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OF LONG AGO studied it in school as Cuthbert did, you would see that it is about as easy as ours.”

“How is the work done?” asked Maude.

“That,” said the Story-Teller, “is for you to work out some rainy day when you have nothing else to do. What is much better than the grating plan at this time of the night is going to bed.“

Number Stories, p71-illustration.png MULTIPLICATION FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AGO From a manuscript of the fifteenth century

“And what do we have to-morrow night?” asked Charles.

“Think of the Question Box,” mysteriously answered the Story-Teller. 71