56.--_The Eleven Pennies._

[Illustration]

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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