HKISTA!
MRS LR’S SR
MR LR KRS.
“BLR MR LR!”
MRS LR HRS—
when read according to the usual pronunciation of Mr and Mrs, and taking the title from the Greek, become, by affinity of sound—
He kissed her!
Mrs Lister’s sister
Mr Lister kisses.
“Blister Mr Lister!”
Mrs Lister hisses.
No. XIV.—IN MEMORIAM
The puzzle epitaph—
| WEON | . | CEW | . | ERET | . | WO | |||
| WET | . | WOM | . | ADEO | . | NE | |||
| NON | . | EFIN | . | DUST | . | WO | |||
| NO . | WLI | . | F | EB | .EGO | . | NE | ||
| WILLIAM and MARGARET TAYLOR | |||||||||
| Anno Domini 1665. | |||||||||
reads thus—
We once were two,
We two made one.
None find us two
Now life be gone.