CHAPTER II 

ABOUT THE PAST 

"Did you get any more particulars?" asked Sam, of the college poet. 

"No. The newspaper man was busy, so the Doctor said, and didn't have time to go into details," answered Songbird. 

"Did he say who the other prisoners were who got away?" asked Dick. 

"Yes, a tramp who was up for robbing a man on the road and a bank clerk who took some money from the bank." 

"None of the crowd we are interested in," said Tom. 

"I'm glad of it," returned his older brother. "It is bad enough for Crabtree to get away. I hope they keep a strict guard over the others after this." 

"Oh, they will, rest assured of that," came from Stanley Browne. "The head jailer will get a raking over the coals for this, mark my words." 

"The Stanhopes and the Lanings will be sorry to learn that Crabtree got away," said Sam. "I wonder if they aren't searching for him," mused Sam. 

"Oh, they'll search for all of them," put in Songbird. "I think the newspaper man said the sheriff had a posse out." 

"Too bad!" said Dick, shaking his head gravely. "And just when we felt sure old Crabtree wouldn't be able to give us any more trouble!" 

"It beats the nation, what that man can do!" cried Sam. "Maybe be hypnotized one of the jailers-- just as he hypnotized Mrs. Stanhope years ago. 

"He'd be equal to it-- if he got the chance," answered Tom; and then all of the students had to go in to their classes.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Who was Sam inquiring after?
2. Who did Sam wish to know more about?
3. 
Q2:
1. Who did Sam converse with?
2. Who was Sam having a conversation with?
3. 
Q3:
1. Was Songbird able to get any more information?
2. Did Songbird succeed in learning anything more?
3. 
Q4:
1. What did Sam and Songbird discuss?
2. What was the subject of Sam and Songbird's discussion?
3. 
Q5:
1. Where did Songbird get her information?
2. What was Songbird's source?
3. 
Q6:
1. Who made a jailbreak?
2. Who broke out of jail?
3. 
Q7:
1. Does Tom say that the friends care about the crowd?
2. According to Tom, are the friends interested in the tramp and then banker?
3. 
