Q: CHAPTER XXVI.

WILD TURKEYS AND ANOTHER TRAIL.

One day, early in February, Amos Radbury came riding back from a trip to Gonzales with news that he had heard from Carlos Martine.

"The man has been at San Felipe," he declared, "and I have it on good authority that he intends to claim my land."

"Well, what are ye going to do?" queried Poke Stover, who was still at the ranch.

"I hardly know. But I wish I could have a talk with Martine. It might be the means of saving a good deal of trouble."

"Is Martine still at San Felipe?"

"No, Gusher told me that he had gone to San Antonio."

"Then why not take a trip to San Antonio and find him?" suggested the old frontiersman. "I reckon that is what I would do."

"I think you are right, Poke, and I'll start tomorrow," answered the planter.

He went in to talk the matter over with his sons, and the land claim was the chief topic of conversation for the balance of the evening.

"I now wish I had kept Hank Stiger here," said Mr. Radbury. The half-breed had left the ranch but three days before, apparently very grateful for the manner in which he had been treated.

"Well, one thing is certain," declared Dan, "I don't stand for giving up the claim. I'll fight first. Those Mexican officials can do as they please, but they can't budge me."

"Good fer Dan!" shouted Stover. "He's the kind the State o' Texas will want in days to come."

Answer the following questions:
1. What month did this happen?
2. Where are they returning from?
3. Who did he have information from?
4. What is trying to be claimed?
5. Who does he need to have a talk with?
6. Who is in San Antonio?
7. Who gave him advice to go after him?
8. Who does he need to discuss this with?
9. What is the discussion about?
10. What won't they give up?
A: 1. February
2. Gonzales
3. Carlos Martine
4. land
5. Martine
6. Martine
7. the old frontiersman
8. with his sons,
9. the land claim
10. the claim.
Q: (CNN) -- Dan Wheldon brought a bit of England with him when he began driving extremely fast cars in the United States.

"When I first started racing, a lot of the guys said that I raced with a lot of heart, occasionally not my head, but always with a lot of heart, like the way that Richard the Lionheart fought in battle," Wheldon wrote on a sponsor's blog in 2010.

Wheldon placed a small mural of the 12th-century warrior king on his helmet in 1995, before he competed in America and eventually released "Lionheart," a biographical photo book.

Wheldon's fellow IndyCar drivers remembered the heart, competitiveness and growing maturity of the two-time Indianapolis 500 winner, who died in a horrific multi-car wreck at a Las Vegas event on Sunday at age 33.

"Dan came over years ago as a young, brash kid from England," former IndyCar driver Lyn St. James said Monday, "and we watched him mature into being this absolute, consummate professional ... He touched so many people."

A shaken Dario Franchitti, speaking after the canceled Las Vegas Indy 300, said "one minute you're joking around ... the next, Dan's gone."

"We can put so much pressure on ourselves to win races and championships and it's what we love to do," said Franchitti, who knew Wheldon since he was a child. "And it's what we live for. And then on days like today, it doesn't really matter. I lost, we lost ... a good friend."

Franchitti recalled Wheldon's early IndyCar years.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who is this article about?
2. Where is he from?
3. Where is he located now?
4. What did he always race with?
5. Who was he referred to as?
6. Where did he write that on?
7. When was that written?
8. What did he do to commemorate this?
9. Did he do anything else in 1995?
10. What is that?
11. Did he get first at the Indianapolis 500?
12. What happened to him?
13. How old was he?
14. Who was broken up about the accident and spoke on his behalf?
15. Who spoke at the race?
16. Was he upset over the death?
17. Does he remember the "good ol days"?
18. Were they friends?
A: 1. Dan Wheldon
2. England
3. United States
4. a lot of heart
5. Richard the Lionheart
6. a sponsor's blog
7. 2010
8. placed a small mural of the 12th-century warrior king on his helmet
9. released "Lionheart
10. a biographical photo book.
11. yes two-time Indianapolis 500 winner
12. he died in a horrific multi-car wreck
13. 33
14. brash kid
15. Dario Franchitt
16. Yes he was quoted saying lost, we lost ... a good friend
17. yes Franchitti recalled Wheldon's early IndyCar years.
18. Yes he knew Wheldon since he was a child
Q: CHAPTER V

TOM'S QUEER ACTIONS

Sam did not know what to say or what to do. He realized more fully than ever that his brother was not himself. He was growing wilder and more irrational every moment.

"Tom," he asked suddenly, "have you got those pills with you that the doctor gave you to take?"

"Sure," was the ready answer.

"Have you taken any lately?"

"No. What's the use? They don't seem to help me."

"Let me see them, please."

"There they are." Tom brought the box from his pocket. "They might as well be bread pills, or Gumley's red ones," and he grinned for a moment at the recollection of the trick played on William Philander Tubbs.

Sam took the box and looked at the directions carefully. "It says to take one three times a day when needed," he said. "You had better take one now, Tom. Come on."

"It won't do any good, Sam."

"Well, take one for me, that's a good fellow. Wait, I've got my pocket cup and I'll get some water." And he did so.

"Oh, dear, you're bound to feed me pills," sighed Tom, and made a wry face as he swallowed the one Sam handed him. Sam kept the box, making up his mind that he would play nurse after this.

"I guess we had better walk some more," said Tom, suddenly. "I hate sitting still. If we had the old _Dartaway_ I'd take a sail from here to San Francisco, or some other far-off place."

Answer the following questions:
1. Was Sam confused?
2. Who did he think change a lot?
3. In what way?
4. What is his name?
5. What Sam asked him about?
6. Did he have them?
7. Who was it meant for?
8. Did he take any yet?
9. Did he think they would help?
10. Did Sam want to take a look at them?
11. Where were they?
12. How they resembled?
A:
1. Yes,
2. His brother
3. He was wild and irrational.
4. Tom
5. Whether he had the pills the doctor gave him.
6. Yes
7. Tom
8. Not lately.
9. No
10. Yes
11. Tom's pocket.
12. They might as well be bread pills.