CHAPTER XII

THE ENEMY WITHIN

It was getting late, but the Allenwood Sports Club prolonged its sitting at the Carlyon homestead. The institution had done useful work in promoting good fellowship by means of healthful amusements, but recently its management had fallen into the hands of the younger men, and the founders contented themselves with an occasional visit to see that all was going well. Some, however, were not quite satisfied, and Mowbray entertained suspicions about the Club. He was an autocrat, but he shrank from spying, or attempting to coerce a member into betraying his comrades. Some allowance must be made for young blood; and, after all, nothing that really needed his interference could go on, he felt, without his learning about it. Nevertheless, he had a disturbing feeling that an undesirable influence was at work.

Carlyon's room was unusually well furnished, and several fine London guns occupied a rack on the matchboarded wall. The cost of one would have purchased a dozen of the Massachusetts-made weapons which the prairie farmers used. The photograph of a horseman in English hunting dress with M.F.H. appended to the autograph was equally suggestive, and it was known that Carlyon's people had sent him to Canada with money enough to make a fair start. Unfortunately, he had not realized that success in farming demands care and strenuous work.

He sat with a flushed, excited face at a rosewood table, upon which the cigar ends, bottles, and glasses scarcely left room for the cards he was eagerly scanning. Gerald Mowbray leaned back in his chair, watching him with a smile. Emslie, the third man, wore a disturbed frown; opposite him, Markham sat with a heavy, vacant air. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who was suspicions about the sport club?
2. Why was he suspicious?
3. What gave him that feeling?
4. Was Carlyon's room bare?
5. How was it furnished?
6. Where were the guns from?
7. Where they expensive?
8. What was the table made of?
9. What did Carlyon not understand?
10. What was one the rosewood table?
11. What else?
12. How many people were sitting there?
Answer: 1. Mowbray
2. because he had a disturbing feeling
3. because management had fallen into the hands of the younger men
4. no
5. unusually well
6. London
7. yes
8. rosewood
9. that success in farming demands care and strenuous work
10. cigar ends
11. bottles
12. four

Baptism (from the Greek noun "baptisma"; see below) is a Christian sacrament of admission and adoption, almost invariably with the use of water, into the Christian Church generally. The canonical Gospels report that Jesus was baptizeda historical event to which a high degree of certainty can be assigned. Baptism has been called a holy sacrament and an ordinance of Jesus Christ. In some denominations, baptism is also called christening, but for others the word "christening" is reserved for the baptism of infants. Baptism has also given its name to the Baptist churches and denominations.

The usual form of baptism among the earliest Christians was for the candidate to be immersed, either totally (submerged completely under the water) or partially (standing or kneeling in water while water was poured on him or her). While John the Baptist's use of a deep river for his baptism suggests immersion, "The fact that he chose a permanent and deep river suggests that more than a token quantity of water was needed, and both the preposition 'in' (the Jordan) and the basic meaning of the verb 'baptize' probably indicate immersion. In v. 16, Matthew will speak of Jesus 'coming up out of the water'. The traditional depiction in Christian art of John the Baptist pouring water over Jesus' head may therefore be based on later Christian practice." Pictorial and archaeological evidence of Christian baptism from the 3rd century onward indicates that a normal form was to have the candidate stand in water while water was poured over the upper body. Other common forms of baptism now in use include pouring water three times on the forehead, a method called affusion. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Which Greek word is associated with baptism?
2. Is baptism always christening?
3. What is affusion?
4. Who used a deep river?
5. What kind of baptism do we think he practiced
6. Is there archaeological evidence of baptism?
7. From when?
8. What form of baptism does it indicate?
9. Was Jesus baptised?10. By who?
11. What's the traditional depiction of that?
12. Which river did John use?
13. What was its name?
14. What does Matthew say about Jesus in v. 16?
15. Do we have a high degree of certainty about the baptism of Jesus?
16. Who or what reports the baptism of Jesus?
17. Has it been called an ordinance of Jesus?
18. It's a Christian sacrament of what?
Answer: 1. baptisma
2. no
3. pouring water three times on the forehead
4. John the Baptist
5. immersion
6. yes
7. the 3rd century onward
8. a normal form was to have the candidate stand in water while water was poured over the upper body
9. yes
10. John the Baptist
11. John the Baptist pouring water over Jesus' head
12. a permanent and deep river
13. the Jordan
14. of Jesus 'coming up out of the water'
15. yes
16. The canonical Gospels
17. yes
18. of admission and adoption

About 18,000 refugees from Burma have come to the United States each year since 2007. Some have settled in Howard County, Maryland between Baltimore and Washington. A local school began teaching English to the children of the refugees. But while the children learned the language, their parents did not. That made communication with teachers _ .

At present, almost fifty children from Burma attend Bollman Bridge Elementary School. Laurel Conran is a teacher there. She said, "The main idea is the global idea." She teaches English to speakers of other languages. One of her students is Tha Neih Ciang. Another student is Tha Neih's mother, Tin Iang. Ms. Conran practices English with Tin Iang at the mother's workplace. Many refugees from Burma work at Coastal Sunbelt Produce, a supplier of fruits and vegetables to restaurants and other businesses.

Laurel Conran started classes at the company to help refugees from Burma learn English. Laurel Conran said, "The program is a six-week session. It's once a week, on every Wednesday, from twelve to one o'clock. So every Wednesday I go to Coastal Sunbelt." As the workers eat lunch, they also practice their new language skills.

Lisa Chertok has a child at Bollman Bridge. She is also a manager at Coastal Sunbelt. She helped Ms. Conran develop the lessons, which she says have really helped. Lisa Chertok said, "Well, when the Burmese employees got here, they were very, very shy. Now I find that they are more outspoken than before. They're more communicative. As parents, they are also more involved in their children's school."

Jonathan Davis is the headmaster of Bollman Bridge Elementary School. Mr. Davis hopes the lessons will help these parents feel better about communicating with the school. He said, "Even as simple as making a phone call to say that their son or daughter is sick, even if that's the amount of English that they have got from the program, that truly will help us." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Which school is teaching English to refugees?
2. where is this school at?
3. what cities is this near?
4. What was making communication with teachers difficult?
5. where are the refugees from?
6. how may have came to the US?
7. how often?
8. for how long?
9. who is the teacher helping them?
10. where else does she teach at?
11. what company?
12. when are these classes?
13. at what time?
14. how many weeks?
15. Is it held after work?
16. Is it their lunch break?
17. Does the teacher have help with the classes?
18. from who?
19. Does she work at Coastal Sunbelt?
20. doing what?
Answer:
1. Bollman Bridge Elementary School.
2. Howard County, Maryland
3. Baltimore and Washington.
4. the language
5. Burma
6. About 18,000
7. each year
8. since 2007
9. Laurel Conran
10. a mother's workplace
11. Coastal Sunbelt Produce
12. every Wednesday
13. twelve to one o'clock
14. six
15. no
16. yes
17. yes
18. Lisa Chertok
19. yes
20. a manager