| Chicago, Ill. | U. Neke. |
No. 5. Transmutation.
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The clock strikes nine, within the school The children take their seats: Within the corner stands the fool, Him oft the primal beats. The master sits his desk behind, The lessons now commence: "Of these verbs you will tell the kind, Also the mood and tense." The sentences he then dictates, The pupils start the task, But soon he spies two boys—two mates— Who each other answers ask. He calls the lasts to come to him: A flogging they expect. And, naturally, their eyes grow dim. And heads are not erect. The master looks them in the eye. "I see you guilty are." And straightway he does make them cry. And badly do they fare. At last the punishment dost cease, The arm descends no more, But of advice a right long piece He gives to them before They are allowed to take their seats, With faces red with shame. Such is the punishment of cheats, And they deserve the same. |
| Philadelphia, Pa. | O. Range. |
No. 6. Hexagon.
1. An East Indian fruit obtained from a species of cypress. 2. Armor for the arm. 3. The ends of an elliptical arch. 4. Narratives. 5. A variety of zeolite of a flesh-red color. 6. Restored the original design of. 7. Moved. 8. English essayist (1671-1729). 9. An adder or serpent (Prov. Eng.)
| Litchfield, Ill. | Stocles. |