. St. Nicholas [serial]. t per is vertical? 10. What per is a hero of mythology? 11. What per is wayward? 12. What per will never give up? 13. What per is a tree whose fruit is astringent? 14. What per is endless? ann c. terwilliger (age 14), League Member. DIAMOND I. In Xerxes. 2. To free. 3. A beverage. 5. A department of St. Nicholas. 6. Blotsout. 7. An insurgent. 8. A call for help. 9. In d. cushing (age 11), League Member. CROSS-WORD ENIGMA My first is in bitter, but not in gall;My second in large and also in small;My third is in mallet, but not in mall;My fourth


. St. Nicholas [serial]. t per is vertical? 10. What per is a hero of mythology? 11. What per is wayward? 12. What per will never give up? 13. What per is a tree whose fruit is astringent? 14. What per is endless? ann c. terwilliger (age 14), League Member. DIAMOND I. In Xerxes. 2. To free. 3. A beverage. 5. A department of St. Nicholas. 6. Blotsout. 7. An insurgent. 8. A call for help. 9. In d. cushing (age 11), League Member. CROSS-WORD ENIGMA My first is in bitter, but not in gall;My second in large and also in small;My third is in mallet, but not in mall;My fourth is in short, but not in tall,My fifth is in dragging, but not in haul;My sixth is in Henry, but not in Paul;My seventh is in ceiling, but not in wall;My eighth is in somethings, but not in all;My ninth is in rubber, but not in ball;My tenth is in winter, but not in eleventh is in visit, but not in call. My whole is a useful garment at the s. taylor (age 13), League Member. 959 960 THE RIDDLE-BOX. PICTURED ANSWERS A number of objects are shown in the above them may be found the answers to the fourfollowing riddles:I. Eight cornered, six sided, and every side flat, And brittle and heavy and hard. What is that?II. Made of iron, worked by iron, partly hidden fromthe view, Prison warder, treasure guarder, thief retarderdark of hue III. Uprooted from its native bed, It droops, but does not fade or fail;By nature it adorns the tail,Transplanted, it adorns the head. IV. Its bodys thinner than a snake, Its load would make your shoulders ache;Its heights not great, but—this is droll—Its length extends from pole to pole. RICHARD PHILLIPS. A FLORAL ACROSTIC (Gold Badge, St. Nicholas League Competition) Reading across: i. Pertain to a certain country inAsia. 3. Most recent. 4. A To hold possession of. 6. Tocease to have in mind. 7. A mas-culine name. 8. Customs. 9. Re-sult. 10. A musical On every side. 12. A kind


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