[45.] A man sold a horse for £35 and half as much as he gave for it, and gained thereby 10 guineas. What did he pay for the horse?
THE DISHONEST SERVANT.
[46.] A gentleman having bought 28 bottles of wine, and suspecting his servant of tampering with the contents of the wine cellar, caused these bottles to be arranged in a bin in such a way as to count 9 bottles on each side. Nothwithstanding this precaution, the servant in two successive visits stole 8 bottles—4 each time—re-arranging the bottles each time so that they still counted 9 on a side. How did he do it?
Father—“You are very backward in your arithmetic. When I was your age I was doing cube roots.”
Boy—“What’s them?”
Father—“What! You don’t know what they are? My! my! that’s terrible! There, give me your pencil. Now, we take, say, 28764289, and find the cube root. First, you divide—no, you point off—no—let me see?—um—yes—no—don’t stand there grinning like a Cheshire cat; go upstairs and stay in your bedroom for an hour.”