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U* - ay u c o THE DUEL. Synopsis. ? Returning home after a day's shooting, Dyck Calhoun, gifted young Irish gentleman of the % time 01 the French and Amerlcua revolutions, meets Sheila Llyn, seventeen-year-old girl visiting in the neighboihood. They are mutually attracted. Sheila never knew her . dissipated father, Erris Boyne, her mother having divorced him and resumed her maiden name. Reaching home. Dyck finds Leonard Mallow, son of Lord Mallow, with a message from the attorney general summoning Miles Calhoun. Dyck's father, to Dublin. Dyck and his father go. ' i i 30 (CHAPTER III?Continued.) * ?2? i One day Errls Boyne said to Dyck: ."There's a supper tonight at the Breakneck club. Coma along aud have & skinful. i'ou'U meet people'worth \ knowing."' " x "The Breakneck club Isn't a good name for a tirst-class Institution," remarked Dyck, with a pause and a laugh; "but I'll come if* you'll fetch me." Errls Boyne, who was eighteen years older than Dyck, laughed, tllcked a little pinch of snuff at his nose with his finger. "Dear lad, of course I'll come and fetch you," he said. "There's many a man has done worse thun lead a gay stripling like you into pleasant ways. Bring along any loose change you have, for It may be a night of nights. It's the best place to come to ever an honest man hud." "Are they aii^f?e right sort?" asked Dyctrf?i*rt^lttle touch of malice. "1 are they loyal and true?" Erris Boyne laid a hand on Dyck's arm. "Come and lind out. Do you think I'd lead you Into bad company? Of course hunmet una woue loue ?uu i be there, nor any of that lot; but there'll be some men of the right stamp." He watched Dyck carefully out of the corner of his eye. "It's 4 funny," he added, "that In Ireland the word loyal means being true to the Union Jack, stauding by King (Jeorge 1 and his crourtl" "Well, what would you have?" said i Dyck. "For this Is a day and age when * being loyal to the king Is more than aught else In all the Irish world. We're never two days alike, we Irish. There* are the United Irishmen and the Defenders on one side, and the Peep-o'Dny Boys, or Orangemen, on the other ?Catholic and Protestant, at each other's throats. Then there's a hand thrust in, and up goes the sword, and the rifles, pikes and bayonets; and those that were ready to mutilate or kill each other fall into each other's arms." Erris Boyne laughed. "Well, there'll be an end to that. The Irish parliament Is slipping into disrepute. It wouldn't surprise me If the ustute English bribe them Into a union, to the ruin of Irish \ndeDendence. Yet ma.v be, before that comes. the French will have a fry for power here." He came a step nearer, his voice lowered a little. "Hqve you beard the latest news from ' France? They're coming with a good sized tleet down to the south coast. . Have you heard it?" "Oh, there's plenty one hears one doesn't believe Is gospel," answered Dyck. his eyes half closing. "I'm not believing all 1 hear, as if it was a prayer-meeting. Anything may happen here; Ireland's a woman?very uncertain." Dyck flicked some dust from his I waistcoat, and dropped his eyes, be- I cause he was thinking of two women j he had known; one of them an angel J now in company of her sister angels? ids mother; the other a girl he had met on the hills of Connemaru, a wonderfully pretty girl of seventeen. Howshould he know that the girl was Erris Boyne's daughter? ? although there were times when some gesture of Boyne, some quick look, some lifting | of the eyebrows, brought hack the memory of Sheila Llyn, us it did now. ! Since Dyck left his old home he lutd seeu her twice; once at l.oylund towers, and once at her home in Limerick. Tho time hp had snpiit with lior had . teen very brief, but full of life, interest and character. Whether at Loy- j land towers, or at her mother's house in Limerick, there was no touch of forwardness In her, or in anything she > said or did. She was the most natural being, the freest from affectation, he had ever known. As Erris Boyne talked to him, the memory of Sheila tlooded his mind, and on the flood his senses swam like swans. He had not her careful com- i posure. lie was just as real, but he hail the wilfulness of man. She Influ- | enced him as no woman had ever yet doue; but he saw no happy ending to the dream. He was too poor to marry ; ! he had no trade or profession; his J father's affairs were in a had way. Me did not know that Erris Boyne was set to capture him for the rebel cause. How could lie know that Boyne was an agent of the most evil forces in Ireland?an agent of skill and address, \ prepossessing, with the face of a Celtic ! poet and the eye of an assassin? kovitu'u nh1o/?t U'flQ tn lifintr olwmt the downfall of Pyck Calhoun?that Is. his downfall ns a patriot. At the lirenkneok club this had business be- ] can. It wufc here that Dyck acaln ! met that tall, ascetic messenger from ' the attorney general, who hud brought the message to Miles Calhoun. It was with this man?Leonard .Mallow, eldest j son of Lord Mallow?that Dyck, with , three others, played cards one afternoon. The instinctive antipathy which had marked their first introduction was car - ! ried on to this later meeting. Dyck distrusted Mallow, and allowed his dls exercise, it was, unioriunateN Mallow won from ^ithre^ ILBERT P fifhrths of the money he had brought It to the club, and wou It with u suiile w not. easy to forgive. ai I)yek had at lust secured n real success in a scheme of his cards when w Mallow asked with a sneerhi "Did you learn that tit your home tf iQ heaven?" u "Don't they teach It where you live t! in hell?" was Dyck's reply. tl At this Mallow flicked Dyck across p the face with his handkerchief. m "That's what they teach where 1 be- rt long." / tl "Well, It's easy to learn, and we'll do ft the sum at uny time or place you tl please." After a moment Dyck con- ni tlnued "I wouldn't make a fuss over It. Let's finish the game. There's no good di prancing till the sport's ready; so I'll >1 sit and learn more of what they teach & In hell 1" a Dyck had been drinking, or he would si not have spoken so; and when he was w drunk daring was strong In him. He f( hated profoundly this mun?so self- it satisfied an^l satanlc. st He kept a perfect coolness, however, h Leonard Mallow should not see that ^ he was upset. His wanton word'...ess v came to his rescue, and un*U the end tl of the game he pluyed .with sang-froid, n, flaring and skill. He loved cards; he C( loved the strife o? skill against skill, of trick ngalivt'trlek, of hand ngalust tl hand. He had never fought a duel In w Ids lif*. -but he had no fear of doing so. s] .it length, having won back nearly n all he had lost, he rose to his feet and ai looked round. w "Is there anyone here from whom 1 R, can ask a fuvor?" tl Several stepped forward. Dyck nodded. Oue of them he knew, it was Sir Almerlc Foyle. w "Thank you. Sir Almerlc," he said; ? "thank you. Shull it be swords or pistolsV" he asked ids enemy coolly. c] "Swords^ if you piease," remarked Mallow grimly, for he had a gift with y ttie sword. Dyck nodded again. Ij "As you will. As you will!" n ? ^ Never In nil Ireland's years had she tl a more beautiful day than that In g{ which Dyck Calhoun and the Hon. tl Leonard Mallow met to settle their ac- g< count In a secludeu corner of I'hoenlx m park. It was not the usual place for Q| duels. The seconds had taken care to p keep the locale from the knowledge of (( the public; especially as many who had come to know of the event at the Breakneck club were eager to he pres- ^ ?" in The affair began an hour after sunrise. Neither Dyck nor Leonard Mai- p) low slept at home the night before, but ' In separate taverns near I'hoenlx park. j(J Mallow caine almost Jauntily lo the U ^ ' hi "Swords, If You Please," Responded Mallow. Grimlv. I> obscure spot. Both men had sensitive- ll( ness. and both entered tiie grounds with a certain thrill of pleasure soften- (>( ing the acerbity of the moment. I(l Dyck moved and spoke like a man |,] charged with some fluid which had abstracted him from life's monotonous C) routine. He had to consider the chance ;l| of never leaving the grounds alive; yet |(| as be entered the place, where smooth grass between the trees made good s< looting for tbe work to be done, the thrill <of the greenery, the sound of the |, birds, the tliek of a lizard across the | path, and the distant gay leap of a , ,,, young deer, brought to his senses n j1( gust,of joyous feeling. lie was not nor- Sl mat; he was submerged. He was in w the great, consuming atmosphere of k| the bigger world and the greater life. n He even did not hate Mallow at the moment. The thing about to be done | j, was to him a test of manhood. It was I j, a call ui?<?n tne courage <>i tno soui. a challenge of life, strength and will. ' As Mallow entered the grounds, the ,.i thought of Sheila Llyn crossed Dyck's mind, and the mental sight of her \\ gladdened the eyes of his soul. For _ one brief instant he stood lost In the w mind's look: then he stepped forward. ,j, saluted, shook hands with Mallow. ]t and duffed his coat and waistcoat. w As he did so, he was conscious of a n curious coldness, even of dampness, In tt the hand which had shaken that of MaJlow. Mallow's hand had a clammy touch?clammy, hut firm and sure. C There was no tremor in the long, thin n lingers nor at the lips?the thin, as- fi cetic lips, as of u secret service man ii ?but In his eyes was a dark tire of a] purpose. me morning nau toucneu him, but not as it had thrown over si Dyck Its mantle of peace. Mallow also si hud enjoyed the smell and feeling of b It all, hut with this difference?it had e tilled hlni with such material Joy thut j b =======================5= Ensi ARKER f % ig it. It grive him strength of wil lilrh wniiJil nd<l Rpouritv to his ari nd wrist. Dyck had learned swordsmanshl ith.as skilled a master as Irelan nd known, and lie hud shown, In get ng knowledge of the weapon, a nat ral instinct and a capacity worthy o ie highest purpose. He had handle it sword since he was six, and hi lay was better than that of inos ion; but this was, In fact, his firs >nl duel. Many tjmes, of course, li ie process of his training, he ha night as men fight In duel^, but wltl lis difference?that now he was pet iltted to disable or kill his foe. Physically, there was not a vas eal to choose between the two mer fallow was, lank and tail, nervousl elf-contalned, finely eonr'enlratec ud vigorous. Dyck .?-fts broad o loulder, well set up, muscular, nn ith a steadier rye than that of hi >e. Also, r.s the combat developec was clear that he had a hand a :ea'!y as his eye. What was mort Is wrist had superb strength an exiblllty; it was as enduring an Ital as the forefoot and ankle of ger. As a pair they were certain! otable, and would give a good a< sunt of themselves. The two men fighting had aJmos u ? -J TKnl* OAO t lie uir ui ginuiuiuio. aui-u wwi ere off, and the white llren of thel ilrts looked gracious; while the uf Used left hand of the fighters ba! nclng the sword-thrust and th eight of the body had on almost sir ular beauty. Of the two, Dyck wa le more graceful, the steadier, th ulcker In his motions. His momer iry vision of Sheila Llyn remaine ith him?not as a vision, rather a warmth In his Inmost being, somt ling which made lilm Intensely alen tieerful, defiant, exactly skillful. He had need of all his s .ill, fo [allow was set to win the fight. H ?It instinctively what was workin 1 Dyck's mind. He had fought umber of duels, and with a certai ick or art he had given the end t le lives of several. He became cor Mous, however, that Dyck had a pai cular stroke in mind, which he him ?lf was preventing by masterfu icthods. It might be one thing or an ther, but In view of Dyck's tpiinln would perhaps be the Enniscorth >uch. Again and again Dyck pressed hi ntagonist. backward, seeking to mud le his defense and to cleur an open iff for his own deadly stroke; but th ther man also wus' a master, an arried successfully. Presently, with a qulc? move, Mai >w took the offensive, and tried t nsettle Dyck's poise and dlsorganlz Is battle-plan. For an Instant th >mpestuous action, the brllllani vlft play of the sword, the qulverin; Ippancy of the steel, gave Dyck tha hich almost disconcerted him. Ye ? had a grip of himself, and was foi mate to preserve his defense Intact lough once his enemy's steel caugh Is left shoulder, making it bleed. Th >conds, however, decided that th irust was not serious, and made n :tempt to Interrupt the combat. Dyck's tactics changed. Once agah ? became aggressive, and he drov is foe to a point where the skill o )th men was tried to the uttermost was clear the time had come fo unething definite. Suddenly Dycl irew himself back with an agile ster inged slightly to one side, and thei i a gallant foray got the steel poln to the sword-arm of his enemy. Tha as the Enniscorthy stroke, whlcl id been taught him by Wllliun undy, the expert swordsman, am id been made famous by Lord WeJI g of Enniscorthy. It succeeded, am gave Dyck the victory, for Mallow' vord dropped from his hand. 11 asped the wounded arm with his lef ind as the surgeon came forward. "Well, you got it home," he said t yck; "and It's deftly done." "1 did my best," answered Dycl Jive me your hand, if you will." With a wry look Mallow, now seat 1 on the old stump of a tree, held ou is left hand. It was covered witl lood. "I think we'll have to forego tha mrtesy, Calhoun," he said. "Lool ilto cfnto nf tnv liMttrl ' Ft'c <rr\r\t rood," he added grlndy. "It's d?i >od blood, hut?hut it- won't do, yoi e." "I'm glad it was no worse." sai< yck. not touching the bloody hand It's a clenn thrust, and you'll he het r from it soon. These great nien! i> smiled toward the surgeons?"wll on put you right. I got my chatie 1th the stroke, and took it, because new if I didn't you'd have me pros itly." "You'll have a great reputation ii uhlin town now, and you'll deserv Mallow added adroitly, the grea uleness of his features, howevei utile ghastly by the hatred in hi res. Pyck did not see tliis look, hut h It a note of malice?a distant not -in Mallow's voice, lie saw t'.ia hat Mallow had said was fresh ev] enee of the man's arrogant charnctei dill not offend iilm. however, for h as victor, and could enter the Break eek club or Dublin society with -unqull eye. Again Mallow's voice was heard. "I'd have seen you d?d to h?1 allioun, before I'd have apologize t the Breakneck club; but after ght with one of the best swordsme: i Ireland I've learned a lot, and I'l pologize now?completely." The surgeon had bound up th light wound in Dyck's shoulder, ha topped the bleeding, and was noT elping him on with his coat. The oj ration had not been without pall ut this demonstration from his fo as too much for, him. It drove th ZZZZZI f% Aath |l "The Seats o ^ "The Righ I I. look of pnln from his face; it brought a a smile to his lips. He came a step nearer. p "rm as obliged to you ns if you'd rl paid for my board and lodging, Mnl - low." he said: "and that's saying a good denl in these days. I'll never f have a bigger fight. You're u greatc d .swordsman thun your reputation. I s must have provoked you beyond reait son," lie went on gallantlj'. "I think it we'd better forget the whole thing." n "I'm a loyalist," Mallow replied, d "I'm a loyalist, and if you're one, too, h "What reason should there be lor our " not being friends?" A black cloud flo6ded Calhoun's . it face. i. "If?If I'm a loyalist, you say! Have y you npy doubt of it? If you have?" I, "You wish your sword had gone 'f into my henrt Instead of my arm, eh?" d interrupted* Mallow. "How easily I s am misunderstood! I meant nothing I I. The Time Had Come for Something |j Definite. l* by that 'if.'" He smiled, and the S smile had a touch of wickedness. "I y meant nothing by It?nothing at all. As we are both loyalists, we must be s friends. Good-by, Calhoun!" ' Dyck's face cleared very slowly. '* Mallow was maddening, but the look e of the face was not that of a foe. d "Well, let us be friends," Dyck answered with a cordial smile. "Good'* by," he added. "I'm d?d sorry we 0 had to fight at all. Good-by!" e CHAPTER IV. The Killing of Errls Boyne. I "There's many a government has made a mess of things In Irelaud," said Errls Boyne; "but since the day ' of Cromwell the Accursed this Is the worst. Is there a man In Ireland [ that believes In It, or trusts It? There e are men that support It, that are 0 served by It, that fill their pockets out of It; but by Joseph and by Mary, 11 there's none thinks there couldn't be * a "better! Have a little more marsala. Calhoun?" With these words, Boyne filled up ^ the long glass out of which Dyck Calhoun had been drinking?drinking too ' much. Shortly before, Dyck had lost all his cnsh at the card-table. He had t turned from it penniless and dlscomfited to see Boyne, smiling, and gay 1 with wine, In front of him. j Boyne took him by the arm. "Come with me, said he. "There's j no luck for you at the tallies today. Let's go where we can forget the world, where we can lift the banner ? of freedom and beat the drums of purpose. Come along, lad!" The thne was critical for Dyck? ^ critical and dangerous. He had lost money heavily; he'had even exhaust" ed his mother's legacy. Of late he had seen little of his fatheh, and the little* he had seen was not fortunate. I They had quarreled over Dyck's wayII ward doings. He had angered his father terribly, and Miles, in a burst of r temper, had disclosed the 'fact that his own property was in peril. They had been estranged ever since; but the time had come when Dyck must 11 at Jeast secure the credit of his faI titer's name at his bank to lind the I , means of living. It was with tliis staring him in the .. face that Krris Bo.vne's company I seemed to offer at least a recovery of p ids good spirits. Dublin knew little of j Boyne's present domestic life. It did .. not know that lie had injured his second wife as badly as lie had wronged ? ids first?with tills difference, how ever, inui ins ursi wnr ?us a muy, , wlille Ills second wife, Xoreen, was n . !>e:uitifuJ. quick-tempered. lovable, s elglifben-year-old girl, a graduate of the kitchen and dairy, when he took her to himself. He had married her 0 In a mad moment after Ills first wife t ?Mrs. Llyn, as she was now called? |. had divorced him; and after the first . thrill of married life was over. 110thL> ing reniniiied with Boyne except regret that he had sold Ills freedom for n what he might, perhaps, have had without marriage. Then began a process of domestic I, torture which alienated Noreen from d him, and mused in her the worst pasa sions ot human nature. She came to n Know Ol HIS lllll(lt*li}ira, iiiki irn-j iiinuII dened her. They had no children, and in the end he had threatened her with e desertion. When she had retorted in d strong words, he slapped her face, and v left her with an ugly smile. >- Of visitors they had few, if any, and 1. the young wife was left alone to brood e upon her wrongs. Erris Boyne hed e slapped her face ou the morning 0/ [ ^ni|| 1 or of f the Mighty" j it of Way" | Copyright by Sir Gilbert Parker i the day when he met Dyck Calhoun in the hour of his bad luck. He did not see the look in her face as he left the hftiiuu Ruthless ns he was, he realized the time had come when by hold effort he might get young Calhoun wholly Into his power. He began by getting Dvck into the street. Then he took him by an indirect route to what was. reputedly, a tavern of consequence. Outwardly It was a tavern of the old class, superficially sedate, and called the Harp and Crown. None save a very few ?onspirators knew how great a part It played In the plan to break |thq government of Irelund nnd to ruin England's position In the lnnd. The entrance was by two doors? one the ordinary public entrance, the other at the side of the house, which was on a corner. This could he opened by a skeleton key owned by Errls Boyne. He and Dyck entered, however, by the general entrance, because Boyne had forgotten his key. They passed through the bar-parlor, nodding to one or two habitues, and presently were bestowed In a room, not large, but rt-ell furnished. They played cards, and Dyck won. He won five times what he had lost at the club. This made him companionable. "It's a poor business?cards," he said at last. "It puts one up In the clouds and down In the ditch all at the same time. I tell you this, Boyne ?I'm going to stop. No man ought to play cards who hasn't a fortune; and my fortune, I'm sorry to say, Is onl> my face!" He laughed bitterly. "And your sword?you've forgotten that, Calhoun. You've a lot of luck Irk yo(ir sword." "Well, I've made no money out of It so far," Dyck retorted cynically. , - "Yet you've put men with reputations out of the running, men like Mallow. Try a little more of this marsaJa, Calhoun. It's the best In the place, ana us got a 101 01 gooa sum. I've been coining to the Harp and Crown for many years, and I've never had a bad drink all that time. The old landlord is a genius. He doesn't put on airs. He's a good man, Is old Swinton, and there's nothing good In the drink of France that you can't get here." "Well, if that's true, how does It happen?" asked Dyek, with a little flafth of Interest. "It means a lot of trouble, eh?" "It means some trouble. But let me tell you"?he Jenned over the table and laid a hand on Dyck's, which was a little nervous?"let me speak as an old friend to you, If I may. Here are the facts. For many a year, you know as well as I do, ships have been coming from France to Ireland with the very best wines and liquors, and taking back the very tfest wool?^smuggled, of course. Well, our little landlord here Is the d?dest rogue of all. The customs never touch him. From the coast the stuff comes up to Dublin without a check, and, as he's a special favorite, he gets the best to h^ had in la belle France." "Why is he such a favorite?" asked Dyck'. Erris Boyne Inughed. not loudly, but suggestively. "When a lady kisses a man on the Hps, of her own free will, and puts her arm around his neck. Is It done, do you think, because It's her duty to do It or die? No, It's because she likes the man; because the man Is a good friend to her; because it's money In her pocket. That's the case with old Swinton. France kisses hlra, as It were, becuuse"?he paused, as though debating what to say?"because France knows he'd rather be under her own revolutionary government than under the monarchy of England." His vofce had resonance, and, as he said these words, it had insistence. "Do you know, Calhoun, I think old Swinton is right. We suffer here because monarchy, with its cruel hand of iron, mistreats us, brutalizes us." He did not "see enlightenment come into the half-drunken eyes of Dyck. He only realized that Dyck was very still, and strangely, deeply interested. "I tell you. Calhoun, we need in Ireland something of the spirit that's alive in France today. They've cleaned out the kings?I.ouis' and Marie's heads have dropped into the basket. They're sweeping the dirt out of France; they're cleaning the dark places; they're whitewashing Versailles and snwdusting ttie Tuilerles; they're starting for tlie world a reformation which will make it clean. Not America alone, hut England, and nil Europe, will become republics." "England?" asked Dyck in a low, penetrating voice. "Aye, England, through Ireland. Ireland will come first, then Wales, Scotland and England. Dear lad. the great day Is come?the greatest the world lias ever known. France, the spirit of It. Is alive. It will purge and cleanse the universe!" The suspicious, alert look passed from I>yck's eyes, but Ids face had liecome (lushed. He reached out and poured himself another glass of wine. "What you say may be true, Boyne. It may be true, but I wouldn't put faith in It?not for one icy minute. I don't want to see here In Ireland the horrors and savagery of France. I don't want to see the guillotine up on [ et Sfpnlipn's croon." Boyne felt that he must march carefully. He was sure of his n.inie; but there were rlittinilties, and he must not throw his rhnnces away. "Well, I'll tell you. Calhoun. 1 don't ' know which is worse?Ireland bloody with shootings and hangings, Ulster up In the north and Cork In the south. \ from the Giant's causeway to Tralee: no two sets of feet dancing alike, with the bloody hand of "England stret'cVing out over the Irish parliument like , death Itself; or Frunce ruling us. How does the English government live here? Only by bribery and purchases. It buys its way. Isn't that true?" Dyck nodded. "Yes, it's true in a way," he replied ' "It's so, because we're what we are? i We've never been properly put in our places; The heeJ on our ne?ks?that's the way to do It." Boyne looked at the flushed, angry face. In spite of Dyck's words, he felt that his medicine was working well. - . "Listen to me, Calhoun." he said softly. "You've got to do something, j You're living an idle life. You're in ^ debt. There are hut two courses open /-v_- i? i.u >iw. u.Oloh ' IU juu. "lie i!> in jiiiii me m man forces?to lie a lieutenant, n captain, a major, a colonel, or u general, In time; to slioot and'cut nnd hang and quarter, nnd rule with u heavy rod. That's one way." "So you think I'm fit for nothing hut the sword, eh?" asked Dyck with Irony. "You think I've got no brains1 for anything except the army." Boyne laughed. "Have another drink, Calhoun." He poured out more wine. "Oh, no, not the army nlone; there's the navy? nnd there's the French navy! It's the best navy In the world, the freest and the greatest, nnd with Bonaparte going at us, England will have enough to do?too much, I'm thinking; So there's a career In the French navy open. And listen?before you and I are two months older, the French navy will be In the harbors of Ireland, nnd the French army will land here." He renched out and grasped D.vck's arm. "There's no liberty of freedom under the Union Jack. What do you think of the tricolor? It's a great flag, and under It the world Is going to be ruled?England, Spain. Italy, Holland, Prussia, Austria and Russia?all of them. The time Is ripe. You've got your chance. Tnke It on. dear lad, take It on!" Dyck did not raise his head. He was leaning forward With both arms on the table, supporting himself firmly; his head was bowed as though with deep Interest In what Boyne said. And, Indeed, his Interest was great? * ? 11 m??hAAH so imii hii ms umunu^i, u^vi( nil his citizenship, were vitally alive. Yet he did not lift his head. Pjrck is charged with the murder of Eerris Boyne, Sheila's father. (TO BE CONTINUED.) TAKE HONOR FROM SIEGFRIED Legends Ascribe Slaying of Monster of the Rhine to Heroic Captive Christian Maiden. One of the most conspicuous moun- 3 tains ne/r the Rhine is the historic ? Drachetrtels, or Dragon's rock, named from that legendary monster of the ' Rhine, which was both the scourge and terror of the region. The legend of 'L - 1 ni ,..i ?,Ka olatv rha nmn tne nero, oieguieu, ?nu oi>? mv ster, and became Invulnerable by bath- ( ing In Its blood, has been Immortalized In song and story. Another myth, how; ever, makes the slayer of the dragon i a young woman. I According to this tradition the beast 1 came down the mountain dally, 1 seeking whom It might devour. The < Romans decided to curb It by taking i a prisoner to the dragon's caye daily, i One day a girl, so pretty that two cen- I turions resolved to fight to see who I would claim her, was taken prisoner, t The Roman general Interfered and de- ? cided that to settle the affair neither ' should get her, but that she should be * given to the dragon. This was consld- 1 ered In the army as a decision rank- ? Ing with the judgment of Solomon. < The girl, a Christian, was taken to f I he cave, and the monster soon ap- t pen red. The beast howled, suiacktsd ' his lips and rattled Its scales like tam- 4 hourines. me giri arew iorm a crm-i- t fix, which she displayed to the beast. A It stood still, petrified with horror, then t with a roar that made the mountain 8 tremble, fell back down the cliffs and c was dashed to' pieces on tl?e rocks ^ below. Henry, Not Hendrick Hudson. The intrepid and resourceful navigator who first explored the North river was not Hendrick, but Henry. * Hudson. By the former name he was never known in his own time. He e would not have answered t: It, probably would have resented Its applica- 8 tion to lilin, even during th> brief period in which he was in the service n of the Netherlands East India com- 0 pnn.v, for he knew scarcely a word of u the Dutch language, and le insisted upon having the Dutch lawyers, In ^ drawing up at Amsterdam the Dutch contract villi the company, write therein h.s uame in Its plain English form?Ilenry Hudson, says the N.ew 1 York Tribune. e That he is called Hendrich Is due to a whimsy of the "gentle humorist," n Irvi..g. who in the posthumous papers ? of the mythical Diedrlch Knickerbocker naturally ami appropriately used the Dutch form of the name. ? Burial Most Common Practice. tl There are two ideas of the proper t< disposal of the body when Its spirit tl has lied?one that It shall be preserved so long us possible, the other that It fl shall be destroyed by the natural pro- tl cess of decay or by the. Burial In tl the earth, the most economic method, is the common practice the world over o at the present time. P Iteligious beliefs usually control ac- p tlon In this matter. Death has been r long utilized by priests as the most effective nntural event for the Instruction of men In faith and doctrine, ? whence came the solemn ceremonies , with which all are familiar. The word funeral, meaning "drawn out" In the 0 Latin from which it Is derived, marks r' a universal tendency in Its ceretnonlals. VI Not Unusual. p "The doctor snld I must put down ti everything on the chart." "Well?" d "The patient tried twice to kiss me i: ,Must I put that down?" "I think nut' ; ?ald the kindly head nurse. o I , A &BOY& SCOUTS [Conducted by National Council of tho Boy Scouts of America.) THEIR BEST NOW AND ALWAYS Dean Mann of Cornell says: "When the boys of today shall have lecome grown men, the time will have ir rived when this nation will be feeing acutely the inevitable shortage of :iniber for our imperative needs, uness in the meantime a new attitude md a new program for the protection )f our disappearing timber supply, diall have been Instituted. Th^ boy jcouts of today may well exert their 'ull effort and influence In helping to u?sure an adequate wood supply iguinst tlie time when they will man he nation. A first and fundamental step is education?understanding the iroblem and the way out and helping ither persons to understand it Let he boy scout* use every means toward this end. It Is doubly necessary low that we are again at the beglnllng of the camping season and the iry periods. , "The noy scouts have high Ideals for national service. They know how :o quicken public thought and action. [ hope they will do their best now and ilways In this matter of forest protecrion and development, which Is so In:lmafely bound up with our future well-being as a nation." FHE BOY 8COUT "ON DUTY." 1 1 F" ' ' j -low the Bright Lads Serve In Direct. Ing Convention Visitor* and Other. wise Give Aid. , SCOUTS' BIGGEST ENROLLMENT. June, 1921, showed the biggest en ollment of scoots in the history of the movement, a fact which ought to >e a matter of pride and congratulation to all concerned. The more boys hat come under the influences of scouting, the healthier, happier, finer vill the boyhood of America be, the greater the promise of Its future.' It s not meaningless chance that makes is hear on every side that boy scouts iren't In the police courts, that boy icouts are in the honor rolls ofveur ichools, that boy scouts are performng this or that civic service. Scouting 1ngs true to its aims. It not only rlalms to fit boys for manhood but it loes It, so why shouldn't we be proud hat the Boy Scouts of America num iers an active membership of over 100,000. Why shouldn't we salute and >ay all honor to the scoutmaster, the rolunteer leader of boyhood under a rreat banner to a great goal? Why ihouldn't we say to them and each ither: "Come on, let's make It 500,100 by Christmas r RULES FOR BOY SCOUTS. 1. Do not start a forest fire. 2. Tell all your companions about he damage which forest fires do. 3. Report all forest fires to the nearst forest officer. 4. Learn how 'to fight forest fires, nd take a hand in putting them out 5. Plant forest trees In vacant corers, waste places, abandoned fields, n barren mountain slopes and other inoccupied land. 6. Destroy Insects which Injure and estroy forest trees. 7. Destroy rots, blights, and other ungous foes of the forest. 8. Help clean up the forest by using he dead wood found lying on the forst floor. 9. Cut out only undesirable trees nd guard the more valuable ones.? > toy Scoots' First Book of Forestry -Illick. OME BOY SCOUT GOOD TURNS. Sioux City boy scouts turned out to ""mhoi- nf 1 (W1 make a house D-house canvass for clothing to aid tie stricken people of Armenia. Pittsburgh boys scouts gathered wild owers all the spring and distributed liem, made Into attractive bouquets, tiroughout the hospitals of the city. Tulsa, Okla., carried on a "spring (Tensive" against the bagworm, and ollected nearly a ton of glass, sharp * leces of metal and other debris from oads In the Interests of tire safety. Aurora (111.) scouts act as ushers nd check cars at their churches Sunny evening, while In Stlllman Valley, i the same state, scouts take care f the community recreation hall and ilse and lower the community flag in * 10 vlllnire souare. Scouts In Paducah, Ky., cleaned up ncant lots, cleaned statues, assisted oliee in street traffic and served as lessengers and orderlies at a twoay Rotariun convention. They also sslsted flrenieL--^nd cleaned up a reenhouse after -hailstorm had roken |5,000 worth of glass. J < I A