THE RIDDLER.

Otago Witness, Issue 1950, 4 April 1889, Page 27

THE RIDDLER.

New Biddies. 5110. PTBiYiD.— Seieoted by TheSltes, Oamaraj— * Beplace each of the adjoin- * * * ing stare by a letter, so * * * * * that each 'horizontal *#*»*.** Una may 'form a »*#*###*# perfect word; ##»»»*»*,*** ' alaotha^the »»*#.##*#»**»»- central column, read downwards, may form the 'name of a famous writer of the last century. The'letter at the anex is a vowel, and the meanings of the six- words in the horizontal line* are respectively-* poem, the name of a tree, diversity, entrance, a branch of Bclenoe, and addicted to argument. 6111. Souabk.— Selected by Bomany Bye, .Muieelburgh :— One gives us music of, the best j , ,> , Don't search for me in east or west ;. Three means to thrill the mind with joy s And four is used on naughty boy ; Five is a space for play or fright ; Try, ohildren, now to guess these right. 5112. double Aobostic — Selected' by Colonilie, Wakari :— A dance, an inflammable substance, one of Orom. well'i veteraus, a European town, an expression of contempt, pertaining to an jßastern country. The initials give the name of a well-known statesman, and the finals the nameof his residence. 5113. Gbogbaphioal Enigma s- , 1. What town in Otago bears the name of an E af Whatcape in South America would be good to 6a 3. ? What island in Ontario ought to be gtod ?>: 4., What island is the name, of a great Bnglish "^wffone of the Bahama Islands ought <io be ab J 6 Wh^oinUn Newfoundland would break one* *" What gulf of Europe would be dangerous to enter unarmed? 5114. Omitted Words i— Pill up the blank spaces with words pronounced similarly, but spelt differently tr- • 1, The ' waß going to -7- a stone into the lea. 2* My caught an ;'on the floor. 3. The does not grow on the -—-. 4. If you : anything, you should not take •—. 5115. Cohukdbum.— By Joaie'W. de Camps— I.OVB IK THB KITOHBIT. i _ It was Saturday morning, and Patty, was in the kitchen mixing her dough for the morning s baking, when who should call but her beloved Jaion. It put Patty in no amiable mood to receive a call even from him at that time of the day and .week, and pushing a chair into the comer, she bade,him sit down where he would be out of the way., J* 80 * PP ce f e h l 7 i 'JJ2 • » he was bidden, and sat demurely with his thumb! in his vest pockets, his right foot crossed over hii left lee and his left foot on the side round' of his chair. "Can't you put yourself into a little les.s awkward position?" suggested the fretful , Patty. M , Jason planted both feet squarely on the f}o ( or and.»at bolt upright, his arms crossed on his breast and h|»eyei firmly fixed on the object of his heart's affection. " Oh I do stare at something besides me," the busy housemaid went on.. , Jason turned his gaze from the lovely Patty, to the row pi »J^« ti Q WH &t J?f£ long row 1 in front 1 of the kitchen range, filled with shapely masees of unbaked br^d that! would an hour or bo later be taken from the oven/thei^ghb and snowy masses paying tribute to Patty's aUU in the culinary art. Some moments followed In wnicn silence and the, fragrant odour of cooking, .viands reiuned supreme. "Say,", finally broke in Jason, "what is the difference between 1 me and. the loaves yjuhavesetto rise?" "Iknead^my bread; Saturaay morning," quickly responded Patty, "but I don't need ySu till Saturday night/ v '^Haw. haw, laughed Jasonj ••guqs. again ", •• One is Jalf baked and^ the other isn't baked at all," "^PfdPatty. " Wrong again," drawled out, Jason. Well, answer I it yourselffthen," said Patty. "So you give it up, i do you ? Well, one is your — . (But I leave the reader to guess how Jason i answered his own conundrum).