Chapter V: Hand Shadows and how to work them. Illustrated (10)

That Samson did a thousand -----
Is not so wondrous strange.
In days like these at ----- such feats
Assume a wider range.
The Press ----- news ----- now,
Enough to scare a sinner,
And any fool who chooses may,
In Samson’s way, his thousands slay
Who chews his ----- at dinner.

No. XXVIII.--ANOTHER EPITAPH

(_On an Old Pie Woman_)

BENE AT hint HEDU S.T.T.H. emo Uldy O
L.D.C. RUSTO F.N.E. L.L.B.
AC. hel orl AT Ely
W ASS hove N.W. how ASS Kill’d
Int heart SOF pi escu Star
D. sand Tart Sand K N ewe,
Ver yus E oft he ove N.W. Hens he
’Dliv’ Dlon geno
UG H.S. hem Ade he R la STP uffap
UF FBY HE RHU
S. B an D. M.
Uchp R.A. is ’D no Wheres He dot
H.L. i.e. TOM a Kead I.R.T.P. Iein hop est
Hat he R.C. Rust W I
L.L.B. ERA IS ’D----!

47. IN A FARM-YARD

All his flock from ------ rough,
To the ------ ran apace,
Where their ------, old and tough,
------, the guardian of his race.

In these lines each missing word is spelt with the same six letters.

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This is a bright little specimen of a missing words puzzle:--

Come, landlord, fill the flowing ----
Until their ---- run over;
For in this ---- to-night I’ll ----,
To-morrow ---- to Dover!

Each missing word has the same four letters.

No. XXIX.--DOG LATIN

An old worn stone, with the inscription given below just legible, was found near to some ancient Roman remains, and was the valued possession of a local antiquarian, who was convinced that it dated back to the days of the Emperor Claudius:--

BENE
AT . HTH . IS . ST
ONERE . POS . ET
H . CLAUD . COS. TERT
R . I . P
ES . ELLE . RO
F . IMP
IN . G . TONAS . DO
TH . HISCO
N . SORTJ
A . N . E

His pride of possession was, however, shattered when a rival collector read it off into excellent English:--“Beneath this stone reposeth Claud Coster, tripe seller, of Impington, as doth his consort Jane.”

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Here, as quite a novelty, is a double-barrelled missing words puzzle. As a puzzle, Part I. should stand alone, but the second part forms a thinly-veiled solution, which throws light upon the missing words. These are four in number and are spelt differently with the same six letters.