CHAPTER XII 

THE ENEMY WITHIN 

It was getting late, but the Allenwood Sports Club prolonged its sitting at the Carlyon homestead. The institution had done useful work in promoting good fellowship by means of healthful amusements, but recently its management had fallen into the hands of the younger men, and the founders contented themselves with an occasional visit to see that all was going well. Some, however, were not quite satisfied, and Mowbray entertained suspicions about the Club. He was an autocrat, but he shrank from spying, or attempting to coerce a member into betraying his comrades. Some allowance must be made for young blood; and, after all, nothing that really needed his interference could go on, he felt, without his learning about it. Nevertheless, he had a disturbing feeling that an undesirable influence was at work. 

Carlyon's room was unusually well furnished, and several fine London guns occupied a rack on the matchboarded wall. The cost of one would have purchased a dozen of the Massachusetts-made weapons which the prairie farmers used. The photograph of a horseman in English hunting dress with M.F.H. appended to the autograph was equally suggestive, and it was known that Carlyon's people had sent him to Canada with money enough to make a fair start. Unfortunately, he had not realized that success in farming demands care and strenuous work. 

He sat with a flushed, excited face at a rosewood table, upon which the cigar ends, bottles, and glasses scarcely left room for the cards he was eagerly scanning. Gerald Mowbray leaned back in his chair, watching him with a smile. Emslie, the third man, wore a disturbed frown; opposite him, Markham sat with a heavy, vacant air.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Which person was suspicions about the sport club?
2. What person was suspicions about the sport club?
3. 
Q2:
1. What was the reason Mowbray was suspicious?
2. What made Mowbray suspicious?
3. 
Q3:
1. Why did Mowbray have a disturbing feeling?
2. What caused  Mowbray to have a disturbing feeling?
3. 
Q4:
1. Was Carlyon’s room empty?
2. Was Carlyon’s blank?
3. 
Q5:
1. In what way was Carlyon’s room furnished?
2. How was Carlyon’s room ordered?
3. 
Q6:
1. Where did the guns come from?
2. What town were the gabs from?
3. 
Q7:
1. Were the guns costly?
2. Were the guns dear?
3. 
Q8:
1. What material was the table made of?
2. What material was the table in?
3. 
Q9:
1. What wasn’t understood by Carlyon?
2. What did Carlyon have trouble understanding?
3. 
Q10:
1. What was placed on the rosewood table?
2. What could be found on the rosewood table?
3. 
Q11:
1. Other than cigar ends, what else could be found on the rosewood table?
2. Besides cigar ends, what else could be found on the rosewood table?
3. 
Q12:
1. How many people were around the table?
2. How many people were at the table?
3. 
