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WHAT IS IT? My Arst is in modern not in n?jw", My second’s in tinting not in pWi My third is in coffee bu£ not in teaq My fourth is in insect put not in £ee; My Afth is in English b/.t not in French; My sixth is in wooden jsut not in bench; My seventh’s in manner but not in way; My eighth is in grasses but not in hay; My ninth is in cradle but not in bed; My tenth is in yellow but not in red; My whole is a book w r hich the wise devour, And I sit studying it by the hour. (Answer next week.) RE-TAILING. I am of great warmth; put a tail on me and I am wide and barren; put a tail on me again and I am a pagan. (Answer next week.)
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Waikato Times, Volume 103, Issue 17326, 11 February 1928, Page 16 (Supplement)
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