CHAPTER XVIII

JIM'S RELEASE

On the morning after his pursuit of Shanks, Jim was conscious of a flat reaction. Dick's story and the excitement of the chase had helped him to forget his troubles, but now he was cool they returned. He had promised to marry Evelyn and found out, too late, that he loved another. There was no use in railing at his folly, although this was great, and it was futile to wonder how he had so grossly misunderstood his feelings. Evelyn was all he thought her, but romantic admiration and respect for her fine qualities were not love. The important thing was that she held his promise and he must make it good.

There was no other way. Carrie knew he loved her, but she had shown him his duty. If he drew back and broke with Evelyn, he would earn her contempt; Carrie was very staunch and put honor first. Anyhow, he was going to draw back; he had been a fool, but he could pay. The trouble was, Evelyn was clever and might find him out. His face went grim as he thought about it; the strain of pretending, the effort to be kind. For all that, the effort must be made, and perhaps by and by things would be easier.

For a week he was quiet and moody and tried to occupy himself at the dyke. The evenings were the worst, because it soon got dark and he must talk to Jake and Carrie and try to look calm. Then he was puzzled about other things. Evelyn had gone to London and had not written to him. A few days afterwards, Dick, too, went to town, and Mrs. Halliday did not know why he had gone. Jim thought this strange, but it was not important. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Why could he escape his worries?
2. Of what?
3. Anything else?
4. What happened the day before?
5. Who did?
6. What was he aware of?
7. Who had he promised something to?
8. Which was?
9. Did he want to?
10. Why not?
11. When did he realize this?
12. Who did he have feelings for?
13. Was she aware of this?
14. Where was Evelyn?
15. Had he heard from her?
16. Was anyone else in town?
17. Did Mrs. Halliday know the reason for this?
18. Who thought this was odd?
19. Was it a big deal to him?
20. How did he try to pass the time?
Answer: 1. The excitement.
2. The chase.
3. Dick's story .
4. He pursued Shanks.
5. Jim.
6. A flat reaction.
7. Evelyn.
8. To marry her.
9. No.
10. He loved another.
11. Too late.
12. Carrie
13. Yes.
14. London
15. No
16. Dick
17. No.
18. Jim
19. No
20. At the dyke.

(CNN)A Georgia police chief who said he accidentally shot and seriously injured his wife while the couple were sleeping in bed has resigned, the Peachtree City Police Department said Wednesday.

William McCollom stepped down as chief of police in Peachtree City nearly a week after a prosecutor announced that although the New Year's Day shooting appeared accidental, McCollom could eventually face a misdemeanor charge accusing him of recklessly taking a gun to bed after drinking alcohol and taking sleeping medication.

The shooting in Peachtree City, an upscale community of 35,000 people south of Atlanta, left Margaret McCollom paralyzed below the waist.

"I have had had two families in Peachtree City -- my police family and my personal family. In light of the recent tragedy in my personal family, I need to continue to focus my time and efforts there," William McCollom said in a message posted Wednesday on the police department's Facebook page.

Medics and police rushed to the McColloms' home early on January 1 after the chief called 911 to say he accidentally shot his wife as both were sleeping -- by inadvertently moving a gun that he had taken to bed with him.

"The gun was in the bed, I went to move it, put it to the side, and it went off," McCollom says in a recording of the 911 call.

Later in the call, the operator asked McCollom, "Were you asleep also when this happened?"

"Yes," the chief, 57 at the time, replied.

Last week, Scott Ballard, district attorney for a several-county area that includes Peachtree City, said a Georgia Bureau of Investigation probe found the following: What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who did the man accidentally shoot
2. Who was the man'
3. What was his occupation
4. Where
5. What city?
6. Did he step down?
7. When?
8. Was it an accident?
9. How many people are in the city
10. Where is it in reference to Atlanta
11. When did William post the message?
12. Where did he post it
13. Which page
Answer: 1. his wife
2. William McCollom
3. police chief
4. Georgia
5. Peachtree
6. Yes
7. nearly a week after prosecutor announced he could face a misdemeanor charge
8. according to McCollom
9. 35,000
10. south of Atlanta
11. Wednesday
12. Facebook
13. police department's

(CNN) -- Scotland's first minister Alex Salmond has warned American billionaire Donald Trump against interfering in government matters ahead of his controversial golf course opening

The Trump International Golf Links, which the tycoon hopes will become the world's best course, is due to open in Aberdeenshire on July 10, but plans for an adjoining hotel have been shelved due to a row over the development of a nearby offshore wind farm.

Trump claims he was misled by Salmond over the American's $1 billion project and has threatened to sue the Scottish government if the wind farm development is not abandoned.

But Salmond, who has welcomed the golf course's construction, told Trump not to interfere in Scotland's energy policy.

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"Donald Trump is building a fantastic golf course in Scotland that I very much support and I've been a great supporter of it," Salmond told CNN at the TED Global conference in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh.

"Unfortunately, recently, he has tried to tell the Scottish Government how to run our energy policy.

"So, I suppose the message I have to say is, yes to great golf courses, we have the greatest golf courses in the world in Scotland and one more won't do any harm, but let the democratically elected government of Scotland decide its own energy policy."

In April, Trump appeared in the Scottish parliament to express his opposition to the North Sea wind farm.

Salmond has questioned the strategy of Trump, who will open his new course with a ceremony including local golf stars such as Colin Montgomerie and Paul Lawrie, to potentially pursue legal action against the Scottish government. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. who is Alex Salmond?
2. for what area?
3. did he warn someone?
4. who?
5. what was the warning referring to?
6. regarding what issue?
7. where is the golf course opening?
8. what type of golf course?
9. are there other golf courses?
10. Does Salmond approve of Trump's golf course?
11. why does he approve?
12. What did Salmond question?
13. What did Trump oppose?
14. what is the name?
15. Where did Trump appear?
16. what does Trump claim?
17. by whom?
18. over what issue?
19. what type of project?
20. Did Salmond talk to the news?
Answer:
1. A first minister
2. Scotland
3. Yes
4. Donald Trump
5. government matters
6. Opening of a golf course
7. Aberdeenshire
8. The world's best
9. Yes
10. Yes
11. Because it's fantastic
12. Trump's interference
13. The wind farm development
14. The North Sea wind farm
15. The Scottish parliament
16. That he was misled
17. Alex Salmond
18. His project
19. A $1 billion project
20. Yes