Two teachers of languages were discussing matters and things relative
to their profession.
“Do your pupils pay up regularly on the first of each month?” asked
one of them.
“No, they do not,” was the reply; “I often have to wait weeks and
weeks before I get my pay, and sometimes I don’t get it at all. You
can’t well dun the parents for the money.”
“Why don’t you do as I do? I always get my money regularly.”
“How do you manage it?”
“It is very simple. For instance, I am teaching a boy French, and
on the first day of the month his folks don’t send the amount due
for the previous month. In that case I give the boy the following
exercise to translate and write out at home:--‘I have no money. The
month is up. Hast thou any money? Have not thy parents any money? I
need money very much. Why hast thou brought no money this morning?
Did thy father not give thee any money? Has he no money in the
pocket-book of his uncle’s great aunt?’ This fetches them. Next
morning that boy brings the money.”
158. There is a number half of which divided by 6, one-third of it
divided by 4, and one-fourth of it divided by 3, each quotient will
be 9. What is the number?