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CHAPTER VIII

AN INFORMAL COURT

One morning, soon after Fuller and his daughter had gone home, Dick stood at a table in the testing house behind the mixing sheds. The small, galvanized iron building shook with the throb of engines and rattle of machinery, and now and then a shower of cinders pattered upon the roof; for the big mill that ground up the concrete was working across the road. The lattice shutters were closed, for the sake of privacy, and kept out the glare, though they could not keep out the heat, which soaked through the thin, iron walls, and Dick's face was wet with perspiration as he arranged a number of small concrete blocks. Some of these were broken, and some partly crushed. Delicate scales and glass measures occupied a neighboring shelf, and a big steel apparatus that looked rather like a lever weighing machine stood in the shadow.

Where the draught that came through the lattices flowed across the room, Bethune lounged in a canvas chair, and another man, with a quiet, sunburned face, sat behind him. This was Stuyvesant, whose authority was only second to Fuller's.

"Brandon seems to have taken a good deal of trouble, but this kind of investigation needs the strictest accuracy, and we haven't the best of testing apparatus," Bethune remarked. "I expect he'll allow that the results he has got may be to some extent misleading, and I doubt if it's worth while to go on with the matter. Are you sure you have made no mistakes, Dick?"
1. How many went home at first?
2. Who was one of them?
3. And the other?
4. Who was in the testing house?
5. What was it behindd?
6. Was it a big building?
7. What was it made out of?
8. What landed on the roof sometimes?
9. Where the blinds open or closed?
10. Why?
11. Who was relaxing in a seat?
12. What type was were she was sitting?
13. Was there anyone else there?
14. Where in relation to Bethune?
15. Who was it?

Numbered answers:
1. Two
2. Fuller
3. his daughter
4. Dick
5. the mixing sheds
6. no
7. galvanized iron
8. cinders
9. closed
10. for the sake of privacy
11. Bethune
12. a canvas chair
13. yes
14. behind him.
15. Stuyvesant,

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CHAPTER VII

PHIL AND BEN MAKE A MOVE So far Dave and Nat Poole had not met face to face. Our hero had seen the money-lender's son a number of times, but Nat had always been with some of his cronies and had, apparently, not taken any notice.

But on the morning following the conversation just recorded, the pair came face to face in one of the narrow hallways.

"Good-morning, Nat," said Dave, pleasantly.

"Morning," grumbled the other student. He was about to pass Dave, but suddenly changed his mind. "So you got back, eh?"

"Yes, I've been back several days."

"I heard that Link Merwell got away from you?"

"That is true."

"Humph! If I had the chance to nab him that you had, I'd not let him get away."

"We held Jasniff."

"Maybe you let Merwell go on purpose," continued the money-lender's son, shrewdly.

"Not at all, Nat. He gave us the slip, clean and clear."

"Humph!" Nat paused for a moment. "I got word from my dad that you almost smashed him up on the road with your auto."

"Hardly as bad as that."

"He is going to make your uncle pay for the damage done."

"It wasn't much."

"It was enough. You want to be more careful with your car after this. You auto fellows seem to think you own the whole road."

"What about your motor-boat, Nat?" asked Dave. He remembered how the money-lender's son had played more than one mean trick while running the craft.
1. Was someone allowed to leave?
2. What pair made a move?
3. Was Nat cheerful?
4. Who almost got hit on the road?
5. Who was going to pay for the damage?
6. What's Merwell's first name?
7. What does nat drive ?
8. Where were they talking?
9. What would the younger Poole have done with Link?
10. Who did Dave say they kept custody of?

Numbered answers:
1. Yes
2. Phil and Ben
3. No
4. Merwell
5. His uncle
6. Link
7. A car.
8. In the hallway.
9. Nabbed him.
10. Jasniff.

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(CNN) -- Contrary to a report in a British newspaper, Michael Jackson does not have skin cancer, says Randy Phillips, president and CEO of AEG Live, the promoter of the King of Pop's upcoming concerts at London's 02 Arena.

Michael Jackson gestures to the crowd at the March announcement for his series of London concerts.

"He's as healthy as he can be -- no health problems whatsoever," the executive told CNN.

Phillips said he asked Jackson point-blank about the skin cancer rumor yesterday, and the entertainer just brushed it off and laughed.

"He's used to rumors like this. He's been famous ever since he was 5. He doesn't read the newspapers or watch news reports," Phillips explained.

He also had an answer for an item in the British tabloid The Sun that said Jackson had been "making regular trips to a dermatologist in Beverly Hills wearing a mask and surgical cap."

"Michael is very close friends with his dermatologist. It's as simple as that," said Phillips.

According to Phillips, the 50-year-old pop star had passed a stringent physical exam before he and AEG inked their deal for Jackson to headline a 50-show residency at 02 beginning July 8. "And he'll have to take another before the shows start," he offered.

Phillips also told CNN a tour with sister Janet Jackson and other performing members of the Jackson family was "never in the works, at least from Michael Jackson's side."

He added, "Never say never, but right now, he's focusing on his own show. It's not about his family."
1. Does Michael Jackson have skin cancer?
2. Who says he didn't?
3. What's he the president and CEO of?
4. Where are they promoting an upcoming concert?
5. How long has Michael been famous?
6. Is he close to his dermatologist?
7. What's his sister's name?
8. Is he planning on touring with her?
9. What's he focusing on right now?
10. Is his show about his family?
Numbered answers:
1. No
2. Randy Phillips
3. AEG Live
4. London's 02 Arena.
5. since he was 5
6. Yes
7. Janet Jackson
8. yes
9. on his own show
10. No