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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 883

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My first is in pear, but not in fruit,My second in trees, but not in root.My third is in poison, but not in sting;And my whole is a very dangerous thing. 1 HOUSEHOLD PROBLEM. Young Thomas is poor, but very neat in his appearance.He wishes to wear two shirts a week, but desires to buy asfew shirts… … From Shakespeares Play, Henry VIII. BEHEADINGS AND CURTAILMENTS. 1. Behead and curtail the central portion of a winding staircase,and leave a sheep. 2. Behead and curtail a secret store, and leave aninstrument used by fishermen. 3. Behead and curtail a kind of can- NUMERICAL ENIGMA. My whole,…

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