The continuation of this story will be found in the first issue of DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE, out October 5th. See the announcement on the next page, telling about this new magazine, which in future will contain, not only Nick Carter stories, but many other narratives dealing with the detective art.
It will be published twice a month, and the price will be ten cents a copy.
GETTING OUT OF A DIFFICULTY.
At a certain school, one day, the teacher had occasion to examine his class in arithmetic, previous to the final examination.
On finding that he had a very dilatory boy, and thinking to make him look a fool, he set him the under-mentioned task:
If a man was to fall down a well fifty feet deep, how long would it take him to get out if, for every foot he climbed, he fell down two?
The boy started figuring out the above sum.
After filling six slates with figures, the teacher stopped him, and asked what he was doing.