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I NO := c THE BATTLE. Synopsis.?Dyck Calhoun, gifted young Irish Gentleman of the time of the French and American revolutions. meets Sheila Llyn. seventeen-year-old girl visiting Irt the neghbornood. They are mutually attracted. Sheila never knew her dissipated father. Erris Boyne, her mother having divorced him. In * Dublin Leonard Mallow and Dyck light with swords and D?ck is victor. Erris Boyne. secretly in French employ, gets Dyck drunk and tries to persuade him to Join In revolt against England. They quarrel. While Dyck is overcome with drugged wine, Loyne's second wife enters the room and stabs her faithless husband to the heart. Dyck is arrested on a charge of murder. He does not know if he killed Boyne or not. Sheila begs her mother to go to Dublin with her to help Dyck. Mrs. Llyn opposes the idea. A letter from Mrs. Llyn's wealthy brother in America decides them to go and live with him. Dyck refuses to enter any plea except "No Defense." He might have escaped by revealing lioyne s ireacnery uui icmoco *... Sheila's account. He is sent to prison for right years. Sheila writes Dyck, assuring him of her belief In his Innocence. Released . after serving four years. Dyck finds himself destitute, his father dead. In London Dyck receives a letter from Sheila inviting him to come to America and sending money for I the voyage. He feels he cannot In honor go to her. Dyck Joins the British navy as an enlisted man. Bad conditions in the fleet result In mutiny. CHAPTER XI. To the West Indies. A fortnight later the mutiny at the Nore shook ami bewildered the British isles. The day after Richard Parker visited the Ariadne the fleet had been put under the control of the seamen's Delegates, who were men of standing in the ships, and of personal popularity. Their first act was to declare that the fleet should not leave port until the men's demands were satisfied. The government had armed the forts at Sheerness, had sent troops and guns to Grnvesend and Tilbury, and had declared war upon the rebellious fleet. , At the head of the Delegates, Richard Parker, with an officer's knowledge, became a kind of bogus admiral, who, in interview's with the real admirals and the representatives of the admiralty board, talked like one wno, having power, meant to use It ruthlessly. The government had yielded to f the Spithead mutineers, giving pardon to all except the ringleaders, and granting demands for increased wages and better food, with a promise to consider the question of prize-money; but the Nore mutineers refused to accept that agreement, and enlarged the Spithead demands. t> The Delegates demanded a deputation from the admiralty. Parker declaring that no accommodation could occur without the appearance of the lords of the admiralty at the Nore. Then followed threatening arrangements, and the Delegates decided to blockade the Thames ami the Medway. It was at this time that Pyck Calhoun?who, by consent of Itichard Parker, had taken control of the Ariadne?took action which was to alter the course of his own life and that of tunny others. Since the beginning of the mutiny 1 he hail acted with decision, judgment and strength. He had agreed to tlie Ariadne joining the mutinous ships. DEF By GILBERT] food and drink fitment is. They know how safe we are, and today orders have come to yield our provisions to the rest of the fleet. That is. we. who ' have taken time by the forelock, must yield up our pood gettinps to bad receivers. 1 am not prepared to do it. "The fleet could not sail now If it wished: but one ship can sail, and it Is i ours. The fleet hasn't the food to sail. On Richard 1'arker's ship, the Sandwich, there is food only for a week. The others are almost as bad. We are In danger of being attacked. Sir Erasmus Gower, of the Neptune, has a fleet of warships, gunboats, and amateur armed vessels getting ready to attack us. The North sea fleet has come to help us, but that doesn't save us. I'll say this?we are io.val men In this fleet, otherwise our ships would have joined the enemy In the waters of France or Holland. They can't go now, in any case. The men have lost heart. "For the moment we have a majority in men and ships; but we can't renew our food or drink, or ammunlI tlon. The end is sure against us. Our I original agitation was just: our present obduracy is madness. The ship is I suspected. It is believed by the rest of the fleet?by ships like the Invincible?that we're weak-kneed, selfish and lacking in fidelity to the cause. That's not true; but we are in this position?we have either to fight or to run. and perhaps to do both. "Make no mistake. The government are not cowards; the admiralty are gentlemen of determination. If men like Admiral Howe support the admiralty?Howe, one of the best friends the seaman ever had?what do you think the end will be? live you heard O Cnlthno/I Tho CPA. uimi iici|J|'uuru ?ii ii|Miuvuu *i?v. vv?. men chivvied Admiral Alan Gardner and his colleagues aboard a ship. He caught hold of a seaman Delegate by the collar and shook him. They closed In on him. They handled him roughly. He sprang on the hammock nettings, put the noose of the hanging-rope round his neck, and said to the men who advanced menacingly: " 'If you will return to your duty, you may hang me at the yard-arm!' "That's the kind of stuff our admirals are made of. We have no quarrel with the majority of our officers. They're straight, they're honest, and they're true to their game. Our quarrel is with parliament and the admiralty; our struggle is with the people of the kingdom, who have not seen to it that our wrongs are put right, that we have food to eat, water to drink and money to spend." He waved a hand, as though to sweep away the criticisms he felt must oe rising against mm. "Don'r think because I've spent four years in prison under the sternest discipline the world offers, and have never been a seaman before, that I'm not fitted to espouse your cause. Ity Heaven, I am?I am?I am! I know the wrongs you've suffered. I've snielled the water you drink. I've tasted the rotten meat. I've seen the honest seaman who has been for years upon the main?I've seen the scars upon his back got from a brutal officer ??. ? Hi... t.ir. lilfT n idli tr> do and flogged him for not doing it. I know of men who, fevered with bad food, 1 have fallen, from the main masthead, or have slipped overboard, glad to go. because of the wrongs they've suffered, "I'll tell you what our fate will be, and then I'll put a question to you. We must either give up our stock of provisions or run for It. I'arker and the other Delegates proclaim their com ENS PARKER I first t<? last. There's been one jrood thins: about it only?we've p>t order I witliinn erue.itv. we've reltelled without i ravageniont; hut we've missed the way. and we didn't deal with the admiralty commissioners as we ought. So I'm for joining up with the captain here"?lie waved a hand toward Dyck ?"and making for open sen. As sure as God's above they'll try to hammer us; hut it's tiie only way." He held a handkerchief?a dirty, red silk thing. "See," he continued, "the wind is right to take us out. The other ships won't know what we're going to do until we start. I'm for getting off. I'm a pressed man. I haven't seen my girl for five years, and they won't let me free in port to go and see her. Nothing can he worse than what we have to suffer now, so let's make n break for it. That's what I say. Come, now, lads, three cheers lor Captain Calhoun !" A half-hour later, on the captain's deck, Dyck gave the order to pass eastward. It was sunset when they started. and they had not gone a thousand yards before some of the inutineerlng ships opened tire on the Ariadne. The breeze was good, however, and she sailed bravely through the leaden storm. Once?twice?thrice she was hit, hut she sped on. By daylight the Ariadne was well away from the land. The first thing Dyck had done, after j escaping from the river, wns to study the wants of the Arindne and make an estimate for the future with Greenock, the master. He calculated they hnd food and water enough to last for three months, even with liberal provisioning. Going among the crew, he realized there was no depression among them; thnt they seemed to care little where they were going. It was, however, quite clear they wished to tight?to fight the enemies of England. Perhaps no mutineer in the history of the world ever succeeded, as did Dyck Calhoun, in holding control over fellow-mutineers on the Journey from the English channel to the Caribbean sea. As a boy Dyck hnd been an expert sailor, had studied the machinery of a man-of-war, and ids Jove of the sea was innate and deep-seated; hut his present success wns based upon more than experience. Quite apart from the honor of his nature, prison hnd deepened In him the hatred of injustice. In soul he wns bitter; in body he wns healthy, powerful and sane. Slowly, sternly, yet tactfully, he had broken down the many customs of ship life Injurious to the welfare of the men. Under his system the sailors had good coffee for breakfast, instead of a horrible mixture made of burnt biscuits cooked In foul water. He gave i the men pea soup and rice Instead or burgoo and the wretched oatmeal mess which was the staple thinp for breakfast. He saw to It that the meat was no lonper a hateful, repulsive mass. two-thirds bone and pristle, and before > it came into the cook's hands capable > of beinp polished like mahopnny. He , threatened the cook with punishment i if he found the meals ill-cooked. Of the common sailors, on the whole. Dyck had little doubt. He had Informed them that, whatever happened, they should not be in danper; that the ship should not join the West Indian fleet unless every man except himself received amnesty. If the amnesty was not pranted. then one of two things i should happen?the ship must make for a South American port, or she must | fight. Fighting would not frighten I these men. E? I ? as the weeks that had passed since they left the Thames had given them hotter food and drink, and lessened the severity of those above them, real obedience had come. It was not strange that the ship ran well, for all the officers under the new conditions, except Dyck himself, had had previous experience. The old lieutenants had gone, but midshipmen, who In any case were trained, had taken their places. The rest of the ship's staff were the same, except the captain; and as Dyck had made a friend of Greenock the master, a man of glumness, the days were peaceful enough during the voyage to the Caribbean sen. mi * *4 ? nKAMt* nof nf ine majority s?w mm cicij ??., Dyck had proved him just and capable. He had rigidly insisted on pun practice; he had keyed up the marines to a better spirit, and churlishness had been promptly punished. He was, In effect, what the sailors called a "ropue," or a "taut one"?seldom smlllnp, pnunt of face but fearless of eye. and with a body free from fatipue. As the weather grew warmer nnd the days longer, and they drew near to the coast of Jamaica, a stir of excitement was shown. "You'd like to know what I'm going to do, Michael, I suppose?" said Dyck one morning, as he drank *his coffee nnd watched the sun creeping up the sky. "Well, in three days we shall know what's to become of us, nnd I have no doubt or fear. This ship's a rebel, but it's returning to duty. We've shown them how a ship can be run with pood food nnd drink and fair dealing, nnd, please God, we'll have some work to do now that belongs to u manof-war!" "Sir, I know what you mean to do." replied Michael. "You mean to pet all of us off by giving yourself up." "Well, some one has to pay for what we've done, Michael." A dark, ruthless light came into Dyck's eyes. "Some one's got to pay." A grim smile crossed his face. "We've done the forbidden thing; we've mutinied and taken to the open sen. We were fired on by the other mutiny ships, nnd that will help our sailors, but it won't help me. I'm the lender. We ought, of course, to have taken refuge with the nearest squadron of the king's ships. Well, I've run my luck, and I'll have to pay." He scratched his chin with a thumbnail?a permanent physical trait. "You see, the government has pardoned all the sailors, nnd will hnng only tilt* lenders. I expect Parker is hung al.......i? Woii I'm the |pnd(>i on the Ariadne. I'm taking this ship straight to his majesty's West Indian fleet, in thorough discipline, and I'll hand it over well found, well manned, well officered. on condition that all go free except myself. I came aboard a common sailor, a quota man, a prisonbird, penniless. Well, have I shown that I can run a ship? Have I learned the game of control? During the weeks we've been, at sen, bursting along, have I proved myself?" Michael smiled. "What did I say to you the first night on board, sir? Didn't I say they'd make an officer of you when they found out what brains you had? By St. Patrick, you've made yourself cnptnin with the good-will of all, and your irort hand has held the thing together. "You've got a great head, too, sir!" Dyefc looked at him with a face In whleh the far future showed. "Michael. I've been lucky. I've been "well served. It "'as a great thing, making the new lieutenants from the midshipmen. There never was a better lot on board a ship." Before the day was over the whole ship was alive with anticipation, for, in the far distance, could lie seen the (.'ark Idue and purplish shadows which f"l*1 1. n n?l tltiu hl*rtiif?ht tllP minds of all to the end of their journey, with thoughts of the crisis near. Word had been passed that all on hoard were considered safe?all except the captain who had maneuvered them to the entrance of the Caribbean sea. Had he been of their own origin, they would not have placed so much credence in the rumor; but coming as he did of an ancient Irish family, although he had been In jail for killing, the traditional respect for the word of a gentleman influenced thetn. When a man like Kerens, on the one hand, and a mutineer whose lingers had been mutilated by Dyck in the channel, on the other?when these agreed to bend themselves to the rule of a usurper, some idea of Calhoun's power may be got. On this day, with the glimmer of land in the far distance, the charges of all the guns were renewed. Also word was passed that at any moment tlie ship must be cleared for action. Down in the cockpit the tables were got ready by the surgeon and tlie loblolly boys; the magazines were opened, and the guards were put on duty. To the right of the Ariadne was the coast of Cuba; to the left was the coast of Haiti, both invisible to the eye. Although the knowledge that they were Hearing land had already given the officers 1111(1 men a feeling of elation. tlu' ft't'lliifr was greatly intensified as they came through the TurtIsland passage, which is a kind of gateway to tlu* Windward passage between Cuba and Haiti. The glory of the sunny, tropical world was upon the ship and upon the sea; it crept into the blood of every man. and the sweet summer weather gave confidence to their minds. It was a day which only those who knew tropical and semitropical seas can understand. It had the sense of soaking luxury. In his cabin, with the ship's chart on the table before him. I>yek Calhoun studied the course of the Ariadne. The wind was fair and good, the sen-birds hovered overhead. From a distant lulhor The Seats of tfc "The Right o < part of the ship came the sound of men's voices in song. "Well, what is it?" lie asked of u marine who appeared in his doorway. "The master of the ship begs to see ' you, sir," was the reply, i A moment afterward Greenock en[ tered. lie asked Dyck several ques| tions concerning the possible fighting, the disposition of ammunition and all that, and said at last: "I think we shall lie of use, sir. The | ship's all right now." "As right us anything human can be. I've got faith In my star, master." A light euine into the other man's dour face. "I wish you'd get Into uniform, sir." "Uniform? No, Greenock! No, I use the borrowed power, hut not the borrowed clothes. I'm a common sailor, and I wear the common sailor's clothes. You've earned your uniform, and it suits you. Stick to it; and when I've earned a captain's uniform I'll It- T Atrn VA11 tho CiiPPOQS nf this voyage so far, and my heart is full of It, up to the brim. Hark, what's that?" "By God, it's guns, sir! There's fighting on!" "Fighting!" Dyck stood for n minute with head thrust forward, eyes fixed upon the distant mists ahead. The rumble of the guns came faintly through the air. An exultant look came into his face. "Master, the game's with us?it is fighting! I know the difference beDyck Calhoun Could See the Struggle Going On. tween the two sets of guns, English and French. Listen?that quick, spasmodic firing Is French; the steady-asthunder Is English. Well, we've got all sail on. Now, make ready the ship for fighting!" "She's almost ready, sir." An hour later the light mist had risen, and almost suddenly the Ariadne seemed to come into the field of battie. Dyck Cnlhoun could see the struggle going on. The two sets of enemy ships had come to close quarters, and in some cases were locked in deudly conllict. In other cases ships, still apart, fired at point-blank range, and Jill the horrors of slaughter were in full swing. From the square blue flag at the mizzen topgallant masthead of one of the British ships engaged. Dyck realized that the admiral's own craft was in some peril. He saw with satisfaction that the way lay open for the Ariadne to bear down upon the French ship, engaged with the admiral's small ship, and help to end the struggle successfully for the British cause. While still too far away for pointhlank range, the Ariadne's guns began upon the French ships distinguishable by their shape and their colors. Before the first shot was fired, however, Dyck made a tour of the decks and gave some word of cheer to the men. The Ariadne lost no time In getting Into the thick of the fight. The seamen were stripped to the waist, and blnck silk handkerchiefs were tightly hound round their lieuds and over their ears. What the French thought of the coming of the Ariadne was shown by the reply they made presently to her firing. The number of French ships in action was greater than the British I by six, and the Ariadne arrived just when she could be of greatest service. The boldness of her seamanship, and the favor of the wind, gave her an advantage which good fortune helped to ! Justify. As she drew in upon the action, she j gave herself up to great danger; she was coming in upon the rear of the French ships, and was subject to tierc*1 attack. To the French she seented like a fugitive warrior returning to camp just when lie was most needed, as was indeed the case. Two of her shots settled one of the enemy's ves1 sels; and before the others could converge upon her. she had crawled slowly up against the off side of the French admiral's ship, which was closely engaged with the Beatitude, the British .1?..I.in .. > ilu, <ithi>r side The canister, chain-shot and lanprel <>f the French foe had caused much injury to the Ariadne, and her canvas was in a sore plight. Fifty of her seamen had been killed, and a hundred and fifty were wounded by the time she readied the starboard side of the Aquitaine. She would have lost runny more were it not that her onset de; moralized the French (runners, while ; the cheers of the British sailors aboard the Beatitude pave confidence to their mutineer comrades. On his own deck, Dyck watched the progress of the battle with the Joy of ?f le Mighty" f Way" Copyright by Sir Gilbert Parker a natural lighter. Lie laid carried the thing to an almost Impossible success. There laid only been this in his favor, that his was 1111 unexpected entrance? a fact which had been worth another ship at lenst. He saw his hoarders struggle for the Aquitaine. He saw them discharge tiieir pistols, and then , resort to the cutlass and the dagger; and the marines bringing down their victims from the masts of the French ling-ship. Presently he heard the savagely 1 buoyant shouts of the Beatitude men, and he realized that, by his coming, ' the admiral of the French lleet hud been obliged to yield up his sword, and ( to signal to his ships?such as could? to get away. Tlint half of tliera sue- ^ ceeded in doing so was due to the fact ^ that the British fleet had been heavily Imndlnd ifi th*> fli'lif and would have been defeated hud it not been for the opportune arrival of the Ariadne. Never, perhaps, in the history of the ; navy, had British ships clamped the enemy as the Aquitnine was clamped by the Beatitude and the Ariadne. Certain it is that no admiral of the ( British lleet had ever to perform two such acts in one day as receiving the submission of a French admiral und , offering thanks to the captain of a t British man of war whom, while t thanking, he must at once place uu- j der arrest as a mutineer. What might have chanced further to Dyck's disadvantage can never be ^known. because there appeared on the 1 deck of the Beatitude, as its cnptaln under the rear admiral, Captain Ivy, t who, five years before, had visited 1 Dyck and his father at I'laymore, and had gone with them to Dublin. ( The admiral had sent word to thf 1 Ariadne for Its cnptaln to come to the Beatitude. When the captain's gig arrived, and a man in seaman's clothes essayed to climb the side of ' the flagship, he was at first prevented. < Captain Ivy. however, Immediately gave orders for Dyck to be admitted, but without honors. t r=============~| i "You've done quite well Mr. Calhoun, but my instruction* were to hang you." (TO BE CONTINUED.) MUST PROPOSE AMID NOISE Curious Marriage Custom That Still Prevails in Some of the Norwegian Districts. Along the fjords of Norway the old customs are fust dying out, Just as they ?eem swiftly to be passing In every other country of modern Europe. But In some of the fjord sections one may still witness n few of the old customs In all their ancient charm, and sometimes their oldtime whimsicality and love of rough piny?for instance. In what happens when a young man proposes and during the wedding ceremony. ,11 Af Irnnum nc? Qnorn It hflQ Ill tilt? Ul.'Mlltl nin/Mii UO ?. ...w been the custom for generations for the boys of the country-side to keep such close wntch on their brothers that they know Just when one Is going to ask his sweetheart's parents for her hand. Hardly has the young man entered the house than from every side comes the roar of small cannon and the rattle of rifles flrod In the air, and the ringing of bells and blowing of horns. The day of the wedding, however, the bridegroom's old friends flock to his side nnd playfully endeavor to keep his courage high. That neither he nor the bride escapes without due : share of teasing is clear In the fact 1 that sometimes as many as\200 guests are at the wedding, and that the festivities may Inst an entire week. The day when the nuptials are to be celebrated the bride and bridegroom, 1 their parents nnd other relatives and 1 the guests form In line. Headed by < the fiddler they march to the doors of { the church. It has happened that two 1 or even three wedding parties meet either on the way or at the church. Then there is a notable competition between the fiddlers. Each tries to ; outdo the other.?Temple Manning in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. < I POLO PLAYED FOR CENTURIES Game Is Known to Have Been In Ex- ' istence for More Than Two Thousand Years. 1 During Its existence of more than two thousand years ,here have been twelve varieties of the game of polo. The earliest form known was priml- ' five, consisting of feats of horseman- 1 ship and skill. The early Persian form described in Slinmnna was a highly ' organized game with rules, played by ' four on each side. In Persia, in the | Sixteenth century, the grounds were :iUO by 170 yards, and the play resembled the rough football of the same ( period in England. This game became y more highly organized in the next ; century. 1 The Byzantine form played at Con- ' j stantinople in the "Velfth century i used a leather ball the size of an apple ! and a racquet. The Chinese game, in I vogue about 000 A. I)., was played 1 j with a light wooden ball. The Jap| nnese form, popular in feudal times, still survives under the name of dakin, or hall match. ' In an ancient Indian variety the 1 sides are ranged tip on opposite ends of the grounds and the ball is thrown in. This is probably the form of the ( game wuich reached India from Persia ( and is represented today by Manlpur and Gilglt polo, though these forms are , i rougher than the old Indian game. JUST A LITTLE SMILE GREEN, ALL RIGHT. A rather green looking chap went into one of our department stores the Dther day and, sauntering up to the counter, where dozens of men's caps were displayed, he looked carefully through the stock, but seemed unable to find what he wanted. "Just what kind of a cap are you looking for?" uskcd the salesman at length. "Well, said the youth. 'I bought me [i motorcycle the other day, and I thought I'd like one of those caps with i peek ut the back."?Boston Trnnjcript. Hia Gain. "She declined to marry him after ill." "I suppose he's heartbroken." "I don't think so. lie says things vorked out all right. He asked for i raise in pay. thinking he was about o get married, and received it, und so ie's that much ahead of the game." Argument Didn't Work. Wife?What did you mean by klssng Charlotte in the hall? Professor?Did I? Really, I do not enow a thing about It?I must have )een absent-minded when I did It? Wife?Huh! It's very seldom yon ire so absent-minded toward me!? \asper (Stockholm). A Clear Distinction. "The Blanks and the Browns are >oth newly rich, but they don't associate." "Why not?" m ?? a. -1 j.ne iiinnKs ieei auuve um 3rowns. They made their money In eflned sugar, while the Browns made heirs In crude oil." SUCH IS LIFE He: I've spent fifteen unhappy years with you. She: Yes, but you've never spent many unhappy dollars on me. The Vamp. | A vampire hath a gaze Intense, She doesn't think or read much. Some say she has but little senseBut then she doesn't need much. Why We Snorted. We sat Ir. front of them at the .heater. It was during the tense minute of the play when the heroine waa about to part forever from her sweetheart : "Say," said the woman behind us to her friend: "Do you break many dishes? You know I'm awt'ully unlucky that way." ?????? i'i ' A Discouraging Impression. "People don't read Dickens as much as they used to." "So," replied Miss Cayenne. "The illustrations in most Dickens publications discourage a reader at the outset. They show people whose clothes are so terribly out of style." No Self-Flattery. "Are you a servant of the people?" "No," replied Senator Sorghum; "1 don't feel that way about It. While I enlov a fair measure of confidence and esteem, nobody thinks of making the complimentary fuss over me that Is made over a good servant." Relatively Safe. "You are as safe in an airship as rou are on the ground." "Maybe I am," replied the patient ?iti7.en. "I live in a town where they lave grade crossings." Information. Autolst?Where do these two roads ead to? Farmer?Well, you see, this here oad lends to my house, and the other :oes strnight ahead! Cheering Thought. He (gloomily)?"I'm afraid It's no y use; your father has such nn aversion fo me." She?"Don't worry, dear. He has a stlU greater aversion to paying my Jills." No More Efficient. Orator?When I was in Africa 1 liscovered a tribe whose husbands all yore rings in their noses. Heckler?And were they led round iny easier than the rest of us??TltUts. No Room for Question. "Your husband plays curds a great leal." "Yes," snld young Mrs. Torklns. i.t? Ka o Kramlvi'lnnPr?" 1? lie 44 I" "lie was last night. They used crackers and ginger snaps for poker hips." Preparatory Training. "Johnny," said the teacher reprovngly. "you misspelled most of the ,\ords in your composition." "Yes'm, I'm going to be a dialect vritor."