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A RIDDLE.
A nouu there is of plural number ,
A foe to peace ami tranquil slumber.
Now , any other noun you take ,
By adding "s" you plural make ;
But if you add an "s" to this ,
Strange is the metamorphosis
Plural is plural now no more
And sweet what bitter was before !
With the compliments of the season
to The Conservative and its able and
honored editor the answer to the
poetic riddle in the issue of the 2Gth ult.
is the word "cares-s. "
Sini'TOE KlNNEY.
San Diego , Gal. , Jan. 1 , 1902.
Editor Conservative :
The words that are impressed on my
mind as answering all requirements for
' Riddle" are cares and caress.
Yours truly ,
GEO. E. HALSEY.
Chicago , 111. , Jan. 1 , 1901.
Answer to Mr. Ghanuing's riddle pub
lished in The Conservative.
If cares invade our peace and murder
sleep ,
The soft caress of love shall soothe and
oheer ,
Defy malignant spirits of the deep ,
And bitter change to sweet a smile for
tear. IONOTUS.
426 Dearborn Avenue , Chicago.
"Cares" are the foes of peace and sleep ;
"Cares" line the brow with furrows
deep ;
Yet to that noun but add an "s"
And lo ! it blooms into "caress. "
As countless cares produce affright ,
So one caress will bring delight.
From "cares , " "caress" extracts the
sting ,
And bitterness has taken wing.
E. F. WARREN.
Nebraska City , Nob. , Dec. 81 , 1901.
ANOTHER ANSWER.
If to the bitter and plural of "cares"
we add an "s , "
We have that sweetest and singular
word , "caress" ;
This may not be the word
To which Canning referred ,
But I think my presumption is fair
Beyond any question of doubt ,
That with the "ss" loft out
Wo have nothing left but our "care. "
O 0 TURNEY
Genefieo , Neb. , Dec. 80 , 1901.
THAT RIDDLE.
[ To E. F. Warren and C. 0. Turney. ]
You juggled with cares 'til you got it
caress ,
And the word seemed to highly delight
you ,
But if by mishap you had prefixed
the s ,
You would have had scares to affright
you.
And a very slight change would hav
made you both "cuss , "
French sacre , don't let ladies hear you ,
Now put s where it was when you
started this fuss
And broad acres you now have to oheer
you.
But this mokes me tired , let's all "take
a rest , "
And our readers will take it most gra
cious ,
To make the world happy lot's all do
our best ,
Drop our cares and all go to the races.
A. L. T.
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