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"Old Bennett who runs the mill is a queer chap," Harry told Bert going over; "he's a soldier, and he'll be sure to quiz you on history." "I like old soldiers," Bert declared; "if they do talk a lot, they've got a lot to talk about." John said that was true, and he agreed that old Ben Bennett was an interesting talker. "Here we are," said Harry, as they pulled up before a kind of barn.
History spoke up, as usual, with one of his eternal school-book memories, and piped out: "You remind me, Quiz, of the day when Archimeter jumped out of his bath-tub and ran around yelling, 'Euraker! Euraker!" But Heady shouted: "Somebody stuff a sofa-cushion down History's mouth until we learn what it is that Quiz has got." "Or what it is that's got Quiz," added Jumbo.
'That's what I'm there for! But I've got so nervous since this happened, I don't know what to do! I start every time I see one of the Board come into the house. What if they should find out! You don't suppose they could hold me for anything, do you? I'd give a farm to know how much Mrs. Albright has heard, but I'm afraid to quiz her.
But the ordeal was not yet over, because the questioning had several parts. Next came a quiz on the Star of Africa. The questions asked, the camera began switching from the contestant's face to the tense faces in the audience. A woman, probably the miner's mother ... a man with a beard ... a man with a hearing aid ... Rick suddenly sat up straight. He had it!
"On the contrary," replied Mr. Bright, "I hear very good reports of her. Has she lived with you long?" "That's none of your business," snapped Miss Brant. "If you've come here to quiz me and pry around about her, you can get right out, for I'm not answering any fool questions." "I will not trouble you with further questions," replied Mr. Bright, "but will proceed at once to business.
She bought, indeed, with liberality, but her manner of studying us through a quizzing-glass, and playing cicerone to her followers, acquitted us of any gratitude. She had a tail behind her of heavy, obsequious old gentlemen, or dull, giggling misses, to whom she appeared to be an oracle. "This one can really carve prettily: is he not a quiz with his big whiskers?" she would say.
Quiz had once learned to walk on snow-shoes. He grew to be quite an adept, indeed, and could take a two-foot hurdle with little difficulty. But he soon found that so far from being a help, his familiarity with the snow-shoe was a great hindrance.
Tommy permitted herself to lag behind, and the moment she was out of ear-shot of her companions she began to quiz the country boy to learn where he was taking them. "Lonesome Cove," he replied. "Where ith that?" "On the shore." "On what thhore?" "The sea shore." "Oh! Tho we are going to the thea thhore? I thee," reflected Tommy wisely. "Are there lotth of people there?" "Isn't nobody there.
Then they all exclaimed in chorus: "Well, what of it?" And Jumbo added sarcastically: "It'll be a nice day to-morrow if it doesn't rain." Quiz was a long time getting his breath and opening his eyes; then it was his turn to look around in amazement and to exclaim: "What of it? What of it? Why, you numskulls, don't you see it's just the chance you wanted for revenge?"
Refinement he did not affect, yet vulgar he could not be called; he was not odd no quiz yet he resembled no one else I had ever seen before; his general bearing intimated complete, sovereign satisfaction with himself; yet, at times, an indescribable shade passed like an eclipse over his countenance, and seemed to me like the sign of a sudden and strong inward doubt of himself, his words and actions-an energetic discontent at his life or his social position, his future prospects or his mental attainments I know not which; perhaps after all it might only be a bilious caprice.
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