CHAPTER II

DAVE PORTER'S PAST

"What do you think of that, fellows?" asked Roger, as he concluded the reading of the letter.

"I am not surprised," answered Dave. "Now that Merwell finds he can't show himself where he is known, he must be very bitter in mind."

"I thought he might reform, but I guess I was mistaken," said Phil. "Say, we had better do as Buster suggests,--keep our eyes peeled for him."

"We are not responsible for his position," retorted Roger. "He got himself into trouble."

"So he did, Roger. But, just the same, a fellow like Link Merwell is bound to blame somebody else,--and in this case he blames us. I am afraid he'll make trouble for us--if he gets the chance," concluded Dave, seriously.

And now, while the three chums are busy reading their letters again, let me introduce them more specifically than I have already done.

Dave Porter was a typical American lad, now well grown, and a graduate of Oak Hall, a high-class preparatory school for boys located in one of our eastern States.

While a mere child, Dave had been found wandering beside the railroad tracks near the little village of Crumville. He could not tell who he was, nor where he had come from, and not being claimed by any one, was taken to the local poor-house. There a broken-down college professor, Caspar Potts, had found him and given him a home.

In Crumville resided a rich jewelry manufacturer named Oliver Wadsworth, who had a daughter named Jessie. One day the Wadsworth automobile caught fire and Jessie was in danger of being burned to death, when Dave rushed to the rescue and saved her. For this Mr. Wadsworth was very grateful, and when he learned that Dave lived with Mr. Potts, who had been one of his instructors in college, he made the man and the youth come to live with him. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Where did Dave live as a child?
2. Found where in Crumville?
3. Was Dave's family looking for him?
4. Where did Dave go after that?
5. What did Mr. Potts do?
6. Who was Oliver Wadsworth?
7. Where did he live?
8. Did he have children?
9. And did he know Mr. Potts?
10. How?
11. Was Dave brave?
Answer: 1. It's unknown but he was found in crumville?
2. wandering beside the railroad tracks
3. no
4. to live with Caspar Potts
5. college professor
6. a rich jewelry manufacturer
7. Crumville
8. yes
9. yes
10. He was one of his instructors in college
11. yes

Problem: (CNN) -- Former English Premier League referees have jumped to the defense of Howard Webb after criticism of his performance in Sunday's World Cup final.

Webb, the first referee to officiate the European Champions League final and World Cup final in the same season, dished out 13 yellow cards and one red as Spain defeated the Netherlands 1-0 in a tempestuous clash at Soccer City, Johannesburg.

Dutch coach Bert Van Marwijk and several of his players suggested the English official favored the Spanish, and Netherlands fans booed Webb and his assistants when they collected their medals after the game.

But ex-referee Jeff Winter, who took charge of several fiery encounters between English giants like Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool, was full of praise for Webb's performance in extremely testing circumstances.

"I thought he had a superb game," Winter told CNN. "I find it very difficult to remember a more testing game than that at any level. I thought the players' behavior and discipline were abysmal.

"It was as if the Dutch had decided the only way they were going to stop Spain was by kicking them, harassing the referee and being obnoxious throughout.

"From a referee's point of view, if the players don't want to be controlled it's virtually impossible to control them. Had it had been a referee without his experience of the European game, they might have lost control within the first 30 minutes."

Webb's tally of 14 yellow cards -- including the red shown to Netherlands defender Johnny Heitinga in extra-time - was a record for the World Cup final.
1. Why was the referee criticized?
2. What specifically had everyone in an uproar?
3. What did he do that made everyone believe he was showing favoritism?
4. What is his name?
5. What was kind of special or unusal about his refereeing these games?
6. Did EVERYONE think he called a bad game?
7. Who stuck up for him?
8. Who is he?
9. How did he think of how the participants behaved?
10. Does he think the players desire to be instructed on what to do?
Answer: 1. his performance in Sunday's World Cup final.
2. Dutch coach Bert Van Marwijk and several of his players suggested the English official favored the Spanish
3. dished out 13 yellow cards and one red
4. Howard Webb
5. Webb's tally of 14 yellow cards -- including the red shown to Netherlands defender Johnny Heitinga in extra-time - was a record for the World Cup final.
6. No
7. Jeff Winter
8. an ex-referee
9. "It was as if the Dutch had decided the only way they were going to stop Spain was by kicking them, harassing the referee and being obnoxious throughout.
10. if the players don't want to be controlled it's virtually impossible to control them.

question: Sometimes, something that is considered to be negative turns out to be an advantage on the job. Though he is only l8 years old and blind, Suleyman Gokyigit is among the top computer technicians and programmers at InteliData Technologies Corp., a large software company with several offices across the United States.

"After our company united with another one last October, two different computer networks were driving us crazy," recalls Douglas Braun, the InteliData president. "We couldn't even send e-mail to each other." In three weeks Mr Gokyigit created the software needed to connect the two networks. "None of the company's 350 other employees could have done the job in three months," says Mr. Braun. " Suleyman can 'see' into the heart of the computer."

Mr. Gokyigfi's gift, as Mr. Braun calls it, is an unusual ability to form an idea of the inside of a machine. "The computer permits me to reach out into the world and do almost anything I want to do," says Mr. Gokyigit

The young programmer is _ as well, thanks partly to a highly developed sense of touch. Mitzi Nowakowski, an office manager at InteliData, remembers how he easily disconnected and reconnected their computer systems during a move last year. "Through feel, Suleyman can find the position of connectors, pins and wires much faster than most other people with sight," he says.

Much of the student programmer's speed comes from his ability not to be interrupted while at the computer. When typing, he listens carefully to the synthesizer . His long, thin fingers fly over the keyboard. "Nothing seems to shake his attention," says Mrs. Nowakowski, his boss.

Mr. Gokyigit is the only company employee who is available 24 hours a day. "We consider him our top problem solver." says Mr. Braun.
1. How old is Suleyman Gokyigit?
2. where is he employed?
3. what is different about him?
4. what type of work does he do?
5. how long did it take him to merge the two systems?
6. how long would it have taken someone else?
7. is he frequently disturbed while working?
8. how many hours per day is he availble?
9. what do his coworkers call him?
10. who is Douglas Braun?
11. who is the office manager?
12. what does he listen to while typing?
13. which of his senses have become highly developed?
14. what do computers enable him to do?
15. how did he unhook the computers when they moved?
16. was he slower than a sighted person?
17. is he a fast typist?
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answer:
1. 18
2. InteliData Technologies Corp
3. he is only l8 years old and blind,
4. computer technician
5. three weeks
6. three months
7. no
8. 24
9. our top problem solver
10. the InteliData president
11. Mitzi Nowakowski
12. a synthesizer
13. touch
14. reach out into the world and do almost anything I want to do
15. Through feel, Suleyman can find the position of connectors, pins and wires much faster than most other people with sight," he says.
16. no
17. It mentions programing speed but not specifically typing