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THE COLLEEN BAWN. I -()-- I CHAPTER III. How Mr. Daly, the Middleman, sat down to Breakfast. I The Dalys (a very respectable family' in middle life) occupied, at the time of which we write, a handsome cottage on the Shan- non side, a few miles from the suburban dis- trict above-mentioned, I f hey had assembled, on the morning of Eily's disappearance, a healthy and bloom- jug household of all sizes, in the principal sitting-room, for a purpose of no less import- ance than that of despatching breakfast It Htui a favourable moment for any one who llight be desirous of sketching a family pcttrre. The windows of the room, which were thrown up for the purpose of admitting the fresh morning air, open upon a trim and sloping meadow, that looked sunny and cfceexfui, with the bright green after-grass ■ Qf the season. The brow: and sheety river cashed the very margin of the little field, and bore upon its quiet- bosom (which wa9 orfy raffled by the circling eddies that en-J, apontered the advancing tide) a variety of cctft such might be supposed to indicate j the approach to a. large commercial city. | Majestic vessels, floating idly on the basined j fbxl, with sails half furled, in keeping with the languid; beauty of the scene-lighters. buri&ened to the water's edge with bricks! cc $tnd.large rafts of timber, borne onward tcfwauLs the neighbouring quays, under the guidance of a shopman's boat-hook-pleasure. beats, with gaudy pennons hanging at peak and- topmast-or turf-boats, with their un- pjcluresque and. ungraceful lading, moving* silggishly forwau' I, while their black satis seemed gasping lcr a breath to fill them; suc5 were the incidents ti:Lt gave a gjentle j ar*$pation to the prospect immediately be-1 fore the eyes of the cottage dwellera On the farther side of the river arc-se the Cra-tioe Mia, shadowed in various places by a, broken cloud, and rendered beautiful by the chwjyered appearance of the ripening till- agfo and the variety of hues that were ob- salable along their wooded sides. At in* ttferals, the front of a handsome mansion tightened up in the passing gleam of sun- stine, while the wreaths of bluet smoke, as- j ajffding at various distances from gnnongst jy trees, teoded to fclieve the idea; c€ ex- tasjpje solitude which it would otherwise have presented. The interior of the cottage was not lesa interesting to contemplate than the land- scape which lay before iL The pnncqaal 1 breakfast-table (for there were two spreadj in the room) was placed before the window, die neat and snow-like damask cloth cover- ed with fare that spoke satisfactorily for the circumstances of the proprietor, ani for the house-wifery of his help-mate. The former,1 a fair, pleasant-faced old gentleman, in a all huge buckled cravat and square-tcred shores, sonjBvvhat distrustful of the meagre bever- age which fumed out of Mrs Daly's lofty anxi shining coffee-pot, had taken his position before a cold ham and fowl which decor- ated the lower end of the table. K:s lady, a. courteous oUi personage, with a; face not leas- fair and happy than her husband's, and with eyes sparkling with good nature and la- i eRigence, did the honour of the board at, he farther end. On the opposite side., lean- tig over the back of his chair with clasped .«ands, in an attitude which had a mixture of abstraction and anxiety, sat Mr Kync Daly, the first pledge of connubial affection drat was born to this comely pair. Ha v as X -;mncr man already initiated in the rudi- ments of the legal profession; of 8 hand- some figu-re, and in manner—but something now pressed upon his spirits; which render- ed this an unfavourable occasion for de- j scribing him. A second table was laid in a arote retired portion of the room, for the accommodation cOhe younger part of the family. Several) well-burnished goblets, or 'porringers/ of thick milk, flanked the sides of this board, wliile a large dish of smooth-coated potatoes reeked up in the centre. A mimfrer of bkxxaing boys and giris., between the ages at four and twelve, were seated at this simple rejpast, eating and drinking awax with all tfijs iiappy eagerness of youthful appetite ) Not, however, that this employment occu- pied their exclusive attention, for the prattle which circulated round the table frequently became so boisterous as to drorann the con- versation of -the older people, and to call farth the angry rebuke of the master of the terrify. I The furniture of the apartment was in ac- I ocajSance with the- appearance and manners 1 of its inhabitants. The floor was hand- gomeiy carpetted, a lofty green fender forti- lied the fireplace, and supplied; Mx Daly in his facetious moments with occasions for- the frequent repetition of a favourite cunt.ndrum —"VThy is that fender Eke Westminster &95ey?"—a problem with which lie never fa-fed' to try the wit of any stranger who happened to spend a night beneath im* ioof..j The wainscoated walls were ornamented with several of the popufar primes of the day, such as Hogarth's Roast Beet-Prince Mugene—Schomberg at the Boyne—Mr Bett- ffrt'-n leaving Cato in all the glory of 'F 'i wig, fiowerid gown, and'- lacker'd chair'; I of .h" [I %r;>nd.-ne, in the person-ot Mrs j Itf strutting among the arbours of fcer palace in a lofty tete and hoop- ed petticoat. There were also some famJy • < done by Mrs Daly in her school- > cfav. ;lch. we- feel no to say I Mat; t'iun they were pretbly framed, in j Jfest c r' • ^a'r artist, if should afso be ] ate that, contrary to the established prractire. her sketches were never re-touched tne h'-nc of t-rr msster, a fact Mr Daly fond of insinuating, and which ao one the pictures was tempted" to can in: j .estion, A small bcoK-caio, Iti- .dgC5 of the shelves harvlsome^y gilded, was suspen-led in or.e cornc^r of Che room, and, tin. examination, might be found to contcua. c) 8. considerable n.'jrr.er of woria on Irish Histon7, for which sfudy Mr Daly had a Rational predilection, a ctactnastafice much lored by all the irapatJenf Isrfeners In his fce'g hb oa rhood, an1' (same pesotpie hinted) in j ids own houseiioid; religious bocks, j f«w on cooteif and ftatwing.» The space over the lofty chimney-piece was assigned to some ornaments of a more start- ling description. A gun-rack, ond which; were suspended a long shore-gun, a brass- barrelled blunderbus, a cutlass, and a case of horse-pistols, manifested Mr Daly's deter- mination to maintain, if necessary, by force of arms, his claim to the possessions which his honest industry had! acquired. •'■'ivyrie/' said Mr Daly, putting his fork into a breast of cold goose, and locking at his son—"you had better let me put a little 'goose' (with an emphasis) on your plate. You know you are going a-wooin^ to-day." The young gentleman appeared not to hear him.. Mrs Daly, who understood more intimately the nature of her son's reflections, deprecated, by a significant look at her hus- band, the continuance of any raillery upon so delicate a subject. ClKyrle, some coffee?" said the lady of the house, but without being more success- ful in awakening the attention of the young gentleman. Mr Daly winked! at his wife. "Kyrle T" he called alotud, in a tone against which even a. lover's absence was not proof, "do you hear what your mother says t' "I ask pardon, sir-I was absent—I—what were you saying, mother?'' "She was sayings" continued Mr Daly, I with a smile, "that you were manufacturing a fine speech for Annie Chute, and; that you were just meditating whether you should de- liver it on your knees, or out of brief, as if you were addressing the Bench in the Four Courts." "For shame, my dear. Never mind him, Kyrle, I said no such thing. I wonder how I you can say that, my dear, and the childTen) listening." "Pooh! the little angels are too busy and I too innocent to pay us any attention," said Mr Daly, lowering his voice, however. "But I speaking seriously, my boy, you take this affair too deeply to heart; and whether it be our pursuit of wealth—or fame—or even in love itself, an extreme solicitude to be sue- j cessful is the surest means of defeating its J own object. Besides it argues an unquiet and unresigned condition. I have had a: j little experience, yoo. know, in affairs of this kind/' he added, smiling, and) glancing at his I fair helpmate, who blushed with the sim- plicity of a young girl. "Ah, sir," said Kyrle, as he drew nearer to the breakfast-table with a magnanimous affectation of cheerfulness, "I fea.r I have j not so good a ground' for hope as you may have had. It is very easy, sir, for one to be i resigned to disappointment when he is cer- tain of success." I "Why, I was not bidden to despair, in- deed," said Mr Daly, extending his hand to ¡ his wife, while they exchanged a quiet smile, which had in it an expresson of tenderness and of melancholy remembrance. "I have, I helive, been more fortunate than more de- j serving persons. I have never been vexed with useless fears of my wooing days, nor with vain regrets when those days were end- ed. I do not know, my dear lad, what hopes you have formed, or what prospects you may have shaped out of the future, but I will not wish vou a better fortune, than that you may t as; nearly approach to their accomplishment as i have done, and that Time may deal as ¡ fairly with you as he has done with your father." After saying this, Mr Daly leaned £ •••• iH on the table, with hit temple sup- ported by one finger, and glanced alternate- ly from his children to his wife, while he s.ng in low tone the following verse of a popular song: "How should I love the pretty creatures, While round my knees they fondly clung, To see them look their mother's features, To hear them lisp their mother's tongue! Anus when with envy Time transported I Shall think to rob- us of our joys, ¡ YouT in yuur gtrls again be courted, And I— with a glance at Kyrle— An, 1; I go wooing with the boys." ttAnd this," thought young Kyrle, in the affectionate pause that ensued, "this is the ovation which I go to decide upon this mornmg--whether my old age shall resemble the picture which I see before me, or whether T shall be doomed to creep into the wmtor of my life, a lonely, selfish, cheerless, m-vrtey-hunting old bachelor. Is not this enough to make a little solicitude excusable, I or pardonable at least ?" "ft "> long time now," resumed Mr Daly, "since I have had the pleasure of meeting Airs Chute. She was a very beautiful, but a very wild girl when I knew her. Nothing has ever been more inexplicable to me than the. choice she made of a second husband1. YoiU never saw Anne's stepfather, Tom Chute, w you would be equally astonished. Wo: saw my love, did you not?" Mrs. Daly laughed, and answered in the affirmative. "It showed, indeed, a singular taste," said Mr Daly. "I hey tell a curious story, too, about the manner of their courtship." "What was that, sir?" asked Kyrle, who felt a strong sympathetic interest in all Stories connected; with wooers and wooing. If have it, I confess, upon questionable authority; but you shall hear it, such as it is. Now, look at that young thief!" he added, laughing, and; directing Kyrle's attention to one of the children, a chubby young fellow, who, having deserted the potato-eating at the side-table, was taking advantage of the deep interest excited by the conver- sation to ov-ke a *!>•"• -n ascent upon the contents of the japanned bread-basket. Per- ceiving that he was detected, the little fellow relaxed his fingers, and drew back a little, glancing from beneath his eye-lashes, a half- ¡ dismayed and bashful look at the laughing countenance of his parent ^Charier is ro* weM said the mother, in a compassionate tone, cutting him a large wedge of her best home-made bread, which the lad began to demolish with a de- gree of rapidity that scarcely corroborated, the assertion. (To be Continued.) -:0:

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DEFFRO, MÂE'N DDYDD. -0-- (Arwyddair Ysgoldy Abertridwr.) --ö- Enaid; edrych! Wele'r Haul Acw'n fllamio'r Dwyrain draw; Mae'n daenedig ar bob Haw I ti weithiau—fywyd hael. Pa'm yr huni? Edrych fyny, A hihuna, mae yn bryd! Gweithdy cofia, yw y byd. Enaid! Énaid! Mae y Wawf Wedi teithiio llawer gwlad; A phob blodyn geir yn awr f Acw'n gwenu mewn boddhad. I Tithau'n huno Mor ddigyffro, J Pan mae anian dios yn rhydd 0 afeilion cwsg, Mae'ni dldydd 1" Oni chlywi'r adar man? Mae eu bronau'n IIawn o dan- "Mae yn Ddydd!" Rhaididdynt hwy Beraidd ganu iddo mwy. Ni all adar Ieuainc, hawdidgar, Fyth a chysgu. tra "mae'n ddydd"— Tyrid i ddysgu'r wers, cei fudd! Fe flU)' 11; T adau yn y nos, Cysgasant hefyd gydaf ef; Boenus nos, heb ysgol dlos I'w deffroi a grymus lef. Onfi mae bellach Ddyddiau harddiach A dwyfolach yn y tir- Hawddi yw dysgu heddyw'n wir. Sut y gelli gysgu, d'wed ? Pan mae'r "Dydd" yn myn'd ar led, Dydki Deffroaiid leinw'th wlad, Myrdd1 yn "deffro" mewn boddhad. Adgyfodiad Drwy'r Deffroajd) Ddaeth i Gymru—Cymru fach; Deffro, O! mae'n haf-ddydd iach! Treorct. Myfyr Hefin. -:0:

HEN AWRLAIS FY NAIN. -c. Yn y fynwent brudd yn huno, Mae fy nain ei hiun o hedd, Brwydrau bywydi atethant heibio, Mae llonyddwch yn y betJid; Ar ei hol-yw fud fel hithau j Mae ei awrlais anwyl hi Wedi darfodi rhifo'r oriau, Megys yn y ddyddiau, fe Yn y gell lie bu yn tician Yn ddiatal nos a. dydd, Ei dtdiystawrwydd gyfyd! weithiau Ddeigryn bach i wlychu'm grudd; Dwfn ddystawrwydd maith gyfrolau A lefara wrthyf fi; Edrydd hanes un sy'n eisiau, Mynwent, bedid, ac ywen ddu. Gwelaist nain yn ddynes gadarn, Ac yn ieuanc iawn ei gwedd; Gwelaist hi yn gwyro'n egwan, A myn'd! heibiot tua'r bedd; Ond daeth terfyn i'th wasanaeth, Taro wnest dy olaf sain; Edrych arnat gyfyd hiraeth, Acadgofion am fy nain. Er yn hen a wedi methu, Cysegredig wyt i mi, Ac er mwyni fy nain sy'n cysgu Yn y bedd, mi'th garaf di; 'Rwyf yn cofio sylkn amat Pan yn hogyn gyda mam, Mawr oedd gofal nain am danat Rhag it' dderbyn unrhyw gam. Gwelaist fwy nag un genedlaeth Yn myn'd heibio ar dy sedd, Trwy hen gyfyng fwlch maxwolaeth I ystafell oer y bedd; Serch o'th amgylch sy'n castelli I'th amddiffyn rhag un cam, Cysegredig gan y teulu Yw hen awrlais mam fy mam. Aberamext Eurfab.

-:0: LLONGYFARCHIAD --0-- I Mr John Davies, 10, Portia Terrace, Abertawe, ar ei waith yn enill y Gadair ar y bryddest yn Eisteddfod1 T abernacl, Tire- foris, Nadolig. Y testyn oedd, "0 Haul Aros," a. 10 yn cystadlu. -{)-- Hawddiamosl gyfaill gwylaisdd, Y tlws, ddewisol fardd, A "blwyddyn newydd dda" i chwi, Rhwng breidiiau'ch cad air hardd; Eisteddwch yndidi'n eofn, Mae'r cleddyf yn ei wain, A anrhydeddus sydd Uwchben eich pryddest gain. Arferwn edrych beunydd, Ar olpoh 'Steddfod fawr, Yn rhestr y buddugol lu, A oedd eich enw'i lawr— Canys gwyddwn nerth eich awen (Er ii chwi chad'w'i nghudd), A bod ei. haden santaidd, chwim, Am ledu tua'r dydd. Os dyma'r gadair gyntaf, Nid olaf yw i fod- Neillduwch 'stafeU yn y ty 1'r llawer sydd i ddod; Arosed eich darfelydd Fel haul i lathru'r nef- Nef "can a lien" a Chymmii fydd Yn Hon o"i oleu ef. Rhandir. -:0'

Gellir tvnu haiam i "wire" teneuach nag unryw fetal arall ond auT. Y mae hyd goreu reiliau a ddefnyddir ar linellau reilffyrdd yn fater sydd wedi cael ei ddadleu yn dda. Y mae reiliau o 30 i 62 o droedfeddi wedi cael eu defnyddrio, ond y mae wedi ei brofi erbyn hyn mai yr hyd' goreu i'w ddefnyddio ydyw 33 o droedfeddi. Ond, modd! bynag, defnyddfia llawer o reil- ffyrdd, rail o 45 o droedfeddi.

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ANERCHIAD PRIODASOL --0-- CyflwjTiedig i Mr James Davies, Parcyrhos, Tremain, a Miss Jane Thomas, Llain- delyn, Aberporth. Gofynodd merch ieuanc brydweddol i till, A wnawn addaw ididi galenig, A minau atebais mewn tipyn o spri, Cawn weledi ar ol y Nadblig. A wyddoch chwi beth, ebe'r eneth yn ddel, Yw'r hyn wyf yn geisio fel ffafar? 'Rwy'n 'specto' be finau, er's dyddiau yn ffel Fod Jane yn myned1 i gael cydmar. Anerchiaidl priodasol 'rwy'n geirio yn wir, Llawn cystal i mi adrodd fy hanes, 'Rwy'n myn'd i briodi yrwan cyn hir, Tra fo cariad yn bur ac yn gynes. Gwnewch. gofio'r addewiid yn wir, Mr Jones, A nyddwch ychydig benillion, 0 A chofiwch eu hanfon yn 'flesh' ac yn 'bones' I'r "Darian," er mwyn fy nghyfeilliom Priodii mae'r merched yn ieuainc a hen, Priododd rhyw luoedd eleni; 'Rwyf 'inau yn myned, yn wir," ebe Jane, Dewch ferched bob un i briodi. Ar ol i ni fynedi i'r esmwyth fyd gwyrt, Bydd Jimmie a minau yn ddedwydd Ar fryniau'r dyfodol ni gawn am hyn, Beth bynag fo an&awdd! y tywydd. Or. cawn ni ein daiuj weled bywyd a hoen, Ac ychydig o bris dros yr angen, Ni godwn wyn fwthyn yn iach a dibotan, A serch roddwn idido yn sylfaen. Ac ynddo ni fagwn ryw ddwsin o blant Fel yr iar yn magu ei chywion; A chanu y byddaf bob gofid i bant, Fel uchedydd y'mro yr aweloni. Beth bynag ddygwyddo mewn 11 an neu mewn sir, Ni fyddaf yn hidfio am un-dyn j Ni fydd fath baradwys dirwy'lr cread yn wir- A'r bwthyn bach gwyn uwch y felin. Wel, boedi y byd newydd yn wyn i ti, Jane, Eich dedwyddwch fo fyth ar ei gynydd; Da gwyddoch eich dau, nad a cariad yn hen, Am hyny chwi fyddwch yn ddedwytdd. Rhaid dirwvn i'r terfvn, weth mae Mr Gol.. Vn crychu ei ael er ys meityn; Hawddamor, fy ffryndiau, heo ragor o lol, Priodas dda, i chwi'r ddeu-ddyn. Cyfaill o'r Cardiland. Rhagfyr 31, 1901.

— :o GWILI. -0- Englymon a wnaed wedi 'syllu' a 'gwrando' i arno, yn 'gilto' ac yn egluro "Canwyll y Cymry." Athrylith bur naturiol-yn ei gwawl, Gaed gan Gwili'n fardiuol; Iaith enaid yw fel gwlithyn dbl Yn ei anian eneiniol. I'w Ion anvydd lenonol,—eidduniaf Ddawn y byd meddyliol; Mwy foi anian Mehefinol,—mevm hedd:, I goethi'i nod.wedd miewn gwaith eneidiol. Hyf enaid aad1 i fyny,—i gyneu Hen 'Ganwyll y Cymry'; A'i newydd swyn trai'r miloedd sy'—yn ddi- gredi, Ya sudido i Abredl a'i llysoedd o bry. I I'w rhychiatu) aedi corachod,—hwy wehvant Nerth Athrylith Dxiwidjod; A diifa pob aur dafod O'i swyn byw i'w oes sy'n bod. Gwyrswawr. Calan, Ionawr, 1902.

-:0:- Allan o'r 6,700 o Bryrlieinwyr a lajd|dwyd|. vvxtU eu gwaith yU j j d .ra.Iyn 1900, nid o-edd dim hi na 3,899 y.i iorwyr. -0-- Y dyfetisiad trydanol diwetddaraf ydjrw y storm brv>ffvvyd!peii-s\aiydd diwefr braint- ysgrifiedig gam Italiwr. Cofxwda ddynesiad tyrnhestl neu. storm o daranau yn y pellder 0 gan' milldiir. Y darganfyddiad diwedrlaraf mewn ffondd a ddyn tal ydyw Edward. Beaupere, gwr Canatiaidd. Nitl| yw oml 19 miwydd oed, ac y mae yn barod yn saith troedfedd ioy4 o fodfeddi o daldira. --0- Y glo goreu yn Ffrainc ydyw yr uin a geir ger Poucharnp». V .t; h:» -t nerthfawr fel y Mae yn taJu i'w glodriio. ef yn y dyfndep mawT o 3,313 o droedfeddi. O orooden ^gain mTwydd oed, gellir cusglu 218 bv\si o adail yn flynydd- 01 1 twydo saik iwi..0, Gwaa Gcrrniifii. yn iiynydkioi bum' miliwB o bunau y fiwyddyn allan o liwion 'coal tAr.' Y mae hi yn, cyflenwi seven-eights o'r oil 'coal tar dves' 51 (1"llpfnY0rl¡ir un y bvd. N id yw pobi l kaiue uitd J n defnyddio ond un rhan o dair o siwgr y pen ag a. wnawn ni yn y Deyrnas Gyfunol. o;

M3Je'l Iorddonen, yn ystod ei chwrs yo syrthio 1,200 o droedfeddi, ac y mae yn, an- foroi oddieithr am estynia/iau hy-nod o fyr- ionu Y mae gwerthiant ]K>st e stamps yn y Deyrnas Gyiurnoi yn cyrhaedd 14/12 o fil- iynau o, bunau yn tlynyddol. Oedran y 'millionaires' Prydeinig ar gyfar- taledcK fuont feirw y fi wyddyn ddiweddaf oeuu. 71. ii.d'Ay'dtl o&k o> ciiti. -u y thai fuorrii. feirw yn 1900, "j4%. Y Barwnig Armstrong oedd yr hynaf, 90 mlwydd oed. Maesydd aur Gorllewinbarth AwstraJus ydiynt v mwyaf yn y byd. Y maent yn gor- chuddio 24,000 o filldiroedd ysgwar. 't" Dyvved p>4»gulw>r fod T.Lsler yn enill haner pwys yn ei bwy^au bob bUvyddyn o'i hoedl. Y lobster mwyaf eu bwysau a ddal- iwyd a,r y South Coast, ger y Needles- Light- house, ac yr oedd! yn pwyso dros wyth pwys. Allan o'r 1,315 o gyfnewidiadau. yn nghyf- logau gweithwyr Prydeinig yn ystod igoo, yr oeddl 1,276 yni ychwanegiadau. Darfu i'r cyfnewidiadau hyn effeithio ar 2: t4 mil- lions o weithwyr.