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  2. The Puzzle Crank's Party

    It was on Christmas Eve, 1873, that the little puzzle symposium which I lave called "The Puzzle-Cranks' Party," was held at Oakland Hall, the charming old residence ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 617 words
  3. KITTY TAKES COVER

    Kitty Mortimer moved about her mother's little rose and chintz-sitting-room, lifting a rase here and making some slight and wholly unimportant alterations ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,603 words
  4. GOING TO MARKET.

    "This is a curious little paradox," broke in the major, after they had decided to postpone their consideration of the last puzzle. It quite perplexes a good many ...

    Article : 172 words
  5. NINE HORSES IN A STABLE.

    "In introducing this puzzle," said the doctor, displaying a diagram of which we give a copy, "I will ask you to regard the thirteen squares as stalls in a stable, and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 154 words
  6. THE COMEDY OF CHRISTMAS.

    The Christmas waits are people who hurl forth into the wind several stanzas of melody, generally not worth the air into which they are breathed. | ...

    Article : 576 words
  7. THE SIX VOWELS.

    "I wonder how long It will take you," said the parson, "to solve this word puzzle. I write down the six vowels in their alphabetical order, thus ...

    Article : 105 words
  8. A QUEER WORD.

    "Perhaps you can tell me," said tie sguire, "what English word in common use will describe a person or thing as not to be found in any place whatever, and yet ...

    Article : 77 words
  9. THE SWISS FLAG.

    "Here is a drawing," said the major, producting a sketch of which we give a facsimile, "of a small Swiss flag that I possess. It is of silk—a white cross on a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 209 words
  10. THE CHRISTMAS BOXES.

    "I have got a queer little money puzzle for you," said the lawyer. "A client of mine told me that he had once spent one hundred English silver coins in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 325 words
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