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+SHE REBELLED AS IT WERE AGAINST A CERTAIN MAGNETIC ELEMENT IN THE ARTIST'S NATURE WHICH HE EXERCISED TOWARDS HER POSSIBLY WITHOUT BEING CONSCIOUS OF IT. THERE SAID HOLGRAVE IT IS TIME TO GIVE OVER WORK. GOOD NIGHT MISS PHOEBE PYNCHEON. ANY BRIGHT DAY IF YOU WILL PUT ONE OF THOSE ROSEBUDS IN YOUR HAIR AND COME TO MY ROOMS IN CENTRAL STREET I WILL SEIZE THE PUREST RAY OF SUNSHINE AND MAKE A PICTURE OF THE FLOWER AND ITS WEARER. HE RETIRED TOWARDS HIS OWN SOLITARY GABLE BUT TURNED HIS HEAD ON REACHING THE DOOR AND CALLED TO PHOEBE WITH A TONE WHICH CERTAINLY HAD LAUGHTER IN IT YET WHICH SEEMED TO BE MORE THAN HALF IN EARNEST. BE CAREFUL NOT TO DRINK AT MAULE'S WELL SAID HE. NEITHER DRINK NOR BATHE YOUR FACE IN IT. MAULE'S WELL ANSWERED PHOEBE. IS THAT IT WITH THE RIM OF MOSSY STONES. OH REJOINED THE DAGUERREOTYPIST BECAUSE LIKE AN OLD LADY'S CUP OF TEA IT IS WATER BEWITCHED. HE VANISHED AND PHOEBE LINGERING A MOMENT SAW A GLIMMERING LIGHT AND THEN THE STEADY BEAM OF A LAMP IN A CHAMBER OF THE GABLE. ON RETURNING INTO HEPZIBAH'S APARTMENT OF THE HOUSE SHE FOUND THE LOW STUDDED PARLOR SO DIM AND DUSKY THAT HER EYES COULD NOT PENETRATE THE INTERIOR. SHE WAS INDISTINCTLY AWARE HOWEVER THAT THE GAUNT FIGURE OF THE OLD GENTLEWOMAN WAS SITTING IN ONE OF THE STRAIGHT BACKED CHAIRS A LITTLE WITHDRAWN FROM THE WINDOW THE FAINT GLEAM OF WHICH SHOWED THE BLANCHED PALENESS OF HER CHEEK TURNED SIDEWAYS TOWARDS A CORNER. SHALL I LIGHT A LAMP COUSIN HEPZIBAH SHE ASKED. DO IF YOU PLEASE MY DEAR CHILD ANSWERED HEPZIBAH. BUT PUT IT ON THE TABLE IN THE CORNER OF THE PASSAGE. MY EYES ARE WEAK AND I CAN SELDOM BEAR THE LAMPLIGHT ON THEM. WHAT AN INSTRUMENT IS THE HUMAN VOICE. HOW WONDERFULLY RESPONSIVE TO EVERY EMOTION OF THE HUMAN SOUL. IN HEPZIBAH'S TONE AT THAT MOMENT THERE WAS A CERTAIN RICH DEPTH AND MOISTURE AS IF THE WORDS COMMONPLACE AS THEY WERE HAD BEEN STEEPED IN THE WARMTH OF HER HEART. AGAIN WHILE LIGHTING THE LAMP IN THE KITCHEN PHOEBE FANCIED THAT HER COUSIN SPOKE TO HER. IN A MOMENT COUSIN ANSWERED THE GIRL. THESE MATCHES JUST GLIMMER AND GO OUT. BUT INSTEAD OF A RESPONSE FROM HEPZIBAH SHE SEEMED TO HEAR THE MURMUR OF AN UNKNOWN VOICE. IT WAS STRANGELY INDISTINCT HOWEVER AND LESS LIKE ARTICULATE WORDS THAN AN UNSHAPED SOUND SUCH AS WOULD BE THE UTTERANCE OF FEELING AND SYMPATHY RATHER THAN OF THE INTELLECT. SO VAGUE WAS IT THAT ITS IMPRESSION OR ECHO IN PHOEBE'S MIND WAS THAT OF UNREALITY. SHE SET THE LIGHTED LAMP IN THE PASSAGE AND AGAIN ENTERED THE PARLOR. HEPZIBAH'S FORM THOUGH ITS SABLE OUTLINE MINGLED WITH THE DUSK WAS NOW LESS IMPERFECTLY VISIBLE. IN THE REMOTER PARTS OF THE ROOM HOWEVER ITS WALLS BEING SO ILL ADAPTED TO REFLECT LIGHT THERE WAS NEARLY THE SAME OBSCURITY AS BEFORE. COUSIN SAID PHOEBE DID YOU SPEAK TO ME JUST NOW. NO CHILD REPLIED HEPZIBAH. FEWER WORDS THAN BEFORE BUT WITH THE SAME MYSTERIOUS MUSIC IN THEM. MELLOW MELANCHOLY YET NOT MOURNFUL THE TONE SEEMED TO GUSH UP OUT OF THE DEEP WELL OF HEPZIBAH'S HEART ALL STEEPED IN ITS PROFOUNDEST EMOTION. THERE WAS A TREMOR IN IT TOO THAT AS ALL STRONG FEELING IS ELECTRIC PARTLY COMMUNICATED ITSELF TO PHOEBE. THE GIRL SAT SILENTLY FOR A MOMENT. BUT SOON HER SENSES BEING VERY ACUTE SHE BECAME CONSCIOUS OF AN IRREGULAR RESPIRATION IN AN OBSCURE CORNER OF THE ROOM. HER PHYSICAL ORGANIZATION MOREOVER BEING AT ONCE DELICATE AND HEALTHY GAVE HER A PERCEPTION OPERATING WITH ALMOST THE EFFECT OF A SPIRITUAL MEDIUM THAT SOMEBODY WAS NEAR AT HAND. MY DEAR COUSIN ASKED SHE OVERCOMING AN INDEFINABLE RELUCTANCE IS THERE NOT SOME ONE IN THE ROOM WITH US. PHOEBE MY DEAR LITTLE GIRL SAID HEPZIBAH AFTER A MOMENT'S PAUSE YOU WERE UP BETIMES AND HAVE BEEN BUSY ALL DAY. PRAY GO TO BED FOR I AM SURE YOU MUST NEED REST

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+I WILL SIT IN THE PARLOR AWHILE AND COLLECT MY THOUGHTS. IT HAS BEEN MY CUSTOM FOR MORE YEARS CHILD THAN YOU HAVE LIVED. WHILE THUS DISMISSING HER THE MAIDEN LADY STEPT FORWARD KISSED PHOEBE AND PRESSED HER TO HER HEART WHICH BEAT AGAINST THE GIRL'S BOSOM WITH A STRONG HIGH AND TUMULTUOUS SWELL. HOW CAME THERE TO BE SO MUCH LOVE IN THIS DESOLATE OLD HEART THAT IT COULD AFFORD TO WELL OVER THUS ABUNDANTLY. GOODNIGHT COUSIN SAID PHOEBE STRANGELY AFFECTED BY HEPZIBAH'S MANNER. IF YOU BEGIN TO LOVE ME I AM GLAD. SHE RETIRED TO HER CHAMBER BUT DID NOT SOON FALL ASLEEP NOR THEN VERY PROFOUNDLY. AT SOME UNCERTAIN PERIOD IN THE DEPTHS OF NIGHT AND AS IT WERE THROUGH THE THIN VEIL OF A DREAM SHE WAS CONSCIOUS OF A FOOTSTEP MOUNTING THE STAIRS HEAVILY BUT NOT WITH FORCE AND DECISION

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+NOBODY NEED HAVE ANY DOUBT ABOUT THAT SAID SANCHO FOR MY MASTER HAS A VERY HAPPY KNACK OF MATCHMAKING IT'S NOT MANY DAYS SINCE HE FORCED ANOTHER MAN TO MARRY WHO IN THE SAME WAY BACKED OUT OF HIS PROMISE TO ANOTHER MAIDEN AND IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR HIS PERSECUTORS THE ENCHANTERS CHANGING THE MAN'S PROPER SHAPE INTO A LACQUEY'S THE SAID MAIDEN WOULD NOT BE ONE THIS MINUTE. THEY MADE HASTE TO OVERTAKE THEM WHICH AS THE PARTY MOVED SLOWLY THEY WERE ABLE TO DO WITH EASE. THE WOUNDED GENTLEMAN OPENED HIS ALL BUT CLOSED EYES AND RECOGNISING CLAUDIA SAID I SEE CLEARLY FAIR AND MISTAKEN LADY THAT IT IS THOU THAT HAST SLAIN ME A PUNISHMENT NOT MERITED OR DESERVED BY MY FEELINGS TOWARDS THEE FOR NEVER DID I MEAN TO NOR COULD I WRONG THEE IN THOUGHT OR DEED. IT IS NOT TRUE THEN SAID CLAUDIA THAT THOU WERT GOING THIS MORNING TO MARRY LEONORA THE DAUGHTER OF THE RICH BALVASTRO. ON PERCEIVING THIS CLAUDIA WHEN SHE HAD CONVINCED HERSELF THAT HER BELOVED HUSBAND WAS NO MORE RENT THE AIR WITH HER SIGHS AND MADE THE HEAVENS RING WITH HER LAMENTATIONS SHE TORE HER HAIR AND SCATTERED IT TO THE WINDS SHE BEAT HER FACE WITH HER HANDS AND SHOWED ALL THE SIGNS OF GRIEF AND SORROW THAT COULD BE CONCEIVED TO COME FROM AN AFFLICTED HEART. CRUEL RECKLESS WOMAN SHE CRIED HOW EASILY WERT THOU MOVED TO CARRY OUT A THOUGHT SO WICKED. O HUSBAND WHOSE UNHAPPY FATE IN BEING MINE HATH BORNE THEE FROM THE MARRIAGE BED TO THE GRAVE. THE SERVANTS WEPT CLAUDIA SWOONED AWAY AGAIN AND AGAIN AND THE WHOLE PLACE SEEMED A FIELD OF SORROW AND AN ABODE OF MISFORTUNE. CLAUDIA TOLD HIM SHE MEANT TO GO TO A MONASTERY OF WHICH AN AUNT OF HERS WAS ABBESS WHERE SHE INTENDED TO PASS HER LIFE WITH A BETTER AND EVERLASTING SPOUSE. CLAUDIA WOULD NOT ON ANY ACCOUNT ALLOW HIM TO ACCOMPANY HER AND THANKING HIM FOR HIS OFFERS AS WELL AS SHE COULD TOOK LEAVE OF HIM IN TEARS. SANCHO SAID THEY HAD BUT THAT THREE KERCHIEFS THAT WERE WORTH THREE CITIES WERE MISSING. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT MAN. SAID ONE OF THE BYSTANDERS I HAVE GOT THEM AND THEY ARE NOT WORTH THREE REALS. THAT IS TRUE SAID DON QUIXOTE BUT MY SQUIRE VALUES THEM AT THE RATE HE SAYS AS HAVING BEEN GIVEN ME BY THE PERSON WHO GAVE THEM. AT THIS INSTANT ONE OR TWO OF THOSE SQUIRES WHO WERE POSTED AS SENTINELS ON THE ROADS TO WATCH WHO CAME ALONG THEM AND REPORT WHAT PASSED TO THEIR CHIEF CAME UP AND SAID SENOR THERE IS A GREAT TROOP OF PEOPLE NOT FAR OFF COMING ALONG THE ROAD TO BARCELONA. THE SORT WE ARE AFTER SAID THE SQUIRE. WHAT LED ME INTO IT WAS A CERTAIN THIRST FOR VENGEANCE WHICH IS STRONG ENOUGH TO DISTURB THE QUIETEST HEARTS. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY DESIRE TO SHORTEN THE JOURNEY AND PUT YOURSELF EASILY IN THE WAY OF SALVATION COME WITH ME AND I WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO BECOME A KNIGHT ERRANT A CALLING WHEREIN SO MANY HARDSHIPS AND MISHAPS ARE ENCOUNTERED THAT IF THEY BE TAKEN AS PENANCES THEY WILL LODGE YOU IN HEAVEN IN A TRICE. AND NOW THE SQUIRES DESPATCHED TO MAKE THE PRIZE CAME UP BRINGING WITH THEM TWO GENTLEMEN ON HORSEBACK TWO PILGRIMS ON FOOT AND A COACH FULL OF WOMEN WITH SOME SIX SERVANTS ON FOOT AND ON HORSEBACK IN ATTENDANCE ON THEM AND A COUPLE OF MULETEERS WHOM THE GENTLEMEN HAD WITH THEM

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+HE ASKED THE GENTLEMEN WHO THEY WERE WHITHER THEY WERE GOING AND WHAT MONEY THEY CARRIED WITH THEM SENOR REPLIED ONE OF THEM WE ARE TWO CAPTAINS OF SPANISH INFANTRY OUR COMPANIES ARE AT NAPLES AND WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO EMBARK IN FOUR GALLEYS WHICH THEY SAY ARE AT BARCELONA UNDER ORDERS FOR SICILY AND WE HAVE ABOUT TWO OR THREE HUNDRED CROWNS WITH WHICH WE ARE ACCORDING TO OUR NOTIONS RICH AND CONTENTED FOR A SOLDIER'S POVERTY DOES NOT ALLOW A MORE EXTENSIVE HOARD. THE CAPTAINS SHOWED PLAINLY THE CONCERN THEY FELT THE REGENT'S LADY WAS DOWNCAST AND THE PILGRIMS DID NOT AT ALL ENJOY SEEING THEIR PROPERTY CONFISCATED. THE REGENT'S LADY ORDERED ONE OF HER SERVANTS TO GIVE THE EIGHTY CROWNS THAT HAD BEEN ASSESSED AS HER SHARE AT ONCE FOR THE CAPTAINS HAD ALREADY PAID DOWN THEIR SIXTY. ONE OF THE SQUIRES OBSERVED IN HIS MIXTURE OF GASCON AND CATALAN THIS CAPTAIN OF OURS WOULD MAKE A BETTER FRIAR THAN HIGHWAYMAN IF HE WANTS TO BE SO GENEROUS ANOTHER TIME LET IT BE WITH HIS OWN PROPERTY AND NOT OURS. THEY WERE ALL TAKEN ABACK AND NOT ONE OF THEM DARED TO UTTER A WORD SUCH DEFERENCE DID THEY PAY HIM. HE WISHED HE SAID HIS ENEMIES THE CADELLS COULD BE DEPRIVED OF THIS PLEASURE BUT THAT WAS IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE THE CRAZES AND SHREWD SAYINGS OF DON QUIXOTE AND THE HUMOURS OF HIS SQUIRE SANCHO PANZA COULD NOT HELP GIVING GENERAL PLEASURE TO ALL THE WORLD

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+A MOMENT MORE AND HE TOO CAUGHT THE PLAINTIVE CRY FOR HELP FROM BELOW. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THUS FAR ON THE JOURNEY THAT LIGE THOMAS HAD MANIFESTED THE SLIGHTEST SIGN OF EXCITEMENT. JUST NOW HOWEVER THERE COULD BE NO DOUBT AT ALL THAT HE WAS INTENSELY AGITATED. YOU'LL ALL BE OVER IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CARE. IT'S MASTER WALT SNAPPED THE GUIDE STAND STILL DON'T MOVE AN INCH. I'M GOING BACK FOR A TORCH HE COMMANDED LEAPING BY THEM ON HIS WAY TO THE CAMP FIRE. DOWN THERE SIR EXPLAINED TAD POINTING TO THE LEDGE OF ROCK OVER WHICH WALTER HAD FALLEN. I KNOW I KNOW BUT. BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW WE ARE GOING TO GET HIM. THE SHOUT OF JOY THAT HAD FRAMED ITSELF ON THE LIPS OF NED RECTOR AND STACY BROWN DIED OUT IN AN INDISTINCT MURMUR IS IT POSSIBLE. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO THOMAS HOW ARE WE TO RESCUE THE BOY. SEE ANYTHING ASKED TAD TREMULOUSLY CREEPING TO HIS SIDE. LOOKS LIKE A CLUMP OF BUSHES DOWN THERE BUT I AIN'T SURE CAN YOU MAKE IT OUT. NO ALL I CAN SEE IS ROCKS AND SHADOWS. WHERE IS IT THAT YOU THINK YOU SEE BUSHES. OVER THERE TO THE RIGHT JUST NEAR THE EDGE OF THE LIGHT SPACE MADE BY THE TORCH LIGHT ANSWERED THE GUIDE. YES AGREED TAD THAT DOES LOOK LIKE BUSHES. I'LL CALL TO WALTER AND TELL HIM WE ARE COMING. HEY WALTER WHERE ARE YOU. DON'T MOVE AROUND LIE PERFECTLY STILL WARNED THE GUIDE ARE YOU HURT. TO THIS QUESTION WALTER MADE SOME REPLY THAT WAS UNINTELLIGIBLE TO THEM. NOW WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO I'D LIKE TO KNOW ASKED NED. I DON'T KNOW ANSWERED LIGE FROWNING THOUGHTFULLY IT'S A TOUGH JOB. IF I HAD A COUPLE OF MOUNTAINEERS WHO KNEW THEIR BUSINESS WE'D STAND A BETTER CHANCE OF PULLING HIM UP. WHY NOT GET A ROPE AND LET IT DOWN TO HIM SUGGESTED TAD. YES THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO IT. RUN OVER TO THE COOK TENT AND TELL JOSE TO GIVE YOU THOSE RAWHIDE LARIATS THAT HE WILL FIND BEHIND HIS BUNK HURRY. TAD WAS OFF ALMOST BEFORE THE WORDS WERE OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE GUIDE AND IN THE BRIEFEST POSSIBLE TIME CAME RACING BACK WITH THE LEATHER COILS WHICH HE TOSSED TO LIGE BEFORE REACHING HIM THAT THERE MIGHT NOT BE EVEN A SECOND'S DELAY. THE MOUNTAINEER QUICKLY FORMED A LOOP IN ONE END OF THE ROPE MAKING IT LARGE ENOUGH TO PERMIT OF ITS SLIPPING OVER THE SHOULDERS OF A MAN. THEY GAZED AT EACH OTHER IN PERPLEXITY. NO WE SHOULD HAVE HEARD HIM IF HE HAD ANSWERED LIGE. IF I COULD SEE HIM I'D LASSO HIM AND HAUL HIM UP BUT I DON'T DARE TRY IT. THEN AGAIN THESE ROOTS ON A WALL OF ROCK AIN'T ANY TOO STRONG USUALLY. I DON'T DARE TRY ANY EXPERIMENTS. WHAT DO YOU THINK HAS HAPPENED TO HIM ASKED TAD IN A TROUBLED VOICE. FAINTED PROBABLY HE AIN'T VERY STRONG YOU KNOW. AND THAT TUMBLE'S ENOUGH TO KNOCK THE SENSE OUT OF A FULL GROWN MAN. WE'VE GOT TO GET WALT UP HERE EVEN IF I HAVE TO JUMP OVER AFTER HIM SAID TAD FIRMLY. RIGHT YOU ARE YOUNG MAN BUT TALKING WON'T DO IT. SOMETHING ELSE BESIDES SAYING YOU'RE GOING TO WILL BE NECESSARY WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN REACH HIM EXPLAINED LIGE DANGLING THE LOOP OF THE LARIAT IN HIS HANDS AS HE LOOKED FROM ONE TO THE OTHER. IN THAT CASE YOU WILL HAVE TO GO YOURSELF THOMAS DECIDED THE PROFESSOR SHARPLY. I COULD NOT THINK OF ALLOWING ANY OF MY CHARGES TO TAKE SO TERRIBLE A RISK AND. LET ME GO MISTER THOMAS INTERRUPTED NED RECTOR STEPPING FORWARD WITH ALMOST A CHALLENGE IN HIS EYES. NO I AM THE LIGHTER OF THE TWO URGED TAD. I AM THE ONE TO GO AFTER WALT IF ANYONE HAS TO I'LL GO DOWN MISTER THOMAS. MASTER TAD IS RIGHT DECIDED THE GUIDE GAZING AT THE TWO BOYS APPROVINGLY. IT WILL BE BETTER FOR HIM TO GO IF HE WILL. AND HE MOST CERTAINLY WILL INTERRUPTED TAD ADVANCING A STEP. I PROTEST SHOUTED THE PROFESSOR. YOU YOURSELF SHOULD GO LIGE YOU ARE. I AM NEEDED RIGHT HERE SIR REPLIED THE GUIDE SHORTLY. YOU'D HAVE BOTH OF US AT THE BOTTOM IF I LEFT IT TO YOU TO TAKE CARE OF THIS END. THE GUIDE WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY AND GIVING NO HEED TO PROFESSOR ZEPPLIN'S NERVOUS PROTESTS SLIPPED THE NOOSE OVER TAD'S SHOULDERS AND DRAWING IT DOWN AND UP UNDER HIS ARMS SECURED THE KNOT SO THAT THE LOOP MIGHT NOT TIGHTEN UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE BOY'S BODY. NOW BE VERY CAREFUL MAKE NO SUDDEN MOVES. AND IF YOU MEET WITH ANYTHING UNLOOKED FOR LET ME KNOW AT ONCE

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+YOU KNOW YOU WILL HAVE TO STAY DOWN THERE WHILE WE ARE DRAWING THE BOY UP. BUT BEFORE REMOVING THE ROPE FROM YOUR OWN BODY MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE SAFE. IF YOU FIND THE SUPPORT TOO WEAK TO BEAR YOUR WEIGHT LET ME KNOW. I'LL SEND DOWN ANOTHER ROPE TO WHICH YOU CAN TIE YOURSELF UNTIL WE GET MASTER WALTER TO THE TOP. BE SURE TO FASTEN HIM SECURELY TO THE LOOP BEFORE YOU GIVE THE SIGNAL TO HAUL UP WARNED THE GUIDE. HERE PUT MY GUN IN YOUR POCKET I UNDERSTAND. ARE YOU READY YES. TAD TOSSED AWAY HIS SOMBRERO AND SAT DOWN ON A SHELF OF ROCK AT THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF HIS FEET DANGLING OVER. THE LAD'S FACE WAS PALE THE LINES ON IT STANDING OUT IN SHARP RIDGES BUT NOT BY SO MUCH AS THE FLICKER OF AN EYELID DID HE BETRAY THE SLIGHTEST NERVOUSNESS. YET TAD BUTLER REALIZED FULLY THE PERILOUS NATURE OF HIS UNDERTAKING AND THAT THE LEAST MISTAKE ON HIS PART OR ON THE PART OF THOSE ABOVE HIM MIGHT MEAN A SUDDEN END TO HIS EARTHLY AMBITIONS. LIGE SHORTENED THE HITCH ABOUT THE TREE UNTIL THE LINE DREW TAUT. AFTER WINDING THE END TIGHTLY ABOUT HIS OWN ARM HE HANDED A LIGHTED TORCH TO TAD. RIGHT ANNOUNCED THE GUIDE IN A REASSURING VOICE. GOOD APPROVED LIGE ENCOURAGINGLY BEGINNING TO LET THE RAWHIDE SLIP SLOWLY AROUND THE TRUNK OF THE TREE. AS HE DID SO TAD FELT HIMSELF GRADUALLY SINKING INTO THE SOMBRE DEPTHS. HE TILTED HIS HEAD TO LOOK UP. THE MOVEMENT SENT HIS BODY SWAYING GIDDILY FROM SIDE TO SIDE. CAUTIOUSLY PLACING A HAND AGAINST THE ROCKS TO STEADY HIMSELF TAD WISELY CONCLUDED THAT HEREAFTER IT WOULD NOT PAY TO BE TOO CURIOUS. BETTER LIE DOWN SO YOU TOO DON'T TAKE A NOTION TO FALL OFF. KEEP YOUR EYES SHUT TILL I TELL YOU TO OPEN THEM. SLOWLY BUT STEADILY THE SLENDER LINE WAS PAID OUT AMID A TENSE SILENCE ON THE PART OF THE LITTLE GROUP AT THE TOP OF THE CANYOU. AFTER WHAT SEEMED TO THEM HOURS A SHARP CALL FROM THE DEPTHS REACHED THEIR EARS. LIGE QUICKLY MADE FAST THE LINE TO A TREE. YES GOT HIM HE ANSWERED LEANING OVER THE CLIFF. I SEE HIM CALLED TAD HIS VOICE SOUNDING HOLLOW AND UNNATURAL TO THOSE ABOVE. HE'S SO FAR TO THE RIGHT OF ME THAT I CAN'T REACH HIM. WILL IT BE ALL RIGHT FOR ME TO SWING MYSELF WHERE IS HE. LODGED IN THE BRANCHES OF A PINYON TREE I THINK IT IS BUT HE DOESN'T ANSWER ME. WAIT A MINUTE CAUTIONED THE MOUNTAINEER. LIGE SEARCHED UNTIL HE FOUND A LIMB SOME THREE INCHES IN DIAMETER AND THIS HE PLACED UNDER THE ROPE SO AS TO RELIEVE THE STRAIN OF THE ROCK UPON IT THAT THERE MIGHT BE NO DANGER OF THE LEATHER BEING SAWED IN TWO BY CONTACT WITH THE LEDGE. ALL RIGHT NOW TRY IT. THE CREAKING OF THE RAWHIDE TOLD THEM THAT TAD BUTLER WAS SWAYING FROM SIDE TO SIDE FIFTY FEET BELOW THEM AT THE END OF A SLENDER LINE. LIGE LEANING OVER THE BRINK WAS ABLE TO FOLLOW THE BOY'S MOVEMENTS BY THE AID OF THE THIN ARC OF LIGHT MADE BY THE TORCH IN TAD'S HAND. THEN FOLLOWED A LONG PERIOD OF SUSPENSE. BUT FROM THE CAUTIOUS MOVEMENTS OF THE LIGHT FAR BELOW THEM THE GUIDE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE LAD WAS AT WORK CARRYING OUT HIS PART OF THE TASK OF RESCUE TO THE BEST OF HIS ABILITY. WHY DOESN'T HE SAY SOMETHING CRIED THE PROFESSOR UNABLE TO RESTRAIN HIS IMPATIENCE LONGER HIS OVERWROUGHT NERVES ALMOST AT THE BREAKING POINT. KEEP STILL DON'T BOTHER HIM THE BOY'S DOING THE BEST HE CAN. MEBBY YOU THINK HE'S HAVING SOME SORT OF A PICNIC DOWN THERE EH GLARED LIGE. TAD'S VOICE NOW STRONG AND CLEAR ROSE FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE CANYOU. SHALL WE HAUL UP ASKED LIGE MAKING A MEGAPHONE OF HIS HANDS YES HAUL AWAY. TELL THEM WALT'S ALL RIGHT HE CAN TALK NOW WAS THE ANSWER THAT CARRIED WITH IT SUCH A NOTE OF GLADNESS THAT NED AND STACY WERE UNABLE TO RESIST A SHOUT OF JOY. LEND A HAND HERE COMMANDED LIGE TAKING FIRM HOLD OF THE LINE AND STEPPING TO THE EDGE THAT HE MIGHT COMMAND BOTH ENDS OF THE OPERATION. ARE YOU ALL SAFE DOWN THERE TAD. SURE THING ANSWERED THE BOY. VERY SLOWLY RESTRAINING THEIR INCLINATION TO HAUL THE ROPE IN WITH ALL SPEED ONLY BECAUSE THE WARNING EYES OF THE GUIDE WERE UPON THEM THE TWO BOYS ASSISTED BY PROFESSOR ZEPPLIN BEGAN HOISTING WALTER PERKINS TOWARD THE TOP

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+BUT PROFESSOR ZEPPLIN ADVISED THEM TO REMAIN WHERE THEY WERE AND GET THE FIRE GOING IN CASE LIGE HAD FAILED TO FIND THE PACK TRAIN. HE NO DOUBT WOULD BRING FOOD OF SOME KIND WITH HIM. THE FIRE WOULD BE READY AND THUS NO TIME WOULD BE LOST IN PREPARING THE FIRST MEAL OF THE DAY WHICH IN THIS CASE WOULD BE BREAKFAST DINNER AND SUPPER ALL IN ONE. THE BOYS AWAITED THE GUIDE'S APPROACH WITH IMPATIENCE SOME PACING BACK AND FORTH WHILE OTHERS COAXED THE FIRE INTO A ROARING BLAZE AT THE SAME TIME CONFIDING TO EACH OTHER HOW HUNGRY THEY WERE. NOW YOU MAY GO HE NODDED. WITH A SHOUT THE BOYS DASHED PELL MELL TO MEET THE PACK TRAIN AND FALLING IN BEHIND THE SLOW MOVING BURROS URGED THEM ON WITH DERISIVE SHOUTS AND SUNDRY RESOUNDING SLAPS ON THE ANIMALS FLANKS. HAD ANYTHING TO EAT ASKED THE GUIDE. NOT ENOUGH TO GIVE US INDIGESTION ANSWERED NED. COLD WATER IS THE MOST NOURISHING THING WE'VE TOUCHED SINCE LAST NIGHT. BUT I LEFT YOU A RABBIT DIDN'T YOU FIND IT. WE DID NOT IT MUST HAVE COME TO LIFE SOME TIME DURING THE NIGHT AND DUG ITS WAY OUT LAUGHED TAD. AND WE'VE GOT A SURPRISE FOR YOU ANNOUNCED STACY SWELLING WITH PRIDE. WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT LAUGHED THE GUIDE. YOU'LL SEE WHEN YOU GET TO CAMP ANSWERED CHUNKY. I DON'T NEED GUNS TO HUNT WITH A STOUT CLUB FOR MINE. AFTER HAVING SHOWN THE CAT TO LIGE AND GETTING HIS PROMISE TO TEACH THEM HOW TO SKIN IT THE BOYS SET TO WITH A WILL TO ASSIST IN THE UNPACKING. CHUNKY REACHED THE TABLE FIRST GREEDILY SURVEYING WHAT HAD BEEN PLACED ON IT. WHY MISTER THOMAS WHERE DID YOU GET HONEY ASKED WALTER. FOUND A BEE TREE ON MY WAY BACK AND CUT IT DOWN. I THINK YOU WILL FIND THERE IS ENOUGH OF IT TO DOUBLE YOU ALL UP GRINNED LIGE. WE'LL TAKE ALL CHANCES ADVISED NED. BUT WHAT'S THIS IT LOOKS LIKE JAM. JAM EXCLAIMED CHUNKY STRETCHING HIS NECK AND EYEING THE DISH LONGINGLY. YES WILD PLUM JAM ANSWERED THE GUIDE WOW CHUCKLED STACY UNDER HIS BREATH. NOW FALL TO YOUNG GENTLEMEN DIRECTED THE PROFESSOR. I AM FREE TO ADMIT THAT I AM HUNGRY TOO. I THINK I SHALL HELP MYSELF TO SOME OF THAT WILD PLUM JAM AND BISCUIT FIRST IT REMINDS ME OF OLD TIMES. WE SOMETIMES HAD JAM WHEN I WAS WITH THE GERMAN. ARMY ADDED NED YES. BUT THE PROFESSOR WAS LOST IN HIS ENJOYMENT OF THE BISCUIT WHICH HE HAD LIBERALLY SMEARED WITH THE DELICIOUS JAM. CHUNKY DID EVEN BETTER THAN THAT. HE BURIED HIS BISCUIT UNDER A LAYER OF JAM OVER WHICH HE SPREAD A THICK COATING OF HONEY. NED FIXED HIM WITH A STERN EYE. REMEMBER SIR THAT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DIGNITY BEFITS THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE PONY RIDERS CLUB HE SAID CHUNKY COLORED. I'D LOSE MY DIGNITY FOR A MOUTHFUL OF THAT ANY DAY HE DECIDED AFTER HAVING SAMPLED THE COMBINATION. PRESIDENT BROWN I WITHDRAW MY CRITICISM I OFFER YOU MY HUMBLE APOLOGIES. NEXT THING WE KNOW YOU'LL BE PROVIDING US WITH BEAR STEAK. BEARS DID YOU SAY DEMANDED STACY IN A VOICE NOT UNMIXED WITH AWE ARE THERE BEARS UP HERE. I RECKON THERE ARE SMILED THE GUIDE WE ARE IN THE BEAR COUNTRY NOW. I HAD A TOUGH BATTLE WITH ONE IN A CAVE NOT FAR FROM HERE SEVERAL YEARS AGO. I CAME NEAR LOSING MY LIFE TOO AND A CAVE INTERRUPTED TAD. YES THE COUNTRY IS FULL OF CAVES. BESIDES THIS THERE ARE MANY ABANDONED MINES UP THE RANGE FURTHER. SHALL WE SEE ANY OF THEM ASKED TAD EAGERLY ALL YOU WANT. PERHAPS WE MAY EVEN EXPLORE SOME IF WE COME ACROSS ANY SAID THE GUIDE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT FILLED THE BOYS WITH EXCITEMENT. WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS WHEN DO WE GO HUNTING ASKED NED. THAT DEPENDS PERHAPS TUESDAY WE SHALL NEED A DOG. BUT I KNOW AN OLD SETTLER WHO WILL LEND US HIS DOG IF IT IS NOT OUT. OF COURSE DOGS CAN'T FOLLOW THE TRAIL OF AN ANIMAL AS WELL NOW AS THEY COULD WITH SNOW ON THE GROUND. BUT THIS DOG YOU WILL FIND IS A WONDER. SUPPER HAVING BEEN FINISHED THE PARTY GATHERED ABOUT THE CAMP FIRE FOR THEIR EVENING CHAT AFTER WHICH ADMONISHING STACY TO KEEP WITHIN HIS TENT AND NOT TO GO BORROWING TROUBLE THE BOYS TURNED IN FOR A SOUND SLEEP. AS YET THEY HAD BEEN UNABLE TO ATTEMPT ANY FANCY RIDING WITH THEIR PONIES OWING TO THE RUGGED NATURE OF THE COUNTRY THROUGH WHICH THEY HAD BEEN JOURNEYING

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+STACY GRUMBLED TURNED OVER AND WENT TO SLEEP AGAIN. THE GUARD CHANCED TO BE LUMPY BATES AND HE ADMINISTERED WHAT TO HIM WAS A GENTLE KICK TO HURRY THE BOY ALONG OUCH YELLED CHUNKY SITTING UP AND RUBBING HIS EYES. KEEP STILL YOU BABY GROWLED THE COWMAN. DO YOU WANT TO WAKE UP THE WHOLE OUTFIT. THERE'LL BE A LIVELY MUSS ABOUT THE TIME YOU DO I RECKON AND YOU'LL WISH YOU HADN'T. IF YOU CAN'T KEEP SHUT THE BOSS'LL BE FOR MAKING YOU SLEEP UNDER THE CHUCK WAGON. IF YOU MAKE A RACKET THERE PONG WILL DUMP A POT OF BOILING WATER OVER YOU. YOU WON'T BE SO FAST TO WAKE UP HARD WORKING COWBOYS AFTER THAT I RECKON. IS BREAKFAST READY ASKED THE BOY TIGHTENING HIS BELT AND JAMMING HIS SOMBRERO DOWN OVER HIS HEAD. BREAKFAST JEERED LUMPY. YOU'RE LUCKY TO BE ALIVE IN THIS OUTFIT LET ALONE FILLING YOURSELF WITH GRUB GET OUT. STACY RUEFULLY AND STILL HALF ASLEEP MADE A WIDE CIRCLE AROUND THE SLEEPING COWMEN THAT HE MIGHT NOT MAKE THE MISTAKE OF AGAIN STEPPING ON ANY OF THEM. LUMPY WATCHED HIM WITH DISAPPROVING EYES. THE LAD CAUGHT THE PONY THAT STOOD MOPING IN THE CORRAL NOT APPEARING TO BE AWARE THAT HIS RIDER WAS PREPARING HIM FOR THE RANGE CHUNKY ALL THE TIME MUTTERING TO HIMSELF. LEADING THE PONY OUT THE BOY GATHERED UP THE REINS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ANIMAL AND PREPARED TO MOUNT. LUMPY BATES CAME RUNNING TOWARD HIM NOT DARING TO CALL OUT FOR FEAR OF WAKING THE CAMP. THE COWMAN WAS SWINGING HIS ARMS AND SEEKING TO ATTRACT THE LAD'S ATTENTION. CHUNKY HOWEVER WAS TOO SLEEPY TO SEE ANYTHING SO SMALL AS A COWMAN SWINGING HIS ARMS A ROD AWAY. HI THERE HISSED LUMPY FILLED WITH INDIGNATION THAT ANYONE SHOULD ATTEMPT TO MOUNT A PONY FROM THE RIGHT SIDE. HIS WARNING CAME TOO LATE. STACY BROWN'S LEFT LEG SWUNG OVER THE SADDLE. NO SOONER HAD THE PONY FELT THE LEATHER OVER HIM THAN HE RAISED HIS BACK STRAIGHT UP HIS HEAD GOING DOWN ALMOST TO THE GROUND. STACY SHOT UP INTO THE AIR AS IF HE HAD BEEN PROPELLED FROM A BOW GUN. HE STRUCK THE SOFT SAND SEVERAL FEET IN ADVANCE OF THE PONY HIS FACE AND HEAD PLOUGHING A LITTLE FURROW AS HE DROVE ALONG ON HIS NOSE. HE HAD NO MORE THAN STRUCK HOWEVER BEFORE THE IRATE COWBOY HAD HIM BY THE COLLAR AND HAD JERKED THE LAD TO HIS FEET YOU TENDERFOOT HE SNARLED ACCENTING THE WORDS SO THAT THEY CARRIED A WORLD OF MEANING WITH THEM. HE SHOOK THE LAD VIOLENTLY. DOES IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. THE COWBOY JERKED HIS OWN HEAD UP AND DOWN AS IF THE WORDS HE WOULD UTTER HAD WEDGED FAST IN HIS THROAT. GIT OUT OF HERE BEFORE I SAY SOMETHING. THE BOSS SAID THE FIRST MAN HE HEARD USING LANGUAGE WHILE YOU TENDERFEET WERE WITH US WOULD GET FIRED ON THE SPOT. WITHOUT TAKING THE CHANCE OF WAITING UNTIL STACY HAD MOUNTED THE PONY LUMPY GRABBED THE BOY AND TOSSED HIM INTO THE SADDLE GIVING THE LITTLE ANIMAL A SHARP SLAP ON THE FLANK AS HE DID SO. AT FIRST THE PONY BEGAN TO BUCK THEN EVIDENTLY THINKING THE EFFORT WAS NOT WORTH WHILE SETTLED DOWN TO A ROUGH TROT WHICH SOON SHOOK THE BOY UP AND THOROUGHLY AWAKENED HIM. THE REST OF THE FOURTH GUARD HAD ALREADY GONE OUT CHUNKY MEETING THE RETURNING MEMBERS OF THE THIRD COMING IN. BETTER HURRY UP KID THEY CHUCKLED THE COWS'LL SLEEP THEMSELVES OUT OF SIGHT BEFORE YOU GET THERE IF YOU DON'T GET A MOVE ON. WHERE ARE THEY ASKED THE BOY. KEEP A GOING AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY YOU'LL RUN PLUMB INTO THEM WAS THE JEERING ANSWER AS THE SLEEPY COWMEN SPURRED THEIR PONIES ON TOWARD CAMP MUTTERING THEIR DISAPPROVAL OF TAKING ALONG A BUNCH OF BOYS ON A CATTLE DRIVE. IN A FEW MOMENTS THEY TOO HAD TURNED THEIR PONIES ADRIFT AND HAD THROWN THEMSELVES DOWN BESIDE THEIR COMPANIONS PULLING THEIR BLANKETS WELL ABOUT THEM FOR THE NIGHT HAD GROWN CHILL. OUT ON THE PLAINS THE FOURTH GUARD WERE DROWSILY CROONING THE LULLABY ABOUT THE BULL THAT CAME DOWN THE HILLSIDE LONG TIME AGO. IT SEEMED AS IF SCARCELY A MINUTE HAD PASSED SINCE THE BOYS TURNED IN BEFORE THEY WERE AWAKENED BY THE STRIDENT TONES OF THE FOREMAN. ALMOST BEFORE THE ECHOES OF HIS VOICE HAD DIED AWAY A SHRILL VOICE PIPED UP FROM THE TAIL END OF THE CHUCK WAGON. GRUB PI LE GRUB PI LE

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+IT WAS THE CHINAMAN PONG SOUNDING HIS CALL FOR BREAKFAST IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE USAGE OF THE PLAINS. GRUB PI LE HE FINISHED IN A LOWER TONE AFTER WHICH HIS HEAD QUICKLY DISAPPEARED UNDER THE COVER OF THE WAGON. BY THE TIME THE COWMEN AND PONY RIDERS HAD REFRESHED THEMSELVES AT THE SPRING NEAR WHICH THE OUTFIT HAD CAMPED A STEAMING HOT BREAKFAST HAD BEEN SPREAD ON THE GROUND WITH A SLICKER FOR A TABLE CLOTH. THREE COWBOYS FELL TO WITH A WILL GULPING DOWN THEIR BREAKFAST IN A HURRY THAT THEY MIGHT RIDE OUT AND RELIEVE THE FOURTH GUARD ON THE HERD. YOU BOYS DON'T HAVE TO SWALLOW YOUR FOOD WHOLE SMILED THE FOREMAN OBSERVING THAT THE PONY RIDERS SEEMED TO THINK THEY WERE EXPECTED TO HURRY THROUGH THEIR MEAL AS WELL THOSE FELLOWS HAVE TO GO OUT. TAKE YOUR TIME THE FOURTH GUARD HAS TO EAT YET SO THERE IS PLENTY OF TIME HOW DID YOU ALL SLEEP. FINE CHORUSED THE BOYS. AND YOU MISTER PROFESSOR SURPRISINGLY WELL. IT IS ASTONISHING WITH HOW LITTLE A MAN CAN GET ALONG WHEN HE HAS TO. WHO IS THE WRANGLER THIS MORNING ASKED THE FOREMAN GLANCING ABOUT AT HIS MEN. I AM SPOKE UP SHORTY SAVAGE PROMPTLY WRANGLER. A WRANGLER'S A WRANGLER ANSWERED BIG FOOT STOLIDLY. HE'S A FELLOW WHO'S ALL THE TIME MAKING TROUBLE ISN'T HE ASKED STACY INNOCENTLY. OH NO THIS KIND OF A WRANGLER ISN'T LAUGHED THE FOREMAN. THE TROUBLE IS USUALLY MADE FOR HIM AND IT'S SERVED UP HOT OFF THE SPIDER. THE HORSE WRANGLER IS THE FELLOW WHO GOES OUT AND ROUNDS UP THE PONIES SOMETIMES HE DOES IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHEN THE THUNDER AND LIGHTNING ARE SMASHING ABOUT HIM LIKE ALL POSSESSED AND THE CATTLE ARE ON THE RAMPAGE. HE'S A TROUBLE CURER NOT A TROUBLEMAKER EXCEPT FOR HIMSELF. I GUESS THERE ARE SOME WORDS THAT AREN'T IN THE DICTIONARY LAUGHED TAD. THE MEAL WAS SOON FINISHED PONG HAVING STOOD RUBBING HIS PALMS A HAPPY SMILE ON HIS FACE DURING THE TIME THEY WERE EATING. A VERY FINE BREAKFAST SIR ANNOUNCED THE PROFESSOR LOOKING UP AT THE CHINAMAN. PONG TELL THE YOUNG GENTLEMEN WHAT WOULD BECOME OF YOU IF YOU WERE TO SERVE BAD MEALS TO THIS OUTFIT OF COWPUNCHERS. THE CHINAMAN SHOWED TWO ROWS OF WHITE TEETH IN HIS EXPANSIVE GRIN. ALLEE SAME LIKEE THIS HE EXPLAINED. HOW ASKED TAD. PONG GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS OF DRAWING A GUN FROM HIS BELT AND PUFFING OUT HIS CHEEKS UTTERED AN EXPLOSIVE POUF. I GUESS WE ARE PRETTY SURE OF HAVING REAL FOOD TO EAT THEN LAUGHED TAD AS THE BOYS ROSE FROM THE TABLE READY FOR THE ACTIVE WORK OF THE DAY. WE WILL NOW GET TO WORK ON THE HERD ANNOUNCED THE FOREMAN. WE HAD BETTER START THE DRIVE THIS MORNING. WHEN WE MAKE CAMP AT NOON WE WILL CUT OUT THE STRAYS. I TRUST NONE OF YOU WILL BE IMPRUDENT AND GET INTO TROUBLE FOR WE SHALL HAVE OTHER THINGS TO LOOK AFTER TO DAY

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+WHEREAT THE BRANCHES LIGHTLY TREMULOUS DID ALL OF THEM BOW DOWNWARD TOWARD THAT SIDE WHERE ITS FIRST SHADOW CASTS THE HOLY MOUNTAIN. YET NOT FROM THEIR UPRIGHT DIRECTION SWAYED SO THAT THE LITTLE BIRDS UPON THEIR TOPS SHOULD LEAVE THE PRACTICE OF EACH ART OF THEIRS. BUT WITH FULL RAVISHMENT THE HOURS OF PRIME SINGING RECEIVED THEY IN THE MIDST OF LEAVES THAT EVER BORE A BURDEN TO THEIR RHYMES. ALREADY MY SLOW STEPS HAD CARRIED ME INTO THE ANCIENT WOOD SO FAR THAT I COULD NOT PERCEIVE WHERE I HAD ENTERED IT AND LO. ALL WATERS THAT ON EARTH MOST LIMPID ARE WOULD SEEM TO HAVE WITHIN THEMSELVES SOME MIXTURE COMPARED WITH THAT WHICH NOTHING DOTH CONCEAL. ALTHOUGH IT MOVES ON WITH A BROWN BROWN CURRENT UNDER THE SHADE PERPETUAL THAT NEVER RAY OF THE SUN LETS IN NOR OF THE MOON. WITH FEET I STAYED AND WITH MINE EYES I PASSED BEYOND THE RIVULET TO LOOK UPON THE GREAT VARIETY OF THE FRESH MAY. AND THERE APPEARED TO ME EVEN AS APPEARS SUDDENLY SOMETHING THAT DOTH TURN ASIDE THROUGH VERY WONDER EVERY OTHER THOUGHT. A LADY ALL ALONE WHO WENT ALONG SINGING AND CULLING FLOWERET AFTER FLOWERET WITH WHICH HER PATHWAY WAS ALL PAINTED OVER. AH BEAUTEOUS LADY WHO IN RAYS OF LOVE DOST WARM THYSELF IF I MAY TRUST TO LOOKS WHICH THE HEART'S WITNESSES ARE WONT TO BE MAY THE DESIRE COME UNTO THEE TO DRAW NEAR TO THIS RIVER'S BANK I SAID TO HER SO MUCH THAT I MIGHT HEAR WHAT THOU ART SINGING. THOU MAKEST ME REMEMBER WHERE AND WHAT PROSERPINA THAT MOMENT WAS WHEN LOST HER MOTHER HER AND SHE HERSELF THE SPRING. AS TURNS HERSELF WITH FEET TOGETHER PRESSED AND TO THE GROUND A LADY WHO IS DANCING AND HARDLY PUTS ONE FOOT BEFORE THE OTHER ON THE VERMILION AND THE YELLOW FLOWERETS SHE TURNED TOWARDS ME NOT IN OTHER WISE THAN MAIDEN WHO HER MODEST EYES CASTS DOWN. AND MY ENTREATIES MADE TO BE CONTENT SO NEAR APPROACHING THAT THE DULCET SOUND CAME UNTO ME TOGETHER WITH ITS MEANING AS SOON AS SHE WAS WHERE THE GRASSES ARE. BATHED BY THE WATERS OF THE BEAUTEOUS RIVER TO LIFT HER EYES SHE GRANTED ME THE BOON. I DO NOT THINK THERE SHONE SO GREAT A LIGHT UNDER THE LIDS OF VENUS WHEN TRANSFIXED BY HER OWN SON BEYOND HIS USUAL CUSTOM. ERECT UPON THE OTHER BANK SHE SMILED BEARING FULL MANY COLOURS IN HER HANDS WHICH THAT HIGH LAND PRODUCES WITHOUT SEED. YE ARE NEW COMERS AND BECAUSE I SMILE BEGAN SHE PERADVENTURE IN THIS PLACE ELECT TO HUMAN NATURE FOR ITS NEST. SOME APPREHENSION KEEPS YOU MARVELLING BUT THE PSALM DELECTASTI GIVETH LIGHT WHICH HAS THE POWER TO UNCLOUD YOUR INTELLECT. AND THOU WHO FOREMOST ART AND DIDST ENTREAT ME SPEAK IF THOU WOULDST HEAR MORE FOR I CAME READY TO ALL THY QUESTIONINGS AS FAR AS NEEDFUL. THE WATER SAID I AND THE FOREST'S SOUND ARE COMBATING WITHIN ME MY NEW FAITH IN SOMETHING WHICH I HEARD OPPOSED TO THIS. WHENCE SHE I WILL RELATE HOW FROM ITS CAUSE PROCEEDETH THAT WHICH MAKETH THEE TO WONDER AND PURGE AWAY THE CLOUD THAT SMITES UPON THEE. THE GOOD SUPREME SOLE IN ITSELF DELIGHTING CREATED MAN GOOD AND THIS GOODLY PLACE GAVE HIM AS HANSEL OF ETERNAL PEACE. BY HIS DEFAULT SHORT WHILE HE SOJOURNED HERE BY HIS DEFAULT TO WEEPING AND TO TOIL HE CHANGED HIS INNOCENT LAUGHTER AND SWEET PLAY. THAT THE DISTURBANCE WHICH BELOW IS MADE BY EXHALATIONS OF THE LAND AND WATER WHICH FAR AS MAY BE FOLLOW AFTER HEAT MIGHT NOT UPON MANKIND WAGE ANY WAR THIS MOUNT ASCENDED TOW'RDS THE HEAVEN SO HIGH AND IS EXEMPT FROM THERE WHERE IT IS LOCKED

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+AND WHEN THE CAR WAS OPPOSITE TO ME THUNDER WAS HEARD AND ALL THAT FOLK AUGUST SEEMED TO HAVE FURTHER PROGRESS INTERDICTED. THERE WITH THE VANWARD ENSIGNS STANDING STILL. MOTIONLESS HALTED THE VERACIOUS PEOPLE THAT CAME AT FIRST BETWEEN IT AND THE GRIFFIN TURNED THEMSELVES TO THE CAR AS TO THEIR PEACE. AND ONE OF THEM AS IF BY HEAVEN COMMISSIONED SINGING VENI SPONSA DE LIBANO SHOUTED THREE TIMES AND ALL THE OTHERS AFTER. EVEN AS THE BLESSED AT THE FINAL SUMMONS SHALL RISE UP QUICKENED EACH ONE FROM HIS CAVERN UPLIFTING LIGHT THE REINVESTED FLESH. AND THE SUN'S FACE UPRISING OVERSHADOWED SO THAT BY TEMPERING INFLUENCE OF VAPOURS FOR A LONG INTERVAL THE EYE SUSTAINED IT. AS SOON AS ON MY VISION SMOTE THE POWER SUBLIME THAT HAD ALREADY PIERCED ME THROUGH ERE FROM MY BOYHOOD I HAD YET COME FORTH. TO THE LEFT HAND I TURNED WITH THAT RELIANCE WITH WHICH THE LITTLE CHILD RUNS TO HIS MOTHER WHEN HE HAS FEAR OR WHEN HE IS AFFLICTED. TO SAY UNTO VIRGILIUS NOT A DRACHM OF BLOOD REMAINS IN ME THAT DOES NOT TREMBLE I KNOW THE TRACES OF THE ANCIENT FLAME. BUT US VIRGILIUS OF HIMSELF DEPRIVED HAD LEFT VIRGILIUS SWEETEST OF ALL FATHERS VIRGILIUS TO WHOM I FOR SAFETY GAVE ME. NOR WHATSOEVER LOST THE ANCIENT MOTHER AVAILED MY CHEEKS NOW PURIFIED FROM DEW THAT WEEPING THEY SHOULD NOT AGAIN BE DARKENED. DANTE BECAUSE VIRGILIUS HAS DEPARTED DO NOT WEEP YET DO NOT WEEP YET AWHILE FOR BY ANOTHER SWORD THOU NEED'ST MUST WEEP. E'EN AS AN ADMIRAL WHO ON POOP AND PROW COMES TO BEHOLD THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING IN OTHER SHIPS AND CHEERS THEM TO WELL DOING. UPON THE LEFT HAND BORDER OF THE CAR WHEN AT THE SOUND I TURNED OF MY OWN NAME WHICH OF NECESSITY IS HERE RECORDED. I SAW THE LADY WHO EREWHILE APPEARED VEILED UNDERNEATH THE ANGELIC FESTIVAL DIRECT HER EYES TO ME ACROSS THE RIVER. ALTHOUGH THE VEIL THAT FROM HER HEAD DESCENDED ENCIRCLED WITH THE FOLIAGE OF MINERVA DID NOT PERMIT HER TO APPEAR DISTINCTLY IN ATTITUDE STILL ROYALLY MAJESTIC CONTINUED SHE LIKE UNTO ONE WHO SPEAKS AND KEEPS HIS WARMEST UTTERANCE IN RESERVE. LOOK AT ME WELL IN SOOTH I'M BEATRICE. HOW DIDST THOU DEIGN TO COME UNTO THE MOUNTAIN DIDST THOU NOT KNOW THAT MAN IS HAPPY HERE. MINE EYES FELL DOWNWARD INTO THE CLEAR FOUNTAIN BUT SEEING MYSELF THEREIN I SOUGHT THE GRASS SO GREAT A SHAME DID WEIGH MY FOREHEAD DOWN. AS TO THE SON THE MOTHER SEEMS SUPERB SO SHE APPEARED TO ME FOR SOMEWHAT BITTER TASTETH THE SAVOUR OF SEVERE COMPASSION. SILENT BECAME SHE AND THE ANGELS SANG SUDDENLY IN TE DOMINE SPERAVI BUT BEYOND PEDES MEOS DID NOT PASS. EVEN AS THE SNOW AMONG THE LIVING RAFTERS UPON THE BACK OF ITALY CONGEALS BLOWN ON AND DRIFTED BY SCLAVONIAN WINDS AND THEN DISSOLVING TRICKLES THROUGH ITSELF WHENE'ER THE LAND THAT LOSES SHADOW BREATHES SO THAT IT SEEMS A FIRE THAT MELTS A TAPER. E'EN THUS WAS I WITHOUT A TEAR OR SIGH BEFORE THE SONG OF THOSE WHO SING FOR EVER AFTER THE MUSIC OF THE ETERNAL SPHERES. BUT WHEN I HEARD IN THEIR SWEET MELODIES COMPASSION FOR ME MORE THAN HAD THEY SAID O WHEREFORE LADY DOST THOU THUS UPBRAID HIM. THE ICE THAT WAS ABOUT MY HEART CONGEALED TO AIR AND WATER CHANGED AND IN MY ANGUISH THROUGH MOUTH AND EYES CAME GUSHING FROM MY BREAST. SHE ON THE RIGHT HAND BORDER OF THE CAR STILL FIRMLY STANDING TO THOSE HOLY BEINGS THUS HER DISCOURSE DIRECTED AFTERWARDS. YE KEEP YOUR WATCH IN THE ETERNAL DAY SO THAT NOR NIGHT NOR SLEEP CAN STEAL FROM YOU ONE STEP THE AGES MAKE UPON THEIR PATH

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+THEREFORE MY ANSWER IS WITH GREATER CARE THAT HE MAY HEAR ME WHO IS WEEPING YONDER SO THAT THE SIN AND DOLE BE OF ONE MEASURE. NOT ONLY BY THE WORK OF THOSE GREAT WHEELS THAT DESTINE EVERY SEED UNTO SOME END ACCORDING AS THE STARS ARE IN CONJUNCTION. BUT BY THE LARGESS OF CELESTIAL GRACES WHICH HAVE SUCH LOFTY VAPOURS FOR THEIR RAIN THAT NEAR TO THEM OUR SIGHT APPROACHES NOT. SUCH HAD THIS MAN BECOME IN HIS NEW LIFE POTENTIALLY THAT EVERY RIGHTEOUS HABIT WOULD HAVE MADE ADMIRABLE PROOF IN HIM. BUT SO MUCH MORE MALIGNANT AND MORE SAVAGE BECOMES THE LAND UNTILLED AND WITH BAD SEED THE MORE GOOD EARTHLY VIGOUR IT POSSESSES. SOME TIME DID I SUSTAIN HIM WITH MY LOOK REVEALING UNTO HIM MY YOUTHFUL EYES I LED HIM WITH ME TURNED IN THE RIGHT WAY. AS SOON AS EVER OF MY SECOND AGE I WAS UPON THE THRESHOLD AND CHANGED LIFE HIMSELF FROM ME HE TOOK AND GAVE TO OTHERS. WHEN FROM THE FLESH TO SPIRIT I ASCENDED AND BEAUTY AND VIRTUE WERE IN ME INCREASED I WAS TO HIM LESS DEAR AND LESS DELIGHTFUL. AND INTO WAYS UNTRUE HE TURNED HIS STEPS PURSUING THE FALSE IMAGES OF GOOD THAT NEVER ANY PROMISES FULFIL. NOR PRAYER FOR INSPIRATION ME AVAILED BY MEANS OF WHICH IN DREAMS AND OTHERWISE I CALLED HIM BACK SO LITTLE DID HE HEED THEM. SO LOW HE FELL THAT ALL APPLIANCES FOR HIS SALVATION WERE ALREADY SHORT SAVE SHOWING HIM THE PEOPLE OF PERDITION. FOR THIS I VISITED THE GATES OF DEATH AND UNTO HIM WHO SO FAR UP HAS LED HIM MY INTERCESSIONS WERE WITH WEEPING BORNE. MY FACULTIES WERE IN SO GREAT CONFUSION THAT THE VOICE MOVED BUT SOONER WAS EXTINCT THAN BY ITS ORGANS IT WAS SET AT LARGE. ANSWER ME FOR THE MOURNFUL MEMORIES IN THEE NOT YET ARE BY THE WATERS INJURED. CONFUSION AND DISMAY TOGETHER MINGLED FORCED SUCH A YES FROM OUT MY MOUTH THAT SIGHT WAS NEEDFUL TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF IT. EVEN AS A CROSS BOW BREAKS WHEN TIS DISCHARGED TOO TENSELY DRAWN THE BOWSTRING AND THE BOW AND WITH LESS FORCE THE ARROW HITS THE MARK SO I GAVE WAY BENEATH THAT HEAVY BURDEN OUTPOURING IN A TORRENT TEARS AND SIGHS AND THE VOICE FLAGGED UPON ITS PASSAGE FORTH. WHENCE SHE TO ME IN THOSE DESIRES OF MINE WHICH LED THEE TO THE LOVING OF THAT GOOD BEYOND WHICH THERE IS NOTHING TO ASPIRE TO. WHAT TRENCHES LYING TRAVERSE OR WHAT CHAINS DIDST THOU DISCOVER THAT OF PASSING ONWARD THOU SHOULDST HAVE THUS DESPOILED THEE OF THE HOPE. AND WHAT ALLUREMENTS OR WHAT VANTAGES UPON THE FOREHEAD OF THE OTHERS SHOWED THAT THOU SHOULDST TURN THY FOOTSTEPS UNTO THEM. AFTER THE HEAVING OF A BITTER SIGH HARDLY HAD I THE VOICE TO MAKE RESPONSE AND WITH FATIGUE MY LIPS DID FASHION IT. WEEPING I SAID THE THINGS THAT PRESENT WERE WITH THEIR FALSE PLEASURE TURNED ASIDE MY STEPS SOON AS YOUR COUNTENANCE CONCEALED ITSELF

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+Nervous suspects locked up in Britain's newest police station may feel relieved by a pleasant yellow color on the door . If they are close to confessing a crime , the blue on the wall might _ .
+Gwent Police have abandoned colors such as greys and browns of the 20th-century police cell and have used color psychology to decorate them .
+Ystrad Mynach station , which recently opened at a cost of PS5 million has four cells with glass doors for prisoners who suffer from claustrophobia . Designers have painted the frames yellow , which researchers say is a calming color . Other cells contain a royal blue line because psychologists believe that the color is likely to encourage truthfulness .
+The station has 31 cells , including 12 with a "live scan" system for drunken or disturbed prisoners , which detects the rise and fall of their chest . An alarm alerts officers if a prisoner's breathing stops and carries on ringing until the door is opened .
+Designers and psychologists have worked for years on color . Blue is said to suggest trust , efficiency , duty , logic , coolness , thinking and calm . It also suggests coldness and unfriendliness . It is thought that strong blues will stimulate clear thought and lighter , soft colors will calm the mind and aid concentration .
+Yellow is linked with confidence , self-respect and friendliness get the color wrong and it could cause fear , depression and anxiety , but the right yellow can lift spirits and self-respect .
+Ingrid Collins , a psychologist who specializes in the effects of color , said that color was an " energy force " . She said : " Blue does enhance communication but I am not sure it would enhance truthful communication . "
+Yellow , she said , affected the mind . Red , on the other hand , should never be considered because it could increase aggression . Mrs. Collins praised the designers for using colors in the cells . Gwent is not the first British force to experiment with color to calm down or persuade prisoners to co-operate , In the 1990s Strathclyde Police used pink in cells based on research carried out by the US Navy .

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+      "question": "Which of the following helps alert officers if someone stops breathing ?",
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+        "Royal blue lines .",
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+Most people think about donating blood. However, very few actually do it. Even the most consistent ones donate an average of just three to four times during their lifetime. Now the officials in Sweden are trying to change the trend with the help of modern-day technology.
+The encouragement to donate again begins shortly after the donor leaves the clinic when he/she receives a "thank you" text. Though that certainly helps them feel appreciated, what is even more pleasing is the text they receive each time their blood is used to help someone in need.
+Karolina Wiberg, manager of the Stockholm blood service, believes this small gesture not only results in repeat donors, but helps bring in new ones. _ that was started in Stockholm has received such positive feedback that it is now being rolled out across the country.
+However, Swedish officials are not stopping there. They are also encouraging local clinics to publish the exact levels of the different blood groups they have at any given time on their websites. This allows potential donors to realize that their blood can make a difference in saving someone's life.
+While all these outreach( ) programs are great, busy citizens, even the ones with the best intentions have to be occasionally reminded. In order to jog their memories, officials ask people for authorization  to send them text, Facebook, and e-mail reminders. Though that may sound disturbing, the citizens do not seem to mind, given that the messages are light-hearted and fun -- things like "We won't give up until you bleed."
+Though Sweden is currently the only country using modern technology to urge more donations, don't be surprised if more join in, especially if the Nordic country's blood banks start to overflow!

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+      "question": "Why is another text sent to blood donors after a \"thank you\" one?",
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+        "To ask them for authorization.",
+        "To inform them their blood is used.",
+        "To remind them to donate blood immediately.",
+        "To tell them the levels of blood groups."
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+  "question": "Why is another text sent to blood donors after a \"thank you\" one?",
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+  "audio_file": "test/article_1088006/audio.wav",
+  "questions_count": 4,
+  "audio_length_sec": 130.325,
+  "questions": [
+    {
+      "question_idx": 2394,
+      "question": "What do we know about the man from the passage?",
+      "options": [
+        "He is treated unfairly in the prison.",
+        "He is in charge of the federal prison.",
+        "He is quite an able person as a prisoner.",
+        "He is the most powerful man in the prison."
+      ],
+      "answer": "C"
+    },
+    {
+      "question_idx": 2395,
+      "question": "By saying that\"I got a pass into this place\"(in Para.3),the man means that  _  .",
+      "options": [
+        "he has got to stay in prison",
+        "he was allowed to go home",
+        "he was caught by the police without a pass",
+        "he has stayed in the federal prison before"
+      ],
+      "answer": "A"
+    },
+    {
+      "question_idx": 2396,
+      "question": "The man committed such an evil crime because  _  .",
+      "options": [
+        "he had made a secret deal with an insurance company",
+        "he had been angry for a long time with his father--in--law",
+        "his wife's family members had disapproved of their marriage",
+        "his wife had looked on him as a pet and he didn't feel respected"
+      ],
+      "answer": "B"
+    },
+    {
+      "question_idx": 2397,
+      "question": "Which of the following is TRUE about the man?",
+      "options": [
+        "He regrets having committed the crime.",
+        "He will be out of prison in the near future.",
+        "He thinks the trial a mistake and is unfair.",
+        "He has found out the"
+      ],
+      "answer": "A"
+    }
+  ]
+}

race_audio/test/article_1123398/article.txt

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+Alice's mother died when she was five. Although her brothers and sisters were loving and caring, their love couldn't take the place of a mother's. In 1925 Alice became my mother and told me that her family couldn't even afford her a doll.
+One afternoon in December 1982, when I was getting ready for Christmas, I suddenly decided to buy two dolls, one for my five-year-old daughter, Katie, and one for my old mother.
+Things went smoothly when a friend told me that his dad, who played Santa Claus in my area, would be willing to make a visit on Christmas morning to our home with the gifts! Knowing that my parents would also come to my house, I began to get ready for the most memorable day of my mother's life.
+Christmas Day arrived and so did Santa Claus at the planned time. Katie was very excited and happy all the time to welcome the Santa. My mother was enjoying watching Katie welcoming this special guest. As Santa turned to leave he looked again into his bag and took out one more gift. As he asked who Alice was, my mother, without thinking of her name being called, said that she in fact was Alice. Santa handed her the gift with a message card that read:
+For Alice:
+I was cleaning out my sleigh   before my trip this year and came across this package that should be sent on December 25, 1925. The gift inside has aged, but I felt that you might still wish to have it. Many apologies for the lateness of the gift.
+Love,
+Santa Claus
+My mother was very excited and deeply moved to tears. She couldn't speak but only held tightly in her arms the doll she had waited fifty-seven years to receive as tears of joy flew down her face. That doll made my mother the happiest "child".

race_audio/test/article_1123398/q_720/question.json

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+{
+  "question_idx": 720,
+  "question": "The author wrote the message card in order to   _  .",
+  "options": [
+    "show her deep apology to her mother",
+    "make it clear that Santa Claus didn't forget her",
+    "show that Santa Claus was hard-working",
+    "make Alice believe the gift was exactly for her"
+  ],
+  "answer": "D"
+}

race_audio/test/article_1128350/metadata.json

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+{
+  "article_id": 1128350,
+  "audio_file": "test/article_1128350/audio.wav",
+  "questions_count": 2,
+  "audio_length_sec": 64.975,
+  "questions": [
+    {
+      "question_idx": 1588,
+      "question": "Why was the black man running after the writer?",
+      "options": [
+        "To rob her.",
+        "To scare her.",
+        "To make friends with her.",
+        "To return her wallet."
+      ],
+      "answer": "D"
+    },
+    {
+      "question_idx": 1589,
+      "question": "What is the writer trying to tell her readers?",
+      "options": [
+        "Never judge people by their appearance.",
+        "She had been struggling to her success.",
+        "She had changed a lot since that night.",
+        "Being kind to strangers will pay back."
+      ],
+      "answer": "A"
+    }
+  ]
+}

race_audio/test/article_1201030/article.txt

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+A Russian,a Cuban,an American businessman and an American lawyer were on a train traveling across England. The Russian took out a large bottle of vodka, gave each of the men a drink and then threw the rest half bottle of vodka out of the window.
+         "Why did you do that?" asked the American businessman.
+         "There's too much vodka in my country," said the Russian,"And really we have more than we will ever use."
+         A little later,the Cuban passed around fine Havana Cigars. Then he threw his out of the window.
+         "I thought Cuba is not a rich country," the businessman said. "But you threw that very good cigars out of the window!"
+         "Cigars," the Cuban answered,"are the cheapest in my country. We have more of them than we know what to do with."
+         The American businessman sat quietly for a moment. Then he got up,caught the lawyer by the arm and threw him out of the window.

race_audio/test/article_1201030/metadata.json

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+{
+  "article_id": 1201030,
+  "audio_file": "test/article_1201030/audio.wav",
+  "questions_count": 5,
+  "audio_length_sec": 48.625,
+  "questions": [
+    {
+      "question_idx": 1225,
+      "question": "Vodka is a kind of   _  .",
+      "options": [
+        "treasure",
+        "alcohol",
+        "food",
+        "medicine"
+      ],
+      "answer": "B"
+    },
+    {
+      "question_idx": 1226,
+      "question": "The Russian and the Cuban both wanted to   _  .",
+      "options": [
+        "tell the businessman what their countries are rich in",
+        "prove  that they were not rich",
+        "ask the two Americans to visit their countries",
+        "make the businessman happy"
+      ],
+      "answer": "A"
+    },
+    {
+      "question_idx": 1227,
+      "question": "When the businessman said \"I thought Cuba is not a rich country.\",he meant \"  _  \".",
+      "options": [
+        "Russian is richer than Cuba",
+        "America is not richer than Cuba and Russia",
+        "You shouldn't threw that very good cigar away",
+        "Do you have more cigars than me?"
+      ],
+      "answer": "C"
+    },
+    {
+      "question_idx": 1228,
+      "question": "What did the businessman want to say by throwing the lawyer out of the window?",
+      "options": [
+        "I want to buy some vodka.",
+        "We have too many lawyers in my country.",
+        "I'll go to Cuba and do some business of cigars.",
+        "If you need lawyers,come to America."
+      ],
+      "answer": "B"
+    },
+    {
+      "question_idx": 1229,
+      "question": "Which do you think is the best title for the passage?",
+      "options": [
+        "Traveling across England",
+        "Four Rich Men",
+        "You're Wasting Too Much",
+        "There's Too Much"
+      ],
+      "answer": "D"
+    }
+  ]
+}

race_audio/test/article_1201030/q_1225/question.json

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+{
+  "question_idx": 1225,
+  "question": "Vodka is a kind of   _  .",
+  "options": [
+    "treasure",
+    "alcohol",
+    "food",
+    "medicine"
+  ],
+  "answer": "B"
+}

race_audio/test/article_1201030/q_1226/question.json

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+{
+  "question_idx": 1226,
+  "question": "The Russian and the Cuban both wanted to   _  .",
+  "options": [
+    "tell the businessman what their countries are rich in",
+    "prove  that they were not rich",
+    "ask the two Americans to visit their countries",
+    "make the businessman happy"
+  ],
+  "answer": "A"
+}

race_audio/test/article_1201030/q_1227/question.json

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+{
+  "question_idx": 1227,
+  "question": "When the businessman said \"I thought Cuba is not a rich country.\",he meant \"  _  \".",
+  "options": [
+    "Russian is richer than Cuba",
+    "America is not richer than Cuba and Russia",
+    "You shouldn't threw that very good cigar away",
+    "Do you have more cigars than me?"
+  ],
+  "answer": "C"
+}

race_audio/test/article_1201030/q_1228/question.json

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+{
+  "question_idx": 1228,
+  "question": "What did the businessman want to say by throwing the lawyer out of the window?",
+  "options": [
+    "I want to buy some vodka.",
+    "We have too many lawyers in my country.",
+    "I'll go to Cuba and do some business of cigars.",
+    "If you need lawyers,come to America."
+  ],
+  "answer": "B"
+}

race_audio/test/article_1201030/q_1229/question.json

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+{
+  "question_idx": 1229,
+  "question": "Which do you think is the best title for the passage?",
+  "options": [
+    "Traveling across England",
+    "Four Rich Men",
+    "You're Wasting Too Much",
+    "There's Too Much"
+  ],
+  "answer": "D"
+}

race_audio/test/article_1251045/article.txt

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+A long road leads through the woods to Don Robinson's unfinished house. Wearing dirty sneakers and a shirt with holes, Don Robinson is an 81-year-old Missouri businessman. Although he's rich, he didn't use his money to buy himself a grand home. Instead, he used it to buy wild land.
+Robinson has decided to donate 843 acres of his own personal _ to the Department of Natural Resources after his death, which can then be used to create a new state park. His generous donation is the same size as New York City's Central Park. It is said that it's the largest land donation to happen in the last 25 years.
+How did he come up with this idea? For Robinson, the idea of donation came from his respect for the land and the environment. He doesn't have children to pass it onto. He hoped that someone would make full use of it, or the land would probably turn into wasteland. A green park filled with trees can at least help deal with global warming, in addition to producing fresh air.
+Robinson has lived here in a small wooden house since 1964.One room holds his bed, a few chairs and a desk. He said he didn't care how much his donation was worth. Tom Pounders who used to work for Robinson said, "He doesn't think material objects are important." He also recalled that Robinson once repaired a broken tennis shoe with a spare tire.
+Robinson has just one request for the new park that will be established after his death. He'd like it to be named the Don Robinson State Park. "There's a lot of Robinsons, but only one me. It would be nice if people remembered to use my full name when walking through the park," he said.

race_audio/test/article_1251045/metadata.json

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+{
+  "article_id": 1251045,
+  "audio_file": "test/article_1251045/audio.wav",
+  "questions_count": 2,
+  "audio_length_sec": 98.425,
+  "questions": [
+    {
+      "question_idx": 3193,
+      "question": "Don Robinson has decided to donate   _   to the Department of Natural Resources after his death.",
+      "options": [
+        "a green park",
+        "a big wooden house",
+        "843 acres of land",
+        "all his money"
+      ],
+      "answer": "C"
+    },
+    {
+      "question_idx": 3194,
+      "question": "According to the passage, which of the following statements about is TRUE?",
+      "options": [
+        "Don Robinson paid much attention to how much his donation was worth.",
+        "New   York City's  Central Park was built with Don Robinson's help.",
+        "Don Robinson had many children and lived with them.",
+        "The idea of donation came from Robinson's respect for the land and the environment."
+      ],
+      "answer": "D"
+    }
+  ]
+}

race_audio/test/article_1251045/q_3193/question.json

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+{
+  "question_idx": 3193,
+  "question": "Don Robinson has decided to donate   _   to the Department of Natural Resources after his death.",
+  "options": [
+    "a green park",
+    "a big wooden house",
+    "843 acres of land",
+    "all his money"
+  ],
+  "answer": "C"
+}

race_audio/test/article_1251045/q_3194/question.json

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+{
+  "question_idx": 3194,
+  "question": "According to the passage, which of the following statements about is TRUE?",
+  "options": [
+    "Don Robinson paid much attention to how much his donation was worth.",
+    "New   York City's  Central Park was built with Don Robinson's help.",
+    "Don Robinson had many children and lived with them.",
+    "The idea of donation came from Robinson's respect for the land and the environment."
+  ],
+  "answer": "D"
+}

race_audio/test/article_1315289/article.txt

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+Have you got any wonderful plans for your coming winter vacation?  Here are some wonderful films for you to kill time.
+ _ 
+Verona De Tessant (Maya Rudolph) and Burt Farlander (John Krasinski) are in their early thirties and struggling to meet daily needs and build fulfilling lives as an artist and a salesman.
+When they learn they will soon become parents, they are faced with the challenge of how and where to raise a child and build a happy family. With a baby on his way, the young couple, look at their lives and are puzzled about what they really want.
+ _ 
+Lynn was married to Pual, but they broke up and Lynn took their daughter Alice while Paul got their son Dylan.
+Years later, now Dylan is getting married, and Lynn is attending the wedding, with her younger son Elliot and Ben. Elliot is a drug addict and Ben keeps everything to himself. Dylan hasn't spoken to Lynn in years, and Lynn is fearful of Pual and his wife Patty. At last, all this has put Lynn in a depressed situation, and she's not sure just how she's going to get through the day.
+ _ 
+Also named as Life is Beautiful, the film is a black comedy and also a best medicine that heals the scar left by war. This movie has some kind of characteristics as natural and active. On the 7th Oscar Award Ceremony , the movie won three great awards.
+It is not a sad movie from the very beginning , but when the father uses a great way to hide his murder from his son, all people are impressed by this moving deed. Under the protection of the father, the son has lived a happy life.
+ _ 
+The film is an American film directed by Frank Darabont and starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. The film tells the story of Andy, a banker who spends nearly two decades in Shawshank State Prison for the murder of his wife and his wife's lover despite his claims of innocence. There he makes friends with Red. Andy manages to escape from the prison by digging a tunnel with the rock hammer over the years. When Red is later released , he remembers Andy's advice. He then visits the place Andy mentions before he escapes. There, he finds money and a note left by Andy, telling him to get to Zihuatanejo.

race_audio/test/article_1315289/metadata.json

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+{
+  "article_id": 1315289,
+  "audio_file": "test/article_1315289/audio.wav",
+  "questions_count": 3,
+  "audio_length_sec": 125.875,
+  "questions": [
+    {
+      "question_idx": 1692,
+      "question": "This passage aims to   _",
+      "options": [
+        "make comments on films for a cinema",
+        "recommend several films for fun",
+        "introduce films for a film corporation",
+        "advertise several films for a website"
+      ],
+      "answer": "B"
+    },
+    {
+      "question_idx": 1693,
+      "question": "Which film might best help a newly married couple to figure out their new roles in future life?",
+      "options": [
+        "La Vita e bella",
+        "Another Happy Day",
+        "Away We Go",
+        "The Shawshank Redemption."
+      ],
+      "answer": "C"
+    },
+    {
+      "question_idx": 1694,
+      "question": "What is the ending of The Shawshank Redemption?",
+      "options": [
+        "Andy killed his wife and his wife's lover.",
+        "Andy became famous for helping Red.",
+        "Red felt cheated by Andy in a way.",
+        "Red and Andy got reunited happily."
+      ],
+      "answer": "D"
+    }
+  ]
+}

race_audio/test/article_1315289/q_1692/question.json

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+{
+  "question_idx": 1692,
+  "question": "This passage aims to   _",
+  "options": [
+    "make comments on films for a cinema",
+    "recommend several films for fun",
+    "introduce films for a film corporation",
+    "advertise several films for a website"
+  ],
+  "answer": "B"
+}

race_audio/test/article_1315289/q_1693/question.json

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+{
+  "question_idx": 1693,
+  "question": "Which film might best help a newly married couple to figure out their new roles in future life?",
+  "options": [
+    "La Vita e bella",
+    "Another Happy Day",
+    "Away We Go",
+    "The Shawshank Redemption."
+  ],
+  "answer": "C"
+}

race_audio/test/article_1315289/q_1694/question.json

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+{
+  "question_idx": 1694,
+  "question": "What is the ending of The Shawshank Redemption?",
+  "options": [
+    "Andy killed his wife and his wife's lover.",
+    "Andy became famous for helping Red.",
+    "Red felt cheated by Andy in a way.",
+    "Red and Andy got reunited happily."
+  ],
+  "answer": "D"
+}

race_audio/test/article_1353735/q_1359/question.json

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+{
+  "question_idx": 1359,
+  "question": "Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?",
+  "options": [
+    "Worsfold's wife was immediately informed of his being arrested by the police.",
+    "Worsfold was arrested because he was extremely dangerous.",
+    "Worsfold enjoyed the cycle race though he saw it between the feet of people from the pavement.",
+    "Worsfold was arrested because of his clothes as well as his facial expression."
+  ],
+  "answer": "D"
+}

race_audio/test/article_1358899/article.txt

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+My parents knew their wealth: each other, their six children, and their faith. They tried to live simple lives so that they could have time for what was most important.
+They didn't busy themselves buying a bigger house, because that would mean working harder to pay the monthly mortgage ,working overtime or taking second job. Who would go running with me then? Who would read stories to me?
+They didn't burden themselves with buying an expensive car because that would mean worrying about installment  bills. Besides, walking to the shopping centre every Saturday afternoon with me gave my dad his needed exercise, and made me feel so special.
+One of my heart's delights was seeing Dad and Mom in their bedroom at night, after our nightly family prayer. The lights were turned off, and I'd see the figure of my father seated on his old chair and Mom standing behind him, gently massaging  his shoulders. I'd hear them talk about what happened during their day. Even as a child, I sensed their quiet pleasure in being together.
+My question today: Could they have done this rich ritual  each night and nourished  their marriage if they had been busy paying for expensive clothes for themselves or their kids, or if they had been worrying about monthly bills for new hi-tech equipment? I don't think so. And I've made a choice: I don't want that of life either.

race_audio/test/article_1358899/metadata.json

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+{
+  "article_id": 1358899,
+  "audio_file": "test/article_1358899/audio.wav",
+  "questions_count": 3,
+  "audio_length_sec": 73.9,
+  "questions": [
+    {
+      "question_idx": 615,
+      "question": "Which of the following is TRUE about the author's family?",
+      "options": [
+        "There were six people in the family.",
+        "They decided to buy a bigger house.",
+        "They lived an easy and happy life.",
+        "They had a second-hand car."
+      ],
+      "answer": "C"
+    },
+    {
+      "question_idx": 616,
+      "question": "What did the parents regularly do with the author?",
+      "options": [
+        "They wrote stories together.",
+        "They read newspapers together.",
+        "They regularly took exercise together.",
+        "They went shopping together each day."
+      ],
+      "answer": "C"
+    },
+    {
+      "question_idx": 617,
+      "question": "The author believed that his/her parents' happiness was due to(, )",
+      "options": [
+        "their attitude towards life",
+        "their love for each other",
+        "their common interests",
+        "their ability to communicate with each other"
+      ],
+      "answer": "A"
+    }
+  ]
+}

race_audio/test/article_1358899/q_615/question.json

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+{
+  "question_idx": 615,
+  "question": "Which of the following is TRUE about the author's family?",
+  "options": [
+    "There were six people in the family.",
+    "They decided to buy a bigger house.",
+    "They lived an easy and happy life.",
+    "They had a second-hand car."
+  ],
+  "answer": "C"
+}

race_audio/test/article_1358899/q_616/question.json

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+{
+  "question_idx": 616,
+  "question": "What did the parents regularly do with the author?",
+  "options": [
+    "They wrote stories together.",
+    "They read newspapers together.",
+    "They regularly took exercise together.",
+    "They went shopping together each day."
+  ],
+  "answer": "C"
+}

race_audio/test/article_1358899/q_617/question.json

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+{
+  "question_idx": 617,
+  "question": "The author believed that his/her parents' happiness was due to(, )",
+  "options": [
+    "their attitude towards life",
+    "their love for each other",
+    "their common interests",
+    "their ability to communicate with each other"
+  ],
+  "answer": "A"
+}

race_audio/test/article_1412347/article.txt

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+John lives on a farm. The farm is not very big. His parents grow rice and corn. They don't use animals to do farm work any more. Today they use a tractor . It works faster and better. After he does his work in the fields, he likes to sit and look at the blue sky and the green hills. He thinks the country is more beautiful than the city. In the city, he can't hear the animals. In the country, he can hear birds singing. He likes to play with his dog, Cody. Cody is a very interesting dog. He likes to follow people. When they stop, he stops.
+When they walk, he walks. John thinks Cody is the best dog of all.