man's face. Only one chance remained. "Name the
prince, (42) afterwards king of England," said he, desperately, "whose
wife sucked the poison from his arm when he had a narrow escape from
assassination while on his way home from a Crusade."

The Wizard named the prince and finished the Jerseyman in the same
breath.

After that he was without a job for a time. The princess's conditions
seemed so hard that, unless she modified them, she was likely, as the
Wizard expressed it, "to die an old maid." He was about to give the
princess up to that fate when Queen Dick (43) entered.

"Where do you come from?"

"From Frisco." (44)

"What do you want?"

"To win the Princess Minnehaha. Answer this:

"T U A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A." (45)

"Well, what is it, anyhow?" asked the Wizard.

"Something that you'll find very prominently printed in a book that you
and most other people own," replied the suitor.

"Are the letters printed in the book in this form?" inquired the Wizard,
getting a bit scared, and trying to gain time.

"In this style and order, yes; but there are other letters and words
between them. Come, shall I have the princess?"

The Wizard took five minutes, and gave it up. Dick won the princess, and
in the bounteousness of his heart invited all the Knights and Ladies of
the Round Table to visit him and see who was wiser than the Wizard.

* * * * *

It is needless to say where you can find answers to the foregoing
questions. Of course those that demand animals' names have plays upon
either the meaning or pronunciation of those names. The nicknames were
once generally applied. Where names of persons are wanted there is, as
you scarcely need be told, a double meaning to those names, as, General
Wool--were the name used--might be referred to as the soldier that
everybody wears in winter, etc. The verses are riddles--and very clever
ones. In questions 1, 2, 4, 32, 44, etc., explain briefly the meaning or
origin of the numbered word or words. All who have not passed their 18th
birthday are asked to send an answer. Grown people may help you find
solutions. Make a list of the questions by numbers, giving each a line
and writing one below the other. Do _not_ write out the story. Fasten
your sheets together. Write your name at the top of the first sheet.
Mail answers on May 10, to HARPER'S ROUND TABLE, New York--no other
address is needed--and put the words Puzzle Answer