When a man gave a sovereign to his son to be spent on presents of different values for him and his three sisters, each to cost an aliquot part of the pound, and each to be as good as possible; and told him to give the change to the Fresh Air Fund, the presents cost 1⁄3, 1⁄4, 1⁄5, 1⁄6 of a pound respectively, or 6s. 8d., 5s., 4s., and 3s. 4d., and there was a shilling over for the Fresh Air Fund.
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This is the complete word-square—
| M | E | T | A | L |
| E | R | A | S | E |
| T | A | S | T | E |
| A | S | T | E | R |
| L | E | E | R | S |
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The key word to the addition sum is REPUBLICAN. It works out thus—
| R 1 | E 2 | P 3 | U 4 | B 5 | L 6 | I 7 | C 8 | A 9 | N 0 |