PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
No. 1.
ENIGMA.
In frequent, not in oft.
In liquid, not in soft.
In laugh, not in scream.
In vision, not in dream.
In channel, not in strait.
In door, not in gate.
In poach, not in plunder.
In stumble, not in blunder.
In pliant, not in tough.
In coarse, not in rough.
In cycle, not in year.
My whole a season drawing near.
Dame Durden.
No. 2.
RHOMBOID.
Across.—A cut. A germ. To rip. To pull. In the body.
Down.—A letter from Washington. In the same manner. Regular. To notice. To venture. A fish. A pronoun. Another letter from Washington.