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CHAPTER XV

SOMETHING OF A MYSTERY

"Dan Baxter!"

The cry came simultaneously from several of the crowd.

"I think Dick is right," said Songbird. "I thought it must be Dan, but I wasn't sure, for I didn't expect to see him here."

"He and that Sack Todd must have become friends," put in Tom. "I would like to know what Dan is doing out here."

"He is certainly up to no good," answered Dick. "I must say this adds to the mystery, doesn't it, boys?"

"That's what it does," chimed in Sam. "I wish we could catch Baxter and bring him to justice."

"Or reform him," came from Dick.

"Reform him, Dick!" cried Tom. "That would be mighty uphill work."

"It isn't in him," added Fred. "He is tee-totally bad."

"I used to think that of Dan's father, but Arnold Baxter has reformed--and he wants his son to do likewise."

"Well, that isn't here or there," said Tom after a pause. "What are we to do just now?"

"Let us push on to town first," answered Songbird. "After that, we can rearrange our plans if we wish."

This was considered good advice, and once again they urged their steeds along. Coming to a high point in the trail, they made out Caville a mile distant, and rode into the town about noon.

It was not much of a place, and the single hotel afforded only the slimmest of accommodations. But they had to be satisfied, and so made the best of it.
1. Who was everyone surprised to see?
2. Who was first to recognize him?
3. Is everyone happy to see him?
4. What do they think he is doing there?
5. Who do they suspect is buddies with him?
6. Do they know what Dan's purpose there is?
7. Was Songbird sure that it was Dan when he first saw him?
8. What does Dick want to do with Dan?
9. What does Sam want to do?
10. Who does Tom agree with?
11. What about Fred?
12. Why does Fred think he can't be reformed?
13. Who is Arnold?
14. Was he bad person at one point?
15. Has he given up on Dan?

Numbered answers:
1. Dan Baxter
2. Dick
3. No
4. up to no good
5. Sack Todd
6. no
7. wasn't sure
8. reform him
9. bring him to justice."
10. Sam
11. Sam
12. He is tee-totally bad
13. Dan's father,
14. Yes he has reformed
15. he wants his son to do likewise."

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The idea of not having a phone at ail could be beneficial sounds crazy to people who are addicted to the global Internet or even just Facebook. Indeed, it sounds like a pain. But some luxuries of a phone-free lifestyle make us realize that freedom has long been absent from our lives with a phone. According to The Wall Street Journal's Anton Troianovski. people expect less of you when you don't have a cell phone. Melissa Hildebrand, for example, doesn't even own n phone. She just leaves if her friends don't turn up on time for an event or meeting. "She gives them 15 to 30 minutes to show up," writes Troianovski. With a cell phone in hand, one receives apology calls, which will lengthen the waiting. Without a phone, that responsibility seems to reduce. Dean Obeidallah of CNN believes that not having a cell phone gives him the ability to see things; A beautiful woman burning past while fixing her makeup; Asian tourists busy taking photos; a businessman talking on his phone and looking important. "Instead of texting or checking my e-mail, I began to actually, look at the people I sharing the streets with. It is truly like a movie set filled with extras from all walks of life, Obeidallah said. Along with these small benefits of not having a phone, however, come all its inconvenience. Nancy Kadlick told The Wall Street Journal that she once missed an airport pick-up due to not having a phone. For Rebecca Greenfield, a columnist for the Atlantic Wire, the inconvenience of not having a phone outweigh(;) these small luxuries. But she also said: "Not having one every once in a while sounds like a nice practice."
1. When do people expect less of you?
2. Who doesn't own one?
3. Why not?
4. Is anyone else phone free?
5. Was it convenient for her?
6. Why not?
7. Who leaves somewhere if her friends are late?
8. How long does she give them to show up?
9. What types of calls are avoided?
10. Who thinks that not having a phone all the time would be nice?
11. What does she do?
12. Who is with CNN?
13. What is missing from our life when we have a phone?
14. What does going without a phone help us to understand?
15. What sounds crazy to some people?
16. What people does it seem that way to?
17. What is longer when you have a cell phone?
18. Who quit sending messages and checking his phone all the time?
19. What does he do instead?
20. What do these things remind him of?

Numbered answers:
1. when you don't have a cell phone
2. Dean Obeidallah
3. he believes that not having a cell phone gives him the ability to see things
4. Nancy Kadlick
5. no
6. she once missed an airport pick-up due to not having a phone
7. Melissa Hildebrand
8. 15 to 30 minutes
9. apology calls
10. Rebecca Greenfield
11. a columnist for the Atlantic Wire
12. Dean Obeidallah
13. responsibility
14. that freedom that has long been absent from our lives
15. The idea of not having a phone at all
16. people who are addicted to the global Internet
17. the waiting
18. Dean Obeidallah
19. He sees things
20. a movie set

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Dartmouth College is a private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is the ninth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded as a school to educate Native Americans in Christian theology and the English way of life, Dartmouth primarily trained Congregationalist ministers throughout its early history before it gradually secularized, emerging at the turn of the 20th century from relative obscurity into national prominence.

Following a liberal arts curriculum, the university provides undergraduate instruction in 40 academic departments and interdisciplinary programs including 57 majors in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering, and enables students to design specialized concentrations or engage in dual degree programs. Dartmouth comprises five constituent schools: the original undergraduate college, the Geisel School of Medicine, the Thayer School of Engineering, the Tuck School of Business, and the School of Graduate and Advanced Studies. The university also has affiliations with the DartmouthHitchcock Medical Center, the Rockefeller Institute for Public Policy, and the Hopkins Center for the Arts. With a total student enrollment of about 6,400, Dartmouth is the smallest university in the Ivy League. Undergraduate admissions is highly competitive, with an acceptance rate of 10.4% for the Class of 2021, according to the university.
1. How many academic departments does Dartmouth have?
2. How many majors are there?
3. What is Dartmouth?
4. What state is it in?
5. Who founded it?
6. How many students are enrolled there?
7. How does it rank in terms of size to other Ivy League colleges?
8. What percentage of applicants did it let in in 2021?
9. How many constituent schools is it made up of?
10. What are two of them?
11. What is one of the things you can major in there?
12. Why was the school originally founded?
13. And who did it mostly train in its early history?
14. What kind of curriculum does it follow?
15. Can students make their own concentrations?
16. Who is Dartmouth affiliated with?
17. Who else?
18. What is it one of 9 of chartered before the American Revolution?
19. Can you get two degrees at the college?
Numbered answers:
1. 40
2. 57
3. a private Ivy League research university
4. New Hampshire
5. Eleazar Wheelock
6. about 6,400
7. the smallest
8. 10.4
9. five
10. the undergraduate college and the Geisel School of Medicine
11. engineering
12. to educate Native Americans in Christian theology and the English way of life
13. Congregationalist ministers
14. liberal arts
15. Yes
16. the DartmouthHitchcock Medical Center
17. the Rockefeller Institute for Public Policy
18. colonial colleges
19. Yes