THE RIDDLER.

Otago Witness, Issue 2308, 26 May 1898, Page 40

THE RIDDLER.

Sew IfeUMJtes. 8759. Charade.— By Thersites :—

My first its a sign of equality, While next one signifies male, And my third, which kuows not timidity. Is Isiug in the sylvan dale. These three, together, give a light Wh-ae course you must have seen when tI&S mighty orb, the regal sun, W*& growing in glistening sheen. 8759. BuitiED Phrase.— By F. J. C. :— LTTISEOTL I !- th 1- ord . 6r of c BMHS I CMOU vertical lines is properly DOTOTIOSL alte . red whole, read ENODTSLOE horizontally, will give a, COEEHTIUTE rhymiug description of 8760. Central Change.— By W. E. S. ;— So first the accent, suave the tope Of his address to Mammon's own That honey sweet, you'd deem, alone Could from his lips distil. But hearken to the coarse, hai^h word He hurls at yonder beggar third ; Second he can't, may be inferred Gail with hia honey still. 8761. Curtailment.— By E. C. :— Sensation due to guilt, dishonour, or disgrace 3 Curtail, 'tis counterfeit, as readily you'll trace.

8751. Chaeade.— By Emily B. :—

Endless. 8752. Buiued English Towns.— By Colonslie j— 1, Great Malvein ; 2, Tunbridge Wells ; 3, Barrow-on-Furness ; 4, Middlesborough ; 5, Cheßterfield. 8753. Cjeuuadiai Enigma.— By F. J. P. ;— . -Abundance,

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