The statement, I can travel first-class on the G.E.R. from 2222222244444500, reads into—from 22 to 2 to 22 to 4 for 44 4d; or, in plain terms, from 1.38 to 3.38 for 14s. 8d. This works out at about 3d. a mile, the usual allowance for first-class, for two hours, at about 29 miles an hour.
20. A CURIOUS OLD INSCRIPTION
Read the inscription backwards, and it resolves itself into the lines familiar to us in our childhood:—
Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross
To see a fine lady ride on a grey horse.
Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes,
She shall have music wherever she goes!
21.
The reason why the invitation to Jack to sample the Irish stew at Simpson’s was to be kept in mind by the catch words—
Join me at and
Join me at ai
Join me at as
is because if you join me and at, and note that and is on i, which is on s, you arrive at the suggestive sentence—meat and onions.