it?
9. where did they go together?
10. what did they do at the cabin?
11. did only one of them run to the boat?
12. who jumped in it?
13. what did Lewston do?
Answer: 1. No.
2. Lewston and Harry.
3. Harvey.
4. His station.
5. No.
6. Hard.
7. Switch jobs with Harvey.
8. Yes.
9. Lewston's cabin.
10. Make the connections and get the line in working order.
11. Yes.
12. Harvey.
13. Pushed him off.

CHAPTER XXVII. LEONARD DE CARTIENNE.

We all three stood and looked at one another for a moment, Milly Hart with her finger still pointing to the vacant place where the photograph had been. Then Cecil broke into a short laugh.

"We're looking very tragical about it," he said lightly. "Mysterious joint disappearance of Leonard de Cartienne and a photograph of Mr. Hart. Now, if it had been a photograph of a pretty girl instead of a middle-aged man, we might have connected the two. Hallo!"

He broke off in his speech and turned round. Standing in the doorway, looking at us, was Leonard de Cartienne, with a slight smile on his thin lips.

"Behold the missing link--I mean man!" exclaimed Cecil. "Good old Leonard! Do you know, you gave us quite a fright. We expected to find you here and the room was empty. Are you better?"

"Yes, thanks! I'm all right now," he answered. "I've been out in the yard and had a blow. What's Milly looking so scared about? And what was it I heard you say about a photograph?"

"Father's likeness has gone," she explained, turning round with tears in her eyes. "It was there on the mantelpiece this afternoon and now, when we came in to look at it, it has gone!"

"I should think that, if it really has disappeared," de Cartienne remarked incredulously, "the servant must have moved it. Ask her."

Miss Hart rang the bell and in the meantime we looked about the room. It was all in vain. We could find no trace of it, nor could the servant who answered the summons give us any information. She had seen it in its usual place early in the morning when she had been dusting. Since then she had not entered the room. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who started laughing?
2. Where was Milly Hart's finger pointing at?
3. Whose disappearance were they talking about?
4. And whose photograph did they have?
5. Who was standing in the doorway?
6. Was he smiling?
7. Who said Good old Leaonard?
8. Did Cecil say the room was empty?
9. Where was he?
10. Did he say he was okay?
Answer: 1. Cecil
2. the vacant place
3. Leonard de Cartienne
4. the Father's
5. Leonard de Cartienne,
6. Yes
7. Cecil
8. Yes
9. the yard
10. Yes

Jersey (, ; Jerriais: "Jerri" ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (; Jerriais: "Bailliage de Jerri"), is a Crown dependency of The Crown located near the coast of Normandy, France. Jersey was part of the Duchy of Normandy, whose dukes went on to become kings of England from 1066. After Normandy was lost by the kings of England in the 13th century, and the ducal title surrendered to France, Jersey and the other Channel Islands remained attached to the English crown.

The bailiwick consists of the island of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands, along with surrounding uninhabited islands and rocks collectively named Les Dirouilles, Les Ecrehous, Les Minquiers, Les Pierres de Lecq, and other reefs. Although the bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey are often referred to collectively as the Channel Islands, the "Channel Islands" are not a constitutional or political unit. Jersey has a separate relationship to the Crown from the other Crown dependencies of Guernsey and the Isle of Man, although all are held by the monarch of the United Kingdom.

Jersey is a self-governing parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy, with its own financial, legal and judicial systems, and the power of self-determination. The Lieutenant Governor on the island is the personal representative of the Queen. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What is the official name of Jersey?
2. What does it consist of?
3. Where is it located?
4. Is it an independent country?
5. What country's crown is it a part of?
6. What type of democracy does Jersey have?
7. Does it have its own financial and legal systems?
8. What are Jersey and Guernsey commonly referred to as?
9. Is this a political unit?
10. Who is the Lieutenant Governor?
Answer:
1. the Bailiwick of Jersey
2. The bailiwick consists of the island of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands, along with surrounding uninhabited islands and rocks collectively named Les Dirouilles, Les Ecrehous
3. near the coast of Normandy
4. it is a Crown dependency of The Crown
5. the English crown.
6. parliamentary
7. Yes
8. the Channel Islands
9. No
10. the personal representative of the Queen.