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ish, merry-hearted youth enjoyed a quiet? laugh at her sister's expense. "You really ought to be rewarded, Master Fred, for your wonderful skill in giving conundrums," said his sister, laughing in spite of herself at the utter simplicity of the solution. "But let me see if I'm not able to pay you back in your own coin." "All right, Nellie," he replied, quickly. "Go on, please, for I am all attention." "Well, here it is", she added, her girlish wit coming readily to her aid. "When is a silly boy like one of King Solomon's wise proverbs?" It was now Fred's turn? to think. Like Nellie, he became very thoughtful, as he gave two or three pretty shrewd conjectures. He considered himself quite an expert in solving anything