Out in the sky the great dark clouds are massing; I look far out into the pregnant night, Where I can hear a solemn booming gun And catch the gleaming of a random light, That tells me that the ship I seek is passing, passing. My tearful... Read more of Ships That Pass In The Night at Martin Luther King.caInformational Site Network Informational
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The Eleven Pennies





(THE SQUIRE'S CHRISTMAS PUZZLE PARTY)



A guest asked some one to favour him with eleven pennies, and he passed the coins to the company, as depicted in our illustration. The writer says: "He then requested us to remove five coins from the eleven, add four coins and leave nine. We could not but think there must needs be ten pennies left. We were a good deal amused at the answer hereof."








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