Our young folks [serial] . xes) ; C. H. M., 320; Ella V. Middaugh, 300;Rosa M. Kellen, 310; Laura S Brown, 240Mary C. Clark, 200 ; Louisa R. Hurd, 220; SusiiB. Hurd, 212 ; John H. Kerr, 229 (excludingproper names); Kathie La Rue, 225 ; Belle, 243;Villa C. H., 350; Mabel Hall, 304 ; and Julia , 190. Jos. E. Badger, Jr., writes that behas made 487 words out of miscellaneous, exclusive of proper names and obsolete words, but doesnot send his list. And now L. K. sends us 636 words made fromunimpressionable, to compete with any in themarket. All proper names are omitted. Whocan beat him ? Li
Our young folks [serial] . xes) ; C. H. M., 320; Ella V. Middaugh, 300;Rosa M. Kellen, 310; Laura S Brown, 240Mary C. Clark, 200 ; Louisa R. Hurd, 220; SusiiB. Hurd, 212 ; John H. Kerr, 229 (excludingproper names); Kathie La Rue, 225 ; Belle, 243;Villa C. H., 350; Mabel Hall, 304 ; and Julia , 190. Jos. E. Badger, Jr., writes that behas made 487 words out of miscellaneous, exclusive of proper names and obsolete words, but doesnot send his list. And now L. K. sends us 636 words made fromunimpressionable, to compete with any in themarket. All proper names are omitted. Whocan beat him ? Lillie Lempert Townsend also challenges OurYoung Folks to make more words, includingproper names, out of Constantinople, than a listof 258, which she sends us. It is of course understood, in this game, that noletter is to be used twice which does not occurtwice in the original word. Just after our September Letter Box wasclosed, we received from a correspondent at North-umberland, Penn., answers to all our August puz-zles. ,. w <! W HH OUR YOUNG FOLKS. An Illustrated Magazi7teFOR BOYS AND GIRLS. Vol. VIII. NOVEMBER, 1872, No. XI. A CHANCE FOR XXXIV. HOW JACK WON A BET, AND RETURNED A FAVOR. HE next morning Sellick sat milking a cow in theyard, when a clear, pleasant voice close besidehim said, Good morning, Mr. Constable ! He had heard footsteps and the rattling of amilk-pail behind him, but had not looked around,thinking it was Billy the farm-boy coming to helphim. Now he looked, however, and there stoodhis escaped prisoner of yesterday, smiling, with amilk-pail in one hand and a stool in the other. Ha! good morning, sonny! cried Sellick, excit-edly. His first impulse was to spring and seize the fugi-tive ; his next, to sit still. You helped me milk yesterday morning, now I vecome to help you, said Jack. I like to pay mydebts. Thats right! thats fair ! said the astonished con-stable. Which is the kicking cow ? I dont want to tackleher/ quietly remarked Jack, s
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