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Show HERE'S A NEAT LITTLE PUZZLE. Seems Simple, But Will Occupy You for a Few Minutes. Tho Paris Temps publishes tills , story: "While In the Orient a French- man bought a diamond studded crosa, which ho Bent to hla wlfo In Paris. To guard ugalnst possible theft ho noti- fled her that counting from tho bottom to tho top thero wero seven diamonds, j rmd counting from the bottom to tho 1 end of each branch there were also i aoven uManionda, thus: s a. "When ho returned homo ho found thnt two diamonds had been stolon from tho cross, but that from top to j bottom tho number was still Bovon, nnd thnt counting from tho bottom up to either branch there wero still seven diamonds, ub designated by him In his letter of warning. Figure It out, It's a nlco llttlo puzzle." |