Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 885
(One word is concealed in each couplet.) 1. T is best at eve to take a walk,With just one friend for kindly talk. 2. With first a mention of the weather,—How else to start a talk together? 3. Is there a doubt, a Lenten dietConduces to a state of quiet. 4. Here Uncle Sam ended the strike;And smiles?… … CHARADE. (GoldBadge, St. Nicholas League Competition.) Mm first is a very small room ;My second, the end of a flume; My third we oft hear When a donkey is near,And ray fourth the cat does to cooks broom.My whole, — I will have one myselfIf these lines are not laid on the shelf. DOROTHY GIBSON. A…
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