While playing with my new hurley, I got the ball in my face to-day. – Read in German something about ‘the man with the iron mask’. The story has a great fascination for me and I suppose for all boys. Dr. Scannell looked up the encyclopaedia and there was a lot given about this strange royal prisoner, but nothing definite is known. It is believed he was son of Anne of Austria by a secret marriage. This was made known to Louis XIV when he came of age, and it is said he entrusted the imprisonment of his half-brother to Louvois. I must read Dumas’ book about it some time. – Got my hair cut on my way back from school. – There is good news from Bantry. 51 singers for Páp’s choral class and 16 private. – There was a terrific storm two nights ago. The ‘Killarney’ got a terrible buffeting from Cork to Fishguard.
