We boys overheard her, and placed her with us. What did we thus turn her into?
78. A STRIKING MATCH PUZZLE
How can you make a Maltese cross with less than twelve unbent and unbroken matches?
79
Have we any reason to suppose that in very early times there were less vowels than we have now?
80. A FRENCH RIDDLE
As Susette was sitting in the cool shadow of an olive grove at Mentone, Henri came up and said to her, with his best bow, “Je sais que vous n’avez pas mon premier, mais que vous êtes mon second, et je vous donnerai mon tout!” What did he hold out to her?