PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
Reading edition
No. 1.
CHARADE.
My first in obstinate silence stands, With never a word to say. My second clamors on sea or land Many a time in the day. My whole, dear fellows, will make you strong, Unless you play with it quite too long. Dick.
No. 2.
BEHEADINGS.
1. Behead a time-piece, and leave something by which treasures are protected. 2. Behead a prickly redness, and leave a graceful tree. 3. Behead a preposition, and leave a letter of the alphabet. 4. Behead a rheumatic affection, and leave a pile of hay. 5. Behead a brave champion, and leave a period of darkness. 6. Behead a hard and valuable wood, and leave a quality which belongs to a delicious fish. 7. Behead a snare, and leave a knock. With the beheaded letters form the name of a cheery little visitor and a nice rest for the feet.
C. S. R.
No. 3.
HALF-SQUARE—(To Bolus).
1. A precious metal. 2. Conception of a thing. 3. A fast. 4. A cistern. 5. A suffix. 6. A letter of the alphabet.
Damon and Pythias.
No. 4.
NUMERICAL CHARADE.
I am something your readers are always waiting for, and I am composed of 18 letters. My 6, 2, 16 is to knock. My 1, 15, 10, 7, 5 is a habitation. My 4, 9, 17, 18 is a stick. My 12, 14, 11 is an abbreviation. My 13, 3, 8 is to peep. H. K.
No. 5.
ENIGMA.
In ale, but not in beer.
In lord, but not in peer.
In rain, but not in fall.
In cellar, but not in hall.
In flee, but not in fain.
My whole is a maiden's name, 'tis plain.
J. D. B.
No. 6.
WORD SQUARE.
My first is a wild animal. My second is repose. My third is the plural of a small venomous serpent. My fourth is peace.
Vi O. Let.