CHAPTER X

NAT POOLE WANTS TO KNOW

That evening Dave was on his way to the school library, to consult a certain work of reference, when he ran into another student who suddenly grasped him by the shoulder. It was rather dark where the pair confronted each other, and for the instant our hero did not recognize the fellow.

"What do you want?"

"I want to speak to you for a minute, Dave Porter," said the other, in a voice that trembled a trifle.

"Oh, it's you, Nat," answered Dave, as he recognized the son of the Crumville money-lender. "What do you want?" He rather imagined that the youth wished to pick another quarrel with him.

"I--I want to talk in private with you," returned Nat, and looked around, to see if anybody else was near.

"What about?"

"You were out walking this afternoon and met that wild man, so I heard."

"That is true."

"You tried to catch him, didn't you?"

"Yes, Roger Morr, Buster Beggs, Gus Plum, and I did our best to collar him, but he was too fast for us. He ran down to the river, got into a rowboat, and rowed away."

"So I heard. And I heard something else," continued the boy from Crumville. "When you called to the man to stop he answered back, didn't he?"

"Yes."

"Will you please tell me what he said?" And Nat's voice had an eager ring in it.

"He told us to beware and go back, or we'd get into trouble."

1. What is the name off the chapter?
2. What time of day is it?
3. Where is Dave headed?
4. To do what?
5. What happened on his way there?
6. Did he recognize the student instantly?
7. What does Dave say to the person?
8. Does the person respond angrily?
9. Who's Nat's dad?
10. Who Doea Nat ask Dave about?
11. How many people were with Dave when he tried to catch the man?
12. How did the man get away?
13. Did Dave address the man?
14. Did the man answer?

Numbered answers:
1. CHAPTER X
2. Evening
3. The school library
4. To consult a certain work of reference
5. He ran into another student
6. No.
7. He says "Oh, it's you, Nat"
8. No.
9. A money-lender.
10. Catching him.
11. Three people.
12. By rowboat.
13. Yes.
14. Yes