CHAPTER III 

SAM BRINGS NEWS 

As Tom ran over to his brother's side he could not help but give a glance at the flying machine, which was rising higher and higher in the air, with a noise from the engine that sounded like a battery of gattling guns in action. 

"Hi! hi! Wot's that?" came in a startled voice from the other side of the barn, and Jack Ness, the Rovers hired man, came running into view. "By gum, if them boys ain't gone an' flew without waitin' fer that man to show 'em! Who's doin' it? I don't see nobuddy." And the hired man blinked in amazement at the sight before him. "Is Sam in there?" 

"Nobody is in the machine," answered Tom, who was kneeling beside his brother. "Oh, gracious! Look at that!" he exclaimed. 

"There goes the chimbley!" roared Jack Ness, as the biplane swooped just high enough to clear the roof of the Rover homestead. One of the wheels underneath struck a chimney a glancing blow, hurling the bricks in all directions. As they came clattering down, from the house out ran Mrs. Rover, followed by her husband and the hired help. Anderson Rover was away on business. 

"What is the matter--is it a--er--a cyclone?" gasped Randolph Rover. 

"I don't know, I'm sure," answered Mrs. Rover. "But it's a terrible noise." 

"Look! look!" shrieked the cook, pointing upward. "Saints preserve us!" she moaned. "'Tis the end of the world!" 

"A flying machine!" murmured Randolph Rover. He gazed around hurriedly. "Can it be the boys?"  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Whose side did Tom rush to?
2. Whose side did Tom go over to in a hurry?
3. 
Q2:
1. What did Tom glance at?
2. What did Tom take a quick peek at?
3. 
Q3:
1. What had the same sound as the battery of a gattling gun in action?
2. What made a noise resembling that of a gattling gun being used?
3. 
Q4:
1. What did Mrs. Rover moan?
2. What did Mrs. Rover remark in pain?
3. 
Q5:
1. What was the name of the hired man?
2. Who had the Rovers hired?
3. 
Q6:
1. Who could be found in the machine?
2. Whose location was inside the machine?
3. 
Q7:
1. What was Anderson Rover's location?
2. Where could Anderson Rover be found?
3. 
Q8:
1. What was the name of the person that blinked?
2. Who rapidly open and shut their eyes?
3. 
Q9:
1. What hit the chimney?
2. What came into contact with the chimney?
3. 
Q10:
1. Who rushed out of the home?
2. What was the name of the person that scurried out the house?
3. 
