No. 2.
NUMERICAL ENIGMA.
| I am a celebrated edifice composed of 21 letters. |
| My 16, 19, 12, 3 is a bird. |
| My 4, 18, 8 is color. |
| My 10, 14, 17, 19, 21, 6, 11, 20 is customary. |
| My 15, 2, 8, 7, 1 is a box. |
| My 13, 5, 9 is to set down. |
Dame Durden.
No. 3.
ENIGMA.
| In scolding, not in chiding. |
| In holding, not in gliding. |
| In using, not in wasting. |
| In tarrying, not in hasting. |
| In trying, not in failing. |
| In blushing, not in paling. |
| In earning, not in buying. |
| In doing, not in crying. |
| In owning, not in spending. |
| In borrowing, not in lending. |
| In roving, not in stopping. |
| My whole a phrase often dropping |
| From your mother's lips, my dear, |
| At this season of the year. |
Susan Nipper.