THE SQUIRE'S CHRISTMAS PUZZLE PARTY
but Ned Collier, so we had a mug of cider together at the Barley
Mow, where I sold him exactly a fifth of what I had left, and gave
him a fifth of a goose over for the missus. These nineteen that
I have brought back I couldn't get rid of at any price." Now, how
many geese did Farmer Rouse send to market ? My humane
readers may be relieved to know that no goose was divided or put
to any inconvenience whatever by the sales.
58.—
The Chained Numbers.
"We laughed greatly at a pretty jest on the part of Major
Trenchard, a merry friend of the Squire's. With a piece of chalk
he marked a different number on the backs of eight lads who were
at the party." Then, it seems, he divided them in two groups, as
shown in the illustration, 1, 2, 3, 4 being on one side, and 5, 7, 8,
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