Evening Express

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PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. OAEDIFF. m H E A T R E J> OYAL Lefi=ee and Manager .Mr. EDsVAKD ELK rCHKJl TO-XItiHT (MOKHAY) and EVERY K\LM.\G, At Seven o'clock, the GOBGBOUS CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME, THE C10RTY rjpHlEVES, racked from Floor to Ceiling ai Each Performance. Now in the Fourth Week of its Great Success. Everything New and Original. Bee thrt Aerial Ballet. The Wonder of the World Produced under the Direction of Mr. H. H. Morell and Mr. Fiedk. Mouillot. Special Terms for Schools and Choirs. Half-price for Children under Twelve Years of Age. MORNING PERFORMANCE Every Saturday Two o'clock. Prices as u.mal. Eurly Doors, 6.15. Doors Ojkui at 6 45, Commence at Seven. Btoking Office at Messrs. Thompson and Shackell's (Ltd.), Queen-street. Telephone. );0. 521. 42355 IRAND THEATRE (X The Premier Thsatro of "Wales. Lessee and Manager Mr. CLARENCE SOUNES. Every .Evening at 7.15. the Grand, Gorgeous, Sjitclsxular, Comic Christmas Pantomime, Little JQICK HITTIN GTON, VT JIow Playing to Packed and Enthusiastic Audiences Acknowledged to be the Best Pantomime Now Playing in Wales. Overture at 7.10 Curtain Rises 7.15. Doors Open Seven Early Doors, 6.30. After nno-i Pc-rf-innanoe Saturday, January 18tli. Doe rs Open 1.30, Comu ence Two o'clock. Earlv Doiis, One. Children Half-price to All Performances Box Office Open at the Theatre Da/iv from Ten to Four. Telephone, 725. Prices from 6d: to El is. 42358 rjlHE U M P I E E TO-NIGHT. TWO PERFORMANCES. THE EMPIRE PROGRAMME. THE EMPIRE PRICES. TRANSFERRED FOR A FEW WEEKS ONLY TO THE PHILHARMONIC-HALL, ST. MARY-STREET, DURING THE COMPLETION OF THE NEW EMPIRE BUILDINGS, Now being; erected on the Enlarged Site of the Old EMPIRE. TO-NIGHT, at the PHILHARMONIC-HALL, ST. MARY-STREET, The following; Empire Company;- A performance entirely unique in character, CLOWN LOISSET, with his educated JSIORRS, GEESE, MONKEYS, AND DOGS. LlEFr. ALBIXI The Famous ill unionist. ALMA POWER, Serio-comic Vocaligt and Dancer. THE KARVO TRIO Of Eccentric Pantomimista, MAUD ROSS. A Petite, Pretty, and Popular Song and Dance Artiste, WILL MITCIIAM, The Milanese Minstrel. HERBERT NICHOLLS, The Genial Comedian. THE EMILH G IRAK PS, Elastic Dancers, The Gems of Paris. Philharmonic—Two Performances Nightly. Empire Programme Empire Prices 1 CARDIFF SATURDAY POPS, pARK JjJALL. SATURDAY, 18th JANUARY, 1896. GRAND ORGAN: MR. H. C. TONKING. THE EMINENT VIOLINIST, MR. VICTOR BUZIA VOCALIST: MISS KATE HALLETT. DOORS OPEN 7.15, TO COMMENCE 7.45. ADMISSION—6d. and Is. 42356 DURING THE SEASON JQANTER AND SON'S RENOWNED WORLD'S FAIR, TUDOR-ROAD, NEAR WOOD-STREET BRIDGE (One minute's walk from St. Mary-street), WILL BE OPEN EACH EVENING. ADMISSION FREE. Also Grand BOXING SALOON. Admission Twopence. e5COO NEWPORT. THE E X P I R E. Managing Director OSWALD STOLL. TO-NIGHT: The KEENE-REEVES COMBINATION and THE MASCOTTE LADIES in A Run for a Wife." HECTOR and LAURANE, The Supremely Eccentric. HERBERT CROWLEY, The Mysterious. JSpssie Al-bini, Beatrice Stamford, James ShJejldb. and Captain Fox. "yTCTORIA THEATRE MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1896. and during the Week, SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT OF Mr. D'OYLY CARTE'S OPERA COMPANY On MONDAY, TUESDAY, ai.d SATURDAY, JANUARY 13,14, and 18—TUS GONDOLIERS On WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 16, and 17—PATIENCE. NEXT WEEK—BABES IN THE WOOD. Time and Prices as usual. c42049 PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. I PONTYPRIDD. X> OYAL CLARENCE THEATRE, Xt PONTYPRIDD. TOvNIGHT, at 7.45. Mr. Arnold Bell's No. 1 Company in Wilson Barrett's Great Masterpiece, B E N M Y C H REE. AH the Scenic. Effect* and Elaborate Accessories as produced at the Iioval Princess's Theatre, London. MONDAY. January 20th, THE EGYPTIAN IDOL. Booking Office, Messrs. Thompson and Shackell's Music. 'W:II'f:hùl18e. Taff-street. Prke" as usual. 42364 PUBLIC NOTICES. G- RAND THEATRE SERVICES. NEXT SUNDAY, JANUARY 19. SALES BY AUCTION. SALE TO-MORROW. 12. CUSTOM HOUSE-STREET. 71/T ESSES- TAYLOR and HION will _L?jL SELL bv AUCTION, on TUESDAY, January 14. 1896 (under" (I'.stre.-s for rent), a Quantity of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, PIANO, &c. Sale at Two 1846il4 mi—m———WJMBUMPWH1IMIWIIIHI— Miinaari* A CERTAIN CURE FOR ,? ECZEMA AND ALL SKIN I RUPTIONS IS "A N T E X E M A OUTWARDLY APPLIED. Sold by most up-to-date Chemists, or sent Poet Free for Is. Ed., 2s. 9d., or 4rf. 9d. LITTLE BOOK FREE. "DO YOU USE _L? JAMESONS ARSENICAL I <T COMPLEXION SOAP p" iU "I DO; IT HAS MADE AND KEEPS MY COM- PLEXION SIMPLY LOVELY. YOU SHOULD TRY IT." rjlFTE JgJVENING JgXPKESS will number AMONGST ITS XEW FEATURES A SERIES OF ARTICLE^ on the CHURCHES AND CHAPELS of the Town and District. .—. Their Histories and other Interesting Events will be brightly treated. THE WHOLE BEING PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED. THE "EVENING EXPRESS" will number AMONGST ITS NEW FEATURES Every Week SPECIALLY-CONTRIBUTED ARTICLES, dealing1 with (MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. (Must rated).

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BIRTHS. MARRIAGES, DEATHS. BIRTHS LKYSON,—On the 8th inst., at Penscynor, near Neath, the wife of Thomas Leyson, of a son. PHILLIPS.—On the 10th inst., at Tvciyd, Whitchurch, the wife of T. R Phillips, of a daughter WILLIAMS.—On the 12th inst. at Bonvilston Hone?, Bonvilston, the wife of Clias. C. Williams, of a d::1Jghter. MARRIAGES. EDWARDS—HAD FIELD.—On the 11th instant, at the Registry Office, C.ujiff, bv licence, E\an Edwards toO Mary Cecelia, daughter of Mr. D. M. Meredith, Llalleùarn. DEATHS. BRYANT.—At No. S, N'»Iton-street, Bridgend, William Bryant, aged 51 j'eare, eldest son of the late W. Bryant, Esquire. COOK.—Ou January 8th. at 22, Picton-piace, Car- marthen, Graham, the dearly loved child of Harry and Cook, aged seven years. EDWARDS.—On January 11th, at Bell-street, Tre- eynon, Abertla-re. Thomas Edwards, grocer, &c. FlUleral Thursday next, at Two p.m., at the Aber- dare Cemetery. Deeply regretted. GOCLD.-Oll the &th instant, in London, Hubert Churchill Gou'd, Honorary Colonel 3rd Ra'liou the Welsh Regiment, late Oa-ptain 31st Regiment, aged 64. GRHEX —On January 10, at Roee Cottage. Ely Rise, Mi's Maw Green, wife of Mr. James Green, aged 72. Public funeral leaves Tuesday next, 14th inet., at 2.45, for Llandalf Cathedral. LEWIS.—On the 11th inst. Jae. Wm. Lewis. 10, The Walk, very suddenly, of pneumonia. LITTLE.—On the 11th inst., Gertrude, a-ged 14, voungesh daughter of Setli Grant and Elizabeth Little, 27, Romillv-crescent, Canton, CaHiif. POMEROY.—At 181. Newjwrt-road, Cardiff, on Sun- day, the 12th inst., Ra.'ph George Pomeroy, Dock- master, Bute Docks, younger brother of the Trinity IIowe. Deeply regretted by a sorrowing wife, son, friends, and colleagues PRICE-On January 10th, at 31. Mark-street, Cardiff, Hrci. Enmia Price, daughter cf the hue Amy anl Isaac Timothy, of the Masons' Arms Hotel, Cardiff. Funeral Wednesday next, 1215 p.m., for St, Meillon's. WILLIAMS.—On the 8th inst, at Royal Hotel. Tre- bariis, Wyntlham Willians, aged 42. Deeply re- gretted. Furer.vl Monday next, leaving G.W.R. Station, Abervlai-e. oil arrival of 1145 train. It n Gentlemen only. -?

?- DRESSMAKERS. Dressmaking.—Wanted, Apprentices and Improvers suptrior class tradc.-lOO, Albany-road, Car- diff. e8r72:.15 Hi Hi ngBaewBwggpwnBiBWBB—wwawwoa—M— SCHOLASTIC 2, C'yi il-cresciiit, Roath School for Girls and Pre- pamt'.rv Class for Boys—Principals, The Misses Kvuns. e8707iI3 jjjjugui wi hip ■ mmit m MUSICAL. All Bargains.—Nine Kanos and American Organs, to be Sold: must 1), cleared; room wi-.nted. Minor, 216, Castle-road, Cardiff. c8784il6 ? ??.f'?-??)fJ90 -'? PARROTS. Psn ot- Gray and Auie^on nothi:ig can excel them for ix'auty. lieaWi and ability; magntflevnt cage. 21s. and 30s. unique.— II., 65, Holden-street, Liverpool. e8775il5 11M P' IMMHW MISCELLANEOUS SALES. I'd!- Sale, cheap, Light Spring Trolly; caiiry 25cwt. I.igh1 Srcond-iKind Crank Axle Cart, with Tilt, in good condition.—Thomp-son, Cross-street, Newport. eil8 For Sale, baker or grocer requiring New Box for Hand Truck.— Applv 117, Moy-road, Roat/h. Cardiff. e8794il8 For Sale. Cart, Mare, Crank Axle Cart (nearly new), and Hu.l'11Ev.\s; owner no further use the lot t) be sold cheap; together or separate.—Apply F. Webb, 4, Tudor-road, Cardiff. e874,5118 A Bargain.—Gent's 18-c-a.rat Lever Watch, in gcod order, 50s.: also English Lever.—Minor, 216, Castle- road, Cardiff. e8783il(' Eggs from Single-(v>m:ied Orpingtons; birds that have won 50 prizes and honourA; 7s. (d. a sitting. Also reliable BroJ1ly Orpingtons Hcw!, with Sitting Box, 5s. each.—Mrs. Ilomfiay, Penllvn Castle, Cow- bi'dge. e5°°i)_ 1,000 Bu.'iiiiess Cards. Memorandums, or Billheads, 3r. 10.000 Useful Handbills, 8s. 6d. samples free.- Ifisher and Co., Machine Printers, Broarlmead. Bria- tol. e4419 BICYCLES. For Sale. Solid tyre Bicycle, in good condition; price £ 2 10s —Apply 4, Tudor-road, Cardiff. eil8 New Cycle Lock, with Key, Post Free Six Stamps; Repairs, Plating, and Stove Enamelling promptly and cheaply at trade prices; no job too difficult, none too sma.ll.—Morris Broe., Pontvpridd. el947 MISCELLANEOUS. Sewing Done moKleiut1? charges making oir mcvi- ing Also Washing.—Br )wn and Clee, 118, Portm-ia- it/or-;oad, East Moors, Cardiff e8756il3 Is Your Watch Wrong? llie Best and Cheapest Shop in Cardiff for the Repair of Watches of everv description, English or Foreign, is 38, Caetle Arcade (third shop from Caetle-street), by James Keir. for ten years with Mr. Spiridion. Clocks and Music Boxes Cleaned and Repaired. e4202 .b4 I LOST AND POUND. Lost, on Saturday Night, between South Cliuir-h- stieet- and Macintosh-place, a Horse Cloth, marked "R. B. and Son "—Anyone returning same to W. Jdtes, at lu Buiion and Son, Canal Wharf, will be suitably rewaided. e8792il5 Lost, a Lady's Silver Watch (gold face): cross at- tached.—Finder rewarded by returning to H. D.. 20, The Hayee. Number known. e8766il4 IVund, Fox Terrier C:tfh owrer (an h: ve same.— Alply E. R. Care, 98, 13uM road, Cardiff. e8759il3 MONEY. MONEY-LENT "on NOTE of HAND, without fees, sureties, publicity, or delay, to Any Responsible Person, in Town or Country. Strictly P^v.ite Advances, from £ 5 upwards. arranged to suit the borrower's convenience.—Central Advance Bank, 40, Wood-street. Cardiff.—S. Harris, Manager. e42255 -? Those in Want of Cash are Recommended to Apply to the Provincial Union Bank, 1, Oue^n-square, Bristol, or to the District Agent, E. W. Wehr", 3, Working-street. Cardiff e4550 Cash.—Advances Promptly Made on Reasonable Terms to res(>onsible householders from 1'20 ilp- wards. Trade WI18 Williams. Ac- countant. 11, Puke-street, Cardiff. e8786d RE MONEY BORROWING. Messrs. WALLACE and CO.. 98, QTFEN STREET, CARDIFF, Make Monetary Advances to all Classes at the lowest rate of interest. Sureties are not necessary. Harmful and objectionable inquiries are nor made. All transactions conducted in a business-lik and equitable manner N.B.—Entrance tirst door at jide. eS.O-il APARTMENTS. APAR CMENTS WANTFIX Yoi'ng Gentieman would lilce to Share Bed ard Sitting-room with another; hot and cold bath.—26, Moira-ten-ace, Cardiff. e8774;15 Respectable ArartJments. with use of piano. Wanted by Young Man.—Apnlv, stating term- S'r- to D 11. Express Office. Cardiff. o4^) 7 Furnished Apartments, with Attendance, Wanted, by Married Couple, with little g:rl, aged six con- venient to university; terms moderate.—F 42, Ex- press Office, Cardiff. e8751ill -?- APA KTMENTS TO LET Well-furnished Apartments unit a gentleman.—35, Newport-road, Cardiff. e8753illl Two Unfurnished Rooms to Let hot and cold bath trains pass door every convenience.—349, Cowbridge- read, Cant in, Cardiff. e8740!20 Well-furnished Ap-Ttmenta; auit a gentleinnn.—85, Newport-road. Cardiff. e8753il5 Comfortable Apartments for a Gentleman or Lady engaged during the day.—3, Woodland-place. Words- worth-a venue. Roath, Cardiff. 141H14 1, Gordon-road. Roath, Cardiff.—Well-fui-ni&hed Front Sitting-room and Bedroom, Bath-ronm, for moderate terms. 1324il3 FunMhcd Sitting :uMt Bed Room to Let hot and cold bath.—16, Oogun-terrace, Senghenvdti-road. Cat- hays, Cardiff. 1509i 13 PREMISES. PREMISES WANTEIX Wanted to Rent, Large Room or Hall; permanency. -54, Partridge-rond, Card'If. ''876918 SHOP TO "LET! T) Ixt. Lock-uj) Shop, in central position, in Bute- irad; rent. only 10s. per week.—Apply 179. Bute- road, Cardiff. (.8770,14 WAREHOUSES TO LET. Premises to Let, suitable for Stores, James street, Docks.—Apply 45, George street, Docks, or 24. 1-ir; ck- elrcet, Riverside, Cardiff _S7;2i9 FOR SALE. For Sale, £ 1,035, Six Newly-built Houses in Salt- nicad returning 7 per cent-Juniur, 266, Newnort- road, Cardiff. ° e8753i9 n HOL'SES^TO^LET To Let, Sketty Hall; mansion, gardens, entrance lodge; adjMiring S^i'aiisea Bay; two mles from Suti.sea and three from ihe Mi moles; immed;aie pctssession rent mod 'r-.te land, if required—Apply L. D. Nicholl, 4, Trinity-place, Swai sea. e8773il5 D-xsk-street Corran.—House to Let: nimediate pos- session.—I>. L. Smith, 10, Queen-street, Cardiff. n eil6 46. Lower Cathedral-road, To Let; immediate pos- session pa\>ered and painted throughout.—D. L. Smith. House and Estate Agent, 10, Queen-street, Cardiff. eS782il6 7, Peullvne-road, Canton, to Let; immediate pos- session close to cars.—D. L. Smith, 10, Queen-street, Cardiff. e8781ilo House to Lei, on January 20, No. 4, riydei-ttrcei., Canton.—Apply 22, Richards-terrace, Roath. Car- diff. 16S6il6 34, Windsor-place.—Convenient Corner Residence possession 25th Ma;cli next—Morgan and Scott, 18. High-stnet, Cardiff. 1671i16 ? To Let, 61, Plymoutli-road, Penarth two sitting, six bed rooms; "perfect sanitary ftnaugemeiits jnd latest appliancef rent £ 50.—Purnell, Penartli. il5 To Let, Sketty Hall; mansion, gardens, entrance lodge; adjoining Swansea Bay; two miles from Swansea and three from the Mumbles; immediate possession rent moderate; land if required.—Apply L. n. Nicholl, 4, Trinity-place, Swansea. 1553i!5 To Lct7 LaTge and Commodious Residence, known as Rock Vawr, near Tondu Station, three miles from Bridgend; three reception and seven bed rooms, hath- rcom, w.c., and usual offices; immediate possession. -Apply to Mr. T. C. Jame-i. Great Western Railway District Estate Office, Neath Station. L12678 "'J';) Let, 118, Cotti e-il-i-oad (nea.r Park and 'Busses); nine rooms, double bay windows, bath, gas, blinds; papered.—Apply 138, Castle. road. Cardiff. 1453114 LIsnishen.—Highmead, close to station, to Let on Lease from 1st March.—Apply by letter only. il3 To Let, Roekleaze, 17, The Parade, Cardiff; desirable residence, in centre of the town; in splendid condi- tion fitted out with all the most modern domestic app:iancf«; hot and cold water baths; indoor Java. tories moderate rental, with immediate p'168e"1].- Apply Samuel, 1, Pembroke-terrace, Cardiff. 41964 NURSEMAIDS, SERVANTS, AND BARMAIDS. SERVANTS WANTEJB. Wanted, good Cook-general; also House-Parlour- rr.aid.—Ap]<!y. stating age, wages, and references, ic Mis3 Jones, Main-Jy, Ynlohir, near Pontypridd. p.i18 Wanted, gcod Plan Co;>k, or experienced General Servant.—Apply Mrs. Guiui, Tredelerch, lluinm-, Cardiff. e8793il8 Wanted, good, experienced General Servant.—Apply Cambrian Hotel, St. Marv-sireet, Cardiff. c878Sil5 Wanted at once, a General Servant; good reference required.—J. Jones, Ironmonger, &c.. Aber- dare Junction. c8789!17 Wanted, a good General Servant.—Applv Mre. Griffiths, Brynteg, Pordypndd. e8785il6 Wanted immediately, experienced General, who tl.cjcughly Understands good Plain Coofcing. Also Young Girl as Nurse.— A);ply 59, Plymouth-road. Pui £ ) th. c8758113 Several good Servants Wanted for good Situations wages, B10 to £ 12.—Apply, in first place, Sketch, Hlchman-road, Penartli. e3765il0 Wanted, good Girl, agetl 20 to 22, for Housework.— Apply F 64, Express Office Caadiff. e8757;13 ^'auted a good General Servant.—Apply, 133, Severn-road, Cardiff-. e8744il0 Wanted. Plain Cook or experieiir-ed Gene-rat-Apply, stating hill particulars, Mr". B. Brewer, 7, Victoria- place, Newport, Mon. 18'14î18 General Servant (Able, to do Plain Cooking Nk-ely) Wanted: housemaid kept.—Apply to Englefield. Caerau-crescent. Newport, Mon. 1853:14 Wanted, a good Plain Cook for the Country.—Mrs. Williams, The Mount, Caerlton. 1854iI5 Wanted 'nimediateh', experienced Nurse two chil- dren—four veal's and fifteen montlis needlewo man preferred.—Reference, w igss, Sk' Mrs. Haszard. (ilvn- dderwen, Swansea. 188?i35 Wantrd, good Plain Cook or experienced General SPl-va.nL-Appily Mrs. Gunn, Tredelerch, Rumney n;n, Cardiff. 1803i18 Wanted, General; must understand bovine-par' mr- maid's work; another servant kept-; inri's. pensable.—Mrs. Hier-EvaBS, Radyr Court. Lia.n- daff. 1312:18 Wante<l immediately, thorough Cook-General, 30-35 ccok veil. Also House-Parlourmaid; plate, lamps. St'-nng, early risers, and absta'ners.—Write fully, Strenshaw Rectory, Tewkesbun'. 194Pil5 Warded, good Cook-General; also House-Parlour- mn-id.—Apply, stating age. wages, and lefcrences, to Miss Jones. Maindy. Ynfshir. near Pontypridd. [il8 Wanted, thoi'c.ufrhly-e^:|ic'ienced Upper Housemaid (of Two), Oare of Linen. &-c.—State references, wage?, and particulars, Viekerman, Saundersfool. South Wales. 1848il8 Wanted imme<TiateH" House-Parlr»urma-id.—Vra. Fcrrier. Falconhvrst. Bradford-place, Penarth JilS Wanted, a good General Servant.—S'ate age and references R. H. Stiles Brewen- House. Prda-end. J3"'T" Wanted geed Cook: country.—Mrs. Evans. Green- hill. Whitchurch, Cardiff. 423"5 Wanted imm°diate'y. cood Pb'n Cnok: aeed 22 t0 28. Apply M,ss Bythway, Sycamore House. T'on- tvpooh 42314 Wa.nted. a strensr. active Nurse-Housemaid -\uply to Mrs. Buckley, Vicarage, Llandaff. 1892n5 Wanted, a good G!l(' "11 I nurse kept.—Apply, ViH, full particulars Mrs. Jones, Bristol Pruse, Cadoxto.i. ±828 <18 Wanted House-Parlourmaid personal character m- dispensab'e.—Apply Mre. Browne. The IlernuMse, Br>'nn.awr. 17^^17 Wanted, respectable, experienced Genera; Servant. —18. Llantwjt-sfcreet. Card'ff. 176Ril7 Wanted, II srcod G(>"F!?o.1 Servant Mrs. Jacr-bius, 98a. Queen str et Cardiff. 17Poil4 Wanted, ffood General Servant in Gentleman's Small Vonelv dai'-v. p"u'trv vv-ketling two in fi:jiV'v.— Mr Baillie, The Green, I(<glan. 1783 14 Wanted, experienced Nm-se for Three OhUdfn — Mns. Altken, Newc i„Ue. Penarlh. 17'1!;17 Wantivl. strong Girl as General able to wash • ccuntry preferre<l.—46. T.'a"datf-ro«d, Cardiff J7?4 "17 Wur.ted, exiierienced Goneiul Servant for Small Family: another servant kert.—Anplv Mrs. J. R. Stone. Holmeswood, Civrha Park, Newport. 1698116 Gfieial Servant Wanted for Small Family; nurse kept washmg '.riven out.—Phillips, Jeweller. 24, Sr Marv-street. CaiditV, 16730.3 Wpnted at once, a. good Cook-General; good ;cfe- rcnee j,.dil<PCT',Sf. hIe; four in family—Apply Shenton, rfenhnri-. Vicloria-^rpup-p. Penarth. IWI'S* Wanted, an intelligent Girl all Housemaid, and To Take Cherge flf Little Rov V seven ?ood needlewoman, —.Apply 3, WestboiP'n^voarf. Penarth. 1501515 Wa!1tf'd. <rood S'ngle-a^.ded I sundry ma id —Mrs Fraislvleu. Clemenstone, 'Mdpend. 42271 Wrnted immed'ately, "I C<olv-Gencral.—Apply, stating waces required. \V. De'a Peche, Skettv, Swan- sea. i711il6 Wanted, Plain Cook or good General Servant: early risrr; frcm ihe country preferrerl.- Mrs. Isaac. Elm Grove, Dynae Powis, G'am. 1729il3 Neat General Servant Wanted.—Apply Mrs. Hagon, 73. Ntwport-road, Cardrff. 171Pil3_ Wanted, respe ible Girl as General; help given.— Apply Ash Cottage, 17. North-road, Cardiff. 1704il3 Wanted, respectable, experienced General Servant; aged 25—70 small family good wages (character lequired from last situation.—14, Calvert-te>-race, Swansea. 1728il6 Wanted, a good Conk no kitehenmaid kept; three j in tamilv.—Apply Mrs. John Randall, Glanayon, i Bridgend 17^0ii6 Wonted. House-Parlourmaid.—Apply to Mrs. Harris, 144. High-street, Merthyr Tydfil. 1724iJ6 Wanted, «-x))erien"ed General Servant. Also House- muid; one who has been general preferred -Aliniy 21. Ricl niond-road, Cu"i;ff. 1714il6 Wanted, an experienced Nurse to Take a Baby from the Month.—Apply Mrs. Aiming, Woodficld Park, Blackwood. Mor.. 1712ilo Housemail.—Wanted, an experienced Housemaid, Able to Wash and Iron.—Apply to Messrs. Randell and Sons, Vau^han-strcet, IJanelly. 1719il3_ j Wanted," a House-Parlourmaid, not under P.O. who is competent in her duties, and can lie well recom- mended troin la.st place.—Apply, with full particulars as to vva.ges, and send eddretw of last mistrees. Mrs. Naui.ton Davies, C.w> Dre, Bridgend. 42295 General Servant Wanted immediately; must cook well; housemaid ke^t.— Applv, between Six and Seven, Mrs. Edgar Prltohard, Qwydr-gardens 9" in- sea. I55' Wanted, thoroughly experienced General Se;-vant 'n Family of Two "nnist be wen recommended.—Apply Wenrdale, Victoria-rosd, Penarth 1485il5_ ~Walitedr^General-Servant; sma!! fami]y.—App!y Edwards, The Fixs, Woodland Park, Maindee. New- port. 154Sil5_ Wanted, Genera] Servant; must cook well; four in family; no washing.—Mrs. Fennel!. Penarth. i!5 FEMA1E •"•IV'• '1' W ANT PLACES. Box Mangling and Plain Washing Wanted.—140, Cathays-temce, Catliays, Cardiff. 1859il3__ Situation Wanted in Februury as House-Parlour, maid six years' character; aged 24.—L. Da-vies, 4, Hampton-grove, Surbiton, Surrey. 1852P8 Ladies Suited with All Cla«oes of Servants; Sana- tions Secured for Servauts. Fee, Is.—Miss Wal'ers, 30. Page-street, Swansea. 1880il8 Country Rector Can Recommend sharp Crl, 17, as Housemaid or General Servant in Small Family, where washing is put out; also, quick Girl of 15 as Under Housemaid.—Rector, Llanveigan,•Brecon. [il5 j Wanted, in or near Penarth or Cardiff, Situation as Kitehenmaid where Seuileryniaid is Kept.—Address L. P., card of Miss Blosse, The Green, Llandaff. [il8

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?_n ? MISCELLANEOUS SITUATIONS. SITUATIONS VACANT. Wanted Gardener; must be willing to make him- self generally useful.. Apply, St. Osyth, Barry, by letter. f8771 il5 Wanted at once, sharp Errand Boy.—Appiv, pcr- so; ally. Walker and Hall, 89. St. Mary-street, I-ar- diff e8776ill Wrnteel. good Redware Thrower.—Apply Guest and Dewsl^erry, South Wales Pottery, Llar.elh-. eill Book bi -Go xl General f orwarder and Finisher Warded.—Apply 79, Kllligrew-street. Falmouth. eil3 Wanted, good Cooper for Dry Cooperage, aged ibont 30 years: "tale wages; constant job for suitable person.—F 80. Express Office, Ca'd'ff. e8771i!5 Wanted, a Wheelwright rnd to Act as Carpenter for Country Work.—Apply to W. Evans, Wheelwi^ht, Cwmdu. Crickliowell. 1856 18 Wanted, Men U-.trl f-> Flying Corrugated Iron,, Roofs.—Applv Exhibition Buildings, Cathays Park, Cardiff. 1892i15 Wanted, good, experienced Cabinetmalters: also, a good, practi.'jd Turner.—Apply Down and Son, Steam Cabinet Works, Swansea. _u_.n- 1879il8 Bidchers.—Wanted, Yountr Man as Second in Shop and Slaughterhouse: make himself generally Apply 1^5, Clifton-street. Roath, Cardiff. 189cil5 Chandler Wmted.—Apply, with qualifications to Morgan and Evans, Aljergavennv. 1841115 Coopers.—Wanted. Several good Workmen must be steady men.—Apply T. Ford and Co., Pier street, Swansea. 18RM1 R Bakers —Wanted, a good, steady Bread and Cake Bflker; indoors.—Apply, full particulars, Goorsre, | Merchant, H\f\3.;n. 1766il7 Hutfhpt s.—Wantpd, Man almut 20. Slaughter, Attend Shop, and Make H n)Sftf Generallv Useful must be sober.—E. Thomas, Butcher, Caerphilly. 1717i16 Wanted, a Young Mai Used to Wood-working Machinery.—Apply Cr.wsliuy-street Joinery Works, Pei n ■ tii-eoad Cardiff. 1< Wanted a Few good Fitters (Vice Men): i-i-ed to heavy -Apply to the Abercarn Tin-plate Com- pany (Limited), Abercarn. 42288 To Bakers.—Wanted, an experienced Man a t'o xl baker.—Apply G. H'sgins. Monmouth. 1419ilfl Men. Yo iths, all clseees. town or country, requiring any Employment, write once: Situation Guide f»t-e h'" time: i."ndrf*Is suited: flI'L1\ Tamer and Co. (Box 113). 112. Ncvington-caupewav, Lr.ridon. Men late Army, Navy, or Merchant S^rvi.-e, also WT:te. I421il4 Wanted immediately. Young Man. about IP. for Corn. Seed, and Fruit, Stores must have kni'i- ic^ae of the trade.—Apply Griffin and Davies. Cadox- tcn. 141f-il4 Want-ed..I'niun' ?5'h. corxl All-round must, understand poultrv.—Afr_ p f Jaine- P nv- darvpn House. Merthvr Tvdfil. 4^357 Wanted Groom, about 40; live in; wage.' £ "6 to £ 30 must be sober, ea^ly riser.—Evans, Radvr Court-, Llandaff. 1813il8 Wanted, able to drive well: aged not under ?5: unmarried.—Anplv, with full I particulars, to Nantvgroes. Llandrindcd. 1683il6 Wanted, experienced Man to Wire and Trap Rabbits — Address F 87, Western Mail, Cardiff. 4?277 War.ted, experienced Groom able to drive and lie useful unmarried 'tired not under 25.—Applv v'tli particulars, Cwm-Rythan, Llandovery." 1501115 Wanted, a steady Man to Look After a Few Fields, Attend to CUWF, and Able to do some 1:3n!Plling:; state age and wages required.—Griffiths, Pen-y-pound, Cynimer. Porth. 1441il4 SITUATIOXS WANTED. Plumber and Gasfitter Wants Job as Improver.— Apply, by letter, F 47, Western Mail, Cardiff. E'iJ5 Tu Bakers.—Yoi.ng Man Requites Situation as Second or Single abstainer Can Iff or Penatli.—Address 59, Windsor-road, Penarth. e8762il0 Twenty five Shilling Bonus Given to Anyone Pi pouring a respootable Youth Situation in any cap-i-ity; good telegraphist and nhorth-inel writer; good references, and trustworthy —Address F 63, Western Mail, Cardiff c8755il2 Improver to Plumbing Mid Gasfitting Wants Job.— Apply F 47, Western Mail, Cardiff. e8752'9 To Bakers and Confectioners.—Married Man, 24 (goexl all round lianel) Seeks Situation First, Second, or Single; good referenoes.—Apply 26, Railway-terrace Joiiestemi, TOl1ypandy. c8750ill Wanted, Situatioff ax Porter; age 33; abstainer; ten years' character.—Apply Smith, 13, Richard-street, Cardiff. e8599 As General (23); plain cooking; long, excellent reference; Aiso. Disel1ga.g'£'d, Plain Cooks, Housemaids.—British Agency, Aberdare Junction, •iUtmped address. 1858il8 SHOP ASSISTANTS. SHOP ASSISTANTS WANTED. Advt rt.:sers are Cautioned that Postmasters are Nu1 All< wed to Deliver Letters Addressed to IniKals c Fictitious Names at any Post-offi -e. Lefters addresse'' to Tiutials or Fictitious Names must bear the addre.- of the advertiser or of the offices of the Westevt Mai' Drapery]—Good Junior Wanted, also Two sharp Youths as Apprentices; Welsh—Lewis, Dra-p~r, St< pnev-street, lanel^y. 186118 To Grocei?1.—Energetic A^siptant; about 26; well up at both counters and soliciting; indoor?.—Appiv, st-atine salary, John Griffiths, Grocer, Cogan. near Pensvrth. 1827il5 Grocers.—Wa:iW imp.edlatelv, an ex'vri nn<* 1 Hand; (rood provi«ie>n hand and window-dresser — Edward ,T»nk'r»s 01J"fll'tO"r"so Newport. To Grocery.—Wanted. Two .Tumors for th" Oroeery nnfl PrnvlsioTi T'"i'1 ^—G. F. rM?r\H" T'dr^1. "('1' Mon. 1W>i17. O"j f¡ft¡"[' n1p(I immediately crr^d .T11" >ssis- trnt: indoors: first-clns* references j",t'n.nn 1>1p.- Applv Llovil and Co.. Cndox^on, and Barrv pw-Vs. 57n9' n'"<'K'Pn"Antpr'! Junior. TT cl to Oniek "('1-?11f1p to 'Y?Q-Ø? in r^nri;\ rofp.-enceS. o.n(1 T-hpn able to commenep John T-lovd. 1557i1r- Grocerv Itn" Provision '1'm'lp.U't,.t! 1\' ph, .Tur.ior; must know Welsh.—Apply Wm Ha""« 144. H'tflvtreet >f"rthyr. 1469ill Grocerv.—a .Tnnior TTsed to S^n^itinc- and to Mnlre T-Timsrif G^npraljv Tlsoful.—Staf" ful1 l.sHieulsrs. G-"i'vm Dav;es. Abprda-e. I«fl.^i14 rood • 11.1"0 wel'-edn- rated Vnufi, Apprentice; Welsh.—D. H. T ewis [and Co. Neath. 144.W B"ot Trade _1õ''CO!'MP'l'rl Toting Tj»dy 1\. Amis. t-ant. for Llanellv—Applv SteaH and S'mpson. 11Q. St. CnrHjff Dranerv -11'p<'l fit (.nw ttsnts for our Sal" ""mmpT1"inl! Tuesdn.v, Januarv 1**h. — •™,lv at one" V'v<ms a,"d AlVii fT.imiredi. T.ondon Hous<>. V'w. port smart, ,T¡I'r.1"r: ?ood stoo"- keener and vindow dress»r. Also smart • ti]v I/W"s. '2. 23..Tr.mes-street, Dook= Car- diff. 12<Wi13 ff'pll and Co.. 'The Ca^d'ff T>npprs. Card:fT have Several ^;f»fH»rieies fnr pvrir^tT" -1 Von as Sla'e« Trtor, in fhpir Cnrrvot, nnbioet, "nd T)?,ø,C? Tloivi'-1 p-\pnt#s: anplioant* miist roooivP rartlen'ars of ftJl "("F situations and Ralarv reouin cL nUm3 SHOP AS^I^I'A^TS WKNT PLACES. An experienced Yountr Reoirres S'tnaMo" i" Restaurant and r: Penarth r»re'n"' e<l i'1-o.-a ;;°. ^*iT»d«^.T-os,d Penarth. <-P'762:10 Ci>nfecfionerv and Pastry —Yountr Tsiy 124 or ,f11,r1nn pyneripnee gooJ references: understands hook 1.nir.íÇ.-B. 0 'e 22 Tnswieh. 16Q3i13 'lea Trade o. GroccT. — E'^ns"'ment Wanted: s'y "IT'?' • njred cp O'(v"o-1 rPfpr£'-T1('pf: ont. elcor.—Moss, 49. Talworth-street. Roath 1707'16 as Aam'stanf seven years' experience: disengviced 20th: good referpnee —^tg^'Street, Pontypridd 1399i14 -?_ CLEitKS AND MANAGERS. CT.EKKS ANTt MANAGERS W\NTF.H Junior Jiequired; one with knowledge of shorthand r;'t f< rn',1.Jlply. Ix-iwcen three and four, 53, Mount Stuart-square, Crudlff. e8761 10 Wanteel at once. Junior Shorthand Clerk, with knowledge book-keeping.—S'ate age. experience, and salary required William Hancock ilnrl (c. II ÏTn'1.I'. Brewers and Wine and Spirit Importers. Swan- sea. 1762il7 Wanted, sharp, irtelligeiit Office Boy; one bein; in office previously preferred.—Apply, personally, lewis. Timber Merchant, Pontypridd. Intelligent Young Men (aged 16 to 22) and Young Ladies (aged 15 to 20) who can Study for Few Months at Home to Prepare by Correspondence for Govern- ment Situations. with good cemnnencing sala-Ies. promotion, and pension, write Secretary, Civil Ser- vice Exam. Agency. Dulwich, London. 915il4 CLERKS AND MANAGERS WANT PLACES. Wanted, Situation as Stockbroker's Clerk; twelve months' experience.— F 39, Western Mail. Car- diff- eS748ill Wanted, by a. Young Man, a Situation as Store- ket |r. Timekeeper, or Any Place of Trust: ten v<r> highest, references.—Storekeeper, fc8. Castle- road, Roath, Cardiff. 1776il7 Ae-counta-nt (Qualified), 26, recently left leading London Chartered Accountants, Immediate Engage- ment; ten years' 52, York-place, Ne^T-ort. Mon. 1718H5

BRAWLTXG ALLEGED AGAINST A MAIDEN LADY IN LONDON. At the South Western Police Court. on Friday. Amelia Mary Payne. a middle-acred maiden lady, residing at 42, Clapham Park- road, was brouht up on a warrant in default of a^peavin^ to a summons, cliarginsr her with disturbing Divina service at St. Saviou-rs- clir>Ti Cwliartj.road C"1 pnham. M" Will- cocks prosecutsd on behalf of the Rev. F. ??js11i- .hp ?p.?.t.l_rt 0L"?r.?le. 'f,1. Richard Benson, chnrchwardetn. said the prisoner was an old offender. She had at- tended the church for upwards of three years, during thewhole of which time she had subjected the clergyman and congregation to considerable inconvenience by her extraor- dinary conduct She waas in th( ha.bit of wallcir? about the church ehirine the deliverv of the sermon, and going up to the altar table, although the communion had bten denied bier.—Mr. Lane. O.'J. Has she a sitting in church ?—Mr. Willcocks I don't think so.—Mr. Lane. Q.C. Does she hahi- tuaVv carrv on this a.ppovanoe?—ATr W'll- eocks: Yes. sir. She was induced to sisrn. an a^reepient not to annoy fnrther. but she nevertheless persisted in her conduct, and in March last sht was hied by Mr. Oenniau fortv shillings. Notwithstanding this she persisted in her disorderly conduct, and a I petition had been agreed to by 150 parish- ioners ursine the clerer to take some action. Members of the congregation left the church, and the services had been brought into dis- repute.—The Rev. Mr. Fisher was called, and corroborated the opening .sta.tempnt. He stated that she sang discordantly, and in- terferorl vith persons when partaking of the Communion.—The defendant said the clergy had no right to deny her the communion.— Mr. Lane: I think they had' if you behaved in the way described.—Mr. Benson said her conduct was distressing.—Mr. Lane ordered a remand, the prisoner having expressed & wish to call witnesses. and suggested that she should attend on the next occasion with » surety.

IN HTS 78RT) YEAR. DEATH OF THE OLDEST VOLUN- TEER IN THE SERVICE. MK William Durden, J.P. y.pd alderman of the borough, died suddenly on Friday at Dorchester. The deceased had been in failing health for some time. Mr. Durden had been a Volunteer from the commencement of the new movement, and, though 73 years of age. w-at; quarter-master serg*?anit of the Dorset Battalion Rifle Volunteers at the t;me of his death, special permission to continue in the ian,ks having been granted him. Mr. Dun tea was the eldest Volunteer in active service, if he was not the oldest military servant of the Queen suli serving in the ranks in the country. lie was highly esteemed in the battalion, and in I his nakve town will be greatly missed.

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?.? Little Eva's Sad Wait WENT TO SLEEP IX A CHATB EXPECTJLV G MOTHER. In the Morning a Note was Left TeU- ing the Husband a Troiley had Killed his Wile. Mrs. Louise Kleiss, her husband, and ao eleven-year-old daughter, Eva. lived in a two. storey frame house. in West New York. Hud- son County. America. Mrs. Kle; left home Christmas Eve, about eigiix o'clock, carrying a goose in a basket. She -sold it. With the money she expected to buy a Christmas dinner for the family. Mrs. KleLss's husband w a pedlar. He barely earns enough money to keep the wolf from the door. Mrs. Kleiss assjstedi him to support the family by selling geese in New York. She j-aised the geese, and prepared them for market. At times .she said enough poultry to support the family. As Mrs. Kleiss was leaving home, with her basket on her arm-, her little daughter, Eva, asked permission to sit up until she returned. ''It is Christinas Eve. mamma." said Eva, "and I want to see 'Santa. Claus' before I go to bed." "You may not see 'Sar*ia Claus' to-night," replied her mother, jokintf. "He never visit* the home of poor people." "But I will pray for him," answered Eva, "and then he may give m*i a doll with nice, long dresses." Mrs. Kltiss, seeing that her argument was without avail, told her dr-uc-hter that probably she would not ret urn home until the next day, and that it would, therefore, be useless to sit up. Eva rephed that she would keep awaka all night if necessary to aee "Santa Claus." Eva waited until one o'clock in the morning for "Santa Claus." She was so tired then she fell aslt-e-p on a chair. Her father urged her to go to bed, but she refused. Mrs. Kleiss did hot rtturn, and her husband ejancluded she was staying with her friends in New York. Wlitfl Eva awoke at eight o'clock in the morning she found that "Santa Claus" had overlooked her. The doll which she expected she eiould not find. She then began to cry, and soon her eyes were swollen from weeping. Her father con- soled her by saying "Santa Claus' probably gave the doll to her mother 'to bring home. While Eva was clearing the breakfast table a man knocke-d at the door and asked if Mrs. Kleiss lived there. When Eva said yes, the man asked if her mother was at home. "No, .sir," said Eva., "My mamma went to New York last .night to sell a goose so that we could buy a Cliristnms dini'ier. We expect her enc-ry minute." Eva asked the man in to wait for her mother. She said her father had stepped out for a few minutes, The man accepted her invitation, and asked for a slip of paper, as, he could not wait ltng. He wrote — Mr. Kleiss: It pains me to inform vou that your wnfe wa-s killed' Ia»t night by a trolly car. I jL"st received a. telephone message from Conner Vol, in Hobokm, -aymg that your wife's body lies at the naorgue awaiting you arrival. DRUSE. The message was sealed in an envelope and given to Eva with instructions +o -ive it to her lather as toon ae he returned. The mau gave Eva 4s. to buy a doll, and went out. Eva's heart was filled with joy. When her father returnea she gave him the note. aaymg:—"A goexl man was here and jrave me money for a doll. He was sudi a nice man that I think Santa Claus sent him." M-lie-n Kleiss read tJia letter hIs head dropped on his bosom, and tears filled his eyes. He put the message in his pocket and started to leave. His daughter caught hi: cant, and said "Why do you look io sad, father? Mamma wi.l be here in a few minutes, and then we vill have a nice Christmas dinner." "Not this year," replied Mr. Kleiss. "I am afraid your mamma will never return home." Eva did not seem to realise what her father meant. "If you have no money to buy a Christmas dinner I will give you the money which was piven to me this morning." Kleiss put (his fü'lII>8 «*ownd hiis child's neok and wept. It warn minutes before he could control h:s feelings. He then told her that her mother waos d*ad; that she had been killed' by a troily car. Eva cried as if her heart would break. She could1 scareselv realise that her mother was dead. She asked her father to allow her to accompany him to the morgue, and he consented. A hewrtrenciVng scene took place iin the morgue when Kieiss saw his wife's body lying in an ice 'box. Her face wa«; only visible Ivle :ss instantly recognised her. "My poor wife!" he exclaimed, as he lifted his daughter so that she could see her mother. Eva tried to kiss the dead lips, but Coroner Volk gently pushed her aside. He advised Yolk to return home with his daughter, saving he would send the 'body as soon as County Physician Converse granted a 'buria.l certificate,

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FALSE EVIDENCE BY E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEtlf. "Herbert! Why Herbert! Good" God! where did you spring from? Are you in- valided?" I The moonlight was streaming in through the high oriel windows* of the long picture galle.rv, glitter.n? upon the armour and crossed weapons which hung upon the walls, and casting fantas- tic rays down '1Ihe polished oak floor. Colonel Sir Charles Devereux dropped the cigar which he had been peacefully smoking, and brought to a. f-uddem halt this leisurely perambulation of this his favourite resort. Before him, with drooping head, with sunken cheeks, and with deep black r ms under his eyes, stood his son Herbert, who, only a few months ago, had departed on his first campaign, a happy, care- less young sub. Was it, indeed, his son, or was it a ghost that had gtoler upon him out of the gloomy shadows of the vast- gallery ? "Invalided! Would to God that I was dead!" broke from the boy's quivering lips. "Father, I have brought disgrace upon vou- disgrace upon our name." And he stretched out his hands towards the long line of pictured warriors, who seemed to be frowning down upon him from the wall. Disgrace that "ou I will never forjrive, never pardon." Like a statue of stone the proud old soldier stood while he listened to his son's story. Then, with a half-smothered groan, he deliberately turned his back upon him. Father." he pleaded, "listen to me. Before heaven I swear tha;t. I am innocent. Rupert 'lied. Why. I don't know. but lie lied. I never felt fear." His father turned half round. You have been put on your defence. General Luxton would never have found your father's son guilty of cowardice had there been room for doubt. The charge was proved against you in oourt-rn tW." "BtfU father, it was Because tihey beJieved Rupert and hi- man. The onlv two other men who saw the struggle are dead." Colonel Devereux turned away and h""ied his face in his; hands. "A Devereux gv'ty o. cowardice!" ho groaned. "My God! that it should have been my son Then ~/ith a sudden movement he turned. round. His son had sunk upon his knees before him. and the moon was throwing a ghastly light upon his haggard, supplicating face. Out of my sight, and out of my heart for ever, Herbert Devereux!" cried his father, his | tones vibrating with a passionate contempt. "You have brought disgrace utxm a stainless! name. Curse you for it, though you be a' thousand times my son You shall not sleep under this roof again. Regone C hange y our name. I command you! forget that you are a, Devereux, as I most surely shall. Turn linen- draper. or man-milliner, or lawyer, what you will so that I never see or hear from you again. Begone, and curse you Scathing and vibrating with scorn though the words were, they ?eeir.sd to touch a chord in the boy's heart, not of humiliation, but of righteous anger. He sprang to his feet. and held himself for a moment as proudly as any of his armoured ancestors who looked down from tht walls upon father and son. "I will go, then," he tried, firmly. "It is right that I should go. But, after all, it is false to say that I have disgraced your name. IT. is Rupert who has done this." He turned and walked steadily a-way, with- oui a backward glance. Out of the swing doors on to the broad staircase he passed along noble corridors, between rows of marble statues, down into the mighty dome-lika hall, and out of the houne which he had loved so well. Are) the servants, who would have pressed forward to weloome him, hung back in fear, for there was that in his face which they shrank from looking upon. Out into the feoft summer night he stepped, hoedleee of tiiair wondering glai ces, and down the broad ave nue he hurried, never pausing once to breathe in the balmy night wiad, heavy with the odour of sweoi- rnif Uing Hov ers, or to listen to the nightingale singing in the low copse which bordered the ^uidena. Thiough a low iron gate he stepped illto the park, and walked swiftly along, never glancing to the right nor to tlie left at the ,,I strange shadows cast by the mighty oak trees on the velvety turf, or at the ?tart-led deer, who sprung up on every side of him ::nd bounded gracefully away, or at the iabbits whe were scampering nbout all around in desperate --Ivriii j orc;. Jit- had loved to watch and' to listen to all these things' but now he felt only a burning clc::re tu escape from them, and to find himself outside the confines of the) home which he was leaving for ever. And not until he had reached the last paling, and had vaulted into the broad, white road, did his strength desert him. Then, faint and weary, and heartsick, lie sank down in a heap on the roadside, and prayed that he might die.. # # # # A cloudless summer morning, with the freshness of dawn still lingering in the air. A morning which seemed about to herald in one of Nature's perfect days, on which to be sad were a crime, and to have troubles absurd. Already th? dreamy humming of bees was flouting in the atmosphere, and the lark had given place to noisier, if less musical, songsters. It was a glorious morning. Over the low, iron gate of an old-fashioned garden a girl was leaning, her head resting lightly upon her hand, gazing across the plea- sant meadows to the dark woods beyond, with a soft, far-away look in her grey eyew—for she was thinking of her lover. She was dressed was thinking of her lover. She was dressed I in a blue print gown, which hung in simple folds around her straight, slim figure, a.nd she had carelessly passed the long stalk of a full- blown red rose within her waistband. It was a very pleasant view that she wag admiring, but any casual speertator would have declared that she was the most charming object in it. And there was a. spectator, although not a. casual one. Suddenly, like a ghost, the figure of her dreams stood before her. Pale, haggard, and dishevelled looking, he seemed to have risen out of ihe very ground; Mid -?-? it was very iittle to bo wondered at that, at fir^t, she shrunk back alarmed. "Herbert, Herbert! Can it really be you?" He never answered her; but, ai the first surprise began to fade away, she moved for- ward, and would have thrown herself into arms. But he stopped 'her. "Keep back, Marian." he cried, hoarsely; 'Keep away from m6! I have come to bid you goocl-bye." A swift, sudden fear drove the colour from her cheeks, and chilled her through and thiough but. she faltered out an answer. "Good-bye, Herbert! What do you mean? Oh," tell me what has happened quick "The one thing worse than death, Marian—, disgrace And then, with his face turned away, and his eyes renting wearily on the picturesque landscape, he told her his story. The last word had left his quivering lips, and he stood as though in a dream. The worst, was over. He had told his father, and ha had told her. It seemed like the end of all things to him. Suddenly a pair of white arms were thrown around his neck, find a great red rosy was crushed to pieces against his waistcoat. "Herbert! oih, Herbert! how dreadful! Don't look like that, you frighten me!" He was striving to free himself, but she would not let him go. "Dearest, you don't understand! This is ruin to me. My father has turned me from tli.3 house, commanded me to bear another name, disowned ma. Be brave, Marian, for we must part. I am here only to tell you this, and to bid you farewdl." Still she would not let him go. "You will do nothing of the sort. sir. I'll not be thrown over in that fashion," she said, struggling to smile through her tears. "And Herbert, oh, Herbert! how ill you look. You've been out all night." He did not deny it, but again he strove to disengage himself. But she would have nono of it. "Bertie, dearest"—she spoke cheerfully, though her eyes were ftill swimming with tea|»«-"you mustn't think that you're going _.?- --?-=-? to get rid of u-s in 'this way. You've just got to come in to breakfast with me, and afterwards we'll tell grannie all about it. Come along, sir. I insist." Ho braced himself up for resistance, but he had still to learn that against a woman's love a. man's will can prevail nothing. At first "Begone and tcurse you." he was firm, thea wavering, and finally he waa led in triumph across the smooth lawn and along the wrnd:ng path to the French windows of tih-o moroirgroom. But when he found himself face to face with the kind old lady who had loved him as her own son, and saw the t-cars trickle down her withered, apple-red cheeks as ehe listened to the tale which Marian poured out., he felt that he had passed the limits of self-endurance. For more than twenty-four hours he had neither eaten nor drink, and he was sick at heart. Gradually Marian felt. the arm which she had drawn tightly through hers, grow heavier and heavier until at last, a& she finished her tale with a little tremulous burst of indignation, he sank back in the arm-cluuir, paid slowly fainted. But, tbrough the mist which closed in upon him, he saw nothing but kindly, pitying faces bending over his, and heard Grannie's gentle w hisper:— "I believe, you, Herbert," and more empha- tic, but none the lees earnest, were her words, ?-?-?-? u -?- v hose ?weet, tear-stained face, .so closo to l11:, was the la.-it he saw when unconsciousness I wss closing in upon him. So do I, Bertie. T hate Rupert," and sweeter t.tia.n the most- heart-stirring muiic were th0 faltering words she added — "And I love you better than ever. Oh, Grai nie, Grxu lie, he has fainted CF \PTFR T. MY YIWiOGY. Fortune is the s.trangwt, mistress a man ev'" wooed. Who courts her she shuns, who dcervo-? I ter slie pa.- ses ovir, niid on him who defies her and takes no pains to secure her she iav'she-, her favours. I am one of ttio-e to whom she has rhown herself most kind. Many years ago I vowed my life awa.y to one purpose, and that partly an immoral one. It was a purpose which held my life. I swore to seek no end apart from ilt, and I put awav from my thousrht« all iovs that were not included in its accom- plishment. And yet, havintr kept my oath. I still possess in the prime of life everything which a. man could wish for. I am rich, and well thouerht of amongst my fellows. I am mamied to the woman whom I love, a.nd life is flowing on with me as calmly and peacefully as the murmuring waters of a woodland stream in the middle of summer. And, above all, JIIY heart is at ease, for I have kept my vow. She is a strange mistress, indeed! Nothing have I sought or deserved of her, yet c\ erv- thing I have. Whilst he who was far alwe ma I in his deserving-, and whose sufferings nona save myself thoroughly understood, passed through a gloomy life, buffeted by every wind, stranded by every tide of fortune: misunder- stood, wronged, falsely accused, and narrowly escaped remaining ill men's minus only as a prototype of a passionate, unforgiving, Quixotic man. That the world may know him as he was, and form a. better judgment as to his character, I have gathered together the threads of my life indissoluL- connected with his, and hnve turned them inside out. I have never induced myself with the feminine hixury of a diary, I but with a surer progress than of pen over paper has the reoord of my strange life been r writ-ten into my mind; and so I tell it jus* as it all comes back to me. not ao a professed story-teller, with harmonious dates and regular evolution of plot, and neatly paged chapters, but in a. holder way. leaving much to be guessed ai. and some thing?, untold. If there be any of whom I have occasion to speak still amongst the living (mv life haj so contracted of late l!lÍ: many have passed out of its horizon), let them remember for what purpose I write, and for his sake forbear to complin. If the sword were the pen, then would mine be the pen of a readv writer, a-iid I might, be able to touch lighrly on their shortcomings, and gild over the black spots on my own life. But enough of excuses. I take up my pen a blunt Englishman, an athlete rather than a scholar, to write a plain story which shall serve not as a eulogy. but as a justiifieartion of the man to whom many years of my life have been ungrudgingly given. Let all those who may feel disposed to cavil at the disconnectedness of my loosely-jointed story remember this, and lie silent. CHAPTER II. THE FIRST CLOUD. About a mile seaward from Porlock, sepa- rated from it by a narrow strip of the most luxuriant meadowland in Devonshire, lies the village of Bossington. Perhaps it were better called a hamlet, for at the time when 1 knew an.\ tiling about it (which, let the tourist re- member, is many years ago) it consisted but of six or seven cottages, a farmhouse, and a half- ruined old manor house, for the privilege of living in which my father paid £ 10 a year, or some such trifling sum, to the neighbouring clergyman, whose property it was. But what the place lacked in size wais cer- tainly atoned for—and more than atoned for— by the beauty of its situation. High above it, like a mighty protecting giant, rose Bossing- ton Headland, covered always with a soft, srpringy turf, and glowing in irwd-summer wath the brilliant colouring of rich purple heather and yellow gorse. Often have I stood on its highast poijrt, and, with my head bared to the strong1 fresh breeze, watched the sun rise jl over the Dartmoor Hills and Dunkerry Beacon, and waited until it shed its first warm gleams on the white cottages attd queer old ohurcfc- t tower af Porlock, which lay clustered together in picturesque irregularity at the head of the little bay. And almost as often have I gazed upon the same sc-ne from the same spot by the less distinct but more harmonious light of the full harvest moon, awd have wondered in what guise it seemed the fairest. Behind Bossiinxton lay Allercombe Wood*, great tree-covered hills sloping on one side down to the road which connected, and still connects, Porlock with Minehead and the ont- "ide world, and en. the other descending preoi. pitously to the sea so precipitously, indeed, that it seemed always a wor.der to me how The thickly growing but stunted fir trees could pcr- serve their shape and regularity. The descent frcm Bossington Headland into Porlock was by a steep, winding path through Allercombe Woods, and many a time I have looked through the thin coating of green leaves upon the fields which stretched like a piece of ]xitcbwork below down to the sea, and wondered whether any country in the world (I had never been out of Devonshire then) could be more beauti- ful than this. Within a stone's throw of where the blue sea of our English Bay of Naples rinpl- I in on to the firm white sands was the tumble-down old building in which we lived. What there had been of walls had long before our time been hidden by climbing plants and ivy, and in summertime the place from a. distance some- what resembled a gigantic nosegay of cottage roses, jessamine, and other creeping flowerg. There was but a small garden and no ground, for Bossuigtot Headland rose precipitously close to the back of the house, and in front, there was no space for any. A shed served as a. stable for one or two E\moor ponies, and also as a sleeping place for the lanky, rawboned Devon- shire lad whom we kept to look after them. There were but few habitable rooms in out mansion, but they were sufficient, for our house- hold wM a small one. My father, mot lies', eister, myself, and a country servant compr sad it. We never had a visitor, save occasionally the clergyman from Porlock. We never went anywhere. We knew no one, and at seventeen years of age an idea which had been developing io ne for -ug tune took to itself tine tangible shape of wurd! (To be oontinued.)