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LATE MRS. LEWIS. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNERAL. Ia connection with the arrangements for the interment of the remains of Mrs. Lewis, wife of the Bishop of Liandaif, it has beeu arranged that the first part of the Burial Service, with celebration of the Holy Communion, will be read in the Palace private chapel at eleven o'clock this (.Thursday) morning, and only mem- bers of the bishop's family, the deceased's immediate lady friends, and the servants will attend. The body will be removed on Friday morning from the Palace to the 7.48 a.m. train, Great Western Railway Station, Cardiff, thence to Clvnderwen Station, and the interment will take place at Llanddewi Velfrey. where the late Mrs. Lewis lived for over 30 years.

TELEGRAPH CLERKS. VE"YRRIIIATION OF THEIR GRIE- VANCES IN LONDON. Sir Albert K RoUit. M.P.. presided on Wednesday night over a great meeting of Lon- don and Provincial telegraph clerks, held at the Foresters'-hall, London, to give expression to the grievances under which the service laboured. --The Chairman thought the tek-gruph clerks, whose duties conlined them indoors, should have their holidays during the last eight months of rhe vear. all, he bvlievecf the Postmaster- General "oul. 10 his best h) effect that lesult. The State had skilled servants in its employ, and should jwiv fairly for their serv ices. He lielieved the demands of tho" telegraph clerks %> ere reasonable, and greater parsimony on the part of the Government would not be tiue wtnoiny. An impartial inquiry into the grievances of the service cusrht to be granr-ed.— Mr. Pritchard Moroni. Sir Stafford Northcote. iiiil Mr. W. Redmond. M.P.'s, ltaviikg addressed the meeti r, resolutions were passed expressing grave dissatisfaction with the Postmaster- General's recent replies to deputations from the telfgTaph >tatf. urging the Treasury to consider the inadequate scale of pay of telegraph clerks and th inequitable operation of )Iassification, and expressing the conviction that the present condition of the telegraph staff demanded inquiry by a Royal Commission.—.Delegates attended from many pro\ incial iowns.

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Lord Aberdare's Death, i SYMPATHY SHOWN WITH THE FAMILY. Some Interesting Reminiscenes of the Popular Deceased Welsh Nobleman. Expressions of condolence with the family of the late Lord Aberdarc continue to be received from various quarter. together with evi- dences of the general esteem in which the lat* peer was lielii. Lady Aberdare was greatly touched by the resolution conveyed to her by Lord Playfair on behalf of the Aired Poor Commission, and also by the sympathetic mes- sage received from tlif Senate of the L nivtrsuy College of Sbuth Wales, in which his lordship tcok the keeni^et interest. The Senate al-xj recorded its "deep sense of the great and en- during services which Lord Aberdare has ren- dered, both to the college. since its foundation and to the cause of education in Wales as a whole." The following telegram to Lady Aber- dare from SiT W. T. Lewis, agent to the Mar- quess of Bute, was received to-day: — "Sir William Thomas Lewis and Mr. Louis Tylor are desirous that the bosrd of manage- ment or the chairman and vice-chairman should represent the Miners' Provident Society at the funeral." To this telegram, and to similar requests from other public bodies, replies have been sent to the effect that, while the ceremony will be private in the sense that no invitations will be issued, any friends v ho care to attend will be welcome to do so. With reference to a rumour tha.t the late Lord Aberdare's daughters were seriously ill, it appeal's that the two daughters were attacked by influenza at the same time as their father, but that both are now convalescent. THE FUXKRAL ARRANGEMENTS. As already announced, the funeral of the dcoeased statesman will take place on Friday. a.t noon, at Mountain Ash Cemetery, which is situated only a short distance from Duffryn. In a letter received by Mr. Morgan Morgan, J.P.. his late lordship's agent, on Wednesday morning, the Hon. H. C. Bruce says that the funeral will be private, but that all friends who like may attend. It is scarcely necessary to urge that there a.re hosts of friends who would be grateful for the opportunity of paying a last mark of respect to the honoured lord, and it may fairly be assumed, therefore, tliat the funeral will partake of a. public character. The body will he brought to Mountain Ash from London to-day (Thursday) by the Taff Vale train arriving at 4.38, and the same train will bring the members of the sorrowing family. As at present arranged, the coffin will be conveyed from the railway station direct to the cemetery chapel, but this plan is open to some objection on the ground of inconvenience, and local effort-s are being made to alter it that the body shall lx> carried instead to St. Margaret's Church. The grave in which the deceased patriot is to be buried is one of common earth, and adjoins that which contains the remains of his daughter, Mrs. Richmond. The funeral service is to be conducted by the Rev. W. C. Bruce. Arch- deacon of Monmouth, nephew of the departed, assisted by the Rev. B. Lloyd, vicar of Moun- tain Ash. Lady Aberdare is very anxious that everything in connection with the layincr to rest of her illustrious husband shall be marked bv plainness and simplicity, and the obsequies, con- sequently, will be quite devoid of any pageantry. INTERESTING PERSONAL REMINISCENCES. A BROAD-MINDED, MANY-SIDED MAN. AS EDUCATIONALIST. The Vicar of Mountain Ash writes:—Lord Aberdax,e took a keen interest in education in everv- aspect and stage, not only in its broad national scope, but as nresented in our midst. When at our school management committee meetings lie had an intuitive grasp of the right course to ta.ke: he never showed the slightest tendency to override the opinion of any member, but would invariably listen attentively to the suggestion of the humblest member. It was interesting to observe with what care he entered upon the new duties of the Llanwonno School Board, of which he consented to become a. member about two months aco. One felt at once the presence of an experienced adminis- trator. HIS THOROUGHNESS. He personally visited our elementary schools, entered into the details of the work, listened to the children sing and recite, Ac. This was; a habit of his. When chairman of the joint com- mittee of the Duffryn Schools, which were built a.nd enlanred mainly through his exertions, he never allowed a. trifling excuse to keep him away from the meetings, and always entered into the business of each meeting with the closest interest. At these meetings, after the business was over. he I was very fond of reverting to topics connected with the distant past. At the last meeting he attended he mentioned that the old name of his residence was not Dunryn. but Aber- pennar. because it is close to the confluence of the little Pennar Brcok with the Cynon. and thai the name Duffryn grauiially became attached to it because people about Aberdare in years gone by used to speak of going "down the valley" (myned i lawr i'r dytfryn). and his house was the only one of any importance "down the valley." He was a warm supporter of our science and art classes, which have been carried on for about fifteen years, and alwa)t encouraged by him with money aaid words. A SOUND CHIaRCHMAN. All movements for the extension of the Church's work and influence met with every support from his lordsihip. and he seemed to tafce »i>eoial de'.ight in the great revival in the Church's energetic life in modern days. His subscriptions were always given with a readi- ness which betokened a real desire to encourage, and it was always a special pleasure to ask him to grant a site for an additional church, or institute, or reading-room, and he usually added to the promise of a site a generous subscrip- tion, a.nd some such encouraging remark as "A very excellent work," or "It is very much needed." A ROMANCE OF THE ABERDARE VALLEY. Some few years ago Lord Aberdare, accom- panied by a friend, was passing through Cefn Pennar on a moi-j. tg stroll, when he pointed out to his companion a gamekeeper's ootta.ge, and remarked, "There is an interesting romance connected with that place. Last century a gamekeeper lived there who had seen better dtivs. In fadt, his father liad owned the ad- joining estate. He had a wife and two daughters, really 1)eautiful girls. One went to London and entered rhl". service of Lord Hen- niker, and she hapjjened to be there when the son and heir came home from college, and with her he fell desperately in love. Lord Henniker had a whispering of this, and the gamekeeper's daughter was sent home. This, instead of dis- pelling, increased the young fellow's love. and he wa* in the habit, whenever he could get away unrwtioed, to go down to Merthyr. put up at the. Star, and ride over the mountains to Cefn Pennar. His intentions, it may he stated, were strictly honourable. She was like the gar- dener's daughter, in Toe Lord of Burleigh.' as good as -lie w beautiful. nnd when Lord Henniker d'ed the young lord came down post- haste, saw the girl, and offered his hand in mar- riage. She was quite as fond of him as he was of her. so the old g-unekteper was called into council, and the young lord retreated his offer, but .-aid that. as she would be removed into a higher sphere of life, "lte must, for her own sake, be thoroughly trained and educated for that position. This was granted, and eventually they were married, and lived for many years in th<? truest happiness. During her early married life her sister went to reside with her. and the. too. mad", an excellent match." Lord Aberdafe said that the friend who first told his father, Mr. John Bruce Prvce, the tale knew Lady Henniker well, and a more accomplished and beautiful women he never met. LORD ABERDARE AND THE SWANSEA TRAINING COLLEGE. At the last meeting of the council of the train- ing college a resolution was passed requesting Lord Aberdare to accept the presidency, in succession to the late Lord Swansea. Lord Aberdare replied as follows Duffryn, Mountain Ash, January 23, 1895. My dear Principal Salmon,—To men on the verge of 80 years prudence suggests gradual withdrawal from public posts, even when they are honorary, or nearly so, and 011 this reason- able rule of life I have been noting- for some years. But I cannot resist the unanimous desire of your council, so kindly expressed in your letter, and if they do not think the election of an octogenarian tmeaident will be injurious to the college. I am content to be inconsistent, and to accept the great honour proffered to me. all the more readily that I have ha.d frequent expe- rience in this immediate neighbourhood of the great benefits conferred by your institution in Wales.—Believe me to be, very faithfully yours, ABERDAKE.

PERJTTBY IN WALES. STRONG REMARKS BY JUDGE GWILYM WILLIAMS. At Swansea County-court on Wednesday Judere Gwilym Williams and a. jury heard the case of Delacour v. J ones, in which the plaintiff, landlord of the Victoria Inn, College-street, sought to recover £ 67 2s. 8d.. balance with respect to the sale to defendant of the goodwill, and fixtures of the Harbour Hotel, Swansea.- After the evidence had been completed his Honour said that one of the parties to the suit had undoubtedly committed perjury. It had been stated that the Welsh committed perjury more than any other nation. He did not tt:nk that was the ease, for perjury was unquestion- ably committed in courts of law all over +he world. In this instance he was obliged to say-there was no getting cut of it—that delibe- rate perjury had been committed there that day, and it would be the duty of the jury—he was glad it was not his—to say which wa.s j Le most credible.—The jury returned a verdict kr plaintiff for the full amount claimed.

WELSH IN SCHOOLS. RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT In the revised instructions just issued to her Majesty's inspectors, and applicable to the code of 1895, the following- paragraph appears: — "In the case of Wales it is clearly established that in many cases in Welsh-speaking districts the use of Welsh in the school, side bv side with English, will greatly facilitate an 'intelligent understanding of English. [t is desirable that the attention of teachers should be called to this quest-ion, and that the inspectors should encourage the prartice of bi-lingual teaching by themselves making use of Welsh in testing children's intel- ligence. The use of Welsh songs and Welsh poetry in the schools will oe of considerablt ser- vice.

DR. TALMAGE AGAIN. In one of nr. Talmage's sermons he says, "If ten men were to come to you when ill witn some appalling malady, and if they had the same ibness and took a certain medicine and it -ured them. you would probably take it. Now. sup- pose ten other men were to coma and say, We don't believe tha.t there is anything in that medi- cine.' Well.' I say, have you tried it?' 'Xo, no.' TIien avaunt. Let me take the testi- n onv of the millions of souls that have been converted and comforted in trial, and solaced in the same hour, in preference to the advice of unbelievers who have no actual experience. We will take the testimony of those who have, f. they arc, witnesses." Thousands of the press, the profession, and the masses in all nations a.re witnesses to the value a.nd efficacy of Warner's Safe Cure in the cure of liver and kidney diseases, and if any symptoms such as furred tongue, flatulency and indigestion, pain in the shoulder-blades and in the back, yellowness or burning of the skin, nausea, "leeplf>fmf""8, Ions of flesh, puffy eyelids, shortness of breath, and dropsical swelling of .-in !ft or lvidy assail you, be wise and be guidea bv the experience of a cloud of witnesses. Lc212

GRAND NATIONAL FAVOURITE. Whilst being ridden by Escott, his trainer, or Wednesday, Cloister reared up and fell, ar.d is said to have slightly iani^d himself. Mr. Duff, the owner of the Grand National favourite, visited the horse in the course of the day. but the extent of the injuries has not transpired. In the London market on Wed- nesday 5 to 1 was taken about the horse for the Liverpool race.

Welsh Dissenting Endowments. Yerhurg-h has put on the notice paper of the House of Commons for to-day (Thurbdavi a motion for a return of the Dissenting endow- ments in Wales and Monmouthshire, and a notice that lie will previously, at question time. ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will grant this return.

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Notes from London. GOSSIP OF TOWN AND CLUBS. Royal Doings—Opera at Court—The "Menders" at'^vv'ork—Mr. Cham- berlain and the Prince. Something like a record will be established by the Queen's journey to Ciniiez, supposing the official time-table is kept. The journey will commence at Windsor at ten o'clock on the moinin^ of Wednesday, March 13, and her Majesty is timed to reach Ciniiez at two o clock on the following iriday afternoon, which wdl make the whole time 52 hours. There would be noth.ng extraordinary in this weie it not that the Queeui will sleep on board the Victoria and Albert in Cherbourg Harbour on Wednesday night, whereby six- teen hours of travelling time will be lost, so tint the time spent in actual travelling will be only 36 hours. The Royal train will run roiiinl Paris. The Queen will not see her eldest -on, who is at Cannes. His Royal Highness is making the best of both mediums —land and water. He lives aboard his yaoht, the Britannia, and when he is ashore he is the guest of Baron Hirsch. OPERA AT COURT. The Queen was much gratified with the performance of Mr. Richard Temple's version m i'nglisif of the opera, "Le Roi Ton 1)11.. at Windsor Castle last night. Not so much the opera as the performers commanded her Majesty's sympathy. They were the pupils of the Royal College of Music, and the way in which they acquitted themselves greatly impressed both her Majesty and the large number of gruests who had been honoured with eomma.nds to the performance. The opera had been performed by the pupils at the Prince of Wales's Theatre as their Christ- mas exercise, so that thiey were not troubled with the tremours of a first performance. The opera was produced on a sumptuous scale, Professor Villiers Stanford conducting, while Augustus Harris and Mr. D'Ovly Carte lent dresses. The floral decorations were something to marvel at for beauty and luxuriance. THE "MENDERS" AT WORK. Mr. Robert Wallace has placed notice of a motion on the paper which he would move on Tuesday, March 26, if the Government did not take all the private members' Tuesdays. The motion is, however, interesting as show- ing that the bent of the hon. member's robust Radicalism is more in the direction of Single Chamber rule than of the checks and counter- checks so admirably imposed by our unwritten Constitution. In short. Mr. Wallace is a veritable "mender" of the most thorough- going sort. His new discovery is that "this House ought to exercise a. direct and con- trolling power in the appointment and dis- missal of salaried Ministers of the Crown." ,e Of course, the House has tha.t control now. No Minister would venture to hold office if the House of Commons passed a resolution censuring him. It appears, therefore, that Mr. Wallace desires to ignore the Crown, and substitute the House of Commons for the Queen in the exercise of the functions of SWr'i-p'ghty He is good enough to adndt, in an amendment he has tabled to a new version of Mr. Labouc lie re's ridiculous resolu- tion, that in place of the House of Lords, "effectual safeguards" should be established. 1 think he means a new Second Chamber, not Referendum. MR. CHAMBERLAIN AND THE PRINCE. Advantage has been taken of the absence of the Prince of Wales to circulate an invidious story concerning his Royal High- ness and Mr. Chamberlain. The narrator, who does not appear to be aware of the fact that the Prince entertains a profound and friendly respect for Mr. Chamberlain, has explained that Mr. Chamberlain's brusque behaviour at the Royal Commission on the Aged Poor had greatly annoyed the Prince. It is known that fhe Prince took th& greatest interest in the work of the Commission, and regularly attended its meetings. It is represented that his Royal Highness was asked why he did not complain to the chair- man, Lord Aberdare, of Mr. Chamberlain's behaviour, and that he significantly replied tit at he sat between Mr. Chamberlain and the Chairman, and that the Chairman was rather deaf. This st-orv carries its own refutation. The late Lord Aberdare. was the chairman, and was rather deaf. But he was also ill and seldom presided. Lord Playfair took his place and his hearing is keen enough. Moireover, the Prince is not one to go com- plaining behind another man's hack. If he had aught of discourtesy to complain of in Mr. Chamberlain, he would either forget it. or. if he had occasion to mention it. would take care that the culprit heard what he had to say on the subject. In short, the rtorv is bushed at as showing to what absurd lengths some people will go to get a weapon to beat the Radical Unionist leader with. ENGLAND AND CHINA. One of the features of the Japanese-Chinese War has been the pertinacity with which well-informed Englishmen have clung to the cause of China. I have just heard the ex- planation of this. It appears that when Lord S anbury was at the Foreign Office, his lordship, acting on the advice of Lord Wolseley that the Chinese, if led by European officers, formed splendid lighting material, entered into a tacit, but informal, arrangement that England and China should be found in alia.noe in case of war with Russia. Events have shown the fallacy of Lord Wolseley's advice. The Chinese defence as incited like snow before the advance of disciplined troops conducted by expert officers. Lnhappily for Lord Wolseley's reputation, he not only gave his advice to Lord Salisbury, but he also pub- lished his opinion in a magazine article, which survives as L a grim reminder of the fallibility of "OUT' only general." DISTINGUISHED VICTIMS OF INFLUENZA. Mr. Balfour's attack of influenza has been more serious than the public have been per- mitted to know. He is, however, making a good recovery. The doctors will, probably, insist that he shall go a,way for a few days. but Mr. Balfour is averse to this course, arid if he progresses as well as he is now doing we may look to see him in the House again next; week. Lord Rosebery is not by any means doing so well. His progress is re- tarded by insomnia, which involves very serious considerations. It will prooablv lie several weeks before the Premier is Aga-in fit to go on the war-path. EXCITEMENT IN LONDON. As the polling-day approaches the interest in the county council election intensities

The Fate of Mynyddog. BY R. E. HUGHES. It is only a short story, and befell in thli wise. In the vear 1053 the lord of Myhy- ddog was ap Iorwerth, the seventh and last of that name, in the direct line. A stern. reserved, brusque man he was. whose whole aim of being seemed bound up in his great fortress. Mynvddog Castle, the huge ruins of which one catches a glimpse of from the Cambrian Railways to-day, was at this time one of the largest and most formidable fort- resses beyond Powysland and the Marches. It stood on an isolated promontory of rc k, jutting out over the beach below. some five or six hundred feet above the sea-level. Be- low, on the beach, a few rough hovels indi- cated where the industrious fishermen of the village lived their livesP and endeavoured to subsist on what their manorial lord was good enough to leave to them of their earnings. The battlements and castellated turrets of the castle frowned in gloomy and forbidding petrified anger on the observer in all direc- tions. It was the first object the mariner descried on his return nome, and t't. last view he carried away with him. Behind 't. piled in the wildest confusion, lav the great volcanic masses of the Carnarvonshire moun- tains. rent by groat chasms, and twisted ar i torn like fibres of silk in a coil. From Mvnyddog's head they rose higher and higher, and wilder and wilder, until afar oft' the great crest of Cader crowned ail in silent majesty. So many natural barriers were they. shielding the castle from the Saxon hosts, whose vain vaunts were lost in the many echoes of the sheltered vclley* around. For few Saxon armies had greeted Mvny- ddog's crest; and none had come to stav betaking themselves off like cowardly curs which fear to bite. Manv had been the bitter threats of the Saxon lords against a.p lorwerth for the havoc his predatory excur- siow had caused thota « Salop and the Marehes. But he lived hi. life absolutely indifferent to all these err.oty words. As a. youth we lord of Mvnyddog had beer fcay. diMolute, and worran 1 vinr!. and manj short passion's dreams h-d been his thougt., it must be confessed, that o.], one. and that thn 18-it of the'se, bad caused him a pang of tMnoNtt. Ibis was his r«Iatu. -akin to Jane, ¡ the village pilot's daughter. She had died in bringing him a child. So he, in his bitter anguish (for he loved her as much as it were possible for him), cursed this child, and be- came the reserved, silent, morose man we have already spoken of. So it happened that Dafydd. this child of ap Iorw«?rth's, had been brought up by the fishermen, ignorant of his true parentage, for to tattle of the lord's doings was death. Dafydd. at the age of 22.. was a dark. curly- headed man. somewhat short, but of enor- mous strength, and beloved by all the village maids, but lov'ng none in particular-a wild. hot-passioned youth, strong and persevering in whatever he took up. quick to take offencg. but also quick to forgive. Dafydd was never happier than when. not fishing, he was hunt- ing all day would he wander amongst his native mountains chasing the deer or sling- ing the few!: fatigue he hardlv knew, but. wrapped un in his work, the hours would fly by i-tied by him. One day he tracked his game for miles, and at length, iri the twilight, killed the entrapped one: but. to his great horror he found himself on j common or manorial land. Tt was too late to repair the mischief, so. though no other knew j oe his crime, yet fearing lest another should be unjustly accused, he instantly made hi« way to the castle gates, and gave himself up. Mvnyddog's lord was a keen sportsman, and, with a landlord's anger, he, without any inquiry, ordered Dafvdd to be flogged. The castle courtyard was the hall for the execution of justice for many miles around, so Dafycui wa^ soon strapped up. and the flogging began. For a time he bore it silently, thouzh the agony and loss of self- respect was evident in h's tightlv-drawn fea- tures. At length a heavier lash than before drew from him an involuntary shriek of pain, which was instantly followed by a shriller shriek, which had evidently come from one of the females looking through the lattice into the yard. The whipping was stopped. Dafydd was carried out, and roughly thrown down at the <a"e gates. I He rose up slowly, and. turning back, looked at ap Iorwerth with a. look of terrible hatred in his bloodshot eyes. "Who is that youth t' asks ap Iowerth. I "Thv son," cries the chief bard. "Theh may Christ heln me." and with that ap Iowerth strides gloomily across the yard to his quarters. But Dafydd was no inert, the ioyful, chise-krvme yoltth of old days; with that flogging all the joy of living seemed to have left him. Alone and silent he used to wander amongst the hills, search- ing the chasms and scaling the heights in a vague, purposeless manner, often muttering cruel words of vengeance and devising dark deeds of reparation. And so time parsed. Four years have passed, and with them have come manv changes. Dafydd is walking along the cliffs watch- ing the gulls in their wild. frolicsome flight, as they plunge and dart in the soft. wind. Happy, yea, very happy, seems Dafydd, for was it not yester' e'en that Gwen bad told him her love, showing him the hidden depths of her lovable nature, and enveloping his soul in the incoherent intoxication of a life's love. Gwen was fair as a summer sky, and as she sat on the crag with Dafydd at her feet, she seemed like some sweet syren of the dale, holding captive her lord. She was the niece of Mynyddog's solitary lord, the only solace of hrs declining years, the one slight tendril that had entwined the rugged stem of this old oak in its embraces, throwing over him the glamour of her own goodness, and making him in her hands as clay to the potter. Did Mynyddog's lord know of tlrs love of hers, in his anger and jealousy short would Dafydd's shrift be. Ever since that day of the flogging an unaccountable fear of Dafydd had filled ap Iowerth's heart, though at this time Dafydd's thoughts were far from deeds of vengeance. But high up amongst the mountains had Dafvdd first seen. and then wooed and won Gwen. So. although the clouds of Fate were gathering thickly around his head. little heeded Dafvdd of these, but went on his way rejoicing, because of the all- sufficiency of love. There he stands for a while, watching the red sun sinking slowly in the waters, throw- ing over earth and heaven rich roseate hues, tinging the glinting waters with golden crests, and the clouds with iridiscent prismatic tints, rangiing from angry, dusky red to soft violet; whilst an oppressive silence is broken only by the occasional shriek of a gull. The gloom was awesome and uncanny, but Dafvdd began to sing one of his country's airs to dissipate the weird feeling seizing him. and stepping briskly along made his way rapidly to the village. Bright with many lights was the fortress that night, for ap Iowerth having returned from a successful predatory raid was holding high revel with his hirelings and neighbours. The music of the harps rang through the vaulted halls, and the rhythmic glide of the danoers. with the clink of war weapons, spoke of unsullied pleasure. Little reeked the-se stalwart lords of the approach of an English host which their messengers had told them of. Well provisioned and impregnabls was Mynyddog's castle, and they, knowing their security, laughed to scorn the empty threats of the Saxon dogs. The dancers are all masqued, and rippling laughter of maid is mingled with the sonorous laugh of the chieftains as they lightly xJidr. to the stream-like music of the national, in- struments. Dafydd leaves his little, bare hovel on the beach, and by the dim light from the. fort- ress makes h.s way through the darkmws :,p the side of the mountain, his thoughts full of the pleasure of soon seeing his bekmxl. Had he been as alert as usual, the unnatural silence would have madn him ever*, kwi?r than he was. and he would doubt-leas- have heard the earth throbbing w:th the march of armed men and the occasional squeal of an owl would have been a pre-sage full of evil tt, him. Probably he would have dis- oovered that his footsteps were dogga-d by a company of soldiers. But he heeded none of these things. Who dreams of death with love so near. Skipping like a goat from one crag to another, he ad- vances until at length he reaches the en- trance to the chasm, which he, with a cur- sory glance around, enters. Slowly he picks his way along in the dark- ness. until at length, finding himself in a huge cavern, lie lights a torch and climbs up the side of the cave bv steps which he had cut in the rock. At length he reaches a small landfing which leads into a natural tun- nel, along which he makes his way for some u,stance. Here he halted and waited. He does not -wait long; very soon a light step is heard, and Gwen appears radiant in her dancing costume. "Oh, beloved cries she, "I long to caress thee; but thou must not stay long, for I fear that my uncle has missed me, and may perchance follow me." "Fear not, little one; with me near TJtJ harm shall come nigh thee: thou and I will suck sweet fruit from the tree of Time even though it withereth as we touch," said Dafvdd. And then as lovers will, so did they. But hush, what was that! They hea,r approaching footsteps; but in which direction they cannot tell, though fear- ing much 'twas Mynyddog's lord. Dafydd felt convinced that he himself alone knew of this entrance from the chasm to the castle, whilst Gwen alone was the keeper of the secret entrance from the ca-stk to the cave, which she in her wanderings had discovered and utilised as mean, of escape to the mountains from the prison-like fortress..They grasped. each other, and waited. From the gloom emerged a figure bearing I a torch, followed in single file by others. By their uniform and language Dafydd reoog- nixb,s them for Saxon retainers. The- have not seen him nor Gwen yet. Grasping hr.s only weapon, his club, firmly, and geptly pushing Gwen on one side, he springs forward at the first Englishman and fells him with a blow. Another approaches, deftly drawing and plunging with his heavy sword. Not a word is spoken, for the Saxons know they are in a hole where they may all be entrap- ped. Dafydd bars their entrance effectually I oaths, threats, and bribes are all in turn tried; but, fighting like a Trojan, he kejps them at bay with 11:s club, for the narrow I ness of the v space prevents their using their numbers or weapons successfully. Gwen, crouching down with horror-stncke« eyes, too terrified to shriek, watches he' lover's fearful and heroic fight. Presently she hears footsteps again approaching, but is too intent on the fieht to turn. Dafydd has struck down two more of the foes, but they still press on, and he. exhausted and hard pressed, is gradually giving way. An awful oath is heard, and ap Iorwerth rushes on the scene with drawn sword. He pushes poor little, frightened Gwen violently on one side. The Englishmen immediately drop their weapons on seeing him. expeotinr him to he followed by others, whilst Dafydd turns slowly,, with wet brow and glowing I eyes, towards ap Iorwerth. The old chief springs forward, and shrieks, in his wild auger, '"So, traitor, you would seduce my niece and betray my fortress thus; die, then, the death of all traitors to Wales." and with these words he plunged his sword deep into his son's side, who, on his part, did net at,

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tempt to defend himself, but. crying, "Ah, Gwen, my love!" fell to the earth. Ap Iorwerth, like a tigeress defending he cubs, then stands in front, and lunges wildc- at the now reassured Saxons. By tte dim light of the torches he sees one—two—three Saxons deadL-and then the truth is made clear to him. "Oh, my son, my son he cried in Welsh, "forgive, even now, thy miserable sire, who at least will die as thju hast-noblv," and then, with teeth set and drawn features, he defends himself from the attack of the Saxon. Then, with a low moan of unutterable anguish, Gwen hurl-s herself down by her lover's corpse, kissing the red lips, smoothing with her soft hands the wet brow and fond- ling the dark locks of her beloved. "Oh, Dafydd, mine, don't be angry uncle didn't mean it. Speak to me, dear one. speak to thy Gwen; tell her again, as but a while ago, thou wert, of thy love. of thv ideal-, and dreams, and 1, I will listen, dearest"—and then she. with vacuous eyes, would press her cheeks to his lips, trying to catch the answer, whioh never came. With fingers twined through Dafvu- s she lay there, whilst the warm,, red blood' soaked into her beautiful dress. In an empty, vacant way she watched the fight. She saw ap Iorwerth, with heavily drawn breath and gloomy countenance, ,'epel each thrust, whilst he taunts the Saxons with their mean treachery. "You never have nor ever will conquer Wales, unless by trea chery." said he. But this unequal fight can- not last long; the old warrior is weary and sore stricken with many wounds, and at lenght he sinks slowly, almost unconsciously, first on one knee. then the other, where be still prolongs the fight, shouting in vain for help. At length it is all over. The Saxons are parsing over his dead body, which, with bitter oaths, they kick down into the cave, and then they make their way into the castle. The harps are still playing,, but oT1 how weird the music sounds. The dancers feel an unnatural feeling overpowering them, and one by one they sink to the couches around, flinging their weapons loose, and watching the chief bard, an old man with long white hair, as he slowly hushes the orchestra. Then, seizing his own harp. he begins an impromptu lament of Mynyddog that holds them all spell-bound, heightening, if it were possible. the already overpowering feeling of awe and coming fate. Wilder a.nd more weird grows the. music. while many masquers enter the room. All men, too. and with svrords in their hand*. A terrible cry of "Treachery arises, and the guests rush to their weapons. "Where is Mynyddog? And where Gwen? Ah. thev axe traitors, but we will not die like sheep!" is the cry. The fight- was long 1Jld bloody. A terrible oarnage it was. Many a. fair daughter and doughty son of Wales were, ruthlessly cut down that night, and were mingl-ed promiscuously by the Saxon victors in the centre of the ball. Last of all, the old bard's finders are silenced by death, and the music ream. though to this day one can at times hear that fateful music a* Mynyddog's inmates heard it that night. None «scaped save Gwen. and she, poor soul, was henceforth not the Gwen that Dafvdd had loved, but another. Wandering alone for Ve.1N1 afterward* Gwen might be ?een on the hillsides singing quaint plaintive, little ditties, whilst anon iAe would burst, forth into one of those ssul- sfcirfiner laments so characteristic of her nationality. Poor Gwen. But psscr; came even to her at laet.