'John, when the road is slippery and your horse falls down, what do you do with him?'
'I help him up again,' replied John.
'Well, I have come to do the same,' said his friend. 'The road was slippery, I know, John, and you fell; but there is my hand to help you up again.'
The cabman's heart was touched. He said: 'God bless you, sir; you will never have cause to regret this. By His help I will never fall again.'
And to this day he has kept his word.
AN EASTERN PUZZLE.
An old Persian died, leaving seventeen camels to be divided among his three sons in the following proportions: the eldest to have half, the second a third, and the youngest a ninth. Of course, camels cannot be divided into fractions, so, in despair, the brothers submitted their difference to a very wise old dervish.
'Nothing easier!' said the wise Ali. 'I will divide them for you.'
How did he do it?