The Girl Scouts of the Round Table

would be given in Westhaven in which the Girl Scouts of the Eagle's Wing

ctly privileged to hold their meetings, to give

their disposal. Mrs. Peters, Joan's mother, had urged the girls to come at any time to their old-fashioned cottage, wide

among the Girl Scouts, she would have freely given up her home to their use at a moment's notice. Months before Sheila Mason seemed to have lost all interest in life, when her lover, to whom she had been engaged, was killed at th

t prominent and interesting people in Westha

tertainment there was not one dissenting voice: Memory Frean's little House

outsiders, it was much simpler to manage at a distance from town. Memory Fre

rmed on the afternoon of Christmas Eve that one would never have r

chair covered with a piece of

entire center of the ro

t banners of silver cloth, bearing no inscriptio

the American flag and the f

bells that swung like a censer above the round

hospital in New York as a greeting to us before

1 of a stiff material, a silver cloth of cotton and silk. Cut in straight lines, it had n

were striking and origina

t trust myself. I was to tell you that Kara writes she is not under the impression that she is a poet. Being in a hospital several months has forced her to spend so much time alone that she devotes many hour

Scouts in Beec

r because of her influence over the other girls. To-night her hair was bound close about her head in b

in an agre

les of sprea

le of pen

ad curves

de dark w

om scorchin

en days

an: Do a

who ent

the red log

the flame

arks snapping

me as c

st of holid

ith hope

ut sends y

mas and th

and Kara's accident the summer before, followed a s

atures, she was not much older in appearance than several53 of her own Scouts. In fact, her own unfitness for her position had troubled her greatly in t

be a rare and wonderfully beautiful occasi

Girl Scouts into 'The Girl Scouts of the Round Table'-each one of us to bear the name of one of the Knights

ut principles and organization. I wrote to the National Headquarters explaining the situation and asking for information and advice. I assured them that under no circumstances would we be willing

d their consent and they are deeply interest

nity fell upon t

ned seated at t

the raised platform and took her seat in the chair covered with a cloth of gold. She was wearing a cost

of greater age. Her toilet was a strange one, a green and brown smock, with strange symbols covering it, the moon and stars, and signs of the Zodiac. She was not to be one of

rthur, "robed in red sa

trol of Girl Scouts intended to reproduce upon this Christmas Eve

no audience to behold the li

relight and the seven branched candlesticks upon the mantel and table. The odd costumes,

r and cold and still, with

end the final decision had been left to the Troop Captain. At present no girl knew the Knight

son and golden flames Memory

ing in low,

ords of grea

o strait vows t

ose, knighted fr

at the passin

d others dazed,

at the coming

aret

ale hesitated. She then arose and, biting her lips to hide thei

ouched her upon the shoulder with the

re, first made o

rt worthy of t

Margaret, repeating the little act of homage

Arthur and his knight

y were only going through a picturesque ceremony as an unusual Christmas entertainment. Of course they intended to

Moreover, Tory's short red-gold hair, her white face with the wide dark eyes

turies. She saw in vague outline not her own Girl Scouts and Miss Mason, not the dearly beloved room in the Hou

one Knight in all the Table Round

lah

e was among

white armo

good as thou

hen he dubbed

ument as to which one of the eight girls made the most impressive Knight. Of t

ad gave her a kind of frank and boyish air. She was more conscious than Tory of herself and

t tall son of Lo

rthur working

e Christ,

speak true,

erefore

the ceremony, save that it was picturesque and afforded an opportunity for wearing a fancy59 costume. She was looking forwa

, dark hair and pouting lips appeared serene a

the sweet smel

sunshine came

ght, because I

gs to knightho

t, Sir Pelleas

der becam

e k

all in forest

hundred tiny

ut a holly sp

tering berries

a spear,

ram of th

er own awkwardness and unworthiness almost destroyed the

ght and flour

rnamed the

and s

land with the close of the summer. She had no parents to call her back and preferred to remain until the return to Westhaven of Tory Drew's father and stepmother; the latt

girl she might have a closer historical claim than the others. However, she yielded to the persuasion of the G

rai

nt, a knight of

either hu

ave a golden-

rf, at eithe

e of the purest gol