The Cardiff Times

THE WEALTH OF MALLERSTANG. .& By ALGERNON GISSING. (Author of The Scholar of Bygate," &c). Synopsis of Instalments I and II.—Bernard <-horpe rides from York up hi to the wild hill country, and, near his destination of Ashgill Jail, is roughly accosted by an armed man, who, •'owever, vanishes when he learns that Berna.rd s Hot for Mallerstang. George and Rachel Winn eceive the youth warmly They express lively Interest in his encounter, and guess his assailant ° be Humphrey Garrett, a lawless youth, belong- 3g to the neighbouring dale, who is in love with Deborah Heywood, his cousin and Mr Winn's Od-daughter. The cousins meet by appointment o) a. lonely fell. and Humphrey offers to give up revolutionary plans and emigrate if Deborah go with him. She begins a refusal, but he 'i?™Wands her to consider the matter for a week. \horpe rides to Appleby and to Carlisle, where '.lIS uncle informs him of his position and pros. ects. It seems that Bernard's father was in partnership with Mr Garrett, who has willed a and potentially valuable property to him, ^'er his own sons, on condition that he marries 'eborah. Bernard returns to Asbgill, and on his Nay witnesses Humphrey's attempt at a forced Carriage with Deborah I Chapter VII. in spite of his self-control, it was evident that Humphrey was wrestling with some deep and passionate emotiou. He could not trust his eye. rest on Deborah, so after some uneasy move- ments he fixed his gaze on the window in the J3.st with his back turned to the people. Then 00 spoke, I ought to rejoice that this is thrust "pon me. There was never any choice but this, is this a time for seeking a woman in marriage '•vnen the world's sword is to be drawn and the \VÓ,rld\; wrougs righted ? Hear my oath, YQu Priest and people," he cried, holding upwards a gleaming sword which one of his followers had put into his hand. This and this only shall be y wife. This will never say me nay. Here I "we11r that her will I love, comfort, honour, and and forsaking all other, keep only unto her 10 long as we both shall live," All his retainers Celled Amen With that he turned abruptly, as all thought, 10 leave the church, and his group of rough men towded after him noisily. But the man uu- lJcpectedJy mounted the pulpit, and all burst into 1', loup roar of laughter. "Well done, lad," cried some. "Getazate ^-bou'll do a bonny sight better nor t'parson. Whist!" In 11 few seconds the required silence feU. Whatever the expression on the faces of his con- jugation, it was clear that Humphrey's features 1<1 not suggest mirth or irreverent levity. There as stillles8 of piety in it. The form of his face QS strikingly handsome, but the absence of all Jentler qualities gave it usually a hard unsym- pathetic expression which was now exaggerated actual ferocity. When he began to speak, 10weer, his tone was that of deep, a.nd by no ^eans undignified enthusiasm. He plunged at ■^iice into the midst of that vehement spirit which "ad then made no general appearance m this nntry, but which was none the less beginning work as a social ferment beneath the surface of 'hingg. The discontent of the workers and of the poor with their lot in life. and their resentment f that abject resignation which had been so Readily taught them as a religious duty, at that *ime savoured so strongly of a revolutionary spirit vhat it was only contemplated by stealth in secret places by bold spirjts who considered them- selves virtually as prophets or apostles of a new ;ate of things which had had its source in 'hat stream oi blood known as the French Revo- lution. They had a rooted conviction that only Y means of the violence which that movement nitiated could the order of the world be im- proved. Such doctrines have become familiar -liougli to us since under. various guises, but in e youth of Humphrey Garrett; they were new, bd the creed had sunk into the very depths of Is soul with all its recklessness and violence, robably a sense of unlimited energy prompted rrle deep personal ambition in him, for which vapOleoll Bonaparte's career suggested a prac- tical direction. ,pBut if this were so, he gave no hint of it'yet. 0 promote a cause was his only object, and self- ^crifice rather than worldly ambition seemed J*e spring of his energy. His speech moved as Ftnch as it surprised Barnard Thorpe. His own th keen ?0 smooth and of so roseate a colour ti t dogmas of this kind bad never crossed his j*Jnd. He found a responsive enthusiasm for „ Se who seemed t o bear all the sorrows of the -a-rth springing up in his own soul as he listened ° Garrett's fierce harangue, and no little sense s'Hime at that easy and luxurious life which b ?Pl-,roacbing entrance upon a full inheritance e.d n promise for him. a You know nothing of it here," cried Garrett, kn was drawing to a close, "but you will °w. The fight of starvation and suffering with --fed tyranny and greed will not long be hid more than it has been over the water lnder" Be ready, every one of you. You can elp. These fells are the cradle of the new Pirit that shall howl through the land like a "ortúem blast, and it's not unlikely that this itr? one t^le ^rst taste& the .^Utofit. Be ready, I tell you The spoiler Ch^road, and the sword is drawn to resist him. ba» °Se w^° J011'11 f°ll°w tlie insolent money- that'll drain the last drop o' blood from big1 your children, or the angel (though a *un) that'll lead you through to freedom fright." j speech, "sermon, or call it what you will, nded in a yell of vociferous applause from the in who were gathered round the pulpit, and iji, which not a few even of the women joined. mere infection of the moment no doubt ac- 0^^ted for much, but the expression of the faces those assembled was not that suggestive of ?r& empty excitement. Sep p-en *le ^ad done Garrett turned before de- fic11 nS and cast his eye behind him, but the baKi'e he sought was not to be found there. Pro- "'y Thorpe and the parson alone of albthe deern^)ly knew the moment of Deborah's j. Parture. Whilst listening to the harangue, ftrirN11^ had never removed his eyes from her, l-jj "e consequently saw how, in the midst of sh^ intention which was rivet led on the pulpit, s^PPe<^ out °f the door on the north side He* chancel, and was by this time probably ai'laS her home. Failing to find what he anv1' Garrett looked abruptly to the front and met the full stare of Thorpe. Perhaps 0< '"at momentary glance they learned more aQ6ac.^ other than could have been revealed by ray interchange of words. From it, at any deff' erru,'r(3 received the message of hate and Bi ar,ce which it was intended" to convoy, and, te in so peaceful and civilized a man, he lilved it with a thrill of contentment. y,j^uniphrey quickly descended the pulpit steps not he had satisfied himself that Thorpe was fe ln Deborah's company, and muttering a bod VvQr(^s t0 those men who attended him like a Ujpay-Ruard, he and they trooped noisily out of church. The general villagers followed and in a minute or two Bernard found hira- bnt one in the church. So at least he thought, whilst he was contemplating his wisest Un vf6 action a figure came from some corner to erved, and walked towards him. It proved v>, an elderly man in his shirt-sleeves, and t'bf»« a leather apron, which, was rolled up to g- v'ftist. Doing polite obeisance to the stran- c e proclajmed in a low tone whom he sup- te ?j" hIs visitor to be, but the letter only indi- ■^1answcre^ him. So the other proceeded. be laysome doings, sir, and you do well to cautious. But, thank God, I'm out of it. r Ill!Y:J, sir, is John Marr, with your leave, and as ed to be constable of this here parish, aa well Q, Sexton and clerl¡}but they'll want a, regiment to be constable if that man gets It i'e' telled em plain thatl wouldn't answer for MtK° the>" ■iust gave Joseph Dawson the job, ( hou.t any legal notice either way." tbi Joseph Dawson will do very well I should Yr" observed Bernard, absently. u Hade for t' job, bless you, and he need be. 1'ih \Vat ClVJ auybody do with spirits like you ? fOr sorry for the lad Humphrey Garrett, they'll hang him next time, and he used to j,e,as canny a lad as any i't' country. But now Vj s a fair divil, and if yoci'll hearken to my ad- e you'll git out o't' dale without making any Ret Vto do. He'll noan forget you, and once Pum • UP he'll think nowt at all o' just lng .you away in one pots." Which way do you suppose they'll take asked Thorpe. cannot tell you. but I heard 'em say to c Humphrey was going up to t' Kite's Nest ¡ 0tl ,Ce his father. Happen t' rest of 'em 'ull go y0 ° Stenkirk. Not many of 'em are our lads, H'e ow- Most of 'em are t' worsted stocking 0Jv«s, and they've got houd notion that I aiie arrett is going to build a girt factory just Bid Qt beckside yonder, and make this counfcry- aiicl like they done lower down t' country, ke ( they reckon it 'ull ruin 'em all. I dinna 8oQr "-bout that, but I hope he'll do nowt o^ t' tiv.att any way, for it's a sair seeght to see 'em cinR up t' bonny fell-sides and malting girt 'lift roat'3 where you've had a soft green path r4l °1!"«t t' bracken. It fair caps me why folks iyy a°t be content wi' what their fathers had for irj. r so long afore them. I reckon it a kind of rJcJ^ene0 and going against, Providence. I icnow what you may think, sir." M-itv think you're pretty right," said Thorpe, thinking at all. But I must get on." I iiK0 ^-nd poor Deborah an' all," continued as he followed closely at the stranger's towards the church door I've a notion hjjl8 fond o' t' lad, although she'll noan have ]jjj • But she'd never leave t' owd chap, not How, Mally lass, what brings yon met addressed to a young woman who hat-t them in the porch with an appearance of anxiety. Stephen ? «i V" wi't' rest, of course." .< J* it true, Mr Marr ?" A 's'true of Humphrey Garrett." ^p/ii^'hutis it true that Deborah refused to <? l»m ^at else 'ud yoli expcct of Miss Heywood ? into4" fV t^alj man7 another lass would have gone t lion's jaws with her eyes cpen. But ^°ne o' that niak." girl turned again and fled. CCln.t. dunnot know what's conte ower t'lasses," T;,nUe<^ the clerk in a philosophical key. re fair daft about that lad Humphrey, Of happen reckon him a kind of Dick Turpin tiin Hood, and I know half a dozen of 'em in i- "J',¡jrl go and fettle fqfchim on t' Crags or to Srecn shawu if he'd just howd up his finger But he wants none o' them, bless you. 1- aa scon marry owd Grizzy Ravensworth 0' bj. 0ODi'iest lass amongst 'em if she'd got a bit Vy to bring into Cause. And they'd soon *f out. But i lie garrulous man turned I' from locking the church door he saw that he was alone. As he walked back to his workshop his eye fell upon Bernard Thorpe already mounted and trotting off by the southward road. He shook his head gravely and muttered, Ay, there'll be snmmat to do in a bit, for Humphrey never bragged o' what he didn't mean to per- form. Well, I'll have nowt to do wi' it, come what may." CHAPTER VIII. It was not his inheritance, it was not com- merce, it was not the revolutionary doctrines of Humphrey Garrett, that plunged Thorpe into such deep reflection as he trotted briskly towards Ashgill Hall. No, it was exclusively Deborah Hey wood. The figure which he had come across so unex- pectedly in Melbeck church was deeply pressed upon his imagination. As is not often the case here the reality altogether outstript the ideal he had formed, had been forming ever since his first words with Mr Winn, at Ashgill, and his reading of the ballads that night. As a mere womanly figure under such circumstances, Deborah must have appealed to him at his age, but when she became suddenly blended with the odd conditions that his father had agreed to she assumed roman- tic proportions. Hitherto Bernard had but re- garded womanhood as an abstract divinity it had now at once taken distinct and definite form of this world. This engrossing subject of contemplation made the road short, and Thorpe was astonished when he so soon saw the trees and chimneys of Ashgill. He approached boldly this time, and took his horse directly fco the stable. As he was crossing to the house Mr Winn met him with frank as- tonishment. Back so soon What is the meaning of it ?" Bernard briefly explained Mr Garrett's inability to keep his engagement, and the fresh day ap- pointed for the following week. And you arc right, Mr Winn. Nothing happens by chance. I have a great deal to tell you." You have seen your uncle ? You know all ?" Certainly. All, that is, that his commorcial capacity can tel! me. I have come to you for the rest. You can understand poetry if you don't write it," laughed the young man. Come in said Mr Winn, without another word and be led the way to the house. Bernard talked volubly, and made no attempt to disguise his own excitemeut. A new spirit possessed him. and if it was not exactly the one which animated the fanatical Humphrey it could not be denied that it was from the lattsr's enthusiasm Thorpe had received the spark. His elderly friend made no eiforfc to subdue lii-,i He let him talk on until he got to the very doorway r of the parlour, and then, as be entered the room, Mr Winn exclaimed Deborah, here's another disciple." A thrill of astonishment shot through the whole frame of the visitor, as, looking up, he saw the figure which had so impressed him an hour or two before in the church, now engaged in eager conversation with his host's sister, Rachel. Perhaps Deborah on her parij did not recognise the newcomer—at any rate, all the timdity was on Bernard's side. She received him with com- plete self-jiossession, and as she made no refer- ence to their recent meeting he did no; deem it polite to be the first to disclose it. It was evi- dent to Thorpe that his uncle had spoken truly in asserting that Deborah herself knew nothing of the matrimonial scheme which had been laid on her behalf. Such dissimulation would not be possible to one of such delicate feeling as Thorpe had instinctively attributed to Deborah. After the presentation Mr Winn took his young friend away to his private room, and there Thorpe at once gave a full account of what he had wit- nessed at Melbeck. She told us nothing of this," said the gentle- man, and be at once entered upon a close cross- examination of Bernard on the incident which he latter had had the chance to witness. Bernard, you must return to York until this excitement has blown over. It is not safe for you to be in this neighbourhood." Thorpe laughed derisively, then suddenly became grave. Mr Winn, I depend upon your promised kindness," said he impulsively, Do not think the danger to Deborah is over. It has hardly bel-un. I have a right to be in this neighbour- I hood to protect her." But you cannot protect her. She and her uncle must remove to a place of greater safety." 11 Very good, if they will do so. If not, I re- main here." They talked for some time together, and seeing Thorpe's state of determination, Mr Winn said no more. Thorpe remained at Ashgill until the following Tuesday moruing, and Deborah was also there all the time. When the hour for his departure arose it was no more a question with the young man whether he could conscientiously entertain the matrimonial schemes of his father, but rather how he was to bear the separation from Deborah for a single day. Of course he had not in the Standing before the altar, Humphrey swore a great oath. most distant way hinted at the new life that had dawned in him. All his intercourse was frank and genial, bnt nothing more. His fervour he had to put into the general topics they discussed, and this he managed very easily to do. To such effect, indeed, that Deborah did not quite dis- guise henr immediate friendlinesa to one of so congenial spirit and sentiments. This fact alone was enough to send the young man jubilantly on his way. It was a glorious spariding morning when he departed, cooler after the recent rain, with a stiff' north-west wind rushing through the pine trees like surge on the beach. Directly he had gone Mr Winn drew Deborah away to the fields with him. She was thoughtful, and he seemed equally so for a time. At last he spoke. Humphrey considers that man his deadliest foe." Impossible cried Deborah. But no, it is most likely," she added immediately. And for his safety, Deborah, you must never allow Humphrey to suspect that you even know him." I cannot undertake for the future to regulate my conduct in any way according to Humphrey's 1 wishes," said the girl decisively. I have done all for him that possibly could be done, and so I shall still continue to do, but henceforth our lives are as far as the poles asunder. Nor is it likely that Mr Thorpe's and mine will be very much nearer. So he is in no danger from me." But it is my duty to let you know. Deb, tha.t he is in the greatest danger." And with that Mr Winn broke at once into a general account of the object of Bernard's journey, why he was going to meet her uncle, and of the intimate commercial association that was henceforth likely to be between them. The girl expressed frank astonishment at the revelation, and en- tered into the discussion with an unexpected vehemence that altogether astonished Mr Winn. She expressed her horror at the propect of seeing the dale of Mallerstang turned into a prosperous manufacturing centre, with a trenchant vigour that was not unworthy of her cousin Humphrey himself, and for th two more days she remained tit Ashgill it seemed as if no other subject could find place in her imagination. The matter even hastened her departure, for she was to have stayed until she received word from her uncle, but this she at last declared herself unable to do. So under an escort Mr Winn was constrained to Jet her go. At Melbeck she dismissed the groom and rocte up to her home alone. Only the dog received her. The place looked deserted. She went to the shepherd s cottage by the trees, and found the I man's wife. The latter told her that the master was in the house, having returned not an hour ago, but that the two serv,R' -v?omen and the groom had left the day before. Ay. they've gone for good," she said, and he tried to ma'ie us go an' all, but I woudn't let Robert hear of it." Who did ? [ Mr Humphrey o' course. He'd do-I don't e know what be v.ouldn t do, if we weren't gone before to-night. But it's not likely we would leave t' owd master to him, I believe he means j to kill him." Without any reply Deborah went over to the house and found her uncle there alone He was seated in a deep arm-chair, looking intently at the view of the dale and the great fell to be got from the window. j( I have left it too late," he muttered as she came in. I shall never see it." As he did not turn to greet her or in any way notice her arrival, Deborah stood to look at him. He did not seem at all himself, and although not easily daunted, the girl had felt a shock. She withdrew from the room and went upstairs. In n. room at the end of a corridor she found an old woman sitting alone. Mistress Ravensworth, will you come and see my uncle ?" Deborah asked. He is ill. Well he may be," muttered the other. li We've all lived too long." However, she accompanied the girl to the room where Mr Garrett was sitting, and they found ] him precisely in the same position as before. The old woman walked round to the front of him. Ay, just like my father," she said, with a shake of her head.. Yes. Grizell, my time is at hand," said ho, quite collectedly, but with some indusUnetness of utterance. You always said I ahoulu .cet no blessing with your estate, and I have not. Pray I God my intellect may be spared. I cannot move a limb. Fetch Robert in to me," he went on, resting his eyes placidly on Deborah. He must away to Stenkirk for Graham. His skill may perhaps do something for me. If I can but see— Surely, I am not to have lived for naught." Deborah had the shepherd beside her uncle in a moment to receive his message for the doctor. From the broken account that the stricken man could give it appeared that some critical inter- view with his son Humphrey in the neighbour- hood as he was returning home had so deeply j agitated him as to induce this paralytic seizure directly he had reached his own room. And, Robert," said the helpless mau as his messenger was about to depart, Ride hard t.o Appleby. At Mr Sarginson's you will find a young man—don't name him—tell him to come without fail to the Blackcock Inn to-night, and to stay there until I send him word. "Go, go, with speed I I know not how long a time I may have." The Doctor arrived first. and with the help of Deborah and the shepherd's wife Mr Garrett was got to bed. The one retainer, Robert, whom Humphrey had not been able to intimidate or corrupt sped on his journey well. He asked at Mr Sarginson's for the young man. and found Bernard Thorpe, personally unknown to him. to whom his mes- sage was faithfully delivered. Thorpe was not a little astonished at the tenor of it. and but for the auctioneer's guarantee of the shepherd's goo faith he would have utterly ignored it as a palpable device of his enemy to allure him into a trap. Once reassured on this point, the errand appeared to hfm in a directly attractive light, and his brain set actively to work to elaborate all the possible consequences that were to attend it. In the meantime Mr Garrett's prayer seemed granted. His brain continued not only un- clouded, but appeared to be working with pre- ternatural activity. In spite of his renown as a man of strongly professed religion all his thoughts now were vehemently concentrated on the affairs of this world. It'somewhat shocked his niece, who fxi view of the old man's helpless condition, felt for some time unable to impress upon her uncle the appeal with which she had returned, from her conversation with Mr Winn. But as the evening advanced, and the wondrous clouds which cradled the sun beyond the fells glowed in dazzling grandeur straight before her, the yoUló woman's C01E"iLgo seemed to rise. Oh, uncle, reat she pleaded at one mo- ment Cease to think of these hoards of gold that perish with us. and look out to those realms 0 f a far more preclou8 inheritance that are im- II perishable. If your hours are really numbered, think of the radiant mercy of God in holding up his finger before you yonder to oackon your thoughts to him." 1 do think. I do think of it," was the tremu- lous reply, but the talents of this world, De- borah, were given us for use and development. The night cometh." And again with irresistible fervour his brain turned into the ruling channel, j and the girl drew away to commune with her own I thoughts by the window. But these were again immediately disturbed by the figure of a man appearing on the grass I below, and making signs that he wished to speak to her. For some seconds she stood irresolute, but then impulsively went from the room. (To be continued.)

A CARDIFF ACCOUNTANTS DEATH. Mr E. Bernard Reece held an inquest on Monday at the Cardiff Town Hall touching the death, which occurred on Friday last, of Frank Brokenbrow (37). accountant, of 34, Mackintosh- place, Cardiff. The widow said her husband was not in robust health, and had been attended by Dr. Treharne as far back as February last. On the night of the 26th of May deceased told her that he had been kicked in the cheat at the Park Conservative Club on May 21st. He assisted, he said, in ejecting a man named Nancekevill, from whom he alleged he received the kick. He had followed his work up to the 26th of May, but not after that date. Arthur Emmanuel Wright, steward of the Park Conservative Club, said Nancekevill, who had been previously expelled, came into the club, and was asked by witness to retire. He refused, and deceased then came on the scene, and tried to persuade him to go out. Nancekevill was subsequently forcibly ejected, a-id while resisting he kicked at somebody. He was under the influence of drink. Deceased, who was quite sober, did not complain that night that he had been kicked, but he did on the following day. He then said his chest was very sore from the kick which N ancekevill had given him. Mr Perkins, who appeared for Nancekevill, put a question with a view of eliciting that undue vio- lence was used in order to get Nancekevill out of question with a view of eliciting that undue vio- lence was used in order to get Nancekevill out of the club. In answer to Mr Henry White, who appeared in the interests of the Conservative Club. witness stated that a solicitor's letter was sent to Nancekevill warning him that if he repeated his conduct legal proceedings would be taken. Henry Willia.m Carey, an "affiliated member" of the club, gave a similar account of the eject- ment. He saw Nancekevill kick deceased, but the latter did not complain of being hurt. Arthur Nancekevill", carpenter and joiner, of 138, Strathnairn-street, was next called. He said he was formerly a member of the Park Conserva- tive Club, but was expelled on the 20th May. He went to the club on the day named. He had no recollection of seeing Mr Brokenbrow there. He did not kick anyone intentionally. Dr. Treharne said deceased was brought to witness's surgery on the 26th of May last, suffer- ing from profuse hemorrhage and was in a state of collapse. He told witness that he had had a blow on the chest. The doctor examined his I chest the following day and found a bruise on the left side. He died from acute phthisis. The Coroner: Do you think that this kick would have anything to do with the hasten- ing of death ?—Witness was not positive that it accelerated death but he thought in all prob- ability it did. The Coroner, in summing up, said it was an ex- ceedingly fortunate thing for Nancekevill that the doctor could not be positive as to the effect of the kick otherwise it would decisively have been a case of manslaughter. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence. Mr White tendered to M Brokenbrow an ex- pression of sympathy on benaaf of himself and the Conservative Club.

RUNAWAY MINERAL TRAIN. Exciting Incident in Swansea Valley. A singular and what might have been a serious accident occurred on the Midland Ra.il- way at Ystalyfera on Monday morning. A coal train of 22 full wagons and two brake vans, run- ning between G wauncaegurwen siding and Gurnos Junction, got beyond* the control o £ the driver, and owing to the declivity of the road and the greasiness of the rails caused by a slight fall of rain, it raced dowtl through Gwmtwrch at express speed. The continual whistling of the engine, coupled with the fact that all the wheels were locked, caused great alarm en route, and grave fears were entertained that the event would culminate in a great disaster. When the train arrived at Gurnos Junction, however, it was shunted off to a private siding, where it came into violent collision with soma stationary trucks belonging to the Pwllbach Colliery. The fire- man, a young man named Rees, deemed it prudent to jump from the engine just before the collision occurred, but the driver, Mr Chambers, stuck to his post. Both men luckily escaped injury. Extensive damage was caused to the permanent way at the point of collision. Several trucks were badly smashed, and the engine was thrown heavily into an embankment which fortunately lay between the railroad and the canal.

ALLEGED PERJURY BY A SWANSEA SOLICITOR. The Case Dismissed. At the Swansea Police Court on Mon- 1 day George Edward Gascoyne Hawkes, soli- citor, of Nichol-street, Swansea, was charged I with committing perjury on June 28th against I Clement Robert Trueman, with respect to an affidavit in connection with proceedings in the Swansea District Registry of the High Court, when prosecutor was defendant and Mr Hawkes plaintiff. Prosecutor conducted his own case, and MrBrynmor Jones defended. The perjury was alleged to consist in defendant making an affidavit that he had paid certain amounts in respect of bankruptcy proceedings which prosecutor alleged had been )j, jy him. After hearing several witnesses the Bench found there was no case against Mr Hawkes, who I was said to' have moneys due to him for work done, and therefore declined to give certain credit to prosecutor, and "accordingly dismissed the charge. Prosecutor asked to be bound over to present an indictment at the next Assizes, and the Bench therefore accepted his recog- I nisances. in £20. i

BRECONSHIRE DOG MUZZLING ORDER. I At a meeting of the Executive Committee of I the Breconshire County Council under the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Acts, held a', )! Brecon on Monday, under the presidency of Alderman Lewis Williams, J.P-i was unani- } mously resolved to further petition the Board of Agriculture to revoke the Breconshire dog muzzl- ing order, or to schedule only that portion of the county nearest to the F0'nt, 'n Carmarthen- shire where the last outbreak of rabies occurred. The Veterinary Inspector (Mr A. J. Cattell) re- ported that during the past quarter 17 dogs (about two-thirds of which came from Brynmawr) had been destroyed, but no case of rabies had been detected. The last case of rabies on the border of the county was that of a sheep which had been bitten at Llandovery in March last.

IN HONOUR OF HIS BROTHER. At Cardiff Police Court on Monday Denis Crimmins( 46) excused a drunken outbreak in Hal- ket-street on Saturday night by the fact that his brother had just returned home from South Africa. Mr Henry White, who was one of the presiding magistrates, asked for the specific date of the brother's return from the front. Defendant Last Wednesday week, your Worship- Mr White And have you been keeping it up ever since? (Laughter.) Defendant Oh, no I had returned to work, Please look :t over this time. Inspector Lewis This is bis 25i-h appearance before the Court. Alderman Beavan said the magisli'fttes had decided to tins delcjutiaoit 5s and costs. i

Complete Story. THE LOST CITY. ¿ By J. L. HORNIBROOK. CHAPTER I. There was silence in the room again—a deep, solemn, brooding silence—broken only by the long-drawn, restless moa.ning of the .sick man. Stricken down in the prime of life, his massive frame and powerful limbs as helpless as those of an infant, he lay like a log on that bed of pain. He moved slighty, turned his white face, moist with suffering, to the wall, and groaned. He was still now—absolutely still. Not a movement, not a breath almost, could be detected. It seemed as if the languor of the last sleep was stealing over him. With his back to the bed, bending forward over the slowly-dying fire in gloomy thought, sat Paul Devine. His brows were knitted, his manner was absorbed, and his white, delicate fingers kept toying restlessly with the ends of his trim moustache as he gazed moodily into the heart of the smouldering embeis. Suddenly, as if ho had drawn an inspiration therefrom, he raised his head and glanced round over his shoulder at the still form on the bed. The averted face, the absence of all movement, the helpless manner in which the brawny arms and huge hands lay upon the white coverlet, were strikingly suggestive of death. As if fearing that the end had really corne, Devine rose hastily, took the shaded lamp from the table, and advanced to the bedside. Bending forward, he peered anxiously into the face of the dying man. The shining moisture which glis- tened upon that pallid countenance, the leaden hollows under the eyes, and closed eyelids, im- pressed the beholder with that mysterious sense of aws which one always feels in the presence of the King of Terrors. Devine stretched out his band, and laid it ligntly upon the other's broad shoulder. Hutton," he said, ag one who addresses a slumbering person, Hutton, can you hear ?" Slowly the averted head came round, slowly the languid eyelids were raised; and the duil, glazed eyes, expressive of prolonged agony, looked up at the man bending over the bed. It was a look which might wen have pierced even to a heart steeled to human suffering, so intense was its silent appeal. But that faca above remained unmoved. The features, delicate in shape as a woman's, the strongly-marked eyebrows, the slight, silky moustache—above all, the cold, grey eyes, so pitiless, so calmly observant, seemed to consti- tute a sight which the dying man would willingly have shut out. And yet he was compelled to look there was a power in that steady gaze fixed upon him which he was unable to resist. For a few blief llloments the two men regarded each other in silence. Brought thus into close contact, the contrast between them was striking; the one slim, refined, intellectual the other a great bearded giant, in whom the physical clearly predominated. Devine was the first to break the painful silence. Hutton," he said, with slow emphasis, your time is short. You are already at death's door." I know it" Do you still refuse to speak ?" "Ido." Will you die with this thing on your mind ? Will you carry the secret to the grave ?" I will." You shall not." They were rapped out, those three words, with a force and energy which seemed to startle and alarm the sufferer. The sharp, incisive tones, the stern resolve, evidently struck home. There was a shrinking terror in the dying man's look, as if he was suddenly confronted by some new and unexpected danger, which he was powerless to avert. Leave me," he pleaded, turning away his head again. Let me die in peace." Not till you have spoken." retortea the other, with fixed determination. I have striven to show you why this thing should be revealed to me I have endeavoured to persuade, to coax, to draw the information out of you by every means in my power. But you refused to speali you maintained an obstinate, mulish I silence in spite of all I could say. And now I tell you, Philip Hutton, that you must and shall speak. I will drag the secret from you; I will Breaking off suddenly he stepped across quickly I to the table, and replaced the lamp upon it. Then, as if firmly bent upon accomplishing his purpose regardless of the consequences, he re- turned to the bedside. With folded arms, bent head, and contracted brows, he stood there—his eyes steadily fixed upon the sufferer. He seemed to bring all his faculties to bear upon the task of breaking down that obstinate reserve the intense, concentrated force of will, the power which emanates from a mind that knows no wavering could almost be felt in the room. Hutton writhed under it, covered his face with one hand and raised the other on high, as if to ward off some impending danger. I will know the truth," came from Devine, in cold, merciless tones. "I am waiting here. Spealr I" As if suddenly stricken down by some unseen power, the extended hand dropped on the bed. Hutton groaned, more in anguish of mind than bodily pain, dragged himself further away, and seemed striving to shake off that power which had laid its hold upon him—that subtle, compel- ling influence which was fast enthralling his spirit. "Y8u rack—you torture me," he moaned, raising his haggard eyes agam to that cold, im- passive face. Have you no pity ?" Speak But the dying man's lips remained sealed. He rolled his head helplessly from side to side, as if seeking to escape from that overpowering will- force which was mastering him. Devine bent forward and watched the struggle with pitiless intentness. He saw that the other was gradually giving way, that resistance would soon be at an end. In another minute or so this man's mind would be open to him and from its depths, wherejjit had lain concealed, he would drag that secret. The crisis came at last. One final effort to free himself from that magnetic power, and Hutton appeared to give in. With a deep hard breath he turned suddenly towards his tormentor. Be it so," he said as if he had made up his mind to speak. You shall hear—you shall know all. Come closer." At last. A gleam of triumph flashed from Devine's eyes, and his face betrayed an intense eagerness as be leaned forward over tho bed. Absorbed in the thought of what was coming, he did not notice the strange look which Hutton bent upon him. Closer—closer still." He lowered his head still more, until his ear was almost on a level with the other's lips. Ho waited—listened breathlessly for the first falter- ing words. In another moment— Ah I" CHAPTER II. It leaped from him, that Ah I" like the cry of a man stricken to the heart. For suddenly, without warning of any sort, Button's arms shot up, and the next moment his long, bony fingers had closed convulsively around Devine's throat. With a hoarse, worrying sound, almost like the snarl of a wild beast, he put one final strain upon those terrible muscles of his, in order to crush the life out of this tormenting fiend, who had goaded him beyond endurance. As to Devine, the attack was so startling, so unexpected, such a sudden turning of the tables as it were, that it swept away every atom of fortitude, and left him limp, helpless, appalled. Then, as he began to realise that the grasp of death was upon him, a ghastly, chilling fear sprang up within him, and he gave vent to a. stifled, choking scream, tha.t ended in a gasp and a gurgle. With starting eyeballs, his face mottled with livid jpatches, he tore furiously at those sinewy I wrists. In vain he struggled, in vain attempted to release himself from that iron grip. He was held as in a vice those firmly-locked fingers would never relax as long as life lasted. There was something grim and terrible in that silent death-struggle. If anyone had glanced into the room, they might possibly have failed to realise the true significance of that scene at first sight. An occasional jerk or sway of the figure bending over the bed, a gasp or a rasping breath, alone revealed the deadly nature of it. With a last frantic effort to free himself. Devine collapsed. He lurched forward, and fell prone I across Hutton's body, lying there like a dead weight. Almost at the same moment, in accents of pained surprise, a cry came from the door. Philip It was a woman's voice. Alarm, reproach, grief, were minted in that single cry. Falling so suddenly and sharply upon Hutton's ears, it seemed to quell the violence of his j passion, to bring him to himself again. His j hold relaxed, a sharp spasm passed through his frame, and he turned his wasted, bloodless face towards the door with an eager, longing look. In an instant the girl was at his side. Philip, what is the meaning of this ?" she I a&ked, glancing in alarm from one to the other. His lips moved, as if he sought to frame a t reply, but nothing save a quick panting and gasping came from them. He was exhausted— prostrated. Now that the force and heat of his passion had died out, his strength was at a low ebb. passion had died out, his strength was at a low ebb. But he kept his eyes fixed upon that anxious i fa,ce— his sister's face—as if striving to convey by a look what his tongue refused to utter. I Tenderly she bent over him, and with gentle, soothing touch pushed back the matted hair from his damp forehead. Like a man awakening from a dream, or rather from some hideous nighunare, Devine rose slowly. He clutched at his throat, as if he still felt the pressure of those terrible fingers, staggered away from the bed, and went reeling back against the wall. Propped up there, pant- ing like a spent hound, he gazed aTound him with wild, rolling eyes. With one soft hand locked affectionately in her brother's huge palm, the girl faced round and confronted him. The look of scorn and contempt which she fixed upon him, the curl of her lip and her defiant attitude, struck far deeper to the soul of the man before her than any words could have done.. Raising her hand, she pointed authoritatively towards the door. Go I she said. And De- vine, with hanging head, the liyid finger-marks still showing clearly upon his white throat, tottered from the room. When hQ was gone the girl turned to the sufferer again. Ho lay with his eyes closed, and his massive chest rising and falling at lengthy intervals, as the laboured Dreath came and went. Presently he opened his eyes with a start, and looked up at her. The recent scene seemed to be still vividly present to his mind. Is he gone ? he asked feebly. I Yes, dear," she murmured, soothingly. Think no more of him. He shall not trouble you again." You do not know him," he answered, with a gloomv shake of his head. He is a fiend—a cruel, heartless fiend." Why does come here so often ?" To badger—to plague me. Nothing will turn him from his purpose he is as cold and hard as steel. To-night he pressed me beyond endurance, and I tried "to kill him." Oh, Philip I did, Maryland I will tell you why. Give me something to drink, my girl my throat is parched." She brought him a cooling draught and sup- ported his head while he gulpea it down eagerly. That's better," he said, as he lay back again. Now listen, Mary, for my time is short—" You know I have been more or less of a scapegrace, a ne'er-do-well, a regular rolling- stone, if ever there was one. I have drifted about the world like a cork on the sea—there's scarcely a corner of it that I haven't set foot in— until malarial fever laid me by the heels, and I came back to England the wreck you saw when you hunted me up here in this room by the docks. Well, in those wanderings of mine I lighted upon a secret—a strange secret—which I have never revealed to a human soul. This man Devine, whom I had the ill-luck to fall in with on the voyage home. has moved heaven and earth to try and worry it out of me but I refused to 1 give it up. To you alone I will tell it." He raided one of his great arms, placed it around her neck, and drew her head down to his. In that position, and scarcely speaking above a whisper, he unfolded her his story. Mary sat with him the greater part of the evening; for somehow, in his great helpless- ness, he seemed to clin" to her. At times he dosed, only to wake with a start and an inarticu- late exclamation. But the frown vanished from his brow, and lie heaved a deep sigh of con- tentment when his eyes rested upon her. At last she rose, smoothed the rumpled bed- clothes, kissed him on the moist forehead, and moved towards the door. Just as she reached it she glanced back at him with a smile. His eyes were following her, and the last words he uttered—the last she was destined to hear from him on earth, wert- The scroll Don't forget the scroll I" CHAPTER III. Mexico A vast. burning plain, where that curious miasma of heat danced and quivered within a few feet of the parched ground, where the intense glare scorched the eyes, and the sky overhead was like a glowing vault. Away in front, a good distance off yet, there was a welcome break in the monotony of this dreary waste. Off there the ground swelled upwards from the plain, rising in a long and gradual incline, a mile or two in extent. Wind- ing-up it like a thread was a mule track—it could scarcely be called a road- wliicli led to the regions in the far interior those strange, un- known regions where the ancient Aztec and Toltec races once flourished, and where they performed their mystic rites to the gods of the air. The sun had gone down, and the scorching heat of the day was over, when the little com- pany of jaded travellers reached the summit of this long incline, where they purposed camping for the night. They were a singular trio, this little band who were pushing on towards the great unknown that lay beyond. At the head of such an expedition one would naturally exoect to find a bronzed and bearded explorer, inured to hardships and perils. But in this case the leader was a girl— an English girl. I She was standing apart on the high ground here, apparently lost in contemplating the pros- pect before her. And what a prospect it was. The dreary, barren plain had come to an end and aWf1Y in font., in panoramic display, stretched a bsauliful, wooded country—a country of hills and dales, of rivers and forests, bounded in the dim distance by the tapering peaks of a mountain range. The blue haze of evening was over all that mystic haze which superverles for a brief space I in tropical climes after the great heat of the day. It seemed to lend a strange, visionary enchantment to the scene to transform, to spiritualise it. Under its spell, the purple peaks in the distance looked like the minarets of some great temple raised to strange gods. At the girl's feet, stretched across the path, was a huge English mastiff, a great, slobbering, faithful brute, with the heart of a lion. His massive head was reclining upon his outstretched I paws if he raised it at all. it was only to turn bloodshot eyes upon the girl, as if to assure him- self that all was well with her. The lights and shades, the glorious panorama in front, were nothing to him. He was there to look after his mistress—that was all. j Of the two men who constituted the young lady's compamons-or. more properly speaking, attendants—one had come out with her from England. His name was Robert Blake. A big, muscular Irishman, very ready with those heavy fists of his when he was roused,all the chivalrous instincts of his race lay in that honest heart of his. He was devoted to his mistress, having known her from a child and holding a long record of faithful service in her family. With two such champions at her side, Blake and the mastiff—well, the man who offered to molest her might just as well have sought some readier form 01 5UJclde. The remaining member of the party counted for little. He was a half-caste, Pedro by name, whose business it was to after the mules- cranky, vicious brutes, that monopolised all his time. Mary Hutton—for it was she—stood watching the strangely-absorbing scene before her, the quick transformation of day into night, until darkness blotted out the view. Even then she did not turn away. Her thoughts were ever on ahead, straining towards the region beyond that range of hills in the distance. They never turned back what lay behind was done with that which was yet to come alone occupied her mind. And yet. it might have been well if her atten- tion had not been so entirely fixed upon the goal in view. It might have been well if she, or even Blake, had noticed that thin wreath of smoke which rose night after night away on the sky- line behind them. or caught a glimpse of the two dark moving specks, scarcely discernible at the distance, which showed up at times on the far-off horizon, ever following in their wake. Blake, who had been busy over-the fire with kettles and pots, had just finished his prepara- tions for supper, when Mary Hutton strolled up, followed by the mastiff- She seated herself silently on one of the mule bales, with the dog at her feet, and commenced to eat. When the meal was over, she took out a curious-lookin." scroll, composed of some sub- stance resembling parchment, and holding it down to the firelight, brooded over it long and earnestly. One side was covered with strange &nd unknown characters on the other a rough chart or map had been scrawled. At the opposite side of the fire, the light boat ing upon his strong face and powerful frame, sat Robert Blalcs. He, too, was deep in thought so absorbed, indeed, that be was blisfully uncon- scious of the fact that his pipe had gone out, The intense, brooding silence was only broken by the spluttering of the green wood, or the regular breathing of Pedro, the muleteer, who was sleeping the sleep of the just hard by. Two days more," murmurad the girl, gazing thoughtfully down into the fire. Only two days, and then-" She broke off suddenly, and glancing across at her silent companion added, We haven't much further to go, Robert." Yes, miss," he answered, absently. It was somewhere on that dreadful plain out there," she went on, gazing round into the black void behind them, that my brother Philip fell in with the dying Englishman who told him the story, and gave him this scroll. Philip himself was too ill, poor fellow, to push further on just then it was as much as hs could do to reach the nearest town alive. He thought that a voyage home might set him up, and was full of the idea of coming back here when he had regained his strength. But it was not to be. Poor Philip." There was someone who tried to get the secret out of him, wasn't there, miss?" asked Blake, waking up. There was a man called Deline, or Devine. or some such name. He gave my poor brother no peace. Even at the very last, when Philip lay at death's door, and completely at his mercy, he sought to overcome him by hypnotism, or something of that kind." The rascal muttered Blake, through his clenched teeth. Philip got him by the throat, and would un- doubtedly have strangled him if I had not come in just then. I saw no more of the man after that. But you know, Robert," she added, thoughtfully, I have sometimes wondered whether he was mely, keeping in the back- ground, and watching me from a, distance sus- I pecting, perhaps, that my brother had told me all that was in his mind before he died. He may have followed us secretly from England he I' may even now be on our track." Don't let that worry you. miss," replied Blake, as he rose a.ud shook the ashes out of his pipe. If he ever comes within reach of me, he may find that the job which Mr Philip undertook won't be left iinfinished a second time." j Two days later they arrived at the foot of the mountain range, which they had seen from a I distance, and pitched camp on the shelv- j tag ground at the base of the nearest hill. It was a wild, romantic spot. Above them, in all their solitary grandeur, towered those rocky heights, whose cones seemed to pierce the very heavens. And here, tucked away somewhere in thjs moun- tainous region, v.'as the pl;iCe they sought, the goal which they had come so far to reach. j Early next morning they commenced the ascent, winding their way up through a cleft between two steep hills- By noon they had reached the summit of the ridge in front and 1 here the girl, who had pushed on ahead, drew up with a cry that brought Blake quickly to her side. Before them, some few miles away, rose another lofty peak, the three hills forming a sort of gigantic triangle. In the centre was a vast, saucer-shaped hollow, so regular in outline that it almost seemed as if it had been fashioned by the Titans of old. The surface of this hollow presented a singular appearance. It was broken and uneven sunken here. bulging up there, as level as a croquet- ground yonder. Huge granite blocks, columns snapped off short at the base, and fallen obelisks were lying about like wreckage upon the sea. At wide intervals one of these great monoliths was still to be seen in all upright position, stand- ing erect amidst the general ruin like some ghostly sentinel keeping watch and ward over the dead. They stood so far apart, and the area covered was so immense, that those in the dis- tance looked dwarfed in comparison with others near at hand. What is it, miss aaked Blake, in a. sub- dued, almost awed, voice. What place is it, in the name of all that's wonderful ?" The lost city of the Aztecs," she replied. A. > .;tv of the dead I" You don't siy 80, miss," exclaimed her com- r [ panion, to whom, however, the explanation had conveyed no very clear or tangible idea.. il There has long been a tradition that such a city existed in the middle ages, when the Aztecs were at the height of their power," she went on. Years before Columbus discovered America, which then. and for generations afterwards, WaB supposed to be a land of untutored savages, a great race flourished here, a people whose cities vied with those of the East. This was one of their chief towns. The site of it has long been their chief towns. The site of it has long been lost, and, indeed, many antiquarians believed I that hc story concerning It was a myth. That Englishman, whom my brother found dying on the plain back there, discovered it. He intended organising an expedition with a view to explor- ing it, but died on his way down to the coast." ) It would be worth exploring, too, I daresay, miss." remarked Blake, glancing around him with growing interest. It looks the sort of place where those ancient ornaments and queer old bowls you see in museums are foand. I j shouldn't be surprised if there was a fine haul to be made by rummaging about. Ah you will soàbell1:Jlet,Qjudg-eofthat," she said, with a laugh. "Como," Thev picked their way on foot through the crumbling ruins. Pedro following with the j mules. Before themjfar out in the centre of the hollow, the jagged stumps of a number of columns caught their eye, and towards this spot they directed their steps. On reaching it. Miss Hutton proceeded to examine the ruin with all the ardour of an explorer. •'This must have been a temple, I fancy,' she said. Ah, here is a flight of stone steps, leading it iwn into some subterraneous chamber, Let us see what there is below. She descended the steps, followed by Blake and the dog, Pedro remaining in the back- ground with the mules. Strong-minded, fearless as she was, her heart beat with a sort of name- less awe as she ventured down out of the sun- light, down into this sanctuary of dead ages. I On reaching the bottom they found themselves in a huge, circular vault, from which four lateral passjges branched off. In the centre stood a raised structure, closely resembling an alter, I which seemed to be in a wonderful state of pre- servation. Though the light which filtered down from above wat; feeble enough. it sufficed to reveal the full extent of this singular underground cham- ber. As they proceeded to make a round of it, Blake, who had stepped up close to the side, uttered an exclamation of startled wonder. "Look, miss, look!" he said, pointing to a little niche in the wall. There, in that recess, was a carved image -an idol, apparentlj—some six inches in height. In its hand was a wand, or sceptre, the tip of which consisLed of an enormous emerald, while above its head the niche was draped with chains of curi- ous filagree-work. Ah. yes," said the girl, coming across to his side, You will find many such nooks as this, Robert, unless I am greatly mistaken. I should not be surprised if the wall all the way round was lined with them. Well, you see we were not in discovering the haul you spoke of, and must net about removing it at once." Blake, who required no second bidding, stuffed the idol unceremoniously into his capacious pocket, the chains quickly disappearing in the same manner. Further on they discovered a similar recess, to which he immediately turned his attention. He was in the act of despoiling it of its con- tents, when his hand was arrested by a piercing shriek which rang out somewhere overhead. The next minute the opening leading to the vault was darkened by a shadow, and two men came clattering down the stone steps. One glance at the foremost seemed to carry Mary Hntton back with a rush to that night when she had witnessed the terrible struggle in her brother's room. It was Paul Devine. CHAPTER IV. Blake, who had grabbed the mastiff, and was holding him back by main force, looked a. ques- tion at his mistress. A nod of her head, and the dog would have been loosed. Devine saw the look, and was quick to interpret its meaning. Keep that brute back," he cried, producing a revolver, "or I'll make short work of him. So. Miss Hutton," he went on, turning to the girl, you see He stopped short; something in her face chec1:ed the words on his liDs. She was not heed. ing him—not even looking at him. Her eyes were fixed in a wild, startled stare at something in the background—something close behind him. He whisked round sharply but as he did so, a most appalling yell rang through the vault, and out from one of the passages poured a shrieking, jabbering mob. They were Indians— swarthy, repulsive-looking Indians—clad, for the most part, in long robes like priests' vest- ments. In an instant they had surrounded Devine and his companion and overpowered them despite their struggles. Blake loosed the tog and sprang in front of Miss Hutton. Up the steps, miss he shouted, as the Indians rushed upon thew :Iike so many yelling fiends. Quick for Heaven's sake. She darted in that direction but, at the sa.me moment, one of the savages bounded forward to intercept her. He had almost reached her—his hand was stretched out to seiza her—when with a savage growl, the mastiff was upon him. Down they went with a crash, the man and the aog, writhing and struggling together on the floor. But it was not for long there was a rush to the spot, and half-a-dozen long knives were buried in the faithful creature's body. Blake, whose mighty fists ha.d been going like sledge-hammers, doing terrible execution among the swarthy crew that pressed upon him, threw a quick glance over hb shoulder. Seeing that his mistress had made good her escape, he fought his way back. step by step, to the foot of the stairs theu, as the yelling crowd hung back for a moment, he turned and darted up to the top. There he paused, and i aced round again. A glance had shown him that Pedro was hurt—it was his shriek which they had heard, and that same cry had probably brought the Indians from their lair. They afterwards learned that the two men, Devine and his companion, had stolen upon him unawares, and one of them had struck him down, just as he became aware of their presence. Miss Hutton was assisting the poor fellow into the saddle. Having done so, she mounted her- self. and away they went across the hollow. Blake still held the steps. Below him, down there in the gloom, he could see the swarthy faces, the gleaming savage eyes of his enemies. But none, not even the boldest of them, dared venture within range of those terrible fists again. Not until his two companions were clear of the hollow did he quit his post. Then he made a bolt for his horse, sprang into the saddle, and clashed away after them. The sumpter mules were left behind if they escaped with their lives, they might consider themselves fortunate. The Indians at first made no attempt at pur- suit, though the horses of Devine and his com- panion, as well as the mules, were standing ready for them. But just as Blake caught up to the two others, who were waiting for him, at the j edge of the hollow, a hideous clamour, a chorus of fiendish yells, came across them from the temple. Ah cried the girl, with a shudder, they are killing those two unfortunate men. It is awful." No, miss, replied Blake, glancing back towards the spot, I don't think that's it. Look | The whole crew are tumbling up, and making for the mules. They're coming after us. making for the mules. They're coming after us. We'll have to show them a clean pair of heels, and be mighty quick about it." It is the idol." she cried, suddenly. "They have just discovered their loss, and will follow us to the ends of the earth in order to recover it. recover it. Throw it away, Robert.' But Blake was little disposed to comply. It took some pressure on Miss Hutton's part to jn- duce him to ùiscard the booty. Before doing so, however, he slyly wrenched'off the magnificent emerald which formed the tip of the sceptre, and stowed it away 111 his pocket. Then they started off and clattered down the cleft between "the hills at breakneck speed. For two or three days they pushed rapidly on until they had left that hollow in the hills far behind, and were out on the desolate plain once more. Here, when it became evident that they were not followed, Miss Hutton began to breathe freely again. Whether the Indians had recovered their cherished idol, and relinquished the pursuit she was never able to tell. That night, when they had camped, she re- mamed for a long time plunged in profound and gloomy thought. I cannot help thinking," she said at length, glancing across at Blake, of the awful fate which must have awaited those two unfortunate men whom we left in the hands of the Indians." What do you think happened to them, miss ?" he asked. Well," she replied, it is evident to me that the heathenish religion of the ancient Aztecs, with all its barbarous rites, is still practised in the ruins of that temple. Those Indians were priests, who, with their attendants, probably live in underground cells, like some monks of the present day. And," she added, with a shudder, in olden times they were wont to appease the gods of the air, whom they wor- shipped by human sacrifices. What if it should be so still V" There was silence. Blake did not answer. Even he felt a cold shudder run through him when he thought of those two hepless captives. Whatever may have been their fate Devine and his companion were never heard of afterwards. That magnificent emerald which Miss Hutton 20metimes wears has aroused considerable curiosity, amcng her friends. More than once she has "declined to relate its history or explain how it fellmto her hands. Her experiences in t the lost city of the tecs, strange as they had been, were not such as she cared to dwell upon. (The End.) Next Week— THE BOUNTY JUMPER. By EDWIN PUGH.

EXCITING SCENE AT ROTHESAY. An exciting scene occurred in Rothesay Bay on Monday afternoon. As the steamer Kenilworth, belonging to the North British Steam Packet Company, was making for the pier, two small boats occupied by visitors got in the track of the vessel. One, which was occupied by a gentle- man, his wife, and child, was struck by the paddles and smashed, aud all three occupants thrown into the water. A boat was speedily lowered from the Kenilworth, and two of the hands at once jumped overboard. All three were safely rescued. The occupants of the second boat, two mea, escaped by getting mto another boat. The Kenilworth, in endeavouring to avoid the small boats, collided with the pier, and her bow was slightly damaged. The accident was witnessed by thousands of spectators ashore, and caused the aieatest excitement. j

EDUCATION IN THE RHONDDA. THECOCKtRTON JUDGMENT. A Gloomy At the meeting of the Rhondda School Board on Monday the Chairman, Rev. W. Morris, F.R.G.S., addressed the board at length on the points embraced in the Cockerton judgment, and drew a gloomy picture of the future of educa- tion in the Rhondda. The effect of the judgment and the new code, he urged, would prove more disastrous to them than any other part of the Principality. They had three Higher Grade schools, two science schools, and 25 evening con- tinuation schools under the Rhondda School Board. In the latter 2,028 scholars were regis- tered last session, but under the minute of July 3rd, 1901, 1,538 would, by reason of the age limit, be excluded from attending. They had 129 scholars at their school of science, and now these would be abolished. In their Higher Grade schools, again, 86 scholars would be ex- ciuden by the age limit. They had no room for them in the Intermediate school. and as most of them were preparing to be pupil teachers it would affect the board in that way. They had 2,466 qualified for their cookery classes, but under the new conditions 1,269 girls would also be dis- qualified from attending by the age limit. Three hundred boys would also be deprived of instruc- tion in woodwork by this same rule, and a similar number in manual instruction. As legal repre- sentatives of the people this new Bill asked them to go cn.p in hand to ask whether they should be allowed to put their hands in their own pockets to spend their own money. It was, in fact, a, violation of every principle of education for the last 30 years. It would cause eternal friction between authorities. They would never agree. His opinion, as far as the Rhondda was concerned, was that the Govern- ment should give the power to the District Coun- cil ingtead of the County Council. With the exception of WiHesden, near London. Ystrady- fodwg parish was the largest Urban District Council in the kingdom, and with the exception of Glamorgan there were only three counties in Wales equal to Ystradyfodwg'in population" and they should even agitate for incorporation. The chairman's views were endorsed by the board, and it was decided to wait upon the local mem- bers of Parliament with the object of getting them to support the claims of the Rhocclda o exceptional treatment by substituting the Urban District Council for the "County Council as the local authority ior urban districts "vith a pooula- tion of 100,000 and over.

EFFECTS OF THE HEAT AT NEWPORT, Nearly 50 per cent. of the 21 charges on the list for disposal at the Newport Borough Police Court on Monday morning had direct rela- tion to drunkenness and disorderliness 'I arising from indulgence in alcohol. The dictum of learned judges on Assize circuits puts the proportion higher than this, and without reading between the lines it was evident that many of the remaining moiety of cases had their origin or inception in drops of the crathur The sister of one defendant from the Cefn said her relative had been to Weston, where it was very hot, and he took more than was good for him and had been ill ever since. He was poisoned with the drink, was he ? hazarded the magistrates' clerk, then there came the in- evitable fine. One drunken man who en- deavoured to rescue an acquaintance from the grip of the police declared tha t it was only an attempt on their part to show up old offenders, and the old offender phrase led the Bench to scan the records, which showed 44 convictions for one man and 22 for the other. Well, Mr Mordey," said the 44th time man, I've never been here for felony, and we must have some- thing to drink this hot weather." Another man, minus his jacket, which being somewhat super- fluous this weather he had lost or left behind somewhere, made a. tenth appearance whilst another fellow, who had been haymaking, set upon the custodian at Beechwood Park, and then threatened to do for a stalwart passer-by, who admitted in his evidence that he promptly put his threatener on his back. At this naive state- ment the Court smiled a significant smile. Alto- gether the police had a busy time on Saturday night. They appeared to have exercised plenty of discretion, and tried all they knew with one man, who is crippled and working on the Great Western Railway, to induce him to go quietly away. In this case it was three or four pints of cider and work at night which brought about the disaster. "You were here in May last." remarked the Bench but we will deal leniently with you. You look a sensible man give up the drink you will be fined," &-c., &c.

VIOLENT SCENE AL CARDIFF. Henry O'Connor (22) was charged (before Alderman Beavan, Councillor White, and Dr. Treharne) at the Cardiff Police Court on Mon- day with violently assaulting and wounding Edward Durkin. The assault was alleged to have taken place on July 13th in Nelson-street, where prosecutor lives. Mr H. Downes appeared for the defence. The prosecutor deposed that he saw defendant strike an old man on the day named in Nelson-street. He remonstrated with the prisoner for attacking an old man, upon which O'Connor turned on him and threatened to serve him the same. Prisoner took hold of him. tried to butt him, and then he jumped at his face, biting a piece off his lip on the inside. The blood flowed freely, and he went to the Infirmary, where his wounds were dressed. Councillor White Was the injured lip at- tended to ? Prosecutor Yes. eight stitches were put in. Under cross-examination by Mr Downes pro- secutor denied that he struck the defendant or offered any provocation. Mr Downes Could not the wound on the lip have been caused by a blow against your teeth ? —No answer. Mr Downes You need not answer. It is a self-evident fact. Thomas Lloyd, the old man referred to in the previous evidence, looked anything but in- firm. He said he was over 60 years of age, but looked hale and hearty. He deposed that on the day in question he was sitting on the kerb in Nelson street, when prisoner came up and struck him a violent blow without any provoca- tion. Durkin then came up and took his part. Phoebe Davies said she witnessed the affair, and saw prisoner bite a piece off Durkin's lip. For the defence O'Connor, who said he was a labourer, living at 43, Compton-street, deposed that the row arose out of an attack made either by prosecutor or Lloyd upon a woman. He inter- posed, and both men then set upon him. He was struck on the head with a hard substance, either iron or wood, and he defended himself, but he denied that he bit Durkin. Jane Kersey and Ellen Kelly corroborated defendant's story. The Bench found prisoner guilty and fined him 408, in default one month's impri<;onment.

ALLEGED BICYCLE THEFT. At Newport Town Hall on Monday John Solary, French seaman, and August Godert, boarding-house keeper, 3, Mill-terrace, Newport, were charged with stealing a bicycle belonging to I William Henry Jones. The cycle, which was left on the ballast near the Alexandra Dock Hotel, I was purloined by the Frenchman as he went with the hoarding-house keeper at 4 o'clock on Thurs- day morning to the offices of the Union Dry I Dock, and afterwards rode it to the boarding- house. P.C. Maunders went to inquire of Godert about the bicycle he had heard he had in his house, and Godert showed it him, and said he knew nothing about it, beyond that a man stay- ing there brought it to his house in the morning. This unfortunate equivocation was fatal to him. aud brought him within the meshes of the law. To Mrs Colber, laundress, the French seaman said he had purchased the bike for £4 from a per son at Cardiff, and he and Godert had been t. fetch it. The Bench said they were not satisfied with the evidence against Godert, and dis- missed the case against him after an ap- peal by Mr Lyndon Moore in Solary's behalf, acquitted him of any felonious attempt. They' however, suggested that provision, should be made at hotels and public-houses for the safety of bicycles, it being shown that the bicycle was re- moved from the vestibule of the hotel during the time the prosecutor was inside on Wednesday evening.

THE CARDIFF FOUNDLING, The female child, about six weeks old, which .*?WT1d on a doorstep in Edwards-terrace, Cardiff, a short time ago. remains at the Union Workhouse, inquiries being made meanwhile with a view to the discovery of the parents. Those who have information to give. with or with- out the hope of reward, are requested to com- municate with Mr Pritchard. the warrant officer, At a meeting of Cardiff Board of Guardians on Saturday twoapplications were made forpermipsiet to adopt the child, one being- made by Mr John Smith, 20, Neisoii-street, Cwmaman, Aberdare, and the other by Miso G. M. Thomas, Ystrady- fodwg, on behalf of a gentleman and his wife who desired to give their names privately to the board. Both applications were referred to the Workhouse Visiting Committee.

LANDLADY FINED FOR INEBRIETY. Nellie Haines was called at the Newport County Police Court on Saturday, but she did not respond. Her husband, who'is the landlord of the -iredegar Arms public-house. Pontymister, stepped forward to explain that his wife was so upset at having received a, summons charging her with being drunk upon his licensed premises that she was unable to appear. P.S. Humphries stated that he WPJS called to the house, and found Mrs Haines drank in the bar at 10.55 on a recent evening. The landlord told witness that his wife had been out drinking at other houses. Superin- tendent Porter told the Court that he was satis- fied that Haines had not allowed defendant to get drunk upon his premises. The woman bad given her husband a great deal of trouble, and he "Superintendent Porter) did not think the hus- band had any control over her. Haines now said that he thought the proceedings would be a tam- ing point for his wife, who had declared that she would give up the drink. The defendant was fined 20s, including costs, but the justices clerk's assistant said something to the chair- man.<who (hereupon announced that the penalty would be 10s, including costs. Again the clerk's assistant spoke to the chairman, who finally an- nounced that the decision of the Bench was fined 10s and costR.

LIST OF WELSH CASES CURED BY VENO'S SEAWEED TONIC and VENO'S LIGHTNING COUGH CURE. When Mr Veno introduced Veno's Seaweed Tonic and Veno's Lightning Cough Cure to the great Welsh public, he never anticipated such a magnificent reception as these two medicines have received. In the short period of six months over 300,000 bottles have been sold in South Wales. This speako volumes for the extraordinary healing and curative power of these two famous l'I1edi- cines. Xo reniedie-: were c»er brought to Wales which have received such universal praise, or performed so many remarkable cures. rn":S'f(-'), JI'ee"liJn PARTIAL LIST OF WELSH CASES. MARY L. REES, 61, Seymour-street. Aberdare. Cured of nervous weakness and sleeplessness, after eighteen years of suffering, by Veno's Seaweed Tonic. GEORGE BOSSER, 48. Island- place. Lianelly. Cured of chrome indigestion by Veno's Seaweed Tonic. MR J. M. MORGAN, I 35, Thomas-street, Tonypandy. Cured of a disordered stomach and liver, with severe headaches, by Veno's Seaweed Tonic. W. DYKINS, 68. Tyntyla-road. Ystrad, I Cured of a chronic cough and shortness of breath after eight tears' suffering by Veno's Light- ning Cough Cure. MARY JONES, 28, Llanthewy-strect, Aberaman. Aberdare. Cured of a severe cough and bronchitis by Veno's Lightning Cough Cure. W, FRANCIS. 3, Agincourt-s tree t, Crindau. Newport. Cured after 25 years' suffering of a weak stomach, severe pains, and general weakness, by Veno's Seaweed Tonic. MARGARET PRICE, Old Station-street, Dowlais Top. Kidney disease, dropsy, and sleeplessness; Veno's Seaweed Tonic accomplished great good. The result was wonderful the patient had suffered for many years. J. PHILLIPS, 23, Halifax-terrace, Treherbert, Has nothing but praise for Veno's Seaweed Tonic. He suffered from general debility for many years, and found this remedy effective when all others failed. MARGARET O'BRIEN, 21. Ebenczer-terrace. Newport. Cucea of a very distressing stomach anrtTfagf trouble. with bilious headaches, by Yé: Seaweed Tonic, JAMES WHELAN, 4, Havelock-stieet, Newport. Received great benefit in a very severe .case < headaches and skin eruptions from VVBO'H Seaweed Tonic. E JONES, Etbelbert-place, Abergavenny. Received great benefit in a long standing caee of pains in the back and side from Veno's Be* weed Tonic. FANNY PALMER, 3. Stanley-street, Swansea, Says Veno's Seaweed Tonic is worth its weight in gold. W. MORRIS, 58, Matthew-street. Swansea, Says Veno's Lightning Cough Cure is beyond all praise. He suffered terribly from a bad coogh for two vears. MRS J. BROOM, 11, Dumfries-street, Treherbert, Strongly recommends Veno's Seaweed ToDic. She suffered with severe headaches, constipa- tion. and weak stomach. MRS M. EVANS, 12. Upper Elizabeth-street, Dowlais. Cured of constipation and piles, togetherwab sleeplessness, by Veno's Seaweed Tonic. MRS MASKELINE, 21, Chapel-lane, Pontypool, Speaks in the highest terms of Veno's Lightlrim^ Cough Cure. She suffered from chestana throat trouble, with hoarseness and loss of voice. Her voice came back with a, few days' treatment. VENO'S SEAWEED TONIC has beaten off the Angel of Death, and brought brightness and strength to many a despairing invalid. Those who have tested it know its healing and strengthening power. They speak from experience when they say it is the only medicine that ever made them feel well. It clears the brain, strengthens the stouiach, purifies the blood, relieves headache, steadie." the action of the heart, cures kidney and liver troubles, and invigorates the whole boiy. It is highly esteemed amongst uoctors for the permanent cure of habitual constipation. Far superior to -of any sort. Price, Is lid and 2s 9d per bottle. A valuable book accompanies each bottle on the cure of diseases. VENO'S LIGHTNING COUGH CURE stops an ordinary cough in one night, and cures chronic coughs, bronchitis, asthma, influenza, and whooping cough rapidly. Its vast superiority over the ordinary cough mixtures and the different emulsions cannot be estimated. It has saved many lives after they have been turned out of hospitals. It is a new scientific remedy endorsed by medical men. Guaranteed to cure the worst cases. Price Is Id and 2s 9d per bottle." CAUTION —When you ask for Veno's Seaweed Tonic or Veno's Lightning Cough Cam, see you get it. Many dealers are in the habit of trying to coax you to take a cheap mixture of their own. You will do well to avoid their shop. Go where you can get what you ask for. See that the.DaIDI Veno is blown in every bottle. SOLD BY Messrs Anthony and Co., chemists, St. Mary-street and Queen-street. Cardiff; Mr SandetB, yueon-street and Tudor-road and Mr Hagon. chemist. Bute-street, Cardiff; Mr Reynolds, chemist. Barry Dock it,vans, chemist, Aberdare George, chemists. Mountain Ash .Jenkins's Drug Stores and Hams, chemists, Merthyr Oliver Davies, Pontypridd; Richards, chemist. Llwynypia D. W. Davies, chemist, Porth Rees Williams, chemist, Tylorstown Burgess, Ferndale T. P. Owen and Mr George, Pentre Davis, Treorchy 1. J. Thomas, Maesteg Neath Supply Stores, Neath Loveluck, Aberavon and all chemists and medicine vendors everywhere. 4887

CARDIFF WIFE'S APPLICATION. An Amazing Story. ) Some sensational allegations were made to the Cardiff Stipendiary Magistrate on Saturday in the course of the hearing of an application for a separation order brought by Mrs Tryphenia Bagg&lly, of Tredegar-street, against her hus- band, Dennis Baggally, a stevedore, now residing at 16, Green-street, Riverside. Mr Harold Lloyd supported the application, and Mr Morgan Rees was for the defence. Complainant said she had been married to defendant for 13 years. There were no children. She alleged that nine weeks ago her husband told her that he intended bringing home a married woman. Later in the evening a woman drove up to the house in a hansom. The visitor went.upstairs with hei- box, threw com- plainant's clothes out of the wardrobe, and put in her own. Mrs Baggally cried as she described. what she said happened afterwards, how when she asked her husband for an explanation he told her she could clear out if she didn't like it. She however, did not leave her home, though she was assaulted as well as insulted. She then described in detail how her husband and the stranger irritated her by open love making. When she and her husband were in bed the stranger visited the room and frequently kiaied the husband. There was kissing in the mornings before he left for the Docks between the husband and his visitor. Again the wife broke down when saying that her husband took a cup of tea to his visitor in her bedroom. Mr Rees indicated that his defence was a denial of the charges. The Stipendiary stated that the law was clear that a wife was not justified leaving her husband because he took a woman into his house without his wife's consent, and suggested that this was a case which might be settled. After consultation it was agreed that the hus- band should consent to a separation order, to contribute 15s a week to his wife's maintenance, and to pay advocate's fees and costs.

—, ——— fASTBROOK FOOTPATH CASE. A meeting of the committee appointed by the LlandaÍÏ and Dinas Powis Rural District Coun- cil to deal with the disputed public footpath (which is the nearest short-cut from the Swan Inn, Eastbrook, to Cogan, Penarth Dock, or Peuarth) was held on Saturday at the Council's offices, Llandaff Chambers, St. Mary-street. Mr O. H, Jones, the vice-chairiuan, presided, and itherto were present Rev. G. H. Jenner, Rev. \V. Dovcy, Mr D. R. Morgan, Mr M. Warren (clerk), and Mr J. Holden (surveyor). At the outset Mr D R Morgan protested against the convening of the meeting by the surveyor at a time when they ought to be present at the Relief Committee in the Workhouse, and complained that they might also be prevented from attending the Building Committee the Board of Guardians meeting afterwards, all the members being rural guardians. A long letter was read from Miss Jenner, who the chair- man said was always meddling in such matters, II The Chairman said that the letter bad nothing to do with this particular footpath. The surveyor was requested to examine the plans deposited by the Barry Railway Company with the clerk of the pcace, and to see and to report on clause 13 in the Barry Dock and Rail- ways Act, 1884. ch. 257,47 and 48 Vict.. which states that The company may divert, alter, or stop up in the manner shown on the deposit plans any roads shown on the deposit plans, as intended to bs divert: d. altered, or stopped up. The committee agreed to inspect the path to day. An inquiry will follow on a date not yet fixed. This action of the Council has been the result of a memorial signed by over 50 inhabitants of Enstbrook and Cogan. Some of the memorialists go so far as to declare they have known the footpath as public property for nearly 60 years. On Friday evening a large number of these memorialists assembled at Cogan and for- mally walked the path, and were unanimous as to the actual line of the alleged right of way. Two aien who were unsuccessfully summoned about six years ago for trespassing on this path were pre- sent. t

Lord Salisbury has resumed residence at Hat- j field. His Lordnhjp went to town on Monday for the meeting of thp House of Lords, but returned to Hatfield in the evening. The handsomest service of plate produced since the time of Charles X. is now on view in Paris. It is to go to Mexico as a Jubilee present to General Porfirio Diaz. There are 3,000 pieces of solid silver, intended for 70 covers. Each piece bears the Mexican eagle in lyeh relief.

— — » BRECON PASTOR'S SUDDEN DEATH. At Brecon on Saturday the Rev. Joseph Bailey. who for nearly two years has been pastor of the Lion-sireet Wesleyan Church, Brecon, died suddenly at the age of 66. The rev. gentleman. who came from Halsworthy to Brecon, had been connected with some of the most important Wesleyan Cir- cuits in the Metropolis and English counties. He was an eloquent speaker, and gained great popu- larity among all sects in Brocon and neight>oar> hood. He officiated last in his church on Sun- day night, bat was able to attund to business in Cardifi on Wednesday last. In leaves a widow and family, who are greatly sympathised with. An inquest was held on the body on Saturday evening. Dr. G. P. Francis said deceased had not been well during Friday night, and had com- plained about pain in the region of the heart. He had taken pills he had in the house to relieve the pain, but within a short time of his death— within about a quarter of an hour-he had got up and returned to bed. The pain continued up to the last moment. He had not attended deceased professionally since January. 1900. He then suffered from neuralgia and general debility, but showed no signs of any organic disease. From what he had seen and been told bis opinion was that deceased had been very much overcome by the excessive heat, and he fully believed deceased died from sudden failure of the action of the heart. The jury found that Mr Bailey died from natural causes.

RUNNING SHORT OF WATER. Famine at New Tredegar, Much anxiety has been caused in the Net Trodegar district by a water famine, whick commenced on Wednesday, to the great inconve- nience of the inhabitants. It had been thought that the connection with Tredegar would have resulted in a good supply being kept up, but much disappointment was caused by an unex. plained stoppage of supplies and many fami- lies suffered greatly as a consequence, every little streamlet, being resorted to for water for domestic purposes. Late on Saturday night W, scanty supply was issued, and the people hopti that a better allowance will follow. AMMANFORD AND BETTWS. At Llandilo District Council on Saturday Mr John Morris declared that there was an absolute wawr famine at Ammanford, and the people were starving for water. He asked the Council to sink three wells deeper than the exist- ing wells, as a temporary measure of relief. Col. Morris said the same state of things existed at Bettws, and it was only with the greateat. difficulty water could be obtained for the col- liers on returning home from work to t ike theu- usual bath. The Council decided to discuss th»i matter, as the inhabitants had refused a watei( supply tQiit the Council proposed to give them, and preferred to have wells.

FIRES IN CARDIFF. There was a series of small tires in Car* diff on Saturday night and Sunday morn- ing. Just before 7 o'clock on Saturday night an alarm was raised at 91, Dogfieli- street. where a fire had been caused by children playing with matches in a bedroom. At half-past one on Sunday morning a tire was caused at 68, Wyndham-road. where a candle set alight some things in a bedroom, and at a quarter to one a constable, hearing cries of fire, went to 36, Llandaff-road, where the bedroom window waa ablaze. This, too- was caused by a c-iiidle. At 3 o'clock the sri-me morning the engine went to the Globe Foundry, belonging to John Williams and Son, Limited, where the roof of the moulders' room had caught alight. The Bute Docks polic* extinguished the outbreak with a hose, aufi tbt- engine was not required.

AN UGLY CUSTOMER. Geo:ge Monk, a rough-looking man of 40. wan charged at Cardiff Police Court on Saturday witk being drunk and disorderly and refus. to qui. the Cape Horn public-house, also with assaulting the landlady, whom kf struck in the mouth, drawing blood. Mrs Sullivan, the landlady, after being assaulted, pluckily closed the door and kept prisoner on the premises until the arrival of a policeman Prisoner then drove his fist through a glass door panel. His antecedents were bad—the Cardiff records show he has been thrice convicted, twice for assaulting his wife, from whom he is now judicially separated. Tht magistrates-Councillors Beavan and Hallett— fined prisoner lOsand cost.s, or 14 days imprison* ment in default of payment.

FIRE AT NEWPORT. On Sunday afternoon the old cc&I stage in th. Ponmaen Yard, on the west side of the TJak. at Newport, took fire, and was badly damaged. Mark Williams, who resides in a cottage in III* yard, tried to put the lire out, but failed, and the fire brigade was summoned, and succeeded ia getting the lire under after playing upon it for half an hour. Xte fiuccjiu Mjsposea to due to the heat.