The Cambrian

Quintuple Alliance. A letter from ienna suites tnat a iiurn- tupie alliance is upon the tapis between France. Austria, Prussia, Bavaria. and Spain, This will operate i-.s a set-otf against a me.i- j sure supposed to be recently concluded be- tween Russia. Turkey, England. Sweden, and Denmark. The Papacy, .he (iermm Empire and Switzerland, aie to continue in then- present attitude of neutrality, The King of Naples having refused to join, in an alliance with France, is to retire to Sicily, and his continental dominions. as well as t'le ecclesi- astical states are to be occupied by an equal number of French and Austrian troops. The whole of this alleged plan of confederacy and revolution was tirst mentioned by one of Champagne's secretaries as a political pany. It mav not be accurate in detail; but it is well understood at Vienna. that Napoleon is intriguing with ardour and diligence to divide and embioil the Continental Powe s. with a view to the ultimate Tuin of them. l

A Continent in Arms. The following number of troops are now said to be encamped upon the Ointment In France, 300.000 men; in Italy, 83.000 men; in Holland. 56.000 men: in Hanover. 58.000 men in Switzerland. 12,000 men in Austria and Bohemia. 180,000 men; in Prussia and Silesia. 210.000 men; in Bavaria. 40.000 men; in Denmark and Holstem, 16.000 me-n; in Sweden. 12.000 men; in Buss!a, 190.003 men; in Servia. 19.000 men; and in Turkey, 50.000 men and. what, is more surprising. thanks to the moderation and firmness of Napoleon the Fiist. the Continet continues in perfect peace.Gazette de France.)

A Polite Reminder. Bonaparte was at Mentz on the 14th inst. The Elector of He se wished to compliment him bv one of the noblemen of the C,)urt; but a "iiint" was sent him that h's personal ati-,endance would be acceptable to the Em- peror. The epidemical clbe.ise rages with increased violence at Malaga, where over 300 persons die daily of it The shock of an earthquake has besides added to the horrors of the in- habitant's. who are in such want of provisions as to apprehend an immediate iamine. Plague, famine, and earthquake! tremendous con- cenaation and completion of misery The Fiench at Fei-rol are now universally laughed at by the people in consequence of their having lately re.u ed to come out to meet our squadron, though they sen. out word to the British commander, by a Portuguese e| that tliev were determined to come out'*immediately to chastise lis audacity.

A Cruel Disappointment Friday, Sept. 28th. +11 Ti,P 19tn inst. were re- trench paper- which among ot'iec cen-ed tlus morning, Ue things contain a ven ong: n dat.d ister of Manne Iroin < tenet pecten, dated from the Isle of France, enclo-sir g a < from Linois giving a statement oi tne acT" between the latter and the China fleet. e- caen says: "From the accounts whicU n-e, (Linois) had given me I was so confident m my expectations of his success that when signal was made for his squadron being in &ightj I augmented it in my imagination, m the peisuasion that the China fleet had been met. attacked, and the greater part of it captured. I even supposed that tale two other frigates, which were not present, as well as the Dutch brig, which was placed at the disposal of the rear-admiral, had remained to escort the vessels the rear-admiral had taken, and that he had come on before to clear the way of tlie English cruisers if there had been any about the Isle of France. But I was deceived in my expectations; especially when my aide-de-camp returned with a letter to me from the iear-admiral which beings :— "I cannot have the pleasure of seeing you until the ships oi my squadron are under the urotection of your batteries, and I beg you will give orders for our entering the port as .«.()(>11 as possible." To this letter is given the account, as mentioned above. llle af- fair of the engagement being thoiouguly be- r>-r Sll't XrSttl U U.e re^ol the cowardly Frenchman: "By the admiral had procured from neu 1a s ^g from China, lie knew there were seventeen vessels belonging to the c )iii[>ari}, six coun j ^hips and the brig; in all twentv tour \esse.> ready to Kaa. Trie three- additional slaps which were row seen were expected to be convoy. At eight o'clock the breeze having freshened a little, the fleet stood in line to the southward. Abovu eight or ten vessels formed a second line, to windward of the former. he squadron bore down upon the van of the line under a pre s of suil; but the wind veering to the E. and X.E.. and at the siiuie tme falling, ths admrial could reach no fiii -her than the centre At length the admiral, favoured by a shght breeze, bore down in order to cut off the two sternmoist, vessels of the enemy's line. He had scarcely made his manoeuvre when five of the enemy's ships tucked from their .second line and bore down anon the division. The admiral was then obl ged to change liis plan of attack; to avoid' beincf caught between two fires, lie <stood to windward, for the purpose of attack- ing th"1 two headmnfrt ships which had tacked. At hah-pas; twelve the Marengo fired the first not. and the engagement was instantly begun The nearest 0; the enemy's ships havnv- -eceived some damage, dropped to leewa- but being immediately supported by those *1 the rear soon resumed her jx>sition j and 1" t up. a- well a.s the others, a well- supp'1 -d^ti:e. Ihe ships which had tacked tHn.n" t-Ty, came up to the assistance of those i which e e erg '.ged and three of tfruse which [ liad co '6 into the action made sail to get into our rear, while the rest of the fleet. with all sails set. bore down with the object of suriounding the division. The position of the admiral became, of consequence, of extreme peril. The superiority of the enemy w is manifest. and there was no longer any room for deliberating upon the resolution that- should be taken to avoid the disastrous consequences of an unequal engagement. The admiral, taking advantage ot the smoKe which surrounded him. luffed up and making 1 eai 1E.N.E. increased h:s distance fiom the ] eneniv."who pursued him until three o'clock. h-ivin" discharged several broadsides at too ] great a range to take effect. During the 1 action, the admiral observed that seven or eight of their ships fixed from both decks. It { was obvious that they wished to induce him ( to attack them. as they did not show their ( lower deck guns until after the engagement ( had begun. The engagement lasted forty minutes; the fire of the enemy being mainly directed against the rigging, the hulls of the squadron .suffered little. There were none wounded." From the style and manner of Decaen it is evident that a very heavy charge is made against Linois for no. liaving cap- tured the trading fleet he attacked and there is little doubt but he will be sacrificed to the vengeance of his C'orslcan master, when the latter has read the repiesentations of the general, and the account given by the rear- admiral.

Some Involuntary Revelations. The Moniteur of the 16_h contains two sup- plemental sneets tilled with letters found on board the Admiral Aplin, taken on her way to India They amount to 35 in number; bu., with the exception of one from Lord Grenville to the Marquis of Vvellesley, a second from the Hon. Henry Weliesley to the same, and three or four others, they ap- pear to be mere extracts and of no great im- portance. The object of the French Govern- ment bv the publication 0; these letters has been to show to Europe (1) The alarm which the menaces of invasio.i had produced; (2) the intrigues ielative to the change of min- istry and (3) the secret history of the lvist India Hoti,e, and the opinions entertained as to its political and commercial system. M< st of the letters breathe either the highest confidence or the most abject apprehension as to the results of an invasion. Some represent the country as incapable of offering successful resistance to the enemy; the Government, the nobility, and the rich are represented as the oppressors and enemies of the poor and the industrious—and the great mass of the country is stated to be more disposed to cany most weight to be perfectly secure; while on the other hand Ireland is, as generally ac- knowledged. to be not. only vulnerable, but uriiveisallr dis'poped to fraternize with Fra nee. Much {wins have been taken in the selection of the letters to establish this con- trast in the state of the two nations, and proba-bly for the purpose of reconciling the French "to the abandonment of the proposed invasion of England, the impracticability of which becomes more manifest eveiv day. and of holding out Ireland as an easy and willing conquest. Under the second head we nave nothing new. The writers merely speak of the then improbability of Mr. Addington going out of office and of being superceded by Mr. Pitt. A kind of perpetual waifare appears from these letters to be kept up between the East India House ar.d the Board of Controul (sic) Government supporting the father in all its schemes of expensive milit uy and civil es- s tablishment in India: while the foimer, as merchants, from the effect of such profusion, apprehend and predict the total downfall of the company. On the whole there is little or no doubt of some of the letters have undergone inter- polations to suit the views of the French Gov- ernment; and it may with reason be su-nectcd that others have been wholly fabricate.

Spanish Storm-cloud. On the subject, of the armaments in the ports of Spain it is reported that. upon a question from our Minister at Madrid, re- questing an explanation of their object and destination, the Spanish Government inso- lently answered by asking "what was the destination of the Russian naval and military armaments in the Mediterranean. It is also said that our Government had lately re- ceived information of a treaty recently con- cluded between Spain and France by ioilelt the latter stipulates for the active assistance of the Spanish Navy in the prosecution of the war against England; and undertakes in con- sequence thereof to acknowledge his Catholic Majesty Emperor of Spain, and to extend his revolutionary empire by the annexation of Portugal. With respect to Portugal minis, ters. it is to be feared, will tind themselves in an unpleasant dilemma. Either she muat be defended; which can only be done by an enormous expence in men and money; or bv abandoning her fate we incur the r'sk of her for ever from Gieat Britain. It is now supposed that La Morne Fortunee, sloop of war, which sailed about a fortnight ago from Plymouth with sealed ordeis, is gone to the West Indie- with an c ount of the approaching rupture with Spam. In consequence of the distressed situation of Spain, the Spanish Minister has intimated that he will grant passports to all vessels loaded with grain for the pirts of that country if our merchants should consider such protection necessary for their property at present. Yesterday morning despatches were re- ceived from Admiral Cochrane off Ferrol, dated the 21st inst: They state that of late great activity had prevailed in the fitting out of several Spanish men of war at that port. The Fi encli ships remained in the same state as they did it, the date of former despatches. Wednesday night about thirty sail of French irunboats were observed coming out of Bou- logne harbour; and were followed, it is sup- posed bv many more; but it is thought the weather'has since forced them to return to port.

To be taken with Salt The King of Sweden is said to have made propositions to our Government to enter into an offensive and defensive alliance, promising to augment his army with 20 new regiments, while a proportionate addition will be made to his navy, It is supposed a subsidy will neces arily follow our accession to this pro- posal. There are now in .situation, from whence thev may speedily be brought for operations in 1 ortugal, should it be deemed necessary, considerably upwards of 70,000 regulars. We do not reckon the regiments in Ireland, of course, nor the reserve battalions or Militia. It is unlikely that our force in the East In dies, where there are above 20,000 King's troops employed, should long be required to such an extent; while in the Western Hemis- phere. lieie we have at least a force sufficient to make Spain look very carefully after her possesions in that quarter. Nothing, according to the minor Paris jour- nals, has ever equalled the preparations for the appioaching Coronation. The event is represented as affording the means of inde- nendence to every industrious inhabitant in fhe French capital. It is asserted that up. wards of 3,000.000 strangers will be present on that occasion, of whom 200.0COare foreign- ers. Apartments, it is added, have dlieariy been engaged for two mil ion "rs,_ amongst whom are two Kings md ton .n erua sovere;gn princes. The millioiivrs and jewt lers are incessantly occupied. f

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SWANSEA POLICE COURT MONDAY. Before Messrs. Howel Watkins, S. Goldberg, Joseph Hall, Joseph Bosser, W. Watkins, and F. Kocke. A SWA 1!A HOOLIGAN Pvd. Kvans> (25) was charged with being drunk nd disorderly in High-street and as- saulting P.C. (A3) Hill. The officer tound Í/Ilè prisoner Hgh.tins;. and when taken into cus- tody he became" wry violent and struck tne constable in the ch -*t.—Prisoner said It, was knocked down to tlio ground, and when the policeman came uj> he thought it was the com- panion of the man who had knocke-d him down. "It was a mistake," he said; "there v. as no intention." -The police gave Morris a bad character. He has ten couvictuns against him, and has been convicted for bving ;,n immoralitv and assaulting the police. Mr. Watkins said the Be-nch were determined t put down hooliganism in the town, and sentenced the to three months' im- prisonment. A FPvKK MAN. James Molloy (49), stoker, 151, Oxioid- .sticet, wa.' found drunk in the Wyndhain Arms. Wyndiiam-strcet. Sergeant Cuff found the defendant in the public-house. When told to Lave h2 said, "This ia a free country, and I am a free man as much as you, and I'll be d if I wili go out." He subsequently assaulted the si rgcant.—A fine of 10s. or in default seven davs was impose 1. A CANTANKHHOUS" HOBSE. Daniel Phillips, butcher, Pontardawe. was charged with being drunk whilst in charge of a hor.se and cart.- Defendant explained that the horse was a. bit cantankerous.—Fined 20s. or 14 davs. WINDOW-BREAKING. Henry Lewis :25). 710 fixed, and Thomas Carpenter, ditto, were charged with breaking a window on the Strand. The men, who "vere- said to be not very fond of work, were each sent to gaol for a month. SCOTCHMAN AND HIS WEE DRAP, Angus McKellar (45) a ship's cook, wo.* charged with being drunk and incapable. Ac- reused spoko with a strong Scotch accent, and paid IK* had ?ome froin Seotljincb and took a wee arap.-«»J fis. ttr ttirde days.Thoma? James 133), ship tiiatc, for being drunk and incapable in St. Thomas, tva* similarly dealt with.—Prisoner: 1 have a favour to ask—not to publish my name in the papers. (Laugh- ter.) LANGUAGE. John Thomas, 7, Railway-terrace, was fined 5s. or three days for making ase of abusive language. TRANSFER. The following transfers of licences were made:—"Wliito Lion," Goat-street, to Dd. Wm. Evans Argyle Hotel, to Michael Grten. BRYNMELYN BRAWL. Theresa Stirrup (married), 43, Brynmelin- stieet, was summoned for assaulting Jane Ferrell, who lived next door. — Mr. Stobo Andrews prosecuted, and Mr. R. T. Leys-on | defended.—Theresa had. according to Mrs. Terrell's evidence. pulled her on to the ground, dragged her by the hair to the front door, knelt on her chest-, and punched her in the face. Result-iv bleeding nose, a black eye, and a cut lip.—The defence was that there had been words between the worr.en ahmit, defendant's husband, and that defendant walk first struck with a glass ami & "wit"—"1* I' 's > 'JL ./i,nnd botli ladies over to keep the pe^'e J GRANTED. Application was made for an occasional li- ctJice for the Albert Minor Hall on Monday, the occasion being a presentation to Mr. LYIuiV Edwards, who i.s retiring from the Post Office service. A DISTINCTION WITHOUT A se.nice. DIFFERENCE. .L Thomas Davies (40), who had been once before the court, was fined 10s., in default seven days, for being drunk and incapable. I rksaner said he w drunk, but not full drunk. DOWN THE STRAND. William Newlands (26), fireman, was lined 5.S. or three da YS for being drunk on the Strand. QUEER SLEEPING PLACE. Charles D&lettre (28), fireman, was charged with being drunk and disorderly. Prisoner, who is a frenchman, was found sleeping un the coping-stones of the North Dock.—Mr. H. Watknus: You nearly had a cold bath.— Fined 7s. 6d. or live days. ON TWO GLASSES. Jennie Sheft'ers (25), Wellington-street, was charged with being drunk. She had been be- fore- the court 20 times--four times within the last twelve months. Defendant said fche oukl never touch another drop if she was let off. She only had two glasses of beer.—In- spector Gill said the defendant was only be- fore the court last Saturday. — Defendant, who pleaded for another chance, said she was as good as married.—The Bench gave the de- fendant one more chance and discharged her. WANTED TO GO HOME. David John Morris (32), 4, Wellington- ,sti-tet, was charged with being drunk and dis- orderly.—Defendant, said he wanted to go home,* 'but the policeman took him to the station.There w^rj 23 convictions. Km< <l 20s. or 14 days. ADJOURNED. Bridget Williams (16), living in Charles- street, was charged in custody with stealing fuel from a truck in Potterv-road, belonging to the Graigola Merthyr Co.-She was° re- manded on bail. A; El! Y SORRY. I hom.i.s Jenkii "oa.I-trimmer. 60, Watkin- sttcei, was suimn-.iiv d for assaulting his wife, Saiah. ihe wife said lur husbcund came up- stairs all-, r she had gone to bed, and struck hÆ:1' m the mouth.- -Air. Watkins remarked it. was a cowardly thing to do, fined defendant LO?- und bound him over to keqp the peace.

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INTERESTING EXTRACTS FROM THE CAMBRIAN' OF 1804. FRANCE FORMS A QUINTUPLE ALLIANCE. SPANISH DEFIANCE OF ENGLAND: MORE MACHINATIONS OF NAPOLEON. Tuesday. Septemlwr 27th. The accounts from Italy of the 5.h inst. j titate that a division of the Italian Army j under General Jourdan had received orders to march into the Papa.l territory and join General St. Cyr. It is also asserted that orde;-s have been received to place French garrisons in Anc me and Civita \acchia. An English 74-gun ship lif-s at Naples ready to take on hoard Mr. Elliott and the English merchants there should poii.'acal circuna- stances render it necessary. According to advices from Genoa. of the 29th ult., several persons had been brought there from Manu. gro and imprisoned among them were the Danish, Swedish, and Dutch consuls Hie cause o. their arrest wa<« not known.

SUNDAY SKETCHES. II SWANSEA PARISH CHURCH Rv "Tyioovrmy -T -( "These churches of ours, what are they? riiey are memorials handed down to us from :-he piety of the pa.sv generation. They dwl: enge attention, in an age more or less of material progress, to the realitj of men s be- ief in the spiritual world. They are silent .vitnesses. The very stones have their voices. It is the question of all questions that they isk: What think ve of Christ? If we •ould look into the hearts of our people who ;ome The fact that in God's house some ■■areless soul is arrested, some sinful one finds pardon, some one obtains. grace to resist temptation the fact that it is there your affections are turned into new channels, and your life lifted out of its com- mon place, and-made a holier and finer thing, supplies the raison d'etre of our churches, where we recognise the presence of God." £ So the Dean of Bristol, in u, consecration festival service of the new Parish Church at Swansea, in 1898, and it passably expiesses the esisentia) meaning of this great building, fixed in the heart of Swansea, in more senses than one, and dedicated to the "Mother of Jesus. As said Dr. Temple, the late Arch- bishop of Canterbury, on Consecration Day, "the new church is the old church in a higher. in a more beautiful, and a more suitable shape." Larger too, for it has 1.500 sittings, as against 900 in the old building, and the churchwardens say they can, and do occasion- ally. crowd in a much larger number than that. A portion of the ancient chtincel. re- moved in '98. dated back to the 13th century. Sections of its decayed rafteis aie distributed in many homes, preserved as relics not want- ing in genuine sac-redness Time was when these beams, too, were new. for the S8 one wa< not the tirst ''restor- ation" of Swansea Palish Church. Peering into ancient Goher-land, our dimming vision, aided by the horn lantern of a "charter granted 011 Tuesday, the Feast of St. Mathias the Apostle, 1305, in the 34th year of Ed. J," we see. among other things, strangely foreign and yet familiar, a "St. Mary's Church" ie- j cognised therein as a "place of sanctuary." And a two-light Gothic window at the back of the "Ctoss Keys" public-hou'e. St. Mary- j street, very near the church, recalls the "Hos- pital of Blessed David, an asylum for aged and decayed priests, founded in 1330, odd, by ,tvi Heniv de Gower, Bishop of St. Davids. This institution, to which priests, and laymen too. of "religious" kind, came in their decrepi- tude from 502 parishes in nine counties, is worth a paragraph. .y, The foundation deed, of which there is an early Latin copy in the British Museum, says: Lest priests, blind, decrepit, or infirm: s tuid other poor (religious) men in the bishop- rick of St. David's be at any time destitute of food, and begging, to the scandal of the clergy, we do out of the lands and possessions, of our patrimony in Sweynes' and of other acquired, for the safety of our soul found a certain hospital to the honour of the Blessed David,Archbishop and Confes- sor. our Patron, for the support of six chap- j lains (six after the number six, which is a perfect numeral) for the celebration of divine services in the said hospital every day for ever! and for the support of other poor chaplains and laymen deprived of bodily health. "Divine services every day for ever and its a public-house # The first church on record in Swansea. is that mentioned in the "Taxiito" of Pope Nicholas IV.. about the year 1291. ft was rebuilt by Henry de Gower, and continued until May. 1739. Then the roof fell in. Says the vestry book: "Whereas in repairing the Parish Church. The roof of the middle Isle unexpectedly fell in on Sunday, the 20th of May. 1739, just before Divine Service began, by which particular instance of Divine guidance, the livts of many people were saved, and only one person wounded. And upon ex- amination of the pillars that supported the ioof (they) are so decayed that tliev must be taken down and rebuilt. And upon a moder- at3 computation of able and experienced work, men, the charge of rebuilding the same will amount to the sum of twelve hundred and sixty pounds." It was, it seems, the custom for parishioners to wait in the yard for the Vicar's arrival before entering the Church; j they were detained live minutes later that morning, because the ioars razor was blunt The first organ, upon which £17 were ex. pended in 1631. for "furnishing, fytting, and tuneable making." was probably destroyed by the Puritans after the Parliamentary order of May, 1664. Another, built in 1761, and' enlarged and improved from time to time, held the lioor till some tive years ago, when the instrument that now controls the harmony was hired. But an electric organ is on the way. In 1619, a fourth bell was added to those previously lodged in the tower; in 1720 the four were re-cast, with the addition of about 10 cwt. of new metal, into six. Twenty years ago the octave was completed by public subscription. Some of the inscriptions on the older be-lls are very quaint. So are entries in the church l>ooks, the expenditure of an "obulus," or ha'penny, for "singing bred, a penny, in 1598, for small cordes to make a whippe for the dogges in the church, and so on. # The big bell of the Parish Church has a boom of its own. There are churches and there are chapels—each of more or less of use and dignity, but this is "dle Church," and the masterly yet sympathetic tremolo from the ol dtower voices that fact. On the way to church strange sights are to be had. Xot; every church is watched as Swansea Parish Church is Mr. Moody says "The devil at- tends church more reg'Iar titan anv man in Wales." That's true, no doubt; 'but does any town honour him as we do ? All Swansea may not know that perched over a doorway on the other side of the street, opposite the main entrance to the sacred edifice, a statue of Satan, with horns, tail and cloven hoof, complete, has, by some scorner, been erected. Were there any soul behind those dull eyes, i,) one would pass unnoticed into church, for, with a malicious leer, the gaze of the image is directly turned towards the door! Swansea Parish Church is, without excep- tion, the best filled of any place of worship in Swansea. IIllther repair the great and the small, the commercial magnate and' the ..ociallv insignificant. The rich and the poor meet together, and that the Lord is the maker of them all is more easily understood here than elsewhere. Supcrticiilly there are distinctions, in the church as in the graveyard outside, where the big stone or massive marble, and the humble memorial, or even the long forgotten tomb without a sign, tell of differences between clay and clay. But the "keen off the grass" dockets presumably apply to all classes, and the intr rior is chaired alike; there are no pew.s1. nor rents either, and then again, everybody is supposed to take part in the collection-in point of fact. the vicar, on the night I was there, said they were "in need of extra help." "Clergy Sustenation fund or some .such, was tlie name of the bag that evening, and it was said, not without soiTow, that subscriptions had dropped off of Inside and outside, are ancient and modern monuments, tablets, epitaphs, and notices. Take this for a sample of an ancient one-— "Pray for the sowle of Sir Hugh. Jolinys Knight, and dame Mawde, his wife, which Sir Hugh was made Knight at the holy sepulcre of oure lord ihu crist in the city of Jerusalem the xiiij. day of August, the yere of our lord gode MtCCCCXLJ.and the said Sir Hugh had is'tynuyed in the werris ther long tyme byfore by the span of five vers, 3 that is to say agevnst the Turkis and Sarsyns in the p'tis of troy, grecie. and turkv under John yt tyme Emprowrie of Constantynople, and aiter that was knight marchall of ffiance under John duke of Som'set by the space of ffvne vere and in likewise aftyd that was knight marchall of Ingland under the good John due of Norfolke which John gyave unto hmyn the memo' of landyms' to hym and to his hevr for ev'niore uppon whose soullis ihu have mercv." # And this is a sample of the modern :Xo- tice is hereby given that all children found trespassing, playing in, or otherwise desecrat- ing the Parish Churchyard will be prosecuted as the law directs. The police have received instruction to apprehend any person or per- sons so offending. By order of the icar and churchwardens. It was Mr. P. G. lies, the grocer, of High Street, who gave me a candle and three matches, with a view v& the newspapers say, to mv entering the Heibeit Chapel, and d.s- covering somewhere, back of the organ, the supposed effigy of Henry de Gower, the man who ordered godlv masons to erect the or- iginal church I lwd no occasion to use the candle, for when I got there, I found the churchyard barred, locked and bolted, so failed t;, enter. Mr. lies is quite a figure of a churchwarden, solid, usetul. pleasant*. There are, lie told me, four churchwardens in all-two appointed by the vicar, and two by the Mayor of Swansea. limo; arrangement dates back as far as 1665. Some prominent men have been wardens, such as Messrs. E. Rice Dani»l, J.P., John Lloyd (< ixionLsu'eet), and Ben^vans. "To see that ladies are pro- perly seated there. Mrs Jies, wito was "also present'' during the interview, informed me I when I asked what the duties of a church- warden were in the church. Mr lies himself smiled. "Well. really and trulv." he said, "its difficult to enumerate all the duties of a churchwarden. Church- wardens have the responsibility with the vicar; of all business matter-to see that the church is properly cleaned and kept m order, the books, seats, etc. Then they have charge of the Communion Service, which is very vialu- able. They deal with collections, and have to present a report every year of all matters connected with the c'lUlC^'1onfl ^ldS been warden since Easter, loso. Ihe other "People's Warden" is A, °j ?^er > the) Vicar's pair, Messrs. David M. Glasbrook and John Legg. The present organist and choir- master is Mr..James Railcliiie, I.S.M.. and the music of the church is led by a really fine (ice- The deputy organist is Mr. Rogers, daies. The deputy organist is Mr. Rogers, and 'tlie organ blower—-a quite essential, though usually overlooked tunctionaiy—'Wil. fiarn Hunter. „ Vicars that can be remembered by persons yet living are Dr. Hewson, Rev Squire, Rev. S. C. Morgan and Chancellor Smith. The last, a maker of history, has left many mem- orials of his prowess, during seventeen yeans militant in Swansea, the I ansh Church is one. In many regards, the new icar, who arrived last vear, maintains^ old traditions. If you divide churches in High. Broad, and Low, St. Mary's would be low. The church 1 is rigorously in accordance with the prayer book regulations—there is no unnecessary cross, candle insense, or genuflexions; though the beautiful picture of the Madonna and child behind the ttitar table, which is over 300 years old. and was presented by Ihomas Rowdier, of Shakespeare fame. will attract attention. Rev. Talbot Rice, on h s arrival, made somewhat of a nmlle by open-air meet- ings, several thousands crowding Portland- street every Sunday evening. During the five Sunday evenings ot Lent he has been giv im? a series of addresses on the parable ot the Prodigal Son, undeyhe headings, "Wan- dering From Home,' Wasting All. "Want- ino- All "Wisbmg for Home,' and "Wel- comed 'by the Father," Vicar Rtce is a vocalist, and always raises the tune" at the onen iir services, which everybody expects, and many hope, will be renewed this summer.

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POWERS ATTITUDE. Proposed Mixed Commission. Tunnel Dynamited. The Albanian attack upon Mitrovitza, with the attempted assassination of the Ku-wm rnnoil there has brought the Macedonian crisis to a lioacl'j and I have high authority for statin(.sav* the London correspondent of the "Bfrminghani Post") that it has been proposed that a mixed Commission, repre- senting all the powers signatory to the Treaty of San Stefano, should at once be appointed for the settlement the ciiiTiLuIty..fcrnuce, it is believed, is responsible for the proposal; and, though the matter has been kept secret, it is bcino- discussed between the Powers. ANOTHER DYNAMITE CUTRAGK. Sofia, Friday—Another dynamite outrage is reported to-day. A bridge thirty yards long was blown up. together with an adjacent tunnel two hundred yards long, at a place thirty kilometres from the town of Serres on the Salonika to Constantinople Railway. The damage, it is estimated, will take two months to repair. No details have been received.— Central News.

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{Copyright.) CHE YELLOW BADGE. BY JEAN MIDDLEMASS, t&thor of "A Life's Surrender," "In Stormed Strife," "The, Case of David Lisle, "A First Night," "Courtship and Dynamite," Ac. CHAPTER I. TUK <;un;'s ALIVKI A tavern, overlo-jk'u^; the river at Gravesenu, lot very far from oid ItoshervillOt It is a plosant, breezy June evening and two tnen are taking their evening meal on a. balcony jverlooking the river. They are not a little; dissimilar in type, but they do not seem on that account to be ill-assorted in temperament; perhaps becuise they are bodl as t horc ugh scoundrels as are to be found in London. Scoundrels, nevertheless, who look on life from >-CIT different stand points. Jerry Armstrong is showilv dressed in the well-cut second-hand crothei of an vx-jlfiih-itr. He poses for a weJf" conditioned, respectable member of this world s society of lesser men, and lias oflices in Burleigh- street, Strand, where he carries on the business of a hard-working attorney. The class from which he obtains his clients may be inferred from his supper-companion, who is a rough, low-looking fellow who goes by the name of Bill Itees. That there is a good deal in common between Mr. -Jerry Armstrong j and Dill Iter" their present prandial outing emphasises. Much, in fact, that is quite irre- j spective of their business relations as solicitor and client. Jerry Armstrong makes nv^ey—- when he does make it—by defending the criminal classes on whom the hand" of the law has pounced, He professes to have strong sympathy with Z, criminals, who. he frequently asserts, are hardly-judged, much-injured men. He is on I this account somewhat suspiciously regarded in. respectable communities, but not more so than by the criminals themselves, who are flllly aware tha" Jerry Armstrong, notwithstanding his airs and his grand talk, is not a whit better than the worst of them. Bill ltces has 110 belief in him, but it is to his interest to keep in j with him. He can work cut numberless j schemes, by means of Armstrong's gent i1 i t,v, that would be impossible for him to carry through, kurglarioiis-lookiug ruftian that he is. ltees does not wear second-hand, smart clothes, ,i: n't, "Broadcloth ain't got no wear. Fustian or j corderoy, that's about his measure." hesays., Yet, rough and degraded though Bill Wees is, j he is a better mail at the heart's core than the assuming little pettifogger, who wish speop.o to believe that he is a gentleman. n [ "It won't do, Armstrong, it won't do, savs Bill liees, while he gobbles rather than eats some superb t urhot of which he scarcely recognises the delicacy. "Fancy wanting lIIe to turn respectable. Where's the money to come from ? I should have made a nood haul out of that last job if the perl ice hadn't caught me. Didn't nab me red-hot, neither; there was room for an alihi. You was a bit of duffer that you couldn't gl't lIIe out of it." "Not my fault, Bill; your own bad ion did it." "That's a good 'un, too; and iii the face of that reputation you want 111c to turn into a Psalm-singing Salvation chap..Who'd believe me, I should like to know." "There are men as bad as you, even worse, who have reformed. Why should not you fol'o.v in their footsteps ? "Come, come. Armstrong, tli's %oii't do. But ?hat be you driving at? YO\l've got adrift, •vhat is it ? "Only your advantage. You'll get nabbed again, as sure as fate. if you go back to tha old ways. Try respectability for a while make some money and be free. "Make money and be free?" echoed the other, imitating Armstrong s somewhat mono- tonous drawl. "Who the de ice would give m? a chance of work ? Drink, or suminat, must ave brought on second childhood for you to suggest sach a thing." "Not so drivelling as yon think. You are a strong man can do a day's work with the best of them. Men who can and will do that day's work are not plentiful; some can't, some won't, etonem tscn." "Oh, if you want me to break stones as if I was a work'ns, well, I tell you I won't- I won't, there! "I never suggested or thought of such a thing. To work in stones for a respectable firm is quite another thing." "Who would give me a character I should like to know? I might carry off they stones and build a church with 'em, at least, so they'd think. "I will give you a character." "Merciful powers above us! what does it mean! You're alrift, Jerry Armstrong, as I said afore." If he had any especial meaning he would not own it. He merely said You know the im- portant stone works about a mile from here. They are a branch of the great concern of Wylie, Wilson and Wharton, in Aberdeen." Well, what of them ? "There's a good deal of strong man's work 1 tooeaone. i.uey say reter vvyne seldom sends away any able-bodied man who offer. himself. You are bigger and stronger than most; have, therefore, a more than ordinary chance of work." What do I want work for, is what I keep on askin' ? "It gives you position and opportunity. I am surprised, Rees, that you should be so blind to your own advantage." Bill Rees's eyes twinkled, then he winked at his companion, and finally drank off a tankard of strong ale that would have stupefied many another man. The effect on him Willi nil. He was one of the giants of the earth of a race that Jerry Armstrong was eonvct in saying the head of the great firm uf stone and iron-workers dearly loved. Nor was Armstrong wrong in supposing that Mr. Wylie would not inquire very minutely into the antecedents of this Titan. Since there was nothing that could be easily stolen among his ponderous wares, it was not necessary to be so articular as in many branches of trade. A« long as none of Bill Eees's worst had come under his notice, all would, probably, be well, and he would be accepted on Arm- strong's introduction. Of course, Armstrong, for his own sake, meant to say that the man's past career was not wholly unimpeachable. But lie intended to slur matters over as much as possible, and he believed Mr. Wylie to be one of those good- hearted philanthropists who was always ready to extend a hand to a fallen man. That Armstrong had personal reasons for wishing Bill Bees to go and work in Mr. Wylie's yard was self-evident, though what they were Bees, astute though he was, could not divine. It seemed so strange that, Armstrong should wish him to go to the yard that he made up his mind to make an application to he taken on. "There's more in this than a feller sees at first sight," he decided. Tain't Armstrong's usual habit to stand even a pal a dinner for nothin', let alone the tip' about Wylie'a yard. Anyhow I'll fathom it. If it's a plan to catch this yere child, no matter, I'll get j through, and he shall swing. Armstrong ain't to be trusted, but lie's a useful card if you keeps your weather eye open. Part of Bill Rees s system of what lie called "keeping his wcatltereye open," was never to appear pleased with any proposition that was made to him, even if it afforded him excessive satisfaction. "I'll think on't,"he said, "and let you know in a day or two. Working in Wylie's yard won t be the height of delight, I'm guessin' "If you're going to do it at all, I advise you to do it at once," answered Armstrong injudiciously. liees looked at him very hard. "I'd give asovereiguout of my next haul of booty to iiud out why you are so pertikler anxious to have me at Wylie's." "Perhaps you 11 find out when you get there. People who open their eyes generally manage to observe a thing or two." "Humph! Then if you were consulted you'd recommend me to go to morrr-v morning and ask for an interview with tlie old chap? "A thing that is to be done is always bcrt done at once. But I do not, advise you to go there in an If yon wish to be engaged by WvIi^ let me write him a letter eaying you wan' -.t employment though yon have, 11nfort.1i" vcen quite straight. 01 course, Ishal; mild. Wylie'e

A young man named John Dacey (29). re- siding in a house on Kilvey Hill, lia.s been .missing from his home since Wednesday. He was last seen in Orange-street, Swansea, and wag then wearing a moleskin trousers, a navy blue coat. and a .striped muffler. He is des- cribed as being 5ft. lin. in height.

7 Wilham Gti;gory, collier, Afou Hill, Ao?r- gv.nyi'i, was fineq 10s and costs at Aibcravon, on Monday, for drunkenness on the 23th ult., at the Ureat Western Hotel, and for a simi- lar offeaiee on the SJme cla;t<e at the Tunnd Hdci. be was fined 10s. and costs, aaid placed on the black list.

good, benevolent chap; he won't refuse you because you've been unfortunate.* "No, but ba'H ask the perlict about me as soon as he gets your letter, and they won't pass a ruffian like'me into that blessed yard." "We must sk it. But I do not think he will apply to fc-ie police when the recommenda- tion comes from me." "Whatever have you and Wylie got in common. Shouldn't a thori he'd have picked up a sorry chap like you with a pair of tongs." Jerry Armstrong coloured up and looked angry. "If you don't believe in my power to assist you," he said, "let us say no more about the matter." "All right, my cove. You try it on, but don't swagger about your power with Wylie when I know you for what you are." "You will 'go to work in the yard if I get you the place ? "Ya-as, I'll go; not to please you, but because 0' that kid o' mine. She's rising ten now, and she don't know what a bid ull her father is. She knows I give her lollipops and trinkets when I'm flush and out of gaol, and she's fond o' me. Bless her eyes, I adore her. If it would please her to see me respectable in a yard I'd work till I died." "That's it. You are taking a reasonable view of the case, Bill. I'll write the letter this very night as ever is, before I sleep, and you shall take it to the chief in the morning." "I'll see what's wrote in it, else 1 won't take it." "All right." Armstrong, from his calling, was a rapid and efficient letter-writer, yet it was some time before this letter of recommendation was accomplished, becanse Bill liees would interfere, and nothing Armstrong set down seemed to suit him. lIe had had enough liquor to make him cantankerous and quarrelsome and if Armstrong had not had a personal motive in bringing this affair to a successful issue, it would certainly have broken down. since he himself was naturally fractious and argumentative. At last, however, the communication from which so much was expected, was put into an envelope, and addressed. There was just time to catch the last tram by which Armstrong wished to return to town. Bill Ree, said he would get a shake-down somewhere, and go to Wylie's yard in the morning. He was now as bc-nt on being taken on there as a worker, as lie had been minded at the outset to have nothing to do with it; and when he woke up in the morning, clear-headed and keenly alive to piospects, he was still more certain that he was doing a wise thing in following Armstrong's advice, though he had to look it, the letter and read the superscription several times before lie could thoroughly assure himself that the suggestion had not been made in a dream. It would not do to go to the yard early, he thought, so he wandered about the town, looked at the shipping and took general observations. More than once work was suggested to him in the way of unloading, &c., seeing that lie was able-bodied. This, for some reason which he could not have explained, j annoyed him, so he left the riverside and went into the country, which looked fair and smiling as the early June sun tinted it as with a maiden blush. Even Bill liees was not jn^nsit'le to the charm of the scene. A that'bed cottage, evidently belonging to well-to-do people, especially took his fancy. It was covered with clematis and luxuriant Virginia, cree )er while at all the windows there were bright, m my-coloured flowers, tended, it was obvious, by loving hands. He stood and I JOked at it, and wondered whether he could ev'r settle down in such a home with his Daisy for a companion, whether her presence and the beauty around would compensate for the loss of life's storm. Just as he, with an oath decided, shaking his ) head: '"Tain't my line! as if freeing himself from the unusual impression this gentle lionie- I scene had produced, the door of the cottage opened, and a fair-haired girl, dressed in a. dainty pink cotton frock, came out into the garden among the flowers. The oath died on Bill Rees's lips, and he 1 held his breath. Surely it was profanity for i such as he, even to look at this sweet, simple I maid. Yet it was not of love that he was thinking, save of his love for Daisy, who. lie devoutly hoped, would one day grow into just such another gentle being. Unobserved, he watched the giri for a while, i then he walked on. The tender mood parsed 1 away, and once again the turbulent, evil nature of the man rose to the surface. I He touched tire letter that was in the pocket of his fustian jacket, and strode off towards Wylie's yard. It was about half a mile from the pretty cottage, which was speedily forgotten in the busy scene the yard presented to his view when he reached it. He went straight in. No one interfered with hiin, or asked him any question, though he stopped several times to look at the workers as lie loitered towards the office. When he had nearly reached it, a young man with a long roll of paper under his arm, came out of the ugly, square factory-like house in which Mr. Wylie and his family dwelt, and, crossing the yard, went into a little office which was at the side of that in which the chief was usually to be found. He did not perceive Bill Rcea he 1 seemed to be too much taken up with his own inougtiis 10 see anyone, but the ex-convict did not fail to SJe hi Ill, and a long, low whistle betrayed his presence. "He here! he murmured. '"By the game's alive." CHAPTER II. I wn,lE's YARD. l No firm on the coast East of Scotland had more extensive granite works than that of "Wvlie, Wilson, and Wharton," It oval tj pa'ionised them, and celebrity followed suit. They extensively supplied the London market with some of the grandest monumental speci4 mens of the renowned Aberdeenshire granite, Just outside Gravesend they had an important English depot, and there, though the alliteration produced an imposing effect as it was inscribed over (lie gate, yet Mr. Wylie reigned alone-the partners never interfered with this branch of the concern. He was the potentate, the grr-nite king. He governed his men and his yard with judicious, canny tact, akin to genius, as it is where organisation is concerned. To find the capable people and set them to the work fitted to them requires no little knowledge of character and men. To keep the band of workers in unison was, perhaps, a still more difficult task, considering what a little world was "Wylie't yard." Whit passions raged there, what small ambitions were made subservient to his will what jealousies were daily created, what evil thoughts were frequently urging men to infamous acts of which the master guessed nothing Wylie was a quiet, peaceable, phlegmatic man who thought he was holding his troop of workers together with an iron grip. As long as they were obedient to his orders, and there was no apparent dissent, he did n,t look further than the "outward seeming." nor note the strong under-current that every now and again, in spite of his indexible will, would bubble up and agitate the otherwise calm surface. In Wylie's yard there were not a few strong-bodied able Scotchmen staunch men and true to their master and their calling, who had been for years, since boyhood, in fact—employed by the firm from mere hewers of stone they had developed into chisellers of monuments, exquisite workmanship being done by the hands of the most adept. It wal among these IIlen-t he picked men of the works—that the spirit of dissatisfaction was rife. An Englishman—a mere callant "-wit h pretty manners and d dicate, effeniinafe hands, had crept up into a high place and be^n elected first favourite by the chief. Jack Gillespie! It was a Scotch name, but there was little that was Scotch about the bearer of it. "Why, he did not even burr his r's or -proiiotince tlit-, li ill whiskey." So they argued, and seeing that, he was a fraud, is far as his nat IOlIat Ity was concerned, they believed him to be a fraud in everything else. Nor were these acute, canny Scotchmen far wrong. Jack Gillespie was evidently not in his place—and this 110 one seemed to feel more keenly than himself. There was ever shadow athwart his brow, which not even the high pitronage of Wylie himself could succeed in clearing. What it was no one knew. Pride," lr'a fellowwoikers said. "If he was in Wylie's gran set, he'd no Is content," was the decision of Micklethwaite, the doyen of the yard, and the wrestling of

this world asketh a fall,' he added, quoting Chaucer, not quite Yiawittingly, for Mickla- thwaite was never seen without a book, exccpl when he had a chisel in hanc. Without prejudice, he considered himself tfl be better read than "this wee bit English mannie," who was playing t) e lordling with hit "gran' airs and his favouritism in high places. Never had Wylie been known to shew favour before. Why, over all their heads, should he have selected this stranger and placed him above everyone ? The answer to the question they were them- selves too roughly hewn to give. Jack Gillespie was a gentleman and an artist. Intuitively the great Wylie himself looked up to him. Tnere was a calm self-confidence in Gillespie's manner which inspired respect, and a feeling that the man, into whatever straits his fortune in life might have led him, had been born in the purple. His fellow-workers, in their giant strength, called him "a wee bit mannie," but Gillespie stood five feet ten in his stockings, being, how- ever, slightly built in comparison with the Titans by whom he Nv, i-iirrotiiided. Neverthe- less, he was agile in li.1.1 ;.nd graceful in move- ment. It was from excels of refinement that he s;iffened, a refinement that placed him at a considerable disadvantage with his granite-born- colleagues. He sat, as usual, alone in a little office next to iir. Wylie's counting-house. Before him was A huge sheet of drawing-paper, on which lie was designing a magnificent gateway, which, manufactured in ironwork, with massive stone supports, bad been ordered by a millionaire p■arvenu for the entrance to his estate in one of the Midland counties. But Gillespie, though this design was one of his best and had already obtained for him much praise, was scarcely as intent on it as migiit. have been expected. His head was bent. low on the table, but it was n sting on his arm; an oppression of such weight was crushing him that he seemed powerless to light against it. "Gilltspiel" called the unutcr s voice from the adjoining office. There was something so strangely unfamiliar in the tone that, it startled the young designer, It seemed almost as if the omnipotent chief required help. He sprang to his feet, and I promptly answered the summons. Mr. \ylie was lying back in the armchair which stood in front of his writing-table. He seemed to be gasping for breath, and there was a pained look on his face, which was of ashen i whiteness. Gillespie asked no question, but, going to a cupboard where he knew some j liquor was habitually kept, he obtained a glass of brandy. This he poured down the niester's throat, having almost to force open his teeth in order to do so. It was only just in time, or the firltl of •'Wylie, Wilson, and Wharton" would have ceased to ex:-t, and how different 1, !1",1 il(I tlicii liave been, Jack Gillespie scarcely knew. 111 a 1. s-ccum-.s he iia 1, however, the satisfaction of steing the warm blood mount once more into Mr. Wylie s pallid face, and the pained look piss away from it. He did not, however, speak for several minutes when he did, it was 10 tender thanks to the lIIan who, he said, had saved his life. Gillespie disclaimed all gratitude, and would not acknowledge that lie the chief s life had been in danger. "Yon had better go to the house, sir, and keep quiet fcra few hours. Let Kitson, the foreman, come and take yoe.r place, or I will do anything I can. "I do not want Cornelia to know that I have these attacks," said Mr. Wvlie, speaking with difficulty. "I will stay here—it will pass now. See, answer these letters for me, my son." Jack Gillespie started at the appellation. Mr. Wylie smiled. "I feel as if you were my son," l.e explained. "Ah! how I want one to take n: place when A spasm of pain made him pause for a moment. Why can't you help me, Jack? Be my right hand—I can—trust—yon. moment. Why can't you help me, Jack? Be my right hand- I can—trust—yon. A look of pain as intense as that which had distorted the master's face came over Gilles- pie's. v. "Impossible! he exclaimed, the word coming out with involuntary emphasis. It was no sooner uttered than he sought to recall it. "I did not quite mean that, sir; but yon will be yourself again in a few hours, and will not 1 tiifU want me, As it is, there is no little jealousy in the yard on account of the favour you kindly shew me. It would surge into opeu rebellion if I took a more prominent place." This assertion gave Mr. Wylie's recuperative powers a fillip which the brandy had not produced. He sat up rigid and erect. "Do you mean to tell ine," he asked without any hesitation in his speech, "that anyone is daring to question my orders and my wishes ? The governor,' they call me well, if I make you deputy-governor, I shall expect you to be obeyed as if you were myself." u It will never do, sir. Pray do not think of it. 1 could not take the responsibility. Let me go on quietly with my designing, and be as little noticed as possible." Mr. Wylie looked at him very sharply and searchingly, out of the little black eyes that shone very brightly, shaded though they were by thick, shaggy eyebrows. "There's more in this than meets the first glance," he said. "I must have this matter investigated." "Please do nothing. Please let it all be, Y"U are a good master. I am content iillopi, I all, and wish to interfere with no mail's nim? anil ambitious." "Aims and ambit ions—rebellion—jealousy. I tel! you, Gillespie, such words have no place in this yard. Machinery is the only word I permit. Hand-labour that work-3 by machinery." "I am afraid, sir, that you will find the day is long past when even an unskilled labourer is a mere machine, much less an accomplished artisan." "Pooh! pooh! Nonsense. Soldiers are machines they are not permitted to argue with the commanding officer. My men are like soldiers—they shall ob'-y." But the excitement produced by the discovery of-what he considered to be insubordination, was too much. The tired look returned to Mr. Wylie's face, and Gillespie insisted that there should be no further discussion, and that lie should come out into the fresh air. They crossed the yard together, and, turning a sharp corner, nrrived at the front door of the hc"^5 A pretty little bay mare was standing it. held by a dapper groom. Miss Cornelia Wylie, clad in a riding habit which fitted her well-proportioned figure to perfection, was coming down the steps. Gillespie lifted his hat. "Just in time, she said. "Give me a mount, Mr. Gillespie. My heavy weight always seems too much for papa." He obeyed her mandate without speaking a word. The master laughed. "Not, the first fair lady you've mounted, eh, Gillespie ? The younger man coloured up, but did not contradict. He merely raised his hat onco more to Miss Cornelia, and walked away. He did not go back to his office, but; down into the lower yard, where the stone-hewers were at work, the upper yard being reserved for the chisellers. At the further end of this lower yard there was a cottage, iiinabited by the timekeeper and his wife. In this cottage Jack Gillespie cluclt, having a bed and sitting-room there, and being made most comfortable bv good, kindly Mrs. Wilkins. As he crossed the lower yard, he paused and looked with some astonishment at one of the workers, who was a new "hand." lie was assisting in the heaving of a large stone, which was being put into position for operations to be begun with a stupendous sawing apparatus. The man who had attracted his notice did not apparently see hilll while he was so employed that he could not leave his work. The piece of stone being, however, placed at rest, lie came forward to Gillespie, and carried his hand to hisheadinaaaluie. "Rees—I thought, so. Thought I could not be mistaken in your gigantic proportions. Glad toseeyo.). Have you come to work ? "Yon won't peach?" said liees. "The governor knows as I haven't always been £ trRi<h!, but he don't know "My g-)od fellow, what do you take me for? I would rait iter help you than crush you. Only too triad -o sec that you are at work." Bill Rf.alS looked at him keenly for a few seconds. YoLt't- a rare 'nn, he said, when he had

given the matter some consideration. "Tasl, you always was a rare 1111. Then it's a done thing. You holds your tongue, andlholds mine." Jack Gillespie looked very white and uncom- fortable. "There is nothing to "Come, come—don t let 11s have any non- sense. 'Taint no pals. Doyen know little Jerry Armstrong, as fellers calls him ? He got me here—writ a letter to the guv'nor." "I onlv know him by name," said Gillespie, looking more and more uncomfortable. "Wetl, if ever you get into his clutches, chum him. That 's my advice." "I alii not likely io he acquainted with him. He is a lawyer, I believe." "Jest so. And a sharp un. He smt me here. What he done it for. 1 dunno. Mayhap you do ? Gillespie shook his head. "I am incapable of solving Mr. Armstrong S reasons," he replied, trying to speak lightly. Nevertheless, it was not easy to do so; for he felt exceedingly perplexed. Why this Bill hYes was in Wylie's yard I10 could not imagine, since he had no belief in his working proclivities; and why he had, with seeming irrevelance, dragged Armstrong s name into the few words that had passed between them was another puzzle. Neither the man's presence nor Armstrong a name boded any good to himself. Of that he felt very sure. Absorbed in this reflection, he was about to pass 011, but Bill Ilees did not mean him to depart quite so easily. "Then it's a bargain. You're 11111111 so ain j I, lie said. Jack Gillespie bent his head. He did not choose to commit hinu'clf in words, and he did notdaretocontradic). (To hr, continued. )