Q: CHAPTER XXX

THE NEW WELL--CONCLUSION

Carson Davenport was halfway up the steps of the car when Jake Tate and another man hauled him backward to the station platform.

"They've got him!" exclaimed Jack, as he and his cousins, along with the rest of the gathering crowd, came closer.

"Hi! Hi! Let me alone!" yelled Davenport. "Don't shoot! What is the meaning of this, anyway?"

"You know well enough what it means!" bellowed Tate, still clutching him by the arm. "You come back here. You are not going to take that train or any other just yet."

"And you're not going to carry off that bag, either," put in Jackson, as he wrenched the Gladstone away.

By this time the crowd completely surrounded Carson Davenport, and the pistols which had been drawn were speedily thrust out of sight. The oil well promoter was pushed in the direction of the little railroad station, and in the midst of this excitement the train pulled out.

"What's the rumpus about, anyway?" exclaimed one man in the crowd.

"Never mind what it's about," broke in Tate hastily. "This is our affair."

"That's right--maybe we had better keep it to ourselves," muttered Jackson.

"I don't believe in shielding him," cried one man who had chased Davenport and who wore several soldier's medals on his vest. "He's a swindler, and it's best everybody knew it. He was on the point of lighting out for parts unknown with all the money that was put into his oil wells up on the Spell ranch."

Answer the following questions:
1. Who was chased?
2. What's the name of the ranch?
3. Who pursued Carson?
4. Who stopped him?
5. Anyone else?
6. Does Jake have any relatives?
7. What are they?
8. Who were they with?
9. And who was gathered there?
10. Were they far away?
11. Did Carson get on board?
12. What did they take from him?
13. And what is that?
14. Did somebody promote something?
15. What?
16. Did the locomotive leave?
17. Where were the oil rigs?
18. Where were the military emblems found?
19. Where were they?
20. Was Davenport trying to escape?
A: 1. Carson Davenport
2. Spell ranch
3. one man
4. Jake Tate
5. another man
6. yes
7. cousins
8. Jack
9. a crowd
10. no
11. no
12. a Gladstone
13. a bag,
14. yes
15. oil well
16. yes
17. on the Spell ranch
18. medals
19. on the soldier's vest
20. No
Q: "Did you go skating a lot last year?" I asked. Jen shook her head and looked at me. Finally she said, "On Thanksgiving, Mom and I always went to visit some friends who lived on a farm. I especially loved seeing their big turkeys." Until then, I didn't think about how Jen felt. She had a new stepfather and stepbrother, and had a new town and home, too. Jen and her mom used to live near a lake where Dad and I went every summer, and she had to move up north with us. She had more changes than me. Jen seemed sad, so I was busy thinking of some ways to cheer her up on Thanksgiving. I told her my plan and she was excited. First we made a huge snowball, and then a small snowball. Then we built a wall behind the big snowball as a tail. Jen mixed some food coloring with water, saying, "We can spray colors on the tail." Our snow turkey had a red, blue, green, and yellow tail. We were so busy that we didn't notice our parents come outside. Dad found a hat for the snow turkey, and Mom wrapped her scarf around its neck. " _ ," Mom said. "You're a good brother, and you always come up with great ideas.'' A happy feeling spread through me. I began to understand how much she cared about everyone in our new family.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who is the story about?
2. What day does it take place?
3. Is Jen happy?
4. Why not?
5. Where did she used to live?
6. Where does she live now?
7. Did she have any Thanksgiving traditions?
8. What were they?
9. What did she do there?
10. Does her new family do anything to cheer her up?
11. What?
12. What next?
13. What were they making?
14. Did they decorate it?
15. How?
16. Any other decorations?
17. What were they?
18. What else?
19. Was this a happy Thanksgiving?
20. Were there any lessons learned?
21. What were they?
A: 1. Jen
2. Thanksgiving,
3. No
4. She had a new stepfather and stepbrother, and had a new town and home, too.
5. near a lake where Dad and I went every summer
6. she had to move up north
7. Yes
8. Mom and I always went to visit some friends who lived on a farm.
9. I especially loved seeing their big turkeys
10. Yes
11. First we made a huge snowball, and then a small snowball.
12. Then we built a wall behind the big snowball as a tail.
13. snow turkey
14. Yes
15. Jen mixed some food coloring with water, saying, "We can spray colors on the tail."
16. Yes
17. Dad found a hat for the snow turkey
18. Mom wrapped her scarf around its neck
19. Yes
20. Yes
21. I began to understand how much she cared about everyone in our new family.
Q: CHAPTER XXI.

Shooting a Grizzly Bear

"I wonder if Captain Grady is alone or if he has a number of the gang with him?" observed Paul, as he rode alongside of his younger brother, and just in front of the two men.

"Most likely he is expecting trouble and has help at hand," returned Chet. "He knows well enough we won't give up our claim without a fight."

"It's possible he thought to frighten us off until Allen got back from San Francisco."

"Don't make any difference how much help he has," broke in Jack Blowfen. "He ain't no right to put ye out like a couple o' dogs, an' he knows it."

In this manner the talk went on until a little after noon, when the locality known as Demon Hollow was reached.

"Do you remember the badger, Paul?" laughed Chet. "The Hollow looks different in the daylight, doesn't it?"

"Yes, indeed, but still--what was that?"

"Jumpin' June bugs!" cried Jack Blowfen. "Dottery, did ye hear that?"

"I did," replied the old ranch owner, and he clutched his gun apprehensively.

"I heard something," said Chet. "What was it?"

"A bar, boy, sure ez ye are born--a grizzly!"

"Oh!"

At once the little party came to a halt. To the right of them was a tall overhanging rock, to the left a number of prickly bushes. Ahead and behind was the winding and uneven road along which their animals had come on a walk.

"Do ye see old Ephraim?" asked Jack Blowfen, as he, too, got his gun in readiness.

Answer the following questions:
1. who wondered about the captian?
2. what was the captians name?
3. who came back from Can fransico?
4. Did the cap put someone out?
5. how long did the talk last?
6. where did they go>
7. was it local?
8. does it look the same during the day?
9. What was heard?
10. was the party large?
11. who has a gun?
A:
1. Paul
2. Captain Grady
3. Allen
4. yes
5. A little after noon
6. Demon Hollow
7. yes
8. no
9. a grizzly!
10. no
11. Jack