PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
Reading edition
No. 1.
ENIGMA—(To Lodestar).
In dancing, not in mirth.
In saddle, not in girth.
In crony, not in friend.
In borrow, not in lend.
In harrow, not in plough.
In salute, not in bow.
In cart, not in buggy.
In rainy, not in muggy.
In youth, not in age.
In servant, not in page.
In nod, not in sleep.
In gaze, not in peep.
In valley, not in glen.
My whole is in honor of brave men.
North Star.
No. 2.
DIAMONDS.
1. A letter. A weight. A claw. A man's name. A wanderer. To incline. A letter.
Frank.
2. A letter. A vessel for holding water. A name. Steel instruments. Obscure vision. To mistake. A letter.
Princess.
No. 3.
TWO EASY SQUARES.
1.—1. A courier. 2. Across. 3. Dry. 4. A vegetable growth.
Princess.
2.—1. To cut. 2. Part of a wagon. 3. A kind of earth. 4. Something much desired by a prisoner, but always guarded by the jailer.
Damon and Pythias.
No. 4.
ENIGMA.
In darkness, not in light.
In duty, not in right.
In answer, not in riddle.
In saucepan, not in griddle.
In half, not in quarter.
In fluid, not in water.
In lend, not in borrow.
In glee, not in sorrow.
I am only seen by day
When the clouds are far away.
L. H. C.