Little Folks (December 1884) Part 19

Brother Leonard lifts her Lightly from the ground; May, beside her kneeling, Tends the swelling wound.

Softly takes a needle-- Knows what she's about-- p.r.i.c.ks, and lo! the hidden Thorn slips safely out.

Daisy's fears have vanished, Tears are pa.s.sed away-- Leonard dubs his sister Little Doctor May.

[Ill.u.s.tration: Music - A Day in the Snow.]

_Words from_ "LITTLE FOLKS."

_Music by the_ REV. F. PEEL, B.Mus., Oxon

1. Come along, bairnies, laughing and singing, The echoes all ringing around as you go; Come, for the fairies with chill little fingers Have seiz'd on the raindrops and turn'd them to snow.

Come along, bairnies, laughing and singing, The echoes all ringing around as you go.

2. Come, watch the white flakes softly descending, Still, never-ending, silent, and slow, Folding a mantle of beauty around us, A mantle of flickering, fluttering snow.

3. Come, rosy fingers, gather the treasure!

Bright looks of pleasure I see as you go; Laughing and singing, The echoes all ringing-- Oh, the delight of a day in the snow!

OUR LITTLE FOLKS' OWN PUZZLES.

[Ill.u.s.tration]

DOUBLE DIAGONAL PUZZLE.

If definitions of the objects and scene shown above be placed one under the other in the order indicated, the diagonals, left to right, will form the names of two well-known cities.

MENTAL HISTORICAL SCENE.

An old man is seen in a dungeon, dressed in rags and covered with mud. A slave enters with a sword, evidently for the purpose of murdering him, when he stops suddenly, awed and frightened by the prisoner's face and stern voice, as he demands if he has the presumption to kill him. Then the slave rushes from the cell, declaring it impossible to despatch such a man. Who is the prisoner?

NELLIE ELLIS.

(Aged 15-1/4).

_Frost Hill House, Liversedge, Yorks.h.i.+re._

SINGLE ACROSTIC.

The initials read downwards will give the name of a great musician.

My first is one of England's public schools.

My second is one of the continents.

My third is a planet.

My fourth is one of the largest rivers in Europe.

My fifth is one of the Christian festivities.

My sixth is the opposite to rejoice.

MILDRED C. WATSON.

(Aged 12.)

_Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middles.e.x._

MISSING-LETTER PUZZLE.

When the missing letters have been supplied, the whole will form a verse from one of Cowper's poems.

Wetertswrirue, Bednfoteoard, Suhwtaidgatin oneohronrsos.

HENRIETTA PUTTOCK.

(Aged 13-1/4)

_Clevelands, Billingshurst, Suss.e.x._

SQUARE WORDS.

1. A volcanic mountain.

2. A sign of sorrow.

3. A designation.

4. An extent of surface.

1. A sweet-scented herb.

2. A thought.

3. Not distant.

4. An article of pastry.

1. A range of mountains.

2. A trial of speed.

3. A portion of land.

4. A mocking look.

LOUIE W. SMITH.

(Aged 15-1/4.)

_11, Woodside Terrace, Glasgow._