The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-10-16
An Intrioats Proposition
VITA ~kieh Major Max GrsGE.y PszTled
Hls Wifi.

" -
ibid 1t v % you, my dear.
that Q person going overland would
have TO mail two letters a day from tie
train in order % have one letter q day
return to San FraneiscoP' asked Maj r
Max the other evening. after the cloah
was removed from the table and lis
wife was pouring his glass Of two-tlirds
b~enedictine and one-tlird enracDa.
Mrs Max passed the Major his
cordial and waited a moment hsf re
replying: why. no; it seems to ne
that II q person travelling east mailed a
letter each day by q westward bound
train q letter would arrive here each
day."
Mrs. Max answered cautiously. for
she knew that while the Major pretend
ed TO deplore the fact that she was 81
logical. he really derived much comfert
from his superior comprehensions.
you think so. do you?" qurriei tho
Major. as though about 10 be convinced
by her. while in truth he only wanted
her to commit herself more decide rs.
that his victory would be more signal.
'.Why. yes" Mrs. Max continued,
somewhat assured. eff you mailed a
letter ON the first day out it would get
here the next day; II you mailed M
the day following 1t would get here a
day after the first, and the letters. be-
ing mailed twenty-four hours apart.
would, Of course. continue to arrive
here q day apart. They couldn't grow
further apart on the road. could they.
Majorp"
Mrs. Max wound up this sequence of
feminine logic with a triumphant ac-
cent. and felt sure she had posed the
major. for he did not reply until after
lighting q cigar. Then be said slowly:
You post q letter the first day out"
Yes"
THAT letter arrives here the day at
ter you leave"
Certainly: One day gone. n let
ter received
swell. the next day-a little curacao
straight. please-the next day you post
another letter from the train. and"
..And that arrives here the day after
the first, of course. making two days
out and two letters received, and SO on
TO New York. Eth, MajorP"
II Mrs. Max had not been examining
. new pattern Of lace she had in her
sleeves she might have noticed the sat
isfied smile the Major had as he leaned
back in his chair and said: 1.-THE Sec
ond day out you would DO at Ogden"
Yes"
"Wouldn't IL take as long for a letter
to return to San Francisco as it had
taken you to go to OgdcnP"
II suppose So"
ssThen the second letter would ar
rive here two days after you arrived ut
Ogden and four days after you had left
here"
Mrs. Max looked up and said hcsi-
"Well. l don't sec how you make
that out"
II did not make it out. Mrs. Max. I
only asked II / was rightP"
mo, you are not; If you post a letter
on q returning train each day, l say
that a letter must arrive here each day.
and l don't care"
MRS. Max, how long does it take to
90 to New York;"
''Seven days, i suppose"
Then . letter o day would be seven
letters. You would post your sixth
letter on your sixth day out. and it
would take it six days more to return.
being twelve days after you left here.
Now, as you had only mailed five let
tiers before the n which arrived on
the twelfth day, how could o letter o
day have arrivedf"
Mrs. Max thought q moment. and
then asksa with considerable warmth:
do yosrlsan to say. Major Max, that
II a person going to New York posts q
letter on q San Francisco-bound train
each day that 1t takes two weeks for oil
those letters to arrive hcreP"
at certainly wouldP" replied the
Major. glowing comfortably behind his
cigar. He knew Mrs. Max acknowledged
her defeat by the way she rang for the
ten. but sho would not ask for further
explanation. San Francisco Chr n