OUR LITTLE FOLKS' OWN PUZZLES.
double diagonal puzzle
If definitions of the objects and scene shown above be placed one under the other in the order indicated, the diagonals, left to right, will form the names of two well-known cities.
MENTAL HISTORICAL SCENE.
A
n old man is seen in a dungeon, dressed in rags and covered with mud. A slave enters with a sword, evidently for the purpose of murdering him, when he stops suddenly, awed and frightened by the prisoner's face and stern voice, as he demands if he has the presumption to kill him. Then the slave rushes from the cell, declaring it impossible to despatch such a man. Who is the prisoner?
Nellie Ellis.
(Aged 15¼).
Frost Hill House,
Liversedge, Yorkshire.
SINGLE ACROSTIC.