CHAPTER XI 

Thus William Wetherell became established in Coniston, and was started at last--poor man--upon a life that was fairly tranquil. Lem Hallowell had once covered him with blushes by unfolding a newspaper in the store and reading an editorial beginning: "We publish today a new and attractive feature of the Guardian, a weekly contribution from a correspondent whose modesty is to be compared only with his genius as a writer. We are confident that the readers of our Raper will appreciate the letter in another column signed 'W. W.'" And from that day William was accorded much of the deference due to a litterateur which the fates had hitherto denied him. Indeed, during the six years which we are about to skip over so lightly, he became a marked man in Coniston, and it was voted in towns meeting that he be intrusted with that most important of literary labors, the Town History of Coniston. 

During this period, too, there sprang up the strangest of intimacies between him and Jethro Bass. Surely no more dissimilar men than these have ever been friends, and that the friendship was sometimes misjudged was one of the clouds on William Wetherell's horizon. As the years went on he was still unable to pay off the mortgage; and sometimes, indeed, he could not even meet the interest, in spite of the princely sum he received from Mr. Willard of the Guardian. This was one of the clouds on Jethro's horizon, too, if men had but known it, and he took such moneys as Wetherell insisted upon giving him grudgingly enough. It is needless to say that he refrained from making use of Mr. Wetherell politically, although no poorer vessel for political purposes was ever constructed. It is quite as needless to say, perhaps, that Chester Perkins never got to be Chairman of the Board of Selectmen.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Who did everyone in Coniston know of?
2. Who was a big name in Coniston?
3. 
Q2:
1. Who covered William Wetherell with blushes?
2. Who embarrassed William Wetherell?
3. 
Q3:
1. What did Lem Hallowell do to embarrass William Wetherell?
2. How did Lem Hallowell cause William Wetherell to blush?
3. 
Q4:
1. Was the Guardian published once per year?
2. Did the Guardian come out annually?
3. 
Q5:
1. What initials signed the column?
2. What were the two letters that ended the colum?
3. 
Q6:
1. Who had a target on his back?
2. Who were people gunning for?
3. 
Q7:
1. Which literary work is most important?
2. What is the literary labor that carries the most weight?
3. 
Q8:
1. Who couldn't pay off their house?
2. Who did not have enough money for the mortgage?
3. 
Q9:
1. Who paid William Wetherell a large sum of money?
2. Who compensated William Wetherell with a bunch of cash?
3. 
Q10:
1. Who was Mr. Willard affiliated with?
2. Where was Mr. Willard from?
3. 
