[Fill blanks with words to rhyme with the termination of the first line.]
A two-letter boy, whose name was Ed,
And a three letter boy, whose nickname was —,
Were joined by their four-letter brother, named —,
One boy was quite spunky–the hair on his —
Was of a bright auburn, in fact it was —,
And fat too, he was, by being well —.
Another had eyes dull and heavy as —,
And his nose was so broad that often 'twas —.
It nearly all over his visage was —,
The third boy was lazy; he walked with a —
That made it appear that he had a great —
Of working sufficient to pay for the —
Which he ate, when he hadn't some meat in its —.
One cold winter day these boys got a —,
Which they found snug and dry out under a —,
And, like the bad boys of which you have —,
Without their parents' permission they —
To the high coasting hill; soon downward they —,
But upset on the way, and one made his —
In a deep drift of snow which wet every —
Of his new suit of clothes. Another one —
So much at the nose he thought himself —,
The third one, unhurt, the way homeward —,
Where for parents' forgiveness each one humbly —.
SCHELL.
4.
PREFIXES.
My first is a word which signifies advantage; prefix a letter and my second is the name of a river; prefix again, and my third is an excess; again, and my fourth is synonymous with one meaning of my third; once more, and my fifth is synonymous with a second meaning of my third.
E. L. E.
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Answers to Puzzles in Last Number.
1. Handel. Haydn, melody, tenor, bass–MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY.
| 2. | G | O | L | D | S | M | I | T | H | ||
| A | D | D | I | S | O | N | |||||
| F | U | G | U | E | |||||||
| P | O | E | |||||||||
| U | (Central also in "Faust.") | ||||||||||
| J. | R. | L. | (James Russell Lowell.) | ||||||||
| D | A | N | T | E | |||||||
| I | N | G | E | L | O | W | |||||
| A | B | N | E | Y | P | A | R | K | |||
| 3. | D | A | R | E | D |
| N | E | A | R | S | |
| D | R | E | A | D | |
| L | A | V | E | D | |
| D | E | E | D | S |
Diagonals–
D, an, red, earl, dread, save, Dee, D. D., s.