“O L N U I C R true,
Y need I C Q less?
I’ll never D V 8 from U,
But end my cares with S.”
(caress).
43. MISSING WORDS
Mr Backslide, afflicted with weakness of mind,
———— over to Lushington’s inn, where he dined.
He ———— the pledge he had taken as handy,
And emptied forthwith a ———— of brandy.
Each missing word has eight letters.
44
A ——— sat in his ——— grey,
Watching the moonbeams ——— play
On a keg that in the bushes lay,
And these were the words of his song:—
“Thou ——— the weak, thou ——— the strong,
To thee the ——— of bad deeds doth belong.”
And the leaves with a ——— took up the sad song.
Each of these missing words is spelt with the same six letters.