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home at the end of two, reporting that it was the 

 dullest place they had ever seen. 



My puzzle was solved. 



That reminds me of a story that I have some- 

 where read. A wealthy business man had sent 

 his wife and children to their country home. He 

 spent the week in the city at his business office. 

 One day, as he thought of the inequalities of for- 

 tune, he said to himself, — " Isn't it strange that 

 my family can have so much, when there are so 

 many women and children that must toil all the 

 week in the hot city, and have none of the joys 

 of country life. If I were the ruler of the universe, 

 I would have things different. Come to think of 

 it, although I can't rule the universe, I can remedy 

 a part of this injustice. I will send apart of these 

 women with their children to a boarding-house 

 near my own country home." 



So he had his secretary make the arrangements, 

 and a party of seven washerwomen and twenty- 

 three children were sent to the country. Then as 

 the man toiled at his desk, he was the happier, 

 not only in anticipating his own weekly visit to 

 the country, but in feeling that he was giving 

 much pleasure to those thirty poor persons. Im- 

 agine his amazement when, at the end of the first 



