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the first article he made or sold, and the other girls
must guess the word. Whoever guesses rightly takes
her turn. Thus: I apprenticed my son to a grocer, and
the first things he sold were B. A.; whoever guesses
burnt almonds may continue the game.

 

PROVERBS.

One of the company having left the room, the rest
select some proverb in his absence, say, for instance,
* honesty is the best policy.” On his re-admittance he
must ask a random question of one of the party, who
in his reply must contrive to introduce the word
“honesty.” Thus supposing the question to be, Have
you been out to-day? the party questioned might say,
Yes I have, and very nearly lost my purse; but it was
picked up by a boy, who ran after me with it, and whose
“honesty ” I was very glad to reward. He then passes
on to the next, who must bring in “ is,” and so on, till
the whole proverb has been mentioned. The person
must then guess it, or forfeit, and those who have been
unable to bring in their word, must likewise forfeit.

It is an extremely amusing game, from the laugh-