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The Judgment of Solomon

It was a chilly day. In a crowded railroad coach, two women in one section got to quarreling about whether the window should be open or shut. One wanted it open; said if it were not opened soon she would surely suffocate. The other declared that she could not stand the cold damp air and, if the window was open, she would certainly get the fu and die.

They called the porter and made their opposite demands about the window, and the porter just didn't know what to do. Down the aisle a way was a red-nosed old gent who looked as if he had been around. He noticed the porter's dilemma and asked him why he did not do as he was told. The porter said he couldn't, since one of them wanted the window open and the other wanted it shut. The red-nosed old gent said loudly:

"Do what both of them tell you to, porter, and you'll be all right. First, open the window. That will kill one of those ladies, according to her own statement. Then close it. That will the other one. Then, we can continue this maybe, ride in peace."