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Show Odd Cannes Word definitions, unless othwwl&o stated, arc according to Webster's International Inter-national Dictionary, Llpplncott's Gazetteer Gazet-teer or Phillip's Dictionary of Biography Roforence, Original contributions will bo welcomed. CommunlcatlonH for this department de-partment to be addressed to E. R. Chad-bourn, Chad-bourn, Lcwlston. Me. tar 1957. REBUS. Tommy's idea of Paradise, ROBERT. IOCS. ENIGMA. I am a creature of tho light, Though dark my aHpcct be. ' And though I sometimes cause affright. The fault is not In me. When mother Eve the apple ate, I was buncath the tree; And when expelled beyond the gate, Sho also thero found me. When Cain went forth from native land To 'scape from man and God, no could not rid himself of ma , For I was there, lu Nod. T When Noah gazed upon tho" bow, Which first adorned' the nky My presence also, on tho scon Ho plainly did doscry. And in these late, degenerate days, From mo there's no escape; I follow man in all his ways, And sometimes tako hlo shape. HAWKEYE. V , 15 C?. ANAGRAM, ON MUTE MAN. A simple shaft It stands upon the gravo Of some poor man who long slnco passed' away. And rises there above his clay to sayo And gracd his memory for a passing day. HYPERION. 1970. CHARADE. Early one morning a mischievous little TWO mado his escape from tho watchful (?) care of his Nurao, and merrily scampered scam-pered about bare-footed In tho long uncut grasi on tho lawn. Ignorant of tho evil that might arise- from contact with tho heavy ONE, which had not yet been disponed dis-poned by tho slowly rising sun. Nurse, ilnully missing her young chargo, discovered discov-ered him cutting Up pranks with Bimbo, tho Collie, who delighted In a romp, and seized him by thfc THREE, quickly FOUR him to tho Nuraury, whern after closo Inspection In-spection It was found tho little one was literally "WHOLE, and the wrong was immediately im-mediately redressed. FRANS FOLKS. t 1371. TRANSPOSITION. Our cook amid her and pans Each shining dish and kettle scans. She scours Uio and bottoms too; And ne'er a escapes her view. ' Sho'll hardly to. cat a bite, But scrapes and rubs from morn to night. And when the copper leaves his She'll fix him up an egg on toast. Then when ho shuts' tho kitchen door Sho'll scour and scrapo and scrub soma more. And In my missing words you'll see An S, ,an O, a P and T. M. S, 3972. PALINDROME. Yes, Edward, I numlre the girls. Their pretty llttlo hands and feet; Their cheeks, their Hps, their teeth, their curls, And everything that makes them sweet. And I'm tho sort of man thoy praise, AVell skilled In dancing, raiwlc. song; 1'vo many fascinating ways; My character is firm and strong. Ono weakness, though, I can't deny, (And ithis oafc."sloas not a sham,) I'm very often vanquished by A ADN' 'E, ), ND, A. JOHANIC. WX-ALPHABETICAL. (Supply the sound of a letter. Example: moisture Is bestow. Answer; N dow (cn-duc).) L baseball nine is respect. 2. toll, to cudgel. 3. heal, safe, 4. song, a crv-tal-llncd round uten. 6. worth, fault. 15. country, an antelope. 7. "for example." ex-ample." image. S. a Greek hero, a greenhouse plant. 9. a support, a ca-dss. ca-dss. 10. " sing, fascinate. 11. to hamper, , a summor vegetable. 32. a. stout horse, a Patriarch. 33. to study, .British Ajnericau ilyer,. ji, A aavw:vj clgn, a capital city. 15. " a primitive weapon, joint. DOROTHEA, a u 1971. DECAPITATIONS. I. Ovor a desert land wo strayed, Glad to bo LAST of ties; Finding In all a charm displayed, ENTIRE lands, blue skies. Swcot as ALL pinks In garden-beds Is Chlorls fair to mo. And LAST of mine will last for ayo What e'er our futuro bo. IIT. A WHOLE youth. I will LAST, Tot all the damsels said When some fow yars woro past, lie might their fairest wed. TORFRIDA. 1.075. CHARADE. It looks TWO ONE in farthest cast. Extremely TWO, Indeed; Sharp blows aro struck, or aimed, at IcaBt, As any one may read. Whllo declarations aro addressed, Rash Judgment to forestall, And both the TOTAL powors protrt They don't TWO ONE at all. When Russia moans hor lato mishaps, An Icicle would melt To hoar of such pernicious Japs, Who hit below tho belt; Whero combatants are so unlike, Wo must allow for each; Be suro those llttlo men will strlko Aa high as thoy can reach; M. C. S. |