therefore agreed to the bargain. "But when he was left alone with his purchase, whom he led along by a chain, he foon began to repent his hafte, and knew not how to dispose of him. As there was, however, no remedy, Jack brought him carefully home, and confined him safe in an out-house, which was not applied to any use.In this fituation he kept him feveral days, without accident, and frequently vifited him at his leisure hours, with apples, nuts, and such other presents as he could procure, Among the other tricks which the monkey had been taught to perform, he would rise upon his hind legs at the word of command, and bow with the greatest politeness to the company. Jack, who had found out these accomplishments in his friend, could not refift the impulfe of making them fubfervient to his refentment. He, therefore, one day, procured fome flour, with which he powdered his monkey's head, fixed a large paper bag to his neck, put an old hat under his arm, and tied a large iron skewer to his fide, instead of a fword; and thus accoutred, led him about with infinite fatisfaction, calling him Monfieur, and jabbering fuch broken French as he had picked up from the converfation of the visitor. It happened very unluckily at this very inftant, that the young gentleman himself passed by,

and inftantly faw at one glance the intended copy himself, and all the malice of little Jack; who was leading him along, and calling to him to hold

up his head, and look like a perfon of fashion. Rage instantly took poffeffion of.his mind, and drawing his fword, which he happened to have on, he ran the poor monkey through with a fudden thrust, and laid him dead upon the ground. What more he might have done is uncertain, for Jack, who was not of a temper to fee calmly fuch an outrage committed upon an animal whom he confidered as his friend, flew upon him. like a fury, and wrefting the fword out of his hand, broke it into twenty pieces. The young gentleman himself received a fall in the fcuffle, which, though it did him no material damage, daubed all his cloaths, and totally spoiled the

whole

whole arrangement of his dress.

At this in

ftant, the lady herfelf, who had heard the noise, came down, and the violence of poor Jack was too apparent to be excufed. Jack, indeed, was fubmiffive to his miftrefs, whom he was very forry to have offended; but, when he was ordered to make conceffions to the young gentleman, as the only conditions upon which he could be kept in the family, he abfolutely refused. He owned, indeed, that he was much to blame for resenting the provocations he had received, and endeavouring to make his miftrefs's company ridiculous; but as to what he had done in defence of his friend the monkey, there were no poffible arguments which could convince him he was in the least to blame; nor would he have made fubmiffions to the King himself.This unfortunate obftinacy of Jack's was the C 5 occafion

occafion of his being discharged, very much to the regret of the lady herself, and still more to that of Mafter Willets. Jack therefore packed up his cloaths in a little bundle, fhook all his fellow-fervants by the hand, took an affectionate leave of his kind master, and once more fallied out upon his travels.

He had not walked far before he came to a town, where a party of foldiers were beating up for volunteers. Jack mingled with the crowd that surrounded the recruiting ferjeant, and listened with great pleasure to the found of the fifes and drums; nor could he help mechanically holding up his head, and ftepping forward with an air that fhewed the trade was not

entirely new to him. notice of these gestures, and feeing him a strong likely lad, came up to him, clapped him upon

The ferjeant foon took

the

the back, and afked him if he would enlift. "You are a brave boy," said he, "I can see it

in your looks-come along with us, and I don't doubt, in a few weeks, you'll be as complete a foldier as thofe who have been in the army for years."

Jack made no answer to this, but by instantly poizing his stick, cocking his hat fiercely, and going through the whole manual exercife. Prodigious, indeed!" cried the ferjeant, "I fee you have been in the army already, and can eat fire as well as any of us. But come with us, my brave lad, you shall live well, have little to do, but now and then fight for your King and country, as every gentleman ought; and in a fhort time, I don't doubt, but I fhall fee you a Captain, or fome great man, C 6 rolling