Taking Him Down.

Otago Witness, Issue 2565, 13 May 1903, Page 72

Taking Him Down.

Several lawyers, witnesses, jurors, and litigants left the county town by train at the close of the assizes. A sedate-looking gentleman took his seat directly opposite a young solicitor. "I am one of the witnesses you pitched into pretty hard yesterday," the gentleman said as an introduction, "and I have been a little curious about you ever since." The passengers were all interested, and the sedate man continued. "You seem to be . person of superior intelligence, pad there are one )r two little matters I want to oak you about. Now, if I were to say to you that the three faces which include a trihedral face of a prism are equal in all their parts to the three faces which include a. trihedral face of a second prism, each to each, and are like placed in all parts, what would you understand by it?" "Why really, sir— urn — er " "You don't mean to tell me you're beaten by a little question like that? Well, never mind, here's something easier. If I were to suggest to you that a certain* object is a polyhedron in which two of the faces are polygons, equal in all their parts and having their homologous sides parallel, what would be the impression conveyed in your mind?" "Well, tho subject— er— 1«— n— one Ive never looked into deeply," gasped the young lawyer. "Do you mean to own hat you woukln t l-mow it was just a plain everyday prism? I've got a boy at school, and he would have answered thoso questions without stopping to think."