When the following words of eight letters are guessed correctly and placed one above the other in the order given, so as to form a square, the diagonal from the upper left-hand corner to the lower right will spell the name of one of the most important battles of the Revolution:
- 1. Reasonable.
- 2. Adherent.
- 3. Kind-hearted.
- 4. Ensnare.
- 5. Goods.
- 6. Resonant.
- 7. To barter.
- 8. One of Longfellow’s poems.
- —Bessie M——
HIDING ANIMALS.
In each of the following sentences there are three hiding animals:
“It must be,” averred Caleb, earnestly, as he gazed at the new easel.
Wampum, a kind of money, used by the Indians, was made ere Cabot terrified them by his presence.
Morse altered his plans, and accepting the offer, returned from his foreign travel, knowing it to be for the best.
—Margaret West