Q: CHAPTER IV

THE WAY INTO PRINT

Sam Cotting's General Store at Millville divided importance with Bob West's hardware store but was a more popular loafing place for the sparse population of the tiny town. The post office was located in one corner and the telephone booth in another, and this latter institution was regarded with much awe by the simple natives. Once in awhile some one would telephone over to the Junction on some trivial business, but the long-distance call was never employed except by the "nabobs"--the local name for John Merrick and his nieces--or by the manager of the new mill at Royal, who had extended the line to his own office in the heart of the pine forest.

So, when Uncle John and the girls entered Cotting's store and the little gentleman shut himself up in the telephone booth, a ripple of excitement spread throughout the neighborhood. Skim Clark, the youthful hope of the Widow Clark, who "run the Emporium," happened to be in the store and he rushed out to spread the news that "the nabob's talkin' to New Yoruk!"

This information demanded immediate attention. Marshall McMahon McNutt, familiarly known as "Peggy" McNutt--because he had once lost a foot in a mowing machine--and who was alleged to be a real estate agent, horse doctor, fancy poultry breeder and palmist, and who also dabbled in the sale of subscription books, life insurance, liniment and watermelons, quickly slid off his front porch across the way and sauntered into Cotting's to participate in the excitement. Seth Davis, the blacksmith, dropped his tools and hurried to the store, and the druggist three doors away--a dapper gentleman known as Nib Corkins--hurriedly locked his door and attended the meeting. Presently the curious group was enlarged by the addition of Nick Thome the liveryman, Lon Taft, a carpenter and general man-of-all-work, and Silas Caldwell the miller, the latter a serious individual who had "jest happened to come acrost from the mill in the nick o' time."

1. the "nabobs"
2. Millville
3. John Merrick and his nieces
4. Sam's
5. General
6. loaf
7. Uncle John
8. yes
9. Marshall McMahon McNutt
10. Skim Clark
11. Yes
12. Five
13. a mowing machine-
14. a liveryman
15. Yes
16. into Cotting's
17. Yes
18. watching the nabob's use the phone

Numbered questions:
1. who used long-distance calls?
2. what was the name of the town?
3. what was nabob the local name for?
4. whose store was more popular, Sam's or Bob's?
5. was it a specific store or a general store?
6. what did people like to do there?
7. who went in the telephone booth?
8. did it cause excitement?
9. whose nickname was Peggy?
10. who was Widow Clark related to?
11. were they the one who talked about the phone call?
12. how many professions was Peggy alleged to have?
13. what chopped off his foot?
14. what was Nick Thome's job?
15. was Peggy excited?
16. where did he go to participate?
17. did Seth Davis also go?
18. what were they doing?

Q: Edmonton is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city anchors the north end of what Statistics Canada defines as the "CalgaryEdmonton Corridor".

The city had a population of 932,546 in 2016, making it Alberta's second-largest city and Canada's fifth-largest municipality. Also in 2016, Edmonton had a metropolitan population of 1,321,426, making it the sixth-largest census metropolitan area (CMA) in Canada. Edmonton is North America's northernmost city with a metropolitan population over one million. A resident of Edmonton is known as an "Edmontonian".

Edmonton's historic growth has been facilitated through the absorption of five adjacent urban municipalities (Strathcona, North Edmonton, West Edmonton, Beverly and Jasper Place) and a series of annexations ending in 1982. Known as the "Gateway to the North", the city is a staging point for large-scale oil sands projects occurring in northern Alberta and large-scale diamond mining operations in the Northwest Territories.

Edmonton is a cultural, governmental and educational centre. It hosts a year-round slate of festivals, reflected in the nickname "Canada's Festival City". It is home to North America's largest mall, West Edmonton Mall (the world's largest mall from 1981 until 2004), and Fort Edmonton Park, Canada's largest living history museum.

1. 932,546
2. No
3. second-largest
4. fifth-largest
5. Yes
6. North Saskatchewan River
7. No
8. Yes
9. 1,321,426
10. Edmontonian
11. Gateway to the North
12. Yes
13. Canada's Festival City
14. It hosts a year-round slate of festivals
15. oil sands
16. diamond mining
17. Yes
18. West Edmonton Mall
19. No
20. Yes

Numbered questions:
1. how large is the population of Edmonton?
2. is it Alberta's largest city?
3. what rank is it?
4. how does it rank population wise with the rest of canada?
5. are there any bodies of water near it?
6. which one?
7. is it located in the south?
8. is it a capital city?
9. how big is the metro population?
10. what are residents there known as?
11. what is the city known as?
12. does it have any other nicknames?
13. like what?
14. why is called that?
15. what kind of projects happen there?
16. what about in the northwest?
17. do they have places to shop in the festival city?
18. what is one place?
19. is it small?
20. do they have museums too?

Q: CHAPTER VI

WAITING FOR NEWS

It took Randolph Rover several minutes to comprehend the various statements made by the boys. That he had really been swindled by such nicely-spoken men as he had met at the Carwell hotel seemed extraordinary to him.

"I understand the bonds were not registered," said Dick.

"That is true," groaned his uncle.

"Then anybody could use them."

"Yes, although I have the numbers,--on a sheet in my desk at home."

"Well, that will make it more difficult for the rascals to dispose of them," said Sam.

"I'd like to catch that Merrick and that Pike, and punch their heads for them," commented Tom. It angered him exceedingly to see how readily his open-minded relative had fallen into the swindlers' trap.

"But there may be some mistake," said Randolph Rover, in a forlorn tone. "Would that Merrick dare to impersonate Mr. Jardell?"

"Swindlers will do anything," answered Sam.

"We can make sure of that point by sending word to the traction company offices," answered Dick. "You are sure Mr. Jardell is the treasurer?"

"Yes--Mr. Andrew D. Jardell."

"Let us go back to town and see if we can catch him by long distance 'phone or by telegraph."

Shaking his head sadly, Randolph Rover turned his buggy around and followed the boys to the central office of the telephone company. Here all was activity on account of the broken-down wires, but communications were being gradually resumed. They looked into the telephone book, and at last got a connection which, a few minutes later, put them into communication with Andrew D. Jardell's private residence in the city.

1. treasurer
2. Dick
3. To be sure that Merrick impersonated Mr. Jardell
4. No
5. Pike
6. Randolph Rover's relative
7. unknown
8. punch their heads
9. For the bonds
10. the boys
11. to the central office of the telephone company
12. No
13. They looked into the telephone book
14. Yes
15. four
16. on Randolph Rover's desk

Numbered questions:
1. What was Andrews job?
2. Who was trying to contact him?
3. Why
4. Did Merrick work alone?
5. Who was his partner in crime?
6. Who was Tom?
7. Was something stolen?
8. what did Tom want to do to the men?
9. what were the numbers for?
10. who was Randolph behind?
11. where did they go?
12. was he happy?
13. how did they find the phone number?
14. were they ever able to connect with Jardell?
15. how many men were present
16. Where were the bonds numbers kept?