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CHATTER V<. Disenchantment. "You never cared for me, never loved me aa a husband onght to love hia wife, and therefore 1 tMOOt say I am aorry in leaving you. It will be aweieoa seeking me, for I wonid not retarn. Yon wilt get on far better without me, for I have been ciog on yonr ambition So rtn the scrawled cote Arthar Beynoa tonnd on the table when he reached home that afternoon. Gwen had taken that deaperato leap in the dark ao often taken by wivea who are, or fancy they are, not happv with the man to whom they Me tied by taw Since ahe bad aaffpred Lewx Ltewoityn to visit her at her home in the ttbsenco and without the knowledge of her haabaod abe had been living upon a volcano, which might at My moment barat and eozoit her Ftr better, "he had told hsrae!f, to face the Mteertatnty of trotting the man of whom she knew ahao!atety no more than what he had choaen to tetl her than the terrible wrath of her hneband when he ieamt what had takac place Had riewin Llewellyn Riven her time to think the wontd probabiy bais refaeed to yio!d to the temptation he laid before her. Bot aeeing that the hoaitated be redoubled hia efforts, made ail Mnda of grand promt aea as to the joiiy Mfeehe wontd lead with him, and in a moment of deeper- ation Gwen gave way. The cmeiiy-worded Note left for Arthar was dej'berate!y written with the intention of atopping a!i paranit, and it was eBfectaat. After reading it, the deported hatband sank down on his chair completely over- tthetmod by the calamity which had bafa!!en Mm. Ob, Goen, Gwen. I litUe thong-ht it wonid tome to this. Why did I not Rive op that vitlian to the po! e. and thna rid the country of each M aeeompliabed aconndre! ? That my Gwen thoatd leave me to be the light o' !ave of a Mmmon thief—a man who earea not whether he eommita a murder aa weH aa a robbery—<a horrible. What ahait I do ? Set the poHce on her track ? No ahe baa taken nothing be!onging to me, and the notice wontd not interfere. She <a not worthy of the troabia. No—1 will tear her ant of my heart, and try to fotget that we ever met. Her mother mast be totcL" Had Mhe gone alone ? Wontd ahe find a home in aome aeciaded v)!iage or targe town, go to the mitt again. and enjoy life according to her own notionB? If be cootd onty betieve thAt s"cb were her intentiona, half the ating wootd be taken away. Perhapa one of their neighbonm might know someth'nf. "Yea, Mr Bevnon, I thin&Ipantenyoatt Mttto bit of what you ought to have knc .vn before. Bnt I have never interfered between hofba-nd aad wife, yoa aee. I!}d thonLIit I micbt na<tke mi<- cntaf. Mra Beynon hsa been visited aevera* timea lately bv a. RentteTnan—tai) well droaaed. with amatt. black mooatache, and his bair ah Mttte biaek et.r!a. I cannot tell yon hia name, bat to-day I fonnd aQoidenveioveintberoad ttoon after babotd gone- btereitia." Arthcr Beyoon took the ptoff red envetope, Mid elated as thonRh stnnt: when he read- Lewia Llewellyn, Esq.. Cardiff Arma, Ctfdiff. Btttfrty now did he regret that he h<d not donaunoed tjiewettyn to the poHee after nndinR the otothiuft aaed aa disanist- by the man who had repaid his tendency by ent!cyng nway bia wife. 3Por that Gwen bad zone uvay with the man he did not for a moment doubt. He tried to eat tna eventng moll bat thongh hehad been buneiy enough wbilp. on bis way home, the feel'nf bad now departed, aad be fe!t as tboaf!h the food would choke him. W'th a man of Beynon a reeoltltt. ternpeysment Vtry itt !e time wa" reonired to er'abte b'n' to come to a de<iou. Looking nD tbt boo, be waitred to Trefoteat, anct starcfed hia mo!her-tn- itw by his ntern, impiaotbie face Whatever tathe rnattet. At) bar?" she aetted. Yonr dBngbt;r hea cone teft her hnaband toStMi h(tt)p)ne"a with a v)))ian. 8hc htt etopttd with that Mconndre' who ca!)ed h)mne!f Utew eliyo I aha't be glv.(i '< v'on will go over tp- tnorrjw. and tak' all\lV the gams, fo: the? are yoara. I that) go ieto iodgingtt in ? rantvpfidd." 8-h But yoo are, aarft tthe Bxe ton a trAy from you f- Son do yoa know emkol M<t) Lloyd. A ne'gbhr'nr who might haee :o!d tBt- before 00tf!'ay'!tt!at'b& fellow hae been totbebonsa often, fnd thta waa fonnd near the hoist-— dropped ont of b'a pocket no cio'tbt," aodhe banded the envelope to Mts Doyd. That ttoea not prove th&t Gwen has gone with him," eaict Mm L!oyd. She leit mt; tbie There ia no miRt&ke., ae yon will see." And when the mothet had rend the co!d, Otoei note Gwen had 'eft for her bn'<btt"d, ahe no tongft doobted tba< ber chitd had dmhoTtonted ber Bame. and rti!'lac"d tti eOllllect..d with her. "(Jontdn't yoo wftit for a tow dava?" ahe timtdtt '<a<<g*:atad, loth to throw <t<vay the !eMt chance of her daoghtet retnroing booM. What do yon meor ? Do yjo think it powible for me to st'nt my eye< to anoh a thing ? It is aaeiee' talking on the aobtect. I ahat) qnit the hoaae t )-morrow. 80 pieaee arrange for taking the goods & Way L Very wet!. Mr Beynon. There waa that in her tone tmtt indicated her disproval of the deeiaio" be had announced, and Artbnr Beynon ttft hismotaar-tnitwabraptly. Does abe think I cootd go tfter her danghter, wet the police on her track, and when she waa. foond, go jown on my k'teea and beg hei to come home ? It locka tike it, bat I am not made of that aort of atnff. Gwen has made her bed, tnd there abe may lie. foT me. Not if I bear 'he h) atarving will I atretch oat ao macb aa a Snger to save her. She hao ahown hersetf atterty heatt- !Ma, teCkieaa of the opinion of all who ha,ve toown her, and lost to ttb«.me." The newa of Gwen'a elopement with a gentte* man aoon got bitnted aboat amoog the mntnai frienda of the deterted hosbttod and hia errinjc wife, and moat of tboee wSo knew them con- demned nnaparingiy the beartlest; deaertioo of which Gwen bad beat) gaHty Htd Arthar been atit! a miner doabtteaa t)ia companions woaid htv'- made him the batt of theit rode jeats, but M< atern conntenance warned them that any t)tt!oaion to the trouble that bed overtaken him woaid be reaented. He went to the other end of Poatypridd to )ive, aadredocbicdhiaatadiea, ttriving to forget the montha of hi« married life —bnt in vain. The viaion of Gwen in the corn. tumy of the man whom he atil! betieved to have been gaNty of the robbery and consequent morder of Farmer Lloyd, probabiy mieerab<eand fati of regret for the atep she had taken, woaid obtrnde iteeJf opon him. And the gniity wife—what of her? What tHtd the gained by the exchange ebe had made ? In a dingy room of a Hrietoi afreet, on the tteond aoor of a barrack-iike honao in a netgbbonrhpod regarded by the police with Mmpicion. Gwen eat one afternoon with etd, Booetese face, aakine' herself thia qoeation, ttcd acalding teara rolled nncheoked down her cheeka aa ahe thoaght of aH ahe had deliberately titrowo awty when 9&e teft her ho<Be and hef iHM<Mtn<t The glowng promiaea made by Lewia Mewe!lyn—a new home that ehoatd be a perfect p<t!aee of deHghts, aervante to wait upon ber, Mtd anticipate her every want; and unlimited oemmand of money and an that it woatd bny ptenty of pcbiic amaaementa, with no reatric- ttona whatever on her movemente—auen were th< tUnrimg promiaee made to the e<tmty-led Grwen. When he nabered her into her preaent miaeraNe abode, he was carefaf to aasnre her that they won!d on!y be there at the fnrtheat for a coaple of dava—that the arrangementa for thwir receptton at their new honae were not yet complete, but that the nphotaterertt were hard tt work getting everything nnianed. Gwen waa a little dabiooa, and for a moment or so &bought of returnina home. Batahecon!d aot reaeh home before Arthnt, and the teii-taJe fareweH tetter ahe had taftonthetabtewooid Nave told him that ahe had gone. Llewellyn eaw that his excnaea had not eaaght on. and he repeated, with reiterated atacraneet, hie oromMe that thtr woaM be tbttt bnt tbrwe days at the ntmoat. And when, after a anmptnoaa tett, he took her to the theatre, where they occupied aeata in the dMaw circte, Gwen'e frivolona nature was more aatiened, aei ehe felt eomewhat reooneiJed to the diaappointment experienced in the matter I of the toome they occupied. A week elaÐ8ed, but Le1rt. IWd ebmwe of MaideM*. Gwen did not care to int!te<tnewth<Mbjeet,for in the meantime abe ttd eonM to the Mnetosion that HeweUyn waa not a man who wea!d brook nmch aonoy<mee in 8Dy ahapw. '1 I don't think it w!H be wixe for yon to go ottt <o maeh aa yon do, Gwen. A friend from PMtypridd whom I met last night aaya that Beynon it trying to find yon. and that he hM a revolver, aweanng to ahoot both of 09." I UtweHyn had rightly ganged Gwwn'a n&tnre. Sh< WM intenaety nervona—had a morbid terror of dMttn in tny ahape and the proapwet of mft- tng her outraged hnaband, re?otver in band, W)*a ao terrible that, aa Llewellyn had aapposed, i ahe did not yentore out of the hoaae daring the day. On* <tften'oon eh< h<td faUen Mieep over <t aovel ient her by the !and)ady. when one waa roaaed by a knock at the door. C<MM !n," aaid Gwen, forgetting for the moment that ahe had locked the door before com- peting hetMif for her after-dinner nap. Opening the door ahe fojad a young woman ttanditu; on the tbreahoJd. a woman who had ttidentty one* been beantifa'. but whoae face boy*. tokena of want and mi*ery acch M tooehed Gwen a heM! V?bat cao I do for yoa. my good woman ?" aa?d Gwen. "Yoa are Mra HeweHyn ?" a?hed the atranger. Yea." replied Gwen. without heaitation. Witi you a))ow meto rest a few nunntea ? I oaed to ihe bare, and wf known M Mra Gweaetarted bac elupiDK hex hand* iman treaty. Sorely you do not mean that"?** It is trae," aaid the woman, wearft He tbmat me oat when grief for the ehiic! he mardered robbed me of my beaaty, and if he otnfbt me here. woojd find a way to atop me eomicg again. You doa't know him yet Heaven grant yoa may never know him aa I have." And you lived hem. wtth htm ?** Yea aak Mra Biohiord ahe knowe me weti anongh. If I had not had my veil down when abe opened tha etreet door ebe wooid not h<ve tet me m. What ia your objwct m comiTis to me ?** Why, Men't yon glad that tomebody ehoaid tell yoa that Meweilyn ix a vamabond ?" No, 1 am not I nnif;ht have been contented for 'ome time to come bad yoa kept away." A atep an the etaira oaaeed both wonteo to tiaten intentty. "TbatiaLtiewoitya; if be finds mehetehe W'H kill me. Foi God's eake, hide me." Bat it wa< too tate, fo!' before the woman centd leave the room for Gwen'a bedroom. DeweHyn opened the door. Restoppedebort on seeing the atrancer; who had haattly drawn down her Toil bat, reeot;n!aictf her, he aaid You hare no batincas here—were toM what wold be the coaaeqoeoce if yoa entered thia hooee aKaio. Go." I anppoae that woman hae been Collin;? yon I ? !oog atory, Gwen ?" said Llewellyn. when he I again eutered the room after watching the Vteitor downatairs. 11 lghe told me that ahe lived here wtth you, hi the same way aa I am now ttoinR." I Nothing more 7" Waen't that encash ?hn" it a proof that thia is yonr regular home, and that yoar tale of a vHIa in the anbatb? is all moonshine?" Lawis HeweJtyn did not Kpty. Se waa weigh- ,t ing the proe and cona. of the oaae whether it was expedient that he ahootd at once throw off the maak, or wait a whHe. and for certain potent reaaona he Jecided to wait Yon wilt be aotry yoa ever doabted me. Gwen, in leaa than a week from now. Jaat be patient a iittte tender. And If Beynon doea ,what be ia threatening, and aeta the detective a on oar traoka, so aa to aetve oa with the anm- mooaes for a divorce, 111 ma<ty yoa *e eooa aa the law will permit." i_ ?Iw&t onee?th?ttMKepoMtiMtMyoQMe, ,.?.?.t. ?. cont'nna!!th- ?o°?B?? ?, i Bnt somehow or other soch ito offer had toat the ch-rm i' woatd h'iVf pOI!8!d a fev: davIS before, and Gwen di1 not wa" Llewellyn tba' be pat on bia hat and went out aea'o. i Marry me. wontd ho ? 8hon!d t be content. at the wife of this mtn, tied to hm for tife? No but why ? Ah, I cannot tet) bnt & strange f'eiioR lake3 poo ieasion of me every time he is neer me. Is it in-Hnct ? The intuitive know- ledge that on is reatty a "ehemrap ,e'tundrel ? PofstMv. I mut keep fnv eye« 1nct exra open.' But for more than a wetk nothing oecurrrlt to tonse bet oaapiciona. and M Dewetlyx showed no fnrthet silwe of tesentment she was beginl,iDR to th'nk that her (eau njight prove iitneory, when a paragraph in a,n evening newapttper that L!ewei)yu btoaeht home filled her with terror. The body of a woman who"e face bad been disfigured to prevent iclentirication was found this tBOfn'ne' in the dock. It is betteved that & font murder has been committed, a.nd the body afterwa.rd9 thrown into the cana. In the hope that it may !ead to the indentiac?tion Mid then to the arrett and convietioei of the mnrdeTeta, we append a dfecription of the woman and her otothinR Af?e arpareotiy about 26 or 28: height, eboat 5ft 2in ;eomn)eoon f&ir hair, teddiah brown eyee. b)ae was otttd in a d&rk brown atatf dtess, btoch ]&chet, maroon striped skirt, two flannel petticoa.ta, and laced boota. the latter very mach Norn. A gold weddinf; DnK and brttas 'keeper were on the left band. Any information that may lead to her ident'fca- tion wiM be thankfciiy received at the detective ofB"e." As Gwen read the description of the woman the convtctioo that the mmttefed ttonta.n waa no other than her tate viaitof fo<f:ad itaetf npoo her. and the pxper dropped from her nngera. Is !t po?aibfe th&t Lewo haa had a hand !n thia terrible ctime ? Let me see wha.t were the worde he used—that she bad been told what woaid be the conseqnene6a if ahe entered this hoate again. Soreiy, for anch a trifling fantt, he wontd not go the )enRtb of havint: her put ont of the way. I xhail fo mad." Gwen PhitHps WM not by any means & courageous woman, in fact, she was exceenvely nervonj. and aa her mother had often totd her, too prone to be frightened at her shadow. Llewellyn preaentJy came home, bat did not ait down. 1 am Roinc to the bocae of a friend, to a BMJ party, and it may be late when I come home, <o I will taka the key with me. It ia ntne o'ctook now yon are not fikefy to ba.e any viaitora to- Djht," and tam in" rocnd be was about to leave the room when he noticed the paper on the floor. FjckioR it np. he noticed the paragraph which had ao affrighted Gwen. So yon ba.ve aeen the report of theeowpeeted mnrder of an unknown "OID&n did yoo reco- niM the dreM ?'* Bnt tne horror of SodicR her simpicMBa vertSed was too mach for Gwen't renoitive natnre, and ehe dropped on to the conch in a awoon. I ahaN not huve much tronbto with her, I'm thinking," he muttered, aa he daahed a g)aea of water into her face. pardy reviving her. When she opened her eyea, he waa cone. Her6rat!mpata<waetofty—itdid nottntttter where. tnaBy town or vtHage io wh!eh the tinpiate indnatry was carried on she coa)d obtain employment, Bat woatd f)he be seoare from Lewie Ij!eweIIyB't vengeance if ehe left him ? Wonid he not anapect that ahe meant to Riveaach information to the potioo as ahe was poeaeMed of reapeetinf! the ncknown murdered woman ? And once he hetd acoh a anapicioa, wonid her own Mfe be safe ? The more Gwen pondered her situation the more abe feit convinced that to Jeave HeweHyn wootd be danKerona to bet iife. How bitterly ehe repeated having yietded to hiaenticementa may be imagined. If abe had bad to put np wi th petty annoyancea and deprivations as Arthur Beynoa'a wife, how mash more horrible was her exiatence now, in the power of a raman. whooe haodaome face covered &be bhtekett of hearta. Gwen did act drinh: her mother waa an absttt?ner, and haj taogbt her daa?hter to rw(;ard intoxteanM ae <M moon poiwoh. Bet now; in th< hoM' that it would indaet e!eep, and ehe thighs thnaforabrief apace forfet net trooMea.she bad recoarae to a bottle of whioky teat Mew- e!!yn had bronght a few days before, and wMeh he nad apparently forgotten, for it bad not been opened. The apirit made her head ache, ana banMM'i ateep. ao tba: hour after hoar ebe tay tossfug from s<do to ffide tviah!n<f for day, Tne ctook of the cathedrat chnroh aad atmek '0 when Gwen beard the front door opened, and the voices of two atran<:eM on the ataira attracted her attention. She coo!d near ttorapa of the con- versation carried on in the sitting-room, which sne knew was in darkness, there beinz; a venti. tatot between the rooma near the ceiiinR. Snd- denty the R&a was lit. and thronRh a crevice in the dilapidated partition she was horrified to see a iarf;e quantity of «!vo!' ptate, watobea. and other va,)aabtea on the taMe. The troth in all its terrifying inRaence barst opon her. LewiB HeweHyn was a bargi&r. CHAPTER VI. Mystiflcation. < Thete was tremeudona acttatton in tne South Watea cox) district. Theemp!overH had Riven notice of a 10 per cent. reduction in the wages of *« c!<tMea of men employed in or about the pita, nnd the men. believing the averments of their ieadera that the atftte of theeoa! andahied trxtdea did not jastiiv any redaction, were preparing for a prolonged atrike ? AttnkatartbenMdd:eof)t a<yera winter waa t a terrible thing to contemplate for the mothere cf the men. It meant nn exiatence of aemi- atarvatioa —another experience of the co!d and hanger only too wett-known and remembered by t thot.' who aaffer moat by Bach atrnggte*. And 1f protonced beyond a iew weoka. it too surety meant the Joaa of weak!v children. who are the 6rat to feel the pinch of shortness of food. And thne, whi!at the men listened to their ee!f etected !eadera, and heartily cheered the proposal to resist to the otmoat extremity what was termed the anjust demand of the maste18, the women were secretly bowaiHcg the coming oriaia, and ita attendant evils. John Lioyd. Gwen'aatepfather, defeated the woKi strike." His experience of pteviona batt!ea between iiaatera and mea had beeo cateatated to harden his heart. Trnat yoa ?" he had been wont to fay to the starving wivea of men on atrike why ahop!d I troat yoa ? Why don't year haabanda go to work. The mastera are toeing thoaaanda of poonda every week through keepine the pita idle; woald they be content to do that if they contd work the pit at a proSt, however amalt at the rate of wages the men were receiving before the atrike? Even if they ooa!dmaket:othenda meet, wootd they not rather go on, trusting to a revival of trade, than aee their trade aiipping ont of their haoda ? No I can't troat." The noticea expired, and vain were e.H the Mgnmenta pat forward by the emptoyera. The coantry mast haveeoai," aaid the men's de!egatea If yon «top. there wit) be a scarcity of coat in tewe than a month. Phoea witt go op like a ahot, and the maatere will be onty too glad to open the pita again at theotd rate. Be firm, and auoceea )a certain." Arthar Beynon wae not made of the ataff that pfodnoea agitatora. He refnaed to argne the qneatton with the men's tepreaentativea, bat at the aame time he woatd not take the aide of the employers. As one who had rinen by a teap from the ranka of the men. the emo!oyera' aaaociation thoa?ht he woatd be ?Ne to exercise mnoh inaaenoe among hia old comra4es, and their cbaf:f'a waa great when he qaietiy declined to attend ajty of the miners' meetings. Even a strong hin)Tthat his refusal mif:ht be :conatraed into antagonism to the beat interesta of his employsta,was ineSeetaat. Ton can do as yon tike, aii, he aeid to the chief manager. I never asked yon for my poat as overman it was offered to me. I am ready to co back to coai etlin, if occasion reqairee, but 1 witi not take any active part on the aide of theemptoyera, and against the men." I might have expected aa maoh." mottered the manager, after Boynon had ieft the omee. A man who would take hia life in his hand, aa he did, tryict: to save the tivea of men whom he did not know, with whom he had never worked, ia made of good etaS. wiah I poaseaaed his coarane, morat as well as pbyMca! The men's nnion were not prepared for a pro- longod struggle. They had not expected any notice of redaction at anoh a period of the year, and fands were !ower than aaoal. And notwith- standing the iettera nent to the papers by the mea'a aRenta the pabJjc Jooked aairaBce at the Rtrike. The pricea of coat began to po ap before the struggle commenced, and wer! again raiaed when it became known that the men won)d not accept the mMtar')' terma. The exceptiona]!y co!d weather made coat an abaotnte neceaaity, and ita tarKety inctCMed price toaehed the paMic in the tendefoat point—the pocket. Theweekaro!!edon——atowivfot the aao'er- !nK coltiera and their famitiea, the pinched face* of the women and chitdren bearinc atronc evi- cionse of the privationt they Wfre undergoing. John Lloyd had modined hit determination to give no credit; aa ho often aaid to his wife. be coatd not at<ep if he knew that anyone in Treforeat went to bed really haanry. Arthot Beynon did cot care to go often to Treforeat he was reminded too much of Gwen. Bn!: one afternoon he aaantered atonf; in that dtrection, and waa atartied to see a amati prtnted bitt on a t{atepost. aonoancinf; that a meeting of minera woatd be held that evening in the Tre- foreat Mboolroom, and that amoneat other speakers woatd be Mr Edwarda and Mi Lewia Hewe!)yo. That doabte-dyed Jill.in oominf here tt&rain? DoMhedarethowbimeeti in the vi!<<t(re? tt cannot be known that it waa he who atote my wife away. Bat !t shall be known. Yea, I')t be at the meetcs, and Mr Lewia LJew<yn abaU have a minera* wetoome. If he escapee with hia eara )t wit! not be my faatt. Car'e him, with hi<< amooth tons:ae and finnicky ways. by contdn't he be content to let me a)one. Unknown to Beynoo, Mr Edwarda had a week pteviooetv banded to the treaenrer of the roliftf committue a cheqae fot ;UO. a donation from his fttend, Mr Lewis Llewellyn, and th)a generosity ptved the way for a crowded meeting and a cordial wetcome to the fitrangs gentletn*tn who had ahown so mach avrnpathy with the saSfring mi "era. The room waa nesrty fntt when Arthar Beynon enteredt, and he waa at once seiz? npc'n and reqnM ed to Çln on to the platform. 1 have no objection, fenkin! petbapa I may have something to aay before the meeting is over. Pile cJock was 00 the stroke of wbeu the rwoKenttemen M, Edwltrdll anj hitt friend enleled -tid to Be<'noh'a intenee tntpTiea they were both received wiitb trt-mfndona ehefung. That'f the Kent a,- ent JEZO to the faiief fund-the hj8pered oneal she agent aitting noxt to Beynon. "That'aqaeer. (hought Beynoa. Saoh mea vi." -4-r. not ttMaity fond of Riiinit mot'ev awxy in cbar'tv." Up wtts seated in saob a position that he contd watch the Mtrttage Rentfeman withont being noticed, and white tbf chairman waaoppninn the nf]e8ting, Heynon was oto e)v eyeing Mr Lewia i,itwellyu, He did not tiatea to the chatrnrxto, bat ptfttted when he eFLnght th, wordK I httve now mrcb pieaanr 9 <n caUinK npou Mr Lewis Liewe!tyn to nddre"9 the meetin)!. Mr Lewe)!yn itq a)moat a complete atran)!er to thia steighbr,orboxid bat aa an old pereona! friend of Mr Edwarda he ha" been Here oaee or twice before and baa ahown in a practical way bin ftiendfy feettuR towarda us Mr LieweUyn roee.. bnt before be contd bef:'o h)a ttd<<feas, Arthnf Beynon, with aaBhing eyt< and comidressed Hpa, also etood np. Mt Chturman, will yon atiow me to speak ? t will not keeb the .EMting toQf;. There will be ptentv of time for that penttemaD to addreae you, if the meeting will !ieten to him after I have had my say." Cannot yoa wait anti! Mr Ltewet!vn baa done ?" aaked the ehairman, with a ahow of trritation. No, I shatt not watt. and if yon refoae to give me a qaiet hearing I sb.JJ 6nd a wa.y to atop yosr K-eetinR.' Let Mr Beyoon apeak," waa ehoated oa all atdea. Very well, Mr Beynoo, go on, bat eat it ehort," said the chairman. The tfath la tM fta t6f<ify!n(f tcdoeaee bnMt upon her. Thank yon, Menda. I thinh I am fairly weti-hnown to yon aU, and I betiove yon wi!I Rive me credit for dointr M Htt!e haMn to anyone aa I can help. Bat there is & man in thia room- if he davenes,to be called a man—who baa done me the ereateat wrong one man can do another. He foand aoeana to make the acquaintance of the woman who wae my wife during my absence at wort !0 the pit. and he managed to entice bet from home. What do yoa think of eneh a acoondret ?" Who ie he ? GHve na Me CMM," <tM ahettea io freat exoftemeat Ifon eha!! hate his name—it !< Mr Lww!a LIewetiyn, and he eits there." The ceottetnan oterribl1 deB<Mttced MMe to tna feet and boMy 1".ed tbeettttea minera. amid oriea of Tnta him oat," Throw him off the platform," nearty the whote andtenoe ehow- itig that they betieved AKhor IÍOft'(8 etraBpa atory. Yoa had better Mtite. sir, they will atorm the platforao. and then I coutd not anewer for the coaaearteocea," whispered the chairman. Mr Llewellyn hetntated, bat hia friend Edwards aimoat forced him oat by the door at that end of the room. Are you qotte tare, Mr Bavnon. that thie Mr DteweHyn i< the ooao who took yoar wife 7" There ia no mietahe. The tilhtin met the frirl before we were married, and as one of her companiona can teti you—that ia your daughter, Jonea—the Rentiemen took the'r iikenesaee by CaerphtUy Caatle. and aome time afterwards ha aent tha ti&Me<sea to Ctwen at her mother a honae. That was the bef'nninR what the end will be i don't know. Bnt after we were married the aeoaadre! continued to come after the f:iri he had evidently meameriaed by hia nne toncue, and a neighbour of onrs doiczibel him to me as ha\jDR often been at the house during my abaence at work. Mrs Lioyd, Gwen's mother, wilt teH "ou that the photocrapba came to G)?en by poat:; ask the precioua gentleman it be aent them. He dare not deny it. And now he haa the impudence to come here a.nd 0090 M the friend of the miner after eloping with the miner's wife." Loud ahouta of execration foUowed Beynon'a amoitefi hR' '¡(lW, and allu!<e number of tht< minera ptesem. all of whom jceapected Beynon, ettnty (teciMed their ttttenHen of matao<: it hot for Mr .ùJewe!1yn if they conid cat ho!d of h!m. "No,no. Let him go. No rioting. That mibt lead to bloodshed anj You wontd rue it wh<?Q too ia.te." thouted Beynon. Bat some of the more excited mtnera were already oo their way to Mr Edwards', and )eara- in that, Beynon haatHv fo!!owod them, arriv- iD juet ia time to prevent n vo!iey cf stones belD 6.nn Rt the front windows. Stop. Stop." roared Beynou. H Mt j Edwarda ia quite innocent of any wronj? dolnK- Let him be convinced nrat of all that hia friend I is what I have declared h<m to be—a jJ}a.in, whom no ood Man obt to harbour ia bia hoaae then. take my word for it, Mr Edwards wii!dowhatiar)a'ht." Thank yoa. Mr Beynon you only do me justice. And now for your ao-caHed proofa that Mr Howettyn haa baen guitty of what you accuse him." Mt Edwards etood fearteaaty at an open wm- dow. but the room was in darkness Ask hi'n if he did not send a. pair of photo- graphs to my wife ?'* said Beynon. "tie atates that Gwen Phi! tips waa oot married to yon when he aent tthe photos, and deo!ares on hia bocoar that he haa aince then had no aort of commnaieation with her, neither by letter nor bv word oi mouth. That he ia prepared to awear ontheBibte." Then tetl n!m he tiea," aaid Beynon. An emveiopa with hia name on waa found near my bouse the very day my wife left home. Here it ia—' Lewis L!ewe!Jyo, Esq Cardiff Arma, Cardiff. Mr HeweHyn says he never atayed at that botet in his life. Why should he do ao when he ia always welcome bora ? And now !at me te!t yon all that I know of Mr Dewettyn. He ia a weatthy man, whoae life and meana are spent in betpine: MafeHoworeatares. Toenab!ehimtodothis mere e&ectua!ty, be ie about to become a o)ergy- man, and volontiaritv to act aa a missionary in the worat atuma of Briatot witboue payment of any kind. In anch works of charity and bene- olence he intends to tpend hia iife, ao iong aa hia heatth rema'aa eqaa! to it. Let me pat it to yon aa aenaibte men—do yoa think for a mo- ment that a gentiMnan with the aima I have de- scribed could po"sibty be gnHty of a daatardJy ciime anch aa year friend Beyooa baa charged him with No one anawered, the minera waiting to hear what had to aay. He hesitated, bnt hia better nature asserted itself at taat. There is f' terriMe miatake aomewhere, Mr Edwarda, which it ia imposaibte for me to explain. Perhaps Mr L!ewei!yn can do ao." No, he cannot: he hopea yon wi!! accept hia aoJemn declaration that he ia not polity of any of the aetiona charRea yon have brought &aiDl!lt him. He baa not aeenMra Beynon ainee her marriage. I cannot aay I am aatianod, becanae there ia a mystery aotnewhere. Bnt there ia no longer any reaaon why we ehoo)d remain here. And if Mr Deweityn ia inclined to take any part in the meetings of the men I shaH not interfere. Coma atong, men" And the mioera. stiH aaapioioaa an pazzted, retnrned to the meeting. Bot in the fear that aome amon<: the minera might atit! believe him i1t." and not wishing to incteaae tha excitement in TroforeBt when the atorv oi Gwen Beynon'a etopement was pnbtiahed in the viilage, Mr Ltewailyn teft on the foi!ow- ing mornJDg, Mr Edwards to trace the runaway wife If tIJat were possible, ard to fat bia ftiena know the truth aa to the man with whom ahe had etoped. Fonr daya "fterwarda a meeting of minera' de)e):atea held in CMdiS, to which a miner who kMw&wen Beynon was aent from Treforeat. When he returned home he declared positively that on the previous evening he bad "een Gwen with Mr LIowet'yn at the theatre. Tbiaatory reached' the cara of Mr Edwards, who aonf;ht the detonate, and was aeaorer) that hia statement waa qaite trne. The man waa positive as to the identity of Mr HewoHyn, and. aafor&wen, why. he had known her aince ahe waa a ch;)d. Then Mr Rdwatda began to have doubta as to bia friend'a sincertty. The story reached Beyncn and diapersed the donbts that bad arixen )n bia mind when !)aten- iot: to the dectaratioo of Mr Edwards. If I come across this pteoona ,;entle.4an rll apoit his bandsome face," aaid Arthur Beynon tohimaetf. (To be Continned.)
........--MOTOR'Ne AT ABERGWtL!.
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MOTOR'Ne AT ABERGWtL!. Magistrate Fmed. At the Conatv Petty' SeMions on S\\tnrdav Mr J V Cojby, of Ffynoae, J.P. f&r Pembrokeahiro. Was caatged by P.O. William Jamea, atationsd a). AberKwHi. with driving a motor par t'r' the 2n:1lDt. t t dang tons apeed tbrouKh tb'' vllh,që. Mr Jamof John, ao!ic;tor, Carmtarthen, "PPeatad for defendant, who pieaded net ea'"y PC. Jamea said ho eai'hfany timed the ''t<te tt which the motor wa- bein d"ven, and he <'a!c«iated th"t for a distance of 630 varda, wb' n the ear went out of a'g:ht, thtj tate wftd ovar 32 tni)ea an hont. No warning of its approach waR gtven. A ma' on horncback, who had t') set oot of tae way. compinined to \vitnef9. He t)so received, from tome of the v'itaKera Wij)iam Mttea, the- Cottage, Abergwil!, 9aid be Baw the motor go by at abont 25 to 50 miles' st" 6onr.. The whee!a roan from the g oand it waa goinp; HO taet. Never had he seen a motoró¡ tflt M saeh a p&ce throat Aber-- wi),. and h&Jttad aet'n a )ot of them.. Defendant: ,I he atways used cantion roaas, and Atrtrfwit' road was 'vet on th)s occK- I stdoatipa. Th?car'?asoneof the moat atent in the oMtket AMamto.rbehad been trave<!inc from 25 to 25 mtiea an hoar, ho coatd pat) np on in the oMtket AMamto.rbehad been trave<!inc from 25 to 35 mtiea an hoar, ho coatd pat) np on a. Rood road wi'bin the length of the car His Jid not t'xcMdeisbt mites an oonr On the Rreaay road he contd not have donb mote Ai'hont endaDedn the of the oocapan:a of the car, viz. bimeetf, Mr ajtoa (of Far Forest,Bewd)ey,Wotcestet8h)re),and John Evana, his''ha.aNenr. Fie admined thut when he aaw a. sttn.igbt II.n3good road in front of him. without any pcapto on it, he pat on speed. Between the village and the brijge he have inert ased bis apeed to nearty 20 miles an boat. Mr Moa and the cbaaBenr corroborated. The Bench nned defend:£.I1! coats.
CHECKWEtGHER'8 STORY.
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CHECKWEtGHER'8 STORY. Simpte M:shap Ends Fata!ty. An inquest WM he)d at Aberdaca PoHce Conrt on Satarday touching the death ,f John Wat- kina. 1, Foran'an'a-row, Abernant, who died on Thursday aa the reanit of injuries received in October )a<t. Mr David JtLcaea. ebeckwogber at the B!aennant CoHiery, Mid that on October 12th iaat the deceased, who waa a weigher, waa on the weighing machine with witoeaa. Two joaraeys of trama wete comioR down to the machine on lines which converged to tho machine p!ate, and they btockej one another. Deceased went ont and taking hold of a po!e tried to torn one of the mmaoff in order to enable rhe other to f:et on the machine. In do ing <o the pote slipped, and deceased fe)t nn hia back. He comptained then of injuriel to tbel back, a°d a.ltboogb he tried to work the in day he waa oot abte to do ao. He tried af.tain a few weeka fater, bnt was not ab)e to work. Thia evidence aa far aa the accileat waa concerned waa corroborated by Mr Ebentzer James. Dr. Ma)jjh..n, who bad been ia attend- ance on the deceased, attributed the weakness which o)timate)y restated io death to the acci- dent. A verdict in accordance with the medMat evidence waa returned.
'BUS UPSET AT SWANSEA.
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'BUS UPSET AT SWANSEA. Passengers' Narrow Escape. On Saturday as a Gower 'bus belonging to John Jenkina, of Oxwich. waa proceeding down Baiter-road, Swanaea, w)th nine paeaengers, it wa< run into by a tramcar. The driver of the 'bus waa thrown o<f hi" seat, and control beinp: thua toet of the three hoMea they ran the 'bua into a tree, with the rean!t that the passengers were thrown out on to the pavement. With the exception of Miea Scutts, a echootmiBtresa, of Penmaen, ati the pal!J!!eners eacaned with a slibt shaking. Miaa Soutts, bowevet, suatatned injnriee to the head and ioR. which neceeaitated medical treatment. Fortunately her injuries are not regarded ao serious. The tram driver says the tramcat was oin down the bijj and the 'bus wtM on its proper side with apparently aamoont room to pass. Aa the car was about to do ao the 'bus driver )tud- denty tried tc cross to the other aide. He at once applied hia brake, but the ear ahMded and did not stop tilt the 00))1810n Mr Jenkina explains that hia action !n crossing: the road waa becanae there WM not sumcient apace on his proper aide became of the treea for the 'bua to get far eoouK° "of the track for the car to pace.
--'"-UFEBOATMENON STRM. 1---"
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UFEBOATMENON STRM. 1- OwiD to a ditpote about the rate o< payment the whole of the tifecoatmen at C!aetoa retMed to respond to a rocket ai):nat to tarn out on Hatorday. Fortunatety they were not wanted for a veaae! in diatreae, but,aimp!y to Mmeve a boat to another atation. The men appareat!y were aware of thia, an'i the opportunity of mak- in.: a practical ptoteat at a non-eriticat moment.
NEW CONGREeATtONAL CHURCH…
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NEW CONGREeATtONAL CHURCH AT MOUNTAtN ASH. On Batnrday evening and Stiaday the opeainK Mrvicea of the nef CooreRatlOna] Church, Mountain Aah. took pJr.cé. The obareh, which ia an offshoot of the Bethtnia ChMob, wM incorporated on Thursday e'uilin, the Rev. Owen Jonea, tue paator of the mother church, presiding over the means'. at which some 116 members who had received letfere of transfer Tom Bethania .werefoHned into a ConRreBationa' Churoh. Tba Revs. J. W. Price, TroedvrBiw. preaident of the quar- ter!y meetjn. D. M. Davtes, CwrnoRch, J. B. Davies, AbercWmboy, B:. A Daviea, Cwmaman. and Isaac Bevan, MiIJkJD, 0.1..0 took paj-t. At the openine servicea ttna Bus. Owen Jooea, Monn- taio Ath. Profeaaor'J R?a?. M.A., Brecon, and Ben E va.aa. Barry, pre&cbed. The church ia an exoeptional'y nee atruoture. bniit at a tota) coat of.E3.000 by Messrs Joaea Bros., Barry. MrT. W. Mitter, Mountaio Aab. beinK the areMteot. It wi!! seat abont 700. A very pretty atained "Jass window divides the chapel from the !obby, and there ia a nne organ bai!t on the right of the pnlpit on the cattery by Meesrs Martia and Coate, of Oxford.
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.u_ Tha man who points oat your fao!ta ma be a true friend, bat yoa feet like kicking htm. juattheeaMt l'
IAT EtN GOHEBWYR.
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I AT EtN GOHEBWYR. I Dymaair i'n pohebwyr Crmreitr yfejrio en <;o- habinethan, Ilyfran I'w badoiygu, Lte., fal y cfLa)yu:—"Ifaao, CH Hodd, Bertbwin11ire. ¡ CtK)i!f,"
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AT Y BEIRDD. Daoadd genaym dderbyn penmUioa ae ongiyn. ion coS)t &Qi y diweddtH Ddafydd Mor?ttawg, a chyboeddwnhiyyct e'ydag hTfrydwch. Few6i lotta B&eh ein bod wedi gadael allan rai o'; dnbMO&a ef. Nid oodd y rheiny gystal &'r gweddi)!; M fe penfy3d yda. naw etn bod wed< newd ttaben i tt)r a !!tno!i er mwyn yatwytbdM eorfan a abywirdeb isith, C&at vmdd&t)gos y tro nessf,-Diolch i Dreforfa.b ema ei engiyaion cetfrdd ef.—Enp:<ynton cryfion ea hwenydd. iMth t.'n cyasbMedd y? t?i C.T. M Y Dwy- feiawyat." C&oed fei!y etto, tt eht?S grMtO i'r Gotofa bryd y mynno. Gotofa bryd y mynno.
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VA!F?? fMS?fMV 4n&MTHs.!?gMh)!t FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. The White Butterfly. BY CARL MEYAUL. Little Willie Jorrard waa a cripple, his legs were ao use to him, but his slender angers were qaiok and c!ever, so that !onR a be had teamed to make paper baiza in order to earn few ponce to he!p hia widowed mother, who had to aow. not only aii day, bat often far into the n)pht, and then the work was so badly paid that their food was scanty and coarse. Their one room WM in a poor street in a poor part of London. This room had one advantage it faced the aoath, so that when there was any morning sun it shone in at I the window. Pteaanre came into Willie's life oecaaionaJ!y. He had a little <ri friend, Potfie Hardtng. who helped her mother, an indnattiona woman who 11 did a bit of washing." by fetching and retnrn- inp: tho linen in a fanny little carriage, hieb was juet an old orange-box set on foar fanny little wheeta. with alon wooden haod!e )n front. On rare ocoaaiona PoiHe woa)d pack Wiliie in th)a queer conveyance, and drag him away to some part of London where there waa pieoty to be aeen. One sloriona morninR ahe took him to the Regent's Park, where she knew one of the lode. keepers, a k'nd man, who put the fnony carriage in his !odf;e.acd than oarr!ed Willie in h!aatronR arma and deposited him on a &eat beneath a abady tree. from whence he coctd watch the paaaors-by. It was one of tnoae rare days when oven Lon- don air was freah and cJear, ita sky b!ne, ita treoa areen, noacorched by aan, nnsnUied by daat. Beaotifat flowers bioomed in the bath and ahed aweat frapranco on the air. WHlie, looking at the aDd peop!e stroning about, thooKht they moat be kinp;a and qceena, or prinoea and princeaaea at least, and when an exceUent band bean to ptay be listened in breathfesa 'ioMpht, greatly wonderioa* that aoma of the people seemed to take no notice, but kept 'on chattering. 1 expect heaven is like this, Po!!ie," he saij, with a long breath of delight when the tast nota died away: and don't yon think she." pb!ntinK to a VOlln iady c!othed in white. ie one of the angels ?" Po))if, more worldly wise. ahook her head. 8he'a a beautiful tady. but she ain't no angel, because her dreaa !a white washing silk, trimta'd with )ace—real iace I 'apect—and anRftia don't wenrsitk, and theyhaa winga, eranze wiDca, fastened on at tba shontders." Poiile bad been a fairy at one of the theatres iaat Cibriatmaa.ao considered herseif an authority n wi!]s. Now)t so chanced the young !ady overheard tbis remark, and after a smiling obaervation to her companion she came and sat beside tba chil- dren, and beinp aa good as she waa boantifat it waa not )onp; before her kind manner had won their c(nSdence and she knew all about WiXie'a iameneaa, their mothera' work, and where they )ived. When Vv illie reached home he did nothing bat tftik Mbout bia Lady Bcantifn)," as be ctUed her then '<nd fdwaya, not tha.t he ever expected to see her again, bnt he tiked to piotnre her !ovf-)y fftco and imagine the aonnd of her sweet voice aa he worked. Great was hia joy when, before tonf?, ahe ap- l-eared it their towty room and gBntty explained that she waa so intereated in Willie that she catlod with t bfaket contaioag a few Howera and -a lilt-IE' f!1llt. Jnataaabe badpntthoehifdren at sase, in tike tnanaershe indajed Nlis Jenard to coutinne her work, while with her own bands ahe fetched water and arrai3ged the cowera in &n old jo. Hei face Hghted when aaked if they might abtue <vbx,t she htd broaftht with PoUie. Dt.sr chitd. I am so f;M you thiok ofyonr friend," waa her reply. When ahe left it waa with the promise to come tRain. Bnt when ahe did «o Vvillia was in terrtbte t;r)ef Po)he was dead. Roay-ohbeked, strong Pottie, who never Memed titad, was dead. and they hH.d taken her etway in an ugly bos. to pot her in that cold dark groond,andjt!e Moaid never ape her a(!ain.. Tue IJ",dy Beantifol aoaRht to comfort him by telling him that atoty of the Resurrection. H« heard hfr to the end. Thsu." or'ed ho pass on- ataty, y3n bel'eve it, Lady Beaatifut. bat it icn'ttfaa. Ibeardamaneayao.aaj he sbowe:1 me boneH daK ont of tbo chnrcbyard. and God can't make an angei "nt of dead booea, and He ia very cruel to ta.ke my Pottio." It [hade Lady Beautifal sud to hear Wi!!<e aay th)a, b']t ahe wiaeiy kept aitenee jnat then, and with a kiss left h!aa. Bnt 'hat oteht Lady Be&attfa! nrayed for Wil]ie,and next time she came to aee him ahe brought what seemed to him a pecoUar preaent, thoIJih I daresay yon will know what it waa. If waa jo9t a hatf-aheet of wi'ite paper, on which was what appeared to be aome tiny apecka. Th'n paoer ahe ptaced in a ehaitow cardboard bcx. ?nd with it aome matberry ieavea. She then to)?Wi))ie to put the box in the annoy window and watch, a!ao each day to remove the atalo matberryieafea and put fresh ooMontofthe tin which she save him. In a few days," ehe eaid. I will hrint! more Jeavaa. for we have a motbeny tree in oar otd garden." So 'a cntioaity Willie watched, and to n!a anrpriae he foand one morninR that the tiny apecka bad become tiny caterpiHara whtsh bit tittle ho)«a in the matberry lelltes, )md aa they fed they s:rew day by day to WiFie'a joy, thoof!h Mra JorrMd eecretty thor-ght them very n):Jy, creeping, crawlio tbinga. Ltdy BextQtifn) bad Riven him a p)ece of 6ne Raazo to pat over the top of the box, bocanse if a wasp came in it woa!d sting them to death. At !"Bt, when tha eatetpiHaM were very fat and grown tofaH aize. Lady Beaotifat carefnily put each ons into a titt!< paper cons, tike yon get a acrew of tobacco ia. Theae ahe pinDed to the wall, Baying the prnbaworo ROiaR to do their work. The day came when wuha, peeping into the conea. aaw that th* ioaeota were betfinnine to cover thamsofvea with a aoft gloarv anbatance. Thin went on nnti! in every cone waa a tiny, egg- ahitped bn! Sne. soft and K!oaay. varying in cotonr from the paleat 8axen to a pare pale gold. Juat the co!onr or year hair, Lady Beanti- fnt aaic) Willie. ae he told of the wpndec. Then Lady Beantlfol, remoiDR be dnat c!oak, atood before him in the pretty white aHkdreaa in which he had first aeen her. Sitting blaide hio! she bade him toneh ita aoft anrface. Thia he did admirin<!iy. Then, taMnc' down one of the cocoons, she told him that every ai)k robe worn by i!i']M, princeaaea, or grand ladies was nrat wpnn by this !'tt!e aUkworm, Uka thoae he bad been feeding daHy. She told him the romantic atory of how ai!kworma were first bronchi into England, which is too Ions to teH here. Then ebe ahowed him how to wind that fine, boaatfol thread off the cocooca into aoft, flossy akeina. Now the pooroitkworm is dead,"aaid Wi!iie, lookinR at the ahrive!)ed, broken thing maide. Bat Lf-dy Beantifal aaked him to keep it care- fahy and atill watch. So he did th!a, bat day by day it abriveUed more and more, growing harder and more dud, aa WiUio said. "Lady Beaatifa! tbinkaitwil! comatonfa a<:ain and apio more a!)k, bnt ahe ia miataken," he eaid to hia mother. So time wen): on, and one day when Laoy PeMtifnt came ahe fonoaW!!ie in great excite- ment. Lady BMOtiM," he aaia, tbe dead browa eitkworm aplit in two. and oat camea!ovetv silkworm aplit in two, and out camea!ovetv white batterily. At 6rat !t aeemed tired and did ootmova tbeo presently it ahook ita winea; then by-and-bye it now cat into the anBehine, and up. to the bine sky. ap. np, and I ehaU not see the toveiy thing no more." Waa it like the cattrp!nar you fea. WH!ie t" Not a bit—ten hundred biHioo times beaat!. fuller." I am goilig to can a oMr!a<:e and take yen home with me to-day." waa a!i Lady Bewnttfat eaid. WHtie haft been to her lovely home before, bat to-day he waa carried into a freah room and placed ia a b!)C armchair before a tatfe nictnre wMohLadyBeaatifn) tc!dhina<o!ook atnntit he knew everythina' in ft. It waa a woaderfn! pjtiJr., paiatedby < great Mtiat Before an open tomb, on which was pta<ed a grinninR akati and crossed bones, knelt a kni<?ht in ttrmonr hia he!met waa removed, eo that hia face could be seen. Hta ahieid waa dinted by many a blow. His face tptd of endurance, but in the pictore it ahone with a wonderful Riory of hope, for hia eyea were Sxad. not on the tomb with it,, awfa! akntt, bat beyond and above to where in mid-air coated a white-rooed, white- winged angel with a face of surpassing beanty, white nnttcrioR }0yfn!ty away from the tomb upwards to the sky was a pure white moth. What doea it mean ?" aa!d Wi!iie in an awed whianer. It means, dear child, that God, Who can change the entatpi!!ar into a bait of mtk, and from that into a dead brown eh:y6s.!ia. atidaain into a beantifnt whita batterny with winRa. can change the dead bonea into the winged acKe!
u-------Decisive Measures.
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u Decisive Measures. Paraon." aaid the caDor, I have been ap- pointed chairman of a. committee of nearly all the citizens to atkyon to pr&yforrain—for heavy rain—next Taeaday." Bat we have jaat had rain. and the crope ara tookinc weit "I know bat we will consider it a great favonr if yoa will pray yonc beat for rain next Tnesday." And why are yon ao partfonlar aboat next Tneaday ?" The asaooiatod band of Theepiana threatena &Sq to f;ive an atan air performtmce of As Yon Like It, on that dty."
¡Army Reorganisation' .
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¡ Army Reorganisation' WALES AND MtDLANDS COMMAS Sir Francis Howard in Cardie 0 Sot .d Major-General Sir Francis Howard. ijOØ C.M.G. who uader the Army ?or?°??. Beheme comm&nda the Wa)ea and Mid'???? tnct,aodwho viaited Cardiff on Moaday?"'?. eommancaa a. tonr thronRh South Wa!ee M I tive of tbeDakoof Norblk. lie was bol 99 1848, and joined tho Rifle Brtgttde in ??"?. I a. jJl. Maioc.Geo. Sir-Ff&ocia Howatd, E.C??"? Francis Howard aervod with the Jowaki Expedition in 1877-78 (tnedal with c't"p).Ao fit aarvadfi:htha4th B&ttation Ri8o Br'?*'?? the AfKhan war in 1878.79. and WM P?"?<t the attack and captnre of Ali Mca?id and ?.?t the expeditions into the Bazar and ??..?tt Va!?aya (meda) w)th ctaap) He a)so eerve"? theBarmeee Expedition in 1888-89, W'??")? BattaUon Ri?e Brigade (mentioned io des?' ? brevet of !iemenant-coionei. clasp), s? "p?f campaign in theS&adan nndeiSit BLorb?'.? cbener in 1898 in command of the 2nd B"? RiQe Brigade, and was preaeat at the ??.?te? Ehftrtoam (mentioned in deepatchoa, ?*j<A j reward for distinguished aerviee, British it and Khedive's meda! with olaap). He atsO'-Q?. in the occupation of C'ete in 1898 (C",? Genorat Howard was A.D.C. to the late 'f?. He ia the aecondson oftha iate 9ir H.?.S<?t G.C.B.. and the Barooeaa M. E. ??..? Scbu)enbnr< and be married in 1895 C??'?Jt dMRhter of Mr Hae:h Boyd. He comn!? bn?ade in the Boer war, and wae "evef' ? mentioned in deapatchea. In 1903 he ?-jf pointed Inspector-Ganera) of Recraitia?t—.jtt the foilowiagyear waa appointed to conMC* North-Weatern diatrict.
--._---WELSH NATIONAL RIFLE…
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WELSH NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCiATtON. ENCOURAGEMENT OF LOCAL CLUO Some Va!uab!e Suggestiorls, The fo'towin? is the genera) idea, a* f by Capt. 0. St. Ije?er Da?ies. at to the '?? tion of the Wot?h t?ationa) Riae Aa't00"?t Theae excetlent an?eatifns have not yet a)' eoaaidered or cooSt med by the committee ?J? l.—The object of the formation of ? "?(t N.R.A. ia to endeavour to rt?se the *?? atandard of markamanahip amoo?t the *"< fotoaa in Wales. fotoaa in Wa-iaa..?t Z.—Aaapretiminaty to RaicicK ?°" u? the organisation of riCec!nbs amongst batt*(< companjea. or sqaadrona, as aag?eaMd. ? (be seteta! branches of the &uxi)ia):y forcee ""{? eame ranRe ft ran?e ctnb m!ght with adV' ba formed, ?t 5.—An adya.ntttseons method of ?woriMB<! ?? cinba is on'Mnod in Pamphiet 2. ?? 4.—In eome diatriota ctcba of the °,ti)? sa?eeted atready exiat. The aMOcitHion ??,(t? bo ab!e to fntther oncoatage tbeae *ad ? ?o<* meant of brin?ioe into oxiateace tcany e< The hope and bBlief ta heid that the moo<"?& bi-naonthtv comp sitiooa oottined in Pa'oP''? if Ra!e9,wfn atimn!ate toca< deaire tos?c?y shooting, and by providtng a ptro?teM'"? gramme wit! aastain an icterMt in P*'? from Apr!l o September ?t! 5. The Association wil) arrange for &o *'f« ahootinc meetic?, to ba held in the aat' the moat convenient; rtnee. 6. Tba pro?ritmme of the eMnte aad ?t<* tioo9 approved by the eonneii wil' be P?*?* ? the hands of the Beeretariea of !oca! c)0'? u early a date as possiba's. pol 7.-It is angReHtied that the tocat o!cba a! c! their propra,mme nf competitiona on the 'ttV thatoftheWN.R.A..andthaa thetf ?,?' or Di-monthiy competitione wii! nad a oat'?'? ingpotnt In the meetincofthoW.N.R.A-,O end of the year. tio R, The scooetef the wotk ofb ttM Aea??'?f WtU natnraily be Umited by the exton: o(,'(!t? eiat anppott it tec?ivc?. Granted re?aoBah'?.?b' port, !t )' hoped that it wH) be possible to .)j4 sidiae the !oca) ciabs to offer to ary 0 10 proportion to its numbera :—(?) A certat" '? beroffteeeatrieatothe competitMns *?'*f0< &t the annaa) meeting (b) a certait\no?'-g} free radway passes to tbo ptaceof "'?.gat? fc) a meda! or bad?e to the hit heat ag<? )tt scores in the tocai competitiona, aa oat)!?-??. Rates 9 and 10 in Pamphlet 2 (d) an ?.p? tent of these aa?Ottiona. N.B. The ??N w)t) arrange which of theae ideat appeat j to have the desired effect. 9.—The assccit?ion wilt eodetLVoar ?<? arrna?o iia programme aa (o ?ive opport0°?? eacceM to an grades of skill, from the shot to the ?crnit. ?:tt<? lO.—l'ae a<t)'oci"tioa entera npon !ta ?',)?* qnito nnbnrdeaed by any initial format'-? pen"es, and there is <. vary prospect thattoe ? in? oxpenaes ?iU be reduced to a miaimf??< that practical at! the faod< wi!t be a-va't*? furthering the caase.
DOGGER BANK HEROES-
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DOGGER BANK HEROES- KING EDWARD PRESENTS MEDALS- o The Kinf recejve at Buckingham Pa'ael"øO': SatardaySve of the Ha!! nahetmeo who "ere _øt earned in the Dodger Bank incident. {C< beatowed npon each the Atbert ?? RaiJantry. Two received the med'J of tll!i-g ctaae, namely, W Smith (mitte) and A* (aeoond engineor of the ateam trawler '? ?? while the three other men, nameiy, -j P* (mate), H. Smirk (eh)ef enrinear,) "ø! Ctello (boatswain of the ateam traw'f 0 received the medAt of the aeeond OI&BO- torfo M?joaty waa attended by the Home ?? t? Lord Kintore, Sir John FuUerton, and .?M eqnerriea. He made no wet tpeech, bat P t?' the medat on the breast of each recip'? < a few kindty worda of commendatiOO' r SandeM, o! the Board o< Trade, waa io cb*?? the men, and at the coocineioa of the <'?'?< they drove with him to the Board of Trt?" They returned to HnU on Satnrday. A V<ct:m of the Outrage. Captain Whulpton, of the HatI trawler tll one of the vessels bad!ydamap:edintheNo' r 06P outrage, died a: Hni' to-day. Ho wa< never to f0 to sea aftet the ontrage, thoa?h be ,? proposed to do so and had to abandon *'?<?' at the !att moment. Dnnoe the Board <?t?' inqairy at HnU, Captain \Vbe!ptoa wae 'p<? mented for hit BkiH in btinRin? the Mioo
TRAMP PEST AT -MAESTEG.
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TRAMP PEST AT -MAESTEG. Piano and Window smastie John BeM, a tramp, wwa chMf:ed at ??' t? on Saturday with m&ncioas!y '?m<M'hiy??? dow and a piano, the property of "?' Bevan, ptoprietor of the Hawthorn ',? Lod?inR-house. Maegte?. Mr R. C. <?'?'? ? aecrted. Bevan eaid that it wasa''°' 'e!?. honaa tha.t a. the men sboatd ieave bT *'j c?< in Otdec that the place might be o?ao? ? One morntn)f defendMt Mfnaed to *?*?0? proeeeator had to pnt bin! opt. In the *?ee<' defendant tetarned and heaved a ?°?'-9ff'? iron thron?o one of the windowa, doio? '"o'?? a piano to the extent of JM. In.pect<)r, Of I aaid that thers waa a iar?e 0'"°?'? t? trampa at Maeatet?, and aboat a °°*fe ? at the coke ovens each night. al. ti di&cutt to manage. Reea waw Mnt to P*' one month.
MAN AND DOGFIGH14
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MAN AND DOGFIGH14 At LimelMk on Friday Gao?a .??'? charged with obstraction and worrri'? ..?f ? do?. The evidence showed that the P??!t S on h:a handa and kneee ih Queen-eirdet ibo ttieth stnoK ia the throat of a coUfe ??'??S waa howUn? atpatentty with pain. -ntt. ?S was that Adama, who bad had acme dLI aaked by a man earned Dono<:hae to M? dog; that he refoeed, bat offered 'KO? DoaoKhne, who then eet the do? on «' ? ??, Mr Hickson, the resident magingromh t more savage caae had <e!dom or "*< ?? before that Coutt, and that aoch aav?f'? ?? occnr in t civitiaad place waa hideo' ? ? wonid anderffo three montha' hard '?nt? the Coart reKretted that they cooM co* 18 montha. 18 montha.
MILK-SELLERS AT W'Ao# —.—…
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MILK-SELLERS AT W'Ao# —.— ?'? The war between the rrva! milk *?t ?'? of GIonceater and SomorMt co°"°?ett'?(? ceater. Severat atnnstn? incidents oc ?t)?'? Satnrday motnin?. Two ritaf mi!k'De''?)y ? each other down ia price, and ?"st0'? Gtoncoster man aeored by t:ivin): ?? t<??'? qaart for nothtnf!. In another ??,f,t?' ?? ra"ued for a Rirt with a ]af: The 8°?M ? ?ot the ja?, bat the Gtonoeater tB?s acd the order.
ITYMAWR PIT FATALITY-. ——…
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I TYMAWR PIT FATALITY-. —— s"t An inqnest waa held at Trefore??.?? of '? (before MrE.B. Reece) oa t?ho? ? Henry Knapmoo. f?n aMiatant t'°°?.,nt.ft? waa hiHed by a f..Il of roof at the T? ? Pontyptidd,onK'!ar9Qay. AvetO'c* i dwott? death "waetetMntd. t dtatea death "waetetMntd. t íW ¡
----BARDDONtAETH,
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Y D' YREINWYNT. Un oer, durfin, a w&n—ein hareQtm, Yw'r Dwyreinwynt bnan; Daeara'ithwf.dwrath&n Wynia-Galedfwlch Anita;! Baan edwinwr bywyd,—&'i rynwr, Yw'r Dwyreinwynt aycblyc11 A'i a&aeh onadl hefyd Yrr bang n beawch drwy't bydt Dirywiadan ar edyn—i diroedd Gwynt y Dwyra.in enfyn;; Bod do!ar, bywyd-etya. Ghrina. dwf, draidd eøyrn dyn. Di<?!Ion ei gtdon i Kyd-o'r anial Y Dwyretnwynt ffyfyd Yn bon t)ew ar wyntoedd byd, A't bawen yn ngwraidd bywydi DAtYDD MORGANWCr. Ow alaeth Hawdd rw wyto—M ot gwr Wy)ia.i gerdd mor Rryno Gwyttudd was Gwalia, oedd o, A ph&rod wr t'w pharo. Ta mbob man Dafydd Morgaitorg-fynal F&ncr moea i'r zmlwg Nt hodai wen, ni hidiai wt:— Ei galon gae'rgwir i'r goiwg. Athmw coeth, doeth ei deithi.—a. fnodd Drwy'i fvwyd yn gweini; rw fwyn wlad, di-frad i'w fri, Fa ei irswya fyw wersi. Beiroittd hyf, heb wyrai dt0—<i <Btt9 I ddifwyno'! amain.* Itch gHritti r Hweh o'i Kl<Mt*n, Ac ya frwd, y rhwd o'i rhtn. Morganwg mawr ei gynydd"ttn a «dwi! Yn dd<t fel Ha.nesydd Y par Lyw fydd byw tra bydd raith &w*!ia wrtb ai "nydd. Ei genedl Kwyua da.n Ryni—hifMth Aeryao'icoti); F* Kwen wy1, tithan wyt! Ar bunell oe< d'atbt'aVt'n Ui. Trefori*. Traforfttb. Cyhoeddir yr ohebiteth ddifyr mown rbigwin aydd ya y Go!ofn yr wythnoa boo, nid ya gymaint am ei gwerth )!&ayddo!, ond wr eof tm ddydiian ioueoxesid Dafydd Morgannwg <t'r diweddar Mr WiUitun Thomax. Brynttwat, Abardtr, < dxn eenym y bydd yn ddyddoMt i lawer beb!aw y rha! a ddichon fod yo co6o'r (MM yn"Rrot9'ymMartbyr.. Bryn&wet. AbardMa, BSth Sept., 1893. Mydbur Moran w,Last n' bt before retiring to bd I happened to take up an albaol, which opened wh<*re yoar photo wttt to view; and whilst holding the pleat;ant pictate in one hand, I with the other acribbled some Ttttcen Slip') OB foHoWB :— MM'th ddM)nQ cywrtun, De!, yn dWJD I'm cof hen ddydditu Hawn o awya A drecliris gytit yn Herthyr,- Wrtb graflu iliri- nid tvdi Yn aniR weld, ond rhyw tn 0 hen gy[oillion difyr. O.dyna'tb fr&wd a'! wyneb mwyB, A ThomM Shencyn, htr ei drwyn, A dyno&'r doatb Gideon Wrth sy!tn M ei rnddian iach, Mi wctaf Reea y Ptinter bttph. Ac erei!) o'n cyfoedion. Parh&f i sylia &r dy tun A swe!a.f blitnty Bont* bobu 0 amgytch hen Sam Pttrry Ac yoa wrth dy mdd a'th en Mab Mortfau O;\f1dd &)' ei t?an Fe! cy'tt pa.n wn&i'n ha.d<iy8I{8. tstaw dy da.tcen Hyda.n, !ttwo Mt welaf f 'hun yn ietiaoc iswu Yn gviaitbio yu Gvf*Lrthfa ?MLt'th Meia.f dithtm, Deto b?ch, Yn aweithio'o Ffwrnes Lm? ?L ¡'hWb£td, cÍaleán'å di -dr Mae linn dy fodrvb L)I-r; fvfyn,, A.'tb (;¡w"hrThorns.3 W*tcyat Ychydtt.fbi'cui'tochrdde :Mlted:ülttn da 0" Twmi'r Te'. A Da.), mab Grnffydd Sieneya. Wrtb ay)wi e!0'n graffus ia.wu JMi welaÍ ben wt mlwr ei ddttwn Yr HvbB.Tch Even Htn'tiM; Mi we)* r o)t o'r Y<'Ko) Ran Yn hen. yn ieaanc, mawr a man, A Phi) mab Moseo D&viea. Oda.n dy tyfad disglur t!ym Mae arlnn on oedd cIoDwyl Py anwy) fani fy hanan. YcbYdie b&ch i'r ocbr draw Mac Mary Daniel PwH-y b!aw A Din&h fach Pen'dttrren. Rbwo blew dy ftrf nrddaeot wen Cv?) d Sophie Lewit Srtteth et phen, Agweaaarnai'naerahos:. Fau yma. ar dy a.mrant dde Mi we!af WathiM, Siop y T« "— Yrhen ddirwestwr selog. Ac yntt, M dy amrant cbwith. Mae to f o'r boys ao yn ea pHth Mae tttwer gwyneb hawddgar I Ac yma'u amtwR ar dy radd Mi wetaf John mab Shon y crydd Fn'n wytit am Mart Wallter. Adgo6on In t ond gwrando, Daff- Try'th tan yn awr yn phonoRraa'— Uat RWrt.cdo'r awn nefolatdd Mae'r lacbawdwriaeth fet y mot Yf'r don a genir lIrn y cor, 0 hyfryd adaain peraidd t 'Nawr wedi da.rfod clt.na'r doa, Mi t;!ywa.'r dnwiot Evan Shon Yn ymbit wrth yr oraedd Gweddio ame So!. Rwy!, a gwaith, Am north i dramwy r ddyrae d<t!th Nea cyrhaedd bro Korfoitdd." Mi dynaf etc o'r yator, A ohiywaf Tydfylyn tt'i or Yn cana Meibion 0:rwe«t :I Mi dro'f yr olwyn eto''t by' A <:warchod pawb fe'th Rtywttt dt Yn adrodd darn o bryddeat. O't boys i Ryd 'does ond tydi AU pod:'i ben a dwead yn e;ry* "Mynwytfarddoadorio! Bendithioa fyrjd fo ar dy bea, Ar ben dy daith y netoedd wen Fo'th Mn f hen Ryfail) siriot. 'PontmortMO WeH, my aea.r fetiow, had not my wife pat 6m the IiRbt, M M to oompet me to RO to reet, I beHope I ahontd ba.7e seen in thy magic pboto aJ! onr old friends, a.nd would have hou'd their pleasant voicea a,* they Bounded io the otden time< of half < oentnry ago, Do yon know, my old friend. I bcRin to have a. very Mgh opinion of myself, and cannot heip thinking I maat be a very oonrageona fellow to send von-& Bardd Cadeirio]-I"ooh a. lot of nonaeBaictt mbbiah. At the same time, the aqribMinR of them !aet night and the rewriting of them tbia evening httve Riven me.pleaant coaple of hoarein thinkin!! of the old times, old irienda. and otd acqualli t&neen, It the acrtbMe disgusts you, ted mttrew yon ernsty, pat it down to the ejar whteh I was emokia< at the time (a.nd which wa.a not a. gooft one), and do with the venea wbtt I did with tha,t (wi7i,h ought to httte been tccnoe!tnK weed)—yiz. bnrn them. Yr eiddoeh yn xerchna, Vifilliain TttoMM. Etttdiff, Oct. lat, 1895. Aawyl M< Thoma.s, Rryntwe!,— Rhaid i mi gyfaddef tr nnwtnth CM gwn ca. fodd y mae diotch i chwi yn briottot Mn eieh tiythyt avionyddol, yr hwn avdd yn ddttrtac byw o'r Nmaer gyot pan oeddem bl&nt, Yn w<r y nM< y dMion Kora.f a we!a1a er ya Ua.ww o MMec. yn dwyn &dRonon o't ttmMr gyat ya "ffrea"oCatenfynteddwl. Dymano dio'oh wyf yn ftwr Ametobeptetoldoniotmtwf, < t Anodieiddy!mtwa.d; ()J'ftn.wnodd ry" ot(J'ol ..I.Ia. Nid gwiw yn wir yw «w..du'l: ft'8h" FegreoddtKiRyfodittd. A gweitf hen cyfeiiMon tJoa Yn nn yn aefyH K* ty mron I Fel panoramt hvfryd Fe'n badyfododd ar en hynt 0 adyfnion feddaa'r dyddiM gyttt Ao atdtt hoC fy mebyd. Son a.m eieh mam-mi co6a,f hi A'r ha,Ht gymenfa. roea 1 mi Am boeni eich Etiza, A d'weyd ami paent oedd IJiw y r&M A harddai rnddian'r aneth dios } M) gefa.is Randdi drinfa. \Ü groto y Bont mi welaf ddan I r Yøol Sal yn myn'd yn gi%ti I gapa) bach Ada!am. Ya yr no doebarth am fyr dro M«.?'r ddau ymweiydd fat ar ffo Yn ogof Doifydd WilliaLm. A DM a William oeddyot hwr. N&d oedd en Rwetl o tawn v plwy* Am yr Ysgrythyr. Ya wir yr oedd y erots ild Yn hynod ddonio) ar y pryd OfowniardatMerthyr. Ond yn Mhontmot!a,ia 'roedd en ligh Oblegid yno itwnrem ein trb', Yn ngborlan Evan Harriea Ef nad oxdd gau Sam Pprry bJant, 'RoectdG'offyddSiencynmeRiaSMt BobamMrynRa.t'iadrx. louts mogt sinterely, Dafydd Morganwit.