ld be of an entirely different
nature. He was spoken of as the leader of a gang of roughs who
attempted to break up machinery, and who had half-killed three men who
represented peace and order. Still, he set his teeth together and
thought of his plan of action.

"I suppose Wilson will be well represented," he said to the secretary
of the union, to whom he had spoken before.

"Ay, he's got Bolitho for th' senior and Jordan for th' junior."

"Bolitho!" said Paul, "I never heard of him."

"Where have you lived?" asked the secretary. "'E's the smartest chap
in the Northern Circuit, and there's many as ses he's makin' several
thousand a year. I have 'eard as 'ow Wilson 'ad a 'ard job to get him,
'e's that thronged with work, and when they 'ad got him, he said as 'ow
it meant six months more to every one of you."

"What sort of a chap is he?" asked Paul.

"Eh, one of those smooth-spoken fellows. You think when he's
cross-examining you 'e's on your side, and all the time 'e's worming
out the most damning things against you. He's a kind of oily voice,
too, and he makes people believe in him, whether they will or no. You
must be careful about that, for directly he comes to address the jury
he takes the meanest advantages of what he has dragged out of the
witnesses."

Presently Paul found himself and the others in the same room wherein he
had watched the trial of some months before. He thought of the G. D.
Graham about whom he had such strange fancies, and remembered the shock
he had received when he discovered that he was altogether mistaken. He
little thought then that he would be here to-day as a dangerous
character, and as one who had committed a grave offence against the
public weal. Presently he was able to take note of his surroundings.
The lofty chamber; the solemn-looking magistrates; the barristers at
their benches; the jury in their box; the prisoners standing sullen and
defiant, yet wondering how they would acquit themselves in the trial;
and as many of the public as could gain admission into the room, eager,
and wondering what the upshot would be.

Evidently the case was going to be a long one. The counsel for the
prosecution opened it with a long and vigorous speech. He described
the history of the strike, told of the excitable condition of the
people, and related how difficult it had been for the police to keep
order in the town. After this he went on, with more or less accuracy,
to tell of t