BLANK WORD-SYNCOPATIONS.
Fill the first blank, in each sentence, with a certain word; the second, with a word taken out of the word chosen for the first blank; and the third with the letters of that word which remain after filling the second blank.
1. On the —— we first played ——, and then we all began to ——. 2. While —— on the wharf, we saw a vessel come into ——, which made us —— again. 3. The game of —— I will —— you play, if you will show me the —— to the fair.
CYRIL DEANE.