WHICH TWO?

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 733, 30 December 1914, Page 6

WHICH TWO?

"Do you see Unit handsome row of tall poplars on the Canadian shore, standing, apparently at equal distances apart?" asked a melancholy-looking man of a group of passengers on the Fort Erie lVrry-bo.it at Buffalo, The group \iodded assent.

"Well, there's quite a story connected with those trees," he continued. "Some years ago there lived in a house in Buffalo, overlooking the river, a very wealthy banker, whose only daughter was beloved by a young surveyor. The old man was inclined to question the professional skill of young rod-and-level; and to put him to the test he directed him to set out on tllQ Dominion shore a row of trees 110 two of which should be any farther apart than any other l\vo. "The trial proved the lover's inefficiency, and forthwith he was forbidden the house, and in despair ho drowned himself in the river. Pe)> haps some of you gentlemen with keen eyes can tell which two trees are far* thest apart?" Tire group took a critical view of the situation, and each member ed a. ditTerent pair of trees. Finally* after much discussion, an appeal made to the solemn-faced stranger tQ solve the problem. "The. first and the last," said Kc, calmly, resuming his and walk" ing off with the air of a sage.