ONE CONUNDRUM-WITH TWO ANSWERS.

Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXVI, Issue 3450, 27 October 1915, Page 4

ONE CONUNDRUM-WITH TWO ANSWERS.

"Miss Gracie," he said, with an engaging smile, "'did you ever try your hand at one of those progrgs^ jive conundrums ?" '

"What is a progressive conundrum, llr. Spoonalot?" inquired the young lady.

"Haven't you heard of them ? Here la one :~r'Why is a ball of worsted ike the letter "t" ?' Because a hall of worsted is' circular, a circular i« a. sheet, a sheet is flat, a flat, is five guineas a month, five guineas a month is dear, a . deer is swift, a swift is a swallow, a swallow is a taste, a taste is an indication, an Indication is an aßgle, an/angle is a point, a point is an object aimed at, an object aimed at is a target, a target is a mark, a mark is an impression, an impression is a stamp, a stamp is a thing stuck on, a thing •tuck on is a young man in love, "and a young man in love is like the letter 't\ because he stands- before v,' Miss Gracie." s

"I don't think you have the answer tuite right," sa£d the young lady. "A ball of worsted is round, a round is a steak, a steak is a wooden thing a wooden thing is a young man in xive, and a young man in lqve is like this letter %' because^ Mr, Spoonalot"—and she / spoke slowly, dearly, and distinctly—"because ho is often crossed." »

The young man understood. He took his, hat and his progressive conundrums, and vanished.