THE RIDDLER.

Otago Witness, Issue 2051, 15 June 1893, Page 38

THE RIDDLER.

New Riddles. 6501. CiiAiiADE.— -By Thersites :— My first, loud chattering, through the air Bounded 'mid treetops high, Then saw his image mirrored where My second murmured by. Talcing it fora friend, he strayed T'wards where the stream did roll, And was the sort of fool that's made The first day of my whole 1 6502. Wokd Puzzle.— By Colonslie :— * Replace the asterisks with letters * so that the horizontal lines signify * * ■* .—. — a consonant, a vowel, a plant, * * * appropriate, a light touch, to sever, * * * consumed, a flower, implied, and *■ * * principal— the letters of which are A ' * to be taken from a word meaning * * \ * fo surren (j eri which can be formed »***-*: by fchQ p rO per arrangement of the * \ ■* * * * \ central letters. j 6503. Decapitation.— By Kumara :— In the annals of cricket I shine J Behead, I am part of a fruit ; Again, I am found in a mine ; Once more, I'm of legal repute. 6504. Missing Words.— By Romany Rye :— 1. John and — saw a— of wild beasts at the— of the ravine. 2. A shooting — had interested a company of jolly — for a few moments and during the interval the — had surreptitiously carried off their dinner. 3. At noon we — bread, to-night we — bread also, with — . 4. I went a — to buy some — . 5. — destroyed a large — hill with the help of his black and — dog. Answers to Riddles 6492 to 6405. 6492. Historic Acrostic— By Thersitej :— 0 leopatr A A nne Boley N L uxembour G V irgi L 1 ndependenc E N ante S 6493. Enigma.— By Cokmslio :— A lead pencil. 6494. Curtailments.— By Romany Rye :— 1, Gash, gas ; 2, eaglet, eagle ; 3, avert, aver ; 4, adorer, adore ; 5, pearl, pear ; l>, scowl, scow. 6495. Missing-letter Proverb.— By K. H.IQ. :— " Where there's a will there's a way."