Boys Own Paper 30th November 1912

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NO. 9, NEW VOLUME.](VOL. xxxv.)

S AT U R D AY, N O V E M B E R SO, 1912. Pr ice One Penny.[ A L L R I G H T S R E S E RV E D . ]

The fiery Totem:A T A L E O F A D V E N T U R E I N T H E C A N A D I A N N O R T H - W E S T .

By ARGYLL SAXBY, M.A., F.R.Q.S.,

Author oj " Brave*, While and Red" " Call of Honour," " Comrades Three I " " Toviak," " Tangled Trails," etc., etc.

4 He saw that hi s chum ha d sunk ve t farther, an d that th eweight w a s dragging down the dog." {See page 131).

CHAPTER X I . — T O T HE RESCUE !

As Bo b had surmised f rom the soundst h a t reached him, Alf had not b een

long in str iking luck. Shor tly after leavin g

the camp he bagged first one chicken and

then another, and in a short t ime was lucky

enough to bring d o w n a fine jack-rabbit .

T h e n he has tened bac k to camp and a r r ived

there just as he heard the sound of B o b ' s gu n

in the far distance.

"I guess I ' ve done the

be t te r o f the tw o , " he

said m erri ly, as he dis

p layed the resu l t of his half-hour 's h u n t ." That's the first shot t h a t I 've heard f rom

B o b . "" There ' s no te l l ing . May be you r f r i end

has sho t an e lep han t ! " remarked Ma ckin

tosh. " Her e, Hag gis ! T ak ' these birds

and the beastie f rom the laddie , and dress

the m for the spit . Ther e 's a f ine roasting

fire, and w e'l l be hav ing dinne r all ready

b y the t ime Mais te r Bo b ge t s back . I ' m

th ink ing t h a t he ' s c o m e of f s e c o n d bes t the

d a y. "



130 The "Boy's Oban Taper." No t muc h p r a i s e t o me . I f there ' s

no th ing t o s hoo t , a fe l low can ' t g e t much o f a b ag, can he ? " re mark ed Alf genero usly.H e was read y enou gh to laugh a t h is f r iendin a g o o d -h umo ured w ay . I t was q u i t ea n o t h e r m a t t e r, how e v e r , f o r any o the r pe rs o n to cas t the s l ightes t sneer a t h is chu m." I was luck y in f inding spor t r ight a t h and .Bu t wh e n i t c o m e s t o s h o o t i n g — a q u i c k a i m in the eve nin g or a t the r u n — I c a n ' th o l d a c and l e t o Arno ld . Ha r k ! D i d y o uhear t h a t 1 He ha s b rou g h t do wn t w o t oba l an ce w i t h m y t h r e e . "

" Yo u n g b o y s g ive l ong t r a i l , " r e m a r k e dthe hal f -breed, who was pushing w o o d e nskewe r s t h r o ugh t he b i rd s , p r epa r a to r y t oba l an c ing t h em on w o o d e n Y 's be fo r e t hefire.

" To o l o n g , " g r u n t e d t h e S c o t s m a n ." W e can ' t a fford to wast e t im e. I wasmean i ng t o s tar t off again s o o n a f t e r d inne r. "

Bu t by the t ime the bi rds were rea dy forea t i n g , and t h e i ne v i t a b l e coffee was hot inthe bi l ly- t in , there were no s igns of the

b o y ' s re turn .M a c k i n t o s h w a s p l a i n l y a n n o y e d ." I d inna l ike t h a t s o r t o ' g o i n g - o n , " h e

g rum bl e d . " Tim e i s t ime , and i f a b o d ydoesn ' t k e ep t o t i m e , there ' s n o k n o w i n gwha t dee f i cu lt i e s m a y a r i s e . "

Bu t A l f k ne w h i s f r i end b e t t e r t h a n

Mack i n t o sh d id . He kne w t h a t t h e exc i t emen t o f t h e cha se mig h t result in a l i t t le

la teness , for no one is perf ect in m a t t e r s o f punc tu a l i t y ( o r any t h ing e l s e , f o r t h a tm a t t e r ) u n d e r unusual c i r c u m s t a n c e s . A n dthe l a d ' s anx i e t y ha d b ee n g r adua l l y i nc r ea sing a s t h e de l a y had b ee n p ro l o ng ed , t hou ghhe sa id noth ing co nce rni ng his fee l ings unt i l

the man offered the remar k t h a t ra therd i sp l ea s ed h im .

" I d o n ' t t h i n k i t ' s qui te fa i r to judge afe l low unt i l w e k n o w a l l t he r e a so ns , " hesa id w i t h s t o u t r e s en tm en t . " B o b i s n o tt he ch ap t o f o rge t o th e r peop l e . The re ' s n o ta b i t of se l f ishness abou t h im ."

" Ye t I 'm t h i nk in g t h a t t h e s i l l y l a d d i e has f o r g o t t e n th i s t i m e , t h o u g h , m i n d y o u ,I 'm no ' s ay i n g t h a t he 's o ' a sel f ish mak e, "re turned M a c k i n t o s h a l i t t le m o r e g e n t l y,s ee i n g how h i s p r e v ious wor ds had h u r tAlf . " I ken fine t h a t b o y s wil l be b o y s "

" A n d B o b i s — B o b — o n e o f t h e b e s tfe l lows t h a t e v e r l i v e d . — L i s t e n ! W h a t ' st h a t ? "

T h e bo y ha d su d d en l y s ta r ted , a n d b e n tfo rwa rd w i th i n t e n t l i s tening , for h is quick ea r h ad ca u g h t t h e s o un d o f tw o sho t sf ired in rapid success ion. Th ey were ver ydis tan t sounds , but s t i l l , far away as theyw e r e , the c lear western a i r enab led t he mto r eac h d i s t i nc t l y a c r o s s t h e d i s t ance .

" T h a t ' s B o b ' s gu n ! I kn ow i t s v o i c e ! " thel ad exc l a ime d , and ha rd l y we re t he w ordsut te red than tw o mo re sho t s we re hea rd—equa l l y dis tan t ye t equa l l y c l e a r.

" T h a t ' s que e r— " began Mack in t o shthough t fu l l y, whe n A l f in te r rupted h im b yspr ing ing up f ro m the ground where he hadbeen s it t i ng , a n d ex c l a iming i n t r ou b l ed

e x c i t e m e n t :" Queer ? I t means t h a t Bo b i s i n dange r.

See !. Th er e it is agai n ! "T w o more shots were heard , f o l l o w e d i n a

sho r t t ime b y ano t h e r d oub l e .B y this t i m e M ack i n to sh was t h o rough ly

rouse d . H i s b ackw ood s expe r i enc e t o ld

h im wha t a c hu m ' s sym p a t hy had a l r ead yga the r ed , tha t no f r eak o f s po r t i n g oppo rtun i t ies wo ul d cau se thes e shots to be firedat such regular in tervals . They c o u l dme an no t h ing e l s e t h a n a s ignal of d is t ress .

" C o m e , Hag gis ! " he sa id in s te ady to nest h a t s h o w ed h ow r eady he was fo r anye m e r g e n c y. " Le av e those bi rd s and se ty o u r b es t f o o t f o rwa r d . The re ' s t r a ck ingto be done , and t h a t r i g h t q u i c k l y. "

Picking up his r i f le and bidding Alf t a k eh i s gun , Mack i n to sh a t o n c e made a m o v et o w a r d s t h a t p a r t o f t he bush whe re Bo bh a d last been seen. Hag gis and the do gB a n n o c k q u i c k l y f o l l o w e d , and t he fo rmerm o v e d with a l l the quie t swif tness of an a t i ve w ho was u sed t o mee t i ng t he un expected emergencies of l i fe wi thout being inan y degre e f lus tered. Th at l i fe ha d ma nyt imes b een in dang er, and i t s safe ty had on lyb een a t ta ined by be i ng i n a cons t an t s t a t e o f r e ad ine s s .

B y i n s t i nc t i ve acknow le dg men t o f t he

A N I C E L O B S T E R D R E S S I N G

p re se n ce o f a supe r io r c r a f tsmen , t he tw owhit e me n yie ld ed the plac e of leade r toH a g g i s , w h o q u i c k l y d i s c o v e r e d t h e t r a c k s

t h a t B o b ' s p ro g re s s had le f t beh in d . T hei mpr in t o f a r abb i t ' s f o o t wo u ld no t h aveescaped not ice f rom such eyes as those of t he ha l f -b r ee d , w ho had been t ra ined in allf o r e s t l o r e f r om h i s ba by ho od . H enc e itwas mere chi ld ' s p lay for h im to pick upthe t r ack of to p boo ts as wel l as the t racest h a t had been made by t he d i sp l acemen t o f g r a s se s and t ho rns .

Mean t i me , t he dis tan t sho t s we re c o nt inued a t in tervals , unt i l H o l d e n c o u n t e dtwen ty i n a l l .

P o o r bo y ! I t was l i t t le t o be w on de re da t t h a t he urged Haggis to press on wi thgrea te r speed, for now he was cer ta in t h a this ch um mu st b e in a terribl e fix, out fr omw h i c h there was no se l f -help . He woul dhard ly was te car t r i dges so reckless ly , werehe no t i n some d i r e e x t r emi ty .

" For go odnes s s ake , hurry ! " the bo ye x c l a i m e d , for even the rapid walking in

Indian file was all too s l o w for the patience"of one who was pressing to the rescue of his-f r iend.

Bu t t he ha l f -b r eed d id no t change t he pace ." W e s t ep enough q u i ck f o r b ush - t r ack , "

he sa id wi thout tu rn ing . " We no ' wish lose-

t r a ck . On prairie w e g o q u i c k — r u n ; b u tin bush s l o w. "

" Th e Hagg i s is r i gh t , " comp le t e d Mack into sh , whose pos i t i on was th i rd in the-p r o c e s s i o n . " I t ' s no ' g o o d t o be t o o qu iok -W e might lose the trail , a n d t h a t w o u l dmean a vexat ious delay to f ind i t again ."

A l f w a s f o r c e d t o a ckno wledg e t he t r u t hof the reason ing, tho ugh i t was a hard task fo r him to curb the des i re to make a madda sh fo rw a rd and t ake his chance of keeping,in the r ight t rack.

Th en the hal f -breed s to ppe d for a fewmome n t s , and ben t l ow to examine t h eg r ou nd and t he su r round ing s c rub .

" Wh at i s i t ? " que s t i oned Ho ld en ," Have you los t i t ? "

Hagg i s sh rugged h i s shou l de r s .

" Los t ? No . Hagg i s no ' l o se t r a ck -Bu t he f i nd o the r s—dee r. Whi t e boy sho tdeer, but no ki l l . Dee r jump—ru n—wh ite-b o y fol low qu i ck—th e re—the re ! "

A s h e spoke , t he ha l f -b r eed r ap i d ly po in t e dat the var ious s igns t h a t he had in te rpre ted-

T h e y were pla in enough to the nat ive eye,and , in a lesser deg ree , to the sight of th eS c o t s m a n . B u t Alf ' s i n expe r i enc e c o u l do n l y d i s t i ngu i sh an occa s iona l d i sp l ace men tof t h e unde rg rowth , t h ou gh he was we l lcon t e n t t o r e l y on t he op in ions o f t h osew h o were more ve r s e d than he i n woodc ra f t .

A g a i n the rescuers has tened onwards-w i th Ba nn ock b r i ng ing up t he rear, a n d

when a t last they came to a p a r t o f t h ebush where the trees were so mewha t f ewe r,H a g g i s s u d d e n l y s t o p p e d a n d p o i n t e dstraight in f ront of h im, excl a imi ng t heo n e sound :

" H a ! "H o l d e n was at the native's side in an.

ins tan t ." Wh a t i s it ? Wher e ? W ha t d o yo u

see ? " h e exc la i med ." In mid dle of grass—see ! "A l f l o o k e d , but a l l t h a t he saw was a he ad

and shou lde r s t h a t apparent ly res ted on the-g r a s s w i tho u t any l ower l imbs . The p o o rlad was indeed in the depth of ext remity, ,and he was a lmo st fa in t wi th e xhau st ion.

" B o b ! " c r i ed Ho lden i n an agony 0 0dis t ress , and d a r t e d for the c le ar ing.

Bu t he had bar e ly crossed a coup le of yards before a pai r of s t rong hands g r i p p e dh im and he ld h im f rom mov i ng .

" No ! No ! Y o u dare n o t — " s a i dMack i n t o sh , bu t t he l ad s t r ugg l ed f r an t i c a l l yto f ree h imself f rom the powerful gr ip .

" Le t me go ! Le t me go ! Can ' t yo u se et h a t Bo b i s l y i ng h u r t ? " he cr ied f rant ica l ly.

But the hands d id no t s l a ck ." Wai t , l add i e , " s a id t he man ' s k ind ly

v o i c e . " Wa i t , or we ' l l be havi ng two-l ives t o a ccoun t f o r. Yo n ' s a muskeg—a l iv ing bo g. I t ' s dea th t o t hem tha t sets a

care less f o o t on yon g r een g r a s s . "Ins tan t ly Alf ' s s t ruggles ceased , and fo r

the moment he was l imp in the a r m s that-supp or te d him. Th e horro r of learning of h is f r iend 's p l ight s t ruck him dum b an ds uspended t he pow er t o m o v e .

" C o m e , c o m e , l add i e . You mustn ' t g i v e



The Fiery Totem. 131

in. Yo ur fr iend's l i fe depe nds on you r

s t r e n g t h . "

Mackin tosh was a man of the wor ld, whose

exper ience enabled him to be a g o o d j u d g e

of character. An d he well kne w the sort of

counsel that would inev i t ab ly stir al l tha t

was best in the b oy and lend s t rength t o

his pluck. He jud ged right ly, for imm edi

ately Alf s t ra igh tened himself with set l ips,

s t eady eyes , and con t ro l l ed n e rves .

" Forgi ve me ," he said quiet ly. " Bu t

i t knocked me over to t h i n k o f B o b — o u t

the re . "" I 'm no ' b laming yo u , l add ie . Bu t you ' l l

need all your s t rength now, for I th ink tha t

you r friend is p a s t he lp ing h imse l f—or

nearly." The n Mack into sh faced the muskeg

and called loudly.

" Hull o ! B o b ! Can yo u hear me ? "

Very slowly the eye lids were seen to op en,

the head moved s l igh t ly." Can yo u hold out for a bit longer ? Can

y o u ge t a coa t under your a r m s if I send it

to you ? " were the next ques tions .

The boy did not answer at o n c e . H eseemed daze d, and the man repea ted his

questions.

Then came the answer, spoke n weakly

and with an a p p a r e n t g r e a t effort ." I ' ll t r y. B u t — c o m e — q u i c k l y — " A n d

the eyes half c l o s e d aga in ." T h a t ' s r i g h t . Ho ld o n for a wee bit ,

and we' l l hav e yo u oo t o ' tha t mess in a

j i f f y ! "

Withou t paus ing to exp la in h i s in ten t ions ,

Mack in tosh then qui ckl y str ippe d off his

leather hunt ing- jacke t , em pt ied the pock e t s

of all tha t cou ld we igh t i t , and ca l l ed Ban noc k

to his side.

" See , Ban noc k ," he sa id , " I ' m go ingto t ie a sleeve to your collar—like th i s . N o w

y o u m u s t go over t h e r e . Do yo u see ? R igh t

over there where someo ne needs yo ur he l p . "

He poin ted toward s Bo b as he spok e, and

the intel l igent col l ie l o o k e d s t ra igh t in the

direction indic ated. H e had often ha d

game pointe d out to him in the same way, so

quickly unde rsto od what was wante d of him.

" Off yo u go ! " his master then c o mmanded . " Off yo u go—qu ick —qu ick ! "

The dog needed no secon d b idd ing . He

sprang forward at o n c e towa rds the hapless

boy, dragging the coat with him." Bannock ' s comi ng ! " shou ted Mack in

tosh. " Whe n he's t h e r e , grip the coat an dlean on i t . He' l l no ' mo ve when I bid him

s tay. "

" 411 r i g h t , " cam e the faint repl y.

The ground tha t was so treach erous to

the heavy boots of the incautious h u n t e r

c o u l d play no similar tr icks w ith the l ight

t read of the col l ie , and in a few minut es he

had reached the goal .

" Lie d own ! " the g r e a t v o i c e rang o u t ,

and the animal imme diat ely cro uch ed c l o s e

to the boy , who had j u s t s t rength e n o u g h

left to lay hold upo n the ja ck et in suc h a wa y

tha t i t formed a sl ight sup port of a temp ora ry

na tu re to check further sinking for the t ime .

Bu t ho w to draw the boy from the slough 1

T h a t was the next problem.

Al f tu rned ques t ion ingly to the Sco t s man ." Ge t to work and b reak off as m an y

branch es as you can ," was the reply to the

l o o k . " Hagg is , you ' ve go t yo ur toma

hawk ? We l l , cut down a lot o ' these s t ra igh t

popla rs. I ' l l give a h a n d to the l add ie . "

It was no t lo ng befor e the s h a r p axe had

la id p rone a num ber o f youn g pop la r s and

p a r t l y lop ped them, whi le Mack in tos h an d

Al f h ad t o r n do wn a num ber o f map le and

other leafy branches tha t would l ie fair ly

flat . Thes e were gath ered t o the edg e of the

m u s k e g .

" Yo u ' re no ' f ea red to t a k e a bit o' risk f or

yo ur fr iend's sake ? " the man then asked ,

t u r n i n g a l o o k of conf idenc e to the b oy ." Afra id ? " e cho ed Al f con t empt uous ly.

" Tel l me wha t to do , and—w el l , I ' d g ive

my life for B o b ! "

" T h a t ' s as i t should b e , " r e t u r n e d M a c k i n

tosh appro v ing ly. " ' G r e a t e r l o v e ha th n o

m a n than t h a t he la y do wn his li fe for his

fr iend. ' I wo uld offer to do this myse l f ,

on ly I 'm a g r e a t h e a v y g o w k , and Haggis i s

n o ' m u c h b e t t e r. But yo u ' r e l igh t a s a

fea the r compare d wi th us . No w we ' l l pu t

two o ' these pole s l ike the sides o ' a ladd er ;

t h e n some o ' the b ranches c ross -w ays .

A n d you ' l l go ou t and bu i ld fa r ther as we

h a n d to yo u . Can yo u do th i s ? "

" Of co ur se ," replie d Alf f irmly." A n d d o n ' t hurry. W o r k sure a nd

stea dy. Th e turf wil l s t a n d the we igh t

wi th on ly yo u on i t . An d when you reach

B o b , you ' l l sp read the b ranches a l l round .

T h e res t I l e a v e t o y o u . "

T o Alf i t seem ed hours bef ore ev en t he

first s ecti on of the ladd er was co mp let ed ,

but he did his best to con tro l his imp ati enc e,

knowi ng we l l the va lue o f Mack in tosh ' s

a d v i c e ; and at last came the moment o f

j o y when he was ready fo r the secon d po les

to proj ect from the ends of the f irst o nes,

and the fresh suppl y of bran ches . Bu t i t

was a tedious u n d e r t a k i n g at the best , made

d o u b l y so by anxie ty t o reach the e nd ;f or each t im e the sup ply of build ing mater ia l

was exhaus ted he had to c reep back fo r

m o r e , as the men dare d no t t rus t t h e i r

weig ht far fro m the edg e of the mus keg .

A l l this t ime Bo b was wa tch ing the work

as a s t a r v i n g man feasts his eye s up on the

nearness of f o o d and d r ink .

N o w a n d t h e n Alf spok e encou rag ing

words, but he did not relax his energies,

nor did the sufferer make answer e xc ep t

o n c e , when he s t i r red himself to say pluckily :" I t ' s—al l—right , Alf . I can— hold ou t —

f o r — s o m e t i m e — "

Y e t when the younger l ad o n c e g l a n c e d

ahead of him, the c o l d swea t b roke ou t over

hi s b o d y , for he saw t h a t his ch um had sunk

y e t fa r ther, an d t h a t the weig ht was drag

g ing do wn the do g as we l l ." I ' m c o m i n g , B o b ! I ' l l b e v e r y s o o n

n o w ! " t he lad f o r c e d himself to call cheeri ly.

A n d , oh ! t he j oy of t h a t m o m e n t w h e n

at l as t the b r idge was comp le te d , and Alff

c o u l d bend dow n to g r ip h i s exhaus t ed chu m

benea th the a r m s !

" Be ca re fu l ! " ca l l ed Mack in t osh ." Do n ' t j e rk . Pu l l s t eady ! "

Inc h by inc h Alf fel t the mud release i ts

hold upon i ts prey as he s t ra ined e v e r y o u n c e

o f s t r e n g t h t o d r a g his fr iend from the

c la mmy gr ip . I t was a t r eme ndous e ffo r t,

f or the b oy was sl ight and th e hol d of the

muskeg adde d we igh t to Bob ' s by no mean s

s lender bu lk . Bu t a t l as t A r n o l d ' s a r m s

were clear, and in t im e he was dra gge d so

fa r t h a t he cou ld res t hi s breas t u p o n t h e

s t r u c t u r e .

The n Al f paused fo r b r e a t h . But he d id

not del ay lon g. He set his t e e t h an d o n c emore resumed h i s t a s k . The n he made the

w o o d s r ing with a t r i u m p h a n t " E u r e k a ! "

f or Bo b lay sa fe upo n the b r i dge !

Ban noc k ba rked fo r jo y a l so , and s t rugg led

up to scamper back to his m a s t e r." J u s t in the nick of time ! Yo u ' v e s a v e d

m y l ife ! " m u t t e r e d Bo b gra te fu l ly when he

recovered a l i t t le of his s t r e n g t h af te r a

shor t res t .

A l f ' s rep ly was charac te r i s t i c ." Yo u ' l l t ake a deal of washin g, old m an ,

before you 'r e fi t for dece nt soc iety again ! "

T h e w a r m t h of the sun soo n restore d

som e of the o ld ener gy to the chil led b o d y ,

a nd af te r a t ime Bo b recov ered su ff i ci en t lyto crawl to safe ty in the wak e of his re scuer.

A n d when so l id l and was rega ined , p oo r

o l d Mackin tosh was fa i r ly c ry ing wi th joy." Lad s, lads ! but G od 's bee n kind to u s

th i s da y ! " he w as sayi ng, while the t e a r s

ran do wn h i s man l y, wea the r-bea ten chee ks .

The n he made a l l l augh b y sudde n ly s t a r t i n g

with a l o o k of hor ror in his face as he ex

c la imed :

" Ma con scie nce ! Bu t the bird s wil l be

b u r n t to c inders by th i s time ! "

{To be continued.')

THE SCOUTS' MOTTO s

' B E R E A D Y I '

BY THE REV. J.

" Be ready / " B o y s , ' t i s y ou r s t o - d a y,Thi s w a tc h w o rd thrilling, true

As that above Trafalgar ' s Ba yWhich Ne l s on ' s Navy k n e w.

Th e ready head and heart and hands,Brave de e d s have eve r dared ;

H e serves the best, the bes t comrrfands,W h o always is prepared I

Be ready / For yo u r comra d e s ' sake ,Fo r coun t ry and for Ki n g ;

T h e y who this manly m o t t o takeFail least in anything.

Be ready/ T h o u g h serene y o u r life,And peaceful all y o u r lo t ,

Perchance draws near the hour of strife,Though ye may k n ow i t not .

HUDSON, M.A. , F.R.S.L.

Be ready ! If so me s c o p e y e f indF o r helpful d e ed or word ;

Short- l ived th e c ha n c e of being k i n d ,So be not un prepared 1

Be ready I If s o m e b i rd or beastY e may assist or tend,

' Ti s mee t th e lowliest and the leastShould f ind th e S c o u t a friend.

Be ready 1 For we sorely ne e dA race as staunch and free

As that heroic Spartan b r e e dT h a t held Thermopylae 1

Be ready! So by land and s ea,While Time it s circui t runs,

Ou r sons of hero-sires shall b eT h e sires of hero-sons 1



132 The "Boy's Obvn Paper.

T HE FERRY OF THE LOAF.(From Scott's "Tales of a Grandfather.") (see Drawing on p. m.)

N OW , the hil l of Dunsi nane is upo n the on eside of a g r e a t valley, and the forest

o f Birn am is up on the other. Ther e aretwe lve mi les ' d i s t ance be twix t th em ; andbes ides t h a t , Macbeth thought i t was im

possible t h a t th e t rees cou ld ever c o m e t oth e assau l t of the cast le. H e t hereforeresol ved to fort i fy his cast le on th e hil l of Dunsi nane very strongly, as bein g a placein which he would alwa ys be sure to be safe.F o r this purpose he caused al l his g r e a tnobil i ty and Thanes to send in stones, andw o o d , and other th ings wanted in building,and to drag them wi th oxe n up to the t opo f the steep hil l where he was build ing theoastle.

N o w , amon g o the r nob les who wereo b l i g e d to send oxe n, and horses, andmater ia l s t o th i s l abor ious work , was onecalled Macduff, the Tha ne of Fife. Mac bet hwas afraid o f this Than e, for he was verypower fu l , and was accou n ted bo th b rave

and wis e ; a nd Macbe th thoug h t he wou ldmos t p robab ly jo in wi th Pr ince Malco lmif eve r he shou ld c o m e f rom England wi than army. T he King , therefo re, had apr iva te h a t r e d aga ins t the Thane of Fife,which he kep t conce a led f rom a l l menunt i l he shou ld have some oppor tu n i ty o f p u t t i n g him to d e a t h . Macduff, on his pa r t ,kep t upon his guard , and wen t to the K in g' scour t a s se ldom as he cou ld , t h i n k i n g himself never safe unless while in his own castleof Ke nn ow ay , whic h is on the coast of Fifen e a r to the mou th of the F i r t h o f F o r t h .

I t happened , however, t h a t the King hadsu mmo ned severa l of his nobl es, and Macduff,the Than e of Fife, amo ngs t others, t o a t t e n dhim at his new eastle of Dunsi nane ; andthey were a l l ob l iged to com e—no ne da reds t a y beh ind . No w, the King was to g ivethe n obles a g r e a t e n t e r t a i n m e n t , and prep a r a t i o n s were mad e for i t . In the meantime, Macbeth rode out with a few at tendan t sto see the oxen d r a g th e w o o d and the stonesup the hil l . So the y saw mos t of the ox entrudging up the hil l with grea t difficulty,and the burde ns were hea vy, and the weatherwas ex t reme ly ho t .

A t l eng th Macbe th saw a pa i r of oxen sot i r ed t h a t they c ou ld go no fa r ther up thehil l , but fel l down under the i r l o a d . T h e nthe King was ve ry angry, and d eman dedto know who i t was among his Thanes tha tha d sen t ox en so weak , and so unfi t forlabou r, when he had so much wor k for t hemto do . Someo ne rep l i ed t h a t t h e o x e n

be longed to Macduff, the Thane of Fife." The n," said the King, in g r e a t anger,

" since the Than e of Fife sends such w orthlessca t t l e as these to do my labour, I wil l puthis own neck into the y o k e , and make himd r a g the burdens h imself ."

There was a fr iend of Macduff who h e a r dthose angry expre ssions of the Ki ng , andhas tened to commu nica t e them to theThane of Fife, who was walking in the ha l lo f the Kin g's cast le while dinne r was preparing. The ins tan t t h a t Macduff h e a r dwhat the King had said, he knew he had notime to lose in makin g his es ca pe ; forwhenever Macbe th th rea tened to do mischief to anyone, he was sure to keep his word.

S o Macduf f snatche d u p from the table a

loaf of bread, calle d for his horses and hisse rvan ts , and was gallop ing bac k to his ow nprov ince of Fife, before Macb eth and theres t of the no bil i ty were re turned to thecastle. The question which the Kin g askedwas , what had bec ome of Macduff ? andbe ing in fo rmed t h a t he had fled fro m Dun sinane, he ordered a b o d y of his g u a r d s to

a t t e n d him, and mount ed on horseback himself to pursue the Thane, with thepurpose o f p u t t i n g him to d e a t h .

Macduff, in the m ea nti me, fled as fast ashorses ' f ee t cou ld ca r ry h im ; bu t he was

so i l l -p rov ided with mon ey fo r h i s expensest h a t , when he came to the g r e a t fe r ry overthe r ive r Tay , he had-no th in g to g ive tothe boa tm en wh o too k h im ac ross, excep t ingth e l o a f of bread which he had t a k e n f romthe Kin g's table. The place was called ,f o r a lon g t ime afterwards , the F e r r y of theLoaf .

Whe n Macduff go t in to h i s p rov in ce o f F i f e , whic h is on the ot her side of the Ta y, herode on fas te r t h a n before , towards h i s ow ncas t l e o f Kennoway, which , a s I to ld you ,s t a n d s c l o s e by the sea-side ; and whe n hereac hed i t , the Ki ng and his g u a r d s were no tfar behi nd him. Macduff orde red his w i f et o s h u t the gates of the cast le , dra w upthe d rawbr id ge , and on no accoun t to pe rmi t

the Ki ng or any of his soldiers to en te r. I nthe meant ime, he went to the small h arbo urbelon ging to the cast le, and caused a shipwhich was ly ing there to be fitted o ut forsea in all h a s t e , and g o t on board h imse l f in order to escape from Macbeth.

In the mean t ime , Macbe th summonedthe lady to sur render the cast le, and todeliv er up her husb and. Bu t La dy Macduff,wh o was a wise and a brave wo man , ma deman y excuses and de lays , until she knew t h a ther husban d was safely on board the ship,and had sailed from the harbou r. The n shes p o k e bo ldl y from the wall of the cast leto the King, who was s t a n d i n g before thega te sti l l demanding en t rance .

" D o you see ," she said, " yo n whitesail upo n the sea ? Y on de r goe s Macduff tothe Court of Engl and . Yo u will neve r seehim again, t i l l he comes back wi th you ngPr ince Malco lm, to pu l l yo u down f rom theth rone , and pu t you to d e a t h . Yo u w i l lnev er be able to put yo ur y o k e , as yout h r e a t e n e d , on the Thane o f F i fe ' s nec k . "

There reigned at t h a t t ime in England av e r y g o o d Kin g ca l l ed Edward the Confessor.I to ld you t h a t Prince Ma lco lm, the son of Dun can , was at his cou rt solici t ing assistanceto recove r the Sco t t i sh th rone . The a r r i v a lo f Macduff greatly a ided the suc cess of hispe t i t io n ; fo r the Eng l i sh k ing kne w t h a tM a c d u f f was a brav e and a wise man. Ashe assured E d w a r d t h a t the Scots weret i r e d of the cruel Macbe th, and wo uld joinPrinc e Malc olm if he were to re tu rn to hiscou ntr y at the head o f an army , the Kingordered a g r e a t warrior, cal led Siward,E a r l of Nor thumb er land , to e n t e r S c o t l a n dwith a large force , an d assist Pr ince Malco lmin the recovery of his fa ther ' s c r o w n .

Then i t happened j u s t as Macduff had said :f or the Scott ish Than es and nobl es wou ldno t f ight for Macb eth, but join ed Prin ceM a l c o l m and Macduff aga ins t him : so t h a tat length he s h u t himself up in his castle of Dunsi nane, wh ere he tho ugh t himself safe,accord in g to the o ld wome n ' s p roph ecy, unt i lB i r n a m W o o d shou ld c o m e aga ins t h i m .

A t this t ime Mal col m and Macdu ff werec o m e m s far as Birnam Wo o d , and lay enc a m p e d there with their army. The nex t

morni ng, when they were to march acro ssthe broa d valley to a t t a c k the castle of Duns inane , Macduff adv i sed t h a t e v e r ysoldier should cu t dow n a bo ugh of a t reeand carry it in his h a n d , t h a t the enemymight not be able to see how many werec o m i n g aga ins t t h e m .

N o w, the sen t ine l who s tood on Macbe th ' s

cast le-wall , when he saw all these branches ,which the soldiers of Prince Malcolmcarried, ran to the King , and infor med himt h a t th e W o o d of Bi rnam was movingtowa rds the cast le of Dunsin ane. TheKi ng at first cal led him a l i a r, an d th rea tenedto put him to d e a t h ; but when he look edf rom the walls himself, and saw the appearance of a forest appr oach ing, he knew thehou r of his destru ction was c o m e .

X X X

CHESS.

P R O B L E M N o . 7 2 3 .

B i P. H. CARLESS.

| B L A C K . I

A B 0 D B ~ ~ 5 5 B 1"• • §j§ §jj§§j

11 www • B m:m.B £ m mm

& j§jn§ Jj§ B i H

BA. B 0 D " B F G H

| W H I T B . | 8 + 4 = 1;.'pieces.

Whi te to p lay and m a t e in four (4 ) move s .

SOLUTION of No . 722 . 1, Kt —K 2, B—R 4 ( or a). 2 , K t — K t 3 , B — B 2 . 3,

Q — R sq . , B — R 4 . 4 , Q— KB sq . ma te ,(a ) B — Q sq. 2, Q + B, K ( ^ - Q 2 . 3, P—Kt8 = Kt , Kt —B 4. 4 , Kt— Q4 mate .

Ri no k' s stu dy is 1, 0 D5 , M C4 (or a, b).2 , P G 7 , K F 7 . 3 , P G 8 L t , K : G 8 . 4 , P B 3 ,M to one of 14 squar es. 5, K, N, O or Pt a k e s the M, or the 0 che cks at E7 or F6 an dthen takes the M , and win s, (a) M F5 . 2,P G 7 . K F 7 . 3 , P G8 Lf , K: G 8 . 4 , 0 E7f ,K F7. 5 , 0 :F 5 . (6) M A 4 . 2, N C5, P F2 .3, 0 F6f , K D8 . 4, N: F2 , M F4 . 5, P G7wins. This is as clever as the on e by himw e gav e som e t ime ag o, in which the tw o O'scatch the M.

B e t t m a n n begins with K:F7, and thensacrifices the L on 6 square s, na mel y on D 5or F5 when the M moves the re , on E5 whenK F5, on D4 when M: B3, on E3 when 0: B3 ;and th e M give s m a t e on C5, C'4 or C3.

Ku sk op plays the L to E6, and when theblack L mo ve s to B3 , B4, B5, C3 or D4, them a t e s f o l l o w wit h L C6, 0 B 2, M D4 , 0 D2 ,and M C5.

This is a clev er achie vement of an Au st ra l ian who is bl ind.

The alphabeti cal notat io n is the In te rnational , and record s a game t h u s : —

1. P E 4 P E 5 17 . L E I N H 62. O C 3 O F 6 18 . K HI P:G33. P F 4 P D 6 19 . 0 E:G3 N F44. O F 3 O C 6 2 0 . P C 3 K M5. N B 5 L E 7 2 1 . P A 3 M G 6(S. P D 3 N D 7 22 . 0 E 2 M D G 87. N:C6 N:C6 23 . O F G 3 M G 58. P F 5 P G 6 2 4. 0 : F 4 P:F4

9. K M P:F5 25 . 0 E 2 L G 410 . N G 5 P F 4 26 . 0 : F 4 P F 511 . N:F6 L :F6 27 . L F 1 P E 412. 0 E 2 M G 8 2 8. L : H 3 P E 3 f 13. M F 2 P H 5 29. M G2 L:H314. 0 D 2 P H 4 30 . 0:113 M G 215 . O F 1 P H 3 3 1 . O F 4 M G l f { .16 . P G 3 L H 4

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The Present "Boom in Model yacht "Racing. 133

A B O U T T H E M . Y. R . A .

A N D B O A T T Y P E S '

O F T O - D A Y .

THE PRESENT BOOM IN

MODEL YACHT RACING.

By a. B. HOPCROFT, Author of " The ' Life 1 of a Racing

Yacht," etc.

M ODEL yach t ing has a lways been moreor less pop ular in Great Brit ain,

but in the past the sport has b een loca lrather than na t iona l , each c lub bu i ld ingyachts to suit i ts ow n requ irem ents. I twas not unt i l t h e M o d e l Ya c h t R a c i n gAssociation was formed, in February 1911,that model yach t i ng was pu t u pon a na t iona l

M o d e l yachts were sailed in the fort ies,and in the Illustrated London News, in1851, there is a picture of a par t of theSerpentine, sho wing a cutte r m ode l in full

A b o u t twe nt y years ag o i t was said t h a tt h e r e were over fifty m o d e l y a c h t c l u b sin Grea t Br i t a in , bu t I cannot say exac t lyh o w m a n y t h e r e are at the present t ime.I t i s ce r ta in , howe ver, t h a t the spor t i spopula r , and hundreds , pe rhaps thousan ds ,of m e n a n d b o y s sa il mo de l yach ts , e i the rin the r e g a t t a s held b y the cl ubs, or in t hein te res t ing, bu t rough-and- r eady, " sc ra tch "races, so dear to the h e a r t of the risinggenera t ion .

Many years ago mod el yach tsme n dream tof a M o d e l Ya c h t R a c i n g A s s o c i a t i o n ,

Th e German Emperor ' s yacht . " Meteor, '* running before the w ind , Internat ionalRegat ta , Ryde.

sail . This cutte r—wh ich, b y the wa y, isdraw n with great care— give s us a clear ide aof what the model yac hts of six ty years ag owere l ike. The l i t t le boat has quite a s m a r tsuit of sails , and s hould ha ve been abl e t o

sail well ei ther in strong or l ight win ds.A s t ime went on the mode l yach t deve l oped

in man y ways, but ev en at the begin ning of the eighties the crack models of the day werera ther crude affairs. S o m e years ago t h e r ewas a mo de l of on e of these self-ste ering "craft of the eighties, at South K ens ing ton ,bu t poss ib ly i t i s r em ove d now . The modelhad a very long bow spr it and tw o head sails .

bu t i t was a long t ime bef ore any t h ing wasdone in th i s di rec t ion . A t the beg inn ingof last year, how ever , i t was dec id ed to fo rmthe As soc ia t ion in o rde r to b r ing the c lubstoget her. Meeti ngs were held, and in due

course things began to sett le d o w n , i n t osh ip-shape order. There was mu ch d i scussion in the yachti ng press on the subje ct of ra t ing rules, but at last i t was sett led t h a tthe Assoc ia t ion should encourage two m aintypes o f mod e l yach t —the 12-met re c lassand the 10-raters.

The measure ment qu es t ion has a lwaysbeen a thorn i n the side of mo de l yac hti ng ;

in fact in all sorts of yachting, great or small ,th i s ques t io n has caused t roub le . Al lk inds o f r a t i n g rules hav e been tr ied, andeach of these has a t t r a c t e d men in such aw a y t h a t they have been ready to say, inmany cases , t h a t the i rs w as the rule, andtha t every o ther was wron g . This has beenthe t roub le bo th in rea l yach t ing , and a l sowi th the humbler —dare I use the wor d ?—f o r m of sport . If , there fore , the newM . Y. R . A . ha s so lved th e r a t i n g p r o b l e m i thas ce r ta in ly done someth ing .

In the p a s t ma ny strange m ean s of classification ha ve be en tri ed. Th e C o w e s Clubused to ra te the i r mode ls by weigh t—ten-p o u n d e r s , t w e n t y - p o u n d e r s , a n d s o o n —t r u l y a nov el rule ! A t Sout hsea, a fewyear s ago, the rule in f o r c e was—water-l ine l eng th , over-a l l l eng th , and g i r th

add ed toge t her. Dur ing the five y e a r st h a t I was Secre ta ry o f the Sou tha mpt onM o d e l Ya ch t Club , we sa i l ed on wate r-l ine l eng th o n l y, but a number o f c lubskep t to the o ld (p lank -on-ed ge) ru le fo r man yy e a r s ; i n d e e d , I b e l i e v e t h a t a fewclubs are st i l l sail ing under the old system.Th e sail-area rule of 1886 has alway s beenv e r y popul a r wi th mod e l sa i l er s , and thefac t t h a t t h e M . Y. R . A . has ado pte d the10-rater class as one of i ts chief d i v i s i o n sp r o v e s t h a t t h i s rule still finds favour in theeyes of smal l-bo at sailers. Th e formulaf or the sail-area rule is : —

S.A. x L . W . L .

6000

The sail-area rule is a simple and in te res ting one , bu t i t p r odu ces a f reak typ e of craft , an d a kin d of freak wh ich , to m ym i n d , has l i t t l e to rec omm end i t . I tproduces a big hull , and th i s has to bedr ive n wi th a ver y l imi ted sai l -p lan . I f onewishes to build sail ing machines—and I don o t s e e w h y t h e " m a c h i n e " s h o u l d b ebar red in mod e l sa i l ing— by a l l means l e tthe sail ing machi ne be the fastest typ e, of a g iven leng th , t h a t c a n b e b u i l t : n a m e l y,a l eng th-c lass boa t . The grea t ques t ionas to whether a real yacht should be buil tas a sail ing machi ne, or a cruiser-racer ,d o e s n o t c o m e with in the s c o p e o f th i s paper ;bu t why should the f reak be debar red f romsail ing on our ponds where she can do no

har m and wh ere she is at least wond erf ullyinteresting ?

A 9 0 - f o o t f reak ma y be dan ger ous ; she maydrown her crew, she ma y break am idsh ips ,o r the mas t ma y go by the boar d ; b ut witha m o d e l t h e r e i s no danger to anyo ne . Sure lyin mode l yach t ing the f reak ma y be a l lowe dfull swa y, and mu ch may be learn ed c o ncern ing the " fastest craft t h a t can bedr iven by sa i l a lone ."

W h y n o t e n c o u r a g e t h r e e t y p e s ? T h e12-met re c lass p leases those wh o be l i evetha t m o d e l y a c h t s m e n s h o u l d f o l l o w t he" real th in g" ; the 10-rater is b e l o v e d b yman y a keen boa t sa i l e r ; bu t su re ly aleng th-c lass should be added a l so .

If mod el sa i l ing i s to a t t rac t the mi l l ion ,

a sim ple rule must b e used , and the len gthru le i s ce r ta in l y s imple . Le t mode ls beclassed in tw o grea t classes, viz .—•

1. Models which ar e s imp ly smal l edi t ions of the" real thing " (12-metre 'boat t , 10-raters. e t c . ) .

2. A class of small boats ( we will not say m o d e lyach t s ) , but under a s imp le water- l ine rule ,the aim be ing t o p r o d u c e the fastest b o a t of a g i v e n lengt h that can be dr iven by saila lone .



134 The "Boy's Otetn Taper.

T h i s w o u l d g i v e e v e r y o n e a c h a n c e of sai l in g under his ow n spec ial rule of r a t i n g .

M o d e l yach t s have been g rea t ly improveddur ing the last few years ; an d also dev ice shav e been in t rodu ced to reduce the we t t edsur face , and a l so to enab le the " sk i pp er "t o wo rk his craft as quic kly as poss ible.W h e n I sai led my first mode l yac ht r ace,in 18 98—that is , my first cl ub ra ce—th e

fas tes t mode l s had the " t w o l eg " f in ,t h a t is to say, the lead was fastened t o tw ofins, on e placed fo rward and the o the r a f t .

rules w o u l d be vexa tiou s. T he best r igseems to be the simp le one forme d by oneheadsail and a mainsail (with no topsail) .A mod el does no t need the same numbe rof sails as a real yac h t; an d this p r o v e s o n c emore tha t the re is a wide difference betweena real yacht and a mode l .

Th e moder n 10-rater is quite a differentboa t f rom the 12-metre mode l . Under the

sail-area rule beam and water-l i ne lengthare taxed , but draft of water is left unt axe d ;the boa t s which have p ro ved mos t success -

Tlie 10-rater typ e ot mo de l, M . Y. R . A .

Thi s did very well for a t im e, but i t wasf o u n d t h a t i t was better t o place the ballastamid shi ps on a narr ow fin. Th e diff icultyhere , howev er, was t h a t wit h a cen tra l finthe m od el was apt to twist and tu rn w h e nsail ing. In orde r to check this t e n d e n c y,the writer tried small fins placed fo re a n daft of the mai n f in. Thi s idea work ed sowell ( in a length-class) tha t many a mode lsailer has found that a p o o r b o a t will w i n

pr ize s wh en so fitted. A bo at fitted wi ththe triple fins has saile d so well in S ou thA f r i c a t h a t i t is certain t h a t the idea is nota loca l one , bu t shou ld su i t any wa te r s .

Before I c l o s e th is ar t i c l e I shou ldsay a word o r tw o concern ing the ex i s t ingtypes o f mode l . To beg in wi th , we hav e the

fu l u n d e r this rule are, therefore, l ight di s-plac emen t craft . I t has been fou nd impossible, howe ver, to des ign a success fu lm o d e l as an ex t rem e " sk i mmin g d i sh . "T h e success fu l boa t s have a f a i r amount of d i s p l a c e m e n t a n d a m o d e r a t e a m o u n t of lead. Of cou rse the y hav e a large am ou ntof overh ang , bu t he re aga in i t i s imposs ib leto go so far in this di rec t ion as would b eposs ib le with a full-sized craft . Man y of

t h e L o n d o n 10-raters have ve ry ingen iousself-steering dev ices , an d h o l l o w spars a ren o w used on the best bo ats.

A s I raced for over sev en years in a leng th-class, I can speak f r o m exper ience on thisty pe of craft . Th e length-class boa t mu st ,in the na tu re of th ing s, be a freak ; in fact

lh e 12-metre type of model , M . Y. R . A .

12-metre class, buil t , with some modi f i ca t ions ,very mu ch on the l ines of the I n t e r n a t i o n a lrule boat s. The se mod els are design ed witha l a rge amount o f d i sp lacement , and o f course they carry a large amount of lead.Th e rule unde r which the y are buil t taxesgirt h, and therefore the 12-metre yac htsha ve no fin. Th ey are al lo wed a fair ly largesail-plan , but of co ui se they do not carr ythe huge sails with wh ich the mod ern" le ng th er " is fitted.

A t present the M . Y. R . A . does no t en forcethe rules agains t f limsy cons truc tion no win f o r c e with bi g craft , and I think i t mustb e a d m i t t e d t h a t in this the govern ing b o d yhas act ed wise ly, for with mod els these

she is the t rue sa i l ing-mach ine . Leng th -class mod els carry imm ens e sail-plans, and ,in order to show the typ e of craft w hic his used in a fully deve lop ed length-cla ss,I canno t do be t t e r than g i v e some de ta i l sconcern ing some of my own mode l s . Thelarge 4 - f o o t model (6 f t . over all) , with whi chI wo n a num ber of prizes, has a s ai l-plan

14 feet high , and from the t ip of the bowspritto the end of the b o o m i t measures between8 and 9 feet . Thi s mod el has abo ut 28 lbs.of lead. My mos t successf ul 3-foote r has10 lbs. of lead and a bo ut 3000 squar e inch esof sail . Th e small 30-in ch mod el ( o n l y 33 in.O . A . ) car r i e s o v e r 2000 square in ches of sai l and ne arly 8 lbs. of lead .

THE SKY CRUISE oy THE "KESTREL."

A T H R I L L I N G Y A R N O F A

B A L L O O N V O Y A G E .

By JOHN LEA, Author of " Leutchford's Lion," " My Cousin

Douglas," etc.

C H A P T E R V. — A CU P OF TEA THREE MILES HIGH.

As the Kestrel sped upwards our v o y agers no t i ced tha t a n o t h e r c l o u d h a d

f o r m e d ab ov e them. Wh en first seen, i tappe ared t o be at a great al t i tude, but su chwas the spee d of the ascent tha t two minu teshad h ardly passed when i t was c lose at hand.

" W e shall go through i t this t ime , C laud , ' 'said the Captain, " and shall be rewar ded b ya sight tha t you have no t ye t e n j o y e d . "

" W e sha ll l o o k down on the c louds , " cr iedJame s e cstat i cally, " we shall sai l in a su nnyw o r l d of our own where umbrellas are n everw a n t e d . "

A s he spo ke, the wet mist wrappe d t hemround aga in .

" W e are a l i t t le more than 5000 feeta b o v e th e ear th ," said Captain Gask ellthoug htful ly. " In o ther wo rds, a g o o dquar te r of an hour ' s wa lk, if i t were possibleto walk d o w n the ste ep hill of air up wh ichw e h a v e c l i m b e d . "

T h e c l o u d they had entered was evidentlyon e of cons ider able thickness ; for the b o y shad been gaz ing upward in to the shadowymass for so me t ime be fore they no tice d i tbecoming l ighter. T he n a rapid chan get o o k place . The obscur i ty seemed to mel tas tho ugh b y mag ic, and the balloon , shaki ngoff th e last remn ant of i ts fleecy d r a p e r y,b roke in to a b a t h of glorious sunshine.

" Seven thousand fee t ! " r emarked theaeron aut, " and st i l l r is ing ! I wish thos et w o y o u n g O x f o r d swells had enterta inedthems elves in som e other mann er thisa f t e r n o o n . "

" B u t this is beautiful, sir," cried James,in a reassuring tone .

" From one po in t o f v i e w, I ag ree , "replied the Capta in, " but be so g o o d as toexamine the Kestrel." He po in ted up a this si lken ship.

" W h y, i t l o o k s l a rg e r ! " e x c l a i m e dJ a m e s .

His word s cau ght th e at tenti on of Claud,w h o had been gaz ing over the car-sideat the vas t white surface of the rain-cloud.He also l o o k e d up at the great balloon.

" Mu ch larger," he echoed , " and whe n

w e l e f t Tidd ing ton the lower part hung morel o o s e l y and flabbily than i t does no w."

" J u s t so ," said Captain Gaskell , " andbefore we have cl imbed much higher i t willb e less ' flabby' still, for the exp an sio n of the gas is beginning to show i tself ."

" Th en the pressu re of the oute r air isdec rea sin g ? " asked Claud. " Bu t, if the airgrows th inner, does i t not also g r o w l ighteru n t i l the gas ca n no lo nger rise in it ? "

" Ye s, " answered his fr iend, " but tha twould only t a k e place at an extre mely highlevel . Y o u know, Glaisher and C o x w e l lrose more than seven miles high, and event h e n did not f ind such a rarefied atmo sphe reas yo u refer to. We have more than e n o u g hballast to thwar t th e Kestrel in carrying

out such a lo f ty ambi t ion as t h a t ; bu t eve ryhundred fee t now will con t inue to expandthe gas, and I fear very short ly to detects o m e of i t e scap ing th rough the nec k . "

" A n d would it m a t t e r m u c h ? " a s k e dJ a m e s .

" No t in an o rd ina ry under tak in g , "replied the Captai n, " but "



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He chec ked himself , murm urin g t he resto f th e sentence in an i naud ib le v o i c e .

T h e boys exchanged g l ances , a n d Claudven tu red on an abrupt i nqu i ry :

" Where are we go ing , si r ? " he sa id .Captain Gaskel l glanced swif t ly a t h im ,

« n d a curious smile played about hi s l ips ." W e ar e g o i n g , " he repl ied, " whither

soever th e winds dec ree . "His ever watchful e y e d e t e c t e d a t this

m o m e n t a little m a t t e r tha t r equ i r ed i m -mediate a t tent ion. T h e r o p e c o m m u n i c a ting with t he v a l v e at the s u m m i t of thebal loon wa s showing s igns o f pressing t o ot ight ly against t he si lk . Before th e e x p a ns ion of the ga s t o o k p lace this rope had hungqui te f reely, bu t t he swel l ing g lobe h a dtaken up the s l ack .

T h e Captain at o n c e re l ieved t he pressure,and , ev iden t ly anx ious no t t o c o n t i n u e t her ecen t conve r sa t ion , ca l l ed hi s c o m p a n i o n s 'a t tent ion to the r emarkab le scene t h a t l a yb e low t h e m . I t was indeed enough t o engrossanyone ' s t hough t s , n o matter w h a t t h esub jec t tha t h a d r ecen t ly o c c u p i e d t h e m .As James a n d Claud leaned over th e side of the ca r t hey found themse lves look in g dow nupon a vast wilderness o f s n o w. In theunchecked glare of t he sunsh ine it s whitenesswa s of dazzl ing puri ty. T h e l ight wind,f ann ing it s su r face , caugh t up the fleecymasses here a n d there t o hurry t hem be fo reit as a winter g ale wil l dr iv e a drif t of s n o w.

" W h a t is t h a t s o m b r e p a t c h y o n d e r ? "c r i ed Claud present ly, point ing a t w h a ta p p e a r e d to b e a chasm in this aer ia l deser t .

" O h, look how da rk i t ' s g r o w i n g ! " c r i edJ a m e s , as the s p o t i n ques t ion d rew nearer." W h y, it is a lmos t b l ack . "

T h e r e was an a c c e n t of aw e in his v o i c ewhich, i ndeed , was just i f ied by the s t r angep h e n o m e n o n he was gaz ing upon .

" The darkness y ou speak of ," said Cap tainGaskel l , " i s mere ly t h e contrast with t h esurrounding whiteness . " We a re , in r ea l i t y,l ook ing ob l ique ly th rough a n o p e n i n g in thec l o u d to the dis tant surface of the e a r t h . "

T h e Kestrel sai led majest ica l ly ove r thec h a s m while t he aeron aut was speakin g.

" O h ! " The exc lama t ion was s imul t aneouso n th e par t of the t w o b o y s , as t hey s t eppedb a c k into the car wi th a l i t t le gasp. I t wass o m e few seconds before they cou ld s u m m o ncourage t o look again into t h a t awfu l abyss .But when they did, the ope ning had widen ed;the darkness tha t h a d sh rouded it s d e p t h sseemed t o b e c o m e less obscure, and in abreathless s i lence they t rac ed the m ap of ascore of tin y fields. Th e hed ger ow s were n omore than th in l ines upon a m a p ; the r ive r sna r row r ibbons of si lver. Here a n d theresmall towns c o u l d b e m a d e o u t , t h o u g hexc i t ed discussions t o o k p lace be tween t h ewatchers as to whether these were real lyt o w n s o r only l i t t le heaps of broken s tone .Be fo re t he p o i n t c o u l d be set t led th e glassesb a d to be used .

A n o t h e r feature in the r emarkab le scene•soon forced i tse l f upon t h e no t i ce of our•two f r iends. This was the t o t a l absence of .all appearance of life. L o o k where theymight , no l iving o b j ec t wa s to be d i s c o v e r e d .It was as t h o u g h a great s leep h a d fallen•upon the earth, and a great stillness t o o .T h e t iny dark dots , indica t ing lof ty e lm t ree

•or spreading o a k , were mot ion le s s . T h ewaters of the r ivers a n d s t r eams had ceasedt o flow. E v e n t h e binoculars fa i led t o br ingt o l ight any hum an be ing or a n i m a l m o v i n go v e r th e vas t panorama .

Its stillness seemed t o w o r k a spel l t h a t(reached our sky v o y a g e r s ; fo r t hey, t o o ,b e c a m e silent, and many minu tes g l ided b ywi thou t a word be ing spoken . A t last a

(little sigh of sat isfact ion cam e from Ca ptainGaske l l .

" Three mi l e s h igh , " he sa id , " a n d wehave ceased t o r i s e . "

T h e t w o b o y s turned." Has any gas been lost , sir ? " sa id they.T h e r ep ly was in th e n e g a t i v e , bu t t he

Capta in po in t ed o u t t h a t this fo r tuna te f ac twas par t ly due to the sun be ing n o w wello n t he dec l ine , wh i l e be tween i t an d the

Kestrel floated protecting c l o u d s ." B u t we are not abo \-3 t h e r e a c h o f

c l o u d s ? " a s k e d J a m e s ." N o t b y miles , " r ep l i ed t h e ae ronau t .

" Rain c louds a re me t wi th a t a he igh t o f four o r five miles , t hou gh they usua l lyfloat at a lower level , while t he cirrus c l o u d s ,often cal led mares ' ta i ls , defy t h e m o s tdaring bal loonis ts t o r e a c h t h e m . "

T h e t w o b o y s i nvo lun ta r i ly d rew the i rc o a t s c lose r t oge the r, a n d buffeted the i rhands . Dur ing t h e last f ew minu tes i t ha db e c o m e i n t ense ly c o l d . Captain Gaskel lsmi l ed .

" One wou ld th ink w e were near ing t h eP o l e , " he sa id . " W h a t d o y o u s a y t o a c u pof h o t t e a ? "

B o t h boys l ooked su rp r i sed ." Wo u l d n ' t a fire b e d a n g e r o u s ? " a s k e d

J a m e s ." I t would indeed , " r ep l i ed t h e Capta in .

" B u t there a re more ways than o n e o f boi l ing wate r. C o m e ! T o the p a n t r y ; thek i t c h e n ; the c u p b o a r d , and the t a b l e . "

H e dro ppe d on h i s knees be fo re a sec t ion o f t h a t wonder fu l c i r cu la r box , a n d Claud a n dhis brother ass is ted o n c e m o r e a t set t ing am e a l .

" St range as i t may s o u n d , " s a i d t heCapta in , " there is no th ing l i ke c o l d w a t e rfo r m a k i n g a ke t t l e bo i l . C o a l a n d w o o d a n dother fuel may serve the i r purposes in o t h e rp laces , bu t in t he car of a b a l l o o n t h e bes tfuel to pour up on the f ire is no th ing l e s s t h anc o l d wate r. "

T h e t w o b o y s ha l t ed i n their task, t o o m u c hinterested i n w h a t the i r f r iend was doi ng t oc o n t i n u e it . O u t of the m a g i c b o x he l i f teda sma l l co mp ac t ves se l wh ich on e xamina t ionp r o v e d t o c o n t a i n a q u a n t i t y o f uns lakedl ime .' " N o w for the ke t t l e of wate r, J ames ,and we ' l l s o o n h a v e t e a , " he c r i ed .

J a m e s h a n d e d h im the little t i n ke t t l ewhich had already been filled with water, andn e x t m o m e n t i t was nes t l i ng among t h el u m p s o f l i m e , in the " s t o v e . "

" No matches t o s t r ike t o l i gh t our fire,"said Captain Gaskel l , as he t o o k u p a b o t t l eof wate r a n d p r o c e e d e d t o e m p t y i t o v e rthe l ime. I n s t a n t l y a pa le c l o u d of s t e a ma rose , and the intense heat e n g e n d e r e d wason l y t o o apparent . The wa te r in the ke t t l equ ick ly b e g a n t o sing and the ae ronau t ' sp r o m i s e t h a t a c u p of hot tea w o u l d soon b ein readiness w a s c lea r ly approach ing fulfilm e n t .

I t was no t unt i l al l the l ime h a d b e c o m et h o r o u g h l y slaked by the wate r added to i t ,and ha d s i l ted do wn into a f ine white powder,t h a t t h e f ire sho wed any s igns of smou lder ingou t . An d be fo re t h a t t o o k p l a c e t h e aer ia lt ravel lers h a d benefi ted by i ts c o m f o r t i n gw a r m t h .

" We l l , " said Claud, as he l i f ted hi s c u p ," this i s the first tea I eve r d rank a t threemiles h igh , a n d I ' m ver y muc h su rp r i sedt h a t there is n o t h i n g in the tas te t o dist in

guish i t f rom t h e c o m m o n stKff that we sooften dr ink ' downs ta i r s . ' "" Hear, hear ! " l aughed James , " I neve r

wan ted to b e a p o e t be fo re , but I wish I wasone no w, just f or the sake of i m m o r t a l i s i n g ae u p of tea and a sl ice of c loud lan d b read andb u t t e r. "

Captain Gaskel l , shar ing h i s c o m p a n i o n s 'merr iment , laughed hear t i ly a t this , and toldJ a m e s t h a t h e s h o u l d i n v o k e t h e m u s e ,o r h o w c o u l d he expec t i n sp i r a t ion . H e

ra ised h i s cup wi th m o c k s o l e m n i t * as h es p o k e , a n d c o n t i n u e d in a s low, s o m e w h a thesi ta t ing v o i c e :

" Fair n y m p h o f Parnassus , ascend if y o u will.T o wake in J a m e s Fros t a poetical ski l l ,Fo r e loquen t number s h e f a in wou ld dev i seIn praise o f r e f r e shmen t he takes in t h e skies.A song you cou ld t reasure m i g h t v e r y well heOf bread a n d o f b u t t e r ; o f mi lk and o f t e a ;

A n d here, if he warb led (wha teve r it s w o r t h )Hi s song wou ld ou t soa r all th e songs o f t h e e a r t h . "

" B r a v o ! b r a v o ! " c r i ed t h e t w o b o y s ,as the i r f r i end s topped wi th a g a s p . " Oh, dos a y t h a t again ! "

Claud whipped ou t h i s d ia ry a n d a penc i l ." N e v e r , " e x c l a i m e d t h e C a p t a i n ; onoe

i s qu i t e enough , an d it is James ' s turn n o w . "Bu t James dec la red t h a t t h e i n v o c a t i o n

had been unava i l ing and he was not insp i r ed ." I sup pos e, s i r," said Claud, a l i t t le later,

" t h a t you have o f t en had suppe r as well , ash i g h up as th is ? "

" O n c e o r t w i c e , " c h u c k l e d t h e ae ronau t ,h o l d i n g ou t h i s c u p t o J a m e s , " bu t I h a v eneve r done wha t y ou you ng fe l lows will have

t o d o presen t ly. "" W h a t is t h a t ". " c r i ed h is c o m p a n i o n s

in a brea th ." G o t o bed three miles above t he

b lanke t s , w i th th e Pole star for a c a n d l e , "l a u g h e d t he Capta in .

J a m e s p u t d o w n t he t e a p o t t h a t he m i g h thave bo th hands t o c lap wi th , b u t Claudwas unable , to his grea t chagr in , t o j o i n inh i s b ravos o n a c c o u n t of the large pieceof c loud land b read a n d b u t t e r he had att h a t m o m e n t p o p p e d i n t o h i s m o u t h . B yw a y of a c o m p r o m i s e , h e rose from t h e b o xo n w h i c h he was si t t ing a n d expres sed hisecs t a sy b y three l oud s t amps on the floo«of t he ca r.

" T h a t m e a n s , " h e sa id , when a t last

he felt at l i be r ty t o s p e a k , " t h a t this Kestrel is a noc tu rna l b i rd a n d will remain u p alln i g h t . "

" I t means w e expect i t wi l l , " r ep l i ed theCaptain,- " but I shal l n o t c o n s i d e r thatei ther o f y o u will b e j u s t i f i ed , " he a d d e d ," in s l eep ing as l o n g as y o u w o u l d , n o d o u b t ,wish t o . "

T h e b o y s d e t e c t e d t he t o n e o f banter, andassu red h i m t h a t t h e y w o u l d be up wi ththe dawn , and as he k n e w, a d d e d J a m e s ," fa r above t h e la rk ."

" I f y o u require a n y e n c o u r a g e m e n t toturn ou t ea r ly, " s a id t he Capta in , I m a y aawell te l l you now t h a t I a m ben t o n c a r r y i n go u t an e x p e r i m e n t in the ea r ly morn ing . "

" Of w h a t nature ? " asked C laud ." A l l i n g o o d t ime , " was the r ep ly. " A s I

shall call fo r your a s s i s t ance at an ear lyh o u r , I will n o t feed yo ur brains withthough t s l i ke ly t o ban i sh s l eep . "

F u r t h e r appea l fo r par t i cu la r s wo u ld havebeen f rui t less , both b o y s k n e w ; s o , thetea- things being duly cleared awa y, theyturned the i r a t t en t ion t o o the r matters .

(T o be continued.)

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W O E K B E F O R E P L A Y .

IP things a r e n o t just as yo u 'd have them,A n d t r oub le an d tumult seem rife ;

D o n 't wor ry a nd flurry, or get in a hurryT o pass t o t h e g o o d things o f life.

Don ' t s i gh al l day Ions , a n d feel hopeless ,B u t set to , and work l ike a m a n ;

For no th ing w a s ever won, b u t b y endeavour,So str ive hard a nd d o w h a t y o u c a n .

K e e p go ing , a n d never give in , b o y s ,But tackle t h e j o b t o b e done ; .

For when it is ended , an d trials ar e m e n d e d ,Y ou star t s t ra ight a w a y on t he fun.

F o r " work before play " is our m o t t o ,A n d o n e t h a t is sensible , t o o ;

F o r if y o u ' r e a worker, th e p lay o f t h e shirkerSeems nothing l ike play does t o y o u .

R A Y M O N D N Y E .



136 The "Boy's Otxrn Taper.

THE "BAIL OP" AT DEAD HORSE GULLY.

A STORY OF BURTON OF THE QUEENSLAND POLTCE.

By EDWARD C. ADAMS, Author of " The Stolen Prizes," etc.

ON E even ing, as Corpora l Bur ton wass i t t ing up on the edge of the table

cleaning his carbin e, one of the troopersbrought him a message from the Chief.

" A h ! he re yo u a re, Bur ton , " sa id thel a t t e r, as Bo b entered , " just s it do wn . I 'v eg ot an easy job for you th i s t ime. I wanty o u to slip up to the Big Snake Mine inM o u n t Playfa i r. The y 'v e go t a cons ignment of specie to run to Charvil le. Generallythey send the i r g o l d to Springsure and downb y rail to Roc kha mpt on ; bu t they wan t to

get i t direct to Brisbane. Yo u ' l l not havea very diff icult job. J u s t go up to the BigSnake and ride bac k with the wag gon . Thecou ntry 's very quiet , so the re will be no needt o t a k e a n y o n e w i t h y o u . "

B o b sto od up. " Rig ht, s ir," he said," and when shall I s t a r t ? "

" Get away ea r ly to -mo r row morn ing . I twill t a k e you four days to get the re . Yo u ' l lsee Mr. Herbe rt , the mana ger, an d I exp ectevery thing will be ready for you to geta w a y n e x t d a y . "

" Wi l l they send a ny m en ? "" Yes . Herbe rt generally sends a cou ple

o f the olde r miners with the con sign ment ,besides the driver. By the wa y, " he add ed,as Bob tu rned to leave the office, " be suret o t ake yo ur pap ers wit h yo u. It is the firstt ime w e ' v e sent a man o ver and Herb ertwill want to make sure you ' r e a l l r igh t . "

B o b saluted and withd rew. As he wentback to his rooms he shoute d to one of theb lack s t a b l e - b o y s :

" H e r e , Gongola, you lump of ebon y, jus tge t my harness smartened up and hustle, myson , or I ' l l t ickle you up."

T h e black grinned, for they one and al lat the barracks l iked the cheery youngcorpora l .

Early n ext morn ing Bo b was in the saddle,and as the sun crept abov e the horizo n het o o k the north t rai l to Mou nt Playfair. Hewhist l ed to himself as he went al on g; f orthe track led through w e l l - w o o d e d c o u n t r ywhere smiling valleys stretched o ut on

either hand. No w and again be passed alumber ing camp where the ha rdy woodsm enc r o w d e d round him for the l a tes t news .Several asked him his destina tion and theo b j e c t of his journey , but he gave evasiv ereplies. In the bush he came upo n man y

l one ly hu t s where the pioneer squa t te r s ha dsett led d ow n to the t a sk of earni ng al i ve l ihood amidst the virgin forests .

A b o u t no on nex t day he came up on thetraces of a recent cam p and at sun dow n hec a m e up with a p a r t y of wild blacks . Fora wonder, they were dispos ed to be fr iendly,and Bo b persu aded th em to build him arou gh shelter . As he was prep arin g hisevenin g meal on e of the p a r t y, a wiry oldman, rushed up in evid ent distress, and invery broken Eng l i sh asked Bo b to acc ompa ny

him.Somewhat surprised, he f o l l o w e d h im

to a gunga somewhat apa r t from the res t .There , under the p o o r shelter of two or th reespruce boug hs, roug hly thatc hed with grass,he found the black's young wife twist ingan d t u r n i n g in agony. Close beside her laythe dead b o d y of a grey snake. At o n c eBurt on t oo k in the si tuation a.nd tel l ingthe b lack to acco mpan y hint he ran t o hisfire. Givin g him the bil ly of boil ing waterwhich he had prepared for some tea hegrasped his knapsack and hur r ied b a c k to the woma n. Deftl y he made a roug hpou l t i ce and band aged the woun d in herarm. In a sho rt time the swell ing subs ided and the pain became easier. ThenEingara, as the black was called, gaveexpression to his gra t i tude and falling tothe ground clutche d conv ulsi vely at thecorpora l ' s knees as he jabbered out hist h a n k s .

W i t h some diff iculty Bo b got him a way ,and after supper t u r n e d in ear ly; for hewant ed to make a long jour ney on th3m o r r o w. Wh en he awok e he foun d Eingaral y ing a few feet off. As he rose to his feetthe bla ck jum pe d up and at o n c e has tenedto prep are a fire. Th e who le tribe were astir,fo r f o o d was not plentiful in the neigh bourh o o d and they were jour ney ing north tomore hospitable lands.

B o b gave the head-ma n som e t o b a c c oand left the ca mp on g o o d te rms with theK o l i - k o l i s , as they were named . He had

deter mined to cam p on a small hi l l abou tt h i r t y miles from Moun t Playfair, as tha twould g i v e him only a short ride for thel a s t day ' s journey and would g i v e th eman age r of the Big Snak e plen ty of time t oget things ready for the r e tu rn j o u r n e y.

It was evenin g as he rod e up the narro wrising trai l . Something seemed to warnhim of impending danger and he unslunghis carbi ne in readiness. Wit ho ut a warni nga rifle shot rang ou t just ahead and with awi ld leap his horse fell headlon g to thegroun d, shot through the head. As he fellB o b swun g his feet c lear of the s t i r rups an dalmost as the beast touched the ground thelad had t aken c o v e r behin d it. Quic kly heopened fire upon his unseen foe, firing wherethe flash had revealed his a t tackers ' presence.

F o r a while no answering shot ca me ; andthen suddenly to the left a harsh c o m m a n drapped out and from the shadow of thew o o d s th ree men sprang towards the spotwher e B o b had b een lying, firing as t heyc losed in. To their surprise they found onlythe slaughtered horse t h e r e ; for, durin g theinterval , Bo b had worme d his way backwards to the c o v e r of a small ban k an d asthey s tood t h e r e in the sl ight opening heopened a bri sk fire with his revo lver . Wi tha yell of rage the bushrang ers rushed for thetrees ; while the you ng corporal , deemi ngdiscretion the be t te r part of valour, re t rea tedin the oppos i t e d i rec t ion .

F o r so me hours Burto n worke d his way

carefully throug h the undergrowth , andabou t midnight he saw dimly through thetrees the light of a cam p fire, and m aki ng nom o r e s o u n d than a panther he crept t oward sit .

I t to ok him some t ime to get near e n o u g hto see the t h r e e occu pants of the ca mp an dhe waited before disclosing his presence. If they were all r ight , he decided, he wou ldask for the loan of a hors e. The first wordshe heard, howev er, put hi m on his guard .

On e of them, a young fellow a l i t t le o l d e it han Bo b, was speak ing .

" I t 's no g o o d , Matthews, he 's milesaway by no w, " he sa id .

T h e man he addressed, a heav y bur lygiant of a fe l low, t u r n e d on him angr ily.

" Yo u shet yer head, Jim," he grow led ." I tel l yer the young cub won't have gotfar. Besid es if he's go ne miles w e ' v e g o tto find hi m. W e wan t his papers and hisr ig ou t . "

" T h a t ' s all very wel l , Mat thews , bu tit'll b e risky get ting 'e m. Th e fe l low'sc u t e , t o o ; l o o k ho w he did us in to-n ight ."

" We l l , Jimmy, if you're going to letyourself be bailed up by a kid l ike him yo u' dbest leave th i s outfi t . We ' v e got no usefo r yo u unless you' ve got gri t . "

" It i s n ' t that , and you know i t . I ' mwi l l ing to do my part if we can get his du ds ."

" We ' l l hav e 'e m right enoug h," resumedMatthews confid ently. " We ' l l l ight outearly and i t won' t t a k e us long to pick up histrai l . This t ime I ' l l make sure of h im."

"Steady on ," growled the th i rd m a n ," L o o k here, w e ' v e kept our hands clean so

far and I ' l l have no murder now . Unders t a n d tha t . If we can get the kid, all wellan d g o o d . It's different if it c o m e s t o afight, but I won't s tand by and see theyoungster shot in c o l d b l o o d . "

Matthews was about to reply when J imspoke again.

" You 're r ight , cap 'n. If i t c o m e s t o afight I'l l chi p in with the rest o f y o u . A n dsuppos ing we do get him wh at d o we dothen ? "

" We l l , you' l l have to ch ange clothes withh im. He ' s sure to ha ve hi s papers on him ;so you ' l l go ahead to the Big Snake andHerbert 'U th ink you 'v e been sen t toc o n v o y the stuff to Charville. We ' l l b e

wait ing at Dead Horse Gully. Yo u ' Uhang back behind the wagg on a bit . Whe ny o u ' r e at the bo tt om of the dip you ' l lc o v e r 'em while we walk out quiet- l ike audcollar th e g o l d . "

" I t sounds too easy ," growled Matthe ws.



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" I ' d rather use a bit of powder myself .Dead men tell no tales."

" No , but dead men lead to h angi ng,"answered the leader sharply.

B o b had heard enou gh of the plo t . Ther ehe had all the details of a projected raidupon the g o l d w a g g o n ; and more than thathe had c o m e up with his at tacker s. Hismind was s o o n mad e up. There was nodoubt at all in the m a t t e r, he must arrest

these men. Cautio usly he rose to his feet ." Hands u p ! " he cried shar ply.Quick ly th ree pairs of hands were raised

a b o v e the men's heads." N o w, s t a n d u p ! "T he th ree m en o b e y e d ." No w, Mat thews ," o rder ed Bob sharp ly,

" step forward, and if you m o v e so muchas an eyelash my men will s h o o t . "

It was a big bluff, but i t succ eede d. Th eth ree miscrean ts g lanced uneas i ly in tothe darkness be hind the yo un g officer.Matthews stepped forward and at a sharpc o m m a n d held his wrists together beforeh im and B o b slippe d the handcuffs on .Then he t u r n e d to the other s. His revo lver

was cov eri ng the tw o and he ki ck ed a smallc o i l of rope towards them.

" N o w, J i m m y, j u s t t i e u p y o u r p a r t n e rand mind tha t yo u do i t p r ope r ly ; fo r i f yo utry any tr icks I f ire."

" I t ' s a fa i r cop , corpo ra l , " c r ied J im, ashe s tooped fo r the c o i l of rope . Then , qu ic k as a f lash, som eth ing t h i n and s inuouswhistled through the air, the revolver was

j e rked f rom Bo b s hand , a nd then with a lmos t

o n e m o v e m e n t , t he t h i n l a sh o f a s tock-whiptightened round his ankles and he was thrownheavi ly to the g round .

" G o o d , J i mm y ! " ye l led the l eader o f the bushrangers as he st oo pe d o v e r B o bwi th the c o l d blue barrel of a heav y Col t inline with the latter 's head , " bu t i t wasr i s k y, l a d ! "

" No t a bit of i t ," repli ed Jim . " If he 'dh a d a n y b o d y wi t h h i m h e w o u l d n ' t h a v ewanted me to t i e you up ."

" Yo u ' r e righ t," cried* the c h i e f of theband . " No w, sonn y," he added , t u r n i n gto Bo b , " yo u see , you a i n ' t q u i t e g o o denough for the game . J i mm y here was thec h a m p i o n whi p handl er o n the run before

h e t u r n e d ranger and I reckon he d ropp edy o u n i c e l y. "

B o b raved inwardly at his own carelessness.He had seen ma ny clev er feats perf orme d byca t t l e -m en , fo r the s t ock -wh ip wi th i t sthi rty- foot lash is a powe rful weapo n in th ehands of a pract ised man. He had l i t t let ime for re f lec t ion ; fo r J im had a l ready f oundhis keys and un lo cked the handcuffs f romt h e i r c o m p a n i o n ' s w r i s t s . T h e n t h e y

s t r ipped h im and made h i m change c lo theswit h Ji m. In a short t ime the cha nge waseffected and B o b lay bo un d near the fire andthe leader t u r n e d to h im.

" I suppose yo u heard what w e sa id 1" heasked .

" Yes , I h eard , " sna pped Bo b def ian t ly." Th en we shall hav e to t ie yo u up wh ile

the game ' s on , bu t we ' l l t e l l the o therswhere yo u a re . "

Ear ly in the morn ing they made a s ta r t .T h e y t o o k B o b i n t o t h e w o o d s a n d , t y i n gm Va r m s secur ely, left hi m bou nd to a gi antspruce .

" We l l , b y e - b y e , " l aughed J im . " Beg o o d . We ' l l t e l l the o ther Johnnies where

'' W i t h an unerr ing a im he sent t he heav y c lub h ur t l ingthrough the a i r." {See page 138.)

y o u are when w e ' v e got the swag , " and they ro de awayleavi ng Bo b bo un d wher e the full glare of the su n wouldpresen t ly parch h im wi th thirst .

For so me hours he sta yed ther e, and as the t im e wore onhi s thirst bec ame in to le rab le . To add t o h is mise ry a fewwander ing red ants found h im and s o o n he was c o v e r e d witht h e v i c i o u s insect s. Strugg le as he mi ght he c o u l d not b reak his bond s, and i t was o n l y by the mos t v io len t j e rks tha t hec o u l d dis lo dge som e of h i s to rmen tors . For hours , i t seemed,they sc rambled o v e r hi m; and h i s f a c e , neck and hands ca meup in a maddening rash as the ants b i t h im . By four o ' c l o c k the sun had shi fted and a c o o l win d spran g up. I t was a



Hotes to Improve at the Association Game. 139

A Series

of

Eight ArticlesSpecially Written

for the

"B.O.P."

H O W T O IMPROVE- A T T H EA S S O C I AT I O N G A M E .

By JACK SHARP (the Ererton and International Player).

C H A P T E R V I I I . — O N G O A L K E E P r N G . A L S O A FEW W O R D S IN SEASON.

THI S i s my last chapter and I am hear t i ly

sorry for i t , because I don ' t t h i n k Iever enjo yed the wri t ing of a ser ies as mu chas I have in doin g m y best to g i ve straightan d hea l t h y a d v i c e t o you readers o f t h eg o o d o ld " B . O .P . " The w o r s t o f i t i s ,I have not had a grea t deal of spac e a t m ydisposal , or, a t any rate, not as much as Ireally th ink I need to do jus t ic e to my subj ect .Ho w eve r, eve n now, w i th wha t I h a v e wri t ten ,

m y young readers s hou ld ac com p l i sh a grea t

de a l .

N o w, a s t o g o a l k eep i ng , I d on ' t t h i n k Ic a n g ive you bet te r a d v i c e t h a n t o sugges tthat you shou ld ge t a s muc h p r ac t i c e a sy ou can in this p o s i t i o n . E x p e r i e n c ebetween the posts means much, for an ounceof pract ice i s wor th a to n of the ory . In the

way of pract ice the go alke eper i s ver y luc ky,fo r it will ne ver b e h a r d wor k to f ind you ngsters who wil l mak e shots a t go al ; but of course", t he go a lke ep e r ' s d u t i e s do no t s t opat saving. There are o ther th ings t ot h i n k of .

A lways r e me m b er t h a t t he pos i t i on o f goa l keepe r i s , undo ub t e d ly, on e o f t h egrea tes t responsibi l i ty, and tha t o n c e he isbeat en i t i s a l l ove r. H e is abs olu te l y thelast defe nder of his side ; t h e r e is n o b o d ybe h i nd h i m . Fo rwa rds , h a l f - b acks , andba ck s ma} ' mak e a s m an y mi s t a kes a s t h e r e

a r e hairs in their heads , but , even if theyd o , there is still t h e goa lke e pe r wh o can<o r shou l d ) be de p ende d u p o n t o repa i rthos e mis takes an d minimise the cha nce of d e f ea t .

I n this a l l - impor t a n t p o s i t i on , and w i th som u c h resting on his success or fa i lure , I do n ' tt h i n k I shall be w r o n g i n wr i t i ng wh a t Iconsider to be a g o o d g o a l k eepe r ' s r equ i r e

men t s . A g o o d bra in i s essent ia l , a l th oug hof c o u r s e bra in "alone will be of no usew h a t e v e r , b u t there is l i t t le d o u b t tha t a" goa l i e ' s " m ind ha s go t t o w ork qu i c k ly i nconjunct ion wi th his fee t , for I know ful lwel l how of ten the o c c a s i o n arises w h e n t h e r e

i s scar cely a sec ond in whic h he has to fo rmh i s j ud gm en t , and t he sl i g h t e s t he s i t a t i onw o u l d b e fatal.

I r e m e m b e r h a v i n g heard a man say tha ta g o o d g o a l k e e p e r must be ' .' a bit ma d. " Ic an o n l y s ay t h a t in h is pos i t io n he needsperhaps m o r e bra in t h a n any o the r p l aye ro n the field.

A s t rong kick is a n o t h e r essent ia l , saving,as it d o e s , the w ork of the ba cks ; whi ls ta l ong r ea ch , a l t hough n o t be ing abso lu t e lynecessary, i s a great asset and i s i nva lua b l e

when co rne r k i ck s a r e be i ng t a k e n o r whe nt h e r e i s a crush in f ront of goa l . Men t ion ingthe ba cks r em inds me how impo r t an t i t ist ha t there shou ld a l ways be a pe r f ec t under

s tanding be tw e en t he m and t he g oa lkee p e r.T h e latter 's task i s rend ered s o mu ch eas ierif he ha s two r e l i ab l e men who t ho rough lykno w h i s wa y s and a r e r e ad y t o keepopp onen t s o ff a nd p r e ve n t h i s be in g rushed .

Wh en a co rn e r k i c k is be ing t a k e n t h e goa lkeepe r s h o u ld a lways t a k e up h i s pos i t i onat the post which is fa r thes t aw ay f rom thep l ace whe re t he k i ck i s mad e . He then

gets a far bet te r v i e w of the co urse of thebal l , bes ide s bein g able to run fo rwa rd to

mee t i t . R un nin g for war d is far eas iert h a n t r y i n g t o ge t back .

He i gh t i n a goa lke epe r i s , o f cou r se , ve r yu se f ul , a l t hou g h I r e me mber ha v in g s eenmany m en pe r fo rm wi th more t h a n o r d i n a r ys k i ll b e tween t he po s t s w ho we re ce r t a i n lyo n t h e sm a l l s i de ; bu t s uch men ar e f ew,

and i t i s on ly n a t u r a l t h a t b i g m e n s t a n d abet te r chan ce o f keep in g ou t sho t s t h a nt hose wh o a r e sma l l .

If any o f my readers suffer wi th the i r n e r v e sl e t t he m d rop goa l kee p ing , a s I a m ce r t a i ntha t i n su ch a t r y ing pos i t i on , whe re c r i t ic a l emergenc i e s a r e bo un d t o a r i s e , on ly a

c o o l , s t r ong - ne rved p l ay e r c an hop e t o besuccessful .

One of the grea tes t t e m p t a t i o n s a y o u n gg o a l k e e p e r m u s t resist is t ha t of leav ing hisg o a l , unless i t i s abs olu te ly nec essar y tha the shou ld do so . Th ere are , of cou rse , t ime swhe n t o r ema in be twe e n t he pos t s and no tc o m e ou t wou ld be l i t t le s ho r t o f m adnes s .I refer to the o c c a s i o n when a f o rwa rd ha s go tc l ea r away and i s m ak ing s t ra ight f o r t hegoa l wi th the bal l a t h is toes , but , gen eral ly

s peak ing , he sh ou ld n eve r l e ave t he pos t s ,wha t e ve r ma y be t he s ta te o f t he g ame .

Ano the r po in t I wou ld impre s s upo n myy o u n g fr iends , and tha t is, never kick or fistthe bal l when there i s an oppo r tu n i t y o f us ing yo ur hand s . I t i s far safer to ca t chthe sphere in the h a n d s a n d t h e n t h r o w i ta w a y, a l t h o u g h p e r h a p s i t may no t l o o k s oa t t r a c t i v e to the spe cta tor , w ho , as a ru le ,i d o l i s e s t he man wh o f r eque n t l y u s e s h i sfist.

R e m e m b e r , t h e grea t th ing i s t o a lwa y sget r id of the bal l as quickly as you can, andI a m sure y o u c a n n o t d o b e t t e r t h a n f o l l o w

m y ad vi ce ab ou t the use of the . hand s . Ihave known men who mak e a spe c i a l i t y o f fisting ou t, but it is no t al wa ys safe, esp ecia l ly whe n the bal l i s grea sy or we t .

Nev e r p l ay t o t he ga l l e ry ! D on ' t f o rg e tt ha t t he goa lk eep e r ha s t he m os t r e spons ib l epos i t i on and shou ld no t r un an y r i sk byp l ay in g fo r popu l a r i t y . I t doe s n ' t m a t t e r



140 The "Boy's Obvn Taper.

abo ut the cheers of the c r o w d ; you have

y o u r du ty to do .

I wou ld l ike to advise my readers, no

m a t t e r where they play on the f ield, never

t o t a k e undue advan tage o f an oppone n t .

I have seen heaps of dir ty t r icks pract i sed

on the football field tha t I am heart i l y

ashame d of. Do n' t harbo ur revengeful

feel ings against an opp one nt who ma y hav e

acciden tal l y, or . otherwi se, kick ed yo uinstead of the bal l . Play the gam e. Pl ay

to win, but play fair ly, and let i t be your

amb it io n, as it has ever been mi ne, to find

more pleasure in an honoura ble defeat than

in a disgraceful victory.

W i t h m y last few word s I want to warn the

y o u n g p laye r o n c e mor e against s l ackness.

T o show yo u what I mean, quite recen tly I

met a you th of my acquai ntanc e wh o had

been playing for quite a high-class a m a t e u r

team. " H o w did yo u get on to -da y ? "

I asked. " Splen didly , t h a n k s , o l d c h a p , "

he replied ; and t h e n he went on to describe

his own doi ngs in the first half, in which he

mana ged to score tw o goals . Of course I

congr atula ted hi m on his perf orman ce, and

t h e n rem ark ed: " I supp ose your side

wo n ? " " W o n ! " he ec hoe d. " We l l , I

shou ld t h i n k the y did, al th ough I real ly

don ' t know. Yo u see they were go ing

p r e t t y strong, b ut the fact of the m a t t e r is ,

I had to catch a t r a in and cou ldn ' t s top

to see the t h i n g o u t . "

In cricket th i s kind of player is more

of t en met wi th than in football , and one c o mm o n l y c o m e s across half-hearted a m a t e u r s

TH E R E was an an

nouncemen t o f impor t ance d i sp layedon th e S c h o o l no t i ce -boar d on the Tue sdaym o r n i n g f o l l o w i n g th eevents recorded inth e l a s t chap te r.

Thus i t r an :

A N N U A L PA P E R - C H A S E .

Th e Annual Run wil l t a k e p lace to -mor row,Wednesday, Oc t obe r 20 .

Al l t hose a t t e n d i n g Chase get a whol eho l iday. C o m e a l l !

Th e Meet is at Lan dc om be Cross Ro ad s at10.30 A . M .

Armstrong and Huniset are the selectedhares. Tall y-ho !

As ha th ordained our g o o d K i n g E d w a r d .Signed, A. B . D AW S O N . Master of the Hounds.

L. B O W N E Y. Head Whip.

T o an Edward ian , P a s t or Presen t , the reis but one Paper-chase in the wo rld wort ht a k i n g cogni sance of , the Annu al Ru n inw h i c h they have t a k e n a pa r t . The oldestof " old b o y s " wil l not have forgotten the

in cl ub fixtures w ho adm it t h e i r faults quite

open ly, imag in ing tha t they are real ly to

be pit ied instead of blam ed. " Ye s, " I

o n c e heard a player say, " I went do wn

and h ad a ga me ; in fact, I go t som e sixty

odd , but w hen we wen t out t o field I fo und

we h a d n ' t a man on the side who c o u l d b o w lor hol d a cat ch, so I gave a Johnn ie half a

c r o w n to field for me and ca me aw ay ." My

a d v i c e t o my readers i s — N o m a t t e r whatthe game is , or how i t g o e s , never get slack !

P e r h a p s one of the bi gges t nuisa nces it is

poss ib l e to meet af ter a game is the conceited

player. I o n c e heard a you ng playe r recoun t

ing in a most vi vid manner his ow n par t i cu la r

performances in a S a t u r d a y a f t e rnoon

fixture. T h o s e around him were t a k i n g

in al l the detai ls as he explained each tr icky

m o v e m e n t of his ow n and the wonder ful

ease with which he manag ed to hum bug

the oppo sing defence. At last one man, with

m o r e p luck than the others, remarked tha t

he had seen the match and didn' t t h i n k m u c h

of i t . " Y o u lost bad ly ," he wou nd up.

" Y o u p layed bad ly, your fo rwards sho t

b a d l y ; in fact , you r side h a d n ' t an ounce

of foot ball in i t . As for yo u, " and he

p o i n t e d s t r a i g h t at the conceited player,

" I c o u l d p l a y b e t t e r an d g i v e a more res

pec tab le displ ay if I only had one leg. No w,

t a k e my t ip , young f e l l o w, and ei ther g i v e

up trying to play or don' t t a lk too much ! "

So much fo r conce i t .

N o w, t h e r e is just the c hance tha t foo tba l l

may be ove rd one . I canno t say tha t I a m

personal ly acqua inte d with any indiv idual

CHAPTER X . T H E PA P E R - C H A S E .

fact , and if you g i v e the merest hin t , hewill launch int o a detai led accou nt of theRu n of his days. I t is indeed a venerableins t i tu t ion ; and in the junior forms it is afu l l y -accep ted f ac t tha t Edward VI waswhip per- in at the first of these a n n u a lfunctions, though i t is but r ight to confesstha t , f rom the Four th Fo rm upwards , t het r u t h of th i s s to ry is no t vouched fo r ; andth e maste r s t hemse lves—but , the re , s c h o o lm a s t e r s are alwa ys so fast idiously at tach edto facts .

Be it as it may , the phra se, " As ha thordained our g o o d Kin g Edwa rd , " hadappear ed on the noti ce of the Annual Ru nfo r a hundred years and mor e ; an d eve ryEdwa rdi an wh o, with the approval of hisparen t s , join ed in the Chase, was gran teda whol e day' s holiday as his establi shedr ig h t ; wh i l e those u n f o r t u n a t e y o u t h swh o were short of leg, wind, pluck, or permission, were expected to a t t e n d s c h o o l asusua l on the morning of the Ru n. Thereis a legend c u r r e n t in the junior forms tha t ,in the reign of Geor ge II I , t wo maste r s ha don e pup i l be tween them; the rest of theEdward ians were t a k i n g pa r t in the A nnualPaper-chas e. An d the one pupil had— a

w o o d e n l e g !

wh o neglects business for tho sake of in

dulging in the game, but I canno t deny hav ing

heard of cases in which young people h ave

b e c o m e mor e or less curs ed wi th such a gre at

l o v e for games tha t they have quite openly

s h o w n the i r disregar d for business and the

s te rne r duties of life.

T o the young man who feels tha t hi s

in te res t in sport s is beginn ing to interfer e

with his business, I would say, do not

a l low the du ty which yo u owe to yourself ,

t o your paren t s , and to your coun t ry, t o

b e c o m e second , and eventually last , in your

though ts. I t is the duty of every youn g

man to t a k e advanta ge of the op portuni t ies

w h i c h have been given to him.

He is educated in order to t a k e his proper

posi t ion in life, he is blessed with hea l th

an d s t r e n g t h so tha t he may be perfectly

fit to b a t t l e with the tr ials and responsi

bilities of life, but if he casts aside his oppor

tun i t i e s by all owin g what, after all, mu st

be alw ays regarde d as merely a past ime t o

dominate his very existence, t h e n he is

sca rce ly worthy to be cal led " man."

But I cannot bel ieve that the re are any

right- minded yout hs who would neglect

t h e i r chances of building up an honour able

caree r for the sake of indulgi ng in foo tba ll

or any o the r game .

Let these, my last few words, live long in

y o u r mind s. Do your best always, and I

sincerely wish you " g o o d - b y e an d g o o dl uck ! "

[THE E N D . ]

Serial Story.

D a w s o n , with the assistance of themoni tor s, had selected the tw o Hares as thefleetest-footed and cut est- head ed of the i rnumber —qual if i cat i ons necessary, i f ahund red o r so eager Hou nds were to b ec i r c u m v e n t e d .

B o w n e y , the farme r's son, was Head W h i p ,fo r he was accompl ished in mat te r s pertainingto the h u n t i n g field. Yo u n g Hounds to ldeach other in bated whispers tha t B o w n e y ,mou nt ed on a horse of his father' s, was won tduring the Christmas holidays to go h u n t i n gwith real, five, four-legged hounds after—not tw o-legg ed hares, nor even hares at all,but af ter wily ol d f o x e s . Wheref ore i t wasuniversal ly fel t t ha t B o w n e y o c c u p i e d hi sposi t ion by right of bi r th and experience,and on the day of the R un he lord ed ito v e r mere townsme n, as he never d reamed of d o i n g on any one of the other th ree hundredand sixty-four days of the year. A d d e dto which, let it be borne in mind that th eChase was likely to cross land owned byB o w n e y , senior, and it is well to hav e a fr ienda t c o u r t ; i r a te farmers are not pleasa ntc o m p a n y on a paper -chase.

Arms t rong and Hun i se t c o u l d be reliedupon for a g o o d run. The form er wascertainly the most consistent runner in the

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& ^BETWEEN THE TWO:

A STORY OF GRAMMAR SCHOOL LIFE.

By SERCOMBB GRIFFIN,

Author of " The Mad Yatheht," " A Ooorkha's Eookri," " The Dumb Chiej," etc., etc



T H E F E R R Y O F T H E L O A F . (See p. 132.)

(Drawn /or the " Boy's Own Paper " by J?. W . BuRTOS.)



142 The "Boy's Oton Paper.S c h o o l ; and the l a t te r, a l i the agi le boyw i t h a n y amoun t o f s t ay ing powe r, and ,full of wi les , migh t be dep end ed upon form ys t i f y ing t he H ounds .

I t therefore only remained for the d ay toda wn f ine and f resh ; an d such a da y a wai te dthe ear ly-r isers o n t h a t aus p i c ious m o rn ingin mid Oct obe r. Th e blue sky was s t r eakedw i t h th in lines of fleecy c l o uds , and therewas a crispness in the air t h a t c a u s e d m a n y

of the Ho und s, ar rayed in foo tbal l gear, " tos tep out br iskly to the arranged starting-point , d isdaining to t ake ad v an t age o f mo t o rca r, cyc le , o r any o the r con vey a n c e . Shee rs ta rk ha r d iho od was d ema nded f o r t h e d a y ' sw o r k , l imbs untr ammel led b y the superfluities of civi l i sa t ion, lungs empt ied of towns m o k o and ful l of pure cou ntr y a i r ; s lo th ,weakness , and lux ury w ere to be scorn ed ;r im, v i ta l i ty, and endurance to be cul t ivated.

It was a sp len did " field " t h a t ga t h e r edto g e the r a t t he L a n dc omb e Cr o s s R o a d s .M o s t o f t he H o un d s wo re " f oo tba l l t ogs , " a swas the cust om, but the Hares wo re dis t inct i ve w h i t e v e s t s and navy -b lue running" n i c ks . " D aw s on d i sp l aye d a s ca r l e t cum -berbund, and a hunt ing horn s lung acrossh i s s ho u lde r s ; and t he Hea d Wh ip and h i st w o Assis t ant W hi ps had a ban d of scar le tt i e d round their left arm ; whil e Snei der, as" W h i p p e r- i n , " w ie l d ed a f o rmidab l e l a s h ,w h i c h t h e y o u n g h o und s e y ed w i th app rehension . Sneider was the you nge st of theofficial staff, but h is running p ow er s andp l u c k we r e unde n i a b l e .

Cress ington was there , t o eve r y o n e ' ssurprise : there wa s mu c h cu r io s i t y a r o u sedamongst the seniors as to h is musculard e v e l o p m e n t , b u t a s y e t a h eavy t op - coa tt h w a r t e d their cur iou s eyes . Cyr i l Falkl andwa3 there, b r imm ing ove r w i t h g o o d spirits ;h is t rouble s were for the t ime for got te n , andTerry O'Brien was not one to remind him of unpleasant th ings , even i f he knew of them.Ter ry was a bund le of anima ted mischief ,

and he and Cyri l had wa lked to the " m eet ,"ami d s t an a tmos p h e r e o f j ok ing . Peters a n dh i s b u lky father d r ov e u p i n a d og -ca r tresplen dent wi th new p a i n t ; while Sneider ' su n c l e , puff ing and b low ing f rom his wal k u pthe hi l l , was so on bus y being in t r oduc ed b yh i s nep h ew to par t icu la r c ron i e s . M oret h a n one acq uain tan ce of Sneide r ' s t r ied tocatch his eye , or s tand direct ly in the p a t h of the famo us uncle , for sea capta ins are a l lheroes in a s c h o o l b o y ' s e y e s .

A n d so t h e Ho und s gather t oge the r.Tra i l s tands amid st a c i rc l e of r a t h e r

" wee d y " comp a n ion s , l a y ing dow n the l a was to the correct s ty le in coloured s o c k s ,a rgu i n g t h a t blu e, wit h gree n strip es, are asu p e r io r comb i n a t i o n t o p u rp l e w i th wh i t espo t s . Ha l s t e a d and P a r r y are wrangl ingelsewhere wi th regard to the ownership of a c e r t a i n s a d d l e - c ove r—a r emin i s c ence o f " M i x e d B i c y c l e s . "

Te n- t h i r t y i s d r a w ing near, and B i sh o p ' s" d r u ms t i ck s " ( a s h i s nether l imbs aret e r m ed by in t imate f r iends) beat a ceaselesst a t t oo upon t h e turf, for he is anxious to beoff, seeing t h a t h e b r ough t no t op -c oa t o rmackintosh, and i t i s cold s t and i n g abou t :

Terry, to f i l l up t ime, p ins a penci l ledin sc r i p t i on on t he u n suspec t i ng A n d rew s 'b a c k . T h e latter gets angry as he issu b j e c t ed t o r e p ea t ed concussion" in his rear,and s t i l l mor e angr y when he discover sp inne d on h i s j e r s e y t he adm on i t i o n : " K i c k m e , p l ea se . "

B u t b y this t ime Ter ry is e lsewhere . He

walks up to Cyr i l , wi th a g o o d im i t a t i on o f a d o g ' s ba rk .

" C y r i l , you yo u n g b o w - w o w, w h e n y o umee t a f r i e n d , you ough t t o g ive t ongu e . "

" Yo u ' d only give me cheek in r e t u r n , "was Cyri l ' s quick response .

Arm s t rong pa s s ed a t t h e mom e n t . Cy r i l

turned to him wi t h a " Hu l lo , Ar mstrong ? "

" S o y o u ' v e tu rned ou t fo r t he Ru n , "resp onde d the Hare of the day . " Yo u ' l lb e sure and catch me, won ' t you ? "

" Dunno , " r e p l i ed Cyr i l w i th a g r in ." W e do n ' t ex pec t to ca tc h you, if yo u are ass t ron g of leg as yo u are A rm-s t ro ng. "

" Oh, Falkl and, y ou r Cyr i l l ian jok e isenou gh to upset my wind before I even

s tar t . . . . Ah, Dawson, what do you th ink of you r chance s ? P r e t t y l ike ly pack of hound s ? "

" Aw , d o n t c h e r k n o w, y o u can never te l lt i l l the y aro fa i r ly se t go ing ," draw led theMaster of the Houn ds . " W e have arawther s t r ong ly dev e loped tail , but a qui tede cen t string o f l e a d ing hounds . Bo wne y s ayswe shal l ca tch you a hal f -mile f rom the car."

Bu t we must expla in . The Hare s were tofinish up their run a t one or oth er of theelect r ic t r a m termini in the suburbs of thec i t y, but were not a l low ed to board a t r a mear l ier t h a n 3 P.M. , at which hour they we repermi t ted t o cons ider the chase a t an end,and themselv es as v i c tor ious , if st i l l u n-c a p t u r e d .

D a w s o n p rophes i ed cap tu r e a half -milef rom the finish, ther efor e. It was Hunis et,c o m i n g up a t t h a t minu t e , who r epud i a t edsuch a prophecy as too r id iculous .

" Mais non, mon bon camarade, PortefUs ! "sa id the boy who so pr ided himself on hisf l ights in to Fren ch. His fe l low s en io r s a lwayss p o k e of his " lapse s " or " relapses " int oF rench— Huni se t a lways r e f e rr ed to his" flights."

" M — y e s , we sha l l c a t ch you , don t che rk n o w, " c o n t i n u e d D a w s o n , u n p e r t u r b e d ;" and as , f r iend Hun ise t , ' Por tef i l s 'i s a f au l t yt rans la t ion o f D aw so n—i t i s no t Door- son—•so i s your hope of ul t imate e scape f rom m y—aw— wor t h y hound s a f au l t y p rog no s t i c a t i onof p robab i l i t i e s . "

" Ph ew ! " whis t led Hunis et . " N o w I

k n o w who sn eaked my d i c t i o na ry. Genda rme , arrest t h a t canaille."

" A t a n y rate, Mel, o ld man, you 'r e stills t icking fa i r ly t ight ly to your Frenchd i c t i ona ry—" sa id Dawson, strolling off witha yaw n sca r ce ly concea l e d .

Suddenly a whis t le sounds , and ins tan t lythere is a hush o f ex pe c t anc y. The HeadMaster ' s v o i c e i s h ea rd dem and ing whe the ra l l i s now ready for the s tar t . Dr. Sandershas not missed an a t ten danc e a t the An nua lRu n for near ly for ty years ; there was at ime when he had been a hound himself , forhe was an " old boy " of the s c h o o l of w h i c hhe was no w the h ead.

" Arm str ong and Huniset , a re yo u read y ? "the D o c t o r 's v o i c e i s hea rd de m and ing ." Y o u a r e ; then make t he mos t o f you rten mi n u te s ' s tar t an d . . . G o ! " Li kea r rows f rom a bo w, Arm s t r ong an d H un i se tshoot out f rom the wai t ing c r o w d : t h eyare anxi ous to get wel l aw ay before theH o u n d s c o m e ravening af ter them.

Cle an - l imb ed , hea l t hy y oun g B r i t onst h e y are—these t wo . A rms t r ong i s heav i e rand p r o b ab ly capab l e o f greater endu ra nce ,but Huniset i s a wel l -propor t ioned, wiryl i t t le figure, ca rry ing no t an ou nc e of supe rfluous fa t, and wit h muscles like steel b and s.The H o u nds w i l l have the i r w o r k c u t outto run the i r quar ry t o ear th .

The ten minutes ' wai t tries the pat ience of the H o u nds t o t he u tmos t , a nd we re i tan y o n e bu t t h e H ead Ma s t e r, no doub t therew o u l d have been po in t ed r e m a r k s pas s ing

as to the re l iabi l i ty of the s ta r te r ' s w a t c h .Inde ed, possessors of w atches (of wh omthere w ere a number amongs t t he parents,f r iends , and others w ho had c o m e to see thestart) were badger ed as to the progres s of the minut es . Peters ' father was encirc ledw i t h a co rd on o f Houn ds wh o ke p t consu l t i ng

the heavy gold repea te r he kept d isplayed!f or the i r benef i t .

Peters j un io r was h ig h ly exc i t ed ; he wavedhis skinny arms wil dly , shak ing his fist, an dmaking such remarks as : " Ah a ! we will run.the vi l la ins to e a r t h . " . . . " Me thinks Is ee b e r- l oo d ." . . . " O n t he trail , m ymerry men all, on the t r a i l ! "

But his remarks d i d not meet wi thappr oval . Cyr i l to ld him t h a t he had bet te r

not refer to Arms trong and Hunis et as" villai ns " ; Springfield said it was no tb l o o d h e saw on the g round but excess of p a i n t off his father 's d o g -c a r t ; and Tra il , ,h av ing con c lude d t he s o c k d i s cus s ion , c ameup and punched his head for daring to-enco u rage o the r b o y s to get " on to Trai l—suc h cheek ! "

Peters was appeal ing for parenta l p rot ec t i on when Dawso n ' s v o i c e rang o u t ." Ta l l y -h o ! Th e Ha re s have gone a wa y.Fo rw a rd a l l ! " .

T h e r e was an eager response to the a p p e a l .Aw a y w e n t the Hou nd s , t he last b o y s o o ndisappe ar ing round the be nd of the roa d ;when the Head Master, parents, f r iends ,and others tu rned homewa rd—wi th a w i sh ,pe rhaps , t h a t they were you ng again .

Sma l l chance there seemed for the Hare sto escape, as t h a t great dro ve of Hou nds , ahundr ed o r more s t rong, went a t a b r i sk p a c e do wn the road. Th e Hares had beenseen to disappear a t the bend away to theleft , and it was conjectured t h a t t h ey p robab lyin t ended striking i n to t he Casc ombe Va l l ey,a nd , t ak ing advan tage of the string o f treesand th ickets which were so plent i fu l ini ts sha dow ed dep ths , cont inue on to thenor th ward, mak e a dash over the hi l l wi ththe aid o f the ear thwo rks o n " Th e Battlefield," and t ak ing t o t he ad j acen t Ke t onVal ley, mak e fo r the t ram terminus atEas tv i l l e .

A seco nd course was feas ible : the Haresmig ht cross the val ley, and ascending the

s teeps on the farther s ide , pass thro ugh Lang-s n , t a k e adva ntag e of the large fi r w o o din the di rect ion of Ro man Hi l l , and bear ingto the lef t , they might c o m e r ound t h ro ughthe heavy th ickets t i l l they s t ruck the Wi c k s t ream, whic h, on cross ing, they m ight followalmost do wn into the Eastvi l le sub urb ; thereto jo in the car.

A thi rd possible run would be to turnabrupt ly to the r ight , under c o v e r of thes tone wal ls leading to the vi l lage of Ca sc om be ;and having encirc led tha t vi l lage , to t rendto the r ight , wi th the quarries to shel terthe m, and reaching the b row df the hi l l , tosk i r t t h e t own , s t r ike the Cester road, andfinish the run at the Eastville terminus as inthe previo us route . Such were the poss iblethree runs most l ikely to be t aken , bu tArms tron g and Huniset were old hands a tt he game of paper-chasing, and thereforeD a w s o n k n e w tha t nothing must be t aken f 01grant ed, and a wary watch must be keptupo n t he t ra i l s o t h a t the Hounds be not ledoff on a false scent.

A t t h e turn of the road where the Hareshad vanished f rom v i e w was a gate , and thegate ope ned int o a plou ghed field, across whos efurrows the " scent " co uld be pla inly t raced.

A wall i s before the Ho un ds , the bound aryof the pl ou gh ed field. A sigh of relie f goes up, which change s in t o an excl amat i onof dismay as a second ploughed f ie ld revealsi t s mu dd y and uneve n surface . The foremos t Hound s , ma in l y co mpo sed o f youn gand ardent spi r i t s , begin to pant o m i n o u s l y,

and lift their fee t less def t ly. Daw son , ashe fo l lows abou t m id way be tw een van andrear of his pac k, smiles gr imly : h e kno wswell enough t h a t the first half-hour, withh e a v y running of this sort, will weed outthe wastrels, the under-fed, and the overs tuffed, the " s lackers ," and the weakl in gs .



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" W e lose ten me n here ," r e m a r k s D a w s o n ,as he passes a Hound labour ing heavi lyacross a th i rd ploughed field.

" Ho ugh ! H ou gh ! ! H ou gh ! ! ! H 'y es ! "respon ded Cre ss ingto n, for he is the w ind edHo und , and he d r ops bac k a g o o d t e n p ace s ,and fo r a shor t p er iod keeps a longs ide of B o w n e y, wh o lumbe rs a long a t a s tead ypace as undis t urbed as a car t -horse d raw ingan empt y dray a long a lovel r o a d .

After the fields, the w o o d . The pap e rleads the Hou nds in to th ick bushes andmasse s o f unde rg rowt h wh i ch ha v e a b so rbe dthe " scent " flung out by the Hares in the i rheadlong flight.

The H a re s h ad de c id ed t h a t t h e y w o u l dno t spare them selv es du rin g the first mileor two ; a good start w as im p e r a t i ve . Af t e rwa rds there might be t ime to spare for s hor trests and wi ly manoeuvr es , but for t hestart, pace was the f irst conside ra t io n. Sot hey ha d p l u nged he ad l o n g t h r ough t hewood, sending rabbi t s s c u r ry i n g t o the i rburrows, and setting b i rd s twi t te r ing a m o n gthe bushes.

" Gue ss w e ' ve p u m pe d ou t som e o f t h eH o u n d s , " s a i d A rms t rong , a s he s t oppedto refresh himself at a small spring in theva l l ey bo t t o m.

An d A r ms t ro n g ' s gues s wa s co r r ec t enough .At tha t ve ry mome n t Sne ide r was c r ack inghis whip over two pros t ra te f o r ms s t r e t chedout , l ike c lo thes for drying, on a wal l bordering the w o o d .

T h e pros t ra te ones only answered in gasps .An d i t i s fu t i le arguin g w i th fellows w h oo n l y gasp in reply.

" Bah, you windless puff-bal ls , why didyo u start a t such a g idd y pace ? C om eon a f t er u s , a n d c a t c h u s up "— a n d t heW hippe r- i n vau l t e d t he wa l l t o soon c o m eu p w i th a n o the r cons ig n me n t o f l agga rds .T hey we re n ' t p u m p e d , oh no , bu t t heythou ght the y would l ike to l o o k f o r nuts .

" Yo u wo n' t f ind nuts squat t ing on t h egrou nd, jus t like bal lo ons s tuc k wi th a p in ."

" I t ' s earth-nuts we m ean , " s a id H i g g s ,wh o had dod ge d hi s anx i o u s parents, s inceth e latter cou ld scarce ly bear to have him o utof s ight af ter the Cav e adve nture . " I t ' searth-nuts."

" Mo n k ey - nu t s y o u m ean , ' ' s a i d S n e ide rdisdain ful ly ; indee d, he was comin g to thedecision t h a t a W h ippe r- i n c ou ld no t pos s i b lybe responsible for every l i t t le i d i o t w h othought he could run—and c o u l d n ' t .

So Sneider lef t l i t t le mementoes of puff ingyouth in his rear. He did not ent i re ly neglecthis duty, for he a t te mpt ed to carry a min ute ,purple-faced, Firs t Form k id who waspluckily t ry ing to kee p up. Sneider t hou gh ta rest might res tore the kid to h is r ight

colour, but tuc ked under Sneider ' s arm, t hesmal l yout h went a shade m ore purple , andgo t his fee t entang led in a bramb le bush .

" Wh y didn ' t yo u tuck in you r spindle s ? "c r i ed t he i n d i gnan t W hippe r - i n , a b and o n inghis bundle . " Of cour se yo u get caug ht i f yo u s t ick out your arms and legs like asilly windmil l . "

While Sneider was enco unte r ing thesem a n y trials in the rear, Da w son a n d o the rs turdy H o u n d s w e re s t e ad i l y com ing t o t h efront . They followed th e trail in the val leyt i l l i t branched off in tw o di rec t ions . Orde rswere given for the Ho un ds to sca t te r, an dthere was a check ; whi le o ther Ho un dsca m e on t o j o in t h e ad v anc e gua rd .

Arms t r o n g and Hun i se t we r e no t a l l ow ed

t o par t co mpa n y, s o one o f t he trails w asund oub ted ly a fa lse one. Th e scent , in bothcases , ended in a c lump of brambles .

Cyr i l Falkland, w ho had been running v e r ygamely, flung himself on to a dry patch of grou nd wher e a handful of pape r had mar kedthe te rminat io n of the fa lse trail—at leas t ,B o w n e y had declared i t fa lse , and everyone

w as work i n g h a r d to p ick up the scent f ro mt h e o the r trail . Sudde n ly a p a t ch o f wh i t ei n t he bushes—a nd ano the r pa t c h— ca ugh tCyr i l ' s eye . He stared hard, bend in g l o w t ol o o k . T h e n he sp r ang u p .

" F o r r a ' d a l l ! Ta l l y - h o ! " h e y e l l e dt r i u m p h a n t l y, and a s t he o the r s c ame up ,t h ey s aw Cyr i l c r awl i ng t h roug h a t u n n e li n t he unde rg rowth t h a t h a d e v i d e n t l yo r ig ina l l y bee n a rabbi t - run , bu t ha d been

ar t i f ic ia l ly enlarg ed, and i t s mou th s creen edb y a handful of bracken, making i t a run forHare s . Y 'es . The re lay the " scent " th ick enough , l e ad i n g t h rough t he en l a rged r abb i t -run ou t in to a laby r inth of bushe s . In a ndou t , r o u n d and a bou t , t h e " s cen t " e n t i c e dt h e H o u n d s .

A t last t h e trail of pape r led ou t of thew o o d on to the ope n hi l l s ide . Th e Master of t he Houn ds was l e ad i ng , fo l lowing h im wereB o w n e y, Hal s t ead , A n drew s , and th ree o rfou r o the r s en io r s , wh i l e so me d i s t a nce beh in dc a m e C yr i l Fa lk l and , a lmos t spen t .

T h e r u ck came s t r ugg l ing and s t r agg l i ngth rough t he w o o d , wi th Sne ide r harassingt h e rear.

U p — u p — up— led t he s ca t t e r ed f r agmen t sof p a p e r. U p — u p — u p — t o i l e d t h e H o u n d s .

S u d d e n l y there was a r inging v i e w h a l l o o ,and a b l a s t f r om Da w son ' s ho r n . T w oblac k dots w ere to be seen on the o pe n hi l l s idea mile or so off. Th e q u a r r y was in s ig ht ." Ta l ly -ho ! "

T O B E . ^

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"DISCIPLINE." [See Coloured Plate with December Part.)

M B. THOMAS M . H E M Y , w h o s o f a m o u sp i c t u r e , " The Wr ec k o f t he Birken-

head," we p rodu ced , i n co lou r , i n one o f t heea r l ie r vo l ume s o f t he " B . O . P. , " ha s nowp a in t ed and ex h ib i t ed a t t he Roy a l Ac ad em y

a com pan ion sub j ec t . I t i s en t i t l ed" D i s c i p l i n e , " a n d represents the loss of theTr a n s p o r t Abercrombie Robinson i n Ta b l eBay, in 1842. Her e , br ief ly to l d , i s thegrap hic s tory of the wrec k :

Th e Rese rve B a t t a l i on o f t he 91s t Argy l lsh i r e Reg imen t ( now the 1 s t B a t t a l i on

Pr ince s s Lou i s e ' s Argy l l an d Suther landHi gh l ande r s ) a r r i ved a t Tab l e B ay i n th i sship on the 25th of Au gu st 1842. On the-27 th , L i eu t . -C o lone l L indsay and Ma j o rDuca t , hav ing l anded a t Ca pe To w n , the-com ma n d dev o lv ed on Cap t a in—af t e rwa r ds -C o l o n e l — B e r ti e G o r d o n . To w a r d s m i d n i g h ta sud den gal e spran g up , the cables par ted ,and t he i l l - f at ed ve s se l d ro ve a sho re . Th efu ry o f wha t was no w a t e r r i b l e hu r r i c aneneve r l e s s ened , and t he s h ip ro l l ed i nce s s an t l ywi th eve r y i nd i c a t i on o f g o ing t o p i ece s .

I t w as a n igh t of horro r, for there earneron e of the heavies t s torms of t h u n d e r a n dl i gh tn i ng eve r known in Cape To w n , and in»the in tervals were heard the cr ies tha t p r oceed ed f rom a conv i c t s h ip , t he Waterloo,s t randed close by , f r om wh ich 1 43 co nv i c t sand 15 soldiers of the 99th Reg ime nt per is hedbefore the eyes of the yo un g soldier s f reshf r o m h o m e — a further and m ore t e r r i b l e t r ia lof d i s c ip l i ne . Th e s ea b roke con t i nuous ly -o v e r t h e sh ip a nd pou red do wn th e ha t ch wa y,wh ich h ad t o be ba t t ened d ow n . T hel a te C olone l Cha r le s Ho l lo w a y, w h o sugges t edthe paint ing of this sub ject , had in h ispossess ion a number of letters f r om Mrs .Wa r d , t h e wife o f Cap t a in Wa rd , and o the rladies on boa rd the ship . I t i s impo ssi ble 't o c o n v e y i n a f ew words t he deep impre s s i onthey gave o f t he m a rve l l ous fo r t i t ude andre s igna t i on d i sp l ayed by a l l .

A c c o r d i n g t o o n e a c c o u n t : " Wi t h m u c hdiff icul ty and danger a rope was got ashoreand two surf boats ar r ived a long side , andthe d i s emba rka t i on co mme nc ed ( one o f t he se two bo a t s was d i spa t ched t o t hea s s i s t an ce o f t he conv i c t sh ip ) . The wo me n ,chi ld ren, and s i ck men, 100 in a l l , were sentfirst; then p reced enc e was g i ve n t o t h ede t ac h men t s o f t he 27 th Reg ime n t and Ca peMo un te d Rifl es, an d finally t he 91st (46 0s t r ong ) d r ew lo t s by com pan i e s , and a f t e rs even hou r s ' wo rk eve ry sou l was l and ed . "

T h e fo l lowing ex t r ac t f r o m Pat t i son ' s

" His to r y o f t he 91s t Argy l l sh i r e H ighlande rs " is also of grea t i n t e r e s t : " N e a r l y700 so u l s comp le t e d t he d i s em ba rka t i onaf ter a n igh t of great per i l , through a r agin gsurf, wi thou t a s i ng l e c a sua l t y. Th e re we reman y wome n and ch i l d r en , and s eve r a l s i ck men . A l th ough i t h ad been d eem edpruden t t o a ban don t he men ' s knap sack sto g ive more s pace , t he Rese rve Ba t t a l i on otthe 91st went down the s ide of the sha t te redwreck , f u l l y a rmed , a c cou t r ed , r e ady fo iins tant s e r v i c e . "

I t wou ld t a k e t oo g r ea t a space t o men t i onthe va r i ous ep i sod es o f this stirring i n c i d e n t ,or the names of those amongst the officers,men , an d wom en wh o d i s t i ngu i shed t hemselves . Wh en the ful l s to ry shal l be wr i t ten ,

as i t wi l l be some day, th i s s p l e n d i d p a g ein t he h i s t o r y o f t he Empi r e ma y h av e j u s t i c e done t o i t . I t may be men t io n edh e re t h a t t h e 27 th and t h e Cape Moun tedRifles obeyed , much aga in s t the i r wi l l , t h eo rde r t o t a k e p reced ence o f t he 9 1 s t , andt h e y petit ion ed to be a l lo wed a lso to draw lo ts .

Th e Duk e o f We l l i ng to n , on r ece iv ing t herepor t , wro te : " I ha ve neve r read any thi ngso s a t i s f ac to ry a s th i s r epo r t . I t i s h igh lyc r ed i t ab l e , no t on ly t o Cap t a in B e r t i e Gord o nand the officers an d t r oops c once rned , bu tto the Serv ice in which such an ins tan cehas occur red of d isc re t i on and f irmness inal l officers i n co m ma nd , and o f con f ide nce ,g o o d o rde r, d i s c ip l i ne , and o bed i ence i n a l lunde r h i s co mm an d , even t o t h e wo me n

and ch i l d r en . "T h e " B O P. " h a s p u r c h a s e d f r o m Mb.

H e m y the r igh t t o r ep rod uce t h e p i c t u r e ,wh ich w a s e x h i b i t e d i n t h e R o y a l A c a d e m yin 1911 , and i t appea rs in the current m o n t h l ypar t . I t i s wo rth y of an hon our ed plac e in .e v e r y b o y ' s s n u g g e r y.



144 The "Boy's Otern Taper.

A M AT E U R E L E C T R I C I A N . — Wr i t e to the editor of thepublic ation in whic h the description appeared. Somuch depends on the materials and wo rkman shiptha t any estimate wou ld be worthless. As a ruleyo u have to buy a new dry b a t t e r y when the old oneb e c o m e s useless.

W. W H I T E H E A D . — I t is a counter for a parlour game,and is of the sort sold now at a shilling a dozen, ando c c a s i o n a l l y used for fraudulent purposes. Surelyy o u should know tha t " To H a n o v e r " i s a nimpossible inscription for any c o i n .

F. F. J. ( M e l r o s e ) . — A m o n g the stories by JulesVerne tha t have appeare d serially in the " B.O .P ."are the fo l lowing : — " D i c k Sands , the Boy Capta in ,"

- " The Giant Raf t , " " The Cryptogr am," " TheClipper of the Cl ouds, " " T he Star ol the Se t t lement , "" G o d f r e y Morgan ," " Barb icane and Co . , " " Adr i f tin the P a c i f i c , " " Captain Antifer " and " Cla udiusB o m b a r n a c . "

O. TRANTER.—We hav e sent your query to our stam pexpert, who will answer it in a later issue. Plates of ships and engines have been given in the " B.O. P. "alr ead y; see bac k volu mes. We shall be havingmore articles on model -maki ng, electricity , etc.L o o k out for these in due course. Yo u r short storyis not u p to our s tandard ; try again la te r or whenyo u have had mor e practi ce in the art of writing.

E . 0 . N . — Yo u r defective eyesight is certainly adrawbac k, but it is possible tha t you might rind aberth on some mercantile vessel. Wh y not applyto some of the big shipping comp anies with a viewto obtaining a post as under-steward ? As you say,a sea v o y a g e would probably s t rengthen yo ur e y e s .

"LITTLE JOHN."—There is nothin g man ly in doinga thing j ust b ecau se you are " dared " t o, a ndbecause you fear being laughed at. Take the advi cewe have given constantly in this colum n and waituntil you are several years older before- y ou th ink of smoking. The habit is in jur ious to a bo y ;there is no question about it . Stick to you r gunsand show the others tha t you have moral courage.

F. W. KEIOHLEY.—We should no t recommend b o y sto make a model of somethi ng they ha ve not seen.In Cha pman's " All about Ships " there are fullparticulars, inventory and all, of one of thetea-c l ippers—why not t ry tha t ? It is the fullestdescription of a three-masted ship tha t has beenpubl i shed .

E. W . BOLTON.—If in g o o d condi t ion , the George I I I .c r o w n of 1820 is worth I5,t. and the oth er coi ns arewor th about double their face value .

WORKER.—ftlieets of designs for fretwo rk areobta inable f rom all dealers in this h o b b y. An interesting set of designs tha t we may recomme nd has

just been issued by the Lon don Missionary S o c i e t y.

It is called " The Flee t of Pea ce, " and consists of th e f o l l o w i n g : " T h e S t e a m sh i p John Williams,"the sailing barque replaced b y the f ormer, " TheG o s p e l B o a t " (a river boat) , and representations of the ship in which the Apostle Paul was wrecked inthe Medite rranean, and of various bo ats used in theSouth Sea Islands missionary work. An y *' B.O .P ."fret-worker can cut ou t these designs, and the c o mplete set will mak e a useful additi on to a " den ."

X . L.— The ski, or Norwegia n snow-shoe, is a s t r ip of very firm and very elastic polished w o o d , slightlybroader than th e foot of the weare r and in lengtha trifle exceedi ng the utmo st height tha t he canreach when standing with ids arm stretched ab ovehis head. At the rear end the ski is square ; in frontit is slenderly pointed, curving upward and outwar dvery gracefully. The f o o t h o l d i s about mid-wayof the length, and the precise loca tion of this poin t—

as well as the length of the ski in comparison to theheight of the wearer—decides a nice question of balance. Alth ough the styles of the footho lds nowin U 3 e var y, the princi ple of them all is the s ame —to keep the toe steady and to leave the heel free.

0 . C L A R K E . — T h e insect is a hornet, vespa crabro, themost formidable of the wasps. The proj ectin gorgan, consisting of three long processes, one of them like a slender gouge, is the sting. Th e hornetwill do you no* harm if you do not pro vo ke it, andit is as well not t o interfere with it.

" D O G G I E A N D I. "— A wolf-hound makes a splendidwatch-dog, and no animal is more affectiona te andfaithful. For a house -dog, howe ver , it is difficultto beat the g o o d old fox-terrier. He is at oncean excellent watch-d og and a capital, intelligentcompanion .

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T he Proof of the Pudding:.A Christmas Breaking-upPiece . B y A R G Y L L S A X B Y.

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The Bal lad of Culdares. Astirring p o e m for recitation.B y G . B . S T U A RT (Illus-trated) .

H o w t o M a k e a To b o g g a n .B y G . P . M O O N (Illustrated).

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M y F i r s t Christmas Storyin the " B. O. P. " B yA D R I A N L E ^ G H .

Cryptography. By H. F.

H O B D E N (illustrated).T he Hunting- of " Sleeping-

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S a n t a Clans in Trouble.B y V . E . N E N D I C E .

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