"How did you find out?"
"Well, you see," said I, "the flat-iron has a figure 6 on it; that
shows that it weighs six pounds. Now, if the turkey had not weighed
more than the flat-iron they would have balanced each other at the
same distance from the balancing loop; but the turkey was the heavier,
so I had to move the flat-iron out further. At the same distance from
the loop as the turkey (two inches), the flat-iron pulled six pounds'
weight, and at every addition of that distance it would pull six
pounds more. Thus: at four inches it pulled twelve pounds; at six
inches, eighteen pounds; and at eight inches, twenty-four pounds.
At that distance it just balanced the turkey, thus proving that it
weighed----"
"Well, Maggie, what does Albro say?"
"Twenty-four poun', mum," replied Maggie, coming in.
"Well, I give up," said Mrs. Simpson; and she did, and so do I--till
next time.
NIMBLE JIM AND THE MAGIC MELON
BY J. A. JUDSON.
Once upon a time, in a snug little cottage by a brook under a hill,
lived an old widow and her only child.
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