CHAPTER XXV

THE BEGINNING OF THE GRAND HUNT

Dave's announcement produced a little sensation, and for the moment his chums stared at him in astonishment.

"Come to think of it, that man does look like the little newsboy," said Roger, slowly. "Do you suppose they can be related?"

"I'd hate to think that Charley Gamp was related to such a fellow," said Phil. "Snogger isn't a nice sort to have anything to do with."

"Mr. Endicott said he didn't use to be so bad," answered Dave. "It is only lately--since he went to work for Mr. Merwell--that he has grown dissolute."

"Maybe he is sorry that he left the Endicott place," said the senator's son. "I'll wager he has no such nice times at the Triple X Ranch as he had at the Star."

"Not if all the cowboys are like those who came to our entertainment," said Phil. "But, Dave, if you think he's related to Charley Gamp, why not speak to him about it?"

"You may get into trouble if you do," interposed Roger, hastily. "Some of these Western characters don't like to have their past raked up."

"But Charley Gamp wants to find his relatives," went on the shipowner's son.

"I'll bring it around--when I get the chance," said Dave. "But I can't do it now," he added. "He's gone." And Dave was right. Hank Snogger had leaped on his horse, and was off, on a trail that led up the river instead of across it.

"What are you boys confabbing about?" cried Belle, coming up, with a box of candy in her hand. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What was the name of this chapter?
2. Who made an announcement at the beginning?
3. Who rebuttled to his statement?
4. Did he say it quickly?
5. How does he wonder of a Western character?
6. What will that cause?
7. Who is sorry they moved from Endicott?
8. Does he have anyone in his family in the story?
9. What is his name?
10. Has the troubled child always acted this way?
11. When did this begin?
12. Where do they believe that he picked up the habit?
Answer: 1. THE BEGINNING OF THE GRAND HUNT
2. Dave
3. Roger
4. No
5. Western characters don't like to have their past raked up
6. Trouble
7. Snogger
8. Yes
9. Charley Gamp
10. No
11. only lately
12. since he went to work for Mr. Merwell

William James, the great psychologist , said that most men are "old fogies at twenty-five". He was right. Most men at twenty-five are satisfied with their jobs. They have closed their minds to all new ideas; they have stopped to grow. The minute a man stops to grow -no matter what his years -that minute he begins to be old. On the other hand, the really great man never grows old. Goethe passed away at eighty-three, and finished his only a few years earlier; Gladstone took up a new language when he was seventy. Laplace, the astronomer, was still at work when death caught up with him at seventy-eight. He died crying, "What we know is nothing; what we do not know is immense (extremely large)." And there you have the real answer to the question, "When is a man old?" Laplace at seventy-eight died young. He was still unsatisfied, still sure that he had a lot to learn. As long as a man can keep himself in that attitude of mind, as long as he can look back on every year and say, "I grew", he is still young. The minute he ceases (stops) to grow, the minute he says to himself, "I know all that I need to know," -that day youth stops. He may be twenty-five or seventy-five; it makes no difference. On that day he begins to be old. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who is William James?
2. And what did he say about most men?
3. Is he right?
4. How so?
5. What about those who don't?
6. What did Gladstone do?
7. At what age?
8. How did Laplace feel when he died?
9. Why?
10. Did he believe that we knew anything?
Answer: 1. William James is a great psychologist.
2. He said that most men are "old fogies at twenty-five".
3. Yes, he was right.
4. At twenty-five, most men are satisfied with their jobs and close their minds to new ideas.
5. They never grow old.
6. Took up a new language.
7. Seventy.
8. Unsatisfied.
9. He was still sure that he had a lot to learn.
10. No.

(CNN) -- As Easter comes into view, the thoughts of billions of Christians turn to Jerusalem, to a sacred weekend that includes the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. Of course, people regard these events with various degrees of literalness. But Easter retains its power.

It is, in fact, the essential Christian celebration, as the Gospels focus hugely on this part of the Jesus story. They describe in slow motion his entry into Jerusalem and the final week leading up to the crucifixion on Good Friday, the uncertain stillness of Holy Saturday, when the world seems to have slipped into total darkness, then the joy of the Resurrection itself, with a sense that boundaries have been broken -- most aggressively, the membrane between life and death.

Questions arise, of course. Did Jesus really rise from the dead? What would that look like? Many Christians imagine some literal wakening from the dead and refuse to accept the slightest hint that the Resurrection might be regarded as symbolic without denigrating it.

Indeed, if you read the Gospel narratives closely, it's not easy to say what actually happened. All four of them skip the actual Resurrection. That is, we never see Jesus waken. The first inkling of change comes when a few women close to him visit the tomb. Accounts differ on who turned up at the tomb that morning: Mary Magdalene, a close friend of Jesus, alone or with Mary, his mother, and with Salome (who is either Mary's sister or the mother of apostles James and John). What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What type of celebration is this passage talking about?
2. When its there what do Christians think of?
Answer:
1. Easter
2. Jerusalem