PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
Reading edition
No. 1.
ENIGMA.
In canter, not in walk.
In chatter, not in talk.
In yarn, not in string.
In music, not in sing.
In winter, not in snow.
In water, not in row.
In muscle, not in might.
In quarrel, not in fight.
In church, not in people.
In altar, not in steeple.
My whole is a place of summer delight
Where children learn to do what is right.
Helen.
No. 2.
FOUR EASY SQUARES.
1.—1. A couple. 2. A plant. 3. A small quantity. 4. To cut down.
2.—1. A token. 2. An island. 3. Joy. 4. Necessity.
3.—1. To bend. 2. A surface. 3. To peruse. 4. Small cushions.
Tel E. Graph.
4.—1. To wither. 2. Old. 3. An exploit. 4. A whirlpool.
Goody Two-Shoes.
No. 3.
TRIPLE ENIGMA.
In scholar, not in learn.
In mouse-ear, not in fern.
In ringing, not in toll.
In ladle, not in bowl.
In tyranny, but not in kings.
My whole comprises three sweet things.
Dame Durden.
No. 4.
CHARADE—(To Rip Van Winkle).
In shady woods and sunny fields My first is often found. As lithe and fleet as any bird, Yet never leaves the ground. Of life and death my second tells, Of sorrow and of mirth; It dwells with stately pomp, and by The simplest household hearth. My whole, a graceful, modest flower, By lonely way-sides grows, And trembles on its slender stem With every wind that blows. Owlet.