THE WISE ONES.
And you had to be very wise indeed; to do our last Think Twice! Most of 3'ou didn't. The pietm-o puzzle fish was STURGEON. And the beheadings were: 1. Vale—ale. 2. Bramble —ramble. 3. Abase —base. 4. Told—old. 5. Ebony—bony. 0. Lark—ark. . 7. Open—pen. Then came the Vowel Words, and ,you all felt rather helpless and went to bed. But they were: — Obstai-lc. Anthology. | Bodkin. ! Debililalc. j Outrageous. Decompose. ! Perspicacious. j The Nonsense Riddle is (ho letter "E," aud the sentence is, "Jennie en-j joys her sweets when she eats them," j which, of course, was easy. |
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 56, 15 September 1928, Page 15
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