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IpIIASES OF WELSH LIF.lv OFT AND CHARACTER. By T. J. HUGHES, MERTHYR. (All Rights Reserved). THE SINGULAR MISADYENTUflES OF DIC ABERDARON, THE WELSH MEZZOFANTL Tbe moEt accompligbed linguist of his own, if not cf any, age—ll;chard Robtr J mca. or, as he yeas cottroiily cailtd, Die Aberdaron (Die of Aberoaron), was borD. in J oly, 1780, at a small cottage known as Nightingale's Cairn," situate within £ .bcnt a mile's distance from the isolated sea abutting little Carnarvonshire village from which he derived the latter half of his once iRn oua sobriquet. Hebert Julles-Robert Shon Edward-(videl;cet Pobert Jones, the son of Edwird Jouea) Die's father, was a carpenter by trade, but deaithofetr.ployment in tbia capacity compelled him to superadd to hia regular avocation—(ia which he was reputed to he an adept)—the less congenial pursuits of a tiller of the soil and a fisherman. He owned a email fiohing smack, and at times used to push his piscatorial expeditions as far as I iverpool. JIaTgaret Richards was the maiden narns of Die's mother. Four children were born to the hard-working couple—three eons and one daughter. Die was the youngest eon. For years he WaS addressed as Richard Roberta tho former appellation having baeu bestowed on him in perpetuation (minus the letter H s") of his mother's family patronymic, and the latter (dio iiheps the eibillant letter) in honour of his father's homely eurname. Wben, however, in after years, Die's attain* iret-tr, h¡,{] secured for him public distinction, he reminded his fellow-countrymen that he was pokseF,E,cd of another baptismal appendg9- not ii.significant, if eupboniostlly hainble-and thenceforward to always subscribed himself to lb) trsU extent of his legitimate, regisfcerad ore. dentials. Of te tbree brothers, one only—William, the eccorsd Eov-received tegular sch-.)Iaatio training. An intelligent lad. with considerable aptitude for lesmii g, William received a fair degree of education, and it is not unlike^ that if he had lived loiger than be did he would have reflatei nuch ctecit on his preceptors. But he died vary early, to the great r, gret of all those who knew him, especially Die, to vrhem he had manifested appreciable generosity. He was a member with the Baptist denomination, and was reputad to be an exceedingly pious youth. John, the eldest eon, the author of a volume of hymns, had to "pick up" his book knowledge as bc-st he oould and so had the hapless Die. They had but very little schooling, and that little was very irregular—a couple of days now and again. John and William were taught carpentry by thrir father-a man thought well of in the neigh. bourhood where he resided, both on account of his probity and excellent common sense-but Die could not be get, neither by book nor by orook, t., pay any attention to the mysteries of the atcient craft. He had, too (unlike his brothers), an equal aversion to fishiag and farming. Booke! books! books! were Die's only and irterke ecligbt-a circumstance which greatly grieved his i atber, as he cculd not, he argued, a fiord to keep the boy idle. Die's physical constitution was at this time weak his eyesight very precarious. But these disadvantages, and his father's re- monstrances, were powerless to subdue Dic'a insatiable craving for knowledge. Whether this obtusenees on Die's part had any. thing to do with the mestreness of his educational facilities is matter of conjecture. To the majority of persons the probabilities would certainly eeem to favour the affirmative view. As well, however, might his father have tried to stem the currentg of Niagara as attempt, by direct or indirect means, to change or neutralise Dick's mental bias. Iy dint of stern and strenuous application he had maatêred the Welsh language before he was six years old, and every Welsh volume he could lay his hands upon was eagerly perused. His favourite author was Ellis Wvn, of Glesyrys. He read over and over again with additional ecstacy that poet's unique and splendid imaginative production, "The Sleeping Bird." When he was from ten to twelve years of acre he commencee to learn English, his brother William acting as mentor. He speedily made substantial headway in the intricacies of the language, but his proficiency in it was less thorough than in the languages which he afterwards studied, bo- cauae," to uee his own words, "the orthography and pounds are so changeable." Three years later he applied himself to learning Latin. He got a lid who attended at the pariah school to help him, and the scholar soon distanced -the obliging tutor. In order to acquire proficiency in the general branches of knowledge, Die used to steal surrep- titiously into the day sohool when the chij dreu were out, and learn in these momenta as much as he could out of their books. His success was as wonderful as it was hardly earned. At 18 years of age he purchased a Greek gram me r from an erdeemed bardic acquaintance, leuan Lleyn (Evan Pritohard), i.e., Evan of Llfyn. leuan was a native of Brynoroes, Carnarvon- shire, born at a bouna caliid the Big House (Ty Mawr). His father's name was Risiart,(Rhy.) Thomas Pritcha.rd, and his mother's maiden EMBe was Mary Charles. The mother waa a rhyroster of come merit. in 171*5 the parents emigrated to America, and left Icre-i-a baby—with his grandfather, bv whom hfe was brought up. He was iirst employed as a policeman, then as an exoise officer, and eventually as a schoolmaster. He was a warm friend and correspondent of the celebrated Dafvdd Ddn Erjri," and published many T&ln.ible compositions, foremost amongst ",Unh wnis Us beautiful translation cf the The Cotter's Saturday Night," by Bume. Ho did in 1832, and was buried at Bryncroca churchyard. Popeeeeed of much penetration, Iauan, no doubt, perceived the innate capacity cf Die, and it !)}y i-Fly be aesnmed that so benevolsatiy- diepoeed a man did not fail to stimulate the youth's hopeful proclivities. Die was ceaseless in his diligent study of the "language of the Gods," and rtudied assida- on sly rack of its dialects. He read every Greek work within rf ach, and before many years had every Grsek work vfcich had been pntlisbcd. About this time it would appear he also learnt sor.'C of the elements of Hebrew, and dreaiat a sircular drsam, "I dreamt, be remarked, "that I saw Johin Bnxtorfus (the Febrew grammarian) singing Hebrew Pealms, and accompanying hia singing with hia 1 a-p. He atiug the Paalma with his voice, and played his harp with his hands." I Somewhat euperfluous information that volun- teered in the second sentence, as Buxtorf could scarcely have been expected to reverse the order cf procedure-to ning the Psalms with his haada, and play the harp with his voice. T thought I saw ihim," continued Die, standing on the stujnp of a tree, opposite my father's house. "it was the twelfth Psalm which Buxtorf psr er," concluded the naive narrator. He had a Hebrew book before him, with notes on the m.rgin. Ilia harp was a very large one, and was in its shape similar to an old Welsh harp." Spiritualists will do well to tablette this inter- eft;rl/ and significant incident. The Bnxfcrf whose music-loving apparition gladdened Die's eyes waa apparently the youngest (sf tho two renowned Hebricians, whose inoon. testible supremacy in Hebraic literature has been bo enthusiastically avouched by Vossiua, Scaliger, and Caoubon. Europe has not a more knowing or learned man," wrote Vosfiue. Notwithstanding my grey beard, I would gladly be his scholar," re- marked Scaliger. "He is the only man who thoroughly understands the Hebrew language "— no slight compliment, coming, as it did, from that morc&e thovgh distinguished critic. Die even then shared in this unstinted venera- tion for the scholarship of Buxtorf, and when in twelve months' time (ho was then 20 years old) he came across Buxtorf's matchless Hebrew grammar he got rapturous. The Hebrew language occupied his mind day and night, and be overcame its difficulties in an 113credibly short while. for i?°PBhout life he entertained a great partiality rnr ~f~rew, and thia fact, supplemented by h?.a gained for him the popular ln S0frthc Welah Jew. Liv6rnool P1^'8, ,ather w^nt on a voyage to u.-p, Ec^ be took Die with him to assist reKdDfceJnqSfe^^BP°rtthof debarkation was orc^ gome Kentbfna em.ean°ur attracted the notice. biishment »n?n w 0 happened to be at the d t J* questioned him ss to bis antecedents aad circumstances, and after he had reP^ and—what ho him with a little rnoney. and what he ^fini^y preferre(i„ with some ^a^;k to and other books, He rnehed ^Jatber was etajirg over-jojec—as bapiy as if he had aligttod on the 11 He8 was net destined to rest long in this ^OiTthe^eturE gale Ret in the barct>e in vlueb he his b.ter»ry freight were eneootsced c'r,v5? Llauael- hain-rn • l eavy wave? wa?flod the deoka, an* mcs,j. of Die's precious souvenirs were fiu^moiged in depths of tbe raf.?i«nd?y •„ His ioFeeB lr.Dg and <>teat y -■_ To miticate Ls? gri^l he h&d r^fni.^to adds tional stndy. He y himfell. ^ith increw., d j zopi to tbe books which remainod ni .1? joa. Hv< stn-jies wero whe i),? l'E?ia" • The study of ianpuair was V'ltJ luID. "07 an inwrmfiUKtable me?.ion. >ooh laiii^Tt&ge which, he han Bei ved to mi.recno hia Jingniecio a <iuuea itiftl to the inexthigtiiahableflaa-e. Ftotd chitohood npward?,froratcotini'' -n t 5rpt conned bis Welsh speUir-T boob, ,C5; the reader will 'fasve seen, waa distinct!;? rjcos- nip&bln. It was part and parcel of mo meatal *n'J personality, -i-u His energetic post nautical assiduity TVih oor-espotdir-g deecrts.. With only u scanty stock of books, ,tl a trftcber, be perfected his Irnowledsre of las- guages which he had already s .ndied con. qnered othere—addition: laurels in his wrjith of bays. Hip father asd his eldest brother r/ere well nisu frsntic Sit bis recondite researches. iasgnages. they remonstrated, rrr^f! not pnt c.t-ad into tbfir mouths, and yet th r ••?.« Wi pouring over unintelligible bieroglypbios lotyem, %:•? 21; <5 the ttuciyilised '<' .tf.J! ho (n)ht ;o c?»AhiPg &eh, matlasf i'l.r.Gpes', or plongkuig t £ io \V.ift;. w-trk they set him to do he did badly or 1 fur his mind wandered elsewhere, and L(; uclreqnently his lanky body followed. His nose hovered < vet his books diarnally and nccturrally, when he should have been -,mocking aa tbey worked, and when he should have bean tleepitg as they slept. lIo", wl?re they to deal with such an uncouth, self-willed, unmanageablj merate r It ere might be efficacy in threats. Fo they threatened him. Uselessly. Perhaps chastisement by means of the parental and fraternal ambi-dexters might be mora aalu- ttti Y. bG they "punched" him and "cuftcd" him ujit-l his cicod tingltd and his martyred bonaa t cl < d. fo no purpose. D* cid not grin, but Die did bear—bore the w. ipi. > fraternal 101 and the ho..vy pa^orn^l iibt* t. med for consolation to hia books, cured his btr.zsctt with Greek, bia sorea with Hebrew, Lis weutdawitb Latin. But at last the crisis came in the shape of an iron peker. Patnfør.dEaa tad got apoplscticslly wrath at the cbcerlessEeEe of Die's domestic inertness and irn'preFeible bookisbnesa. He could not c-utrol his volcanic anger, &bd catching hold of the mefal but weighty article mentioned, ho brought it to bear with tremendous effect on the back of Dio's neck. He ironically promised to repeat the kl dcse" if Die did not do better at home." than he was doir g. Via" feit" tbat it was no ue-e for him to think of staying at the parental domicile any longer with a whole skin and unbroken bonea, unless he changed his pursuits. He must forego studying languages, and work for his living as his" father and brothers did, or qát, probably for aye," the tenement in which he had been born and bred. Those were the two alternatives which wera Oph to him. He co-ald not for?go hia stadias: they had become to him a second nature. He therefore packed together his few books and turned his face ar-d footsteps Carnarvonwarda. Be had not a penny in his pocket, and in order tp obtain the wherewithal to purohase food, he ytcs fcousd on hiki way to sell several of hia mush- valued volumes- to him as poignant an experience as if he bad had to part with crops of hid heart's blood. With the exception of fragments of a Greek. Latin ard Latin. Grt c k Lexiec-n, he had for tho same resfcen to sell the remainder ci his books when be had got to Can arvon. He preferred suffering the keenest patga cf hunger and want to parting with the Ltxicou. Aa be received but scant welcome at Carnarvon he soon left the town and went to Bangor. TLete be came u,ler the notica of Dr. William Cleaver, the then lliÙcp of Bangor. B F bcp, Cleaver admired Die's linguistio talent ate behaved very kindly to him. He clothed him respectably and gave him several rplc-ncid books, including a Greek Testament, published by Robert Stephen, and Schreve!iuB's Greek l exicon. He also gave him light employ- ment in bie garden and on his estate. Alter he had stayed with the good bishop two months, Die got restless, left his right reverend rmplcyer, and ultimately accepted an easy erpsgement under the Rov. Jonn Williams, Treffoe, Angleeea. "hilst sojourning at Treffos he became me. quaintro with seme French refugees, who gave him a French grammar, and instructed him in the Gaelic language. He mastered it so well that he was in a ehort time, not merely able to read it, but. to converse in it fluently and with accuracy. By the same exiles he was taught Italian. This language also he could speak and read well. Mr. Williams was friendly and accommodating enough to materially further Die's Greak studies. But six months had not elapsed brJ'ore Die quarrelled with Mr. Williams, and hu departed from Trefios in a hnff," in the month of March, 1806, Liverpool was his next resting-place. His appearance at this period was very strange and striking. lie had allowed his hair and his beard-both black—to grow to an immense length; his eyes only were to be seen, the rest of his physiognomy was wholly hid from view in the bushy facial envelopment. Bis attire consisted of a heterogeneous combi- nation of colouved patches sewed together pieca- meal; between the folds batches of books were thjd.Jy lodged. He was covered with books from shoulder to heele, and as he moved he might have been very well mistaken for a walking library. The books were arranged on hie person accord- ing to their size, one above the other; and he was eo ccnvereant with their several positions that he could lay his hand immediately, and without any mistake, upon the book which he named. So wrapped was he in the contents of these volumes that when he entered a house or a room be never stayed to look around him, and it wa with difficnliy that he could remember the way by which he came in. He l ad always one of the books in his hands, to which he would reter when imparting itistruction to others, or pursuing abstractedly hia own studies. lie asetirred that bis hearers were as deeply versed in linguistic profundities aa himself, atd as the reverse was ordinarily the Clloe, he genu, rally mystiifed those to whom he addressed h:s conversation far more than he enlightened them. His sight was defective, his voice squeaky, and his utterance ine-istinof,-eecentricity and ûn. ocuthness characterised the whole man. Still there was an unaffected simplicity about the man—a guilessness and harmleseneaa which won for him favourable regard wherever he trudged, and his eyes, when opened to the fall, revealed a fitful fount of inward light which did not fail to commard observation. Seme of the gentlemen who had befriended Die when he was before in Liverpool with his lather again came to his aSPÍatanoe-Mr. Stanley Eosooe in paiticular. They by-and-bye exorted thEmselves to get him daily etr-ploymcrit. •' What occupation would yon like, Die," they seked him. A sawyer," was his ancwer. lie was promptly transferred to a sawyer's ysrd. He had rot torn there lossf before he fell flat on hh face into the pit. Up he ieoped on his legs ard off be ran to hia pptTone, and bitterly complaiaed that his fellow- wcri,rr.en had behaved cruelly to him by placing him in some cavcrnous hollow in the bowels of the earth. Matters were explained to him; and be was then questioned why he tad expressed preference for a Favypr's vvoi k, wLAist he was ignorant of the duties ? "I have never been accnsf"med to any sort of B&w.ing," was his rejoinder, "except the sawing of fHI occasional piece of wood for the purpose of fiTev.000, when 1 was n. boy at Seeing that tfcero was hut little hope of his doizg much good to him self or others in any trade liia patrons resolved to gi-O him carte hanche to follow his favourite ]in,-u. ',i. a studies. Mr. Boacoe paid for his board and lodging, and his landlady did all she could to make Die comfortable. But Die yearned for further peregrinations; he could n,t, any more than his mythical ante, typa, the Wandering Jew, be happy long in the same place his lega could not heep still. He must," he said, see the old country orce more," and haTirg received from hia kindly- disposed bene factor-in-chief a gratuity of X5, Die bade farewell to Liverpool and its learned leir-ure, and Bcolrs here, books there, Books, books everywhere. IcokB written in diverse and abstrnee languages, redirected his ateps towards home. His father welcomed him in very friendly strains when he undereiood that be bad sufficient specie in his possession to pay for his .f keep." During this home-Atay Die and his brother John translated into Welsh Archibald M'Lean's publication On the CcmmisEion of Christ to His I Apcstles." It was afterwerafi printed at Carnarvon, under the editorpbjp of tho Rev, PJdmund Francis. The translation contained many idiomatic excellencies, Home-hostilities recommenced on the collapga cf Die's exchequer; the painful flagellations of former days were renewed, and Dio was again under the necessity of migrating. Be stayed at Pwllheli a short time with the Rev. B. Jones, Incepeadent minister, and then OPE(I On to Liverpool. The reception wbich he received there was very indifferent, and his necessities so increased that he had to sell bis annotated Hebrew Bible t:) getmosey to keep body and aonl together. He got so dejectr d at this loss that he resolved to journey to tne Metropolis to seek for another copy of the work, and to obtain, if he could, fcoma instruction in the Chaldaic and Syriao languages. lie began his long walk in tha summer of 1807, A little pack upon his. back and a big stiff- on which was graven a map of the road—in his hsnd; the remainder of his book stock was fctuflVd into his peckote. Whilst inquiring in London for the Hebrew Bible, he accidentally met Dr. Collyer, and that gentleman presented him with a Greek Teata- xuer.t. This was the only piece of good fortune which he met in the city of cities. He failed to get tie vdume of which bo came in quest, arid failed to get any employment. From London Die wsrt to Dover, thinking in all likelihood that he wight get a passage in soma ship or other to tha Ccst-nent. He met with no eucb jnck, but did succeed in obt.air.ing employment in tha Government ship- buildirg yaTd as a kind cf scavenger. He had to 'nt1l1 aches out of the way; for this work bo wni paid fourteen shillings a week (2a. 4d. a uiy) a?.cl f.ccoTdcd ctV-r advantages. There was a Greek tf-ip fa *^e port at the tima, and by fraterr.isi* £ Tvit-h tho crew Die l?ai-nt 1'; jrreat. deal of thr-, Tcc-orr: Orcok tonkas. Ho filto improved bfj kso^led^e of Kebreir by ttkirgf ler^ors from tlw weH-known Hobre BcV.o'ar, Nathand ♦.xtended big at- t-sinm'-ntq m other We paid the for bjp tuition cut of Tireckly h l-o resid-r) at Dover tbrce yoais tli<i three nrr'4rt tpaT.'? of hip hnple^s life. f*1 JblO he left D.wr.r undr^ttback to aeit bo»« friends broraht biraticdar tbe natioa Socicty lor the Dia-riion of CiiristiAn Maonsst. tho Jews. Wrtb Vc''in!d rr" rrcciiile -o t'm Ha* pMlcJc-ffl '0Ci"ty ^V1 di*ros«A + library I a.l ajraia to b? j«a?.iy ttprce, EWPP^y titp with plsycical laain- Society csrae et lenth to Ha V ship nase"cr-mop«v to n»' nwiJ.th, ficra wh^roe bo wpji-i >T> Ri •Tf(5 frr -'v WB«ed to Bangor, vtaorz kiTiPs months wuh the E-iv. Eichard Jio Vrsrscribed at intervals a!l tho Hebrew wrda ccnWu m Littleton^ Latio Dicti^ry- Ec^plemernng them, with va.lm>,bl-T EAI-RIDITILS &n the Hebrew Laxicoa of Sasotea P^.i- nonins. Mr. Diwies ar d lb- Eev. Samuel Price gave him rePWent mcitiey to enable him to travel to i,'>er< 1-J: ;UCNH> j T.'f,i.r.fvi \>:VB ytzvhcd, a/:d Die o £ .Ucd V.is old l tore- Appreciative of his Eobolarship, they tho tbht be traeht, after apprenticeship, jfii^ ft to'.er. able livelihood by printing, and a printer they hied to make of him. Tbe effort waa abortive. He was too inexpert fer a typegraphiet. His patrons were daunted, and for the nonce adopted a policy of non-interference. At this era he was much perturoed by a host of miner misfortunes. He was lodging with some natives of the Greon Teld, and they purloined his Chaldaic Grammar (by P. Martin), and other valuable volumes. The UEFcrupulous spoliators also stole his extracts from Littleton's Lexicon, and aotce Greek-root transcripts and translations- (Gieek and Latin to Greek and English ) He had gotap far oe tho letters "chi" when the occn rd. However, despite their contrivances, they failed to rob him of hia Hebrew Bible, his cap? of Erpeuiin's Hebrew Grammar, and Schrovelius'a Greok lexiccn. Went did what the thieves could not do; hig in- cieenee grew so kep-n that to procure the bare r ecfse&ries of life he had to pawn his Bible and Arabic text book. He went to Carnarvon, and there for the same purpose he had to dispose in the same way of SchrevcJius's Opus Magnum." SchrevcJius's Opus Magnum." Hia hardships rankled deep in hia heart, and in tbe agony of his privations he broke forth into bitter complaint. Work to get bread/' he said, is refused me by rry fellows, though I am tortured by hunger ar d cold, all because I apply myself to linguistic Lte," He roamed about the Principality for very many months, and eventually fised hi? abode at Bfgilit, Flintshire, seme friends assisting him to live. He varied his studies by translating into Hebrow, Greek, and English Itowley's "Sjholara Companies." But after he had got as far as the letter "nun" be laid the work by, a& he could not proceed in consequence of the incessant dis. turbances which were made by the children of hie widow landlady. To divert himself, Die resorted to what he con. sidered music; he practised on a ram's bora, uud the doleful howls which he perpetually emitted by means of this unmeiodious instrument made existence a migery and a nightmare to his neigh- bours. Oh, st?ep our feet in boiling oil, Or put us on tbe rack, But & .ve us wbil« w<j tarry hero, From _> on dor -Ricbfu'd'g choiv, was the felt though unexpressed sentiment of his rraityr auditorium. A I'tench horn was afterwards given him by a friend. Die, on gettirg this article, reconpigned the ram's born to its former quarters. The French horn was then his solace. and his tenacious application to it resulted in hid being able to play several tunea upon it. But the executions were more remarkable for loud Bound than for sweet melody. 'i be breath of the bagpipes was seraphic har- mony compared with Die's French horn manipula- tions. Die, however, had great confidence in hi. musical capacity, and was pretty certain that he could, if he liked, earn his bread and cheese with it. Misled by this hallucination, he went to Cier- lecn, where General Grosvenor had just been elected member of Parliament for the city. Bands paraded the streets jubilantly celebrat. ing the auspicious event, and the instrumentalists pl&3 ed with efficiency and eclat. Die arrived at Caerleon at the moment when the me le dious concert was at its height. He bethought 1-imself-could he not add to tha musical lue!re? and quickly deciding in the affirmative, he lifted the French horn to hia mouth and blew it with might and main." The discordant sounds nearly upsot tha mental equilibrium of tho band leader, and completely astonished the holiday crowd. General Grosvenor inquired what was the matter, and Die was immediately and indigantly mart hailed up to the military hero. A conversation followed between Die and the General, ar-d so pleased was the general with the replies which Die gave to the questions which he asked him, that he gave him a sum of money, and an unconditional permit to play the French h< rn as loud and as long as he liked. Die's fondness for music never abated, and he oftentimes tried to gratify his friends by singing to them "The Song of Moses," according to the instructions which he had obtained from his Rabbinical acquaintances. Besides the ram's horn and French horn, he bad two eld harps which he used to play upon. He was in the habit of presenting his helpera with pen and ink, and pencil drawings of these instru- merts. Meny of them are to be seen scattered about the country. A telescope which Die constructed for his own use a-tteste hie irgenuity. One of Die's great oddities was his great par- tiality for cats—a partiality which dated from his boyhood. Be always kept a cat, and in his ulrnoet destitution would never partake of a bit of focd until he bad first satisfied his cat's need. It is aho said that he could not sleep peacefully unltse he bed his "mew" (Ile he called hia under his arm. He delighted in these creatures eo much that his books were fall of pictures cf tbc-m—- cats of e very size and colour, some drawn by himself, others cut cut of old bocks and sor.gs. The fact is not devoid of euggcetivenesa. Tiis affcctions cf the man's heart would have an out- let, end the 1: urnan creation proving irresponsive— a stranger almost to his kind and an outcast from hie kith and kir-tbo tides of accumulated and irrepressible feeling found an object in the bra to ci cation. Die could not on any &ocouut bear to see a cat ill-created.^ Die could not on any Loconn. bear to see a cat ill-created.^ When Die returned to Bagillt he focHd that all the bocks which be had left at his lodginga had lecD dGlm, Be was greatly annoyed and pained at the abduction. To Foothe his grief he again resorted to hia favourite hern. Ee< played it morning, moot1, and night, until hia Isnclady got almost demented. She supplicated bim to refrain, but her Vor, i" g8 were ineffectual, ar d eho fc»d to seuk a police- itti T, to orst him frcm the promises. This harsh me: s^re ad recollection cf hi? previous losses excited him to frenzy. He looked l ie a madman. Ilia eyes flamed with fury, hip lips uttered blasnbemiee, and hi wiii&d the meet outrageous [lld savage cureea. He quitted Bacilli, and went to Lirarpool. Mr. Ecscoe and others befriended him, and he resided there for several years, receiving fioai thtm a weekly allowance. (TO BE CUlfTIXUED.)

— GOSSIP IN THE ft WGBLD." I am assured that, should a vacancy oscur in the representation of the City, Alderman Fowlec, aiid rot Baron H. de Worms, will Do tho Conservative candidate. Mr. Gladstone's acceptance cf the invitatioa to the annual dinner of the Ba.,¡\ge Club cams onthe now traditional post-card. If the report ia true that Baron Rothschild has left behind him six millions of pesolMl estate, in will be quite a windfall for the Chacctilior of tac Exchequer, for the probaie duty will amount to no less than X8S,,500, It will be remembered that the duty is kl3,500 on the first million, and J115,Q(J<J for every million afterwards. But as it i only payable on personalty within the English jurisdiction, it is easy for cosmopolitan financiers to alleviate tbe burden by a dexterous manipula- tion of the testator's assets. Although the only capable has been sent to conduct the campaign in Zululand, I suspect we have by no meane heard the list of the war. General Clifford has written home to his frienda to say that, no matter what we do to cor.ciliato the enemy, we are in for at least a couple of years' figbtiDg. In fact, the enomy will not be con. ciliated, and is determined that either he will drive us out cf the country, or that we shall I exterminate hia race and nation. And the general's word ought to have some weight, for, as a re- nentrl officer of the Bjfle Brigade, he went through two campaigns in Sotith Africa, viz., that of 1847.49, and again 1852-51. A friend of mine, who sold out of a crack cavalry regiment some twelve months ago, applied tha other day to go out as a volunteer to the Cape. Be was told that his offer could not be accepted, for the Horse Guards had already been obliged to refuse nearly two hundred officers in the service belonging to regiments at homa who had volun- teered to go out to Znluland. la fact," said one of the military officials, "we could form a pretty strong mounted equadron composed only of the cavalry officers on home service who have volunteered for service at the Cape." Nor do I think this gentleman told more th?n the truth. Ihe number of officers already on orders for special duty at the Cape exceeds anything of the kind I can recollect; and very many of these volunteers are swells belonging to the Guards, the Household Cavalry, and other crack corps at home. A pretty scandal will soon be divulged in one.of the law courts of Paris. As yet it is only whis- pered but ss it concerns one of the best knota cf Bepublican magistrates, it is, of course, much canvassed in legal eiicles where it is known. The defendant might have aspired to the post of garde des sceanx, about equivalent ta our Lord Chan- cellor, had not the consequences of a youthful indiscretion marred bia proapects. Whilst yet a barrister, he had pleaded tha cause of a young wife, and had obtained for her a separation ds CORDIS et ds liens. This is like our judicial s^par- atitn, and does not, enable the parties to marry again; eo that the intimacy whisli spr ,r.g up between the learned counsel and his fair client wsb not actordkg to gisiot morality, nor to the articles c.f tho cede civil. It prcveutsd him from rising te> the top of his profession, but it did J¡ot hinder him from becoming a Senator !rci.e of the wine-growing depa:trc.eitta of France. 2hc past was no leb&on to ltim, bid ij)ia, nauvie was dtMiuttd agaia to Lring him iato 11(3, It happened is thia vviije :-A retired' major cf & cavalry regiment wieh;;d for a lunuu dz lubac, to cntlla him r, itti the proceeds to ek-i rut hi? t-mail pension. His wife waitad oa tha Ber&ici £ i'.ei at-ked bun to obtftir. it fo.: her hus- batd, This he aid, and the* wke waa duly grate- i iu'— iiO fiateiui, iudcf.d, that, sbfc couid not him the- on.'y reward he craved at bur banda. T^o old, del story was re-esactcd.; She v-aa fiuppoied ho tt her moiber'e, aud letters atiiiio fi'oij. iior t?icre every day but unfcittuis '-sly oao ol the m-afcitti'ats'B bittetfcst oncaiie^s&Tr? Jior ia tho ccHipany e> £ the legal Don Jr.an in the South of | F.-a^ce. The too ccnfidirg Uccbaad icforiaci of it., tcok tho fi' train, but arrived only in tiice to end t" a t the turtla- doves had flovni. Tho discriptioa, ever, left no doubt in hia mind as to their icifi'ititv thus it is that tho ea-.n&gisfcraio and Bfcdical iienatcr will appear as a cc

A at Pcrtl?n5, Oregon, fnrsishca this of tho "Heathen Chinee;" "John" had beugbt a watch at c-rr Sowcller's, bnt as it ran too slow, be took it back, saying, Watchee no good." What is the matter with it P" asked the jeweller. Oh," said John, watchee too much by'm-by." j

LOST IN TEE "DARK. (By IllCnAED IOWLING.) PART III. AFIEK THE DARK. CHAPTER IV. COMING Houa." The two boats from Rockfall for Barnaclo Bay kept elf sa in shore. Pulling round coast so close in shore afte-r ull the bad weather wa.s not very pleassnt, for the hoata had to pull through the trough and g the creet oftho sea. The leadine and larger contained fourteen men, and p.ullod six oat-s; the second and Rmaller boat contained ten men Rr,d the iieutenant in charge; see pi: lied four car. The leadinsr boat could run away from tiza second, being long" and. built for epe< d whereas the bitter was short, and built for bsd weather, bat it was essential that the two should kee-p topfther. In one way, the fact, that it was Christmas Day was lucky on, perhaps, no other day of the year ccnld fo ivrt-e a force of coastguards bi1 mustered in Bcckfall. 1 he, men had come in on le-ive from out.'ying etalions to the westward, and upon beii g informed of the occurrences of the night before, and of the nature nf the eeri, ices demanded of their coimrades on duty, they had to a man volunteered for the boats. W hen WiiiiaiK Spalding had drawn the boat towards h;m at the bottom of the precipitous path Jet Barnaclo Bay. he stepped in quite firmly, and then turned his flushed, determined face upward to the cliffs. No one above him. His daring eyes encountered nothing but the dark, wet sides of the threatening and cppreceive cliffs. The cliffs wera slimy and cold and deadly-looking, as though they had turned their faces away finally from man and would aid man no more. Beneath Spalding's feet rose and fell, in soft, dull ju'ses, the grey waters of the deep, sluggish bay. Bo was familiar with the soand of the sea in all its moods. He had no poetic or imaginative feeling about the sea; but like all sailors he was supeistitions, ar.d in the heart of nearly all super- stition is the crudest form of pcetry--the poetry of the Fears, 1 here weief or him many features of novelty in the situation. He hai often been in positions of great peril bcore, but never qaite so alone; and besides, it was now some years since he had had any direct connection with the desperate trade of smuggling. Although he had paased middle aga he wne still hale and hearty, and counted upon livir g many a long year yet after he had secured livir g many a long year yet after he had secured t 41 ti-c great prize out there aud got his share of it. Of course, it would be a little while before they could move that cargo—confound it, though he was counting as though his perfidious eon had not informed against him. But then who could tell-perlislps they had lyncbcd the traitor before he had come to hia tenses or could speak. He looked up again at the cliffs standing dark above him and ignoring him. Then seizing the rocks with bis hands, he began slowly and cautiously pushing the boat in the direction of the cave. That feeling of loneliness persisted, and would not be driven away. The feeling was new to him, and he could ill endure new feelings now of a depressing or saddening character. What could have happened the missing man, Ec-ynoids ? Aye, maybe he was dead with the rest. A plight shudder went through him at the thought, the rest. Often as he had violated the laws of God and man before, up to this he had been clear of the t'tain of bloodshed. But as day by day the great scheme matured in his mind the enormity of the crime became lost in the splendour of the plan and the munificent reward that waited upon its success. Suddenly he ceased to push the boat along by the shore, diopped on his kneea, and looked earnestly into the water. He rose cautiously aftir awhile, and looked around and upward, and whispered as though he were taking the Boli- tude into his confidence, and trying to form an alliance with earth and air against water. I thought I saw waving in the water by the rocks the arm of a man—the arm of a man who wanted help and when I looked closer the arm was gone —gone in tmong the waving seaweeds that hold the places where dying men cling their last. One of those men conld not have drifted here since. No no I none cf them could wave an arm now j they ate stiff in death." He cnce more applied himself to getting the boat along by the rocks. Hia teeth were set, and his face now pale and wrinkled. Still hia arms were strong ard his grip sure, and the boat moved quickly towards the mouth of the cave. Stizsng a rock at the entrance, he swung the boat's bow inward, and then with one powerful push the little craft shot out of the light into the obscurity within. Ar Boon as the boat was concealed by the cave William Spalding sat down to rest and think. There was now no hurry. Even if they did come in pursuit of him he should hear the oars, and bave pit nty cf time for escape into the upper ca.ve before they could enter the lower one. His plan of escape was very complete, and all the means were F-t hand and in order. In the first pltice, that morning early, as soon as all the men were gone and he found himself alone,, he had found a grappling-iron in the upper CKve, and to this fixed seven fathoms of inch-rope. Iiav-'iig placed the grappling-iron in the floor of ti-e cave on a bed of smooth rock, with two of i'.a flues against a ledge of rock, and a bale of tobacco on it to keep it Bte-ady, he had thrown the other end of tbe rope down the throat of the cave iuto the care below. Owing to the shape of the Great Black Bell Rock the line lay flat on its surface the whole way down, and owing to tha seaweed and tresses clinging to the Bell the rope would lie ^perfectly concealed from any ordinary torch or lamp light examination likely to be made m the cave. When hoisting the goods into tbe upper cave he had had this scheme of concealment in view, and had been careful to have three thickr esaes of tarpaulin and a sail spread ever tha surface cf the Bell likely to be rubbod by the men or the aecending balc-,s. The V:gil of the Moon had had two boats, one cf which had b.?(.n sunk with a kedge anchor made fast to the thwarts; in the other boat he now sat. To the bottom of that boat he bad tacksd ctowi with strips If ea lcloth the iron anchor atock of the Vigil cf the Mcov's bower anchor, rharewas one oar in the beat he sat iu, and now he was in the act of lashing that oar with t ,vo pieces of spun ya-n to the thwarts of the bokt. Seen in full light the rocke of tie cave were a ruddy blown. Bofore descending from the upper cave on that morning, he had placed by the sUaft a piece cf ruddy brown, tanned sail, and, as ho descended, he drew this tanned sail across the bead ct the shaft, so that the light of a bull'a.eye lantern could Blow no trace whatever of the opening, could dilwovvr no difference between that piece of sailcloth and the rockq around. When he first drew upon the rope aa he waa about to descend; he noticed one thing with sur. prise; the grappling-irons did not seom to have kept iuby heme to the ledge, for it sprang with him six inches before it, held firm. He thought that in putting on the bale of tobacco he must have pushed back the grappling. However, when the iro-i did come to it held'splendidly, and as he descended he congratulated himself upon the firm- ness and steadiness of the rope. Lis plin cf escape and concealment was ir genioua, but simple. As Boon as he waa a little rested he should fin 3 that rope, hold on by it, pull the cork out of the bottom of the boat, put the cork in hia teeth that it might not be found about to tell tales (he had been very careful to have anything else that might be floating about picked up), and just as the boat was about to sink put his feet against the side of the Bell and clamber up into the cave above. Then he should draw up-the line, replace tha covering at the top ot the shaft, and bid defiance to discovery, always excepting Markham betrayed him. Even in case his son turned traitor, he could stand a long siege. He had plenty of provisiona and arms in the upper cave, and as long as he could raise an arm to strike, or move a finger to pull a trigger, no one could ccm ? up that shaft against his will. In case his hiding place was not discovered he should remain there until the first fury of pursuit V*lSi0ver' aE<^ then get off inland. The removal of the cargo from that cave presented great diffi- culties under the most favourable circumstances —but it was time enough tc think of overcoming thoe by-and-bye. When he warted to leave the cave nothing waa easier than to drop a grappling- iron into the sunken boat, raiie her to the sur. face, and bale her out. Still he eat in that boat, resting his chin in his palm and his elbow on his kneel The tide w,66 still rising, and there was plenty of time. It was not yet high water, and he could reach the rope from the boat at quarter ebb. There was a fascination in thus, as it were, caring capture. There was the boa.t all ready for Ecuttlirg, here was the lire on the rock all ready for his escape. There was no necessity for him to anticipate matters. He'd wait and rest awhile. It was impoesible to see anything clsarly in the green gloom cf the cave. The low arch giving entrance to it was a gleaming patch of light. When the eyes were turned evenfors moment on it, and then cast around the cave, nothing what. every could be even dimly discerned. So he kept hie back to the light to prevent his eyes being dazzled. He was on the inner side of the Bali, and under the flat bottom of the hugs, pendant rock a feeble gleam of sickly light lay on the stag- nant water of the cavo, and threw up out of the detkness the fliee of the boat in which he sat. It. was impossible to soft anything iu the cava distinctly, but it was poinsiblo to think and to hear. Be could not Re;e what the hicj seawe3da were coirg in tho darknosa of the shrouded wateia that^v.hispcrsd to the obscure sides of the cavo; TV ero those long binding arms of sea- weed slasped around thing unusual, anything v, Iiich j ad floated there from the narrow strait at Greenlee? l'b:m: Arid yet wbut frtrarge noises tho "wter was ttukirg ia that corner over tbers. Whai mac- countable breathings andkighings the- v.-ai«rmade i iii that corner over theie, the deepo&taaddarixssfc corner of al'. C'onicund tiicEfi foolish fswieic-s! E«was .^stting iHJ fearful;as a girl in hia ago. Coafof.-idthe watsr and the whispering of it. Why should l?a not £ o up liito the cave and lie dows and sleep. I;e needed RIeep nroro than caildisb fancies. Ay, H cc id bo best to go aloft and lit He takes tbe cork oat of tho bottom, and puts •fte cork careful y is his mouth 3Ie oiu feoi tho waur a&ainfct Iu*; boo'3; 1x3 c;:u ^csr the rush of the water b tbrcngli TIN hclo in ths bottom. The beat is cnlj » punt, and K. Gva ts EI/UT mxsabes she will be full end sin1;. He prshes the stem of the boat in under the Pc] bo that be may, in scaling the Deli, hnvo the f r;r,ett heaiics part cf the boat, tho naicLsiup, for Lib feet He femes the rope, and chticklen to fclTcse1? at tbe notion cf anyone trying to mount that elisty, slippery surface without the aid cf a rope. Ha tbruats hie hard down into the water in the boat, snd satifcii'jn himself that the auchor-stock rotailisite position. All right. The anchor-stock is quite secure and she will sink down like pluraiaot into the three fathoms of water beneath him in less than two minutes. j The v&ter is now halfway up hia oaJt, tod th r boat beglls to set heavily for-vnn ag the <?tepfc»8 in. her bow. Ho shifts a. iit:le ag to trim tho h oat- Bo et-z s the line and holds it steadily in bia hnrd. It is 80 pleasant to feel that reassuring lope, 1he rc-pe by which he ia to gain safety. Iii,, hand embraces the line affectionately, and a r nule of triumph fcteala slowly and grimly over hi ft09. One minute mere and the boat will be full enough, ana she will go down and he will climber up and Jauiih at them all. Laugh at them all, for if they do find out the upper cave and try to sn oke him out or starve him out, there ia plenty of gunpowder up there to make worse murder than Lookout Head saw last night. The boat now begins to rock heavily at his least motion. It is tioie tu be going. He rurs his hand up the line as far as bi-3 arm will reach, laughs softly to himself, and then leaiis slowly and deliberately on the rope. sie hesrs the beat suck up out of the water as "h, is relieved of some of his weight. He hears the boat suck 88 he puils, but although his hand tae not slipped it is on a level with his mcutb, and his feet are still on tha gunwale of tha boat! < eaven and earth, what is thia ? Hsatiiy he stretches up both hia arms high as he can *nd seizes the rope. Again he draws, again he hearB the boat suck up as the weight is reduced, again his hands come town, this tima to bis breast, and still his feet are on the gunwale of the boat! Madness, what is this! Can the men who mutter in the water over there, the darkest night of water over there, the dead men whose bodies he slew, whose voices he heard a while ago, have crept across under the stealthy water and caught him by tbe feet, glued his feet to the gunwale of the s nking boat? With a low moan be steps down off the gunwale of the boat on her skin amidships; as he does so bis face comes on a level with the bottom of the Black Bell. Hie face is to the light, and between him and the light at the mouth of the cave he sees a thin dark line close to his eyes. HiB mouth opens, the cork he has held in it drops overboard. He knows what haa happened, the grappling iron in the cave above has jumped the ledge and is coming home, the line will bear no weight. It is impossible for him to ascend the Be)l, and in less than half a minute the boat under him will go down. "Tbecork be cries. The cork. Whathavo I done with the ccrkf" Thcu he remembers that he had put it ia his mouth. ó, The cork is gone The boat is going down. The grapplirg ie comin jr home! For a lew seconds he dabbles about in the water vainly searching tor the ccrk. Then abandons toll hope cf recovering it. The grappling is coming home—and to what kind of a borne am I goir;g he thinks in his anguish and terror. Then a thought strikes him, and with the Apee-i of despair he grasps at the one hope. Is it too late to plug the hole with his thumb P CHAPTER V. THE Bescoe. That memorable Christmas morning when the low, weak light began to steal over the downs between Greenlee and Barnacle Bay, no object broke the green monotony of the downs a hundred yards from the edge of the cliffs. About half a mile from Lookout Head, on the way to Barnacle Ðtty and about fifty yards from the brow of the cliff, the downs descended a little towards the sea, lost their flat regularity and became broken up into a number of small mounds and hollows. The mounds in no instance rcacbed higher than a man's knee. The thin skin of turf was here nowhere broken. Owing to the depression towards the sea, a man standing upon the brink of the cliff would be invisible to anyone crossing the downs a hundred yards inland. A a the light grew less feeble it revealed, lying among these mounds, the form of a man. Later, it showed that he lay with his face to the ground facing Barnacle Bay; that he lay partly in the hollow between two of the mounds, and that his head rested on his left arm, which was supported in turn by the top of one of the hillocks. Was the man asleep ? Something in his atti- tude gave the idea that he was not asleep, or that if he were asleep the sleep was cf a peculiarly sound character. Closer examination revealed facts which almost conclusively proved he could not be asleep. Although his pilot cloth overcoat was strong looking, and seemed to have been but little worn, the right sleeve hang in ribbons j around the right aim, the right side of the coat was torn off, he has no bat. and his right arm was so shockingly mutilated that not even a surgeon of leng experience and much practice could look at it without a shudder. Was the man dead? That was hard to answer, for although no Freeze blew, one could not be sura at a little distance whether the air or the muscles mcved the torn ends of the coat at the right side, there was no other motion for hours. When the sergeant in command of the coast. guards who set out that morning from Rojkfall, by the edge of t4 cliffa, saw this figure lying in front, he halted his men, formed them into line, abd gave the command Present!" in the belief that the man was about to fire. The injured man was several hundred yards off at the time the ser. geant made him cut. The carbines carried by his men would not be much use at such a dis- tance, whereas a musket might be employed with advantage, and this man might have a musket. Caution was necessary. There might be other Kifi behind the one crouching In front; in fact, a DumerOUB band. After awhile, observing the man in front did not stir, he grounded arms and despatched two men on the left flank. These could see if there were any others behind, aid they would divert tho attention. When thia disposition waa made all advanced towards the prostrate form. In time they came up to the hurt man, found he was not e?e&d, but insensible; and the sergeant, having left two men in charge of him, went on with what remained o! his force to Greenlee, where he arrived about an hour after the mounted men had ridden in. Frcm the forgeant in command of the mounted men the sergeant of coastguards learned the con- dition of the village when the former arrived, and what had occurred eiuoo Half an hour after the news got to Rockfall we were in the sadcle, ar.d in little more than half an hour more (we galle-perl most of the way) we were in sight of Lookout Head. There was I:O: a moment to be lost, wo were not a minuto too eccn. Just as we could see the Head, a crowd of men were coaing up from tho village. They bad a prisoner, and we knew what to expect aud who he was. Wep-allop-d right to the heid, and drsw up in front of the ctOwd, When they saw ua they halted and hold a Consultation; so, leaving my men on the Head, I rode up to the crowd. I saw at once that the spirit of the orowd was not all the one way. Having got hold of ihair man, and finding him weak and wounded, some of them began to grow faint-hearted about t' :a lynching. It appears that after more than an hom's attack on Lis house, thry had broken in, found L-ig wife, a little gic!, a haluwitted man, and YOUDg Spalding. Bad as young Spalding was from a cut, he had epo-ken to them from the window before they got in; and although none of them would take his word for his innocence, some of them were not so very sure about lynching the man. Oid Tineworth, who is greatly looked up to in the village, was dead against it, although ha had been in favour of it at one time. "Anyway, they locked young Spalding's wife and the little girl into a room, and were carrying him on a plank; he was hardly able to walk when we rode,up. I told them that if the man bad had any hand in the murder, he would be sure to suffer for it by law, and that if they took the law into their own hands, whether the man was innocent or guilty, they weuld be sure to suffer, and that would make matters no better for them. Well, to make tbe story Bhort, they agreed to leave him on the plank where he was. and vi hank to the village. Ae they were going back to the village I ban- them open to let someone thrcuzh them, and then I saw that this was young Spalding's wife,the poor captain's pretty daughter. ehe had escaped from the room, and was as pale as death, and nearly as calm. I was in the saddle a few paceB from the plank. She walked on straight up to the plank without saying a word, and stood over him, looking down at him. I know my duty, and I've done my duty always, and often queer duty it was but this knocked me over, looking at her looking down at him. She wasn't crying, and she never said a word. If she threw herself down beside him I could have stood it as it was, I could not call the men ta take him up. I could notopeak to her, and she did nc thing but stand and look at him. All at once she came up to me and looked into my face, and said, You know my father and the men were killed last night, and they said my husband killed them, and that's my husband there. They were going to throw him over the cliff, over the plaoe near where my father and the men were killed last night. Do you undE\rsta.ni P' "I said I knew about it. And,' said she. 'you are a policeman—what are you going to do with him now ?' Somehow her words and her ways put me out more than anything I ever met before. Bat I said, We will taku him to Rockfall, There he wi'l be eafe.' Oh, I knew all about it,' said she, My father ard the men were killed last night, and this morning the villagers wanted to kill my huaband End you come to stop them, and say No, he must be taken back to the town, and be killed there.' I tdd her that I was quite sure he'd be safa in the town, and that as he had nothing to do with the thing, nothing would be done to him. Sb" did not seera even to hear what I said. She was locking up in my face the wholo time, zird I hadn't the heart to move. She spoke more like thinking to herself than speaking to me. Nj, he can't escape three timefc. Someone woe rear killing him last night, and they wanted to kill bim this morning, and now the police coi^o to kill bim. Ho can't escape the third time. There's ore good thing about the police, it they aro to kill him they'll do it outright, ard at once. They won't hurt him first, ond fhet) try to tfcroT? him over n Cliff when ha's too weak to raise hn arm. The police will malta it suw thia third time. Then tlicro will be no one P.ve in the world but mie, Thsit would raako the "world Jonesor/n p.nd cold. I ebonld always be arcing to the deer at niik-ht and opening it and g ('om i in r tll cj!d w:d i T?onld oor.ic ir), Do ycr. understand all this r' And I paid I (Fd. [ Very well, now I wsnt to tell you soraotbirigr you krev nc'Vng about. Stop first, yon wm j uro orJy cnc psir of handorffs for tfcia I told her I nhould need none. J 'Oh. bvt I kuow bfci>,er than that,' eke said, r,cr, what I wart to tell you is this. I waa with bim when he die; it. I helped him to do it. It Wits I vlio told him to dot, becauae—b^caus^ ipe-I had a good reat on, bd; 1 forgot it. I>id you notice how dark it was ?aat n'-prht- ? Well, j Jen wen't be surprised when you rccDllect how daik it was that I lost the reason in the dark. Hcv, put tho handcuffs on me.' j And fiho held out her hands, ha- little white crista, to me. Damme, but I could eoe the blue veire in the child's wtist and no tears in her eyes. Duty is often queer." By the time the coastguards had arrived a 6ftrt i and horse had been proouredfrom the village, and Spalding, witb bis young wife "kiV-icg j c.esii:e him, was ?r ii, and the horsemen ":ere resdy to set cut escorting it to Bockfill. They were to cub on their way for the ai&o who had resdy to set cut escorting it w ilockrz. They were to citit on their way for the ai&o who had be(n fc-uld on hr. dc-z: The Coastguard 3 it- geant and his men were to 1'" LÚs.lD at Rockfft'l in tie place of those who had been lost the previous meht. 1 he excitement in the village had somewhat abated, and 68 the little cavaloade set out for Bcckf all, many of the most prudent of the fisher- men thanked heaven that the responsibility of young Spalding's death had been taken off their hands. Durins the whole of the way from Greenlee to Roclsfail the woman never spoke. She sat in a dull lethargy. She sat close to her husband, but took little notice of him. The darkness of that night bad entered her soul, and all her rob j was as biftnk as the unfrozen Polar Sea, as dark aa tbe core of adamant. Nothing weut on in iler mind, her though was fixed on no im&ge. Inere r. as no substantive thought in her mind, but a for her rnmbed condition possessed her niind aa air poBSPSMS a valley. The formula waa As I Eat up llist night waiting for Mark and my father, I fell asleep, and I am dreaming now, and when I awake I shall be with Mark and my father in heaven." .A e soon as the sad procession reached Rockfall, the wounded men were taken to the police-station, and surgeons summoned. After a long examina- tion the surgeons declared the unknown man's case to be hopeless, but with youth and a good constitution at his back, they had every confidence in the recovery of the young boatbuilder. Towards evening young Spalding was much better. At night the unknown man became con- scious and was informed that he lay in the police- station in danger of speedy death, and that he was suspected of having had something to do with respect to the crime of the night before. lie ash-a where they sure he was dying. Yes, the doctors said he couid not last twenty- four hours, and might die that night. If he had any statement to make he had better do 80 at once. A magistrate would be summoned to take bis deposition. Iiis reply was:- His name was Tom Reynolds. He had bean connected with the explosion, and was prepared I to tell all. Thetcupon a magistrate was sent for. CHAPTER VI. Ringing THE GREAT BLACK BELL. Wilen William Spalding threw himself down in the boat with the one desperate hope in his miad of plugging the hole "ih hie thumb, the boat was more than half full of watar, and to make matters worse she plunged forward with his fall, and toos in water over tiie bows. Hia feet were towards the bow, his face was I towards tbe stern. The stern sheetfloating abcus aft delayed him a second or two, and h-) knew he had only a few seconds to spare. The grest drgel"I!ow was of her heeling over. Any list would bring her gunwale under water, and then nothing could prevent her turning over. While with his right hand he rapidly felt about for the current from the hole, with his left hand he carefully balanced the movements of his right. At last the oolumn of in-rushing water struck his curved palm. Thea darting his hand down. ward he thiust his thumb into the hole. He crushed his thumb into the hole with as little attention to the ago: y it caused him as though it bad been a piece of wood. Not the leak was stopped. Aa long as he kept still there was no immediate chance of the boat gcirg down, except she was making water above her usual load line, where the Beams are often not staunch. However, as the boat waa intended for use 114- H r c-hsnces were she was staunch up to tLe gurwale. He had no superstitions fear of the dead now, or of the ghostly whisperings in the oave. A more direct dread was upon him, and he quailed before the presence cf death. Death yesterday would have had little terror for him. But to-day, after the awful crime of the night before, a crime of hiq own devising and invention The thought was intolerable. No, no, he must not die. He must live on somehow until the awful newness had passed away from the deed. In ten years he might be able to face the hereafter. If he had only one year, much of the dread he now felt might be gone. Even a week would be something! But to die here, and to-day. No R'o That would never do. Anything at all was better than to follow his bleeding victims into the appalling regions of the Unknown. if he might only be ill a while, ani lose his reason before he died, that would be better. He should not come upon the eternal consequences of his crime in etich a sharp and affrighting manner. What was the value of that cargo .now above his head to him ? He'd givo every bale and barrel for one inch of ledge to hold that grappling iron and let him aeoend into that cave once more, and take his chance there, no matter what fate that chance nay bring. To die fighting, to be up there in that secure cave, hurling death upon those below, and tn be struck in the head or the heart during a struggle would be a joyous way cut of life. B-at to drown here in this gloomy cave, a cave almost as dark as the places where the murdered men lay, out there by Greenlee, was not to be endured. To feel himself sink down into these freezing waters, to hear their murmur in his ears, and to know that in a few moments he should pass from full vifonr cf sound health into the realms of vengeance and ghosts! Ugh! He raised his head and looked towards the mcuth of the cave. Tho fatal rope still hung between the Black Bell and the water. He groaned and dropped his head again. Already his right arm was becoming numbed with cold. I'll try what I car do with my hat," ho ss.ld, and taking off his hat, he began cautiously to bsk ont the water. But he could create little cffect en the mi.,Ee of water in the bost. In the first place, for fear of causing the boat to roll he was obliged to take no more than half-a pint of water up in his hat at a time, and then in moving bis hand ever the side to throw the water cut, he had to keep the boat on an even keel by moving his right leg out so as to act as a counterpoise to his left arm and the water in the hat. St:Il he kept on baling, and after half an hour's incessant work, to his great joy, be fonnd he had got the better of the water; it had fallen kalf an inch. And now his right arm had lost all sensitive- ness. From the shoulder down he was completely unccnecioTia of its existence. It felt as though a slight wrench would tear it from the socket. The water had run up his left sleeve and found its vray under Lis c;lothes. Hia knees were kin the water, r' r d he felt his strength fe.iling. Would it be possible to reduce the water by an inch more. It that were done he might manage with hip ldt hand to drag the boat cut of the cave and back to br c: place. Once tLo?e he could sink her, and wait until he regained strength to make the ascent from the water's edge to tLe dovpns. Thia thought filled him with new energy, and, the beat being now lighter than an hour ago, he was rble to bale more quickly. But hw strength was faili::g, and he might with perfect safety have got cut double the quantity if he had only retained the strength he possessed at starting. It world have been easy for a moderately good swimmer, even in his olothes, to cover, the distance between the Black Bell and that pre. cipitous path; but like most sailors William Spalding was unable to swim. At length the heavy task was accomplished, and Spaldirg clutched the Bell with his left hand z?! d moved the boat slowly towards the left side cf the cave. He had reduced the water altogether by an inch and a half. All this time he had been lying down on the thwarts. It was perfectly impossible for him to get into even a kneeling posture, that would have given him great relief. Shifting his body slightly to the right he got his left hand and arm over the side cf the boat, and was able to use his hat aa a paddle. In order that he might se" where he was going, it was necessary he should propel the boat stern foremost. At moments he Tvas on the point of giving up in despair. This paddling, although only a distance of twenty yards had to be accomplished, was terribly laborious and terribly alow, for the effect of paddling thes clumsily at one side was to make the boat go round in a circle, and this tendency had to be oocntcracted by, after each stroke of his left hand, holding the hat in the water, thus almost stepping tho little wey the btroke had im. parted to the beat. He gained the wall of the cave after a long struggle. It was easier to get on now. It was only fifty yarde to the mouth of the cave, and by laying hold of the eea weed he was enabled to pull the boat along without driving her away from the wall. The man's determination to live, his fierce de- v termination not, to die lent him strength and gave bim power to resist cold and fatigue that would have killed him long ago under ordinary cir- cnmstances. The deadnesa of the arm I ad now extended to the shoulder and right breast, and the muscles at the back and front on the left aide were beginning to creep and tingle in an alarming manner. But hie will was dill inflexible. He would live, though the hand of every man was against him, though the elements and fate had sworn enmity against Lim be would not die. He was now within a few yards of tbe cave's month. Within a few yards of the gateway to deliverance, to escape, to life. He had wrestled with death in that odious, loathsome cave, and he had thrown death and was now about to escape. He ],-in-Fed a while to Rather brsath. Couid it be after all that he was really to get away ? It seemed to bim that he had been a century in that water vault. Perhaps all had gone well for him on the cliffs, and they had lynched hie son, and Reteard was on his way out of the country, and Reynolds was dead. He pushed the boat with extreme caution into the low iriouth of the cavern, and advanced slowly outwards, until it was possible for him to see the cliffa on the opposite side of tha little bay. Her? he lay a v?hile without motion, soaraely breat) ing. ILe: raw something that sealed his f"-te, At the opposite side of the bay, with his carbine on -his shoulder, a ooaat-gn&rdaman was walking quietJy np end down ? New and then the mis paused, and. pcarned the bay clope-Iy, auSlooked s t tbe path. Then he resumed his walk, Owing b the gicoze of tho entraasce, 11.01. the height of.ti; I con?'rg rardse; £ ,n4 the latter coald not gloo the eu:ngsl»r. For a wbile Jiy fs^;ljatcd by horror. .All waf: rcw lrlt: He watoaod that man in a dreamy, half conscious wa j. Tj-f; cold was be- fdnnirp to oa lis ^ad lr.3 eeaseit cc-ie growing d'jll. All at orce he jerkc-d h ^ead up atsd droppsd his eyes. What disclosed to tboeyes no longer interefted hro. The eai-e The- 9US vera lUW tbe thir z?, for in tbe si!e\t intervals between tha nrelangbt ard the oi\t-draught of the waves ha heard the sound o- Oars! Oars! Oars' She'll fwirr. a lainnte- without the plug! Oca minute! It would be enough One minute With a sudcien clash he 'drew himself upright, ard stepping "with feet that seemed to find the centre of gravity on tiie boat's surwale as tbongh by inspiration. Then seizing the r^Ve at the eido of the i.ntr&roe with his loft hs.nd (the right hand and aim were dead) he drew the boat pwiftly slong the side of the cave nn n:ore be was opposite, the Great "Ci». k Bell, The:, with one push, risking all fln püsb, be fi-oi tho MKking bcai to tha base oi i-o Beli, and j with e. grcar. ec>z-f> the rora once rcor<\ aad ) Etencied binjeelf cn tho gunwale. í II Th(;rf after me, bat I'll never give in Never I'll orsg the grappling home first." lie leant on the ropa. It holds It holds! My grappling holds he shouts as the perspiration pours down his face. One second more he stands on the gunwale with the taut line Ftraight as an iron rod in his arrasp, bearing half the weight of his body now without giving an inch. Then with a low growl 'of triumph spurns the boat, hears her go down with a sough, looks back to see that she has sunk, and then twisting the line round one of his legs begins to haul himself up the slippery side with his left hand, securing himself before taking another hold by hitching up on his leg the slack of the line. A t last, f.ftftr prodigious exertions, be gains VaS top of the, B* 11, and baa only to ascend the shift, .ue Knows .Lete is a smile of Triumph on his faca. Aa bcur &g-> after tha grappling dragged the first time and I caught it the secand time, I thought it was like ringing my death bell. Now BSp 0,i neXii Let me shako thia c. »1 off my leg, and I'll be np before they oan pall two strokes more. I'll be-ah, God I" There was a sharp, shrill, metallic rattle over. bead, and something heavy fell with a loud jingle iown tbe side cf the Bell, fo'lowed by a sickening, soft, sliding noise, succeeded by a heavy splash | after which all was still in the cafre of the Black Bel), The grappling had parted from its hold; the passing b"ll of Wlliam Scalding had been rung by himself on the Great Black Bell. I (To be continued.)

FEMININE FOIBLES FANCIES, AND FASHIONS. ] By A LADY. j (All rights Reserved.) Professok RtreKiN ON DREss.-AN Elegant Dinner COSTUME. PAPER Patterns. — Bketon LACE AND INDIAN Muslin.—-fas Elizabethan Ruff.—A MASCULINE AB5UR. dity.—Fancy Wokx.—Knitting,—SlSWING Machines.—Arrasene.—A SUITABLE Wed- ding GIFT.-RFCIP.LS. Professor Ruskin has laidjit down as a SMC qua non that to please, a woman must be dainty in her attire. Unfortunately attention to the toilette alone deea Dot ensure the desired ond, and the learned professor cannot guarantee success, nor impftrt to his feminine disci plea that hapny con. fiaence in themselves which is in itself iuch a a potent charm. A well-grounded belief in their own attractions ia one of the first elements of 0acceBB. Blest with that charm, the certainty to please, The poet Roger. assumes that a woman will please, though it does not always follow that she does do no. A woman may deceive others, she rarely deceives herself, and in nearly every case phe will be the best judge of her own attractions. and the severest critic of her fully realised and always self-acknowledged personal defects. Accepting Ruekin's statement that to please itienecessaryto pay some regard to drtsa, I believe that to produce an agreeable appearance a woman depends less upon the costliness of her gown than upon the fit of it. the way in which it is worn, and the various etceteras of the toilet. A tastefully made dress, quite simple enough for morning wear, by the addition of a pretty fichu, ruffle, andcuffa, with a further change of nbbons, can be transformed into an elegant dinner ooetnme, and ladies who do not care to be bur- dened with a superabundance of luggage when paying short visits, can make many changes by putting on a different jabot, ruffle, or pair of laoe enfis. There is a variety of paper patterns sold which are useful to those who make these pretty .trifles themselves, and their cost is very little compared with the price asked for them at the shops. Kilted Breton lace is easily arranged upon lingerie, and Indian muslin in all colours is so cheap as to be within the reach of everybody. It is most eocr*- mical wear; the pale blue and pink shades a. lovely for evening garniture, while white and cream ties of the same material give a dainty finish to the simplest morning toilets, and when the muslin is soiled may be rinsed through even cold water, then shaken out well and pinned on a fiat surface, pull out the lace while damp, I and it looks as well as ever. Amongst the fashionable absurdities of the female dreaa, in Queen Elizabeth's time, the ruff and wings were most conspicuous. They were then novel enormitiea, and no ordinary skill or preparation waa sufficient to produce those won. derful edifices of muslin and fortifications of laoe. At first a kind of very fine holland was worn, but afterwards lawn and cambric were the materials UifJÓ instead of holland. The great difficulty was to find persons skilful enough to starch or stiffea the ruffs. It was a case for extraordinary exer- tion, and we are told that extraordinary exertions were made. The Dutch women ware Eaid to poei-ebs the requisite skill, and numb'jra came over to this country, for the sole purpose of I, clear starching and stiffening the popala- decora- tion. History says that a certain Mistress j Dughen Vaude Plasse, a Fleming, rose* into very high estimation as a professor Mid teacher of the art. Her charges were i extravagant; a single lesson for ona poraon I coetirg X4 or .£5. Demonstration given at an | increased charge of 208., including instruction how to make the starch. Stubbg, in hie Anatomy of Abuses," speaks wirh amusing severity of this liquid matter, which is called starch Wherein it appears that tha devil hath j lesrned women to wash and dive their rnffi." The | starch then in use was made from various kinds of grain, containing amylaceous matter, also wheat fbuf, bran, and any glutunol18 roots.. Different colours were likewise mixed wUh it— red, blue, and purple being most popular. To I quote Stubbs once more- There was a certain device made of wires, crested with gold thread and silver wire, and silk in ringlets, called an under propper. Upon these were erected the stately arches of pride, the starched ruff, row upon row, till we come finally to the Master Devil ruff,' rich beyond measure in gold and silver lace, and which sparkled $U over with suns, moons, and stars, and other | devices." The 6tern old chronicler evidently regarded the ruff as a direct emanation from the evil oua, looking upcn wearers of it as mounting his badge, and as endangering their cwn eternal salvation thereby. Befe-ro putting on this modified b-vn now i fashionable decoration, I h^ve been u'.ar.h cieed in my own mind, but confess I do not sex tLe fatal connection betwixt starch and distrio- ticn, nor any resemblance between a stiff rutiie ard the great enemy of mankind. Ruffs became unpopular after the execution cf ] tbe murderess of Sir Thomas Overhsry. ISh" wade her final exit from the scaffold in cnc of them. Her contemporary, Stubbs, no dotiht being alio to trace subtle connecting lir,; ba. tween the wearing of that decora Uon and bar crime, and its tragical consequences. Felly in dress was by no means confined to tha feminine sex at this period. The male fashionables had also their pre. ) eminent absurdity. Street gives from the Harle-in M. S8. the following ludicr. ^is memo- randam Over the stalls in the flOtks of Par. liament there were certain apertures in the walls, some two inches square, in whieh posts were | placed for tbe support of a scaffold round the Eonse within for those members to sit upon who used the wearing of great breeches, stuffed with hair-like woolsacks, which fashion being left off In the eighth year of Elizabeth's reign, the scaffolds were taken down and never put up since." Women get 10 laughed at by the oppo- site sex for sacrificing comfort to vanity, that it is delightful to find any occasion for proving that men, in their infinite superiority, are, or have been, as tircne to fafihinnnhln fnmne. on —■ t»a buj) woman of ub ail. It has been written, "That the wonun who does not like fancy-work is the exception to her ?ex» and eo judged, I etand aloof from riixiQ however, I by no means despise the occupation for others, and know that it gives useful and interesting employment to thousands, who, with- out it, would grow listless and miserab'?. Witness nnbappy masculines on a wet day, at the seaside. not fond of reading, nor music what pitiable objects for commiseration they are, becoming, nnlike their usual selves, dejected, irritable, and even morose; but a woman, in the like sitnation, finds an increasing interest in the successful shading of a Hower in crewels, the achievement cf some difficult stitch, or in the manufacture of a dainty article of adornment, to be worn ou the next occasion. I consider that all boys should be trained in f-T6tBriue of it is not absolately necessary, but BtiU sufficient knowledge of it ,in^erP8^ boy, or the man, who is thus pro- ▼! eei against the contingency, which arises when if M-j^ ^B. c°ld« and dark, and dreary, wben ltrainB, and the wind is never weary, j and the usual out-door avocsations are impossible, j It is despicable to see strong men dawdliag about all day, staring through the rain-dim med window panes, yawning, and longing for meal times, bed time, anything to create a diversion. A woman, on the contrary, keeps her cheerfulness; a buty woman, even in any great crieis of misfortune, is never wholly miserable, nor, I take it. a man cither. It haa been truly said that the labour we delight in physics pain." There aro so many resources which might be made available. Clavar 3r boys can learn anything; and, the first drudgery of the elemental phase overcome, interest in. variably follows j even the most stupid boy? can be taught to knit, and there ia nothing derogatory to fnturo mannoca in mat Pcsupancn. A olergymc-n I once knew—a man who wonld have delighted Kingeley, as developing big idea of muscular Ohrietianity—once called upea me while I was perieJ. xmg myself over (»bat to uie tbe troublesome business of knitting t>>s Va stocking. Silently wat<*i,g for Toll timemy useless tnorta to form it, he fo ;k the ^e«dl«9 himself, and cer.osstrated ol-^y n: technically tovrced •' tirring the bee f^aVa difficult ta-2* to tie snrv*ur knitlcr)," VtKoih* skill e- i»o8.<«ott, wy reverend fri-nd s'o^ej me bow u> prt m tbe gutsrt in t,-uea 0f t^Q cld-faeb-on*! ae. I ehcuU iav0vA in Ha etcad. fco\o.ie ri)3 dcnbtle*" FiK,-<,3t 'nCrcu;~l rhijc^iyr^bada y A,' f h.-p, firtii. K>, wr;h ;=i anjirer1, Hc«:kttieK to ,cr;t that orm r>r.s i '^n? J embroidery, nseleas to the futare wivie'ef i,; x.nrei's unrt rerciywrce. I h-,ve seen ,r arv'i vi b-ge ecrcoi girl he»?cd ont of a p-r b^rby H t > wbo, though h<? e.ru-.d kroit liko sh w .man (it ia the highest standard, I knoui, fjonld lkemfie n ti Gr«e-k ode into F^llsb, oi a Latio Terse. I think I have now eietended r>"y le^- re^d friend agaiavt the possible j ch!?.i-flrc< of c^i>vacy. j a have t, ar?. gentlemen au Jait r*t a sewing fcactuae. They off-n p-jrs.ss a knowledge of it* mecbsT!?fi*n, which is very ticrvic?r«b'0 wben thai useful servant gots cbstinite and r' fuses to vrrk. Like I tunas beings sowing amobineB turn I rusty; overt tho bcpt tie o^&asionally capricious and easily pr.t out. Fierce opposition only makoe tbem worse. Lead, and not drive," should be their motto. Judicious treatment, pationoe, and forbearance when they are most trying often pro- I dn -ec tbs sane effect upon a machine us the 1 ei at che of the above Tirtuea does on the Luciaa enb-r*« I in^«:v 'y ir^t try maehioe as I ehe hett) itaiwiasa, ana finding it hjpv lessly sulky, I leave it alone, and generally dis- oover in a few hours that it has recovered bo„h temper and obedience. Every fancy worker, par excellence, ia delighted with the anccesa of the new material called arrasene, whioh resembles flat chenille. It ia impoaaible to give any adequate idea of the effect* produced by it. As I said just now, I never do any fancy work myself, so that to attempt an explanation of the manner of using it would be very like the blind leading the blind. One lady, who keeps a wool repository near me, good naturedly undertook to go into detaile for the benefit of my readers, but though it appeared by no means a difficult wcrk to learn, wanting proper interest in it myself, I think it will be best to rbfer intending workers to those sftops where the materials ore sold; and proper instructions given.. I P;w at South Kensington, the other day, a eldiiig order, jUrt executed. It was a mantel v .iance, and fire place curtains to match, of pale blue Batteen, with an embroidered border ri silk crewels. The defoignwlilos orange blossoms and leaves, with a ball fringe V: yellow silk, to repre- sent the fruit. The effact oi the whole was per- fectly charmirg, and I imagine many ladies who are thinking of a suitable wedding gift, m»y libe to COllY the idba. It ia often i,.ry perplexing to decide upon an original and at the same time useful present, and it id very mortifying to find half-a-de zen duplicat-OE of the ore you ban pen to choose. Even if you are sum nently intru Ue with the bride to admit of h;?r diking yon to change it, there is an indescribable feeling of v?x»tion in doing so. Needle-work or orn>ju.ents are always acceptable, and by only rare ckancaa are thoj exactly reproduced, evea in excess. r c BECrPES. Lemon Suet Pudding,—Jib. suet, fclb. bread crurnbB, 6 oz. of angar. 2 egga the rind finely chopped, and juice of one lemon boil J of an hour iu butt ired basin, ana serve with wine or br&roy sauf Exceli, ;7- Ginoer BEER -5 oz. bruised (finger. 14 t. of tartaric acid in crystals essence of le; a, tne dracntn eu,?ar, 5Ibs.; boil the ginger in one gallon of water 20 minutes, add the other irgredienta then enffiment warm an cold water to make 5 gallows put in 4 or 5 table- apcorfnls of good barm; si&nd all night, and bottle next cay, straining thruvigh a flannel bag or bair sieve.. Thirst and heat are usually concomitant, ao I give tbe above recipe, vhinh is a safe drink in hot weather (supposing we gst all)). It is considered more wholeeome than lemonade, ginger being an excellent stomachic.

WEY LND WISDOM. ,vv" The length of a lady's train should never be under a foot. WTiere laager is blips, it ia folly to beer Weiss. Sociablea satisfactorily oystered," is a quaint advertisement. j The tailor's notice. U Fiu guaranteed" ia an unhealthy sign. Another social earthquake in Philadelphia. What earth Quakers those foiks are The man who believes he can move the world should begin by Wheeling, Virginia. Why does a dentist pull a troublesome tooth? Because tue victim can't ache it out himself. 1. Teaspoon Corners" it a locality in Ingham county, Michigan. It must be a stirring plaoe. I Brown says that a married man sometimes made himcelf to be an April fool soon after the wedding March. "Our First Baby" ia the title of a new boek. It is bound in muslin of coarse, and has a weak back. Seth Green says fish have much sustaining power. He means, perhaps, that they are good to prop a gate. There is a man on Arbour Hill who ia 80 infer- nally lazy that his friends say it is impossible to r d him to the quick, Bince he hasn't got any. A dispatch from Europe announces the suicide of an Italian noble. Great goodness I who did he leave his hand organ to ? The Fenian said with tragic mien I'll die for my opinion, But never yield." He took morphine. He's now a still morephinian. It was before the Duke d'Angoulerae that a chemical flunkey onoe said Monaeignenr, the hydrogen and oxygen will now have the honour to unite in your presence." An exchange oontaias the marriage notice of < Mr. and Miss Carr. We notice it merely aa an instance of car coupling by a clergyman, whioh ii something unusual. One grocer asked another: "Is Colonel man to be trustGd pit "I think you'll fi lld him so," was thereply. "ffyoutrtwthimonoeyou,.u trust bim forever. He never pays." Somebody's child is dying—dying with the flush of hope on his young face- and au indescribable yearning to live and take an honoured place in the world beside the compan' ina of his youth.. For sale by all druggiats. There is only one object in the world which will attract a young lady's attention from the hand- some young man whom see IDgeta on the atreet, and that is another woman with a hat tw) laps ahead of any style she has yet sesn. A gentleman travelling on a Hudson river steamer one day at dinner was making away with a large pudding close by. when be was told by a servant that it. wil." desert. It mattar? not to no," eaid he, I would pat it if it were a wiiderneBB," An Irishman went to ql theatre for the first time. Just as the criiaii: descended on tha first act a boiler in tbe baeeaient exploded, and he was bloirn through the roof, coming down in the next street. After coming tu his eo uses he asked An' what piece do yez play nixt r The Rev. Mr. A—— was more prominent in hia day for the brilliancy of bis imagination than tha force cf his logic. At one t:~ p he was preaching cn The Ministry of Ar ^tb- '\nd in the perora- tion he suddenly observed I bear a wbisper pOI Tbe change cf tone startled the deacon who pat below from a drowsy mood, ard, springing to his feet, he epoke; it ia the uboya iu the gallery." H.M.S. FinafoRe in America. -.The Americana bave H.M.S. Pinafore on the brain. One of the storiefi iu proof is that the editor in chief of a daily paper called his subs and reporters together, and eaid, I wish you would not use the Pinafore pi race, hardly ever,' ia the paper hereafter. Il occurred twenty timed in aa many articles in coition. Naver use it asiahi." Wha, was the unanimous question. W (Jil. ever: was the edit- orial rejoinder. Raising TIn: W)Nx>,—The Calijmvm NEWS imys it is a matter of surprise to travellers how so many of our sweii semi-inland town's minage to support a mayor -and corporation without any visible resources. A gentleman was mus, Iag on ) this subject as the steamer bmded at Vailejo the other afternoon. On hij way to the ears, he recoprised an acquaintance ahead of him, and jovially slapped him on the ebonlder. in an instant he was arrested and straggling in the grip of a six foot pclicemar. Whut'e—what's this for?" ejaculated tbe astonished prisoner. Sb.F.F, said the polioeroan "not a word; be quick now, or you'll mise tll- train!" In & few minutes they were in tho polios-station, and a charge ,cf aesault and battery preferrod by the officer. "But I didn't assault anybody," cried the indignant traveller; I wae merely sU;>ping a friend on the back, a "Ob, yes; of oonrse that's your version of -4 Weil, I supple ,the most charitable construction we can pliae on the affair is to call it disorderly condnct on the streets. Fine, ten dollars, and shell it out in a hurry, too, or yon'ii miss the train." And, in spite of the victim's expostulations, he had tj pay the money. As he made a break for the ca-ra, the offioer trotted alongside and affably explained inatters Yon see, stranger, about the only resources we have here is the travelling public, but ce try to work the thing up quick, so as not to cause any detention. Wholo thing through in tivA minnxoa Ah hAP" '87" fkra lllAt in t.ima f.-tv the train." # A Wili; Cat as A Tragedian.—Thera was a. fight advertised to come off at the A1 'larnbra I Theatre on Sunday afternoon, between an Eastern fighting bull dog, named Turk, and a forty.two pound wild cat, a vicious bruve, for 100 doiisra a side—that is, the cat and dog were to fight foe their lives, and men bet one hundred dollars a side on the result. The tight was to be followed by a grand olio on the stage. It was an immense bill, and it drew. In due time the oat waa iutroduadd upon the stage, and was immediately followed by Turk but at the first kiss of the dog the cat took to the audience, and the olio, instead of being performed by the troupe, waa done by the spesta. tors, tooth and toe-nail accompaniment. The first bound of the cat took it upon the piano of the orchestra. The pawer of the ivory left the swelling strain unfinished, and turned a back handspring over among the audience. The next leap of the varmint" was at the contrabass and beth plaver and instrument went down mstinter with broken heads. The oat lingered lovingly for a moment among the strings, as if to test their quality, and then sprang out among the audience. 1 hen began an oho m dead earnest, but not the one advertised, although the fight was over. It consisted of pound and lofty tumbling, leapfrog, and Bach like feats of dexterity, all having a single object—to amuse the audience by a glimpse of sunlight out of doors and under the^t re j light ot heaven once more. It was perfectly satiafaitjry as a whole; each player cid his beat. Time— shortest on record—1.(50. Everything went off weii, especially the audienoe. The cat was found a fow minutes later looking out of one of the boxes and waiting for an encore. Skhyino Him OUT.-In the Boston Transcript a good story is retold. One of his eaptaius had saned six voyages to China without a ehrono- meter, depending on "de;xd reckoning" and lunar* Just before starting upon the seventh voyape be suggested to Mr, Aftor that it w .-jld be safer to )ii,.re a chronometer. Well, one, said tbe merchant. The capta n did so. and ert/red its cost in his account current. When Mr Aster's eyo fill upon the item, he drev his pencil tbrorgb it. l'he captain exnosvaJafced, "'i am it n">n," said Aetor. you to get one J (irnJt Far I'd psy for xt" Tbe <pi;ain severed bis pen-reHion wire -i s-,or theo and there, wert into ali-utre^?' er^&pea with other owner.?, ar.-l before mgiit wai« in command of as fire fhip us ever «oatea m iMcw York'a beaa*-i. frl bay. In three day* no T^.IY {O. set At the go time A ship, under a csrtftin. set si u al-o '1/it? bad a race for Horg j?' wuo. as he used to PAT it, had disc: erp, jl>bu Jacob Aator | k*e?»»ST V ft. ,Ue zr*.<:■ t.,H.k advantage of every (of itird, :"11(.1. n hJ -"nreedws. fh", shin wen oa eo ir tn<< e'u -.rtebt time po^siOle. and before/ffor « v,8rH;v r;ch raoan. io»r" h «ar cAoUin weighed cE^?, v, WU|? R Uiic-\tgo ol tea set s»il for Ted in goon sirae, got hia ship al. -g-idt Ac vh»rf. and be-^an 1-uieting nut his cfTgO"wbe" -ap pold by auction on tha spot, marker, fur rhe c,,rsamp.ion was ot mp&rav.vely small iu those days, and when ARtcr f. came in prices had fallen. T vo days wic*. as the captain W8. ftuiAatering Broad- .7: h. ttet, bis former employer. How much cio ca <;b;o|ioii;eter.eoat- yon?" fà;:lred the latter. ii ^^ne'red dollars. Veil," said Aator, os"iras fcbenp. It cost me 60,000 dole." The merchant and the captain bave long sincc paid >.1r; reckoning, but that ohronometer is stii] a goc tuae-keeper "d a trouiund PoW M wdk