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CHAPTER TWENTY TWO.

TELLS OF DARK AND THREATENING CLOUDS, AND WAR.

The exigencies of our somewhat acrobatic tale require, at this point, that we should make a considerable bound. We shall beg the obliging reader to leap with us into the year 1834.

Hans Marais, moustached, bearded, bronzed, and in the prime of life, sits at the door of a cottage recently built close to that of his father. Beside him sits his wife--formerly Miss Gertrude Brook, and now as sweet and pretty a young woman as you would find in a month's ride through a country where sweet pretty women were, and still are, very numerous in proportion to the population.

Whether it was that Hans was timid, or Gertie shy, we cannot tell, but somehow it is only three months since they began their united career, and Hans considers himself to have married rather "late in life." Gertie, being now twenty-six, begins to think herself quite an old woman. It is evident, however, that this ancient couple wear well, and are sufficiently happy--if we may presume to judge from appearances.

"Gertie," said Hans, patting the fingers which handed him his big Dutch pipe, "I fear that my father is determined to go."

"Do you think so?" said Gertie, while a sad expression chased the sunshine from her face.

"Yes, he says he cannot stand the treatment we Cape-Dutchmen receive from the British Government, and that he means to give up his farm, take his waggons and goods, and treck away to the north, with the friends who are already preparing to go, in search of free lands in the wilderness where the Union Jack does not fly."
1. What year is it?
2. Who is the male character?
3. Does he have facial hair?
4. What color is he?
5. What kind of house does he have??
6. Does he have a wife?
7. Are pretty women easy to come by?
8. How long has it been since they started their career
9. How old is Gertie?
10. Is the couple happy?
11. What ethnicity are the characters?
12. Yes. Was did Gertie hand to Hans
13. Did he fear is father leaving?
14. What did Gertie say next?
15. Why is the father thinking about leaving?
16. From whom?
17. Where is he planning on trecking?
18. In search of what?
19. Which country does he not want to be under?

Numbered answers:
1. 1834
2. Hans Marais
3. yes
4. bronzed
5. a cottage
6. yes
7. yes
8. three months
9. , twenty-six
10. yes
11. Cape Dutchman?
12. his big Dutch pipe
13. yes
14. Do you think so?
15. he cannot stand the treatment Cape-Dutchmen receive
16. the British Government
17. away to the north
18. of free lands in the wilderness where the Union Jack does not fly
19. the Union Jack

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Ferguson, Missouri (CNN) -- As the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson calmed Friday after nights of protests over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen, the question remains: Where's the police officer who pulled the trigger?

Officer Darren Wilson, 28, shot Michael Brown on August 9. The shooting sparked days of violent protests in Ferguson as residents demanded his arrest.

Separate federal and local investigations are under way, and Wilson -- who has received death threats -- has disappeared from public view.

Governor orders drawdown of National Guard in Ferguson

Here's what is known about his whereabouts.

Where is he now?

Few outside Wilson's family and authorities know for sure.

Wilson owns a house in a modest neighborhood about 20 miles from Ferguson. He bought the house shortly after he was divorced last year, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

But several neighbors have told CNN that Wilson left home before his name was released last week.

What are his neighbors saying about his whereabouts?

Not much. Most have shunned reporters' requests for interviews, and some put signs in their yards shooing away journalists.

"We don't know anything ... Pray for Peace," one read, according to the Post-Dispatch.

"We have 2 children. Do not knock!! No comment," another family wrote.

Any trails on social media?

The newspaper reported that Wilson deactivated his social media accounts before his name went public.

The only social media presence for him now is from supporters, who have set up Facebook pages to support and raise money for him.
1. Who was Michael Brown?
2. What happened to him?
3. Was Darren Wilson a cop?
4. Where is Wilson now?
5. Where does he live?
6. Do his neighbors know where he is?
7. How have they handled the publicity?
8. What kind of ongoing investigations are there?
9. How old is Wilson?
10. Why did he shoot Michael Brown?
11. How did local people react to this?
12. What were they hoping to accomplish with the protests?
13. Have any of his neighbors spoken to press?
14. What did they tell CNN?
15. When did Wilson buy the house?
16. When was that?
17. Did he receive death threats?
18. What do the signs in the neighbors yards say?
19. Is Wilson active online?
20. What town was Brown shot in?

Numbered answers:
1. unarmed black teen
2. Darren Wilson shot Michael Brown
3. Yes
4. Few outside Wilson's family and authorities know for sure.
5. about 20 miles from Ferguson
6. No
7. Most have shunned reporters' requests for interviews, and some put signs in their yards shooing away journalists
8. federal and local investigations
9. 28
10. unknown
11. The shooting sparked days of violent protests
12. his arrest
13. Most have not
14. that Wilson left home
15. shortly after he was divorced
16. unknown
17. Yes
18. We have 2 children. Do not knock
19. no
20. Ferguson

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(CNN) -- It's the super yacht with a super model and her billionaire tycoon husband as its joint owners and the 100ft supermaxi Comanche lived up to expectations with a blazing start to the Rolex Sydney-Hobart race Friday.

The 'Bluewater Classic' in its 70th staging is the first real competitive test for Comanche, which has been specially built for distance racing and speed record attempts, the brainchild of Netscape co-founder Jim Clark and his wife, Kristy Hinze-Clark, who was born in Australia.

Comanche, skippered by American Ken Read and with a strong international crew, is expected to battle it out for line honors with seven-time winner Wild Oats XI in the 628-nautical miles race, one of the highlights of the international yachting calendar.

The traditional Boxing Day start from Sydney Harbor saw an early glimpse of Comanche's speed with the skipper of Wild Oats XI, Mark Richards, moved to exclaim: "She's smoking -- look at that thing go!"

Out to sea and past the first mark in an unofficial record time, Comanche led from Wild Oats XI with the other supermaxis Ragamuffin and Perpetual Loyal giving chase.

The race, which runs down the east coast of Australia and across the Bass Strait to the Tasmanian capital Hobart, has drawn a 117-strong entry, the biggest since 1994.

But pre-race attention has centered on Comanche -- with its wide-bodied and cutting edge design, and two years in the building in Maine in the United States.

Clark watched from a supporting boat as his wife was part of the crew when Comanche took part in the Big Boat Challenge in Sydney Harbor on December 9, won by Wild Oats XI.
1. What is the race called?
2. How many are racing?
3. Is this a record?
4. What day does the race begin?
5. Who won the last race?
6. How many times did Wild Oats win?
7. Who is the boat's driver?
8. How long is the race?
9. Where does it start from geographically?
10. What body of water does it cross?
Numbered answers:
1. Rolex Sydney-Hobart
2. 117
3. no
4. Boxing Day
5. unknown
6. seven
7. Mark Richards
8. 628-nautical miles
9. Sydney Harbor
10. e Bass Strait