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CHAPTER XI.

THE EVENING'S ENTERTAINMENT.

Surely if noise was any proof that the audience was satisfied with the performance given by Mopsey's company, then all must have been highly delighted, for such confusion was probably never heard in that house before as when the curtain fell on the first act of this new edition of Shakespeare's plays. The actors were in a perfect whirl of delight, and all save Dickey showed it by dancing and shaking hands, until there was almost as much confusion behind the curtain as in front.

Mopsey was so delighted at the success that his gigantic brain conceived a startling idea for the entrance of the ghost, which was neither more nor less than for Ben to crouch under the stage, in the very hole where Johnny had come to grief, and at the proper time to rise up in a ghostly fashion, which must surely be very effective. Ben was disposed to object to this hiding under the flooring, more especially since he would be enveloped in the sheet, and would doubtless be uncomfortably warm; but all his objections were overruled by the author and company, and he gave a very unwilling assent to the proposition.

In order that the audience might not be kept waiting until their patience was exhausted, or their good-humor began to evaporate, the curtain was raised as soon as the ghost could be tucked away in his hiding-place, and Paul made his first appearance on any stage. Mopsey had explained to him the part which he was to assume, and in a well-thumbed copy of Shakespeare's works belonging to Mrs. Green he had found the lines which Hamlet is supposed to speak after he sees the ghost. These he had committed to memory, although he had little idea of the meaning of them; and when he came upon the stage he addressed the audience as if in them he saw the ghost of his murdered father.
1. Was Mopsey happy?
2. Why?
3. What was his idea for?
4. What did he want Ben to do?
5. Was Ben happy about that?
6. Because he would be cold?
7. What would he have wrapped around him?
8. What came of his objections?
9. By whom?
10. What did they assume all the noise was from?
11. What play were they performing?
12. Was Dickey happy or sad?
13. How did he show his delight?

Numbered answers:
1. Yes
2. at the success of his idea
3. the entrance of the ghost
4. crouch under the stage
5. No
6. No
7. a sheet
8. were overruled
9. the author and company
10. the audience
11. Hamlet
12. unknown
13. unknown

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Dallas (CNN) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has delayed the scheduled execution on an inmate on death row in Texas amid questions about a psychologist who testified that blacks and Hispanics were more likely to commit future crimes.

Duane Edward Buck already had eaten a final meal of fried chicken, fried fish, french fries, salad, jalapeno peppers and apples when news came of the court's decision on Thursday evening, Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark said.

"Praise the Lord Jesus," Clark quoted the condemned man as saying. "God is worthy to be praised. God's mercy triumphs over judgment, and I feel good."

Buck had been set to die by lethal injection, but the court delayed the execution to give it time to review the way a lower court handled the case. While that happens, Buck remains on death row.

Buck was convicted of the 1995 killings of Debra Gardner and Kenneth Butler. According to Texas officials, Buck shot Gardner in front of her daughter, who begged for her mother's life.

A third person, Phyllis Taylor, was shot, but she sought clemency for Buck this week. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, however, recommended against granting Buck clemency

Buck's attorney, Katherine C. Black, said the recommendation, "fails to recognize what the highest legal officer in the state of Texas has acknowledged: No one should be executed based on a process tainted by considerations of race."

Black is referring to U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, who was the state's attorney general in 2000, when he spoke of seven death row inmates, including Buck. Cornyn said he believed the inmates had been unfairly sentenced to death based on testimony that was racially tainted by psychologist Walter Quijano, who repeatedly told juries that black or Hispanic defendants were more likely to commit future crimes.
1. What was delayed?
2. Who delayed it?
3. What was the prisoner's name?
4. What was his lawyer's name?
5. In what state was he incarcarated?
6. Who is the spokesperson for Criminal Justice there?
7. What was Buck convicted of?
8. When did the crime happen?
9. Was anyone else hurt?
10. Who?
11. How were they hurt and killed?
12. How was Buck set to die?
13. Was he released from prison?
14. What did they do with him?

Numbered answers:
1. scheduled execution on an inmate
2. The U.S. Supreme Court
3. Duane Edward Buck
4. Katherine C. Black
5. Texas
6. Jason Clark
7. killings of Debra Gardner and Kenneth Butler
8. 1995
9. A third person
10. Phyllis Taylor
11. Buck shot Gardner
12. lethal injection
13. No
14. Buck remains on death row.

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(Oprah.com) -- When Chicagoan Tammy Jo Long visited Savannah, Georgia, ten years ago, she was delighted by its fountain-filled parks, corner cafes -- and grand architecture.

Long had always been a design aficionado, but the Italianate and Victorian homes she encountered in Savannah became "an obsession," she says. "I saw a mansion with enormous cornices and cast-iron window surrounds, and I was hooked." So hooked, in fact, that she decided to buy a second home there, closing the deal on her next visit.

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Her learning curve:

Long was determined to restore her new house to its original glory. Though she'd remodeled a few kitchens and bathrooms over the years, a historically accurate renovation that did justice to the Savannah architecture she loved was daunting.

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But the all-nighters spent poring over floor plans and scouring eBay for doorknobs paid off: Every detail of the home -- from the crown moldings to the brass finger pulls -- is as it was in the 1800s. Yearning to share her handiwork, Long turned the home into a vacation rental. Soon, enchanted out-of-towners were eagerly booking their stays.

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Her business model:

In 2003 Long quit her job in sales and bought and restored four more homes, traveling between Savannah and Chicago (where she and her ex-husband share custody of their 9-year-old son). "Some of the properties had been vacant for 20 years," Long says. "They had rats you could put a saddle on."
1. In what year did Long quit her job?
2. What was her line of work at that time?
3. What did she buy?
4. How many?
5. How many cities did she travel between?
6. Which ones?
7. Does she have a daughter or son?
8. How old is he?
9. Is she currently married?
10. What sort of animals were in some of the properties?
Numbered answers:
1. 2003
2. sales
3. homes
4. four
5. two
6. Savannah and Chicago
7. son
8. Nine
9. unknown
10. rats