To make it you must first untwist, or unlay, about six inches of one end of the rope, and tie a string firmly around it where the knot is to be. Now, hold the rope in your left hand with the untwisted ends standing up, take one strand and bend it downward and around the second. Do not draw it tight, but leave a loop. Next bend the second strand around the third, and the third around the first, bringing the third one up through the loop left in the first. Draw all the ends tight and snug, and the knot will look like Fig. 10, which is a “single maderwocker,” or “single wall.” [Illustration: FIG. 11.—A CROWN.] If this knot is not enough you may put a “crown” on it. Bend down the first end and leave a loop; bend the second over the first, the third over the second, and put the end through the loop left in the first. Draw all the ends down snug and cut them off, and you will have a neat and strong knot like Fig. 11. Perhaps you will understand this crown better by looking at the end of the braid, Fig. 13. [Illustration: FIG. 12.—A DOUBLE MADERWOCKER.] A “double maderwocker,” or “double wall,” is a variety of this knot, made in the same way, excepting that each strand passes around two others, instead of one, as in the single maderwocker. Thus, the first strand is bent down and around the second and third, the second around the third and first, and up through the loop of the first; the third around the first and second, and up through the loop of the second, which also has been left a little loose. Draw all snug and you have a larger knot than the single one. (See Fig. 12.) You can finish it either by putting a “crown” on it, as described before, or by binding the strands close to the knot and cutting off the ends. [Illustration: FIG. 13] A series of crowns makes a very pretty and useful round braid like Fig. 13. The one represented has but four strands, though you will notice that it looks as if it had eight. Any number of strands may be used for this, and it will always appear to have double the number it really has. To make it look even and smooth, you must always bend the strands down in the same way; that is, always bend them to the right or always to the left. Girls will find this pretty cord convenient for many things; made of fine silk braid, it is nice to hang a fan from the belt, or for other purposes. Made of heavier materials, boys, I am sure, will find use for it. THE SAILOR BOY. BY WALLACE E. MATHER. [Illustration] I knew a little youngster Who would a sailor be; He did not care for top or ball, For marbles, kites, or trinkets small,— He did not care for these at all, For he would go to sea. The things he really cared for Were queer things such as these: Odd knots of rope, and bits of string, A marline-spike, a hammock ring, India ink, or anything That might a sailor please.