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CHAPTER XILOOKING FOR THE ROBBERS

All in the offices listened with interest to Oliver Wadsworth's words.

"The jewels were probably what the rascals were after," was Mr. Porter's comment. "Evidently they did not touch any of the gold plate or silverware."

"That shows they must have known the jewels were here," said Dunston Porter.

"Couldn't they find out about them from the workmen?" questioned Dave.

"I suppose soalthough it is a rule of the works for the men to keep silent regarding precious stones. No one but myself and the general manager are supposed to know just what we have on hand."

"We must get busy and see if we cannot follow the robbers!" cried David Porter. "No use in wasting time here now. Let us scatter in all directions. One can go to the railroad station and the others to the roads leading out of town. We may pick up some clew."

"The police, we'll have to notify them!" said Roger.

"Yes! yes! Call the police up on the telephone!" ejaculated Mr. Wadsworth, starting to his feet.

Dave ran to the end of the office, where a telephone rested on a stand. The shock of the explosion had severed the wires.

"It's out of commission," he said. "I'll have to use the one in the shipping-room."

He left the offices, and made his way through two of the workrooms. Phil went with him and so did Roger.

"This will be a terrible blow for Mr. Wadsworth," was the comment of the shipowner's son.
1. People tried to steal what item?
2. what did they not touch?
3. or?
4. who might've told them about those items?
5. Who wanted to chase the thieves down?
6. Where does he want people to go?
7. where else?
8. who do they need to tell?
9. how will they tell them?
10. why didn't it work?
11. what did that?
12. where is the other phone?

Numbered answers:
1. jewels
2. gold plate
3. silverware
4. workmen
5. David Porter
6. railroad
7. roads
8. police
9. telephone
10. severed the wires
11. explosion
12. shipping-room

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By 1938, Europe had been experiencing an increased number of attacks on Jews. With no end in sight, Jewish refugee agencies requested the British government to allow them to bring in only Jewish children under17 years of age. This was to be only temporary, until the situation in their home countries was improved.

Kindertransport, meaning "children transport" in German, was then born. Children from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland and other Nazi-occupied regions were transported to the United Kingdom. There they were either placed with other families or in hostels. Later, it was found that many of these children were the only survivors of their families. Nicholas Winton was among those people who helped to save Jewish children. He managed to rescue 669 children from Czechoslovakia and bring them safely to England. In 1938 around Christmas, 29-year-old Nicky was about to leave for a skiing holiday. Suddenly, Martin Blake, one of his good friends, contacted him from Czechoslovakia, asking him to travel there to help political refugees on the run from the Nazis. And Nicholas agreed.

Nicky spent his entire holiday of 3 weeks in the capital city of Prague where he saw the situation first-hand. Once back in England, he immediately started organizing the evacuation of children from the Czech region. From advertising for the necessary permits, Nicky worked tirelessly. By August 1939, 669 children had been helped by Nicky and his friends. _ , the last group of children due to leave Prague in the beginning of September could not do so-- World War II broke out, and swallowed them up.

Nicky did not discuss his particular task with his wife, Grete. It was only when she found a scrapbook in 1988, with names of the rescued children, their (lost) parents and the foster families that had taken them in, that his heroism came to light. Nicky has received several awards in Britain and the Czech Republic.
1. Attacks against who have increased?
2. What is kindertransport?
3. Where are the children transported to?
4. How long was Nicky's holiday?
5. In what City?
6. How many children had Nicky helped as of 1939?
7. Where has he received awards from?
8. Why couldn't the last group of children leave?
9. How did his wife find out about this?
10. Was information on the lost parents on it?
11. What about the families that took the kids in?

Numbered answers:
1. Jews
2. A German term for "children transport"
3. United Kingdom
4. 3 weeks
5. Prague
6. 669
7. Britain and the Czech Republic
8. World War II broke out, and swallowed them up.
9. She found a scrapbook
10. Yes
11. The names of the foster families were in the scapbook.

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CHAPTER VI. Marilla Makes Up Her Mind

Get there they did, however, in due season. Mrs. Spencer lived in a big yellow house at White Sands Cove, and she came to the door with surprise and welcome mingled on her benevolent face.

"Dear, dear," she exclaimed, "you're the last folks I was looking for today, but I'm real glad to see you. You'll put your horse in? And how are you, Anne?"

"I'm as well as can be expected, thank you," said Anne smilelessly. A blight seemed to have descended on her.

"I suppose we'll stay a little while to rest the mare," said Marilla, "but I promised Matthew I'd be home early. The fact is, Mrs. Spencer, there's been a queer mistake somewhere, and I've come over to see where it is. We send word, Matthew and I, for you to bring us a boy from the asylum. We told your brother Robert to tell you we wanted a boy ten or eleven years old."

"Marilla Cuthbert, you don't say so!" said Mrs. Spencer in distress. "Why, Robert sent word down by his daughter Nancy and she said you wanted a girl--didn't she Flora Jane?" appealing to her daughter who had come out to the steps.

"She certainly did, Miss Cuthbert," corroborated Flora Jane earnestly.

"I'm dreadful sorry," said Mrs. Spencer. "It's too bad; but it certainly wasn't my fault, you see, Miss Cuthbert. I did the best I could and I thought I was following your instructions. Nancy is a terrible flighty thing. I've often had to scold her well for her heedlessness."
1. Was Mrs. Spence expecting company?
2. Who had arrived?
3. How was she?
4. Who did Mrs. Spencer scold?
5. Why did she do it?
6. What was Marilla expecting from the asylum?
7. What did they get?
8. Who did they ask for this?
9. Did he know Mrs. Spencer?
10. How old was the boy to be?
11. How many did they ask for?
12. Where did Mrs. Spencer live?
13. Did she live in an apartment?
14. And why did the visitors decide not to leave there?
Numbered answers:
1. No
2. Anne
3. As well as can be expected
4. Nancy
5. For her heedlessness."
6. A boy
7. A girl
8. Robert
9. Yes
10. Ten or eleven years old
11. One.
12. White Sands Cove
13. No
14. To rest the mare