StNicholas [serial] . nth word. These letters may be so ar-ranged as to form a large city in each of the countriesnamed by the primals and finals. EDWARD J. KINGSBURY. ENDLESS CHAIN All the words described contain the same number of form the second word, take the last two letters of thefirst word ; to form the third, take the last two letters of thesecond, and so on. 1. A couple. 2. A hard substance. 3. Solely. 4. Amusical instrument. 5. True. 6. Besides. 7. To flyaloft. 8. A host of soldiers. 9. A legend. 10. To Filled with dread. 12. Rim. FRANKLIN SPIER (age 10).NOVEL ACR
StNicholas [serial] . nth word. These letters may be so ar-ranged as to form a large city in each of the countriesnamed by the primals and finals. EDWARD J. KINGSBURY. ENDLESS CHAIN All the words described contain the same number of form the second word, take the last two letters of thefirst word ; to form the third, take the last two letters of thesecond, and so on. 1. A couple. 2. A hard substance. 3. Solely. 4. Amusical instrument. 5. True. 6. Besides. 7. To flyaloft. 8. A host of soldiers. 9. A legend. 10. To Filled with dread. 12. Rim. FRANKLIN SPIER (age 10).NOVEL ACROSTIC 7 \i 13 2 5 9 11 106 1 4 8 .3 287 Cross-words: i. Precious stones. 2. A name in theEast Indies for ardent spirits. 3. A misty object in theheavens. 4. Extreme. 5. Soda ash. 6. Was Joining. The letters represented by the figures from I to 13 spellthe name of a famous American who was born in themonth named by the initials; the finals name a wintersport. alida chanler (League Member). 288 THE RIDDLE-BOX. CHARADE (Gold badge, St. Nicholas League Competition)When to a tear we add a tearMy first and second do appear ;And when to this we add a tearWe find our father standing near;To all my whole means very clear. EDWARD HORR. GREEK NUMERICAL ENIGMA I AM composed of seventy-three letters and form a quotationfrom Wordsworth. My 15-39-72-5 is a military stronghold. My 52-34-41-22-I is a conflict. My 59-18-57-48 is to taunt. My 69-28-7-16-35-63 is a number. My 8-67-37-46 is a nocturnalinsect. My 6-70-26-60-24 is a Spartan serf. My 10-43-38-4-32-13 is the greatest city of Greece. My 31-20-64-50-65-47-33-40-73 was its highest judicial court. My 55-2-25-56-58-29 were the ruling class in Sparta. My 35-57-30-53-17-68 is what Miltiades was at Marathon. My 16-19-27-11-34-62-71-44 was the hero of Thermopylae. My 66-51-20-45-34-21-40-49-54 was a quality he displayed on that oc-casion. My 25-67-4-60-14-57-23 was the district in whichThebes was located, My 49-36-3-61-29-21-42-12-11
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