Subject to the above conditions, it is requested that puzzles or
questions may be forwarded to the following solutions:--
_First Solution_.--Twenty-eight, if before March 17th; one hundred and
forty-six, if after that date.
_Second Solution_.--Put six pigs in the first stye; then go back and
fetch the fox from the other side of the river, returning with the
remaining cockatrice. Then put yourself in the second stye, never come
put any more, and subtract.
_Third Solution_.--Positive, Regret; Comparative, Regatta;
Superlative, _Requiescat in pace_.
_Fourth Solution_.--Countesses; because the sun (son) never sets
there.
_Fifth Solution_.--Cut along dotted line to point A. Then fold back,
and cross to point C, keeping mark B on the left. Stop, if you can,
before getting to remark D. Bad language never does any good.
_Sixth Solution_.--This is a mere catch, and only suitable for quite
young children. Of course, it is obvious that the elephant could not
have been on the outside, because there never _are_ two Mondays in the
week. Hush! the Bogie Man. _Exit._
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[Illustration: RATHER LATE IN THE DAY, PERHAPS!
"OH, GRANDPAPA DEAR, SUCH FUN! THE FORTUNE-TELLER'S COME! _DO_ COME
AND HAVE YOUR FORTUNE TOLD!"]
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