The WILLIAM BOOKS Y Giving, in Thoreau's Terms
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THE TEESDALF MERCURY. a vedit•sday, ( /ettdn't • October 3rd, 1934. DEV1NETTES ET ENIGMES. " Have you decided, Miss Ethel. where you lie said gently, WIT AND HUMOUR are going for the summer?" " It's between 'h FOR THE CHILDREN "What are these?" . you' will ask. d—you two marrying, ow . two places, Mrs. Johnson." "Which two?" I" They are riddles as the little French child- " You say you're poor, yet you sport a ineaa ! "Ma says it's to Switzerland, and pa says it's , king no at By AUNT EI)ITII, ren know them:. : gold cigarette-cate." "Economy, dear boy. healands still tempt to ,nove b Now read them first as they do, and then With a handsome case one can smoke the to the workhouse." er story. to rest in higas TILE FROG PRINCE. translate into English afterwards. You will cheapest cigarettes." 111.11 a:htt find them all interesting and easy. " Have taxpayers no rights?" demanded came to the sc OLD FAIRY TALE RE-TOLD. " Ile read poetry t hool," h DEVINETTES. She : "I don't believe bachelors have any the impassioned orator. " Certainly," replied o u6 8 e I tur. a time there was a very beauti- a man in the back row ; " they have the right, . He had a magical ice, and t , the youngest daughter of a 1. Mon premier est un metal precieux, hearts." He : " Why, we're just the men was wonderful. v Mon second est un habitant des cieux, to pay taxes." We we,' alked. flee home was a huge castle, who do have them." "How is that?" him." and hie _ Mon tout est un fruit- &Helens. "Because we haven't lost them." „ lig ‘ e- all ht n urrounded by a vast and gloomy ht her breath, as Leis wood was a deep pool, and (line orange.) The committee of a philanthropic society if 2. Plus on en Ote, plus c'est grand. hoot days was now pain tmemo ,ither was hot the princess loved was making arrangements for the annual did not take much o fifieryery of (Un trou.) Parson : "Always speak well of your neigh, I play near its brink. She was hour." Mrs. Next Door : " I do. And yet I general meeting. " I suppose," said one Iris," she continued no tice o f' 3. Dans quel mois est-ce qu'on mange le it one summer morning, and sud- assure you she is one of the most detestable member, " we shall have to have some big alwaysto vsli at ast, : moins? gun down to speak—a canon, say." " Oh, do ery nice to me, aod it.he hall slipped out of her hand and creatures on earth." d ntnt pool. It was a very special ball (En fevrier) you think it necessary," said another. "Don't in the garden, at nighthts t p outa nd s o Till': oue—and so, of course, the prin- • ENIGSIES. you generally find that the bigger the gun the suggested we should go awaftere......o alk 4. Vert comme pre, " Are you still bothered by those relatives • :iv annoyed at losing it. bigger the bore?" "Yes," interrupted a inert. aw ay 444 Blanc comme neige, of yours who come down from town to eat a third ; " and the longer the spoke the bigger , to cry, and would probably have startled me at first, b000wse Amer comme fiel, big Sunday dinner and never invite you• in the tyre." , so_ never • :Eying for a long time if she had nett return?" asked Mrs. Smith. "No," said the thought," continued y,_ .„,:e saying, "Why dost thou mourn, Doux comae niiel. dismally, " I was old enour,1 41,‘ e (La noix.) unfortunate victim, "they finally took the Daughter? " " If you think there's something wrong it—itof— emed rath 1 to "1/2 it 5. Petite robe blanche, hint." "What did you say to them?" asked sort er a joke., but: first could find no one Mrs. Smith eagerly. "Nothing was said, but with your heart, why don't you consult a se a nd— it was St ..a Sans couture ni manche —o ephen the voice could 'possibly belong. every time they came we provided sponge- specialist?" "I'm afraid he would say it was h, it's so—hard to tell you ai y om --aw a frog sitting on a log of wood (Un ceuf) something fatal." "Nonsense ! He wouldn't ; broke out, ready to break m 6. Six pieds, quatre oreilles, cake." do Deux he's an awfully good sort." wn more," said the frog. "I will bouches, deux fronts, however, she was bravely coin If thou wilt give me something." Quelle bete est-ce done ? Small Boy : "Give me threepennyworth of was at the end of the tern1-. g oa.. (Le cheval et le cavalier) nuts, please." Grocer: "What kind of nuts?" " What do you usually take for a bad 'earl- ■-n) the princess promised to give she continued, " and it had last .. t ,e, The last is the French children's version of ache, Mrs. Johnson?" " A couple of aspir- •.:11),iier he wanted if only he would find "Any kind, but 'I should like a couple of d that I should go and star with the ancient Norse riddle of the horse and his coconuts with , them:" ates, dearie." nurse till Daddy cntne home from incur ball• So it was agreed that the should treat the frog as her com- rider with six legs between them. He is there now. lf not, I He called his wife an angel so often that she eat off her plate, sit beside Small Boy (to lady visitor) : " I shall be have gone home. We have a h let became suspicious and asked why he used that o ester, and I'm always there for t drink from her cup, and sleep in THE DONKEY. sorry when you leave us," Old Lady : "Shall the frog should restore to you, indeed, Freddy?" "Yes—I shall cry, I particular term of endearment. "Well," said •• when Daddy is at home. If not, d that he, " you seem never to have any clothes, you ldLived A rude little boy met an old woman leading shall"Dear !' bOy ! I had no idea you Nanny. My mother's dead, goli ogba are always up in the air, and you keep on yo z into the pool and a donkey, and shouted to her : "Good morn- cared so much for me:" "Yes ; when you are ing, donkey's mothe•." not here we have no dessert—always end with harping !" sty never suspected anything •• lip the ball, which he gave to the r "Good morning, my son," was the quick pudding." Sylvia tearfully, " though', pa reply. ow we never told her." I she seized it, and, not waiting to Wold-be Musician: "Do you think there , my dear child, did e hag, she ran home, forgetting all A man "wanted" in Aberdeen was spotted is any music in me ?" Professor: "There thout your you plan tier promise to him. father or anybody kn ow • THE SQUIRREL. by a new policeman on duty at, the railway ought to be. I have heard none come out." nything?" exclaimed John; At day when she was having dinner station. The policeman telephoned to the just - king and his courtiers in the ban- Have you ever seen a squirrel? Although police station saying : " The man you want is "I admired that last piece you played, a reddened. .:11 a voice was heard crying, there are lots of squirrels about, they are on the ten o'clock express for London. Shall daughter, youngest and fairest, very difficult to see. They live high up in Professor, immensely," said Mrs. G-aswell. phen could not wait. He seemed all I enter the train and shadow him, or wait for "It had a sort of wild freedom about it, you fire, and I wanted to be with hira trees, and skip about from branch to branch ; the excursion to-morrow?" and they do not come down to the ground know—a sort of get up and go that just just wrote to Nanny and made the frog! The princess was terri- that the term was endin her ,:le did not like frogs, and now she much to show us their pretty coats. suited me. Was it a composition of your g a little Mother "Allow me to introduce you. hen Stephen and I were to ee back lall she did not want to keep her The squirrel has a lovely coat of reddish own ?" " Madam," frigidly responded the .lain the frog knocked and called brown, sharp ears, and a long bushy tail, but Mabel, my daughter—Herr Schnautz, the eminent musician who had been hired for the tell her all about it, am!—and famous animal painter." Mabel : was to write to Daddy." :,r, and the king wanted to know the grey Australian squirrel is now much "Oh, so occasion. " I was nutting a new E string glad to meet you. I adore animals." ne paused. John withdrew his hands matter was; so the princess had to commoner in this country than his prettier sear ....v••• ked frowningly in front of hie all about her last ball and her pro- reddish-brown cousin. He eats nuts, berries, and even little buds off the trees, and some- fl heavens, my dear kid, ,chat a ,: king was rather annoyed with his Irate German (to stranger who had stepped " You probably don't remember me," I mix up," he exclaimed.