Q: CHAPTER III.

A QUARREL AND ITS RESULT.

It must be confessed that Hank Stiger was badly frightened when Ralph confronted him with the loaded gun. He was naturally not an overly brave fellow, and while the boy before him was young, yet he realised that Ralph could shoot as well as many a man. Besides this, Dan was there, and he was also armed, and now had his finger on the trigger of the ancient cavalry musket.

"Don't shoot!" The words came from Dan. He could not help but admire his brother's pluck, yet he was sorry that the affair had taken such an acute turn. His caution was unnecessary, for Ralph had no intention of firing, excepting Stiger should attempt to rush by him or use the gun slung on his shoulder.

The mustang took several steps, and then the half-breed brought him to an abrupt halt. "You're carrying matters with a putty high hand, to my notion," he remarked, sarcastically.

An awkward pause followed, Ralph knowing not what to say, and glancing at Dan, half afraid that his brother would be tremendously angry with him over the hasty threat he had made. Yet he felt that he was in the right, and he kept his gun-barrel on a line with the half-breed's head.

"Stiger, you might as well give up the deer," said Dan, as quietly as he could. "It's Ralph's first big game, and of course he feels mighty proud of it. A good shot like you ought to be able to bring down lots of game of your own."

Answer the following questions:
1. What weapond did Dan have?
2. Who did Ralph confront?
3. With what?
4. Was Hank frightened?
5. How well could Ralph shoot?
6. What's the first thing that Dan said?
7. Did Ralph intend to fire?
8. Under what circumstance would he fire?
9. Was Stiger a half breed?
10. What was another name for that used in the story?
11. Who was the mustang?
12. Was Stiger sarcastic?
13. So what followed after Stiger made his sarcastic remark?
14. Did Ralph know what to say?
15. What was his gun pointed at?
16. What was he afraid of?
17. Bur did he feel like he was right?
18. What did Dan advise Stiger to give up?
19. Why?
20. So can Stiger get his own?
A: 1. a cavalry musket.
2. Hank Stiger
3. the loaded gun.
4. yes
5. as well as many a man
6. "Don't shoot!"
7. no
8. if Stiger should attempt to rush by him or use the gun slung on his shoulder.
9. yes
10. unknown
11. horse controlled by Stiger
12. yes
13. An awkward pause followed,
14. no
15. the half-breed's head.
16. that his brother would be tremendously angry
17. yes
18. the deer,
19. It's Ralph's first big game,
20. yes
Q: The events of Saturday night in Kunming are deeply engraved in the mind of Xie Qiming, who narrowly escaped death in the terrorist attack at the city's railway station.

The 48-year-old policeman intervened to stop the butchering of unarmed civilians, saving many from death and injury, but he was injured in the process.

Lying in a hospital bed, his head and nose marked by serious hacking wounds - one more than 20 centimeters long - Xie recounted his actions on the day he describes as a nightmare.

"I shot at them but fell to the ground during the fighting. After the shots, the terrorists turned their attention to the police and several of them surrounded me and stabbed me like crazy," he said. "There is no humanity in them."

Xie is from the Beijinglu Police Station, the closest to the attack, and four police officers from the station were the first to respond. He survived because he was wearing a bulletproof vest, which was damaged by the attackers.

When the officers arrived, the attackers were running out of the ticket hall, attacking people with long knives.

Xie and his colleagues tried to stop the attack, which is when Xie was injured. In addition to the deep cuts, his skull was fractured, and at the time of writing he was awaiting further surgery.

"A wave of fierce anger rose up in my mind, and we all forgot to think about the possible danger to us," said Hu Zhe, 23, a police officer trainee at the Beijinglu Police Station.

Having no firearm, he fought the terrorists with a wooden baton, but it got broken in the fighting. He sustained a 6-centimeter wound to his left eyebrow.

Wan Weiqing, a neurosurgeon from Beijing Tiantan Hospital, learned of the attack at 2 am on Sunday and took the first flight to Kunming, where he has been helping the victims.

He said that 71 victims are being treated at the Kunming First People's Hospital, most of them with severe multiple injuries.

"There is one victim whose rib, breastbone, lung and even heart were all injured in one chopping action. The attackers had obviously prepared and practiced for a long time," he said.

Zhou Hongmei, director of the Medical Reform Office at the Yunnan Health Department, said a team of medical experts including 29 doctors had arrived in Kunming by Monday night. They have been working at the five hospitals treating victims of the attack.

Chen Min, a Neurology Department nurse at Kunming First People's Hospital, said the department usually had seven nurses in the daytime and three at night. "But all the other nurses who were not on duty returned to the hospital voluntarily on Saturday night," she said.

In the past three days, none of them had more than 10 hours of rest.

"The crucial factor in saving lives in such incidents is treatment without delay," said Chai Wenzhao, associate director of the Intensive Care Unit in the Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Chai has participated in many emergency rescue efforts.

He said that the victims will need psychological counseling once their physical injuries have been dealt with, because the emotional impact of such an incident can be severe.

Four psychologists from Anding Hospital in Beijing have begun treating some of the victims.

Answer the following questions:
1. What happened on Saturday night?
2. by who?
3. How many people were hurt?
4. Did this include a police officer?
5. What was his name?
6. Was he hurt badly?
7. What happened to him?
8. What happens next for him?
9. What did the terrosists do to him?
10. Where is he now?
11. Who is in charge at the Medical Reform Office?
12. Did he send more doctors to help?
13. how many?
14. Where they working hard?
15. Where?
16. Have they had much rest?
17. how much?
18. What is crucial in saving lives?
A:
1. the butchering of unarmed civilians
2. the terrorists
3. 71
4. yes
5. Xie Qiming
6. yes
7. In addition to the deep cuts, his skull was fractured
8. he was awaiting further surgery.
9. surrounded and stabbed him repeatedly
10. Lying in a hospital bed
11. Zhou Hongmei
12. yes
13. 29
14. yes
15. at the five hospitals
16. no
17. 10 hours
18. treatment without delay