Q: CHAPTER SEVENTEEN.

IN WHICH GLUMM TAKES TO HUNTING ON THE MOUNTAINS FOR CONSOLATION, AND FINDS IT UNEXPECTEDLY, WHILE ALRIC PROVES HIMSELF A HERO.

"I go to the fells to-day," said Glumm to Alric one morning, as the latter opened the door of Glummstede and entered the hall.

"I go also," said Alric, leaning a stout spear which he carried against the wall, and sitting down on a stool beside the fire to watch Glumm as he equipped himself for the chase.

"Art ready, then? for the day is late," said Glumm.

"All busked," replied the boy.--"I say, Glumm, is that a new spear thou hast got?"

"Aye; I took it from a Swedish viking the last fight I had off the coast. We had a tough job of it, and left one or two stout men behind to glut the birds of Odin, but we brought away much booty. This was part of it," he added, buckling on a long hunting-knife, which was stuck in a richly ornamented sheath, "and that silver tankard too, besides the red mantle that my mother wears, and a few other things--but my comrades got the most of it."

"I wish I had been there, Glumm," said Alric.

"If Hilda were here, lad, she would say it is wrong to wish to fight."

"Hilda has strange thoughts," observed the boy.

"So has Erling," remarked his companion.

"And so has Ada," said Alric, with a sly glance.

Glumm looked up quickly. "What knowest _thou_ about Ada?" said he.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who was Glumm talking to?
2. Where did he tell him he was going?
3. and when was he going there?
4. Was Alric going to go also?
5. What was Alric carrying?
6. and where did he lean it?
7. Did Alric sit down?
8. Where did he sit?
9. and what was the stool next to?
10. Did Glumm have a new spear?
11. Who had he gotten it from?
12. during what?
13. Where was the fight?
14. What was the long knife in?
15. what else did he get from the fight?
A: 1. Alric
2. fells
3. to-day
4. yes
5. spear
6. the wall
7. yes
8. on a stool
9. the fire
10. yes
11. viking
12. the last fight
13. off the coast
14. sheath
15. silver tankard
Q: It was finally summer vacation, and Josh was excited to go to his favorite place. He was heading to Florida, to visit his Grandma and Grandpa. Josh spends every summer there, and this summer would be no different! In the mornings, Josh and Grandma would plant cucumbers, tomatoes, and carrots in the ground. After they would be planted, they would water and weed the garden every day. In the afternoons, Grandpa would take Josh out on the ocean in his sailboat which was named "Sea girl." Josh loved "Sea girl" and his favorite part was smelling the salty ocean air. Sometimes Josh and Grandpa would go to a beach and make sandcastles, or start digging until they found buried sea shells or other treasures. At night, Grandma and Grandpa would make dinner and they would eat outside by the pool. On special nights, Josh got to get ice cream for dessert. A lot of times, Grandma made dinner dishes that included the vegetables Josh and Grandma were growing. It was his favorite time of year. Josh couldn't wait to leave tomorrow morning!

Answer the following questions:
1. what was Josh's favorite place to go?
2. why?
3. when did he visit usually?
4. did he and his grandma do anything together?
5. what?
6. and after?
7. who was "sea girl"
8. when would they go out?
9. where would they go?
A: 1. Florida.
2. To visit his Grandma and Grandpa.
3. Summer.
4. Yes.
5. Plant cucumbers, tomatoes, and carrots in the ground.
6. They would water and weed the garden every day.
7. Grandpa's sailboat.
8. In the afternoons.
9. To a beach
Q: CHAPTER XXXII

A PROPOSAL

We arrived at Feltham at a few minutes past ten o'clock, having seen nothing of the car which had left Newcastle a few minutes before ours. Several times we asked on the road and heard news of it, but we could find no sign of it having stopped even for a moment. Apparently it had been driven, without pause for rest or refreshment, at top speed, and we learned that two summonses would probably be issued against its owners. Jacky, who was delighted with the whole expedition, sat with his watch in his hands for the last few miles, and made elaborate calculations as to our average speed, the distance we had traversed, and other matters interesting to the owner of a powerful car.

We were greeted, when we arrived, with all sorts of inquiries as to our expedition, but we declined to say a word until we had dined. We had scarcely commenced our meal before the butler came hurrying in.

"His Lordship is ringing up from London, sir," he said. "He wishes to speak to you particularly. The telephone is through into the library."

I made my way there and took up the receiver without any special interest. Ralph was fidgety these days, and I had no doubt that he had something to say to me about the shooting. His first words, however, riveted my attention.

"Is that you, Austen?" he asked.

"I am here," I answered. "How are you, Ralph?"

"I am all right," he said. "Rather better than usual, in fact. Where on earth have you been to all day? I have rung up four times."

Answer the following questions:
1. When did they arrive?
2. where?
3. what were they looking for along the way?
4. where had they first seen it?
5. who left first?
6. how much sooner?
7. Did they ask about it along the way?
8. did they hear anything about it?
9. what evidence did they find?
10. why?
11. who was excited about the trip?
12. what was he holding?
13. for how much of the trip?
14. doing what with it?
15. and what else?
16. what kind of vehicle did they have?
17. how were they greeted?
18. did they respond?
19. what were they going to do first?
20. who interrupted the meal?
A:
1. at a few minutes past ten o'clock
2. at Feltham
3. a car
4. Newcastle
5. the other car did
6. few minutes
7. yes
8. no
9. Apparently it had been driven, without pause for rest or refreshment, at top speed, and we learned that two summonses would probably be issued against its owners.
10. speeding
11. Jacky
12. his watch
13. for the last few miles
14. made elaborate calculations as to our average speed,
15. the distance we had traversed
16. a powerful one
17. with all sorts of inquiries as to our expedition
18. no
19. dine
20. the butler