86. IF WE COULD CHOOSE
“If it were possible, I should choose,” said young Hopeful, “a life double as long.”
“Yes,” said old Sobersides, “and you might turn it to better account if it was also begun old.”
How did their actual words bear this out?
No. CV.—SEEING THROUGH A VEIL
On a piece of clear tracing paper draw with pen and ink a close network of lines, such as is shown in this diagram, near enough together to conceal type of ordinary size.
Place this on the page of a book, and challenge any one to read a sentence, or even a word, through it, saying that you can do so easily. How can you succeed?