Problem: CHAPTER XXV

THE MAN AT POINT VIEW LODGE

At first it was an even race. Reff Ritter knew how to handle an iceboat to perfection and brought his craft up in the breeze in a manner that won considerable admiration.

"Take care that he doesn't beat you, Fred," said Pepper. "If he does, he will never get done crowing over you."

"This race isn't over yet," answered the owner of the _Skimmer_. "Wait till we round the bend yonder."

When the bend mentioned was gained the _Rosebud_ was a good three lengths in the lead.

"Good-by!" shouted Coulter. "Here is where we leave you behind!"

"Your iceboat isn't in it with this," added Mumps.

"We'll tell them you are coming by-and-by!" came from Ritter.

"Don't answer them," whispered Jack. "Fred, can we do anything to help the boat along?"

"Just shift a little more to the left--that's it," was the reply. "Now we'll soon get the breeze and then we'll do better."

Fred's words proved true. As the _Skimmer_ rounded the bend, a good, stiff blast struck her sails and away she started after the _Rosebud_.

"Now we are going some!" cried Andy, his face brightening.

"Make her hum!" cried Pepper.

Slowly but surely the _Skimmer_ crept up on the _Rosebud_, until the bow of the second craft overlapped the stern of the first.

"Not walking away so fast now, are you?" questioned Pepper, cheerily.

"Just wait, we'll beat you, see if we don't!" growled Coulter.

"Swing the mainsail over!" cried Ritter.
1. What ship does Fred own?
2. Who's he chasing?
3. What's the name of Fred's ship?
4. What's the name of Coulter's?
5. Who doesn't want Fred to get beat?
6. Will the other team lord it over him if he does?
7. Which boat is Mumps on?
8. What about Ritter?
Answer: 1. an iceboat
2. Reff Ritter
3. the _Skimmer_
4. the _Rosebud_
5. Pepper
6. Yes
7. _Rosebud_
8. _Rosebud_

Problem: CHAPTER XXXV.

LILY DALE WRITES TWO WORDS IN HER BOOK.

John Eames saw nothing more of Lily Dale till he packed up his portmanteau, left his mother's house, and went to stay for a few days with his old friend Lady Julia; and this did not happen till he had been above a week at Guestwick. Mrs. Dale repeatedly said that it was odd that Johnny did not come to see them; and Grace, speaking of him to Lily, asked why he did not come. Lily, in her funny way, declared that he would come soon enough. But even while she was joking there was something of half-expressed consciousness in her words,--as though she felt it to be foolish to speak of his coming as she might of that of any other young man, before people who knew her whole story. "He'll come quick enough. He knows, and I know, that his coming will do no good. Of course I shall be glad to see him. Why shouldn't I be glad to see him? I've known him and liked him all my life. I liked him when there did not seem to be much about him to like, and now that he is clever, and agreeable, and good-looking,--which he never was as a lad,--why shouldn't I go on liking him? He's more like a brother to me than anybody else I've got. James,"--James was her brother-in-law, Dr. Crofts,--"thinks of nothing but his patients and his babies, and my cousin Bernard is much too grand a person for me to take the liberty of loving him. I shall be very glad to see Johnny Eames." From all which Mrs. Dale was led to believe that Johnny's case was still hopeless. And how should it not be hopeless? Had Lily not confessed within the last week or two that she still loved Adolphus Crosbie?
1. Who departed their parent's house?
2. Where was he going?
3. What was her name?
4. What did he pack?
5. Whose home was he leaving?
6. Who hadn't he seen in awhile?
7. Will she be happy to see him?
8. Did the just recently meet?
9. How does she describe him?
10. Does she have a sibling through marriage?
11. Who?
12. What does he do?
13. What does she accuse him of fixating on?
14. Is Lily infatuated with him?
15. And in love as well?
16. Is she in love with anyone else?
17. Who?
18. Does she mention any other family members?
19. Who?
20. What is their relation?
Answer: 1. John Eames
2. to stay with his old friend
3. Lady Julia
4. his portmanteau
5. his mother's
6. Mrs. Dale
7. Yes
8. No
9. clever, agreeable, and good-looking
10. Yes
11. James
12. Dr.
13. his patients and his babies
14. Yes
15. No
16. Yes
17. Adolphus Crosbie
18. Yes
19. Bernard
20. her cousin

Problem: (AOL Autos) -- With car companies going in into bankruptcy and shedding famous names left and right, it's important to remember that today's automotive titans started out as tiny startups, not unlike Silicon Valley entrepreneurs.

General Motors was almost called International Motors Co.

Names like Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, Toyota and Porsche call to mind the huge corporate successes of the past and the great automotive families that survive today.

But behind every brand name, there is a flesh-and-blood inventor, entrepreneur or industrialist. Most of the time, they gave their name to the companies. And that fame was often about all they ended up with.

David Buick, who invented the overhead valve engine, founded the Buick Motor Car Co. in 1903. William C. Durant, the industrialist who would eventually found GM, took over the company in 1904, when it ran into financial trouble.

Buick stayed on as a director, but left in 1908, never making much money from the enterprise. He reportedly died in 1929, unable to afford one of his cars.

Durant kept the name for one of his company divisions and for the car, even though he worried that people might pronounce it "Boo-ick," according to one author. Strangely enough, the man who practically created General Motors single-handedly never really liked the idea of a 'Durant' car.

In another example, Robert Hupp invented the Hupmobile,'a two-seat runabout, in 1908. But he sold his stock in his Hupp Motor Car Company in 1911. He turned around and founded the Hupp Corp. that same year. Investors in his first firm took him to court to make him drop the "Hupp" from his new company's name and they won. His own automotive glory quickly faded, although the Hupmobile survived until the 1940s.
1. What company was almost call International Motors?
2. Who invented the overhead valve engine?
3. What company did he found?
4. Who took over the company?
5. When did this happen?
6. What did Buick do after that?
7. Did he become rich?
8. When did he die?
9. What did Durant worry about Buick?
10. What did he worry it would be pronounced?
11. Who invented the Hupmobile?
12. And when?
13. When did the Hupmobile die?
Answer:
1. General Motors
2. David Buick
3. Buick Motor Car Co
4. William C. Durant
5. 1904
6. stayed on as a director
7. no
8. 1929
9. mispronounciations
10. "Boo-ick,"
11. Robert Hupp
12. 1908
13. 1940s