bodies he embalmed and carried in his richest chariots on his return journey.

Bitterly mourned the king in spite of the richness of his revenge. "Oh my Roland," he cried, "little pleasure have I in the land we have conquered. When I come again to my palace and people ask tidings, what can I say but that we have conquered cities, provinces and countries and left Roland dead? Then will there be no rejoicing. Sadness will fall upon our land, and every one will say the war has been in vain. Oh Roland, my friend, would God that I had died for thee."

When Charles had returned to Aachen he haled Ganelon before him and flatly accused the knight of treachery. This Ganelon denied, and the king set him on trial. By using the price of his treason, Ganelon secured among the judges thirty of his kinsmen, who by spending riches lavishly procured judgment for him, all voting him no traitor excepting a gentle youth, Tierry, who persisted in impeaching Ganelon as a felon and traitor who had betrayed Roland and the twenty thousand. Moreover, he accused the judges of treason and false judgment and offered to prove his charges upon any champion the accused should bring forth.

Tierry was a slender little lad, slight of limb and feeble in strength, and the champion selected by the accused was Pinabel, a giant among the Franks. All pitied Tierry and urged that some more doughty champion take up the cause, but King Charles said, "God will show the right."

So the lists were made ready and the combat began. Long and terrible was the fight, for the little champion seemed endowed with more than

human strength and courage. Yet ever was he beaten back, and ever it seemed that he must be crushed to death under the terrific blows of the mighty Pinabel. At last a blow came which cut his helmet in two and split off his right cheek. Then with vision clouded by the blood and with fast-failing strength, Tierry aimed a blow with all his force straight at the head of Pinabel. God gave force to the weakening arm and directed the stroke so that it cleft the steel helmet and the skull, and entered the brain of Pinabel, who fell gasping to the earth and died there in his sins.

Then all the people with "God hath spoken the word. triumphed in trial by battle. and his fellows."

one accord shouted, Again has the right Away with Ganelon

King Charles from his judgment hall pronounced sentence. "Take the thirty false judges and hang them. Let not one escape," decreed the king.

As for Ganelon, ten times worse was his punishment. Ropes were tied to the wrists and ankles of Ganelon and fastened to four prancing horses. Whining and begging for his life, the traitor lay extended while the horses, proud of their part, stood with noble arching necks ready without whip or spur to drag the coward traitor limb from limb. The halters were cast off, the horses sprang away, and Ganelon had paid his penalty.

Then to his lonely chamber retired the king, very old and decrepit, for years of grief had done more to age Charlemagne than years of war.

PRONUNCIATION OF PROPER NAMES

NOTE. The pronunciation of difficult words is indicated by respelling them phonetically. N is used to indicate the French nasal sound; K the sound of ch in German; ü the sound of the German ü, and French u; o the sound of ö in foreign languages.

FRITHIOF, frit' yofe

GRYPHON, grif' on

HOLGER DANSKE, hol' gur dans' ke

HROTHGAR, hroth' gar

HRUNTING, hroon' ting

HVITFELD, hvit' felt

INGEBORG, ing' e bor y'

JOTUNS, yo' toonz

JUAN FERNANDEZ, hwahn fer nahn' dath

LEPRECAUN, lep' re kawn

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LILLIPUTIANS, lil li pu' shans

LLEWELYN, le wel' lin

LOCHINVAR, lok in var'

MOHAMMED, mo ham' med

MUSTAPHA, moo' sta fah

NIBELUNGENLIED, ne' be loong" en leet"

PROSERPINA, pro ser' pe nah

PSYCHE, si' ke

RONCESVALLES, ron" thes val' yays

SCHAHRIAR, shah re' ar

SCHEHERAZADE, she he'" ra zah' deh

SERRANO, ser rah' no

SIEGFRIED, seeg' freet

STYRIA, steer' i ah

TYCHO BRAHE, te' ko brah' eh, or brah Wyss, vis