But curiously was wrought within.
’T was not in heaven, nor yet in hell,
Nor on the earth where mortals dwell.
Now if you know this man of fame,
Tell where he lived and what’s his name.”
“Jonah in the whale’s belly!” promptly cried Ronald.
“Did you ever see this puzzle?” inquired Otis. “A man has a wolf, a goat and a cabbage to carry across a river. It wont do to leave the wolf and goat together, nor the goat and the cabbage, and he can carry only one at a time, the boat is so small. Now what shall he do?”
After a moment’s thought, Kate gave the solution, as follows:—
“First he carried over the goat; then returned and got the cabbage; then he took back the goat, and left it, and carried over the wolf; then last of all he went and got the goat.”
“Let’s see who can find this one out,” said Ronald. “A sea captain on a voyage had thirty passengers—fifteen Christians and fifteen Turks. A great tempest arose, and he had to throw half of them overboard. They agreed to let him place them in a circle, and throw every ninth man overboard, till only fifteen were left. He did so, and when he got through, every Christian was saved, and every Turk drowned. How did he do it?”