[187.] Trains leave London and Edinburgh (400 miles apart) at the same time and meet after 5 hours; the train which leaves London travels 8 miles an hour faster than that which leaves Edinburgh. At what rate did the former travel, and at what speed must the latter travel after they have met, in order that they both may reach their destinations at the same time?
“GOOD ENOUGH!”
“Will you give me a glass of beer, please?” asked a rather seedy-looking fellow with an old but well-brushed coat and almost too shiny a hat. It was produced by the barmaid, frothing over the edge of the tumbler.
“Thank you,” said the recipient, as he placed it to his lips. Having finished it in a swallow, he smacked his lips and said, “That is very good beer—very! Whose is it?”
“Why, that Perkins’s——”
“Ah! Perkins’s, is it! Well, give us another glass.”
It was done; and holding it up to the light and looking through it, the connoisseur said:—
“’Pon my word, it is grand beer—clear as Madeira! What a fine color! I must have some more of that; give me another glass.”
The glass was filled again, but before putting it to his lips the imbiber said:—