The Cambrian

ECHOES OF THE PAST. INTERESTING EXTRACTS FROM "THE CAMBRIAN" OF 1804. WELLINGTON'S GLORIOUS VICTORY AT ASSAYE. HISTORIC DESPATCHES FROM THE CONQUEROR OF NAPOLEON. S T FURTHER ACTIONS IN INDIA: BRILLIANT SUCCESSES. FROM "THE CAMBRIAN." ELEVENTH iSSCE, APRIL 7th, 1804. April 7tii. 1304. At Limenburgli, 600 citizens, who lived in a state of ease before the French invasion, are reduced to beggary. By order of the Frencii Generals, '.he loyal Hanoverian clergy have been forced to countermand the thanks- giving which they were to offer to the Di- vinity for their beloved Prince's recovery. Army Debate in the House. The plan for increasing the military force of the country was brought forward by Mr. Yorks last Wednesday night in the House of Commons. on his Majesty's message being taken into consideration. The main object of it he stated to be to suspend for one ye ir the c' operation of the army of reserve bill, and 111 the meantime, by a regular and fixed bounty of ten guineas, to endeavour to recruit the regular army, to which he proposed to add 25.000 men by raising eight new regiments of 1.000 men each, by adding ten new battalions t) old regiments, o,500 men to the cuvalary, and 2.000 to the footguards. An additional foreign force of 8,000 men is likewise pro- posed, exclusive of a levy <>f 4,000 men now going on in our American and \S est Indian possessions, bringing the whole of the pro- j posed recruitment to 40,000 troops He aiso pro Dosed to bring over to this country 10.000 of the Irish Militia, to set free an equal num- ber of regular troops at present employed in the business of defence .ana to replace the troops thus drawn from lieiand. he said it was intended to augment the Militia on that estate. With regard to those counties which have not made up their quota of men for the army of reserve, it was intended to propose a pecuniary fine, proportioned to the number of men dericient Mr. Yorke gave a. general statement of the military force of the country, according to which we had on service on'the 1st of March. 1804, includihg the regular cavalry and infantry, artillery and militia. 267,243 men: a force, he observed after onlv ten months war. within 14.000 of the number we possessed in April. 1801. after ten rears' war. In the course of his speech, Mr. Yorlre spoke in high terms of the spon- taneous offer of the Irisn militia., and con- eluded by moving an address to his Majesty for his gracious message. Mr. Pitt approved of the plan, though he was not perfectly convinced of the propriety of suspending the army of reserve Act. The policy of drawing 10.000 men from Ireland at the wresent crisis was much questioned; the Chancellor of the Exchequer, however, declared, that it was not intended to strip that country of any force without replacing it bv another, probably of equal extent.—The address was then agreed to without a division. Fox-Pitt Coalition. The following outline of the new condition between Mr. Fox and Mr. Pitt was yesterday mentioned in political circles. The Test Act to be repealed—the Catholics of England and Ireland to be completely emancipated—and an application to be made to the Emperor of Russia for the purpose of procuring a peace through his mediation. General Wellington Decorated. The Hon. Major-General Wellesley is to be invested with the red ribbon, vacant by the death of Sir VVni. Fawcett. Wellington's Splendid Victory at Assaye Overland despatches were received vester- day (ihursday) at the India House, from Bombay, containing the important intelli- gence Of a great victory having been gained by our troops over the combined forces of the Mahratta. Chiefs. iScindia and the Berar Rajah. A letter from General Wellesley to the Gov- ernor Genera!, dated at Assaye, Sept. 24th, 1803, after stating that he had been joined bv tiie tus-t of the expe-ted convoys, and that it had been resolved in a conference with Col. Stevenson to attack the enemy's army with the divisions under their respective com- mands. proceeds as follows :—"We passed the rived Eistr.a at a ford 1 beyond the enemy s ler tiank. and I formed the infantry imme- diately in i o lines, with the British cavalry as a reserve in a laird, in an open space bè- tween that river and a nullah running parallel to it. The Mahratta and Mysore cavalry oc- eui.ied the ground beyond the kistna, on our left flank and kept in check a large body of the enemy's cavalry, which had followed our march from tae right of their own position. V\ e attacked them immediately, and the troops advanced under a very hot tire from cannon .the execution of which was terrible. t, le picqueis of the infantry, and the 74th Recio-ient. which were on the right of the iix-st arm second lines, suffered particularly front the hre of the guns on the left of tiie enemy s position near As^ave. The enemy's cavaiiy also made an attempt to charge tue 74th Regiment, at the moment when thev were most exposed to this tire, but they were cut un bv tne Butish cavalry, which'moved on at that moment. At length the enemy's line gave wax in a-tl directions, and the British cavalry < ut lit among ttieir broken infantry, but some t: i their coiys went off in good order and a lire was kept up on our troop* for many of the guns from which the enemy had been tirst driven .bv indi\ldtniO' who had been passed bv the" line, under the supposition that thev "were dead. Lieut.Colonel Maxwell, with the British ca valry. < iiarged a large body of infantry, whic'ff had retired, and was formed again, in which operation he was kilied: and some time elapsed before we I could put an end to the stragghng tire which was k, pt up by individuals from the guns, from which the enemy were driven. •_ne enemy's ca-vahy aiso. winch had been haver- ing round us throughout the action, vvas still near us; .:t length, when the lasi formed body of infantry guvc way, the whole vent uti, and left in our hands 90 pieces of can- non. This victory, which was certainly complete, has, however, cost, us dear. tour Excellency will see, from the enclosed i-ef ui-ii. that our loss in officers and men has been very great, and in that of Lieut.-Colonel Max- well and other officers, whose names are here- in included, greatly to be regretted. I can- not write in too strong terms of the conduct of the troops advanced in the best order and with the greatest steadiness under a most destructive hre. against a body of infantry tar superior in number, who appeared determined to e< ntend with them to the last, and who were driven :'rom their guns only by the bayonet; and. notwithstanding the numbers 01 the enemy's cavalry a-)id the repeated de- monstrations they made or an intention to charge, they were kept at a distance by this infantry. The officers commanding brigades, nearly all those of the ^taff. and the mounted ohicers of the infantry, had their horses shot under them. Vlie enemy are gone all to- wards the --idjunty (lhant: and I propose to follow them as soon a [ can place my cap- tured "11: and the wounded in security.—I liitve.et c.. A. ^ellesk-y, \1.\ Fifteen Huildred" Casualties. A list of the killed and wounded follows, and in conclusion it 1S stated that "the Euro- peans killed and woiuM.ed, .ncluding artillery xhficers, are uDW:.i's ot 600. Of the natives no account ti. vet been received, but sup- posed about 900: Lake Routs a French General. Our operations in part of India have been attended with as solid, t hough not with such brilliant success. General La « writes from before Ally Uhur. under date Aug 29 and 30. that he had attacked the force under the French General IVnon ;ind forced him to rr-;rp after a feeble resistance, -with a loss on. t former of "nIT one man killed and four wounded. Genera Lake adds that most of the enemy's cavalrv which had been opposed to hm.. had returned to their homes, declaring their maoi ity to ecute.id with the British. ;and that- the ll- habitants who had deserted thei- houses were returning fast in consequence of his assur- ances of protection.—-A letter from MJ. Grant, Government secretary at Bombay, states the receipt of accounts announcing the subsequent surrender of General Perron, and of the British forces having obtained poses- sion of Agra, and Delhi. Further Details: Terrible Losses. Details of the late splendid victory in the East Indies, dated four days later than the official letters, have reached England in pri- vate letters, by which we learn that General Wellesley, having been joined on the 24tii by the >.izam's subsidiary and contingnet aimv. moved on in pursuit of the enemy who tc-i.tiuued retreating with tne greatest precipi- tatiori towards the Ad junta Pass. Our total "orce brought into action amounted to 900 Europeans, and 3.600 sepoys—total 4,500. The enemy ha.d upwards of 40,GOO men. the fewer of theii army, many of their battalions officered by Frenchmen, and their artillery numerous and excellently served. Our loss in killed and wounded is stated at 2,206, be- ing nearly half of the entire number brought into the hcld The enemy left 1,200 kilied, and double that number wounded. Anglo-Russian Treaty Rumoured' The Cabinet Councils have been for some vlays past attended by the Ambassadors of the Northern Pov. rs. This circumstance has been stated in .rroboration of the report a treaty, offer, ive and defensive, is on the point of being xecuted between England and Russia.. Twel.e English pilots, it is said, have been ordered up the Sound to take charge of the Russian fleet, which is to co- operate with our navy, in conformity wuu the stipulation of the treaty. It is added that Russia is to contribute a land force of 20.000 men. We give this merely as a report. Invasion Rumour. I-. is said that Government have received information respecting the armaments, which has induced them to believe that the long- expected attempt will be made in less than a week; and. in consequence, the military in most places are under orders to lv.aicu at t'ie shortest notice. French Generals' Plot. This morning arrived the '"Moniteurs" to the 15th nIt. inclusive. They are totally shent with vespect to Moreau and Pichegru, and do not afford the slightest information either upon the subject of tlt conspiracy, or the period when the persons implicated in it ,!re to be brought to trial. The paper of the 12th contains a detail of the arrest of Georges, fiom which 't appears that he made a mo.'t desperate resistance One of the officers he shot upon the spot. and wounded another so desperately that his recovery is very doubi- f Lt, Til money found upon hiia (between \£3000 and £ 4000) has been given to the widow ) and children of the man he shot. Moreau has been removed to Vincennes. and Pichegru to the Prison do la Force. The charges against the former are 18 or 20 in number. Nelson's Exploits at Algiers. The French Charge d'Aff.iires at Algiers has sent to his Government an account of Lord Xel ion's expedition to Algiers. His lordship appeared off Algiers on the 15th of January with nine sail of the line and de- manded the le-establishment of the English Consul, and the release of several ships, oncl their crews .taken by the Algerians, though they had British passports. The Dey refused alt Lord XeWm's demands, and after some days his iordship retreated. The Dev is busily employed in fortifying the city, expect- ing another vi^it from the English, and all the Consuls have retired to their country houses. Duke d'Enghien's Condemnation. If the arrest, trial, and condemnation of the Duke d'Enghien (son to the Duke de Bourbon and grandson to the Prince de Condej on t!.e 1 false charge of conspiring against the Re- public, bv the order* of the tyrant who now nIes in France, has produced the same honest indignation in other independent States, hkfl it has dene here. the First Consul will have no reason ultimately to rejoice in the success if his di i bo Heal machinations. Such an outrage against the laws of civilised Europe must excite the indignation of every Srvereign: nor can their subjects feel mdif- ferent to the question If free men are. with impunity, to be carried away by force from their habitations, and from the country which gives them protection, and to the laws of which they are subject, there is an end to all order, to ill safety, t(, everything worth con- tending for by civilised men. After this we should not be surprised if the First Consul should send a regiment of dragoons to seize Mr. Spencer Smith at St-utgard, and carry him to Paris to be hanged as a spy. Some- tlllTlg 1 ike it has been threatened. Should the Duke d'Lngliien be murdered in pursuance of j the sentence passed on him, the people of 1 France, weray of the present restless and Precarious state, will naturally be turned ) more giv to the cause of royalty, from jJ,ty of the royal youth, his amiable quali- ,les5' the truly tragic spectacle of "chance ,4 an change in human life1' exhibited in his me anchoiy fate. By his blood the sent i r,en7 UTa v w*'1 be revived and strengthened. Further Dispatches Renewed Fighting. 4t hi.-—"Despatches have this day^reached thl, Indm House trom General We, contain- ing accounts ot fmther successes, and as thev canrnt possibly appear ln t!le London piints h; to-morrow, I send you a copy thereof. „ These ae^tches comprise hve letters from General Lake to the <ernor-General. 'The first, dated Sept 4. ISOO. announces the cap. ture of Allvghur. a port hitherto deemed i £ pregnable, and defended on all sides Wlth toe utmost obstinacy, oy assail^ e Won. l ieut.-Col >nel Monson led the <t 'ic"}vij'h four companies of the 76th Regiment and the hr>t battalion of the 4th Regiment of native infantry, under Lieut.-Colonel Biowne, and a detachment of the 17th Native Regii'^nt; un" dec Captain Bagshaw; C'olonel Hors.oH o ti.e artillery covering their advance d heavy tire from batteries in situation* IJie" vio-usly determined on. The troops aP" ]u(inched the fort under a- most galling fire IIf musketry and grape, and steadily persevered until their object was attained. The Coin- maiider-ir-Chief warmly praises the exertions ot all the oflicers and men employed in the enterprise, as well as the meritorious conduct of Mr. Luean. an officer. a native of Great Biitain, who lately quitted the service of to avoid servin against his country and who undertook to lead Colonel Monson to the gate, and point out the road through the for, he effected in the most gallant manner. Sanguinary Fight Outside Delhi. [ general Lake's second letter is dated camp b« ,ore Delhi, Sept. 11th, and states that after a march ot 18 miles that morning, he learned 1 l< ^nemv. in great force, had crossed the .Junima from Delhi with the intention of at- tacking hlui. immediately ordered out the whole line, attacked the enemy in front, I tinder a tremendous tire from a numerous and i uncommonly well-served artillery, which caused considerable loss on our side; and by a charge on the enemy at about 100 paces distance, forced them to a precipitate retreat leaving in our possession the whole of their artillery. The cavalry pursued the fugitives to the Jumina. making a. dreadful slaughter, and numbers were drowned in attempting to cross. The consequences of this great victory were the evacuation of the city and forts of Delhi, and the dispersion of the enemy ;n all ) directions. Between 50 and 60 of the enemy's guns had been collected, and many more were expected. "The operations of yesterday I (General L. observes) must ever reflect the highest credit on all descriptions of the troops engaged, and cannot fail of striking the enemy with a dread of our armv, and prove to them that opposition to such superior discipline and courage is us-'lo's." King's County Conspiracy. A letter from Portarlington (Ireland). dated the 18th inst., says: "A great conspiracy has been discovered in the King's country; this morning Mr. Bernard passed through this town, with one of the principal conspirators t > the Castle. The "Dublin Journal" states that the name of this offender is Dennis Cas- sin, and that he has been sent to' Kilmain- ham Gaol, charged with being a principal leader in the new system of organisation in the King's country; several other persons, it is understood, have been arrested on similar charges.—A man has been apprehended in the neighbourhood of Dublin charged with being one of those who murdered the late Lord Kil- waruen. Swansea Colonel's Death. Died.—Tuesday night last, in London, Thomas Morgan, Esq., barrister-at-law, of Swansea, Lieutenant-aolonel of the Swansea Legion Cavaiery, and agent to his Grace the Duke of Beaufort.—Last night, at Trudvar, Mrs Landeg, mother to Roger Landtg, Esq.. j banker, of Swansea. Local Gazette Notice. First or Western Regiment of Glamorgan Volunteers.—Major R. H. Jenkins, to be lieutenant-colonel vice Wyndham; Capt John N. Miers. to be major, vice Jenkins; First Lieutenant Thomas Leyson to be cap- tain, vice Miers Samuel Freeman, gentle- i man", to be lieutenant-, vice Leyson. An Elopement in the "Upper Ten." The lady of a military baronet has just eloped with an honourable gentleman. The fugitives have been traced into Hereford- | shire, but their amorous retreat has not yet been discovered. Lady G is a very beau- Mfui woman, a native of Dublin, where Sir John saw her accidentally about two years I since, and instantly fell in love with. her. They have one child living. Thanks for Our Sailors. On Monday the Court of Common Council of the City of London unanimously returned their thanks to Admiral Cornwallis. Vice-ad- miral Cotton. Rear-admirals Collingwood, Calder, and Greaves; Captains Pellew and Sutton, commanding the fleets blockading the ports of Brest and Ferrol; to Lord elson, commanding the fleet blockading Toulon; to Rear-Admiral Thornborough and Sir Sidney Smith, commanding the fleets blockading the Texel and the ports oi Holland, for the very eminent services rendered their country, for their great zeal and uncommon exertions, by which our enemies have been kept in a con- stant state of alarm, nor dared for a. moment to show themselves upon that element which has so often been the scene of their disgrace; also to the several officers, seamen, and mar- ines undei their respective commands. Society of Arts. On Wednesday. his Graco the Duke of Xor- toik presided ;.i tiie anniversary festival of the Society of Arts. The noble Duke, wit.h that admirable talent which he so eminently possesses of maintaining spirit and convivi- ality in a popular assembly, promoted the festivity of the meeting to a late hour.—This society has now maintained its respectability for nearly half a century It has greatly contributed to the increase ot important- dis- coveries in all the useful arts. and we rejoice to see that it is at this moment possessed of a large income, and consequently more exten- sive in its utility, than at any former period. A Ludicrous Challenge. Three young gentlemen at school at Chig- well .of the names of Stephenson, Lei.th. and Harris last week sent a challenge to a young gentleman .a Monsieur Etienne du C'as, rela- tive of Princa Conde, at Wanstead House. The latter, knowing nothing of Mr. Stephen- son.in whose name the letter was written, apphed to the magistrates at the Public Uthce, Bow-street, for protection. Peace officers were accordingly sent to the house in town troni whence the challenge was dated; Yl.. No. 50. Great Ormond-street. and the parties waited at the office with impatience the arrival of the challenger—when, instead o:' a mm, he appeared as a mere child, only 14 years of age .dressed in the extreme of fashion, with a, very thick neckcloth, and his shirt- collar up to his ears, and only about 3 feet 2 inches high. This threw the magis- trates and all present- into a burst of laugh- ter. On an explanation, it appeared that M. Etienne du Gas happened to be visiting at the house of a gentleman, and paid some at- tention to a Miss H..which, provoking the jealousy of the forward master Stephenson, he. in revenge, procured his schoolfellows. Leath and Harris, to write the challenge.— Stephenson was admonished and permitted t. odepart with his friends ;Lettth and Harris are to be hap up to receive a like corrective lecture from the magistrates. Rev. Talbot Rice at Neath. On Friday lii^ht- tiie gfT. Talbot- Rice. Vicar of Swansea, addressed a vast meeting at the Gwyn Hall, Neath. He pointed out tiie excellent examples and the encourage- ment given to men to follow the path of britly, and urged his hearers, to act by a similar force, and by united effort to abolish the drinking customs which were hurtful and unnecessary. In, carrying out- the aistorn the workmen ot Great Britain poured 98 millions of money down their throats and made them- selves slaves to custom. TlieV should re- member that there was a duty responsi- bility to break down a useless custom, and by strenuous opposition to remove that which was wrong by supplanting that which was right. It was constantly urged that bt-siness could not be done without .asking u customer "to come and have a di'inK; out, instead of that, they should look rirst at the consequences. Let them think of tne condi- tion of the home, and remember that it was the centre of national life, and must be made the brightest dwelling place by in'-livx«.ud '•'ne in place of neglect.—Mr. R. t. aineron. iIt(► addressed the meeting in a vigor- (jUs and interesting speech.

There are. indeed, few that do not feel the needs recruiting after the trying ^:l.r0" metrical changes of the past sea-son. some it is "only a fetqjnor of lassitude," °n fcPS' up to the mark, "'a .sort of a o\er sinking feeling." "too weak to do anv- iing a ryut th*? house," "these recurring he;ia" ac ie-, no appetite for mv food," etc. I h< "e ''•I1 ( ozen .°fhers, are common expres^i'"1" which all point to the urgent need of 5ü1l1e good tonic. 6 What a cnange of air can do for you in a months t-iiiK, i you no-worse than you a^e now. course o some good tonic mixture. 'a reliable medicine of established reputation and of proved virtue will do now. There are several tonic mixtures to be had, but none which have heen *o imifovrnly successful as Gwilym Evans Quinine Bittern it has never been known to fa; Above all. see that you get the right nrticV, "w ith the name "Gwhym hvans" on the lahe1. Btamp, and bottle, without which none i* penuine. Gwilym Quinine Bitters. The Vegetable Tonic, is sold everywhere in bcttle#1 2n. 9d. and 4s. 6d. each.

SUNDAY SKETCHES. j LIBANUS CHAPEL, CWMBWRLA. | (By "ido genes.") MOTHER BETHESI?A:S CHICKENS, seme of them grown into quite respectable liens, scratching for themselves with com- mendable vigour—cackle all over Swansea. I don't believe there is a Welsh Baptist cause in the town which does not owe its existence directly or indirectly, to the church of Christ- mas Evans. The virility of the mother dissi- pates into the brood, and though Mother Be- ti.esda, it is whispered, has been poorly of late-—in need, so 5,i(y some authorities—of a S;'esneg tonic—you calÙ say that of her daughters Here the old faith, the wild energy, t.he ancient tongue, are felt, seen, and heard as in the good days gone. Dr. Daniel Davies, "the blind man." is dead. I think he lives. and rules, and speaks. in multitudinous voice, at many a little Bap- tist cause in West Wales, every Lord's Day. You are funny people. You say Dr. Daniel Davies was blind, when lie could really see faither than any Baptist man of his em; you now say lie is dead, when lie lives more fully and more perceptibly than he ever did before. You are funny people Peering into the distant past, we may see, dimly, but with sufficient, clearness, the 'LITTLE f»')TTAGE MEETINGS 11 at Cwmbwrla, over which the vivid sighted spirit of the blind man is spreading. They were the little seed, which was to grow into [1 big tree. The seed was nameless; the big tree is Libanus. There are those yet in Cwm- bwrla who had delightful memories of these oU days. Occasionally, Rev. R. A. Jones, minister of Bethesda, preached—at the house of Mr. C. Powell—and once—occasion blessed in memory for ever—Mr. Jones, of Nantyffin, came. The Sunday School was then con- ducted in the Itouse of Mr. D. Evans, Cae- bricks. His son is now a deacon and the trea, surer. The first time the thought of a church at Cwmbwrla found expression, was at a Be- thesda church meeting on November 9, 1863, and early in '66 Bethesda- resolved to build. In April 30th of that- year the CHRISTENING OF THE CAUSE w.>„s solemnised. On Julv 10th and lltlt, 1867. a substantial stcne building was completed and opened, by a sermon from Rev. 11. A. Jones Others who preached were "the Blind Man." Rev. RufusWilliams (Rliondda), J. Jones ("Mat-be- tas"—-author of a NVeisli commentary on the Bible, which is recognised yet as a, standard commentary), and Rev. Evan Thomas (Car- digan, now of Ealing, London). The latter, who continues to minister at Ealing, is the sole survivor. In May. 1869, the brethren at Cwmbwrla, asked to be organised as a. separate church. and immediate steps were taken to comply with their wishes, and with the blessing of the oastor and people of Bethesda. Libanus started out to assist- m the evangelisation of Cwmbwrla. And she has done her share. ':k These Cwmbwrla deacons arc modest men tnere are eleven of them in ail—the one I lassoed and tamed made me "promise and vow" that his name should not appear in any sketch I might perpetrate. But he was wili- ing enough to talk, which, after all, is what a Sunday sketcher wants most. AT FIVE YEARS OLD this gentleman's acquaintance with Libanus began—lie has been a member for 28 yea's— j cjuii long enough to pick up a respectable quantity of information. ORDER FOR THE DEACON. The story is a- very human one. Rev. Roberts was the first pastor of the new church. We never hear anything about him. He turned out wrong. "Rev. Wm. Haddock preached there for seven years. He was a very good man, and the church was going oiti tery well under his ministry, but he left suddenly, and went down tJ Blaenffos, in Carmarthenshire." "Why did he leave?" "He went to the theatre, and then lie was • asked to resign at once." "Was that all?" chapel people don't believe in going the theatre, you know." Though it had nothing to do with this sketch, I here interrupted the interview to aigae with the deacon. I pointed out that the drama was nothing in itself—not neces- saiily GOOD, OR BAD, OR IfDDL¡'- it was just what people made it, and would not. I inquired, the abandonment of it by all good Christian people-I presumed that chapel people were good and Christian—tend to lower the standard of the theatre. The deacon readily assented, bat with the "well-conditioned block-headedness" that Car- 1\-1" so ardently eulogises; vet remarked he "didn't think it was the right thing for Chris- tians to go to the theatre," and talking of the care with which anything "secular" was barred even in less spiritual institutions con- nected wit-ii the church, he told a story of his father, A KIND-HEARTED HERBALIST, who n'rlshcd in early Cwmbwrla days. Every boy or girl who recited or sang at the Band of Hope were rewarded by the doc- tor with lozenges. Once a wild-natured boy- rose and recited—or began to—a little piece entitled. "R facli fu farw 1" (The little donkey that died !) Everyone was shocked, and the elocutionist smothered forthwith! "He didn't get his lozenges that- time?" '"Oli. no; but you see. if so careful in the Band of Hope, how much more so they must be in the Sunday School, where Scripture dia- logues are alone permitted. "Well, did Pastor Haddock defend himself in any "He said he went to the theatre to see. He had been told some of their people went there, I and he wanted to see for himself." But the excuse did not save him. From North Wales came Rev. Daniel Da- vies ("Dvtri Myrddin"). Mr. Davies was "A very good preacher, out not very good as a pastor." "Whv not?" ''Well, he didn't go to visit his flock enough. Get him in the pulpit HE WAS ALL RIUHT, but in visit-ation he wasn't up to (he mark. Ho remained six years. His sermons were well thought out—all of them." "Next pastor?" "Rev. Samuel Davies. I'd rather not say anything about him!" "Rev. J. H. Hughes, came from Bootle. Liverpool." "\Vlat of liiiii "Oh, everything that's good about him. One ot the best preachers that ever was there Mid minister as well." "His good points?" "Earnestness. I think, was the first." "He was a good man?" "Oh. capital a very straight-forward man, andV man that could lead the flock, because he h\d enough common sense; he led them piuperly: he had the reins in his hands, and was keening them there. One of the biggest losses the church ever had was losing him." When did he go?" Last August twelve months. He v.-as at Libiinus five and a half years." "He didn't go wrong?" Mis wife didn't have health in Swansea, j ant. they had to go back t-o the Midlands. He is now in Manchester. The church was verv piosperoux under him—numerically and 'V^-llv—spiritually more tha.n numerically, He happened to come here at the WORST TIME IN OCR HISTORY, bemuse the works at Cwmfelin and Cwm- bwrla were stopped. In :iIltl '98, about a hundred of our members left. for America, "J en the tinplate trade started there. 1 bat accounts for the fact- that tne present membership is only slightly in excess of that in 1895? ° "Since last year vve-ve been without a pas- tor." "How is that?" "CaH get one to suit us altogether." The hymns, each of them, were on bap- tism. During the singing of the last, the preacher retired three young fellows in a side pew took oif coats, vests, and boots, a, few •y.s and girls GATHKRED EXPECTANTLY in the aisles, all of those who were in the gal- lery leaned over; there was real interest, everywhere. The girls were clad in ordinary summer frocks. Three young men and two young women— everyone in their teens, were the subjects ot the ordinance. The pastor, arrayed in a jroek coat, iUnd with "baptismal trousers." Ho went, into the water, which was a matter of three feet deep, then returned, his trousers glistening, and standing on the edge of the tank. remarked that several young people there would follow Christ as a starting point of their Christian life. He was pleased to see young people, in the early morning of manhood and womanhood, so begin to follow Christ. Nothing wm more pleasant to him than to be baptising people. First the girls, and then the boys. one bv one. followed the pastor INTO THE WATER, fie,, standing to their left, and seizing them as they came, by the hair and waist, pron- nounces the solemn words "Fab leninc (a'r Ferch leuanc) yr wyf yn eich bedyddis yn en v y Tad, y* Mab, a'r vsoryd Glan, Amen." ("Young man—or young woman—I baptise you in the name of the rataer, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.") t 'I he,se words ufcttered, the pastor lowers the subject backwards into the water, and as the waves close over her, the choir strikes up a most spirited piece of music yr Oen. Hallelujah." Several tanes repeated. A deacon STOOD ON THE BANK with a handkerchief to wipe the fare of the baptise* and a. ]ady ;lt the end covered each ",t")ti,cci girl with a shawl as she came up the steps. lie would pray," the preacher said, hë wanted to ask the congregation, "Was there anybody there ready to be baptised. y (3 He, 'o1 'ls- part, was willing to receive any- I one an «*Ptise them there and then, on their profession oj faith Jn Jesus Clu.ist •> No. pet son volunteering, the pastor prayed shorty on behalf of the young people who had been Mptised, and to rousing music from I ti»e folks retired. Lioanus choir sings no oratorios now; not since t ie f ark days of :9'7 and 88, when the exodu* o America lost to it a number of su- perior "fwstes. Prior to that. big audiences in tiie ert Ha,[j were entranced with de- ,tutui renderings of such masterpieces of I sacred ineloay as the "Messiah," "Judas Mac- cxbeas St. llIUI 11 and "Samson." The eluiPe n.^er had an organ or harmonium, but relied so e on strong ar.d melodious voices, They oiice number 120, and now reach about 1 ..Councillor Griffiths has for many years, ana ]S now> conductor, and there arc P1. <lbly few men in Swansea so wedded to then work as Councillor Griffiths t-o his. [ he ouiieillor was spoicen of to me by a tYholmis person as "A.LITTLE GOD AT LIBANUS"; that !'e' Profoundly respected, admired, and loved tnere is pluinjy evident. Mr. Griffiths ;s ll' >e'u^r deacon—by a long way—having serve1' t ie cliurch in that capacity for oil yea is, allC <'s secretary for a quarter of a een- tl'l'V; Nine1.' -eight per cent of Libanus' 309 mem- bers balance, of course, arc n;) ie'Y? drinkers. The services are very well ^uc Gd til ways. The Sunday School is one <>1 tne.be,st jn {he district, has*20 classes, adult Ju,Ciiile, and an a vein go attendance of ovet f here a? e 45G on the books. A Chr'.sd-i'1*^ -.lueuvour Society of 60 to 70 meets oo Ml'Tlt d^ !l Ihmd of Hope, from oCO to 400 strong?" Uesdays. -L'1 e* <l Qebt also, but not a heavy one. Lilians produced two ministers -Rev. David Davity •, of Shrewsbury, and Mr. B. G. Grifh'V 'l 's(,u of Councillo'* Griffiths, is now senior ^uUent at Regent's Park Baptist Col- jp,re, London. ° I;).Illus Sunday School has always been emineI .^uceessful in its scripture essays. The*?; are sent first to the Baptist quarterly meeting, wd from there thc b,e:t are selectèd to go to the al1llu¡¡! meeting lle Sunday School Union. A comde "l, £ "ne from Cwmbwrla everv veav, cep :¡.. .¡. -¡r A ia,1d by no means a silent one. Revere"0 s 'ar awav. but earnestness, and a sense 0 Z11 'pation are at band. All, es- pecial'.V °.'e b,,v.s ant] jjjr|s in the gallery, grow keelll^expectant, for A HA{,'nSMAL SERYICE i" to be c,1;ndueted. The chairs from the "Set F11"'1' piled up unceremoniously at one ei)d l"e «'Hs|e, and two deacons are re- moving ,f- !'r- for underneath it- is the bap- tistry the preacher for tiie even- ing. | ( "l°herts. from Mount Calvaiy, got Pulhit'. and an ordinaiy service, chieliy C jt-eecK- 1 heartiness of its song. s.\ CoU'l01' 1-Jfliths leads off. having got the rig'1 °uf of his tuning fork, the choir fotlow- in chords full, deep, and glowing*, 1 congregation also is not be- hind. a"d no silent voice anywhere. The te'f ;'»is is a. faithful saying, and worthy itC:teptation, that Christ Jesus c;iiiie illt(P .iC W(|rld to save sinners." The ,c'etr|rt""J;p-(-'tirist to come, the great point "d Testament; Christ having come t|,a ll'e New. The future is very dark f°l ^<Jdless, Christless, man. Iu- ii ;isKeu gersoll here bevond p.^th the door leads to night? e sav." He wotIld see the future, being a Christless man. r'l(hstinction to this, the prea- cher n11'. first verse of "Islwyn's" well- known Uwchlnw cvnivhin amcr." The >howed tlmt nCW-[T TO HEER E CHHIT, and the gave reasons: (1) The unitv of I,; The Old Testament and the new c(»nI to give us a complete stoiy of the < h'^l' v.J.U|ny writers in many ages, but one °r .f. the whole of Hicni. (2) The simpl'clts ■'e Gospel. Christianity j„ the idea lS.(f r the creation, but the Gos- pc- :'ls5. 'i,g|than an idea—it- is a Word. The e'.f ..l'lxlation of a "faithful saying" in the £ "a true word. (o) The ent-rv l'lP livu';1 ls ^I'l'ough Christ and baptism, (4) The 1 "U Christ, was to save men—a Lve D i'i'-rhe" lie could not have—he fought the ba the universe in the dark, that 11^ —light' --='A_

fALL BIGHTS RESmyrO. ] A MIDNIGHT MARRIAGE. BY MAY AGNES FLEMING, Author of "Lady Evelyn," "The Unseen Bride- groom," "The Heiress of Glen Gower,The Baronet's Bride," Magdalen's Vow," &c. CHAPTER XVII.—(Continued). So it. was all over, and he knew the worst, fie sat down in his shabby little room, drew writing mater als before him, and, without a moment's delay, beiran the promised letter to Leonie De MontrreaU. Decision, resolution, were the young man's characteristics. He told her the truth at once. "I have lost all," he with tragical intensity—"even my yearly allowance. For the first time in my life nothing remains to me I but mv art. I am penniless—a. worker for my dailv bread. Well, be it so—that way honour lies. My future is mv own to make, and it shall be one my Leonie will be proud of. Only wait, my darling. Be true and faithful for a little. whi*le all will come right in the end. I remain here until {ne old man is better or clend: then bark to New York. to love. lo J'ou, and my glorious idol—Art. Write to IHe, my own, my dearest, and let me see tho ¡.aciOl;" wods that tell llJY Lennie will wait 'or her adoring lover." Leonie De Montreuil sat alone in her room— a room beautiful and luxurious as its beautiful and luxurious occupant. She sat by the window, still wearing her morning nrjiliqv, although the October gloaming was settling down over the avenue. She lay back in her cushioned chair, two open letters in her lap, and an expression of unmitigated sulkiness on her tiark face. One little, slippered foot 1Je:>: an angry tattoo on the carpet, and the slender black brows were drawn in an impauent frown. "And after all my waiting, after all my hoping," she thought, bitterly, '"this is the end. Nothing but disappointment on either hand." There was a soft ran at the door. "Come in, Clara," she said in French; "the house is thine own." The chamber door ooened slowly, and her friend and hostess, Mrs. Manners, a pretty young matron, swept in, in rustling dinner dress, ribbons fluttering, jewels sparkling. "Not dressed yet?" she said. "Not even icneed, and past six, my dear Leonie Ah! letters. No bad news, I trust ? _\8 bad as ba.d can be," Leonie said, bitterly. "I am the most unfortunate girl alive, 1 think. Turn which war I will, there seems nothing but vexation and disappointment for me." Air. Manners threw herself into a jauteuil, and drew out her watch. "An hour yet until the dinner-bell rings. I am glad I dressed early. Tell mo all about it, m'amour. Who are your odious correspondents ? "Count De Montreuil and—Ahvyn Bart.ram." "Ah! Alwyn Ibrtram. And what does our handsome artist say for himself ? Is the rich uncle dead, and the curled darling of the gods disinherited ? "Yes, he is disinherited. All goes to a distant cousin." "Robert Bartram-mad Robert. I knew him once. Poor Alwyn What will become of him now ? "Oh, he is to work wonders—to win for himself an immortal name, and wealth, and glory, with a few tubes of paint and a few yards of canvas! I have no patience with such ridiculous nons, ns. When Mr. Bartram has feet and grey hairs, he may possibly have achieved a decent competence, if he has the talent he gives himself credit for. As The young lady shrugged her shoulders, and deliberately tore his letter in two. And the other ? What says the stately count ? That he is coming back to America to search for bis lost daughter. A pleasant prospect for me! He will find her, of course. She will be his heiress, his idol, and I—I shall be the companion, the poor relation—one step higher than mademoiselle's maid! She seized the second letter fiercely, and tore it, also into ;ril,gnents as she spoke. There was a soft rap; then the door opened, and the face of Aglae, Miss De Alontreuil's maid, appeared. The French girl held in her hand a magnificent bouquet of rarest exotics. "With Monsieur Rutherford's compliments," she -aid, piacing it, before her mistress. "When will mademoiselle bo pleased to dress ? "tn half-an-hour, Aglae. Yon may go." She lifted the buuquet, her dark eyes sparkling. Beaut ifnI, are they not?" she said, in- haling their rich fragrance. "Mr. Rutherford has exquisite taste." "Or his florist, Mrs. Manners said. "But Mr. Rutherford's taste is undisputed—in some tilings. He admires you, my pretty Leonie. After all, let uncle and artist both fail, and Le iiile De Montreuil need never sink into playing second fiddle. There are not a dozen wealthier men in wide America, my husband says, than William Rutherford." There was a pause. Miss De Montreuil flung the torn fragments of her letters contemptuously away, and bent her face above the tropical blossoms. "Ah! bul he is old Rutherford," Leonie said, plaintively, "and I don't, like the old men." "Of course not; but, 3011 see, unfortunately one can't have everything in this lower world. U ono Jib, ¡ll1li¡Jlitt.(l diamonds and pocket- money, a box at the opera, the best metropolitan society, a villa in the Highlands, a cottage on the Hudson, a brown-stone paiace on Fifth Avenue, one must be content to endure a few drawback. There was blank silence. Miss De Montreuil was looking steadfastly out of the window. Mrs. Manners a second glanced at her watch. Half-past six. Really. Leonie, your maid will not havr: time to do herself justice this t-veiling. I will go and send her up at once, book your pre'tbst, and wear Mr. Rutherford's flowers, and be as sensible when he takes you in to dinner as it is the nature of eighteen to be. For the prtsent, adieu Mrs. Manners tripped lightly away, and sent Mile. Aglae upstairs at. once. She wns very fond of her pretty guest, and the rich Rulher- ford was a remote connection of her own. "I hope have sense," she thought, as rho sailed into the drawing-room to receive her .<„. "3 hope she won't be siliv and senti- And I don't think she will." the dinner-bell was clanging forth its nunmons as Miss De Mcntrenil floated—she always floated — into the gas-lit drawing-room. Very beautiful she looked in her pink silk dinner dress—the colour of strawberry ice— with pearls in her rich, black hair, and eyes like ebony slars. A. cluster of Mr. Ruther- ford's waxed {lowers nestled amid the loamy lace of her corsage, and Mr. Rutherford's old eyes absolutely lit up as he recognised them. lIe came towards her, and took possession at 3nce, as one having the right—a short, stout, red-faced old man of sixty, with a protruding under lip and two or three double chins. "Beauty and the Beast," whispered an nviouB adorer, hovering in the d I tance-" Venus and Vulcan, Mirando and Caliban, My and Decern tier! His companion laughed.. d be sarcastic. I think your j^able December will make an eminently s^one p-iir. She has 110 more heart than » ml -5 Mils De Montreuil ami ^^TutherfoTd did" not the and the pretty brunette tvos eTer too gUid to converse much. But all through the meal his. eyes Wandered to her exquisite faC«» W'Tf) 1/ lnfatuation only to be seen in the eyes of old men making idiots of themselves. Ii fat whisper. y expected it ",p"% and 1 ,m "5, ™ h„d l„ the draiving-room, and Mr* drawn the little belle to a remote sola just big enough to hold both. A Ule Piano was singing » XSfonS flirta,iong;tTriCedVorn.°f WhiCh jf /dioifght it'Awo,,idW 1 e"Vy thC fl°*ent*i ,he would be at your service." Ion are very g d" ♦ !,?UUJtllow 1 have come heie o I accept every to tins house ? Wfcy j am»' happy out of it Ot late ? rl "How should I?" Because vou are here 1" burst forth tho '"JW. 1 «. fundi* in 1ot« with you, beautiful Leonie, and want- you for I my wife!" There it was! Leonie's heart seemed to stand stock still, and she felt herself growing cold all over. 'The odious red face wa» very near hsr own. "I'm an old man, Miss De Montreuil, but, I am also arich man, and 1 lay my heart and my fortune here at your feet. I will only live to gratify your every whim —1 will bo your slave, your worshipper—my gold shall flow like, w ater at your bidding. Only sa;, you will be my wife! His hot breath was or. her cheek—his inflated face almost touched her own. Leonie Dc Montreuil turned for an instant so deathly sick with repulsion that her parted lips refused to obey. And yet the bad, ambitious purpose within her never faltered. "Speak!" the old man said. "Someone may come. Speak, and tell me you consent. Promise to be my wife." Someone was coming Mrs. Manners. Leonie found her voice by an effort. "You are very good," she repeated, shrinking back a little as she said it, "and I promise. I will bo your wife." CHAPTER XVIII. "on, MY MINE NO MORE!" A suniess and giotv Kovember day late in the month, the dead leaves whirling in wild drills before the chill wind, a threatening of snow in the leaden air. A dull and cheerless November afternoon, the black sky, low-lying, a wail of coming winter in the sobbing blast tearing through the trees. And on this desol- ate autumn afternoon all that was mortal of Mr. Wylder, the wealthy stockbroker, was laid in its native clay. Ashes to ashes dust to dust! The clergyman s teeth chattered in his head as he rattled over tho burial service, and tho group gathered round the grave, whilst th6 sods clattered down, shivered in their great- coats. There were not many mourners—the miserly stockbroker had made but few friends. Foremost among those few stood the dead man's nephew—the rejected heir. Disinherited as he was, ho was yet generous enough to be sincerely sorry for the old man, his soie living relative, and hitherto his kindest, fnend. The funeral over, Mr. Bartram made no longer delay in the Southern city. There was nothing now to detain him there, and he was feverishly impatient to get back to New YorK, to low, to Leonie. He had heard from her but cnee-the briefest of brief notes, in answer to that first impassioned letter. She was sorry for his illfortune she hoped his bright dreams of future greatness might be realised she hoped his uncle might yet relent, and—that war *r Alwyn Bartram reached New York, and wen,, to his lodgings at once to change his dress, preparatory to calling upon Miss De Montreuil. A pile of letters lay awaiting him-chiefly duns. Ill news flies "apace, and already the tailor and the bootmaker, and the florist and the jeweller, were sending in their little reminders to the discarded heir. Some half- dozen cards of invitation were there, too— one to a conversazione at Mrs. Leesom's for that very night. He flung the duns aside, in angry impatience, and began his evening toilet at once. And the spoilers came down How soon the vultures alight on the dead carrion It is no longer Sir. Bartram, the prospective heir to the Richmond stockbroker's wealth, but Alwyn Bartram, the impoverished artist, whom those gentlemen dun. I begin to find out the pleasantness of poverty very soon. 1 suppose I must, give up these apartments with the rest," glancing around the elegant rooms, and play Sybarite no longer. It must be bread and damp bee: and an attic chamber, and a threadbare coat for the future. No more the old life— nothing but hard work for the next twelve months at least. Well, so long as Leonie is true, that fate has no terrors for me. How stnmge she has not written-not, one of my letters answered Surely, she is ill or out of town I" 1'0; Miss De Montreuil was neither. Mr. Bartram discovered that, when, an hour later, he stood on Mrs. Manners's marble doorstep, she was well and still in town, but "not at h- une." He remembered afterwards the odd look with which the servant regarded him as he said it, but he turned away carelessly, leaving his card. "It is only a question of an hour or two," he said to himself. "She is certain to be at Mrs. Ll'PR0111'S." But again he was disappointed. When, a few hours later, looking wonderfully handsome and interesting in his mourning, Mr. Bartram pre- sented himself in Mrs. Leesom's elegant j drawing-room, he saw hosts of people he knew, but no Leonie. "She is always late; she will be here pre- sently," he thought. The disinherited heir found that his story had preceded him, weeks ago, and was forced to listen to speeches of condolence right and left. But the handsome face was so infinitely calm nnd serene that people began to think their condolence a little out or place. His placid countenance only clouded for the first, time when midnight sounded and his black-eyed enchantress bad not arrived. "IIow very late Miss De Montreuil is to- night he said, carelessly, to Clara "And yet one invariably finds her heiv. Miss Lecsom turned suddenly round up us him. with a broad stare. "\Yhat I" sho exclaimed, "Is it realiv possible you don't know ? Why, I though? cl alt people She stopped abruptly, colouring a little. A dull, quick pang of apprehension shot through the heart of the lover. "Noth.irj; )-s hsrpencd, I trust ? lie -aid. "Miss lie Meiiueuil IS well ? "Perfectly well, I believe; only Is it reailv possible, Mr. Bartram, that you had not heard ?" I iiave heard nothing. Remember, I havt but just, returned to the city, within the past few hours. I called upon Miss De Montreuil, but she was not, at home." "Ah!" Clara Leesom said, and there was a world of meaning in the brief ejaculation. •'Miss De Montreuil is invisible, to most of her friends just now. And you really do not know ? You, of all people! How very odd. I took it for granted everyone knew it." "Knew ,hut? T'or Heaven's sake, Miss Leesom, what, do you mean ? Surely, slir,.Jy," as a horrible pang of doubt shot through him, "h.. has not ?:one l'aek to Fru!lre The young lady laughed. "Oh, dear, no! Quite the reverse. "She 18 a lix'ure in New York now,! fancy. Made- moiselle Leonie is not here to-night because one has not time for society the week befoie one is married." Married he repealed, the word lopping mechanically fiom his lips. "Mauiei nd to hoin ? Oh, Mr. Eutherford. of coor«c-t.ie best pfi)' in the market. You J r- *utrain, Miss De Montreuil is 1111 ennnently sensible voung lady, and, to be a nttle vulgar, kil0wS on which side her bread is buttered. Mr. Rutherford is rather a deteimined old gentle- man, and when he proposed, rumour savs. it was after the fashion ol the lady in the Irish pong—'Take L !l> "1 the humour, end that's just now*. leonie's coquetry would jini do hpie* talie >ue or leave me, and tJecide at once. sj,e «>f course— vho.could say Ao f0 a millionaire ?—and on Thursday next. ih,y ;U'c to be irawied. 1 am -r?fns/,d J(Hl ilaTe nor lle!lrd it I if. is the C' At eleven o'clock, next ni°rning, the ceremony will take make one of the bridal friends anc* ^eonie weie always such A second sidelong look of feminine spite and triumph. Miss Leesom's vengeance was com- And this was the reason of the unanswered letters—of Leonie's dead silence. False But his white face told little. liven his voice, when he spoke—and it seemed to him he paused for an hour or two before finding it— was but slightly changed. "This is all news to nie. As you say, Miss Leesom, it is most extraordinary some of my many friends did not impart the agreeable intelligence sooner. And so Leonie De Montreuil is to be married to old Rutherford, and next Thursday is the day ? I shall not fail to be at the wedding. Permit me." He led her to a seat, dropped her arm W1,i!°jf a.word of excuse or apology, and walked straight out, of the house. He forgot to go to the cloak-room for his overcoat, and the November night was windy and cold. But he never felt it. He walked straight on, whither he knew not, through the deserted city streets, his f»ce se his eyes iixed, his hand clenched. I streets, streets, streets; homeless woiu^- flitting by him like dark phantoms, r Illen reeling on their way; police.uen straggli g ttlong their beats. Overhead »P»r 1 ■tar. and the keen, yellow moon-the ceasele,. Watcher* in Heaven. He neither felt, nor saw nor heard, not •offered—h« was simply stunned I CHAPTER XIX. LEONIE IS MARRIED. It was morning. The sun rose over ther ztony streets—those noisy, terrible streets of New York—and found Alwyn Bartram miles from home. With the new life of the new day, his stupor, his walking dream, ended. He realised and remembered all. He was worn out; and despairing lovers must eat and sleep, although hearts be shattered and heads be reeling. Leonie De Montreuil was false, but Alwyn Bartram must go home and go to bed, and eat his breakfast presently, despite his bleeding wounds. He hailed a passing cab, and was rattled down Broadway. At his hotel he got out, went up to his own room, and flung himself, dressed as he upon the bed, worn out in body and mind. And sleep, the consoler, took him as a mother might her tired child. It was long past noon ere the young man awoke. As he opened his eyes and started up, memory came back like a sword-thrust, and told him all. False—false—false! His golden idol potter's clay —cruel, heartless, mercenary. On Thursday next to be married to old Kutherford, and this was Saturday morning. "I will see her! he said, setting his tAetlf hard. "From her own lips I will hear how false, and selfish, and cold-blooded she can be She shall see me face to face-she shall, by Heaven And then His face was absolutely livid, his hands clenched, his srrong white teeth ground. "And then," he thought, in the fierce wrath and bitterness of his heart, "men have shot women they loved for less But, though Mr. Bartram might propose, it was for Miss De Montreuil to dispose. An hour after, when for the second time he pre- sented himself at the Manners's doorstep, the answer was Not at home." "Not at home! When will she be at home ?" "Can't say, sir," impassively, but keeping the door between them. "Miss De Montreuil don't receive callers this week." "Then I wish to see Mrs. Manners." "Not at home, sir." Again Mr. Bartram glared; again the tall footman recoiled in alarm. "Give Miss De Montreuil this when she it at home." He drew forth his card, and wrote rapidly on the reverse side: I must see you I will see you I I will call again to-morrow at ten." The man took it with a bow. The next instant the house door closed with a sonorous bang upon the rejected lover. Alwyn passed that night in a horrible fever of suspense, half the time pacing his room. Morning found him haggard, and hollow-eyed. and wretched. l'en 0 clock^ to the minute saw him again at Mrs. Manners s door. "Miss De Montreuil is engaged, and can see no one. She begs Mr. Bartram to excuse her." And, with the pitiless *.&ras, the door absolutely closed in his face, leaving him, whit. and stunned, on the threshold. For fully five minutes he stood motionless; then, with a look on his face the heartless Leonie might never forget had she seen it, he turned away. That was his last visit,—the bride-elect was troubled no more. Immersed in diamonds, point lace, orange-blossoms and white moire, there was little time to think of her slaughtered victims; but at dead of night, in the quiet and darkness of her room, Alwyn Bartram s face rose before her, pale and reproachful as a ghost. She had loved him—she did love him, never so well as now, when of her own free will ehe gare him up for ever. The days went on. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and it was the "night before^the bridal." Up in the bride's "maiden bower," all white and glistening, lay spread the wedding paraphernalia. A parure of diamonds and opals, pearls and torquoises fit for a queon lay blazing in their velvet #s s—Mr. Kutherford's- princely gift. If remorse clutched at Leonie's heart, she had only to lift, the lids of those caskets, and the sunbursts of splendour there hidden con- soled her at once. Upon the bed, in all its white richness, shone the Parisian wedding-robe, the shining veil of priceless lace, the jewelled orange-wreath, the gloves, the slippers—paie as shimmering phantoms. And, in the midst of all this dazzle and EllOWY glitter, the bride walked up and down, clad in a loose dressing-gown, all her rich black hair unbound, the beautiful face white as her dress, the great, luminous eyes darkly sombre. "They are beautiful," she said, turning those dusky eyes upon the blazing gems, the wonderful robe and veil—"they are magnificent! But, after all, is the game worth the candle ? Will Alwyn B.irtram s lace haunt me all my life long, as it has done since I lost him ? Will he despise and hate me. and give his heart to someone else, nnd shall I go mad and die with jealous rage and longing, when it is too late ? She sauk clown in the darkness of her rooUl- the lamps haclnof yet been lit—down in the very dust, her face buried in her hands. As she crouched there in a strange, distorted attitude of pain. her wild, loose hair streaming about her, the lover she had jilted would hardly have asked for sweeter revenge. Presently—hours after, it seemed to Leonie— there was a tap at her door. She lifted her haggard face, but did not rise. "It is I, my dear," Mrs. Manners's voice said "open and let me in." "Not to-night," was the answer; "my head IIChes. Leave me alone this last night." "But, my dear, Mr. Kutherford is here, and most anxious to s-ee you." "I am not dressed. I am going to bed. Tell Mr. Kutherford 1 shall not leave my room to-night." Mrs. Manners turned away with an impatient frown. "Whimsieal, obstinate girl! I believe she is in love with young Bartrarn, after all, and is repenting now that it is too late. But she will not drav back iha.t is one comfort! Leonie slowly rose, twisted up her loose hair, and sat down by the window. The November stars spartcled frostily, the full yellow moon lighted up the deserted avenue. No. not quite deserted opposite, standing still as a statue, gazlllg fixedly up at her window, stood a tall, dar, tgure, morionless. With a low cry, the girl drew back; no need to look twice to recognise Alwyn Bartram. He had not seen her she knew that, after first wild pang of fear. But she could see hi 111 plainly, standing'there, a tall, dark ghost, the moonlight streaming full upon his pale face. How deadly pale that handsome faco was! In his shroud and winding-sheet it could never look more marble-like and rigid. "And it is my doing," she thought, her heart thrilling, "and I love him Oh, Alwyn, Ahvyn, Alwyn She fell on her knees, screened by the window- curtain, and watched. What, would happen ? What, was he doing there ? Was tie waiting to waylay and murder Mr. Rutherford on his way home? He was just the kind of man, this dark-eyed, hot-blooded, fierce-tempered lover of hers, to do such a deed. She shivered convulsively, crouching there, the throbbing of her heart turning her deadly sick. Oh, what would h.ippen to-night ? Nothing happened. The house door opened; Mr. Kutherford came forth and walked briskly up the avenue, and still the dark figure never stirred. It might have been carved in stone, eo motionless it stood. Mr. Rutherford passed from sight-his home was but. a few doors off and Leonie breathed again. "Thank Heaven! she thought. "Thank ISeaven It is to watch 1117 ovr' no'; to commit murder, he i's there. y poor Alwyn WIll anyo My poor, poor AlwJIl! d ne in this world ever love me r.gain as you o?" The fashionable Broadway church' was crowded. Silks rus e Jewels flashed, and perfume filled the air as the tlUe flocked in- As Clara Leesom had 8aid> Mis9 De Montreuil'8 was to b(( the wedding of the season. The eauty of the bride, and the wealth of the 't'egrooiii) were the talk of the city. rj?hey came a last — the bridal train. Mr. Rutherford, red-fared, portly, vulgar, self- consciou. as ever. ^Jut no one glanced twice at im' j .S! Ter"shining vision swept up the carp 1. isle upou the arm of Mr. Manners, fh<»fS!|0r!*0*' S'U dazzling beauty and splendour fairly caught its breath withipeec-b- less adin.ration/ in hle as a lily, but lovely beyond comparison, J1 'hal exquisite dress and veil, half-hidden irt ihe silvery cloud of ]ace, tho long lashes sweep- n the colourless cheeks, Miss De Montreuil "oafed by as Miss De Muntreuil for the laafe 'Vo (To he uilltinued.)