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Synopsis of Previous Chapters, chapters i. and ii.~ -Mrs La Roacfae and £ •* daughter, Claire, drive to Castle Finnbar. "Minis O'Keefe, the driver, refuses to be paid n, £ ht. They arrive at their destination, are welcomed by Timothv Sullivan, the old servant left at the Castle, which is fabling into ruins. From the hall Claire and mother are taken by the crazy Sullivan to a ^•olcl bedroom, which has not been occupied at least over half a century. Everything 8 'n tatters. Moths and bats abound. Rats be heard scuttling under the wainscoting. immediate demand of the newcomers is for J**?- They partake of a miserable supper, after *J>ich the old man produces a pack of cards. ~ire soon sees that he is a born gamester, and *6fo8ea to play with him. He retires muttering Te»(?eance. CHAPTERS III. and IV.-Mother and daugh 2? pass a weary night ensconced in chairs. 1 mother sleeps, but the daughter sits listen- to all the uncanny sounds, and conjuring for *eiBelf the imaginary terrors of the night. They f*e disturbed by the arrival of two men on horse- 604k stranded wayfarers, who believe the Castle be uninhabited, save by a lunatic. The two promise the help and assistance of two *oinen, which relieves the situation somewhat. the morrow Claire intercepts a beautiful HJtle Irish girl carrying a can of milk. This ^ild takes Miss La Roache to the cabin of Mrs r Leary, where the good woman gives her a 5**1, and she has a \vash. She accompanies ^'fcire back to the Castle, where she provides a £ °od breakfast. During the coarse of the morn. Visitors arrive. CHAPTER V. k It was a coach that was standing at the en- lace to the Castle when Mrs La Roache and daughter descended the staircase. A groom at the head of the leaders and another at the £ of the ladder on which two women were Fusing themselves. They had both shapely feet, 'aire perceived, and both were dressed in white Thev were clearly sisters and of about same age—something about thirty. Tiro were swinging themselves to the ground on off side of the coach, and two others re- 'iDed on the top. Claire saw that the two men dismounted were tho-i who had visited the tie at midnight. One of the ladies hastened to Mrs La Roache Claire, crying Row do you do ? I am Lady Innisfail; and is my daughter, Mrs Archie Browne. Major I Ckiton and Lord Medway told us about you and OUr awful plight. How funny it was. No, I the opposite—how romantic. We do hope :r*t you slept well. But what a dreadful posi- "013. Mr Sullivan is hopeless—still, if you had bad a fourth you might have had a good "fidge party. 1 believe that Mr Sullivan knows tjtaething of Bridge I suppose you play Bridge, ""tQ La Roache ?" The other lady had come forward. She was I'fcve and her manner somehow gave Mrs La Joache the impression that she was reproving mother. We were shocked to hear of your contre- £ mps, Mrs La Roache," said she, and we do that vou will come to us until you get )ettIed. We live quite at hand, only six miles < *»ay— Suanamara. You will like it." Then one of the men approached —the more l°lable. He was much mere shy now. But to I '*ir6 he seemed like an old friend. We got some sleep," she said. Really we I J**oke refreshed, with an appetite for break- *aet." And did the breakfast respond ? I am afraid *ot," he said, with some concern. An excellent breakfast," she cried. "We dis- an angel—Mrs O'Leary she brought *°out a miraculous change in our fortunes." The man's face brightened. Claire thought for moment that he was going to say something 'bout Elijah the Tishbite, who also found his ^Rol to feed him. A glance at him reassured however. He was not the man to drag in Elijah. So glad," he said. "We were afraid that would be knocked up. We hurried. The *«oIe thing was ghastly. Poor old Sullivan 1 fj.curiosity. But one only wants that sort of in a museum not after a long journey, OU are sure to like the Archie Browne's place," Lady Innisfail was talking. a 1 never heard anything so dreadful. My jjjfcr Mrs La Roache, only for the accident of and Jeffy wanting a drink badly in the J^'ddle of the night, you might both have been i?jmd dead in the ruins—you might indeed, ^here was an old witch once—I honestly believe she was a bona-fide witch—not so far away C-Immgilly. She lived for years among the of the Abbey—we used to visit her when 1 & girl—the queerest old thing—and one 1Iaotaing she was found dead in the midst of her < They received a hearty welcome. I It created quite a fuss in our neighbour- I can assure you. When Tommy told us Jr* you looked—I mean, how that horrid old had treated you, I said, They have died the night, just like —like I really bltoforget what the old witch's name was. you think that we might just have a peep the Castle while the men are putting trunks in the coach ? Mr Urquhart is w^ensely interested in ruins. This is Mr to*?Qhart! Mr Stephen Urquhart, Mrs La iS^be, Miss La Roache." t Urquhart was one of the men who had re- ^'fced on top of the coach when the other J*0 had dismounted. He was, without being a *all man, a good deal under the height of the 'h«r two. He was very dark as regards his w^plexion, and there was a curious curl in his t?.lt that was apparent when he took off his hat. S,B *ace was smooth, and be conveyed to one the of being well polished—his best enemies he was a patent leather Bort of man. I He is fond of ruins—it is hereditary your "■'her was concerned in sugar-growing some- was he not, Mr Urorhart ?" said Lady beIUsfa.H-with alaogh that somehow prevented Remark from having the least taint of bad )^r Urquhart responded to her laugh. J I am not specially interested in ruins, but in certain epochs—certain incidents in JJain epochs of history" said he. l Ctomwell," cried Lady Innisfail. I remem- j7~5 °ow. You told me it was Cromwell you ware in." And it was Cromwell who did more than any to make Ireland picturesque—with ruins, «? ^e. k He failed here," said Claire. He was t^ten back from our house and yet it is a ruin **Kla y ta Unlike most chatelaines, you know the his- 5? of your own house, Miss La Roache," said I too would you care to look into some of the "rtls ?'" said Claire. t It would be so good of you to allow us, for minutes," said Mrs Archie Browne. k Oh, jt is not necessary to ask for permission ito-'pspecc a ruin it becomes public property," !? Claire. to Luckily for us," she added, for she was quick > Notice a troubled look come into the face of Medway—3he had found out that the name ''he more shy of the visitors of the night was j?|rd Medway. The'troubled looked passed away Lord Medway s face a*5** all the same he would not pass through the C* of the Castle now. He said that ruins were his line. They made him think of the Guards Paiade. h^jor Clifton—Claire had lound out that the of the other man was Major Clifton tj her thought that he would stay outside also. that the Castle made him think of! » gingham Palace. He wondered what sort of Buckingham Palace would make. He ^Oght that be would rather like to wait and others followed Lady Innisfail into the Claire saying, „ lv. We are rather proud to flaunt our tatters, fci. we do it badly, you will pardon us you i,*? that we haven't yet got used to oar ruin. Urquhart will ksep you straight you depend on his preventing youf making any Jon Ruide-book mistakes in your history. Will 5pt, Mr Urquhart ?" said Lady lanisfail. will tell you '11 about your own house, Roache. Will you not, Mr Urquhart ? 'a incident from which I shrink, «it Drquhart as Snllivan appeared at tn» of the hall. He bade the party wel- was some very dainty gathering up of iljof*8 With consequent surprises of enbroidered be right sort of low heels—Lady v what a stroll through ruins en- I t lay the social valu6 of ruins, in 1 •: ijor Clifton had stayed outside, tjj. Oh, th«; mi f it," standing in the midst of tir oi a alien ceiling that bad been de- v ,-tvt artist Oh, the pity of it- 018o sc y tor you, Mrs La Roache. If we could have done anything—living so close as we were it would have been easy but we heard nothing about Colonel La. Roache, only that he was dead. I never thought even ot inquiring if he was married. Tim Sullivan is to blame But why on earth did your husband let him re- main here all these years ? A proper care- taker would have prevented all this." My husband was an Irishman doesn't that explain everything? said Mrs La Roache. Lady Innisfail held up her bands and heaved a sigh-a. minim sigh that made a smile a neces- sity." ¡ Mr Sullivan wrote us such nice letters," said Mrs La Roache. We put so many questions to him, and he seemed to answer them a.11- though in rather a roundabout way sometimes." "That's the way nice letter-writers have," said Lady Innisfail. "We thought that we were coming home- servants and supper and all," said Mrs La Roache. •'And so you are, you poor soul," cried Lady Innisfail. Come along. We have seen enough of your ruins. It is time that you were intro- duced to ours. Come along. Have you anything to say, Mr Urquhart ? Mr Urquhart said that he had been greatly interested. Devastation had always interested him. That is one of his dark sayings," said Lady Innisfail, apologetically, to Claire "He doe3 not mean to be rude—only dark. Mr Urquhart possesses every qualification of a teacher except intelligibility. But you will get accustomed to him. We all understand him thoroughly on account of his unintelligibility. It is only when he tries to explain himself that he really mysti- fies us." But Claire, who sat beside Mr Urquhart on the top of the coach, did not find him perplexing. He had not the shyness of the two other men, nor had he the exuberant manner of Lady Innis- fail, who talked to strangers as if she had known them all her life. And yet Mr Urquhart gave Claire the impression that he had known her all her life, without being in any way voluble and whea they reached Suanmara, the Archie Brown's place, and she was plone with her mother, she told her that this was how she Jelt in regard to Mr Urquhart. How could he do that Did be talk to you about Paris or Vienna or Sofia ? Did he try to get you to tell him anything about your father ? I know that the pople here are simply dying to hear about your father," said Mrs La Roache. He never mentioned the name of any place, and he never even suggested that I had any father," replied Claire. Then, how ? I I don't know, I'm sure but he did all the same. It may only have been fancy on my part, because he did not ask me any questions about where we had lived or how we had lived. All the strangers we have met have set themselves about finding out everything you heard Mrs Archie Brown throwing out a casual inquiry more than once ? She sat at the other side of me driving here. You must have heard her from behind." I heard you were discreet. But Mr Urqu- hart He did not seem to want to know anything?" But from where I sat I thought that you had interested him." I don't think that I did. Perhaps what you noticed was that I was interested in him. Is that the same thing ? It amounts to the same thing if you let him see that you were interested in him. That is about the only thing that awakens a man's in- terest in a young woman—or an old woman, for that matter—seingthat she is interested in him." That is one of your axioms of life, dear mother. You impressed it upon me long ago. I wish I could think of axioms of life at the right moment. I don't suppose that anyone worth talking about does ever think of axioms of life at the right moment. People are too busy living." But Mr Urquhart Claire burst out laughing, pointing a mocking forefinger at her mother—they were both lying back in the easiest of chairs in a charming dress- ing-room. "But Mr Urquhart "but Mr Urquhart," she cried. Now you are acting in sympathy with another of your precious axioms, sweet mother. I will hear nothing more about this Mr Urqu- hart. If you had known me all your life as he has, you would not make such a mistake as to talk to me about the last man I have spoken to. Talk to me about Lord Medway I am more interested in him than this Mr Urquhart." "I am glad to hear that," said her mother. "Mr Urauhart, I find, is only a private secre- tary. You have heard of Mr Philip Tient ? Philip Trent ? Never. What of Mr Philip Trent? He is a man who invented—something or other- I cannot remember its name, but he has made a huge fortune out of it. He is a member of Parliament and Mr Urquhart is only his private secretary." I am beginning to be intensely interested in Mr Urquhart. If you continue telling me things to his disadvantage you may depend upon my falling in love with him." Claire, I am ashamed Do you retain the least memory of my I father's lectures to me when our funds were too low for us to keep on Mademoiselle Lejeune ? You recollect that there was a formula for falling bodies ? What nonsense. What do you mean, Claire 9 The rapidity of the descent of a falling body increases in an inverse ratio to the square of the j- distance. That is to say, if it falls four feet in the first second, it will fall 16 in the second, and —what is the square of 16—in the third." What on earth ? Claire, my dear, you are becoming more mysterious than ever. What do you mean by this nonsense ? I want to remind you that the same sort of formula applies to falling in love, dear mother. Four feet m the first second, 16 in the second, until after a second or two—precipitancy." And what has this got to > do with— with—anything in the wide world ? Not much. Only the laws of nature that govern the falling of a body through apace apply also to the falling in love. 80- Mrs La Roache looked carefully at her daugh- ter for some silent moments. Then she õai d— And Mr Philip Trent is coming here to- morrow." Miss La Roache looked carefully at her mother. Then she said— 1 think that I will put on another pair of shoes before lunch." CHAPTER VI. Suanamara was a delightful house in a de- li ghtful situation. People who saw it for the first time said so, and on learning that the owner was Archie Browne, laughed pleasantly. When they remembered that Archie Browne had manned the daugher of Lord Innislail and Beatrice his wife. they laughed again and said, Of course— a delightful house and a deliehtfal situation. They wished it to be understood that they recog- nised the fact that if the delight of the house was due to Archie Browne,the beauty of the situation was to be attributed to the daughter of Lord and Lady Innisfail. Archie Brown cared nothing for the pic- turesqueness of his house, but he cared a great deal for his wife, and he knew that his wifes mother was one of the most wonderful women in existence. He found it greatly to his advantage to do what he was told by his wife and his wife's mother, when they agreed in telling what to do and they had fortunately agreed in telling him that he must buy Suanamara from Mr Barry Geoghegan. the distinguished Irishman who had ruined himself some years before by hi! patriotic attempts to win the Derby with an Irish horse. He had been fortunate enough to win a few plates when he was yoang.and thus the remainder of his estates in the West of Ireland had come into the market by ordar of a judge of a Court of Law, and alter a decent business interval they were bought by Archie Browne, who had inherited a few millions from his father, the great con- tractor. Of course, Archie Browne got the place at a bargain, people in the neighbourhood said. But this was not quite Archie Browne's opinion. He knew what a bargain was, he declared, and everyone knew he did. This knowledge had been transmitted to his son with his millions by Mr Alexander Browne, who had been a navvy at the age of twenty and had died a millionaire at fortv-nine. He knew what a bargain was, he affirmed, and he ventured to assure people who talked of bargains that the great capitalists of the County Galwav were not treading on each other's heels in their anxiety to be the first to secure a property washed by the Atlantic Ocean. When Lady Innisfail had tried to remonstrate with him on his delay in buying Suanimara, he had grinced,making no reply and when she had urged her daughter to say something to him on the subject, her daughter had said in her cold, formal way I' Whatever Archie cannot do, he is certainly good at buying things." And he was. He had bought a good many foolish things before he met the Honourable Norah Innisfail, including a Shakespearean sea- son at the Acropolis Theatre with Mrs Mowbray in the part of Imogen but he had not been so foolish since. He had ample value for his outlay at all times, and his wife never failed to recognise bis ability in this direction. When she told him to buy anvthing she knew that be would obey her, and,she left the details wholly in his hands. He had gutted" the old house—the technical phrase was his own—and when the process of evisceration was completed it! had been a great pleasure to him to make the house beautiful— with hydraulic pumping of water up from the trout stream that ran through glen, and with electric light generated by the same agency, And then he set about: the more difficult task of preserving the game upon the mountains which constituted by far the greater portion of the Geoghegan estate. People in the neighbour- hood laughed at the idea of anyone trying to pre- serve the game. and suggested the possibility of Archie Browne's suffering by the diverting of the aim of the natives from what they had always I. looked on as their legitimate objects the shoot- ing of giouse was regarded as a sport by certain of the natives, they said, but the shooting of landlords as a duty. I They wasted their time with Archie Browne. Hb grinned—there was avast amount of argu- ment in one of Archie's giins— and said that few people understood the Irish character. In the course of a year or two, by the jodi- I ] cious exercise of a compulsory scheme of emi- I gration from the estate. tie had made his moun- tains equal to the best in Scotland for sporting purposes, and he was not afraid to ask his friends --and his mother-in-law's—over from England for the months of August and September, and such of them as had laughed at Archie when he was a bachelor, allowed that he was a wonder as a husband. They added that Norah Innisfail S had known what she was about when she had I married him. And they spoke the truth. She had become the. mother of two of the sweetest children alive, and yet she had still sufficient time to be able to look after her mother very nearly as carefully a& she I had done in the days of her maidenhood, and in those days this duty bad kept her in constant I employment. Her mother made a great mistake in fancying that in marrying Norah to Archie she had emancipated herself. And now the two latest of the guests at Suatt- mara, having changed their shoes for lunch, were standing at their dressing-room window gazing over the glories of mpuntain and lake and sea which lay before their eyes, causing them to forget for a time those of their fellow-guests whom they had already met, and to abstain from discussing the possibilites of those whom they had not yet seen. Billows of purple heather were rolling down from the mighty mountains in which the house was, so to speak, engulfed, and here and there along the range the sombre entrance to a glen of larches and firs touched with a yellow tint of autumn, made a marvellous cloud and contrasted wonderfully with the vivid emerald patches of ) the lower land. On into the grey distance the bcld contours of the promontories of the moun- tains wasted away in gradations of grey to the South, and beyond them, North and South, there was a quivering grey-blue band with a spatter of dazzling white. This is the Atlantic," said Claire. Is The Atlantic Ocean.?" We have come to the verge of the old world," said her mother. Your father told me that he had shot eagles over the Atlantic cliffs." They both looked witstfully out there, and each knew that the other was thinking of the grey- haired old man who had died in a far-off land without being able to realise hi" dream of re- turning to live in the land along whose cliffs he had wandered in his youth, waiting for an eagle. In his last days at Sofia be had talked a good deal about the island that he loved --the green island lying in the midst of the green waters of the West. They had agreeable company at Suanamara. | i i I After a space they went downstairs to the great square hall-where there was a billiard table and many other tables, though only one was used at j that moment for the game of Bridge. It was half an hour off lunch time. Lady Innisfail ex- ] plained, and she had such a morbid horror of wasting time that she had induced three of her guests to make up a Bridge party. She pre- sented Mrs La Roache and her daughter to the three—Mrs Lingard, Lady Fairholme; and Misa Fosberry. Mrs Lingard was sprightly, Lady j Fairholm was misty, Miss Fosberry was lus- trous. Thy gave a pleasantly critical glance or two at the strangers and then at their cards. Oh, yes, Mrs La Roache had heard of Bridge -she had even seen it played, she said-yes. it was, she believed, occasionally played at Nice during the months of December and January, but she had never played it herself Mr Urquhart was writing at a desk, with a large tain pamphlet with a blue cover in front of him Mrs Archie Browne was talking, seri- ouslv as usual, with Lord Medway, and Lord j Medway had assumed, with a considerable 4 amount of success, the role of the.attentive guest. ] A young woman was playing something hor- rible horribly on the pianoforte—a study in inanity from a study in insanity, which being destitute of comeay and despicable in music was t termed a musical comedy. An elderly man, wearing gracefully the baldness of intellect, was on a chair by her side touching a banjo with a 1 scientific exactness that left him a bar or two behind the young woman at the piano. But per- haps that was only the joke of the collaboration. 1 There was a click ot billiard balls and the ( sound of Major Clifton's voice suggesting to the ( girl with whom he was playing pyramids to do something or other in order to avoid tunning in -she had alreadv run in three times within the three minutes that Claire was in the hall. It was altogether a delightful little family party, Claire perceived. She bad never seen a party organised on precisely such a basis of in- dependent grouping, and she was greatly in- ( terested. She could not help wondering with J which of these 1* poses plastiques sbe would assimilate-which of tbem would be artistically strengthened by her appearance. Mrs Archie Browne solved the question for her. With unabated uneffusive cordiality she took a step forward to meet her and her mother, and while the latter assured her that their rooms were perfection-" Le petit Trianon in the midst of a wilderness," was M-s La Roache's phrase- Major Clifton with the easy confidence due to a longer acquaintance, had begun to talk to Claire, j and it seemed quite natural that they should go into the depths of a concave window lined with seats that enabled one to sit at ease and admire all that was outside as well within the spacious apartment. ( He seemed to have a good working knowledge of both. He told her that the mountains with the purple heather were named Slieve Gorm, and j that the nearest glen was Glenarney-that the house was the centre of curious legends, and that it was a matter of common knowledge that fairies were in the habit of assembling on moonlight nights on every one of the emerald patches that could be seen on the slopes where the forests of larch and fir were bsginning to show signs of j the autumn. He added that the elderly man with the brow who was endeavouring to soothe the hiccup of the banjo was the greatest living authority on ] fairies and witehes, and rummy things of that sort," and that he had come to Ireland specially to make a study of the Irish variety. His name was Mr Marvin, he 3ai l; and he had got so far in his investigations as to be able to announce to his fellow-guests that the Hibernian fairy was Coptic-or half Coptic. The narrator be- lieved that the moment this discovery was made public it would create a panic in the ranks of those people who had a foolish fancy that the Irish fairy was Aryan. Mr Marvin holds that the Aryan theory is responsible for the unsettled condition of Ire- land all these centuries," said Major Clifton. I hear him arguing out the point every even- ing, at intervals of strumming on his banjo." I- What, are there people here who actually argue with him ?" asketi Claire. They only argue because silence would be wasted on him," said he. And is his banjo Aryan or Coptic ?" said Claire, with a thirst for knowledge. That is what he is not quite certain about," replied Major Clifton. It is understood that Mr Phillip Trent is taking him up in order to give him a chance of investigating this point and settling it for eve". That is what it means to be a millionaire. The millionaires only become so in order that they may have a chance of realising their philanthropic ideas. They never spend any money on themselves." "It was mentioned on the coach that Mr Trent was to arrive here to-morrow," said Claire. Have you seen him, Major Clifton ?" Ob, yes, I have even spohen to him-the beat chap alive. If he hadn't been branded as a millionaire he would have carried all before him. As it is he appears as a good man struggling against the stream of popularity. And Mr Urquhart is his private secretary. It was Mr Urquhart who made him grossly popular. Bnt Mr Trent does not bear him-a grudge on that account, does he 7" Not be-he is generous even to the people who have done most for him and that is an uncommon trait, Jet me tell you, Miss La Roache." Would you think it mal-a-propos if I were to ask you at this point something that has been puzzling me—that is, how did you come to visit our ruin last night ?" Major Clifton laughed. I suppose it must be explained sooner or later,' said he. Well, the fact is that Lord Medway and I went to shoot over the Cairnreagh with the man who rents it, and we dined with him, but missed our way back and having once before accepted the hospitality of our friend, Tim Sullivan, at a late hour, we thought that we might chance to find him at home wit!: a peg of whiskey at his elbow. We were in such a con- dition as cried out for whiskey imperatively, or indeed we should not have made that absurd call." What should we have done if you had not made that call ?" said Claire. Was there ever such an adventure as this of ours ? My mother and I thought we were coming to a house something like the one we are in now. You can judge of how we felt when we found onrseWes among the bats of the hall and the moths of the bedroom to which we were led by Mr Sullivan." "Think of how we felt when we opened the dining-room door," said Major Clifton. Per- sonallv I felt as if I was looking a piece of old tapestry." Faded—greatly faded," said Claire, with a laugh. I know that I felt like a piece of old j tapestry—a sort of unravelled feeling. Newr j i mind. Five minutes after yon had left us we felt that—that—well, that our colours were re- stored." stored." And here we are now going in to tiffin/' said' Major Clifton, as the gong sounded. (To be continued.)
--.-----.-GAVE THE CHILD CARBOLIC.
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GAVE THE CHILD CARBOLIC. Nurse Girl and the Baby. At the Bilston Police Court on Friday Lily- May TownBbend (14), whose parents reside at. Lanesfield, was again brought up charged with attempting to kill Robert Richard Edward Bates, the 11 months old child of Mr J. C. Bates, fire brick manufacturer, of Rookery Hall, Lanesfield. The defence was conducted by Mr R. Tildasley. Mrs Bates, the mother of the child, repeated the evidence she gave on the prev'ous day. This was to the effect that the prisoner admitted giving the child some carbolic, which bad burnt bis mouth and face. In answer to Mr Tildesley, the witness said she had been in the habit of giving the child fluid magnesia, and the bottles containing the magnesia anc1 the carbolic were somewhat similar. The girl bad soemed to be very fond of the baby. Georgina Bates, a daughter of Mrs Bates, said that she had warned the prisoner never to touch the carbolic bottte and Ada Bates, another daughter,, said that after the carbolic bottle wasemptred it was placed on a shelf near to the magnesia bottle Mr Bates, the father of the child, spok to finding an egg cap on the lawn be- neath the nursery window, It was wet and smelt of carbolic acid. He ques- tioned the prisoner, who said, I put some water into the carbolic bottle, shook it up, put some in the egg cup and gave it to Bob (the baby). A letter was read from Dr. Bulger stating that he had attended ths prisoner for severe pains in the head. He thought she was suffering from congestion of the brain. Dr. Baker agreed that such an ailment might account for the girl's behaviour. Mr Tildesley addressed the Bench, and pointed out that if the prisoner had intended giving the child some magnesia she might easily have mistaken the bottle. He argued that there was no evidence of intent to murder the child, and asked the Bench not to commit the girl on so serious a charge. When asked if she had any thing to say the prisoner said that she did not know what she was doing owing to the pains in her head. The prisoner was committed to the Assizes, and bail was allowed in two sureties of JE25 each.
VICAR DEFIES BISHOP.
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VICAR DEFIES BISHOP. MR FILLINGHAM~7N" FREE CHURCH PULPIT. The Bishop of Bristol has inhibited from preaching in a Nonconformist place of worship in his dioeeae the Rev. R. C. Fillingbam, vicar of Hexton, Herts., a gentleman who once- mentioned himself as a probable candidate for Cardiff on the Protestant ticket. His Lordship sends to the Times a copy of ^be correspond- ence be has had with the vicar, and we give the two closing letters :— Hexton Vicarage, Hitchin, Oct. 8. My Lord, I have been in correspondence with/ the minister of the David Thomas MemoriaH Church, and I find that he and his people rely onv me to fulfil the promise I made to them, and. would regard my failure to-do so as a dereliction of principle. I feel, therefore, that I cannot break the en- j gagement. I have come to this decision with.; much pain, because I should have liked, had I, seen my way. to fall in with your Lordship's wishes, so kindly and comteously expressed. I am far from suie that it is illegal to preach in a Free Church pulpit. But, even if it be, what illegalities are practised and tolerated in the very city of Bristol, where I am advertised to preach I To name no others, in the churches of AJI Hallows, St..Tude, St. Mathias, St. Raphael, St. Simon, the vestments are in use which have been thrice declared illegal by the highest Eccle- siastical Court in the realm—vestments which symbolise doctrines that our Reformers died to Irive out of the Church. I do not like to write anything which sounds like impertinent bargaining with your Lord- ship but I would venture to say that if you would do what is possible to prevent these ille- galities—e.g., by withdrawing the licences of the curates in the churches where the illegal vest- ments are used, and inhibiting any other clergy From assisting the incumbents until they obey the law—then I should be prepared to reconsider my position. I am, with great respect, your Lordship's obedient servant. R. C. Fillingham. The Palace, Bristol, October 9, 1903. Dear Mr Vicar,—It is with real regret that I and myself compelled to send to you the enclosed inhibition and to inform your diocesan of our correspondence and its result,—Yours faithfully, Rev. R. C. Fillingham. G. F. Bristol.
- - SIR CHARLES DILKE. --,.--
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SIR CHARLES DILKE. Criticism of the War Office. Writing to a correspondent Sir Charles Dilke, M.P., regrets the appointment of Mr Arnold Foreter as War Secretary, as the weakness of the jovernmant gives him, an ardent reformer, no real chance. After dealing with the probable abolition of the linked battalion system, Sir Charles discusses the War Commission report at some length, taking par- ticular exception to the statement that our field irmament was not inferior to that which was in jse by other great nations. This statement, he says, is in direct conflict to the evidence of Lord Roberts and other professional witnesses. It was proved in the House in 1899 that a good juick-firing gun enormously superior to any non-, juick firing gun had been offered our Govern- nert by the greatest gun manufacturing firm n France several years before that date, but, as Sir A. Noble mildly put it, We showed too much iisposition to wait before rearming a finality of nvention that can never be reached. Regarding ¡he suggested abolition of the Commander- n-Chief, whether we had a commander- n-chief. a chief of staff, or an imitation of the Admiralty Board the- /alue for the money, obtained for the country would still depend on the ability and energy of ;hose at the head, whatever their titles were. —rnmmm—i—m
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COLLISION NEAR NEWPORT. MOTOR CAR UPSETS A TRAP. On Saturday evening a motor car collided with io trap on Caerleon-road just outside Newport. [t appears that Mrs Harris, of Handegvetb, and t neighbour, were driving from Newport towards Jaerleon when just above the St. Julians Inn the lorse became restive at the approach of a motor :ar, and pulled across the road, with the result that the car ran into the crap, upsetting it and breaking off the abaft, and the adies were thrown into the roadway, jut fortunately they escaped serious injury. rhe horse was also knocked down, but was un- injured. The occupants of the car were three ladies and a gentleman. The driver of the car it once pulled np, and the occupants assisted ¡he ladies to the roadside, gathered up the aarcels which had been scattered about, and then drove off in the car, which appeared to be undamaged, in the direction of Newport. The iriver of the motor car and other occupants, it is alleged, refused to disclose their identity.
BUilTH WELLS MARKETS QUES/ION.…
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BUilTH WELLS MARKETS QUES/ION. I At a special meeting of the Builth Wells Urban District Council on Friday evening. Mr r. Lant presiding, a marketa and sales order was read from the Board of Agriculture directing [1) a market or sale of animals shall not be held in or upon any market place, highway, sale-yard, ar other premises until after the expiration of sight days from the date on which the premises were previously so used, unless premises, or io part thereof, sufficient to accommodate the number of animals usually exposed at such. market, or sale, are so paved with cement, con- crete, asphalt, orotberhard material impervious to water, as to permit of the same being effec- tually cleansed by washing and (2) this article' shall not be deemed to prohibit the holding of uny lawful fair on two or more consecutive days." The markets at Builth Wells are at present held in the thoroughfares weekly. The order will, therefore necessitate one of these schemes, viz., (1) the establishment of a tortnightly market (2) the holding of an alternate (small) market on Bank-square, and a fortnightlv (large) market in the streets; or (3) the provision of a proper Smithfield. The Council adjourned the question till their next meetioff.a view then cf con- vening a public gathering to test the ratepayers' feeling.
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DEVELOPMENT OF LLANDRINDOD WELLS. An inquiry conducted by a committee oi the Radnorshire County Council was held at the request of the Urban District Council at the Victoria Hall, Llandrindod Wells, on Saturday, the subject of the inquiry being an application for the division of the town mto wards for Urban District Council purposes, and for an increase in the number of councillors. Dr. Harding presided, and the other members of the committee present were Captain Gibson-Watt, Messrs Thomas, Moore, J. R. Bache, and J. Hamer. Mr D. C. < Davies (clerk of the Urban District Council) conducted the case for the promoters of the- scheme, and evidence was K'^en in support by a; number of representative public men, and there was no opposition. A ratepayers meeting was held the previous evening, and the project ap- proved by 70 votes to 5. The committee will! report in due course to the County Council, who, if the report is favourable, will make the neces" sary order.
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A GRATEFUL LAD. A smart-looking lad attended the Maryiebone. Police Court on Friday and warmly thanked Mr Curtis Bennett for sending him away two years ago to IUl industrial school- Ue was grateful, hei said, because of tbe good effect it had had upon him, and, having secured a good berth at Henley- on-Thames, he thought the least he could do was to etpnes his gratitude to the one who had been the means of his reformation. Mr Curtis Bennett replied that he was exceedingly pleased to meet him again, and to know that he had so greatly ( benefited by fibe training at the industrial school. I Many of my boys," added his Worship, are doing very well in life, and I sincerely hope you will/ The Magistrate then inquired as to his prospects, and wished him Good-bye With a cordial shake of the hand. {
,Y GOLOFN GYMREIG. .
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Y GOLOFN GYMREIG. Dymunir l'n gohebwyr Cymreig gyfeirie ea ge-, hehiaethau, llyfrau i'w hadolygu, Ac., fefy canlyn: DafyddMorganwg, MorganwgHease^ Llftofcwit-stzeet, Cardiff."
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AT EIN GOHEBWYR. Parabliad."—Cymtneratfcwy. Y Friallen."—Ymddengys,—Yn unol a^«h cais, mynwn drpyn o ddifyrwch cystadlenol uo- waith etto. If Eurfron."—Diolch am dam. M Y Byd aSr Bettws."—Greeyn foct-y UedmitiK •yn parhau. Ymddenerys, wedi newid ycbydig. Y Golomen."—Yn ei thro. Cartref."—Ymddengvs. Anerchiad i Vr R. E."— Mae genyf baroh neilldool i Mr E. er ys llawer blwyddyn ond y! Mae cyhoeddi anerchiadau meithion i gyfeillion yn y Gotofn allan o'r cwestiwn. Maeirntengiyn; yn llawn ddigonar destyu o'r fath. 'rYr Ysgwd Rewedig."—Darlon pert. Ym- ddengys. "Suo Gin." Hwyjan Gstn. Galt yr fforddio bod yn falch o'r gan hon; o'r hyn 1 buaswn i felly pe yn awdwr iddi.
CYSTADLEUAETH Y GOLOFN,
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CYSTADLEUAETH Y GOLOFN, Mae cais wedi dyfod o ragor nag tm.-cyfeitiadJ; am gael ychydig ddifyrwch cystadlsuolo'bpi i'r £ Nadolig. Yn awr am dani ynte:— Testynan, a Gwobrwyon. I. Am y Tawddgyrch Cadwynog goreu,, ar ^un-^ rhyw destyn. Gwobr, Cyfansoddiadan Buddugol1" Eisteddfod Liverpool, 1884 pris deg swllt. D.S.—Ni wobrwyir pennill anngbywir. II. Am y Gan oreu (dim dros gant o lixteltaa) << ar Arferion Llygredig yr Oes. Gwobr, Hanea Crefydd yn Nghymru," gan D. Peters; pris^ 58'00. Ill. Am y PennilHon goreu (dim dros 100 llinell) ar unrhyw destyn lleol. Cymreig, Gwobr Gwaith Barddonol Dyfed," Cyf. I. IV. Am y cbwech Pennill goreu i'r Ardd.1' Gwobr, Gwaith Dyfed V. Am y saith Englyn goren i Ddyddian'r Wythnos." Gwobr, Cyfrol o Farddoometh. Telerau:— 1. Y gystadleuaeth yn gyfyngedig i Qhetayyr* y Golofn. 2. Nid oes ganiatad ¡'r un person enniil mwy I nag nn wobr. i 3. Bydd Ail a Thrydydd Wobr ar bobrtestsn. 4. Y cyfansoddiadau i fod mewn Uaw-araiou- cyn JEtbagfyr y cyntaf. i
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BARDDONIAETH. j Mi- MKDI. i Daeth Medi brat, mis hafaidd,—a'i gynyrch Yn ogoniant puraidd Dawn lor yn donau iraidd, Amawreobrifetmorbraidd, Peneardd MeHte. FFLAM. Elfen dêr, yn fy w lafn o dan,—hoen, trrym, A gwres, yw ei hanian; O'i hylym lwybr y fflam lan Yrra wyll yn llwyr allan. Treforis. Treforfab. Y PARCH. R. ROBERTS (MEINYDtH), TREFORIS. Meinydd enwog t gwemidog eneidiau, Oagwedd anwy l. Gymregaidd ddoniau; Arddnnawl arwr, barddonol eirian, Ahawliai alwad Grefyddol Wyliau: Ond o'i sedd i'r bedd. oer bau,—syrthio wnaeth, A'j wir wasanaeth fel sawr rhoaynau. Treforis. Treforfab. BORE MWYN. Hwyliog adeg, heuiiawg ydyw Bore euryw heb oer arwyl; Daw yn gudeg doniau gadwyw A digyfryw wiwdeg wefrhwyl I Lion ei henyw—ca y fenyw A'r rhydd wryw iraidd eurwyl; Ceir y cydryw oil yn hydryw Ganu'n anwyw geinion aowyJ. Treforis. Treforfab. YMADAWIAD YR HAF. Mae'r Haf yn myned heibio, Medd Anian ar bob Haw i Mae'r dail yn dechreu cwympo Ar hyd y meusydd draw Mae'r heirdd garpedau gwyrddion, ] A'r blodeu prydferth, braf, ) Im' heddyw'n llawn arwyddion, Mai cilio wna yr Hat. Mae'r Haf yn myned heibio, Medd iaith y llysiau ynghyd, 1 Oedd gynt yn wyrdd ac effro, Ond heddyw'n llwyd i gyd: Mae'r swyn oedd yn nodwedda BoJl natur bron a ffoi; Y llywdrew llwyd a'i oerui Am dani sy'n ymdoi. J Mae'r Haf yn myned heibio, Medd su'r awelon ban; Daw anadl Hydref etto I ddeifio yn y man Mae swn y mad bladurwyx i Yn arwydd fyw o hyn; A chryman y medelwyr Sy'n deifio dol a glyn. Mae can y mwyn aderyn Yn llwyr ddistewi bron, Diwydrwydd y morgrugyn Dan gwys y ddaear gron. Mae Natur htthan heddyw Yn llwyd a gwelw'i grudd; Amlyga hyn yn groyw Mai'r Haf yn myned sydd. Arwyddion a ganfyddir On hamgylch ar bob UILW. O'r bryniau hyd y doldir A gwallt y goedwig draw; Yr awel wedi chwerwi, A'r nos a'i lleni prudd, Yn disgyn dros ffenestri ■ Yn gynt ar deyrn y dydd. Os gwthier y tymmorau Dros yagwydd Amser draw, < Gwnawn gofio ein bod ninau ] Yn teithio law yn llaw: < Diflana boreu bywyd, Daw trugain oed i ben; Mae' 0 bwysiK-beth a loffwyd, Cyn myn'd tuhwnt i'r lien? Penygraig." Terri. 1 YR AMAETHWR. Dysg AmaethMr wers wrth weithio Ar ei feusydd—gwers o wir— Fod y .Landlord Mawr yn gwyKo Ac vn Hywdraethn r tir. Yn Ei law y mae'r tymhorau, Arno Ef dibyna r byd; Teulu Adda trwy'r holl oesau A gynnelir ganddo'i gyd. j Yr Amaethwr, er llafnrio Ar y maes o ddydd i ddyad, ] Duw yn unig all fendithio Ffrwyth ei lafur er ei fudd 2 ( Deddfan natur yn eu purdeb Y'nt ddirgelwch i ni oil; Heb arweiniad lor a'i wyneb, Awn yn fuan iawn ar goll. Pan y deffry'r Gwanwyn fywyd Yn nirgeloedd cudd y wlad, Gwelir yr amaethwr diwyd Yn prysuro ciadda r bad A phan ddaw yr adgyfodiad Yn yr egin dros y llawr, Yr amaethwr gaiff esboniad Ar fawr allu'r Landlord Mawr. Daw y cynydd gyda bendith, Dan ei faich o ffrwyth mae'r tir; Chwardda r baidd, y ceirch, a'r gwenith, o dan wenau'r huan clir Ar bob pen y gwelir coron, Mwy ei gwerth na pherlan'r byd, A llawenydd pena'r hwsmon Yw crynho/'r coronau'u ngbyd. Cysgod yw'r cynhauaf yma 0 gynhauaf etto fydd. Pan y cesglir holl hil Adda I farn fawr yr olaf ddydd: Dim ond gwenith pur, dianaf, Gesglir i'w ysgubor Ef; A'r rhai addfed i'r cynbauaf A gant goron yn y nef. Bwlch, Brvcheiniog. Iago. Y FAM. Mam, y Fam 1 yn serch y galon Anwyl ydyw'r enw! am Nad oes yn boll eiriaduron Byd rhagorach gair na Mam. Nid yw'r gair ond tair llvthyren, Un llafariad rhwng dwy m," Tair llytbyren mal tair seren Gyfaasoddant enw gem. Ni cha'r plentyn neb i'w garu— Na chaiff byth a chariad Mam; Hwyrach anbawdd ganddo gredu, Ond, gwirionedd yw—paham? Mae ei henaid yn ei ganlyn, Rhag byth digwydd iddo nam; Naws y Fam sydd yn y Plentyn, Dim o'r Plentyn yn y Fam. PWY ond Mam all golli cysgu, Am wythnoaau ddydd a nos, Pan mewn dagrau uwch claf wely Ei boff fab neu'i geneth dlos? Pwy yn nghynt rydd naid i'r eigion- I PWY mot orwyllt heria'r fflam, Er mwyn achub perlan'i chalon Mewn cyfyngder-?—neb fel Mam. Caiff y gwanai yn y teaJu, Yn enwedig os a nam, Megis baner ei addoli A'i faldodi gam y Fam. Tlysach yw y plentyn hagraf Gan y Fam na pblant y byd; Gwel y bachgen afradlonaf, Yn ei serch, yn wyn i gyd. Pan fy M«m oedd lesg ac egwan (Nis gwn ddim a wnes yn ffol), Rhoddais ar ei gwefus guslLn- Rhoddi un o fil yn ol. Ond, daeth angau i'n uwahanu, Cipiwyd Mam i fro yr hedd Hyd nes cipier finan ati, Planaf fiodau ar ei bedd. Mountain Aab. Rhoddoniap-
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FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. Once in a Btue Moon, ) BY S. T HEWARD. Last night in the morning's summer glow And winter's autumn sky, Waked up the youngsters here below And made the babies cry. The cata enchanted by the light Bayed at the coming moon And day was turning into night, December into June. When the last firework at the Crystal Palace has spluttered away into smoke, when the shriek «of the last departing train bad died into silence, and the last fairy-lamp has burnt itself out— tilings happen. Listen. The night watchman was going his rounds. When ? I don't know. It may have been years ago or it may have been yesterday. He bad seen all safe, and was pausing at the top of the stairs for one last look before going down to his lair in the basement, which no visitor has ever seen or suspected, when he heard a sound. It was not an ordinary kind of sound, it was an extraordinary kind of sound to be heard in the Palace at that time of night, and it made him -shiver. All the same the conclusion be came to was, that someone was left behind and there was nothing for it but to go all over the Palace again. If he had not been a good watchman (you may like to know his name was Thomson) he would not have taken so much trouble for the Palace is rather larger than a pocket-hand- kerchief, but he started off. He looked into all tthe side rooms, into the concert-room, behind ,the automatic machines and into the depart- ,ments where the cariosities were laid out for texMbition but no sign of anyone could be see, except that once he fancied that a flag waved. He was giving it up when somebody yawned a ¡huge yawn as if all the people in London were stretching themselves at once, and astern voice said, It's no use. If cannot stand up here another minute, be the consequences what they may." The Palace became brilliantly lighted up all at once, and Richard Coeur de Lion, who, as you know, stands in his place among the kings and queens stepped down from his niche, and, coming up to the amazed watchman, be said. We have waited nalf-an-hour by yonder dock for thee to leave ns: and now we can wait no longer. Stand aside and thou shalt see this night what no man has ever seen before and none shall ever see again. Thou bast hindered us too long." Thomson, who had a good share of British courage, spoke up. I am only doing my duty, sir." Ha, dost ban 3y words with me, airrilh cried King Richard, frowning a big plaster frown. But there, thou art a good yeoman many such had I when I led the Crusaders in the Holy Land." Well, that's queer," thought the watchman. and had half a mind to up with my tist and knock his Majesty down," but before this half mini had growu to a whole one, with a swish and a clatter all the kings and qaeens stepped out of their niches and took their seats round the little marble-topped tables. King Richard rapped with the handle of his knife, and from the refreshmenfr-rooms came a number of black men with ices and all good things The party settled to their work in a businesslike way. and the clink of glasses and popping of corks seemed to show that their Majesties' habits had not im- proved in the course of ages. One called for Canary, another for Sack, one wanted Malvoisie, and some were eager for small ale but whatever they had they all agreed that the wine did not taste as it did in the old days. Thomson stared with all his eyes, never since he had been night watchman had he seen such a sight as this; what could be the meaning of it ? And if the kings and queens were going on like this what might not be happening in the other parts of the Palace ? Feeling very much per- plexed, he turned away as he heard the booming of the big drum. I wonder what them instruments are up to," he muttered. He soon found out. In the chairs where their owners usually sat, were the trumpets, the violins, the big drum, in fact, all the things for making music that were used in the band and what is more, they were all playing themselves. People came running from all parts to bear them. Did I say people ? Well,so they were, as well as monkeys, statues and birds, but, mind you, they were mostly black people or brown people, with one or two ancient Egyptians and a few soldiers from Pompeii. And this was what the band played, Softly fall the shades of night Over wood and fell, Softly laps the wavelets bright O'er the coral shell. All the little stars are gleaming, All the little folks are dreaming, All those wretched parrots screaming, Don't you don't you, dont you tell." The Pollys. deeply offended, made a fly for the bt\nd, and what would have happened, good- ness knows, but Thomson interfered, declaring that he was not going to have any quarrelling. A nice bother I should get into,'be said, if them birds got a scratching them instru- ments." Of course, quite right," agreed the Indian Chief, who stood beside him. Will you come round to my wigwam and see my squaw and pic- canninnies, oh pale-face squatter ?" I guess I will," answered Thomson slowly. I can't do no more good here, Come," said the Chief, and I will make you known to my brother of the Fiji Islands." They had not gone far among the palms and tree-ferns when they met the Fiji King. He held a sausage in one hand and a piece of bread- and-butter in the other (for you know ho had not had much beside dust to eat for about fifty years, and that's a long time to go hungry, you couldn't). When he saw Thomson, he yelled at the top of his voice, By the bones of my ances- tors, belle he is," and sticking the sausage roll into his hair and cramming the bread and-butter all into his mouth at once, he began maily hop- ping round on one leg and after about five minutes of this performance he chanted the fol- lowing invitation,- Come away, oh to the islands of the Fiji, ji, ji, On a steamboat or a puffer or a gee, gee, gee, It really doesn't matter, For you're mad as any hatter, And there you'll find as living in the sea, sea, sea." He went on so long that they left him there still dancing, and round the next corner they came to what looked like a gipsy fire, with a large pot over it and several women and children beside it. Here the Chief bade Thomson sit down, which he did with some difficulty, not being used to sitting on the ground, and they were just going to take their supper out of the big pot, when a monkey came swingtng down hurriedly, crying, Oh, do come and see if you can do anything with the soldiers m the clock. They will keep marching round and round and everybody is listening to hear the time and it has struck thirteen, and the steamer m the glass case has got up steam and is blowing her siren, and she will have the bowsprit through the glass in an- other minute. I know she'll smash it if you don't come quick." He had not waited for any stops.and was quite out of breath by the time he had finished. Away went Thomson. Away went the Chief. past the Australian cannibals who were dancing a correeborree (thsfs a nice long word, it means something the same as an Indian war dance). When they saw Thomson they began pointing at him and shoutng, man, man, man," in a way which made him feel very glad he had business somewhere else. (It's nice to have business elsewhere when you don't want to do anything, isn't it ?) It did not take them long to reach the clock which at the sight of the watchman put its hands before its face and sank into silence. The steamer was not so easy to manage, for when they took off the covering she jumped out of the case and puffed contentedly along the floor. Hardly had they settled these difficulties when there was a shout loud enough to take the roof off, and they turned in time to see the large stuffed tiger that stands on the top of some rocks descend from his post and gallop away ant of the Palace like lightning, with savages, kings, queens, monkeys, and now the chief, and Thomson after him. What a chase that was. Right out of the Palace and down to the pond, all round the grounds, past where the monkeys were trying to send off the fireworks and burning themselves badlyjn the attempt past the rose-garden,where the flowers had all gone to Bleep-; round the band stand in the North Garden, in fact all over the place. The Red Indians and blacks shot at him with their bows and arrows, and by the time they reached the Palace again what with spears and aaaegais and arrows he looked like a big pin- cushion for, of course, being a stuffed tiger the shooting did not hurt him in the least. But when they reached the Terrace the pur- suers began to exclaim that it wasn't fair. He ought to be dead by this time," said the Indian Chief, rve put at least a dozen arrows into him." "And i' faith I have cutoff his tail with my battle-axe," cried King Richard. We've stuck aSsegais into him till we're tired," shouted the Zalus. I-.a lodged several ballets in him," remarked the Duke-of Wellington, modestly. So altogether in the ordinary course of events he ought to be dead," added Queen Eleanor. What sayest thou ?" asked Richard, sud- denly turning to Thomson. Well, your Majesty, since you ask me," re- plied Thomson, thoughtfully, I don't exactly know what to say. In the ordinary course of events of course he ought to be dead, but then this here is an extraordinary occasion, and yer see he isn't. He's a dead tiger already yer- Bee, so if he's already dead how can he be killed again, and if he has to be killed again why isn't he dead. 0' course, according to my argyment he ought to be dead, but then yer see he isn't. All this time the tiger with the weapons still in him, was sitting on the top of the <9teps, waiting to know if they were going to start again. Well, no. that's true enoogb," said the Dake of Wellington. Then in that case what should you advise-uj *to do ?, asked the King imptientlv. Well, if I might be so bold, I know what l .should do." What ip it ?" asked everybody eagerly. "I should pull them spears and things out and put that there tiger back where he come from. Hurrah, 80 we will," they cried in chorus, bat first we'll say Goodnight.' And this was how they said it— Goodnight, little songbirds so quietly sleeping In the warm cosy nest when the long day is o'er., ■ Be glad for the watch that your parents are keeping, Till you waken to daylight and playtrrne-onoe more. -Goodnight little maiden so soundly now sleeping, In hope that to-morrow will come very soon. Do you think when it comes that at as you'll be peeping ? No, this only happens once in a blue moon;"
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COLLIERY ENGINEMEN. Meeting of their Association. The 57th quarterly meeting of the Monmouth* shire and South Wales Colliery Enginemen, Stokers, and Surface Craftsmen's Association was held on Saturday at the Central Hotel, Car- diff, under the presidency of Mr D. V. Lewis, Mardy. There were also present Messrs W. Hop- kins (agent), J. Lewis (secretary), and W. Bosley (treasurer). The roll was called, and 40 delegates responded, representing nearly 5,250 members. It was announced that too whole of the winders and other classes of enginemen, stokers, and outside fitters employed at the Ebbw Vale collieries had rejoined the association, and were represented there that day also that a branch had been established at Pontardulais, near Daneily. The financial statement was read and adopted as highly satisfactory. The Agent gave a lengthy report upon the various matters in dispute which had been dealt • with during tbe quarter. His labours had ensured I a great measure of success. The stokers at tbe Maritime Colliery, Pontypridd, had received notices from the manager to terminate contracts, ] but an interview had been arranged with tbe management to discuss the points at issue, when > he hoped an amicable settlement would be arrived at, otherwise tbe Executive Council I would have to consider what course to adopt. He alao reported on the Trade Union Congress I proceedings which he attended at Leicester. The delegates much appreciated tbe inclusion of the clause in the proposed Mines Regulation Amend- j' ment Bill, viz., Eight hours to constitute a working day for all colliery enginerten engaged above and below ground," which was adopted thereat. ( A resolution submitted by one of the branches to reduce the entrance fee to 10s was rejected, and it was decided by a large majority to continue the £1 as heretofore, such being the general fee in the coalfield. The recommendation of the Executive Council to establish an auxiliary fuud for the purpose of supplementing the present 10s per week strike or lock-out pay, whenever such an allowance is granted to any other workmen in the coalfield ¡;. ,case of strike, was considered, and it was decided that a levy of 3d per member per qnarter for such object be instituted from January next, the details as to the mode of dis- tribution to be considered by the branches and the same to be submitted to the next quarterly meeting for final decision. On the question of affiliating with the National Federation of Enginemen and Boilermen's Pro- tective Association, it Was resolved that at the present juncture such a course should not be adopted.. Inasmuch that the Ebbw Vale men had rejoined the association, it was decided to gr&nt an additional executive member to the Mon- mouthshire side, Tredegar and Ebbw Vale to form one district and from Rbymnev to Llan- bradach (Senghenydd included) to form the other. As chairman for the ensuing 12 months, Mr W. Woosnam, Abercynon branch, was elected. The trustees were instructed to invest a certain sum of the accumulated funds in property at the rate of 5 per cent. interest. On the motion of the agent, seconded by the chairman, votes of condolence with the family of the late Aid. E. Jones, Snatchwood House, Pontypool, and the relatives of the late Mr JL Williams, Blaenavon branch, and Mr J. James, Merthyr branch, were passed.
A COMPENSATION APPEAL
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A COMPENSATION APPEAL OLIVER v, NAUTILUS SHIPPING CO. Further Litigation Abandoned. A case of considerable interest and involving important issues to Trade Unions has now been finally disposed of, and the result must mean a reversal of an hitherto legally accepted interpre- tation of a particular and material section of tbe Compensation Act. Tha. action which has been the meanf of securing this somewhat un- expected ruling is that of Oliver v. The Nautilus Shipping Company, of Sunderland. Oliver is a member of the Amalgamated Society of -Engin- eers, and was working on board one of the de- fendant company's ships, on which his employeis, Messrs John Rogers and Co,, of Cardiff, were executing repairs, when a donkeyman turned on the steam, and Oliver was so severely scalded that he was under prolonged medical treatment. Skin was successfully grafted on to the leg, but he is now lame. Formal notice of the accident was given to his employers, Messrs Rogers and Co., but no claim for compensation was made. The notice of the accident was sent in without consultation with Mr Jenkin Jones, the locai delegate to Oliver's society. On this notice Oliver was paid a weekly allowance forgive months, after which, acting under the advice of his society leader, he signed no documents, except receipts acknowledging the weekly sum, which expressly stated the sum may or may not be due to me," ana the stipulation was made that their acceptance was without prejudice to his claim. These sums were paid on behalf of Messrs Rogers by an insurance company, On the advice of Mr Jenkin Jones. Oliver took common law action against the owners. They agreed damages were £375, subject to the point of law being de- cided in Oliver's favour before Justice Jelf at Glamorgan Assizes. His Lordship ruled that as Oliver bad accepted the weekly payments from Messrs Rogers he had elected to proceed under the Compensation Act, and had no remedy at common law. This was regarded by Trade Unions as an important phase, inasmuch as no claim whatever for compensation was sent in to tbe employers. The applicant subse- quently moved the Court of Appeal for am order that the judgment of Mr Justice Jelf be set aside on the following ground :—That thv learned Judge was wrong in holding that the appellant was under the circumstances debarred! by the provisions of tbe Workmen's Compensa- tion Act. 1897, for pursuing his remedy at common law." The Court of Appeal decided in Oliver's favour, but granted a stay of execution, with a view of appeal to the House of Lords, on con- dition that Oliver was paid £1 a week from then until the case was disposed of, and that he was not compelled to pay back tbe money so paid him if he lost in the Court above. If he won, however, he waa to receive the £375 less cbe sum paid in the meantime, and it was also ordered that the amount of the damages was to bear interest at the rate of 3 per cent. Notice has now been given that the Nautilus Shipping Company have decided to abandon the appeal to the uords, and Oliver has been paid the sum awarded him in accordance withsthe conditions laid down by the Court of Appeal.
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NEIGHBOURLY PLEASANTRIES Bridgend Man's Handshake. John Thomas and David John Thomas, labourers, The Rhiew, Bridgend, and William, Husaey, shoemaker, same address, were sum- moned at the Bridgend Police Court on Saturday for disorderly conduct. P.C. Harris said he founi the defendants struggling on the ground. John and David Thomas were trying to take a big walking stick from Hussey. Oavid Thomas went into his house when told, but John Thomas and William Hussey remained on their doorsteps cursing each other. John Thomas said Hussev pulled his whiakers because he gave him a hearty handshake, and then went into his house and brought out a walk- ing-stick. Hu3sey's story was funny. He said [- John Thomas came along shaking hands with everybody he met. Seeing Hnssey, he said, Give us your paw, old man." As Thomas was a. neighbour of his, and a big man too, Hussey considered it better to comply, and, as it was expressed, he banded his hand" to him. Animated by neighbourly esteem or some other motive, Thomas squeezed Hussey's hand in a hearty and powerful grip—" like a. vice "-until Hussey almost squealed with nain. To withdraw his hand from the grasp of his w..rm-bea.rtel neighbour he had to exercise such force that he skinned his elbow against a wall. Exasperated with pain, he gave way to the temptation offered by the bushy whiskers, and grabbing hold eft. handful gave a vigorous tug. Thomas retaliated^ and then followed the melee. David Thoma* said he only interfered to save his father, Jobs Thomas, from Hussey's walking stick. The case against David Thomas was dismissed because he had gone into the bouse when told by the police^ but the other two defendants were fined 10s each.
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At a special meeting of Pembrey Parish Council on Saturday M.r Evan Evans, overaeer,snbmitt»<f a letter received from the County Council as UC the cost of repair of the pupil teachers' school and science school, Llanelly, and suggesting that; the amount, about £950, be cleared by a rate oc; the assessable value of each parish in the Uaa; elly Union, to run from April, 1904, to the fofc lowing December. It was resolved that tbt matter be left in the hands of the overseers U deal with.