. Harper's young people . over the forefinger as in , which represents the trickthus far clearly. Continue to cross the stringsbetween the fingers as shownat b. Fig. .>. returning iu thisway to the little finger. Your FIG. 5. hand will now seem quite surely tied fast—ail illusion which you speedily dispel by slip-ping I he, loops from your thumb, and with your right hand draw-ing the string, whole as ever, directly through the base of all yourfingers. ANSWER TO REBUS. THE answer to the Rebus on page 144 of No. 166 is a Christ-mas verse written over two hundred years ago by GeorgeWither


. Harper's young people . over the forefinger as in , which represents the trickthus far clearly. Continue to cross the stringsbetween the fingers as shownat b. Fig. .>. returning iu thisway to the little finger. Your FIG. 5. hand will now seem quite surely tied fast—ail illusion which you speedily dispel by slip-ping I he, loops from your thumb, and with your right hand draw-ing the string, whole as ever, directly through the base of all yourfingers. ANSWER TO REBUS. THE answer to the Rebus on page 144 of No. 166 is a Christ-mas verse written over two hundred years ago by GeorgeWither, born 1588, died 1667. So now is come our joyfulst feast. Let every man be jolly;Each room with ivy leaves is drest, And every post with all our neighbors chimneys smoke, And Christinas blocks are burning;Their ovens they with baked meat choke, And all their spits are , the door let sorrow lie;And if for cold it hap to die,Well bury t in a Christmas pie, And evermore be FUN ON THE ICE—BLINDHANS-BUFF. FREDS NIGHTMARE AFTER A DAYS BABBIT-HUNTING.


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