CHAPTER IV 

AN UNEXPECTED ARRIVAL 

"This is the time we get the best of Dave Porter!" whispered Link Merwell to his cronies. "I guess we have spoiled their picnic." 

"I--I--don't think th--they'll fight," faltered Nat, as Dave leaped to the ground, followed by his chums. 

"Better arm yourselves with clubs," suggested Nick Jasniff. "Remember, we are only three to five." 

"Maybe we had better--er--go away," returned the money-lender's son, hesitatingly. 

"No, I am going to see the thing out," answered Jasniff. 

"So am I," added Merwell. "Don't go, Nat--they won't dare to fight--with the girls looking on." 

"Whoa, there! Whoa!" came a cry from behind the two touring cars, and looking back the boys and girls saw a man drive up on a buckboard drawn by a spirited horse. 

"Why, if it isn't Jed Sully!" cried Ben. 

"Who is he?" questioned Sam. 

"Sort of a roadmaster in these parts. I suppose he is going around, inspecting the roads and bridges." 

"Then he ought to be able to tell us about this road!" put in Phil, quickly. 

"Hello! What's the meaning of this?" demanded Jed Sully, after alighting. And he strode forward and confronted the boys. 

"How are you, Mr. Sully?" said Dave, for he had met the roadmaster before. 

"Oh, so it's you, Dave! Blocked up, eh?" And the roadmaster looked first at Dave and his chums and then at those standing on the other side of the barrier. "Who did this?" 

"They did," answered Roger, and pointed to the other crowd.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Did the story have weapons?
2. Were there weapons in the story?
3. 
Q2:
1. What was the name of the person that drove up on a buckboard?
2. What was the person that drove up on a buckboard called?
3. 
Q3:
1. What as Jed Sully driving?
2. What was being driven by Jed Sully?
3. 
Q4:
1. What was the buckboard being pulled by?
2. What was pulling the buckboard?
3. 
Q5:
1. Did someone welcome Jed Sully?
2. Was Jed Sully welcomed by someone?
3. 
Q6:
1. How do you know that Jed Sully was welcomed?
2. What reason do you have for knowing that Jed Sully was welcomed?
3. 
Q7:
1. Was the road new to Jed Sully and the spirited horse?
2. Did the spirited horse and Jed Sully travel on the road for the first time?
3. 
Q8:
1. What is the name of the person that was confronted?
2. What is the person that was confronted called?
3. 
Q9:
1. What is the name of the person that approached the boys?
2. The boys were approached by which person?
3. 
Q10:
1. Why did Jed Sully approach the boys?
2. What reason did Jed Sully have for approaching the boys?
3. 
