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Riddle You own me and I follow you, But dare not come before your face; And yet you may be hanging me; That ’s why you do not win the race! I bear for you your burden, But if you turn me, O! You will not reap the guerdon For which you ’re longing so. Will M. Shields
A Labyrinth  Begin at a certain letter and proceed in four different directions. The names of four cities may be spelled. Use no letter twice, except the one with which all four words begin.
Maurice Beach (League Member).
Squares and Diagonals (Gold Badge, St. Nicholas League Competition.)
These word-squares are to be read across. Unlike the usual word-square, they do not read the same across and up and down. I. 1. On the beam. 2. To blight. 3. To strike. 4. The evil one. 5. A bird of ill-omen. II. 1. A bet. 2. Entire. 3. The color of coal. 4. Not tight. 5. A large bird. III. 1. A running knot. 2. To lean forward. 3. A rod. 4. A big western farm. 5. The palm from which sago is obtained. IV. 1. The emblem of peace. 2. A cutting instrument. 3. A mixture of languages. 4. An attempt. 5. A brown pigment. |
V. 4. English noblemen. 2. Fastened. 3. Frozen rain. 4. Ashore bird. 5. A small wax candle. VI. 1. A fur-bearing animal. 2. A marine mammal. 3. A young hog. 4. A toilet necessity. 5. The end of a boat. VII. 1. To heat violently, 2. The French word for “cup.” 3. A support for a picture. 4. Over. 5. Flavor. VIII. 1. Scoffs. 2. Killed. 3. The higher of the two male voices. 4. Disgrace. 5. An animal found in Malacca. IX. 1. Upright. 2. Ate dinner. 3. A book for photographs. 4. To educate. 5. A wooden shoe. The letters from 1 to 2, transposed, will spell the name of a magazine; from 3 to 4, transposed, “the Philosopher of Concord”; from 5 to 6, transposed, abridgements; from 7 to 8, transposed, producing balsam; from 9 to 10, stubbornness; from 11 to 12, the state of being brotherly.
Alice Knowles (age 9)
Connected Diamonds (Silver Badge, St. Nicholas League Competition.)
I. Upper Left-hand Diamond: 1. In disgrace. 2. Dress. 3. Austerity. 4. Obtained. 5. In disgrace. II. Upper Right-hand Diamond: 1. In disgrace. 2. Very warm. 3. One who rows. 4. A number. 5. In disgrace. III. Middle Diamond: 1. In disgrace. 2. An exclamation. 3. Report. 4, A masculine nickname. 5. In disgrace. IV.Lower Left-hand Diamond: 1. In disgrace. 2. A smell part. 3. A stream of water. 4. A decoction. 5. In disgrace. V. Lower Right-hand Diamond: 1. In disgrace. 2. A rug. 3. A cutting instrument. 4. A bauble 5. In disgrace.
Janet Rankin.
Concealed Word-square (One word is concealed in each couplet.) 1. Sam Simple tried a sigh to weigh; the sigh, though heavy, would not stay. 2. He put a bridle round a tree, And said, “My horse is safe, you see.” 3. His house a burglar entered once; Sam cried, “Well, you must be a dunce! 4. Mind either b’s or p’s or qs. Search well. I ’ll promise to excuse. 5. For I ’m in no distress of mind— I hope you ’ll give me half you find!”
Helen A. Sibley
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