CHAPTER IV 

THE WAY INTO PRINT 

Sam Cotting's General Store at Millville divided importance with Bob West's hardware store but was a more popular loafing place for the sparse population of the tiny town. The post office was located in one corner and the telephone booth in another, and this latter institution was regarded with much awe by the simple natives. Once in awhile some one would telephone over to the Junction on some trivial business, but the long-distance call was never employed except by the "nabobs"--the local name for John Merrick and his nieces--or by the manager of the new mill at Royal, who had extended the line to his own office in the heart of the pine forest. 

So, when Uncle John and the girls entered Cotting's store and the little gentleman shut himself up in the telephone booth, a ripple of excitement spread throughout the neighborhood. Skim Clark, the youthful hope of the Widow Clark, who "run the Emporium," happened to be in the store and he rushed out to spread the news that "the nabob's talkin' to New Yoruk!" 

This information demanded immediate attention. Marshall McMahon McNutt, familiarly known as "Peggy" McNutt--because he had once lost a foot in a mowing machine--and who was alleged to be a real estate agent, horse doctor, fancy poultry breeder and palmist, and who also dabbled in the sale of subscription books, life insurance, liniment and watermelons, quickly slid off his front porch across the way and sauntered into Cotting's to participate in the excitement. Seth Davis, the blacksmith, dropped his tools and hurried to the store, and the druggist three doors away--a dapper gentleman known as Nib Corkins--hurriedly locked his door and attended the meeting. Presently the curious group was enlarged by the addition of Nick Thome the liveryman, Lon Taft, a carpenter and general man-of-all-work, and Silas Caldwell the miller, the latter a serious individual who had "jest happened to come acrost from the mill in the nick o' time."  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Who were long-distance calls made by?
2. Who made some calls long-distance?
3. Who called long-distance?
Q2:
1. What was the town called?
2. What name did the town have?
3. What was the town known as?
Q3:
1. What did the word nabob mean to the locals?
2. What did locals mean when they used the word nabob?
3. What was the meaning of the word nabob?
Q4:
1. Who had the more popular store, Sam or Bob?
2. Whose store did people like visiting more, Sam or Bob?
3. Who had the more popular store, between Sam and Bob?
Q5:
1. Did Sam have a general store or a specific kind?
2. Was Sam's store a general store or one that sold specific merchandise?
3. Did Sam sell specific or general goods?
Q6:
1. What did people like to do at Sam's store?
2. What did most people do at Sam's General Store?
3. What was a popular activity at Sam's store?
Q7:
1. Who entered the telephone booth?
2. Who went inside of the phone booth?
3. Who was the telephone booth entered by?
Q8:
1. Were people excited to see Uncle John go into the telephone booth?
2. Did Uncle John entering the telephone booth cause excitement?
3. Was Uncle John going into the telephone booth cause for excitement?
Q9:
1. Who had the nickname Peggy?
2. Whose nickname was Peggy?
3. Who did everyone know as Peggy?
Q10:
1. Who was related to Widow Clark?
2. Who was Widow Clark a relative of?
3. Who was a membrer of Widow Clark's family?
Q11:
1. Was Skim Clark the one to talk about the telephone call?
2. Did Skim Clark spread the news of the telephone call?
3. Was it Skim Clark who told everyone about the phone call?
Q12:
1. How many jobs did Peggy allegedly have?
2. What number of professions was Peggy alleged to be employed in?
3. How many occupations did Peggy supposedly have?
Q13:
1. What chopped off Peggy's foot?
2. What did Peggy get his foot chopped off by?
3. What did Peggy lose his foot due to?
Q14:
1. What was the occupation of Nick Thome?
2. How was Nick Thome employed?
3. What did Nick Thome do for a living?
Q15:
1. Was Peggy McNutt in a tizzy?
2. Did Peggy McNutt feel excited?
3. Had Peggy McNutt gotten into a state of excitement?
Q16:
1. Where did Peggy McNutt go to participate?
2. Where did Peggy McNutt saunter into?
3. Where did Peggy McNutt travel to in order to participate?
Q17:
1. Did Seth Davis go to Sam's store like everyone else?
2. Did Seth Davis follow everyone to Sam's store?
3. Did Seth Davis also go to Sam's store, like Peggy McNutt?
Q18:
1. Why was everyone at Sam's store?
2. What was everyone doing at Sam's store?
3. What had brought a crowd to Sam's store?
