Chapter XVI: A Bad Awaking (3)

WASHINGTON, D. C.

DEAR ST. NICHOLAS: I am eleven years old, and have been taking you for several years. I like you better than any other magazine. I have a brother twenty-one months younger than I am, and we look very much alike, and wear the same kind of clothes. He said he had a dream the other night, which he thought was very funny. He dreamed we were playing near the State Department, and a man told him not to get on the grass or he would whip him. After a while he dreamed that I came along and got on the grass, when the man caught me and whipped me by mistake, thinking I was my brother.

He thought the dream was very funny, but I did not see the fun in it.

Yours affectionately, CHARLES C.

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WASIOJA, MINN.

DEAR OLD SAINT: Although my brothers and I have taken you for nearly ten years, this is the first letter I have written you.

I want to thank you for Mr. Stockton's valuable "Personally Conducted" series, and also for Mr. Scudder's "George Washington." Mr. Stockton's "Personally Conducted" makes me feel as if I had visited the places he describes.

I am, and always shall be, an interested reader.

FRED. J. S.

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GARDINER, MAINE.

DEAR ST. NICHOLAS: I have been your constant reader since I was a very little girl, and you are still my favorite magazine, although I read many others. Last summer I tried a string house, but not as you described, for it is impossible to make morning-glories grow under a tree, as they need a great deal of sun. My house was shaped like a tent, with sloping sides, and outside of the morning-glories I planted a border of nasturtiums, but although I began it early, planted the seeds very thick, and took the greatest pains with it, it did not succeed, and I don't think I shall try it again, as the season here is probably too short. But I should advise any one who intends making a string house not to make it under a tree, but on a frame in the open ground. I think it is a great pity you don't come more than once a month (and I am sure all the rest of your readers will agree with me), I am so much interested in Mrs. Burnett's "Little Lord Fauntleroy." I hope you will have another paper on "Historic Girls" soon. I have no pets, as a great many of your readers seem to have, except a very small aquarium, but have in place of them three collections, which I have collected almost entirely myself, and am much interested in. The first, and most interesting to me, is one of birds' eggs, the second, moths, insects, and butterflies, and, last but not least, a small collection of minerals. I hope you will find room to print this, but I suppose it is hard to choose among all the letters that must be sent to you.

Your constant reader, AMY R.

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HONOLULU, SANDWICH ISLANDS.

DEAR ST. NICHOLAS: I have never written you a letter before, but when I was looking over the letters in the ST. NICHOLAS (for which I have lately become a subscriber) I didn't see any letter from Honolulu, so I thought I would write you one about the volcano in Hawaii, which you know is one of the Hawaiian Islands. Well, about three weeks ago we heard that the bottom of the volcano had fallen in. We were afraid that we would have some severe earthquakes or, perhaps, a tidal wave; some thought the Islands might all sink, but nothing of the kind has occurred. Mr. S----, a photographer, was the first to see it; he had been let down by ropes, and was standing on a ledge taking photographs of the crater. The volcano was unusually active. He took the photographs, and just as he was taking one he saw the whole thing caving in. First the bottom fell out and then the sides fell in, and down it all went, leaving nothing but a bottomless hole. No sooner was he hauled up than the ledge on which he had been standing fell in.

Yours truly, HENRY W.

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NEW GLASGOW, N. S.

DEAR ST. NICHOLAS: I have taken you for ten years. We stopped for one year, and we could not do without you, so we have commenced again. I think "Little Lord Fauntleroy" is a beautiful story. I have never seen a letter from this province before. I hope to see my letter in print. Your constant reader,

BESSIE G. T.

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ATLANTA, GA.

DEAR ST. NICHOLAS: I am a little boy from the South, and have only gone to school a few months; but as my mamma says I must some day be a Governor, and my grandma expects me to be a President, I will commence with ST. NICHOLAS. I will be satisfied if I am ever as wise and good as was Mr. Paul Hayne, our poet, who died last summer.

He had a splendid horse named Dick. Often, when he would ride out in the woods to compose a poem, he would take me with him if I would promise not to speak a word, and I know it was harder for me not to speak than for him to write the poem.

ALBERT A.

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We acknowledge with many thanks the receipt of pleasant letters from
the young friends whose names here follow: Raynor Brothers, Eva
Campbell, Emma C. Tate, Cara Sanford, Bessie Bradenbaugh, L. C.,
May, "Harry's Mother," Bessie L. Lake, Ernst C. Bernbaum, Mary P.
F., John Kelso, Annie Howard, Fawn Evans, Willie C. Hardy, Millicent
R., Alice D. Leigh, George B. Stratton, Frank M. Crispin, Alfred B.
Cushing, Flossie, Emily Innes, Reno Blackstone, Mollie Orr, Lottie
E. W., Violet A., Maudie Brown, Florence H., Kitty Russell, M. S.
R., Emma T., Eloise L. Derby, A. J. S., Grace F. Schoff, Maude
Jackson, Fanny H. Murdock, Rosa R. A. & Rudie E. B., Genevieve D.,
Ettie Coombs, Roy Strong, Bertha Parsons, Maud T., Olive S. Stewart,
Pansy O'Donnell, "Katisha," Cora Hoyt, Elizabeth K. Stewart, First
Ward School, Charlotte Dennison, Dollie M. Brooks, Bessie Roberts,
Anna D. W., Charles P. Clark, M. E. R., Matty J., Florence A.,
Florence V. Thorpe, Roland Wilber, Gertie Doud, Nellie & Ninita,
Josie M. Merghau, A. B. Baylis, Jr., Audley & Ronald, Ella H. W., W.
le bas T., Emma Willcutt, Dot, Evan, & Brooks, S., Lucy Hathaway,
Lucy P. K., Kathleen, T. C., Constant Reader, Geraldine, Maud Elaine
Caldwell, E. Parks, Amy H. Silvester, Winnie Galloway, Henry J.
Parsons, Tryphosa, Theodosia, Tryphena Van----, E. C. N., Harry
Armstrong, Charlie P. G., Beth M., Walter Bassett, W. L. Briscoe,
Constance R., Nellie B. R., Emilie K., Wennie B. Dorrance, O. W. G.,
Dodey Smart, Mary & May, Duncan Kilborn, Annie Russell Anthony, and
Minnie R.

THE RIDDLE-BOX.

ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN THE AUGUST NUMBER.

CHARADE. Keepsake.

OCTAGON. 1. Dab. 2. Cecil. 3. Decolor. 4. Aconite. 5. Bilious. 6. Lotus. 7. Res.

GREEK CROSS. I. 1. Rate. 2. Aver. 3. Teas. 4. Erst. II. 1. Tore. 2. Omer. 3. Reps. 4. Erst. III. 1. Erst. 2. Rhea. 3. Seas. 4. Task. IV. 1. Task. 2. Area. 3. Seat. 4. Kate. V. 1. Task. 2. Anne. 3. Snap. 4. Kept.

INVERTED PYRAMIDS. I. Across: 1. Oratory. 2. Erode. 3. Toe. 4. L. II. Across: 1. Masonic. 2. Sabot. 3. Mow. 4. E.

ILLUSTRATED CENTRAL ACROSTICS. Centrals, Socrates. Cross-words: 1. snowShoes. 2. dragOn-fly. 3. chiCken. 4. baRns. 5. bAt. 6. aTe. 7. reEls. 8. opoSsum.

EGYPTIAN PUZZLE. Centrals, Memnon. Cross-words: 1. M. 2. gEm. 3. caMel. 4. oraNges. 5. crocOdile. 6. AlexaNdrian.

CUBE. From 1 to 2, imperial; 2 to 4, lanneret; 3 to 4, lapidist; 1 to 3, immortal; 5 to 6, schooner; 6 to 8, rounding; 7 to 8, hoveling; 5 to 7, Shadrach; 1 to 5, Iris; 2 to 6, leer; 4 to 8, tang; 3 to 7, lash.

RIMLESS WHEELS. I. Andersen. From 1 to 9, Anne; 2 to 9, Nile; 3 to 9, dome; 4 to 9, Erie; 5 to 9, rise; 6 to 9, size; 7 to 9, edge; 8 to 9, nine. II. Farragut. From 1 to 9, face; 2 to 9, able; 3 to 9, ripe; 4 to 9, rare; 5 to 9, acre; 6 to 9, gape; 7 to 9, urge; 8 to 9, type.

DIAMOND. 1. H. 2. Jib. 3. Judea. 4. Hidalgo. 5. Belle. 6. Age. 7. O

DOUBLE ACROSTIC. Primals, Herrick; finals, Shelley. Cross-words: 1. HardinesS. 2. EmbellisH. 3. RationalE. 4. RehearsaL. 5. IdenticaL. 6. CarmelitE. 7. KnowinglY.

BEHEADINGS. Salmagundi. 1. S-ear. 2. A-rid. 3. L-imp. 4. M-ope. 5. A-mid. 6. G-lad. 7. U-rim. 8. N-ail. 9. D-ram. 10. I-ago.

ZIGZAG. The Atlantic Cable Landed. Cross-words: 1. True. 2. sHow. 3. glEe. 4. galA. 5. saTe. 6. sLap. 7. Atom. 8. oNce. 9. laTe. 10. semI. 11. raCe. 12. aChe. 13. Arid. 14. aBle. 15. hiLl. 16. hirE. 17. haLe. 18. hAil. 19. Need. 20. iDea. 21. stEw. 22. benD.

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TO OUR PUZZLERS: In sending answers to puzzles, sign only your initials or use a short assumed name; but if you send a complete list of answers you may sign your full name. Answers should be addressed to ST. NICHOLAS "Riddle-box," care of THE CENTURY CO., 33 East Seventeenth street, New York City.

ANSWERS TO ALL THE PUZZLES IN THE JUNE NUMBER were received, before June 20, from Maud E. Palmer--Jo and I--Maggie T. Turrill--"B. L. Z. Bub, No. 1"--Mamma and Fanny--"B. L. Z. Bub, No. 2"--Hazel--"San Anselmo Valley"--"Shumway Hen and Chickens"--D. B. Shumway--M. Margaret and E. Muriel Grundy--Carrie Seaver and Alice M. Young--F. W. Islip.

ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN THE JUNE NUMBER were received, before June 20, from M. L. Bosher, 1--Marion Strong, 1--Grace A. Zublin, 2--E. V. Sudell, 2--Prince and Prancer, 1--Paul Reese, 13--R. E. B., 1--Jas. A. Bond, 2--Nellie L. Howes, 6--T and Coffee, 1--Nanon and Ninon, 4--H. R. H., 1--Robert Nead, 3--R. Earle Olwine, 1--Helen W. Gardner, 1--"Jack and Jill," 5--Effie K. Talboys, 7--M. Clare H. Guion, 4--Karl E. Sommer, 3--"Silver-tongue," 1--Alice Blackinton, 1--C. F. Bishop, 3--"Squid," 5--"Dad," 1--"The Reads," 3--Florence Althaus, 8--No name, Cleveland, 1--No name, Oakdale, 12--"May and 79," 7--"Young Man," 6--"Tiger," 2--Laura and Irene, 7--E. M. B. and A. G. B., 2--Mamie R., 13--Lucia C. Bradley, 11--Nellie and Reggie, 11--H. Lovejoy, 9--"Jack Sprat," 5--Kittie, Chessie, Avis, and Grace, 7--Gen. T. Hughes, 2--Smed, 12--Helen Burnham, 2--Patience, 3--Arthur and Bertie Knox, 8--We, Us, & Co., 4--"Mohawk Valley," 10--Pearl Colby and Nell Bates, 10--Louise Joynes, 3--Daisy Van Ingen, 1--Elise Ripley, Ripley, 7--Lucy M. Bradley, 11--Fred T. Pierce, 4--Sadie and Bessie Rhodes and "De Grassy," 10--"Original Puzzle Club," 12--Hattie Weil, 2--Eleanor Peart, 4--Ida and Edith M. Swamwick, 7--"Two Cousins," 13--Lewis Kilborn, 2--Langham, 2--Dash, 12--Eugene Kell and Mamma, 1.

CONNECTED PYRAMIDS.

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UPPER PYRAMID. Across: 1. In moping. 2. The cry of an animal. 3. Relish. 4. A horseman's cap. Downward: 1. In moping. 2. To depart. 3. A small sweet-cake. 4. Elapsed. 5. Preyed upon. 6. A conjunction. 7. In moping.

LOWER PYRAMID. Across: 1. In moping. 2. A period. 3. To pass through by filtering. 4. An old-fashioned Spanish ship. Downward: 1. In moping. 2. A musical syllable. 3. A kind of fish. 4. Spoken. 5. A unit. 6. A call to excite attention. 7. In moping.

Centrals, reading downward (eight letters), a bucolic.

"MYRTLE GREEN."

CROSS-WORD ENIGMA.

My first is in rise, but not in fall;
My second in entry, but not in hall;
My third is in give, but not in take;
My fourth is in pie, but not in cake;
My fifth is in gun, but not in toy;
My sixth is modest, but not in coy;
My whole is easily found, no doubt,--
'Tis a thing the world would scarce "run" without.

LELAND STANFORD B.

BURIED QUADRUPEDS.

1. If you will give me the broken seal, Pa can replace it, I am sure. 2. It would certainly be a very good idea to do so, Ethel. 3. The little black cub is only waiting for a chance to bite you. 4. I will not give her mine. 5. He gave them each a moist piece of preserved ginger. 6. She did not encourage Nettie to pursue her musical studies. 7. The parlor is already dusted, and ready for our visitors. 8. How will a man, in his position, ever retrieve himself? 9. I was there when Lem urged his claim so persistently. 10. Did you ask if Pa could stop at the big grocery. 11. Pa can stop, I am sure. 12. I set out this shallow pan daily, for the birds. 13. At the sound of the familiar tap I ran to the window. 14. Did you call Jack a lazy lad?

PAUL R. PIERCE.

DIAMOND.

1. In alpaca. 2. Chance. 3. Pleasantry. 4. A thin fabric. 5. Studied with an abstracted gaze. 6. To clear. 7. In alpaca.

"[OE]DIPUS."

CONNECTED SQUARES.

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I. Upper Left-hand Square: 1. A spring. 2. A nobleman. 3. Surface. 4. To contrive.

II. Upper Right-hand Square: 1. A scheme. 2. A slender cord. 3. Small insects. 4. A snug abode.

III. Lower Left-hand Square: 1. To devise. 2. Erudition. 3. Artifices. 4. A snug place.

IV. Lower Right-hand Square: 1. A collection of boxes. 2. A reverberation. 3. A pretense. 4. A small city.

"SAM WELLER."

DOUBLE ACROSTIC.

My primals spell what every one is wishing for, and my finals spell where it may come from.

CROSS-WORDS (of equal length): 1. A bivalve shell-fish. 2. A Russian feminine name. 3. To lend. 4. A prefix signifying half. 5. Destitution. 6. A part sung by a female voice. 7. A part of speech. 8. A girl's name.

"[OE]DIPUS."

NUMERICAL ENIGMA

I am composed of one hundred and twenty-one letters, and form a four-line stanza by Celia Thaxter.

My 30-87-70-58 is joyous. My 45-20-75-17-98-34 is a color. My 64-5-89-54 is part of a bottle. My 67-49-82-11-9 is an apparition. My 102-25-77-118-107 is a poor cottage. My 53-113-83-94-38 is an apartment in a ship. My 85-27-42-33-121-73 is to deter. My 60-114-80-16-97-21-56-31-115-55 is the science of Egyptian antiquities. My 110-13-92 is part of a fish. My 40-91-120-103-99 is airy. My 62-1-51-69-29-103-86-7-12 is extraordinary. My 23-32-57-3-47 is to gather. My 79-65-14-96-43-2 is to loiter. My 116-36-108-66-4-78 is to manifest. My 6-61-52-104 is to lash. My 74-101-59-112-72-119-50-88 is abased. My 26-76-24-109 is a fierce animal. My 68-81-63-28-117 is to halt. My 48-41-18-39-100 is strong. My 93-44-10-71 is to be incandescent. My 90-37-19-95 is to draw or paint. My 111-35-22-84 is secure. My 106-8-46-15 is to impede.

"CORNELIA BLIMBER."

DOUBLE ZIGZAG.

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CROSS-WORDS: 1. A very small cake. 2. Having the quality of imbibing. 3. Singular. 4. Those who have charge of money. 5. A free gift. 6. Cleanses. 7. Personal satires. 8. Destitute of pores. 9. To punish. 10. Primitive.

The zigzag from 1 to 10 spells the name given to a certain day in September; from 11 to 20, the name of a dish eaten in England on that day.

FRANK SNELLING.

RHYMED WORD-SQUARE.

(1.) A kind of meat.
(2.) An odor sweet.
(3.) Struggled, strived, contended.
(4.) Last, but not least.
(5.) A Persian priest.
And now my rhyme is ended.

"KATASHAW."

OCTAGON.

1. A jump. 2. Pertaining to the pope. 3. A lip having a fissure like that of a hare. 4. To act. 5. Flattery. 6. A measure. 7. By means of.

"ROYAL TARR."

BEHEADINGS.

1. Behead to acknowledge with gratitude, and leave a bunch of yarn. 2. Behead to frequent, and leave a relative. 3. Behead discloses, and leave enclosures. 4. Behead a fine rain, and leave land surrounded by water. 5. Behead askant, and leave oblique. 6. Behead a large wave or billow, and leave to incite. 7. Behead very dark, and leave attenuated. 8. Behead to imbibe, and leave a place of amusement. 9. Behead fanciful, and leave to distribute. 10. Behead a subterraneous canal, and leave a pitcher. 11. Behead a mountain nymph, and leave to peruse. 12. Behead the present occasion, and leave formerly.

The beheaded letters will spell the name of an inventor.

WILLIE AND CORT.

CROSS-WORD ENIGMA.

You will find me in the _orchard_, where the pears and apples grow;
I'm discovered in the _clauses_ that the lawyers so well know;
I am found in every _present_ that our loving friends bestow;
I am bound up in the _caskets_ that will splendid jewels show;
I am seen within the _patient_ who is sick of drugs and pills;
The _planter_ carries me with him while riding o'er his hills;
'Mongst the letters of the _ledgers_ I feel perfectly at home;
And from the _muffins_, sweet and fresh, I never wish to roam;
The _fairies_ hold me in their arms as through the air they fly;
And every _scholar_ claimeth me as he at work will ply;
I take part in all the _ballads_ that are sung by young and old;
I am portion of the _denizen_ who roams the forests bold;
In _thickets_ I'm not absent, as you all must plainly see;
And my whole comes in September, filling farmers full of glee.

C. D.

TRIANGULAR PRISM.

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From 1 to 2, one of an ancient race of people; from 1 to 3, a fragment; from 2 to 5, a small bird of the titmouse family; from 1 to 4, a form of instruction by means of questions and answers; from 3 to 6, a snout or trunk; from 4 to 5, to coin; from 4 to 6, a collective body; from 5 to 6, a structure of cross-barred work.

"ROSE MADDER."

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