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i HE LONELY BRIDE.
i HE LONELY BRIDE. By FRED M. WHITE. At hor of The Corner Houm," The Curdmti Aom," The Weight of the Crownf* Etc* J • r ç- CHAPTER XXVIII. A RUN ON TEE BAJNIC. it was he coroner who broke the silence at lengt' He was hoard to r->iterate his forniei statement that all this was irregular in ihe extreme, but at the 8;mc time* it seemed to him that it wouJd be the wisest course t., ( all Gen. Graham as u. witness. "nvrt wdrno fur- ther questions to be put ic Gru.<*), ?o ttw-t she was allowed to siiik buck ir.to her <•!<: ir treinb- ling from head to foot, and faint with the ordeal through which she hfd jl.!8t gone. Sorne- oae handed her a glass of water, which she gulped down overly. Ard then r.h.- beemne conscious that Gen. Gralis.m was speaking. It Was not much that he h-d to Si. he merely reiterated his pre:\ ious declaration that he had finished his bottle of morphia on the previous afternoon. But we have it direetlv on the evidence of Mrs. Riee," Fu,id the coroner, thc-t she wr(,te a hurried message to your son asking him to supply the drug, which we h<,ld finally killed him. Indeed, we have ip our oossession also che letter written by :\1. Rice. In. re- sponse to that, your son caine over hen, bring- ing "Orne small dose of liquid which Mrs. Rice administered vo her husb-r.d. As far as we know at present, that dose was fatal." Fatal or not." Gen. Gr.t," L KU fried angrily, it dia not come out of my bottk." "Have you Other drugs at Water P:irk ? the coroner asked. Is it not possible that in the excitement of the mornt nt your son mpde a mistake, and took up a different phial » No, sir, it is not," tlte general snapped. I om 10 believer in drugs and ali that sort of hysterical rubbi h. I take that morpnia becjuise it alleviates the pain, but apart from that you would not finè. so much as a patent pill at my house." There was a puzzled silenoe again; the inquiry appeared to have reached a deadlock, and the coroner hardly knew how to proceed. He was helped out of his difficulty at length by a suggestion from Inspector Garden, who advised the adjournment of the inquiry pend- ing the post-mortem on the bodv of the dead man. U Very well," the coroner agreed. We will adjourn the case for three days—two o'clock on Thursday afternoon The reporters put up their notebooks and vanished, the little knot of idlers lounged out of the house, followed by the coroner and jury. A moment or two later and Grace was left, alone with Gen. Graham. He came to her side and stroked her hair with loving sympathy. His touch was very soothing to Grace. This is a dreadful business, my poor child," he said These oo ifoundea people wiH be making out nf xt that you poisoned Rice to get him out of the way." They are saving so alreadv," Grace re- plied. "I have been cruelly questioned this I morning as to my relations with Stephen Rice. I have had to admit that I married him to save my father from something like ruin. I have had to admit that I broke off my en- gagement with Max to do so. Don't you see how terribly appearances are against me ? In the eyes of certain people I am already con- demned for a crime that I never should have dreamt of." Of course you wouldn't," the general <Tied. I hope no one will take that view with me. Simply because you and Max It sounds much worse that you seem to know," Grace said. Has Max told you that he was here last night ? Here last niglit!" the general echoed. Do you mean to say that he came to see yo u at a late hour-" "A very late hour, my dear general. He did not come to see me personally, but I went downstairs for something, and he was fstanding in the hall. Anybody might have heard all that we said. Unfortunately Max kissed my hand as we parted, and a little thief of a servant saw it. This account sounds very trivial to tell, but when it was told to the jury this morning I could see that it had a marked effect upon them." The general was visibly disturbed, but he said nothing except a mutter that -Max .had oeeir tc-rroiy Trnprucient. The OM geuTTfe- oaaD lingered there; he wtis doing his best to A.Aen the blow he even suggested that the t&ould "leave that dreadful house and spend the next few at Water Park. But Grace felt compel to decline — after I what had happened c would be anytoing but sensible to seek ;-i.oiter under the same roof that contained M ix Graham. It is more than kind of you," she said I gratefully, but a little reflation will show you that I cannot entert- .in your offer. Be- sides, I am not going to renv.in here. I shall leave the arrangements for the funeral in proper handi;, and go back home at once. My place is by my lather's side, and I shall not leave him until lie is again. Per- haps you would not mind coming as far as the bank house with me." The general had a trap at the door, he would drive Grace over to the bi-nk house without delay. It was about three quartere of an hour later that they drove through the villago. As a rule the strcets were deserted at this time of day, but now the roadway Was full of excited people, c, bkek, strug- gling mass was seen to oe fighting its way up the steps that led to the bank. Grace noticed that few eyes were turned in her direction, indeed it seemed to her that many of them whom she had known from her child- hood were deliberately turning their backs on her. Is there an election of some kind taking place ? she aaked languidly. Or what does this crowd mean ? General Graham took in the situation at a glance. « "Jt is no election, by Jove he cried. I My dear girl, there is a run on your father's bank. Why it should be so is a thing that Passes my understanding." But Grace understood pcrieetly well. An hour before she had publicly proclaimed the taet to over H score of reaklt-nt# in the neigh- | hourhood that she hid deliberately sacrificed to save her father fr< m ruin. In those few words she had told the interested listeners iat Anstey's had been on the verge of and that her iv.nd h:vd been tlie price P»Jd to avert the calamity. And now the man *no had been in a position to save Anstey's dead» ami nobody knew whether or no he had completed Li;: p;,rt of the bargain, in the. space of one hour the news had spread like wil(ifire, and people were coming from all parts to regain their savings before it was too late. Our "lisfortunes are apparently not ended yet," Grace said. My dear old friend, what we we going to do ? h Get into the bank through the house," the general suggested. "In the circum- stances I should have no hewitr ti in in asking how things are. It I had foiMC. n this I should have been in the position to help, but it is al- most impossible to raise a large sum of money at a moment s notice. These people are like a flock of sheep—once you prove to them that their money is cafe they won't want to tsJse it out of the bank on tjf:o contrary, they will go down on their knees jid ..<k tLL, oank to keep it. You had better tts.y in the house and Jet me go and make enuwiries." Three white-faced clerks bpttind the coun- tel" of the bank were doing the b; at they could b satisfy the eager, i lamniring crowd which packed the buiki'r.g to overfiovii-g. it wag doubly unfoi-tunate th,.t botii tiie head of the firm ud the trusted eld «oilier were Tu?1 trom their posts. W {.{tc lit v»i« doinir he could indeed iiis l:ead «\ned to DO the clearest and eovkat of U.eiii .JI. It. was I *^vice tiius tae other vL.-kt; v.-ero delib- "O* in Ci-stiing tite of ehuqiies wSSln^ thfUSt .irf'r,ii0 t:'° counter like ti weapon* p°mted t tiien- U :s. wh«)wlOU^V 1' th? -eneK,J clc^k lt hif; h"'ji rB ho g! nsed at the im a half to there rerafttned in the bank csmust becoro° »Uld only carry on till you Bhu* r» ap." the gpnerat sail, "T will help you out in the morning. These people must have J their money so tnat confidence in. :.v ne restored. Once that is done the bank will be in a firmer position tluui ever." And if it is not done it goes si> j !i," alters said. I foresitw this yesierd; .\— indeed, it was partly pointed out to me by that mysterious fellow, Cattle v. He went off hurriedly to town this morning, saving he should l>e biiek this afternoon, and intimating that he had a, lot of money which he was g« irig to place in cur bands. If he only turns up in time the situation may he saved." But still the rush went on, still the golden tide flo.xl out till the white and anxious clerks whispered to Walters thai another ten iiuiuitcs would see the end of it. There war a quarter of an hour yet before the bank closed for the day, the clock erept on an- other two minutes, a clerk stood wth a ciieque for ne; rly a thousand pounds in his hand, and looked significantly at Walters. At the same moment the doors behind the counter oponetl, and Cat t ier rushed in, followed by two ¡w'n boiving her.vy I)r.LR of washlectlier, which they proceeded to lay on the counter. In a Dreathi-ss way Cattley cut the strings of the hl¿R —"ut n<.»n»: fl u. u'. KK>»> "-3;J'>¡,n' ..Ç «— LiM v. ino scramDhng motj l.n = oxift af them h"d 3een anvt-hing like it Deiore. f^^rj rom; to tJ-e Slru. lion ite took the cheque pushed tlireatoningly t)- wards him, and coolly proceeded to count a thousand sovereigns into a washleather lv.g. He smiled as he pr«sed the money across. There you are, Mr. Long," he said. I ivm rather surprised at you, considering the way we have helped you at different times. I Take your money and don't lot us see you here again. You are the kind of customer that a bank is best without. Push along tnere, please—we wrC* to get all this monov p.id as soon as possible. We sh. keep open an hour later if necessarj The situation was saved the sight of that shimmering pile of sovereigns on the counter was quite sufficient to restore public confidence. The struggling mob surged baev.wards into the street, and almost immediately scores of those who had been already pai i were creeping ba< sheepishly to restore their hard-earned savin; to the custody of the bank. With a shy grin, Long tended his bag of sovereigns to Wt Iters, who shook his heed. "No, thank you. Mr. Long," he said curtly. We nave done with you. Go off and find another bank somewhere else." Five minutes later, and the counting-boncr resumed its normr.l attitude. With a heaminf face the general walked into the bank house to tell Grace what had happened. He fad been forestalled, however, by Cattley, who h<.d been first wth the news. As a matter of fact, the bank is perfectly solvent," Cattley said. It is too long a stor* to go into now, but I will tell it you when j liave time." It was past six o'clock before Grace cam* down from her father's bedroom and partoo 1, of the apology in the way of dinner which had been prepared for her. Cattley had gone into Leverton; he was exceedingly anxious to know what had been the result of the post- mortem examination on the body of Step her. Rice. He had promised to send Grace a ti le- gram after he had seen Dr. Hunter. Grace waited for this telegram with an almost sicken- ing anxiety. So much depended upon it—it was practically in Hunter's power to say whether or not she should st&nd accused of her husband's death. A telegram came at length, and Gr.. -e tc Ire it open with trembling lingers. It was a long message, and the words seemed to swim and glide into one another before Grace's eyes. At length she made out the words-they were standing out clear and black and very threaten- ing now. The pregnant ljiessage ran as follows I hare just seen Hunter. Analyais com- plete. Bodv« contains strong traces of morphia, but not sufficient to caune death in a noun accus- tomed to the drug. Immediate cattle of death, administration of twenty drops of strychnine. Com ing by next train." The telegram dropped from Grace's fingers; ehe recollected no more till she looked up at length and saw the anxious face of Cattley bending over her. CHAPTER XXIX. TEE DOCTOR'S EVIDEXCIT. Cattley refused to say anything or give any explanation of what had happened until Grace had contrived to swallow something in tlie way of nourishment. It was strange what an in- fluence this stranger was getting over her. He seemed to be entirely different from the cynical man whom Grace had met the night before her misfortune began. Grace murmured something of this, and Cattley smiled. You will know presently," he said, why I take so keen an interest in your welfare, but I am not going to tell you anything more until you have eaten something and disposed of the gi ss of wine which I have poured out for you. If you only knew everything, you would look upon me with loathing and contempt." Indeed, I should not," Grace protested. You have been everything that is good and kind to me I do not know what I should have possibly done without you." I have made a terrible mesa of things," Cattley said humbly. "My dear Miss Grace -1 must utterly refuse to call you Mrs. Rice —if I had not been so confoundedly clever, the whole situation would have been saved and you would never have undergone all your cruel misfortunes. Rice would have been dead just the same, and you would have been free to wed Max Graham and live happily ever afterwards." I eannot see it at all," Grace said. You have done everything you possibly could for me I cannot forget that you saved my life." And I cannot- forget that I ruined it," Cattley protested as I said before, I was altogether too clever. I had no idea that Rice was going to push matters forward so quickly, or most assuredly I should have stopped him. I wanted to spring my mine upon him and thoroughly expose him." That was very strange," Grace said thoughtfully. Max Graham also had some nold upon Rice indeed we know that he was spirited away to prevent him speaking, and kept a prisoner until it was too late. And now you come along with a statement that you also had Stephen Rice in your power, and. like Max, you also were too late., I wonder are you thinking of the same thing ? "I don't fancy so," Cattley responded thoughtfully. When I came from the other end of the world, I had no thought for you at all. I had no thought for your father either, for he many years ago treated me exceedingly badly in fact he went very near to ruining me. But as events turned out my misfortunes proved to be my greatest blessing. I have quite forgiven your father. I heard quite by accident of your existence, and it was to see you that I came home again." I know whom you remind me of now," Grace cried. I always had a feeling that I had aeon you before, and now I can explain that sensation. You remind me most wonder- fully of my mother." We will discuss that later on," Cattley said with a peculiar smile. I came home, as I have said to see you in fact I saw you many a time before you were aware of my existence. And then a strange tiding happened. I am a rich man, as I have already told you, and my business ramifications are many. The threads of my finance have become inter- woven with the businesses of both your father and the firm of Rice and Son. In looking into certain matters I had my suspicions aroused, and discovered, to my great astonishment, that there was a conspin ey on foot between Stephen Rice and Jamts Holder to get your father entirely in the liands oi the former. Xctd I tell you why Rice set about scheming out lsiis conspiracy." To get me in his power, 1 presume," Grace said, thoughtfully. Precisely. Rice was a dogged sort of man, not clover the ordinaly sense of the word, I but full of ttonemes and dark wtys of his own. In all probability he 11.d nu de up i is mind a long time ago that you w, re to become his wife. He knew it was uselei-s to approaoh cither your- j self or your father without some trcmendouslv strong weapon in his liand. He knew that your father would not receive him as a guest; he was perfectly aware of the fact that you were already pledged to Max Graham. In his patient, dogged way he out down to conspire to breag about by fraud what he could not obtain by honourable warfare. He discovered ia tbo way of bueioeafi that James Holder waa speculating with the money belonging to his employer. Here was his chance, and he worked it for all he was worth. Your father had al- ways been careless; he had entrusted matters entirely in tlie hands of Mr. Holder, with the result th&t you already know. He was not aware of the "a t, tl :t recently Holder had been developing a peculiar phwe of brain trouble. Mind you, I have only found that out recently myself. Holder's peculiar disease led him to believe that he wjas a great financier, who only needed the command of a sun of money to become » mult i-millionaire.. I presume that Rice found this out. for a little time later your father discovered that his affairs were fright- fully involved, and that he was apparently on the verge of bankruptcy. It was at this point that I carre upon the m ne, just in time to avert a crreat eat :;fivphe. I tlúnk, when your father heard my name mentioned, he was afraid that I had eome back home to make troubl "I recollect that," Grace ericd. "My father w.w tarrihly agitated when lie saw your card, and begged nte to come downstairs ::nd speak to you :o that he could have time to reco\er Himself. At that time, and for the next two or three days, J looked upon yov. as my greatest enemy. Strange how a few words from you should change the whole aspect of affai s! I came in the guise of a friend," Cattley said. 1 soon proved that to your father. He refused to !x lie\ e me, but 1 exposed Holder to him. At my request Holder was sent for, Poor Pillv being the messenger, and direetlv Holder came 1 left the House without his sn iog me in fact, it was essential at that moment that. Holder should not know of my presence. Holder was to be J^ked to go into certain accounts, your fatlier WTB to give him an hour or two, pnd then go back into the bank to learn the result of Holder's investigations." And meanwhile somebody had stolen in'o the bank premises and attempted to rauri e him," Grace cried. Nothing of the kind," Cattley said coolly. Holder had two sides to his brjin—the vis- ionary and the practical man of business. Before he had finished those figures he knew that he had oeen found out. When your father went into the bank at two o'clock in the morning he found Holder lying there at the point of death. Come, confess it, did you not think that Holder hed been partly murdered by your father." I did," Grace whispered. Up to the present moment I have seen no reason to change my mind." Then I will relieve you of that anxiety," Cattley said. Holder had attempted to commit suicide. Your father was so dread- fully upset, he did not know what to do he was creeping up to his room with a view to getting an overcoat to come and see me and ask my advice when he met you face to face. I hope I am not unduly puzzling you with these details, but it is absolutely essential that you should know them. Unfortunately, it is not always advisable to tell the truth, and in the perilous condition of the bank's finances it would have been exceedingly imprudent to to let go out into the world that James Holder had attempted to commit suicide. It would have have been immediately assumed that Holder had made away with the bank property, and that he had determined to take his life to save disgrace. Everybody knew the position in which Holder stood to your father, and it would have been only fair to assume that the defal- cations were heavy. Your father did come to me just before daybreak and gave me the facts of the se. Acting under my advice we decided to do nothing, but leave the body there until it was found in the morning." "What a ghastly idea! Grace shuddered. In justice to ourselves, I must tell you that we thought that Holder was dead," Cattley exclaimed. Otherwise, we should have adopted some other course. Then I went away to London and investigated the condition of affairs. I managed to lay my hands on the whole of the money that Holder had made away with. Strange to say, he had invested it in what looked like a very sound speculation, so that I had no difficulty in preventing the money being handled by outsiders. To give a substantial proof of my success, I came down here to-day in time to save the bank, and every penny of the thirty thousand pounds that I brought with me rightly belongs to your father. And now you see that he is perfectly free to hold up his nead again. I have my own theory as to what happened to him in the bank the other night, but we need not go into that just now. What we have now to consider is you. Now, you had better go to bed and try to get a good night's rest." Grace slept better than she expected to, she felt more like herself the next morning. But the time dragged heavily on her hands, she was looking forward with anxiety and dread to the adjourned inquest. For the next two days the girl did not leave the house, she had a morbid objection to meeting friends and ttC- quaintances., On the eventful day she drove over to Rice's house in company with Cattley. She was very silent on the way, her face was white and anxious, she hardly knew what to expect. The number of spectators attending the adjourned inquest was considerably increased, there was barely room for1.11 of them. They looked eagjrlv at Grace as Cattley piloted her up to tho coroner's table. She felt instinctively t. -t everybody there regarded her as the criminal heroine of a great tragedy. Still, tnere wiig no souud of disapproval, nothing like a hostile demonstration. The coroner gravely announced that the post-mortem on the body of Stephen Rice had taken place, and th&t Dr. Hunter was in a position to give evidence. To Grace's surprise, she saw that Hunter was even more disturbed and agitated than herself. Hunter's usual natty appearance seemod to have suffered somewhat, his waxed mous- tache had bson allowed to droop over his chin, his linen w< .s not so clean as it might be. He gave one look c.t Grac?, and then his eyes dropped furtively. Grace found herself wonder- ing whether this man know something he did not caro to nay. The girl recollected that Hunter had bjen a close friend of Stephen Rice's, and was no doubt more or less wrapped up in the latter's disgraceful past. She put these thoughts out of her mind now, and turned eagerly to- wards the coroner, who simply called upon Dr. Hunter to tell the jury the result of his investi- gations. I have nv de a post-mortem as directed, the doctor said, in a voice that shook strangely, and my examination confirmed my previous opinion that, the deceased died from an over- doso of some poisonous irritant. An analysis proves that." You rocoi morpiuR poisoning ?" the coroner a d. Not nece, ily," Hunter replied in the same strange v ice. The deceased used to be in tho n it of taking regular doses of morphia, and x am bound to confess that my analysis t. lls me that morphia was not the immediate cause of death. It is impos- sible to say where it came from, but some- body or another administered to the deceased before he died a done of strvchnine which has left behind something like twenty grains." Impossible," the coroner cried. No private individual could procure from the chemist even so much as one grain of strych- nine, let alone twenty. There is not a chemist who would d .re to sell it to anybody but a medical man." Grace looked up to see that Cattley was smiling :,t her. He looked like a man who holds the key of the situation. She took fresh courage as she noticed his smiling eves. There was a pause for a moment, for the coroner's exd..m .tiun hed apparently caused a dci^dlocu. Nobody had suggested for the mom->nt tnat Grace could possibly have ad- ministered r,tryehnine to her husband, this L3t sen.v<,tion< .1 development gave a fresh ô.iJo_t of the case. There was a sudden dis- turbance at the door, and Inspector Carden buttled up to tlJ0 table. Pardon me a moment, sir," he said, I h t • • d important piece of fresh evidence to -.ubiaifc. We have found the strychnine bo i/tie." I (10 be continued.)
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OUR SCHOOL TEACHERS. ''A FEW EDUCATIONAL AND PRO- FESSIONAL WANTS." The annual meeting of the local National Union of Teachers' Association was held at the Young Men's Christian Association Rooms, Bangor, on Saturday, Mr W. J. Roberts, Penmaenmawr, in the chnir. Mr W. R. Jones, secretary, read hie er- port on the work of the association for 1908, and pointed out that the area covered by the association was the "cleanest" in the matter of non-members in North Wales. Proceed- ing, Mr Jones said the members of the, asso- ciation were taking an active part' in the solution of the many and difficult problems outlined in the union's programme, and were not so selfish as to remain outride the union whilst enjoying the professional privileges obtained to them by others. The treasurer's report and that of the secretary were adopted. The following were elected officers for the ensuing year:—President, Mr Arthur Tho- mas, Tantwr, Betheeda; vice-president, Mr D. Jones, Llanfairisgaer; treasurer, Miss Bennett, Llanfairisgaer; secretary, Mr W. R. Jones; Press secretary, Mr S. D. Wil- liams, Bangor. "WHAT WE WANT." Later, the new president, delivered an addreee on "A Few Educational and Pro- fessional Wants." Amongsrt these he men- tioned—(a) an end to the present education controversy, which was imposing a lifelong handicap on the rising generation (b) more fully qualified teachers on the school staffs; (c) greater aid from th* Imperial Exchequer. In the latter connection, Mr Thomas pointed out that while the State grants during the last eight years had only increased by £ 4,000,000, the amount derived from the rates had increased by £ 8,000,000. As the future welfare of the country depended so largely on the thoroughness of the education given to its children, it waa only fair that its cost, should become more and more an Imperial charge. Another requirement was an improvement in the Superannuation Act (hoar, hear). According to a Blue Book re- cently issued, the average amount paid to e,,wb of 4,168 civil servants during 1908 was £ 1">0, while the omount paid to each of 2,443 teachers in the way of superannuation and breakdown allowances averaged only £26. Again, a doorkeeper of the House of Commons, after thirty-eight years' service, received a nension of £200; while for a similar length of service, a certificated teach- er would receive £38. A vote of thanks was accorded to the pre- sident for his address. The following were afterwards nomina-ted as candidates for the offices named in the Counfev Association of Teachers :-Vicc- president, Mr R. E. Jones, Nant Peris: treasurer, Miss Crowther, Ca-rnarvon (Mrs King, Bangor, declining nomination); secre- tary, Mr W. R. Jones, Rancor. The follow- ing were a-pr>ointed representatives of the Menai Association on the Council of the County Association Messrs Arthur Thomas, Tyntwr, and W. J. Robetrs, Penmaenmawr
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Local News. 0 BANGOR. SUNDAY SERVICES. [Note. — In cases when a change is made from tne publisheo plan, secretaries of churches would much oblige by inform- ing us of such a change not later than Wednesday morning.] CHURCH OF ENGLAND. In Residence Canon Lloyd Jones. Carhedral (Welsh) 9.30 a.m. and 6 p.m., Rev W. Edwards, M.A., senior vicar. St. Mr.ry's Rev W. D. Roberts, M.A. Rev J. Richards. St. David's Rev T. L. Jones. BAPTISTS. Penuei. 10 and 6. Rev E. Evans. Hirael 2, Rev E. Evans. Trvfrin "<lu:> re Stucleivt. Glanackla, Mr Hugh Jones (Student Baptist, College). English Rev W. R. Saunders. CALVTNTSTIC METHODISTS. GLanadda, Rev J. H. Williams, Llangefni. Hirael, Rov Ellis James Jones, M.A., Rhyl. Park Hill, Rev William Richards, Bangor, Prince'aS luoad, Rev D. J. Williams, B.A. T abernacle. Twrgwyn Rev W. Wynn Davies. WESLEYANS. Horeb, 10, Rev R. J. Williams, Bangor; 6, Rev E. Jones, Lalnfairfeelian. St. Paul's, 10, Rev T. Hughes, Bangor; 6, Rev R. J. Williams, do. Hirael, 2. Rev R. J. Williams: 6, Rev T. Hughes. Glanadda, 10. Rev E. Jones. Llanfiairfechan 6, Mr W. R. Harker, Baneor. English Mr T. Roberts. ROMAN CATHOLICS. St. Mary's Rev Father Finucane. Our representative in Bangor is Mr P. H. Evans, 64, Orme road, to whom all, news and advertisements may be sent. Advertise- ments for the "Observer" can be received up to six o'clock on Wednesday evening. All matter sent in will receive prompt at- tention. THE REV W. WYNN DAViES was one oif the special preachers it, the Vade of C'Lwyd Monthly Meeting, Tield at.. Rhyl y.sterdirv* (Wdenesd/a#). A NEW RELATION. — Solicitor at the County Court, on Monday (to a. witness): Are you rala,ted to tho defendant?—Yes; his servant (laughter). PERSONAL. — The Rev R. W. Hughes, pastor off Park íhill (C.M) Chapel, was ap- pointed niicxiera,t.or of the Monthly meriting at Monday's meeting, held at Bethesda. "GARDD EDEN." — Addretssing a local literary society, last week, a lecturer at one of .the colleges endeavoured to prove that WeLsh wtas spoken in the Garden of Ed^n PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. — At a moet'ing of the' above society, -held ait bile Y.M.C.A. la»t week, a, demonstratiion was given by Mr H. O. Hughes (the chairman) Ún ea bxgÎng. NEW DEACONS. The following were received a.s deacons of the new Tabernacle Chapel, on Monday Imit, ca, the Arvom M.uiitihly Meeting:—Messrs JoJwi Jones, O. T. Owen, Won. Thomas, John William is, ajxt W. O. Williams. LOUDER.—An unusual incident occurred in a Bangor chapel on SUll,r.'ay. The preacher c,)mm,enc+-,i! his sermon in all "1- most inaudible tone, whereupon a member of the congregation rose und asked, him to 'ak up. The interruption had the cle- «ir.°'d effect. WATCHNIGHT SERVICE. — Arrange- ments :are being made this year again for the of the above service at Twr- gwyn (C.M.) Chapel at eleven o'clock on December 31st. The service wili be con- ducted by the pastor (the Rev W. Wynn Davies). OBITUARY. — The death took place on Friday la<?t of Mrs Margaret Lkxyd Wil- liams, Cremlym, Upper Bangor, at the laiin-arnced, age of 82 years. The funeral took place on Tuesday at the Glanadda Cemetery, tie, Vicar (Rev Wm. Edwards) officiating. APPOINTMENTS.—The Charity OrgaJii- easiion Society have elected Mrs Ort.on, Miss Wallace, amd Mrs W. Lloyd Jones to repre- sent them on the Hot-Pot Committee. The Mayor of Bangor (Mr H. C. Vincent) has oons'é"IlÜ>cl to be president of the Hot-Pot Fund. PRESENTATION. — At the Tabernacle (C.M.) Sunday School, on Sunday 1 asi, Mr W. O. Williams, superintendent, presented Miss Jesnnie Owen, Caellepa, a, member of Mr "William Jones' (Gwyniant) elajss, with a book ats a prize for learning by heart 20 chapters of the Bible. HOREB LITERARY SOCIETY. — At ttha liast meeting of the above society, the Rev Thomas Hughes, .St. Paul's, delivered a.T) i lite renting "address on "SotciaJisfm." The chair was take-n, by Mr W. O. Wil- liaois-, Btryna.wel; and further remarks were mLade by Messrs Hugh Hughes, Fergus o.u Jones, emd Owen Owen. THE XABERNl C L E SUNDAY SCHOOL.—The officers of the above Sun- day School have all been re-elected for the ensuing year as follows:—Superinftendc at, Mr W. 0. Wilidms superintendent of the Children's Sunday School, Mr W. Thomas; sercretary, Mr Pierce Jones. This sjpeaks well for the Sunday School, which at prc- aant. is in a. very satisfactory position. NOT A FARCE.—An elderly marn stepped into the box art, the County Court, on Mon- day, before Judge Moss, to give eviden.M.. In taking the oath, the witness casually kissed the, Book.- The Judg-e "Kiss theBook properly. The taking of am oath is not a farce,—,to be done in a slip-eihod manner as though you cared nothing aibout it." — The witness then kissed the Book affectionately. THE WINDOW-DRESSING COMPETI- TION.—It is radersteod that the appointed) judges will go around the respective shops to-day (Thursday) or to-morrow (Friday), and are .to send in their adjudication by Friday night to the Secretary of the Associa- tio-n. Keen interest is taken .in the com- petition, tand it ds expected that a very large crowd of people will visit tlie okty to witness the various displays. TWRGWYN CHAPEL. — At the fort- nightly meeting of the literary society, held in connection with the above chapel, the evening waa spent with the novelists. T!!ie chair was occupied by the president (the Rev W. W ynn Davies). Papers were read on the subject by Miss Nancy Parry and Mr R. H. Jones. A large number of members took further pant in the, subject, and the meeting terminated by the Piv«i- dcuiit. delivering an instructive speech. EDUCATION. — At a meeting of the Menai local N.U.T., (held last week at Peimoaeninawr, Mr W. R. Jones, hoad- master of Garth Schclal, was reappointed secretary; and Mr S. D. Williams, Bangor, Press secretary. M'rs King, of the. Upper Bangor Na-tcional Schol, declined nomina- tion f(i.r tihe appointment as treasurer of the Coiinty Association. Mr W. R. Jones was nominated for the po-:t of secretory of the County Association. GOOD CHEER.—The work in connection with tlhe distribution of good ch-e-er by the Hot-Pot Committee is in progress, and the collectors meet with, a. good response. The committee have accepted the following tendctrs :—MeaA: Messrs G. Williams aind Sons, High street. Coal: Messrs John Williams and Son; the Wigan CoaJ and Iron Company; Mr Wtm., Hughes) Weist End; Mr Lewis Hughes, Glanadda, amd Mr Cefni Jones, do. WHAT AGGRAVATED HIM.—At the Police Court, on Tuesday, a man named Ow-en Janes, of Bangor, was aharged with being drunk and disorderly.—The defen.dant did not appear, but wrote stating that he had been subject to -much. provocation.— P.C. Morns (24) said that wneu he saw the defendant he was coming along the street, in a drunk-en condition. Someone had pinned ,a. card on his back, and when he was shown this iic w€.nt wild.—A fine of 5s a.id costs was impostx!. "CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PRE- SENT AGE." — On Monday night, the members of the Tabernacle. (C. M.) Chapel listened to «» well-thought-out paper deading with "The chief chairactcristrico or tne pre- sent age" by Mr Foulk Jones, Ba-o Danvel, Garth. The chair w.as occupied' by Mr John Williams; and the lecturer dealt, in the course of 'his patper, with (the political and .religious aspects of the dajy. An in- teres'tiing discussion followed, m which the folumiiiig took part :—Messrs — Griffith, Central Cafe; J. H. Jones, 67, Orme road; O. T. Owen, Kimoeiiey House, and H. (). Hughes, Plasllwyd tea-race. There was a 1 u rn-c. ,otj,an/1i5i .l.l.I.L' BANGOR. LABOUR PARTY.—A meeting of the Bfungor branch of the Independent Labour Party took place on Thursday even- ing of lasit week at the Wicklow Teniperacica ,Hotel, Professor T. Hudison "Williams, iM.A., presiding uveir a numerous attend- ance, when 'arrangements were made in connection with the forthcoming local Socialist proipaga.ndu. meeit'an.gs, aii one of wluich the Re.y Riiys. J. Huvys, Beithesda, is announced to deliver an address on the "Religious A»p«cii* cif jSoedalism." The ibramoh has been in communicia.tion \f:tu Mr J. Kcir iHardie, M.P., who. will in all probability visit the district at an early diaite. FAILIXÿ TO APPEAR.-For failing to make his appearance at the -^nry Court, on Monday!, in answer to a. subpoena, Judge Moss fined David R. Jones, manager of a. grocery stores ait Glasinfrym, £ 2. — At a. latter staigje in the proceedings of the Court. Mr Roger Evans appeared on behalf of Jones, and asked his Honour whether he vould reconsider the fine imposed, and re- duce the amount. He stated that the per- son was then i'n oolwt.-His Honour: Why wasn't he here? — The Defendant: My .ma-ster would not let me. — The Judge: It is not a question of a, master, but the iho,nour of the court. — Mr Roger Evans: He. in- tended being litre by twelve o'clock, but did not reach until on2.-HiB Honour.- The fact that you have come is something I cannot overlook it. It must be distinctly understood that, tine orders of the court might lead to if you a.re not present. It. must be obeyed. You don't know, what it may lead to a great miEcaa-riage of justice. I will reduce ili-e £ 2 to 10s. CARRIED STONES. — At the Police Court, on Tuesday, Thomas Ainscotsv, fo.r- merly a fitter at Llamaeliijaaarn Setts Quarries, but now of Bangor, was charged witUi being drunk, and also asked to fifd sureties for his good behaviour.—Evidence liiad been pi-e,viou-sly given to tlie effect that tlie defendant was drunk, and, whom searched, a big stone was found in his pocket. It was afterwards ascertained that lie had broken some windows with sitoines. -In reply to the Magistrates' Clerk (Mr Vincent), the defendianit. said tihiat he was now at the Workhouse, as; he had no meains oi his own. The defendantt ^fca.ted tihiat he was not druink, but he was c-eaiainly not righlti in his mind'. If he was druinik, why didn't they lotck him up, instead of allowing him to break windows.—Mir Hanry Clegg: Are you right in your head mow?—WeU, I am getting better (.taiughjter).—Do you want to st-op ait the Workhouse?—I waait to atup there for a. couple of months if I can.—Cap- .9 tain Stewart: HaiVe you any means ?—iNo.— Superintend^nt Haritis: He goes to his wife's house, and those were. the windows thitwt he broke. He has sold a good deal of the things, and spent the money. ■— The Deferadtamit: Thai is right, but I did not spendi it. I gave it away.—The Chairman stated that the Bench had decided to adjourn the charge of drunkenness "sine die." He was bound over in the sum of £ 10 to be of good behaviour. GYMNASTIC DISPLAY. — Before a select assemblage, on Friday night, the members of the Y.M.C.A. gymnasium dafSs, u.!ld-e.r the instruction of Mr A. F. Maude, A.G.M., gave a most excellent exhibition. and a novice competition was also, held. The chair wa6 occupied by the Rev C. W. Barlow. M.A., of the North Wales Train- ing College. The first part of the pro- gramme ooinitained the following items.:— "Swedish" mass drill; (competitive itams): Swedish drill, parallel bars, vaulting horse, and rope or high jump. In the secomd part Instructor Maude garve an Indian-club dis- play, which was performed with marked skill and ability, showing his wonderful manipulation of the clubs. One or the chief features of the evening was the pyramids (ground and parallel bars.) per- formance by the class. The programme, concluded with the vaulting horse. The whole exhibition was remarkably good, con- sidering that a large section of the class had olnly joined) this winter. It is a pity that more young men do not participate, in this method of physical culture. At the close of the proceexlrngs, Mr Herbert Kdiifcg announced the winners of the medals .-us follows:-I, Mr Wallie Lloyd, Ga.rth;. 2, Mr J. L. Pryor, do. 3, Mr J. A. Leakey. Mr Barlow having presented the mediads, a vote of thanks was passed to him -for pre- siding, on the motion .of Mr West, seconded by Mr W. G. Humphreys. The Chaarman, in replying, paid a high compliment to the •lass upon its performance, and said that it reflected the greatest credit upon Mr Maude as instructor. The durties of accompanist were carried out effectively throughout ithe evening by Mr J. Jarvis Jones. The medJals were presented .by Mr Hulse and other donors. A vofte of thanks wais lafeo passed to the judges, Messrs W. G. Williams, architect, and II. Williams, for the efficient manner/in which they dis- charged their duties. The singing of the National Arnithem brought oaie of the most pnim'.n.}\lA Avpnii.n.os n, J "0'- PIANOFORTE, AMERICAN ORGAN, AND HARMONIUM TUNING AND RE- PAIRING A SPECIALITY. — S. W. Pidgen, Park Hill, Bangor, has had 19 yf-xirs' practical experience. Certificated by the Music Trades Association London, and 11 years tuner for the North Wales Music Co., Lid. Visits the whole of Car- narvonshire and Anglesey periodically, Terms within 10 miles of Bangor: Single tuning, 3s 6d; yearly contract of 4 tunings, 12s. Note Address:—S. W. Pidgen. Park Hill, Bangor. REMOVE IN COMFORT: DON'T WORRY.—Messrs Williams Brothers, Fur- niture Remover^, Bangor, undertake re- movals in large commodious vans from and to all parts. Charges reasonable. Esti ,i mates free.
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A foreigner, writing an account of his travels in England, expatiated in eloquent terms on the high respect shown there by young people to their parents. "A son," he alleged, in proof of his assertion, "never names his father in the familiar terms com- mon to other countries, but is careful al- ways to speak of him under the dignified title of 'governor.' I
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BETHESDA. THE "CYFARFOD MISOL." — Last Monday and Tuesday, the Monthly Meet- ings of the Calviaiistie Methodist Churches of An-on were held at Jcrtitalent Chapel, BetheMla, where there was an unusually iiarge n umber of delegates present. — The chief evanit of the meetingfi wae tlie rec-eaiv- ing of 18 deaeous. Mr Darvid Williams, TaibeiTiacle, asked theiir experience; and Mr John Williams, Clwtyfooint, oatediised them in the allotted subjects, naimely, "The Scriptures." A dea-c-on from Tregairth ntamed Mr Thooivas delivcred- ai prayer, and the service closed with a very appropriate charge by the Rem John Jones, Bryn- '.rod'yu.—Tho following were appointed moderators, for the. enduing year:—Tift?, Rev R. W. Hughes, Baagor, a.nd Mr R. O. Williajms, Gerlraii.t--The, next meeting is to be held at Capel Coch, Llamberie, when the Rev W. Wyn-1 Davies, Bangor, is to deliver a lecture oil "The relation of t!he pulpit and i^ieial questions."—The preachers on Momdiay nigh.t and Tuesdlajy were the Reve. Howell Harris Hughes, Carnarvoi?; Thos. Lloyd, IJaiiberiiK, fau)ct David WilJEams, Llanwiidfi.
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PORTMADOC SALE OF WORK. The sale of work held at Garth Chapel la.t we-ek: realised £ 150. THE LITERARY SOCIETIES. — M^moiiif l Ciiap-1: Papers w-ere, readi on "The CiiiJdren oil the Bible" and "Anigels" by Meesn,- W. Williams land Richa-rd Owen (junior).—Salem: Mr J. Jones Morris de- livered an .adidtees on "Papery." — Ta.ber- ttaele: The Rev E. E. Jones spoke- on "Two or Three. Questions about the Bible."
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wi^MnwiuHi — ■BMM*|^»tininMFwnmymEtoan3Bi^M I CARNARVON POLICE COURTS. COUNTY MAGISTRATES' COURT.-On Saturday, before Mr D. P. Williams (in the chair) and other magistrates. STRAY PONIES. Jane Williams, Cae Hop, Bethel, charged with allowing ponies to stray on the highway, was ordered to pay the costs. NO LIOENSE.-Hugh J. Janes; BwLchy- llyn, Upper Lllandwrog, wats fined Sa and costs for keeping a. dog without a license^ CHARGE UNDER, LOCOMOTIVE AC I.—Roibart Jones, 37, Margaret street, Carnarvon, driver of a locomotive traction waggon belonging to Latke amd Co., was charged, under the Locamotiive Act, with alto wing the engine to emit smoke on the highway.—P.C. 29, stationed at Groeslon, said that, on the 3rd inist., two locomotive traction wa.gB,o)M belonging to Lafce and Co. passed through Groeslon. He received complaints concerning one of them. Wit- ness noticed black smoke issuing from the engine. Defendant, when qpaken to. said there was a heavy load in the wagigon, a-id that it waa' poor coal. — Further evi- dence having beeu called, Mr M. E. Nee, ,mo asppaared for the defence, said that the best smokeless ccsid iaas used by the engine, •andl the locomotive was so oonistruoted as to consume ita Own smoke.—The Bench fined defendant ros awd costs; and, oin the appli- cation of Mr Nee, the Bench agreed Uj state a case. BOROUGH MAGISTRATES' COURT.— Monday, before Mr Richard Thomas (pre^ siding, and other magistrates. POACHING. — Mr Motts, Brymer ter- race, Bontnewyad, summoned for {jfnachiiij', was ordered to pay the costs. DRUiNKENNE'SS.—Wm. Daviets, Crown street, and Rt. Pritchiard, Br^-n Eglwy;), Lianberis, were each fined 2s 6d amd costs for this offence. — For having been drimsc on licensed premises, Morris Davies, Peon. lfridd, Rhostryfan, and John Gr;iham Pepper lane, were each fined lis 6d amd costis. ASSAULT. — Morris Da.-vies was also summoned by Griffith Thomas, CaoE."r Saii, Rlnostryifan, for an assault. — Hia COLI- plaina-nt stadd the defendant came to him in; a public-house on winter fair's noftoy, and, without any reascin whatever, struck him in the face. — Defendant admitted, the offence, and expressed regret. He viva fined 5s and, ooste.
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