126 HOME AMUSEMENTS.

My second is used both by lawyer and lord,
And yet with a child may be seen;

My whole is composed both of brass and of board,
And its province is clothes to keep clean.

 

CHARADE LXXXI.

MY first is myself, and a very short word ;
My second’s a puppet; and you are my third.

 

CHARADE LXXXII.

} Y first was ne’er known to be old;
My second’s a fence, painted white;
My whole’s a complete and firm hold,
Which is famous for keeping folks tight.

 

CHARADE LXXXIII.

M* first is an obligation; my second is inevitable;
my whole is slavery.

 

CHARADE LXXXIV.

MY* first is expressive of no disrespect,
Yet I never shall call it you, while you are by;