Q: The child of today owes much of its pleasant school life to the work of Maria Montessori and others who felt as she did.

Maria Montessori was born in 1870 in northern prefix = st1 /Italy. Both her parents were well educated.

While Maria was a student, she took great interest in the study of the particular nature of the child's mind. It came to her that small children should have freedom to learn.

Maria became a doctor and a professor at RomeUniversity. In 1907, after working with backward students, she was given a chance to try out her ideas on children. There were sixty children, aged three to six, in the Children's House. The rooms were bright and color1ful. Maria let the children make their own choice of what they wanted to do and work with their own speed. They became busy, peaceful and happy.

Maria Montessori was one of the world's great teachers. She traveled in Europe, Americaand Far East. She thought that true education, providing for the real needs of the child, would produce wise and happy grown-ups and therefore a peaceful world. Her original way of education has changed our whole idea of what childhood is.

Maria Montessori died in Hollandat the age of eighty-two.

1. 1870
2. Italy
3. yes
4. the child's mind
5. doctor and a professor
6. RomeUniversity
7. sixty
8. three to six
9. no
10. Europe, America and Far East
11. 82

Numbered questions:
1. When was Montessori born?
2. Where?
3. Were her parents educated?
4. What did she take interest in as a student?
5. What profession did she have?
6. Where?
7. How many children did she work with in 1907?
8. How old?
9. Did she give them time limits for learning?
10. Where did she travel to?
11. How old was she when she died?

Q: CHAPTER XIV.

A CYPHER AND A TY.

Dolores was coming down to breakfast the next morning when Colonel Mohun's door opened. He exclaimed, 'My little Dolly, good morning!' stooped down and kissed her.

Then, standing still a moment, and holding her hand, he said--

'Dolly, it was not you I saw at Darminster station?'

It was a terrible shock. Some one, no doubt, was trying to set him against her. And should she betray Constance and her uncle? At any rate, almost before she knew what she was saying, 'No, Uncle Regie,' was out of her mouth, and her conscience was being answered with 'How do I know it was me that he saw? these fur capes are very common.'

'I thought not,' he answered, kindly. 'Look here, Dolly, I want one word with you. Did your father ever leave anything in charge with you for Mr. Flinders? Did he ever speak to you about him?'

'Never,' Dolores truly answered.

'Because, my dear, though it's a hard thing to say, and your poor mother felt bound to him, he is a slippery fellow--a scamp, in fact, and if ever he writes to you here, you had better send the letter straight off to me, and I'll see what's to be done. He never has, I suppose?'

'No,' said Dolores, answering the word here, and foolishly feeling the involvement too great, and Constance too much concerned in it for her to confess to her uncle what had really happened. Indeed, the first falsehood held her to the second; and there was no more time, for Lord Rotherwood was coming out of his room further down the passage. And after the greetings, as she went downstairs before the two gentlemen, she was sure she heard Uncle Regie say, 'She's all right.' What could it mean? Was a storm averted? or was it brewing? Could that spiteful Aunt Jane and her questions about the weather be at the bottom of it?

1. Jane
2. Little Dolly
3. Colonel Mohun
4. being at the station.
5. Darminster station?
6. Yes.
7. How does she know it was her that he saw.
8. Fur capes are common.
9. Lord Rotherwood
10. Uncle Regie
11. Before she knew what she was saying.
12. Morning.
13. Stooped down and kissed her.
14. Mr. Flinders
15. A slippery scamp.
16. Constance.
17. Lord Rotherwood and her uncle.
18. That Mr. Flinders never wrote to her.

Numbered questions:
1. What was Dolores's aunt's name?
2. What was Dolores's nickname?
3. Who called her that?4. What was one thing she lied to him about?
5. What station?
6. Was she actually there?
7. What did her conscience say?
8. What was her excuse for herself?
9. Who was then coming out of his room?
10. What did Dolores call Colonel Mohun?
11. When did she lie to him?
12. What time of day?
13. How did he greet her?
14. Who did Dolores's mom feel tied to?
15. How was Mr. Flinders described?
16. Who else was involved in the lie?
17. What two men went to the first floor together?
18. What was the second lie?

Q: CHAPTER XXX

A WAY TO FORGET

The faces of the group, as Uncle John finished reading, were worth studying. Arthur Weldon was white with anger, and his eyes blazed. Silas Watson stared blankly at his old friend, wondering if it was because he was growing old that he had been so easily hoodwinked by this saucy child. Beth was biting her lip to keep back the tears of humiliation that longed to trickle down her cheeks. Louise frowned because she remembered the hard things Tato had said of her. Patsy was softly crying at the loss of her friend.

Then Kenneth laughed, and the sound sent a nervous shiver through the group.

"Tato's a brick!" announced the boy, audaciously. "Can't you see, you stupids, that the thing is a good joke on us all? Or are you too thin skinned to laugh at your own expense?"

"Oh, we can laugh," responded Uncle John, gravely. "But if Tato's a brick it's because she is hard and insensible. The loss of the money doesn't hurt me, but to think the wicked little lass made me love her when she didn't deserve it is the hardest blow I have ever received."

That made Patsy sob outright, while Louise ejaculated, with scorn: "The little wretch!"

"It serves us right for having confidence in a child reared to crime and murder from the cradle," said Arthur, rather savagely. "I don't know how much money I am worth, but I'd gladly spend another thirty thousand to bring this wretched creature to justice."

1. Uncle John.
2. Arthur Weldon.
3. His eyes blazed.
4. Beth.
5. Biting her lip.
6. Patsy.
7. Yes.
8. Kenneth.
9. Little wretch.
10. Thirty thousand.
11. To bring Tato to justice.
12. A brick.

Numbered questions:
1. Who had just completed reading?
2. Who was mad?
3. How was his anger evident?
4. Who was trying not to cry?
5. What was she doing to prevent it?
6. Who was actually crying?
7. Did anyone laugh?
8. Who?
9. What did Patsy call her?
10. How much was Arthur willing to spend?
11. for what?
12. What did Kenneth call Tato?