CHAPTER XVI

"NON PROVEN"

"There is no doubt," continued the man in the corner, "that what little sympathy the young girl's terrible position had aroused in the public mind had died out the moment that David Graham left the witness-box on the second day of the trial. Whether Edith Crawford was guilty of murder or not, the callous way in which she had accepted a deformed lover, and then thrown him over, had set every one's mind against her.

"It was Mr. Graham himself who had been the first to put the Procurator Fiscal in possession of the fact that the accused had written to David from London, breaking off her engagement. This information had, no doubt, directed the attention of the Fiscal to Miss Crawford, and the police soon brought forward the evidence which had led to her arrest.

"We had a final sensation on the third day, when Mr. Campbell, jeweller, of High Street, gave his evidence. He said that on October 25th a lady came to his shop and offered to sell him a pair of diamond earrings. Trade had been very bad, and he had refused the bargain, although the lady seemed ready to part with the earrings for an extraordinarily low sum, considering the beauty of the stones.

"In fact it was because of this evident desire on the lady's part to sell at _any_ cost that he had looked at her more keenly than he otherwise would have done. He was now ready to swear that the lady that offered him the diamond earrings was the prisoner in the dock. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who was in a terrible position?
2. Who had just left the witness box?
3. On what day of the trial?
4. Who had a lover?
5. How was the lover described?
6. Was Crawford being accused of murder?
7. Were a lot of people against her?
8. What profession was Mr. Campbell?
9. Of what street?
10. Did a man or woman come into his shop?
11. In what month?
12. On what day?
13. What did she offer to sell him?
14. Did he buy them?
15. What had been very bad for him lately?
16. What was he prepared to swear about the woman?
17. Were the stones in the earrings ugly?
18. What word was used to describe them?
19. What is the title of this chapter?
20. What is the number of it?
Answer: 1. the young girl
2. David Graham
3. second
4. Edith Crawford
5. deformed
6. yes
7. yes
8. a jeweller
9. High Street
10. a lady
11. October
12. 25th
13. a pair of diamond earrings
14. no
15. Trade
16. that she was the prisoner in the dock
17. no
18. beauty
19. "NON PROVEN"
20. XVI

The corridor windows at the Hangzhou Entel Foreign Language School look a bit different from other schools. They are all decorated with beautiful paper cutting art. But they are not just for decoration. They are also to stop birds from flying into windows. Chen Zitong, 14, a Junior 3 student at the school came up with the idea. In early January, she wrote a letter to the headmaster and suggested this. She often saw birds fly into the clean windows and get hurt. After some online research, she found this solution. "Some people decorated windows with stickers or posters. Then I thought of replacing them with our traditional paper cutting art," Chen said. To Chen's surprise, the headmaster took her advice. The school organized a paper cutting art competition. Students' works that got awards were pasted on the corridor windows. In fact, there have been paper cutting art classes since 2011. "We have classes once a week for a month to teach paper cutting," said Fan Ming, an art teacher. The teaching building even has a display wall to show students' works. Through the class, Shi Jiawei, 14, fell in love with the art of paper cutting. "It's very fun. I can design my own patterns and present interesting things through it," she said. She created many works like bears and magpies . Paper cutting also helps students become more patient. Wang Yiyou, 12, was once an active boy. But now, he can carefully design a delicate paper cutting work with scissors and gravers . "I am so proud that I can make it look perfect," he said. (By Wu Qian, 21st Century Teens Staff) What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. How do they prevent birds from crashing into the windows?
2. Who came up with the idea?
3. Who is she?
4. How old is she?
5. What grade is she in?
6. What is the name of the school?
7. How were birds getting hurt?
8. Who witnessed this?
9. How did she come up with a solution?
10. What did she find?
11. What did other people put on their windows?
12. How do the get the artwork?
13. Which kids got their cuttings featured on the windows?
Answer: 1. with beautiful paper cutting art
2. Chen Zitong
3. student at the schoo
4. 14
5. Junior 3
6. Hangzhou Entel Foreign Language
7. flying into window
8. Chen Zitong
9. some online research
10. solution
11. stickers or posters
12. paper cutting art competition
13. Students' works that got awards

Jerusalem is a city in the Middle East, located on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.

Israelis and Palestinians both claim Jerusalem as their capital, as the State of Israel maintains its primary governmental institutions there while the State of Palestine ultimately foresees the city as its seat of power; however, neither claim is widely recognized internationally.

One of the oldest cities in the world, Jerusalem was named as ""Urusalima"" on ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets, probably meaning "City of Shalem" after a Canaanite deity, during the early Canaanite period (approximately 2400 BCE). During the Israelite period, significant construction activity in Jerusalem began in the 9th century BCE (Iron Age II), and in the 8th century the city developed into the religious and administrative center of the Kingdom of Judah. It is considered a holy city in the three major Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

During its long history, Jerusalem has been destroyed at least twice, besieged 23 times, attacked 52 times, and captured and recaptured 44 times. The part of Jerusalem called the City of David was settled in the 4th millennium BCE. In 1538, walls were built around Jerusalem under Suleiman the Magnificent. Today those walls define the Old City, which has been traditionally divided into four quartersknown since the early 19th century as the Armenian, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Quarters. The Old City became a World Heritage Site in 1981, and is on the List of World Heritage in Danger. Modern Jerusalem has grown far beyond the Old City's boundaries. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Where is Jerusalem?
2. What mountains is it located in?
3. Is it claimed by multiple groups as their capital?
4. Which groups?
5. Is there another group that claims Jerusalem as its capital?
6. What is the name of that group?
7. Has Jerusalem ever been destroyed?
8. How many times?
9. Is it a relatively new city?
10. When was it founded?
11. Are there walls surrounding the city?
12. What is the walled area now called?
13. When were the walls built?
14. When did the Old City become a World Heritage Site?
15. Is Jerusalem considered holy?
16. By which religions?
Answer:
1. the Middle East
2. the Judaean Mountains
3. Yes.
4. Israelis
5. Yes.
6. Palestinians
7. Yes.
8. at least twice
9. No.
10. unknown
11. Yes.
12. the Old City
13. In 1538
14. 1981
15. Yes.
16. Judaism, Christianity and Islam.