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Stories by Our Little .Folks
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Smiles.
By Sylvia Bshnix,' .kg H, Avoea,
Pear Busy Bets: ; I 'ant sending
you a story of my ' Own, which !
hope to win a priste; '
Poor lame Jennie sat at her win
dow, looking out upon the dismal,
narrow street, with a' look- of pain
and 'wearinss on her face. Oh,
dear." she said with a sigh. "What
a long day this is going to be," and
she looted wishfully up the street.
Suddenly she' leaned forward and
pressed her pale face against tjie
glass, as a rosy-cheeked boy came
racing, down the street, swinging
his school books by the strap. Look
ing up to the window, he took off
his hat and bowed .with a .bright
pleasant ynile. t .
"What a nice boy he is," said" Jen
nie to herself, si's he ran out of
sight. "I am so glad he goes by
here on his way to school. When
this very oook and had slipped the
letter between its pages. !
Site made her way to her mother
an I father and told them all about
it. The teats gathered in her. eyes
as she said:
"J'vjt not only made Aunt Amy
angry, but I've not kept ray resolu
tion." . . . ,
Her father telegraphed to- her
aunt andher mother saidi
"Mow. Jacqueline. 1 , knoV you'Jl
never forget again,"
My Lost Kitten.
Ky.May Anderson. Aa 10. Blair, Neb.
One day quite a while ag6 a little
kitten cne here. It was just what
I, wanted. So 1 gave her a -good
bed and something good to tat, I
thought sure she would like her new
home, but at 7 or 8 o'clock next
mornjfig I found out she didn't I
put Snowball to bed, as Snowball
was her name now. I am sure that
name suited her because she was
snow white..
ne smiles it seems like naving sun-, T went t0 btg at 9 0viock dream
shine. I wish everybody who goes in(f of what Snowball and f would
by would look up and smile." ,-s'-a0 ,xt iav. But next morninc
Mamma,' said Geotge. West, as t wien 1 aot"tiD she was soil. At
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he came from school, "I can't help
thinking about that poor little girl
I told you apout the other day, She ,
looks so. tired, t I took off my hat
and bowed ito ner, today. I wish I
could do something for, her.
"Suppose you should carry her a
handful oi flowers some time when
yon CO to school said Mrs. West.
"I'll do that tomorrow morning,"'
said George. 11 f I can find ny way
, iato-lhe rtcktty old house."
Th next morning, as Jennie sat
lttning htr head wearily against the
window, watching the rain drops
chasing down," sht spied George
with handful of flowers. He
stopped in front of her window, and,'
smiling very nicely, said,' ,'How
shall f find theway to your rjoom?"
Jennie pointed to an alley near by,
where he turned in, and with some
difficulty found his way to the stair-wayv-tJpening
the door to Jennie's
gerjtle'Come in," he said. "I have
brought you a handful of flowers to
look - I this rainy day,"
"Arc-thev for me?" exclaimed Jen
nie, clapping her hands in delight.
"How kind you are," she continued,
as George laid them in her lap. "I
have. not had a flower since we lived
in the' city."
"Did you use to live in the eoun-
try?", asked George. "Oh, yts," an-:
swered Jennie, "we used to livt in a
-beautiful cottage, and there were
trees and flowers and green grass.
'Well, what made you" move
here?" "Oh." said Jennie, softly,
papa died, and mamma was sick so
Mug that the money was all gone.
Thtyi mamma had to sell the cot
taee. and she moved here to try to
get" work to do,"
"Do you hav to sit here all day?"
afeked George. "Yes," said Jennie."
"narama savs may be we ahould
forget the Lord if we had everv-
!l. thing we Wanted, and He never for-
i gets us, yon know. t
nrst I felt sorry, then very mad to
think after such good treatment as
she received from us she would act
in such a way. Of course. I hunted
every place, asked everyone if the-y
had seen a stray cat. I waited for
her to return home, but no little
Snowball seemed to cqjne. jl-giiess
it was me or the house she didn't
like. But if you ever see a, stray
cat with little gray eyes, please re
turn her to me.
- My Doll House. .
Dear-Busy Bee:
This Is my second letter to you.
T am in the Fourth A at school' I
like my teacher, her name is Miss
Phillipott As I saw my letter in
print last time I will write again. I
am going to tell you about my doll
house, j Two Xmases ago I got a
doll bea anttfurniture. I made some
pillows and pillow covers. Then I
put a sheet on the bottom of the bed.
I made a quilt and put it on. Then
! put a bed spread. "Last Xmas I
got two dolls and a set of dishes.
For my birthday I got a doll buggir.
I have a rocking chair: Then I put
the bed in the bed room in the play
Jipuse. I put a,trunkin the bed room
and chair and a rug. Then the bea
room was finished. I put a settep
in the parlor and a chair and a rug.
Then it was finished. For a kitchen
I have a table, a clothes basket, and
a cupboard. I tliinfc it is a pretty
nice house. Well good bye Busy
Bee.
, First Letter. -T
Jt? -Maria Hannum. Council ' Wluffs, la.
Dear Busy Bee: This is the firit
time I have written to you. I read
the children s page every Sunday
'and find much pleasure in it. I am
sending a short hut true story to
the Busy Bees.
There once lived an 'old man in
the great west. He built a little
cabin in a large mountain facing the
muddy waters of the Yellowstone
river. Indians were very hostile at
this time and this is why he Chose
to make, his home in the mountain,
onlr for protection.
lie lived here many years, alone.
He , fed upon the wild gam -' he
hunted nd the fish he caught. No
body knows of the hardships he.had
to bear. It happened "one evening,
while all the world was slumbering,
that some Indians were wandering
ahout-these mountains. They found
the old man in his little cabin and
killed him. There is nothing left
to tell this pitiful talc except his dis-.
serted cabin.
I '.visit some of the Busy Bees
would write to me. .
. Life on the ' Farm,
By Hbrt Donatio, Aaa 10, CouscH
Bluffs. la.
I live on a farm, its name- is
Sleepy Hollow farm. We havefoui
cows and four calves. Their names
are Boss. Bunt. Blacky, , and Red;
the calves are Belle, Spot, Sport,
Teddy.
I milk one cow, feed 11 pigs, get
the cows and feed them. I did have
a dog that was yellow and white, I
called him Colly. I got himvhen
he was a little pup and I had hQ.tw,
years. Hesthen died.v K I have a
cow and calf I like very much.
We have 70 acrev of land atiff I
am in the fifth grade. - Have any of
you had the flit. I have not, but all
of the neighbors have it. ,
I will write again. . . .
B i lly 'Bat. Tells 'Moonbeam
TM r C T T I ' ' r "B why did you wish ;
.The Secrets of His LireHCTWtf
And HisLovely Wings
, By MARGARET M'SHANE. '
Twnt-hwUi 8tojr ( the Mghf.) ' , ' ' -
"Billy Bit," exclaimed Moon-j
beam liilarously, "those wings have
done the most glorious thing for
you. Just fancy, they have kept you
from being a Mouse. Isn't that won-,
derfull ' ' , '
."And to ' think "that you have
lamented the fact. Why I would
be so thrilled 'with a similar met- ,
emorphoses, if I were, you, thai I (
would not even want to walk one ! them.
step on the ground. A Mouse
disgusting. Who could eyer be sat
isfied with being a Mouse. ,
"Your great, great grandfather
was mighty smart, I tell you. He
possessed wBat Father Moon calls
';vQ2rr-'.
vision, and you an owe him an
undying debt of gratitude."
Billy Bat whirled around on the
branch, spread his wings far apart
and looked them over approvingly,
"They are pretty 'nice, ar'nt they,"
said he wjtb smile.-
"They are perfectly beautiful,"
answered Moonbeam "htfw far
they spread aroundyour body!" l
"Of course I always knew they,
were valuable." continued Billy Bat,
fearing Moonbeam would thvnk he
did not appreciate them sufficiently,
"they, are our sixth sense, you
know."
"Your sixth sense." interrupted
Moonbeam., "What are you talk
ing about." -
, "Well they are, our sixth sense,
really. I am not fooling, for we
see, feel and sense things with
Besides haviag five senses-
sigh t hearing, taste, smell and
touch, like you and everybody else,
we can see, hear and feel with our
wings. Does'nt that make a sixth
sense? ' """
"Look closely at my wings, Modn
beam. See. they are made of a dou
ble layer of skin.
"Between the layer are numer
ous little nerves, blood vessels, and
muscles that make them so ex
quisitely sensitive, and enable us to
feel the nearness t an object even
m utter darkness.
perior-to those of man. Such gifts shooting stars all my life and they
tarvet mighty tast ann in tne mosi
unlookcd for directions too, but,
never did I go through tueh aerial
gymnastics as when tollowing you.
"Please never again wish vou had
not wings, Billy Bat. Rut 1 an! so
glad you told me the stuty."
"Well you may feci proud. Moon
beam, for-1 have never told anyone
hut vou.
always hold more than one talent
you know.
But why did you wish your great.
to he satis-
oukl never
have received wings if he had."
"Because. Moonbeam, we arc
quadrupeds, Hmt still we. cannot
walk. See what a hard time 1 have
trying to take a step."
, And Billy Bat jumped -down from
the tree and started to walk.
It really was funny. At the first
step his hind legs twisted around in
such away that his knees bent back
wards, and his walk became a flap
ping shuffle. '
Moonbeam had not the heart to
laugh, for she saw from the expres
sion of his face that he was much
annoyed. .
However, he wks very. very brave
and he walked on a few steps kH-th-tr,
swallowing a mouthful) of pride
at every step. Finally Moonbeam
exclaimed:
"Oh Fiddlesticks. Billy Bat. why
do you care if you do not walk well.
You fly so ftiagnificentry, even more
beautifully than the birds of the air.
"When" on wings you turn won
derfully, double over your path with
the most marvelous precision, and
dart here and there so rapidly and
so gracefully. Never once do you
strike anything in your course.
If the best tiyer in hirdiana
onld attempt to copy your doings
Vagrant Dogs and Cats.'
About the meanest tjiing that a
person can do is to go gway irom
home, or move to another place, and
leave the family cat to die from
starvation or abuse. Jt is better, a
thousand times better, to hare it
painlessly destroyed than to leave it
to a lingering or tragic death. The
same is true in regard ro the rrtmp"
and vagrant dogs. We commend
very strongly to our anticruelty so
cieties to, make it a part of their
work to look after these vagrant ani
mals and to either find them good
homes or to humanely put them out
of their suffering. V O. S.
The Sunbeam.
'V,.,. ..a.. MinrtflJ nr wn I on the wine.' he would very soon
put mv eyes out and still I will fly nje to grief.
K-r,.,r I ih t v T will find. So you see. Billy hat. the Eagle
the pool for, a drink, a bug for-my I of Jupiter gayr-you more than just
supper, and I will, even catch the ! Bird Wings. He gave you also the
latter on. the wing just as I do now. power to use them more skillfully,
man inesc very duos mm yuur an
cestor envied so."
"My dear Moonbeam." said P.JIIy
Bat dropping his eyes modestly,"
you Hatter m too much."
All these tinsual things are done
with my wings.
"They mean so much ro us real
ly they are quite wonderful."
"Of course they ar( Billy, They
are wonderful, because they are gifts
from the go.ds.
"All gifts from the. gods are su-
"Indeed I do not Billy. . 1 jiV V.ui
Remember I followed after you to
night, and I tell vou t nave chafed I .Mui we n do this
By t.llltan NelM,n, A4 10.Jelb;)s. Nb,
FivB little mmhpunn plnyftrNJn ' un
All wre mrry and hnppy but n.
Thit iiHUdity little tunbeam poilt4 t"4
teased all 4aj
Till finally nil the othara ha Rttlen t
nbov him away,
fiut tU' O" 'our gunbtama 4i ot hav
To do Ihrinaelvm,
I t.r-Munr the fifth littl minbeam
lione thl alt by himualf. ,
H lold othr eunbem that f
Ht would run away i
Mid lav ttim ull alona.
Themaelves to play. .
Sn on Trent naughty uutib$am
All by hinisHf to play,
t'.nt aoon he fflt kind of lonaaoraa.
An ho ttandiTOrl In tha way,
Whin on- luy thin little aunbaSm aald:
"I wish thai I hail atnved
V)'ro all my al?tra and brothara tra.
i .H home, whre tliey played." . t v
I lie aubn found t li- trull. afaln
j Mid nff to home lie wenl.
i Ami u'ln he reafheri hla hnme
Tliev eauT. "Aren't you aorrj, Lent""
I am." and you mu be aura
I'l.-i, l .nl im Mlavlnfl vf with his
! Sisters and brotherg (fin I love him mere.
OUR' PUZZLE GYM
By
A New Bee.
Curtie MrGaffin, Aged IS, Bruiting.
Nb.
Dear Busy Bees: This is the
recond time I have written to you.
I am 10 years old and in the Fifth
grade at school. I ranked one in
my. grade this quarter and last. My
father is editor of the Broiling Ban
ner. When we do not tiive1 afty
chool Lwork in the office. I read
the children's letters every Sunday.
At school we play marbles and spin
tops. : -
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY.
mollo. the Wandering Monkey, .with
Dreain Stick, turns reggy. Billy, 8mlllne
Teaoiipr and all Peao'i aohool'matea Into
monkeya. They lump through a circle on
the blackboard and find tlimelva in
monkey-land, where they met wild mon
keys. Clinging-Tall, a frlendlv monkey,
w.i ma hem against Chief Chattor-Chee.)
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CHAPTER IV:
Chief Chatter-Chee.
"Chief Chatter-Chee! Chief Chat-
"Well, I must rush for school," i ter"Chee! the 1,J onktyi
said George, not knowing what to
say ticxi. i
''Mamma," said George, that' eve
ning, after he had told her about
Jennie, "papa must give them some
money. ,:
"Xo." a1d his another; "he can
not do that, and they would not
wish him to do so: but perhaps he
can help them some way so they
may live more comfortably. But
there is something else that will do
more good." v .
"What is tharmamma: smiles?"
asked George, "Yes," answered his
mother; ."and it is a good plan to
throw in a kind word or two with
the smile if you can."
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(Honorable Mention.)- t.
The New Year Resolution.
y Dorothy McQuarrla, Age J4 Blalr
, vNeb.
t "Jacqueline, where are you?"
called Mrs. Wytuan one day. ,
"Here, said Jacqueline, coming
6uK of the ' Vbrary with several
school books in her arms.
"l'lease mail this letter when you
go to school then." said her moth
er. "You kneuw Aunt Amy wrote
us that she would come and visit if
wc cared to have her. I am. writing
her to be sure and xcome." .
"All risht." answered Jacqueline,
. putting the letter in her pocket.
And oh, mother, IVe made a dandy
resolution. I'm -always so forget-
y fui no i m going to overcome it.
tirV'That's fine- Jacqueline." said
- Afr. Wyman , "I know you'll try."
v After a hurried goodbv Tacaueline
rushed out. She was about a block
from ber homCi when she remem
bered that she had forgotten a
book, o she hurriedly ran back
after it
It was several day later, and
Jacqueline sat by the fire in the li
brary. , 1 ,. :
"1 ve lived up to my resolution' so
far." she thought- "Oh. I gue.ssI
had better look up about Lafayette."
She pulled the volume from . the
shelf and had opened it. when an
envelopffeil to her feet. She picked
it -JP anT Jicoueline nearly fainted,
for it was the letter her mother had
' fiven her In mail ShV nniv remrm.
Sered that he had gone back after
loudly when Cheeky shneked out
that his father was coming. They
seemed afraid of their children.'
Clinging-Tail, the friendly bid
monkey, grabbed Billy by the arm
and drew him behind a . mass of
vines that hid a hole Jn a hollow
tree.. He shoved Billy ,ihto the hole
and pulled the vines in front ol him.
"Stay there!" he hissed. "Cheeky
will tell his father. Chief Chatter
Chee, about how you squeezed his
neck, and the tchief wil seek to pun
ish vou."
"But who will protect Smiling
Teacher?" asked Billy. . -
"I'll hide her. too."' answered'
Clinging-Tail. Darting into the ex
cited crowd of chattering monkeys,
he tried to lead Smiling Teacher
away. She had:not been, warned f
the danger, however, and was eager
to see Chief Chatter-Chee, who just
ehen burst inter Jhe crowd, at the
head of lively " swaggering band ef
-monkey braves,, .' '
"Fatnetl Father! A strange ion
key squeezed my neck," wailed
young Cheeky."
Chief Chatter-Chee. a bristling,
fierce-looking chap, - flew into .a
quick rage . ,
"W'e-ee-ek! Who has dared to
toueii my son? Show him to me!"
Cheeky rushed around trying to
find Billy, but Billy was safely hid
den in the hollow tree. AlHhe wild
monkeys quailed before Chief Chat-
be seen they had felt his fury in the
past.
But to Smiling Teacher, the anger
of Chief Chatter-Chee instead of be
ing frightful was only comical. She
chuckled and niggled and enjoyed
lie sight so much that Clinging
Tail couldn't budge her a step.
Thus it happened that Chief Chatter-Chee,
chasing after Cheeky in
the hunt for Btlly, came face to face
with. Smiling Teacher, while she was
still 'chuckling. Chief Chatter-Chee
stopped short with such a surprised
look that Smiling Teacher giggled
harder than ever. She just couldn't
help it. The wild monkeys "gave
cries of fright. They expected to
see Chief Chatter-Chee burst into a
mad furv.
But Chief Chatter-C hee didn't. In
stead he forgot all about his anger
and all about the hunt for Billy. He
saw only Smiling Teacher.
"Oh, Lady Monkey, you ar fair,"
he chattered. "Lady Monkey, you
shall benv mate and rule Monkey-
land with me." N , - "
-At that Smiling Teacher's giggles
died in her throat, for Chief Chatter-Chee
seized her by the arm" and
dragged her powerfully up, up to the
very tiptop branches of the tree.
"No, no. I do not want , to be
your -"-mate! You ,are cruel,
cruel 1" she shrieked. (
"Yes. he is cruel, cruel, and he
has killed mate after mate with his
cruelty. She must be saved!" mut
tered Clinging-Tail.
' Billy darted out of his hiding
place to go to the rescue. At that
moment, however. Smiling Teacher
came fumbling dofrn from the tree
tops, with Chief Chatter-Chee chas
ing after her.
Rollo, the Wandering Monkey,
sprang forward to meet them. In
his hand was the Dream Stick vvith
which he had turned Smiling
Teacher and the children into
monkeys. He aimed a blow at
Chief Chatter-Chee, but Smiling
Teache(- swung into his path, and
the Dream Stick struck her instead.
Inv an" Instant it turned her back
into herself, , and there she was a
frightened young woman, clinging,
trembling to rtree branch high
above the ground.
This change startled the wild
monkeys. With frightened screams
they fled away all except Chief
Chatter-Chee. i
'I "Magic!" he shrieked. "The magic
of the Dream Stick."
With a quick leap he jerked the
Dream Stick away from Rollo and
struck one of the children. In
stantly the pupil changed back from
a monkey to a boy. Shrieking
loudly, Chief Chatter-Chee struck
at the other children, and each time
the stick struck, a monkey turned
into a boy or girl, i ,
Rollo seized Peggy and Billy be
fore Chatter-Chee reached them and
dragged them into Billy's hiding
place in the hollow tree.
"Lay low! he whispered. Now
aMafcaatgaaM t il I anatamaiiaaai
A TRAINING FOR NIMBLE WITS
Director SAM LOYD
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i,er-Chec's anger and it was plain to ' ne, are in for a lot of trouble.'
The Puzzle of Martha' Vineyard.
Referring to the poffalar legend of
the settlement of Martha's Vineyard,
it tnay be that j?ere is a possible so
lution of explanation to the petty
story which is wortny of being given
in puzzle form.
It is told how iikcolonial days one
of the sturdy settlers who had under
taken the difficult task of cultivating
the rocks soil of that barren island
essayed, 'with the aid of his littl
daughter, Martha, to set out a vine
yard. I To encourage her he per
mitted Martha to cultivate for her
0n profit-a little square patch, and
to make it more exclusively her own
Martha asked to have a fence arounn
it r
"All right," said, her father, "there's
a pile of logs we can use for the
posts. You count them and tell me
just how far apart you want them
set."
Martha made her calculations and
reported-to her father iSsforlows:
fT find that if we put theN?oles two
feet apart we ' shall be short 110
poles, whereas if they are planted
two , yards apart, .there will' be 90
poles left over.", f
Now from the simple facts con
cerning the fence poles who can tell
just how many square, feet there
Martha s vineyard?
were in
A .Charade. .
My first is;4-6 of a step' that is
long;
My second h person of state,
My whole is a thing that we know
to be wrong.
As showing a symptom of hate
Alphabetical Decapitations.
Paraphrasing few of Josh Bill
ings' (rite sayings we present- an
innovation in decapitation puzJes:
Insert a word in the first blank
space, which with the first letter
I omitted" must be placed in the sec-
onn space.
The removed letters taken in
their regular order will, give one of
Josh's famous proverbs.' "Ideal" an
swers the first. - ',. ,
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Let us see'h6w quickly you can
guess the others.
1. The way of doing business
is to strictly for cash.
2. When a - bursts it is very
important to restrain your -.
3. We ate six and fed six -
of corn to our horses.
4,. We hurled a heavy stone
af the - - and demolished the lock.
.S. It may be well said that to
for a thing is not so good as to re
solve to it. ;
6t The horses were all fed in the
, but we all dined at the .
7. Don't a hornet or you will
be apt to say :.
8. Tt was to the strong wind
he was unable to shoot the birds on
the x.
9. As are warm-blooded lit
tle animals, they are not partial to
10. Some - started about
their neighbors. .
11. The cannibal told the mission
ary that his wife looked so that
she was fit to -.
IZ. Our thought the water
was too deep for thjf horses to wad
through the - ;
13. Madam, you should under
stand that when you old, what was
became . , .
H The gate was held for the
prisoners to enter the then it
was closed for the night.
15. When one goes io"th , -nothing
is than that he is finan
cially going to the dogs.
16. "When we home," v said
the hookey boys, " .mtjst tak
his own medicine.".
17 "We will unnecessary ar
ftiment," said the summer girt, as
she handed hirq the , .
N18, "Now do you think of
this." asked th young wife. "W
iiave no mere use for srrandmother's
than you have far a hoop
skirt." ,
19. x"You are said to have -
when you find that you have not
eveq 't- for a neat egg." said a
very practical old man.
20. Never or get mad at a
collector for coming late with a
bill: the poor fellow may be .
21. Popular jutified the word.
but thi critic called it slang.
21. The fond wife who wished to
select a set of furs to suit her
hubby has not yet been to
please him. .
23. The tourists raved over the
ruins and so long in their
admiration that they raved over the
cold dinner they got.
24. They vowed to go to sea
again if - hey reached the shore
alive.
25. Mijxkants have - from pov
erty to weaHh, by . joining forces
with competitors '; interests are
sometimes better than rivalry.
26. When we asked him how he
liked his first ride in the cars he said
he would stick to his old for
the remainder of his days.
27. It is well to a thief, but
the , timid maft takes not to
catch him,
The Cost of Eats.
"This seems rather steep," pro-'
tested Algy, "oO cents for two sim
ple hwHieoiis.''
"Wartime prices," replied the
pretty waitress, "and besides I
served three pieces of pie."
"That's true, and you ate two of
them," remarked ' Percy to Algy,
"but we were even on the rest of
the spread ' which amounted to 36
cents more than the three pieces of
pie. I'll owe you my share 0) the
bill."
How much does Percy owe Algy?
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S
PUZZLES.
"Ann Hathaway's Puzzle
In the 25 - pane window of Ann
Hathaway's cottage can be counted
22j different rectangles. 1
"Elevator Boy's Puzzle."
Billy Bink's schedule showed that
men, women and children were in
thevraliO of 3. 4 and 5, and that the
elevator could accommodate 12
1 men, 15 women or 20 children. ,
To 'prove Billy's figure, let us
assume that a "kid" weighed 60
pounds, a woman 80 and a "gent"
100 pounds-. " , -
'He stated tlmt he could csrrv
"five ladies and eight -getits" 1.200
pounds; tr "sixly ladies and 12 kids'"
1,200 pounds; or "10 kids and six
gepts" 1.200 pounds.
The answer to the problem is that
15 ladies were carried on the first;
trip. v
''A Rebus."
The answer is A TOAST.
"Puppies and Profits."
The dealer must have purchased
44 puppies for $88 and 22 pairs of
rabbits at ?2 per pair, a total of
$132. He sold 39 dogs at $2.20
each and 21 pairs of rabbits at $2.20
per pair, thereby getting back his
outlay of $132. The seven remain
ing animals would retail for a total
of $13.20, 10 per cent upon his or
iginal investment.
"Toying With Treasure."
The miser must have had not
less than 60 coins of each ilenomina
tiou, which would make a total of
$2,10(5. : '
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Let us call the amount of money
in the box, X and it beoms -a ' i
simple matter to explain how rat
"put one over" on the Dutchman,
lie subtracted $042.53 plus X from
the original $1,000: which left
$357.47' minus X. Now subtract
$357.47 minus X from $357.47 , and.
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