[
 {
  "chunk": 184,
  "story": 5,
  "summary": "Only the dateline of a new letter: Chicago, October 18, the day Jack had promised to arrive home in Bedford.",
  "predicament": "A man who promised his friend he would be home by today is writing instead from the city he swore to leave."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 185,
  "story": 5,
  "summary": "Jack writes that he has not come home as promised, says it will only be a few days, and fusses over whether he owes the hack driver anything for the ride he cancelled.",
  "predicament": "Someone who has broken a promise to come home explains it away and frets over what he owes for the cancelled plans."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 186,
  "story": 5,
  "summary": "Jack has refused the world tour on grounds of family and cost, but agreed to stay for one exhibition game because Callahan says the fans want him; he hopes Bertha hasn't gone to trouble, while hinting he expects a good meal.",
  "predicament": "Someone who turned down a big trip for his family's sake is flattered into staying a little longer, delaying his promise again."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 187,
  "story": 5,
  "summary": "Jack boasts that the Giants will wish he had gone home before the exhibition, because his arm feels great.",
  "predicament": "Someone on the eve of a show performance boasts that the visiting rivals will soon regret ever meeting him."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 188,
  "story": 5,
  "summary": "Hurriedly, Jack writes that he is going west with the touring teams as far as the coast, and blames the Giants' luck for the exhibition result.",
  "predicament": "A man who swore he would not go announces he is going part of the way, and blames luck for his defeat."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 189,
  "story": 5,
  "summary": "Jack is hammered in the exhibition and blames a sore arm and his fielders; McGraw needles him, and Callahan coaxes him into coming as far as the coast, which Florrie allows, leaving her in a hotel.",
  "predicament": "Someone humiliated in a show performance is coaxed by the bosses into joining a trip he had refused, leaving his family behind."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 190,
  "story": 5,
  "summary": "Jack plans to show up the Giants on the trip and is determined to wake the baby to say goodbye.",
  "predicament": "A father setting off on a trip he had refused insists on waking his baby to say goodbye, sure the child adores him."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 191,
  "story": 5,
  "summary": "On the tour train, Jack notes that stars from other clubs have joined and says that with them behind him he would never lose.",
  "predicament": "Someone travelling with stars from rival outfits imagines how easily he would succeed with such people on his side."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 192,
  "story": 5,
  "summary": "Jack sneers at the great Mathewson's pitching; Mathewson says he wishes he had Jack's arm plus some sense, and McGraw says nobody could teach Jack anything, which Jack takes as praise.",
  "predicament": "A braggart sneers at a true master of the craft, and takes the master's cutting remarks about his sense as envy."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 193,
  "story": 5,
  "summary": "McGraw urges Jack to make the whole trip, saying he likes having funny people along who don't know it, and that foreigners have asked for him; Jack believes it and is tempted.",
  "predicament": "A man is flattered by a powerful figure who openly wants him along as a joke, and misses the joke entirely."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 194,
  "story": 5,
  "summary": "A short sign-off: Jack may pitch in Kansas City tomorrow because it is a big town, and must write to Florrie.",
  "predicament": "A man far from home hopes for a chance to show off in a big place, and signs off to write his wife."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 195,
  "story": 5,
  "summary": "After Jack beats the Giants twice, McGraw asks him to pitch for the Giants on the whole tour; Jack thinks McGraw has stopped kidding and now respects him.",
  "predicament": "After a couple of successes someone is courted by the other side's boss, and takes it as proof he is now respected."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 196,
  "story": 5,
  "summary": "In a rainout the townspeople demand speeches, and Jack believes he got the loudest applause; he has not heard from Florrie.",
  "predicament": "Someone asked to speak alongside important people believes the crowd applauded him most, while his wife stays silent."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 197,
  "story": 5,
  "summary": "Callahan presses Jack to make the whole trip for the sake of the foreign crowds and asks where Allen is; Jack hides Allen's whereabouts out of spite and half wishes he were not married.",
  "predicament": "A married man tempted by a grand trip half wishes he were single, and spitefully keeps a relative from the same chance."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 198,
  "story": 5,
  "summary": "Back in San Francisco, Jack contrasts his return as a star with his time there as a busher, and expects a huge crowd.",
  "predicament": "Someone returning in triumph to the place he was once sent down savours how far he thinks he has come."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 199,
  "story": 5,
  "summary": "Florrie has made up with the Allens and wants them to share a flat again; Jack insists on Bedford and falsely tells Allen, who asked to join the tour, that there is no room.",
  "predicament": "A man learns his wife has reconciled with relatives he despises, and lies to keep one of them from an opportunity."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 200,
  "story": 5,
  "summary": "A short note before the San Francisco game: Jack wishes Al could hear the fans roar when his name is announced.",
  "predicament": "Someone about to perform before a big crowd wishes his old friend could see how much he is admired."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 201,
  "story": 5,
  "summary": "Jack is knocked out in San Francisco and blames his arm, the climate, the wind and the ground rules; he refuses McGraw's renewed urging to make the whole trip.",
  "predicament": "Someone beaten again in public blames the weather and his body, and turns down another invitation from the other boss."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 202,
  "story": 5,
  "summary": "Jack writes that he will be going on the whole world trip after all and will not see Al this winter.",
  "predicament": "A man who swore to his family and friend he would come home announces he is leaving for months instead."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 203,
  "story": 5,
  "summary": "Callahan and McGraw spin a tale that President Wilson says Japan will declare war unless Jack comes; they wire Florrie, who agrees on condition she can live with the Allens and have half his savings, and Jack gives in.",
  "predicament": "A gullible man is talked into a long absence by bosses spinning an absurd tale, and his wife names a steep price."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 204,
  "story": 5,
  "summary": "Jack says a fond goodbye to Al and promises letters and postcards, and apologises to Bertha that they will not come this winter.",
  "predicament": "A man leaving for months says a fond goodbye to his old friend, once again cancelling a promised visit."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 205,
  "story": 5,
  "summary": "The next day Jack says he has changed his mind and will go back to surprise Florrie and look after the baby himself.",
  "predicament": "A man who agreed to a long absence reverses himself overnight, sure his wife will be delighted by the surprise."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 206,
  "story": 5,
  "summary": "Rain cancels the games; Jack believes Comiskey called them off to protect him, and regrets the forty-five dollars he borrowed for an evening suit he will never wear.",
  "predicament": "Someone backing out of a trip regrets the money he already borrowed to prepare for it, and imagines the boss protecting him."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 207,
  "story": 5,
  "summary": "The comedian Schaefer spins Jack tall tales of shipwrecks, sharks whose bite causes rabies, and how Jack's fat will keep him afloat.",
  "predicament": "A jokester among colleagues fills a gullible man's head with frightening tall tales about the journey ahead."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 208,
  "story": 5,
  "summary": "Schaefer adds that the crossing takes months, that seasickness is cured by not eating, and that warships of Switzerland fire wildly at sea.",
  "predicament": "A colleague piles one absurd danger on another for his own amusement, and the listener takes every word seriously."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 209,
  "story": 5,
  "summary": "An umpire tells Jack that Schaefer was joking; Jack insists the stories have nothing to do with his change of mind, but worries about his insurance and his family.",
  "predicament": "A man scared off by a joke insists fear has nothing to do with it, and worries about providing for his family."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 210,
  "story": 5,
  "summary": "Jack writes that he is sailing after all, has written a tearful goodbye to Florrie, and imagines she will feel like a murderer if he drowns.",
  "predicament": "A frightened man leaving on a long journey writes tearful farewells and imagines his wife's guilt if he never returns."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 211,
  "story": 5,
  "summary": "When Jack backs out, Callahan and McGraw say the tour will be cancelled and war may follow, and the others take their side; Jack gives in so as not to spoil everyone's plans.",
  "predicament": "A man who backs out is told everyone's plans will collapse without him, and gives in so as not to spoil things."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 212,
  "story": 5,
  "summary": "Jack asks Al to see that Florrie gets the insurance and the bank money, to help raise little Al, and to keep the boy from becoming left-handed; he says a tearful farewell.",
  "predicament": "A man sure he will not survive a journey asks his oldest friend to look after his wife and child if he dies."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 213,
  "story": 5,
  "summary": "In a postscript Jack says that if they survive the crossing he will ask to pitch the first game in Japan and make his rivals wish the boat had sunk.",
  "predicament": "Moments after his tearful farewell, a braggart is already planning to humiliate his rivals if he survives the voyage."
 }
]