The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-06
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"Did il ever occur 70 you, my dear that
a person going overland would have to
mail two letters . day from the train in
order to have one letter u day return to
San FranclscoP' asked Major Max the
other evening alter the cloth was removed
from the TRIBE and his wife was pouring
bis glsss oltwo.thirds bensdictins aud one
third curacao, which his wife commended
was the only civilized drink with which
70 D for the alter dinner cigar.
Mrs. Max ased the Major his cordial
and waited o moment bstOTe replying:
WWhy no; il seems tome that II a person
travelling east, mailed q letter each day
by a westward bound train, Q letter would
arrive here each day"
NM, Max answered cautiously, Tor while
she knew that the Major pretended 70 de-
plore the fact that she was illogical, he
really derived much comfort from his
superior comprehension, and wa some
what addicted to studying mi intricate
proposition with which 10 puzzle the lady,
"You think so, do your querisd the
major, % though about 10 BIZ convinced
by her while in Truth he only wanted her
70 commit herself more decidedly, that his
victory would be the more signal.
"Why, yes" Mrs, Max continued, some
what assured, "it you mailed q letter on
the first day out 1t would get here the next
day; il YOU mailed u the day following
Il would arrive here o day after the hrst,
and the letters being mailed twenty TOUR
hours apart would, Of course, continue 70
arrive here q day apart. They couldn't
grow farther apart on the road, could they,
Major"
Mrs. Max wound up this sequence Of
feminine logic with q triumphant accent,
and lelt sure she had posed the Mejor, Tor
he did not reply until after lighting Q c'
gar. Then he said slowly: "fou post y
letter the first day outT'
"Yes."
"F6St letter arrives here the day after
"oertsinly, One day is gone, n letter
received" ,,.,
"EracIly. Well, the next day-A little
curacao, straight, please-the next DAY
you post another letter from the TRAM
"And that arrives here the day after the
first, Of course, making two days out and
two letters received, and 90 on to New
York. Eh, MSior2"
II Mrs, Max had not been examining Q
new pattern OF lace she hGdin her sleeves,
she might have noticed the Satisfied smile
The major had As he leaned back 10 bis
chair and said: "The second day out you
would be al Ogden"
eyes"
"Wonldn't 1t take as long for a letter to
return to San Francisco aslt had taken.you
TO 60 to 0gden?"
~ suppose 30"
"Then the second letter would arrive
here two days after you arrived at Ogden
and four days alter you left here?"'
Mrs. Max looked up and said hesitatiug'
~: swell, | don't see how you make that
out"
~ did not make it out, Mrs. Max, l only
asked II | was right"
mo, you are not; II you post a letter on
q returning train each day | say that
letter must arrive here each day, and /
don't care"
ems. Max, how long does 1t take to go
10 New York;" r.
"Seyen days. l suppose"
"Then q letter q day would be seven
letters. You would post your sixth letter
ON your sixth day out and 1t would take
1t six days more to return, being twelve
days alter you lett here. Now, as you
had only mailed Ave letters before the
one which arrived on the twelfth day,
how could q letter a day have arriyedr"
Mrs. Max thought u moment and then
asked with considerable warmth: do
you mean 10 Say, Major Max, that II q
person going to New York posts q letter
on a San Francisco bound train each day,
that It takes two weeks for all those letters
to arrive hete?"
at certainly would" replied the Major,
glowing comfortably behiud his cigar. He
knew Mrs. Max acknowledged her defeat
by the way she ran for the tea, but she
would not ask Tor lurther explanation. so
the reader must figure out the proposition
without further assistance than the Mej0r's
hints arOrd.-Sdn FrauclcO Chronicle.