"To win the Princess Minnehaha. Answer this:
"T U A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A." (45)
"Well, what is it, anyhow?" asked the Wizard.
"Something that you'll find very prominently printed in a book that you and most other people own," replied the suitor.
"Are the letters printed in the book in this form?" inquired the Wizard, getting a bit scared, and trying to gain time.
"In this style and order, yes; but there are other letters and words between them. Come, shall I have the princess?"
The Wizard took five minutes, and gave it up. Dick won the princess, and in the bounteousness of his heart invited all the Knights and Ladies of the Round Table to visit him and see who was wiser than the Wizard.
It is needless to say where you can find answers to the foregoing questions. Of course those that demand animals' names have plays upon either the meaning or pronunciation of those names. The nicknames were once generally applied. Where names of persons are wanted there is, as you scarcely need be told, a double meaning to those names, as, General Wool—were the name used—might be referred to as the soldier that everybody wears in winter, etc. The verses are riddles—and very clever ones. In questions 1, 2, 4, 32, 44, etc., explain briefly the meaning or origin of the numbered word or words. All who have not passed their 18th birthday are asked to send an answer. Grown people may help you find solutions. Make a list of the questions by numbers, giving each a line and writing one below the other. Do not write out the story. Fasten your sheets together. Write your name at the top of the first sheet. Mail answers on May 10, to Harper's Round Table, New York—no other address is needed—and put the words Puzzle Answer in the lower left-hand corner of the envelope. Answers, with prize awards, will be announced as early as possible, and the prizes forwarded at once.
The prizes are: To the best, $10 in money, and $15, also in money, divided among a few other best solvers. Excellence consists in correct answers and correct spelling, but does not refer to penmanship.