[
 {
  "chunk": 360,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "Crossing the Mediterranean, Jack writes that someone on the trip tried to steal his scarab, and vows to report the thieves to the bosses.",
  "predicament": "A man who was swindled over a trinket now believes his colleagues are scheming to steal it from him."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 361,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "Schaefer produces a handful of nickel fake scarabs and offers to sell Jack one; Jack proudly shows his 'real' $7.50 one.",
  "predicament": "A colleague openly shows a man that his treasured charm costs pennies, and he still insists his own is genuine."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 362,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "Mixed with the fakes, Jack cannot pick out his scarab; Evans picks it out and tells him a real one stays silent when bitten while fakes squeak, and Jack's stays silent.",
  "predicament": "A man cannot tell his prized charm from cheap copies, and accepts an absurd test proving it is the real one."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 363,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "Someone rattles Jack's cabin door at night; Evans says it was a thief after the scarab, and Jack puts it in the purser's safe, taking the attempt as proof it is real.",
  "predicament": "A man is scared by a staged theft attempt, and takes it as proof that his worthless charm is precious."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 364,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "Jack looks forward to mail from Florrie at Naples; then in Naples he writes that he is exhausted from sightseeing.",
  "predicament": "A father long away yearns for news of his growing child while dragged through sights he cares nothing for."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 365,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "There is no mail from Florrie again; Jack grumbles about a wife too busy to write, and is dragged by the others to Pompeii and Vesuvius.",
  "predicament": "A man who hears nothing from home resents his wife's silence, and is hauled along by colleagues who enjoy his company."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 366,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "The teams are given bronze statues of nude athletes, and Jack jokes about them and about crowds.",
  "predicament": "Someone at a formal presentation of fine art can only joke crudely about it and relate it to his own work."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 367,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "In Rome it rains constantly, there are no private baths, and Jack is bored to desperation in the hotel.",
  "predicament": "A traveller stuck indoors by endless bad weather in a famous city is bored to desperation and wants to move on."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 368,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "The mayor at first forbade baseball as too rough until Callahan and McGraw explained it, and then it rained.",
  "predicament": "Visitors must explain their harmless pursuit to a suspicious local official before being allowed to go ahead."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 369,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "Jack skipped the ruins and an audience with the Pope to spare his evening suit, and Evans says he had to lie to the Pope that Jack was sick.",
  "predicament": "Someone skips a once-in-a-lifetime audience to spare his only good clothes, and a colleague has to cover for him."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 370,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "Schaefer says Rome's rains are named, like the 'rain of Nero', and Jack jokes about playing in a flooded Rome.",
  "predicament": "A man swallows a colleague's pun as local fact, and jokes about a place he cannot wait to leave."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 371,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "In Nice McGraw saves Jack for Paris; at Monte Carlo, with the scarab in his pocket, Jack bets a dollar on red at roulette.",
  "predicament": "A cautious man carrying his lucky charm places his first small wager at a famous gambling house."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 372,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "Jack wins on red twice, pocketing half each time despite Evans urging him to let it ride.",
  "predicament": "A cautious gambler on a small winning streak refuses to risk more than a little at a time."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 373,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "Jack wins four dollars, quits just before black comes up, reckons the scarab has half paid for itself, and hears the proprietor was relieved to see him go.",
  "predicament": "Someone who wins a few coins and quits credits his charm, and believes the house was afraid of him."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 374,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "Scott claims a croupier asked if Jack carried a charm; Jack rides in the carnival parade in uniform and says pretty girls ogled him, though he is a married man.",
  "predicament": "A man flattered by staged tales of his luck and admiring looks from women reminds himself he is married now."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 375,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "In rainy Paris Jack announces he is jumping to the Federal League, where they pay stars properly, and that the bosses will be sorry.",
  "predicament": "Someone who believes a rival outfit is courting him announces he is leaving, sure the bosses will regret underpaying him."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 376,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "Schaefer and Evans lament that the Federals are signing all the stars at home, and suggest the bosses may be intercepting telegrams for the touring players.",
  "predicament": "Two jokers talk up a rival's lavish offers within a gullible man's hearing, laying the ground for a hoax."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 377,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "A bellboy brings Jack a cable, apparently from Tinker, offering $10,000 a year for three years.",
  "predicament": "A man who fears bad news from home opens a message offering him a fortune from a rival, which is a hoax."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 378,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "Jack decides the cable is genuine because it is on real paper, credits the scarab, and grudgingly buys Evans two cigars and Schaefer one.",
  "predicament": "A man fooled by a fake offer credits his lucky charm, and grudgingly rewards the pranksters who arranged it."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 379,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "Jack pays $3.72 to cable Tinker his acceptance, cutting out the request to hire Evans and Schaefer.",
  "predicament": "A man pays to accept a fake offer at once, and leaves out a word for the colleagues who asked him to."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 380,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "Advised not to tell Callahan in case the league collapses, Jack daydreams of pitching alongside Cobb and plans to surprise Florrie.",
  "predicament": "Someone secretly planning to leave for a rival daydreams of glory, keeping it from both his boss and his wife."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 381,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "Jack blames the bosses' low pay for his defection, is glad Florrie is not there spending on hats, and recites another poem at a champagne-maker's dinner.",
  "predicament": "A man about to defect blames the bosses for underpaying him, and is glad his wife is not along to spend."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 382,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "The poem ends with praise for home; then from London Jack writes bitterly about lucky players.",
  "predicament": "Someone quietly celebrating a secret windfall turns bitter almost at once over a rival's good fortune."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 383,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "Jack has lost his last game under Callahan's eyes to a home run by Daly, a stand-in first baseman whom he calls a lucky busher.",
  "predicament": "Someone who wanted to shine in his last appearance before his old boss is beaten by a lowly fill-in, and calls it luck."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 384,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "Jack blames London's damp air for a lame arm and says McGraw should have seen it and taken him out, though he pitched because the King was there.",
  "predicament": "Someone who kept quiet about being unfit blames the boss for not noticing, after a public failure."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 385,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "Jack claims he stuck it out in pain, and blames his teammates, saying they cared only about going home.",
  "predicament": "Someone who performed badly insists he bravely bore the pain, and that his colleagues had already stopped trying."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 386,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "In the tenth, with the score tied, Daly hits the curve Jack meant to waste for a game-winning home run, and Jack says Daly belongs in the minors.",
  "predicament": "Someone beaten at the decisive moment by a lowly newcomer sneers that the newcomer does not belong."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 387,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "Donlin tells Jack the English cheer an ordinary catch because cricket fielders rarely make one, and Jack believes it.",
  "predicament": "A gullible man believes a colleague's mocking tale about the locals, since it confirms his contempt for them."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 388,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "When the crowd rises, Jack bows, thinking it is for him; Evans says it was for the King's arrival.",
  "predicament": "Someone takes the crowd's respect for a great personage as applause for himself, and bows in front of everyone."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 389,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "Jack decides the man Evans pointed out was not the King because he looked ordinary, and sneers at crowd figures for cricket and football.",
  "predicament": "A man corrected in public decides his corrector must have been wrong, and sneers at what the locals value."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 390,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "Jack decides not to complain about luck given his big offer, and plans to ask Tinker for time at home before joining the Federals.",
  "predicament": "Someone certain of a lavish new position plans to ask his future boss for special favours before starting."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 391,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "From New York Jack writes that he has told Comiskey he is jumping, and is sure Comiskey is secretly devastated and would match the offer.",
  "predicament": "Someone who tells the boss he is leaving is sure the boss is secretly devastated, despite his calm reply."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 392,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "At the New York banquet Comiskey asks if Jack's 'bughouse friend' bought a Federal franchise, then sarcastically wishes him luck.",
  "predicament": "Someone announces to the boss he has a lavish offer elsewhere, and the boss answers with open sarcasm."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 393,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "Comiskey says neither of them need tell Callahan; Jack shakes his hand and imagines Comiskey was too upset to enjoy the banquet.",
  "predicament": "A man leaving on the strength of a hoax thinks the boss is heartbroken, and feels sorry for leaving him in the lurch."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 394,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "Jack cannot sleep for excitement about seeing Florrie and the baby, now nearly nine months old.",
  "predicament": "A father returning after months away lies awake imagining how his baby will greet him."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 395,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "On Evans's tip, Jack hid the scarab in a wad of chewing tobacco in his mouth to dodge customs, nearly choking, while others paid duty.",
  "predicament": "A gullible man goes to absurd lengths to smuggle a worthless trinket past inspectors, sure he has outwitted them."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 396,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "In New York the party is welcomed with a parade; Speaker re-signs with Boston, which Jack thinks is foolish, and Jack recites a patriotic poem.",
  "predicament": "A returning traveller thinks a colleague foolish for staying loyal to his boss, while he himself plans to defect."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 397,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "McGraw gives Jack cigars and says he wishes he could have him always; Jack pities him, still believing the defection stories, and wires Florrie that he is coming home.",
  "predicament": "A kind boss says a warm goodbye, and the departing man pities him for secrets that are really just a hoax."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 398,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "From Chicago Jack announces he is staying with the White Sox after all, and that Florrie and the baby have gone ahead to California with the Allens.",
  "predicament": "Someone who swore he was leaving for a rival is suddenly staying put, and finds his wife has gone on without him."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 399,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "Jack arrives at the flat to find no one home and the mailbox full of bills; a neighbour gives him Florrie's note.",
  "predicament": "A man returns home after months away to find no one there but unpaid bills, and a note from his wife."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 400,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "Jack weeps on the steps; Florrie wrote that Allen lent her the fare, which Jack must repay, jabbed at him over foreign princesses, and said the baby needed his daddy.",
  "predicament": "A father sobs on his own doorstep over his wife's absence, and learns he owes a relative her travel money."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 401,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "The flat is filthy and a light has been left burning; Jack has to get change to use the phone, and has a drink.",
  "predicament": "A man enters his abandoned home to find it filthy and wasteful, and must scrape for change to make one call."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 402,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "Jack calls the Federal League, whose president knows nothing of any offer, and eventually gets Tinker on the long-distance line.",
  "predicament": "Someone chasing a promised position finds no one there has heard of it, and has to track down the man himself."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 403,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "Tinker says someone was kidding Jack and he cannot sign a contracted player; Jack hangs up, storms out, and says he would never play in such a league.",
  "predicament": "Someone learns the lavish offer he staked everything on was a hoax, and storms off as if he were the one refusing."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 404,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "Jack tells Comiskey he has 'changed his mind' and will stay, and takes Comiskey's joke to Callahan about Walter Johnson as proof of his value.",
  "predicament": "A man whose defection collapsed tells the boss he has kindly decided to stay, and takes the boss's joke as praise."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 405,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "Jack consoles himself that he was too smart for a Federal 'skin game', faces paying Florrie's fares and debts, and still trusts the scarab.",
  "predicament": "A man fooled by a hoax congratulates himself on being too clever for a swindle, while his debts mount."
 },
 {
  "chunk": 406,
  "story": 7,
  "summary": "Jack forgot presents for everyone, owes money all round and will be pitching for nothing for two months, but consoles himself that he has seen the world.",
  "predicament": "A man back in debt after a long, costly trip consoles himself that at least he has seen more than the folks back home."
 }
]