Vincent V. M. Beede.
No. 11.—A Riddle.
I have no substance, and generally no intelligent relation to time or times. Sometimes I am sensible, but oftener I am absurd. Yet I have great influence, and not infrequently change the plans of people. Indeed, I have helped to change the history of the world. What am I?
No. 12.—A Receipt.
To decapitate a notion
Of course makes it dead,
But gives what is put
On the murderer's head.
A further beheadment
Will make what you pay
When you purchase an article
At a shop some day.
Again you behead
With a very quick motion,
And at once there's a plant
That is part of the notion.
Behead once more
And the first part you see
Of what our confection
Is going to be.
Take a measure of paper
To form the second.
Prefix one hundred
In proper shape reckoned.
Join this to the first,
And I'm sure you will say
It's a delightful treat
For a hot summer day.
No. 13.—An Endless Chain.
The first syllable of every word is the second of the preceding word. The first syllable of the first word is the second syllable of the last. All words are dissyllables.