With two straight cuts of the scissors restore this old stump to life.
DOUBLE ACROSTIC CHARADE.
BY H.
INITIALS AND FINALS.
First friends, then foes, my first and last are reckoned,
My first called great, and really great my second;
Eager for fame, each led a soldier's life,
Each fell a victim to the assassin's knife.
My first died first; but when my second fell,
He fell before my first, by some strange spell.
CROSS WORDS.
1.
My first an Indian chief, who vainly sought
To exterminate the foe 'gainst whom he fought.