THE RIDDLER

Otago Witness, Issue 1853, 27 May 1887, Page 27

THE RIDDLER

4411.. D0ub1e Acbostic:— •, ■• » , ■'< v< - 1 ' , Wiih silvery rays the Jirst of night 4 1 ,_, The forest's gloomy chadows pervades', - I o , But winds' second o'er the sky'clouds fleecy :. and. light '-„'. , • . , , - j : And the forests again resume their shades. '• (1) An Indian wb& tk>ti* quaintand . long, ',* As fishing place for 1 pickerels I'm noted In song, (2) Neither over nor arpund'am Ito be found, ' ' But plainly you'll see me in connection with ' ground. . r, ■ « , ■ *m •. m . • (3) For "offering or lifting up". l stand— A sacred.name.in Holy Land.- , •, 1 > '! . (4) Fire-sixths of develop or unfold/ ' • ■ Or you may associate me with unrolled.., . ; (5) A trouble and annoyanoe in Varying degree, . No matter how I appear no one wianei me to Bee. ' , 4412. Metag'rams.— Selected by Mignonette, Her bert:- f ' Whole, I, am a weapon; behead me and I am & fruit; behead again and I am part of the head; transpose and. l, am a epoch of time ;, change my. tail and I am to sin; give me a head and,! am, a German title; curtail me arid I 'am s pronoun ; curtail again and I am a pronoun. ' ' 4413. Charade.— Selected by Eliza, Orookstoa :— Seven letters" place aright; \ Have faith,. and you have me in sight?. ' The sound of my first is an' insect's liame- ' '' ' ' And a very industrious one it can claim,; . As each idle person it puts to shame. ■ .v - The next three give the name of a good old man, If you try to remember'ift, I am sure y6u can ; His troubles with hit children were very great, " And he sadly repented when it was too late. Then if you take the remaining three . , The name of an ancient woman you will see, Whose disobedience caused her fall, ' And has ever since been a snare to us all. : ' Now if y_ou three^ of my centrals take, , A shocking bad word 'tU clear you will moke; But I hope you and I will avoid it quite", For 'tis a sin in everyone's sight. • ' Then if you transpose you take letters four, They form a word nearly as bad aB before ; Please reverse these four, then I insist 1 ' ' It gives you the meaning of.theword'"BUbsist." • Now take my whole ami arrange them again, , And I'm sure that your trouble will not be in vain. , 4414. DIAMOND:— ; . 1, Half of "all correct "phonetically 'spelled; the introduction of ferrets has been second for the third and- other wingless birds ■in the fourth and contiguous districts, and on this score at all. events iSi a decided fifth, without a sixth, of hope at present being visible. 7, a portion of an acknowledgment of a debt. Centres, a district in Otago. ' - Answers to Riddles published May 13. 4400. Double Acros- 4401. Charade •— TICs - ' Irretrievable, ' , .' M obro W .;■,'/ A RAB I m2 ' ENIGMA.:V ucata N . Annuity. . ! D elph. T 4403. Numbered OhaA BB B BADE:— ■ ' ' V a B Itoderick Dhu. 4404. Cryptogbaph. —By Bobert Kidd, Wyndham :— ; , t , Oome let us join with " Civis " in the jubilee cause, And give our am fish gut to our am sea maws. 4405. Missing Letter,— By Eliza, Crookston: — ! Persevere ye perfect men, Ever keep the precepts ten. Correct Answers. Mignouette, Herbert, 4397, 98, 99, 402, 3, 5, Kliza, Crookston, 4397, 98. Thos. Weir. Waikoikoi, 4405. Colonslie.'Wakari, 4401. 2, 3, 5. A. X., W.ndham; 4400, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

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