Q: CHAPTER XII.

THE PRISONER.

It was several moments before Seth could bring himself to believe that Dan and Bill Dean had utterly failed in their efforts to save Jip Collins from the would-be detective.

During the day he had given the matter comparatively little thought, believing that, having set out on their mission of mercy at such an early hour, his roommates would succeed in their efforts.

Sam Barney was known to all his acquaintances as a boy opposed to rising very early, or working very hard, and it had been no more than reasonable to suppose Jip would be warned in time.

Teddy Bowser could give very little information, and that which he did impart only served to heighten the mystery.

He stated that he met Sam at about seven o'clock that morning, and talked with him concerning his visit to Philadelphia with the purpose, as previously agreed upon, of delaying him until nearly nine o'clock.

That then the alleged detective had gone toward Fulton Market with the avowed intention of meeting a friend, and Teddy was positive Jip had not been arrested until late in the afternoon.

"Where was Dan an' Bill when they sent you to tell me?"

"Over by Jefferson Market; that's where Jip's been jugged."

"Were they to wait there for me?"

"That's what they reckoned on, except you thought them firemen of yourn could help out."

"If Jip's really been 'rested I don't believe Ninety-four's men could do anything, 'cordin' to the way Mr. Davis talks. We'll go right down to the market."

Answer the following questions:
1. Who did not like to get up at an early hour?
2. What was his last name?
3. Was he a worker who put forth much effort?
4. Who did not manage to rescue Jip?
5. And who else?
6. Did Dan and Bill have a relationship with Seth?
7. How?
8. Who gave sparse information?
9. And his last name?
10. At what time did he meet Sam?
11. In the morning?
12. Where did the detective go?
13. For what purpose?
14. Was Jip incarcerated in the morning?
15. What time of day then?
16. Who was sure of this?
17. Was it assumed the firemen could be of assistance?
18. Did the roommates leave at an early time of day?
19. Was Sam Barney described as a man?
20. How was he described then?
A: 1. Sam
2. Barney
3. No
4. Dan
5. Bill
6. Yes
7. They were roommates
8. Teddy
9. Bowser
10. Seven o'clock
11. Yes
12. Fulton Market
13. Meeting a friend
14. No
15. Late afternoon
16. Teddy
17. Yes
18. Yes
19. No
20. A boy
Q: CHAPTER XX. THE CERTIFICATE OF SAFETY

"You can leave de Batz and his gang alone, citizen Heron," said Chauvelin, as soon as he had closed the door behind him; "he had nothing to do with the escape of the Dauphin."

Heron growled out a few words of incredulity. But Chauvelin shrugged his shoulders and looked with unutterable contempt on his colleague. Armand, who was watching him closely, saw that in his hand he held a small piece of paper, which he had crushed into a shapeless mass.

"Do not waste your time, citizen," he said, "in raging against an empty wind-bag. Arrest de Batz if you like, or leave him alone an you please--we have nothing to fear from that braggart."

With nervous, slightly shaking fingers he set to work to smooth out the scrap of paper which he held. His hot hands had soiled it and pounded it until it was a mere rag and the writing on it illegible. But, such as it was, he threw it down with a blasphemous oath on the desk in front of Heron's eyes.

"It is that accursed Englishman who has been at work again," he said more calmly; "I guessed it the moment I heard your story. Set your whole army of sleuth-hounds on his track, citizen; you'll need them all."

Heron picked up the scrap of torn paper and tried to decipher the writing on it by the light from the lamp. He seemed almost dazed now with the awful catastrophe that had befallen him, and the fear that his own wretched life would have to pay the penalty for the disappearance of the child.

Answer the following questions:
1. What did Heron pick up?
2. Why?
3. What was his mood?
4. Who was he talking to?
5. About what?
6. How did he escape?
7. How old is he?
8. What did it say?
9. Any response?
10. Was anyone watching?
A: 1. A scrap of torn paper
2. to decipher the writing on it
3. Nervous
4. Chauvelin
5. The escape of the Dauphin
6. unknown
7. unknown
8. "You can leave de Batz and his gang alone, citizen Heron
9. Heron growled
10. Armand
Q: The Southwestern United States (also known as the American Southwest) is the informal name for a region of the western United States. Definitions vary a great deal and have never been standardized--and many have been proposed. For example, it might include the stretch from east of Los Angeles to El Paso, and from the Mexican border to south of Denver. The population for that particular definition area is around 11 million people, with over half that in the state of Arizona. The largest metropolitan areas are Phoenix (with a population over 4 million people) and Las Vegas (about 2 million); other significant population centers in the Southwest are Albuquerque, El Paso, and Tucson.

Most of the area was part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain in the Spanish Empire before becoming part of Mexico. European settlement was almost non-existent outside New Mexico in 1848, when it became part of the United States through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; far southern Arizona was added in the later Gadsden Purchase.

The geography of the region is mainly made up by four features: the Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan Deserts, and the Colorado Plateau; although there are other geographical features as well, such as a portion of the Great Basin Desert. The deserts dominate the southern and western reaches of the area, while the plateau (which is largely made up of high desert) is the main feature north of the Mogollon Rim. The two major rivers of the region are the Colorado River, running in the northern and western areas, and the Rio Grande, running in the east, north to south.

Answer the following questions:
1. Is American Southwest the full name?
2. What is the more formal name of the region?
3. Does it cover a definite area?
4. Is Arizona generally included?
5. What is the largest city area in the region?
6. How many people are included there?
7. Are there deserts in the region?
8. What is one of the deserts?
9. Are there any waterways in the region?
10. Any big rivers?
11. How many?
12. Which ones?
13. When did most of the region become part of the US?
14. What allowed this land to be part of the country?
A:
1. No.
2. The Southwestern United States.
3. No.
4. Yes.
5. Phoenix
6. over 4 million
7. YEs
8. Mojave
9. Yes.
10. Yes.
11. Two
12. Colorado River and Rio Grande
13. 1848
14. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo