The Cardiff Times

TTI t Ica SYNOPSIS OF INSTALMENT I.-LsJv Wetber;tl.»t a bail, fees jewels, wbicb she recog- nises ns some of those recentlv stolen from bet, being worn by an exceedingly pretty eirl, a Ie Bated Australian heiress, w&o is und'-r ibe caic of tbe Barouess Miytisld, tba wife of ■ sboody barcn of doubtful antecedents. Lady Wetheral confides in Colonel Guy Noel, ao ar-army man, who takes a delight i n employing bit time as an amateur detcctivo. The Colcnel persuades the Injured lady to leave the rnattor to him. Ha calis, tbe iollowiug moiuiog, oa the Bironess, why asserts she jjurcbased the jewels, bat nt the sama titce, in orcior to avoid the poesibi! ty of u. scandal, c £ c:s to return them. Aftrr having informal iba Baroness that be will not be able to reiorn tbtjeweiato heir ownsr for some time, aa she is oat of town,! weaves with tbe recovered gems 101 his oosaeasix 'for bis cnn room. CHAfTF.R HI. Lieu t.-Coiouol Gay Noel belonged to several llabs, tnt tha cue be used most and liked best Tvas t as Cyooacte, a famous establishment, net II hundred mi lea flom Pafi Mail. They thcaght a good deal of him there. for he was well posted ID the gossip of the town when he chose to ta;k, acd was sate of liD nutisnce. There a par- licnlar corner of the smoking room where be was general!/ to be found, and often beard, to a late boar. On the Saturday night, after tbo recovery of Lady Wetberai's jewels, which were now, pend- ing bar retunr, depoailed in bis own ittttesafe io bill chambers, Gnv Keel, when passing events had bceu freely diacus»ed, elopemeata, divorce proceedings. bankruptcies, the submerg- ence of some, tbe reappearance of others, drew bis chair eioae to hi* old friend, Herbert MainwariDg, savins '• Let me be.7" a private word, I want your aJvice." Witb !lit my heuS," Old Mainwaring was "D old barrister reputed wise, and be showed it by preferring hit eaae to the »treouons life of bts profession. Lie bad seccared betimes a com- petency in hit practice, aDd bad piactically re- tired. He was of comfortable appeaiacce and took tnncb interest ia thecinb ctllftt. and tbe quality of the cbef: He bad a genial, rubicund faee, crowned wuh an abundance of snow-white carta, a marry month, !md a pair cf tbrewd groy wyea. .1 Have yon beard of the Baroness Mayfield Gwendoline GiHingbam that wns ? Why, of course—a bit of a liver, bnllbltlej down in lloo1 time. Married a, fortune, aa tbey thought, but it didn't can out well." What price M. la Baroa ?" Mainwarring shrugged hi* shoulders. There were Itome queer stories—bt.t i never repeat *caodaJ?, ask me something eise Let. ice tcii you something first," and Gay Noel proceeded to dssjnbe the finding of the jewels. "Aadtho Baroness gave them up without & Tanrmur ? Vt ortb aorna i500 voo »»▼ ? was tbe 3ld nto'i first- comment Taat looks rather 610100 tile lace 01 it Thev v.ero rtailv hers, yoatbtck, to the extent that she had bonght, iLBd I presome, paid for them-" I don't be- lieve it UaJesa IIbe xos them for a song, why thooid she t" A preheat ? A briha ? Blackmail ?" Now yoa are s;ecii3« CD too fust There is one placable bypothesia. Sho may have »ot tbem for the Ri:l, who is rich, you tell me, and meant to earn an honest peony by Ibem." tioal ahack bia bead dosbtfaiiy, and pat oat bin lower lip. Net good enongb." •' You still saspect her I can't say I think yoa have ucach reason." Well, perhaps not, but certainly I dntrnst ber. I feel that all ibia is not aaite above boartf and I auculd dearly like to brin^ sometbioR borne to ber, .ind vvith Lady VVetberal's parnsia- Bion I shall try.' For m r part, I tbinlr yoa bad better drop fr. Is it woitb wilde" Some day, my dear Guy, yoo'i) pat year foot ia it. and find yoarselt in devil of a mess. Tbete ia no Baying what animojities, what enmfiiea von may inenr. If I were in year place I-J let Lady Wetberal bnnt for her OND jewc-Ie, and leave the Bacon and Baion^an, ani tbe wboia caboodle astaiely kiooe." Doa t worty for ma, Mainwaring," replisd Noel wiib a iaafh. 01 It amoaea me. and I can •« Tb>»»'» a foolisb speech, and 1 »iBeo»ilv hop* Too'tl never h^ve lo leeret it. Yoa'll eome to Me cue of tbsae fine tiaya willi yoar bead bcoken I or worse." Noel little tnongbt bow nearlv right wis bia old fiieud in theee /orbocfinsra. Meanwhile, dllrilJlõI tbia confidential talk the clnb bad generally emptied, auci the tno friends foaud that thay were the laat to leave. Picking op their hafsartdovercoota, fhey parted on tbe aieps at entrance ball. Blaiowatin" torned saatward, ueiolZ a cab to take him to bia BbalbDerlt in ihe Inner Temple tsoel, who lived 00 the west tide of St. Jaccoa'a-sqnare, started to walk, baviaft fcat a few yuds to cover. The sireeis were quite deserted as il ?eemed, at tbill, the qateteat hoar of the tweoty-fonr, that iaimediately picedea the dawn in eaily inmaier. Tbore was no Iraffie-no foot paaaen- geu. perfect peace and siieace brooded unbroken On tbe sSet-piDg town. It waa eo still that any insignificant noise ivea enough to startle and aorprise tbe BDOCCQ- pied ear. Guy sndiauiy realiaed that there weve Jootatepr behtcd bitn, tlle tmrniataJcabie move- ments .of someone comiric after him, muffled, tteafthy. pnrpcaely onobtrosive, fcotfalfa aa of vomeone ansioua to efface bica»elf. Guy halted abruptly, and turned bia bead with a quick ge3inio of inquiry. No one was in aigbt. Afttr a few secouda he again proceeded on bit way, again be beard tbe footsteps, and again be paused, hot failed to see anyone. For the third titne be decided to lotrsce bia steps, and look into the osatter. It wa3 ea«ily done. After a fsw paees he came flosh upon lao gamo, walked up to wbese it lay hrd iu tbe corner of a hoarding out np for baitdiug parpous and a very evil bird it was, a tattit and noisome nigbt-bawk. a fool smelling ruf&iu, r&Ksed, alipahod, oubempt. with the ominoua, threatening air of a bird of p:ey. For a tnotuant Noel looked for an attack, but hta ntnfdy. eeif-rsliant aspect, aa be stood on tbe deionsive, ccllcctne and ready, abashed aad overcame the other. They faced eaeb olber tinder the gaalamp, their eyes met, it 'i' as enough to ensure fuiure recognition, bat too macb for tbe outcast, who at onee gave way. With hoarse and *ar!v Good-night, gnv'nor." be paraed on, Dot daring even to ask lor alaaa. t) a prtce of be" in a doaa house, or a slIce of" itfJottfd dog loppicg ulong slowly and painfully, like a lootaore animal goiug to 118 lair. Tbe way be took was into St Jame: a-eaaate, the same road aa Noel a, but the latter let bim have a good alart ahead. lie hoped to aeo DO more of bim. bat that waa not to bo. Ko sooner bad Noel tamed out of Pall Matt srjoaro by the short atieet tbat leeds into St. Jamea'a sail pre than bit attention waa forciblf drawn to what seemed a aerioaa tScay jast where (be cab" atacd ut all hours lia a rule, baG none 01 wbicb were there now. It looked like a rongh and tumble fight, three or fonr wera set upon one, wbo was evidently overmuched and getting terv much ttle. woxat of it. With loud criea of" Help Polics Goy Uoel ruabei forward, aud into the thick of the acrimmag0 lie sent one man flying wiih a atraight blow from the right shoulder, and was abont to Dee hia left when tbe situation chancti' enddenly and the who!e of tba attack waa con- centrated 00 bira. lie became the common enemy- Even tha former victim, the man to teboae a30!3iu Jce he bad gone, turned upon bi IIJ. He \va=< seized on either aide. One assailant threw bia atoca abont bim. to imprison bim in a tight embrace, aoctber, the man who bad bat-n ^nocked down, tt.ed 10 entaugle his lega froat the groacd, and all ;be time nimble finKera wex. leeling 1111 tliti pocket3 to rifle him aud icb hill. of everything ho carried. Bia ksys were clearly a. priuaipal aim. lie dla- ticctly beard the w:n::1a Deed more than once, ••His keys. Tbe keya belote all tbekaya." f ortnoatelv he wore them on a steel chain ettachtd to a brace button, after the manner of 110 nMnay young man, aDd tbe key lav deep at the hottofoot bia tioaeera pcckatt. More fortune- -telT m Ibs frantic attempt* to secure tbem their bold of Ilia anD. and with" supreme effort of hia DiCac-uWr frauie, a mighty twistine of bia massive shoulders, tbe vigorous use of hI" liuuba, both bia aims and legs, he Was able to shake bimaeif free and toka to bill heels. A couple atill clocg to bim, bus one be treated to a trick in wieetling, and gav< kite a had fflU, the other he mugbt by tbe neok and threw away like a rat. They were all dis- posed of fo* a moment, bia business now nai Tocrevent them from again laying hold. Ue «>• fleet tanner, and he ran for all hi knew balf way ronnd the square with a Jon* r ,| after him, heading for hia home io Levesoc tieet, Piectdiilf, bat still unable io di»(ane< nnrauertj. A audden chance of eacapc Mcnted to open to him, however, «nd be seizcc ifas b» «n inspiration. Aa he reached the t3| M tbe aqnare he saw a*tall ladder leaning aguina V bonao • it haJ been left by tbo decoiator aneaged in »Peleaoiop, and it reached t, TZ-mrf Tbe nana! precaution bad been takei against tbo imctoper use cf the ladder. Ptai.k 1 lahed ,g,mat the lower runge in (rou JS ten or a dozen feet from the ground. Ba IhU *» no hindrance to «o agile a man .a Ga Noel n»pa»»c(» qnickly to the back of th Udder whore there were DO planks, and taiae Limallf hand over band to a hcignt well abov oha'.da "hich WOfketl t the front and climbed up the ladder with grea ite ftod 'wiftnees. Ue was hardly m.sa.d b« Sr! he bad already gained the roof, and aVe| 'e{xomi*° ladder on to tbe topmost ladgi ?J fnt arfeklv over ttie none b»lu»iraao wbent til I roll fed <lown on lo the Square. There *»«■ l'j1h\ encDRU In Ibe advi,1D<n T ro malio out what was goiog on bilav mV0 m°»c have canebt sight of him ai h Tfcey ].,i.n6 ,D.1 they were evidently d< Cioasefi IL v. o cha3e> l'hreoo* four of tbei ter«»fn«ia (he Bb0Di3ieta o( tbe fonrt li-ils'as it wa* c»ll.( wd so reached the lowest rung that wap, c]:>ar, pasaing upwards as Guv Noel had dono one after the other, ljut the third mn*ed to pull np the ¡ 'nrtl} 80d last and then ail ware on the ladder, perticacioua in pnrauit. It was time for Gay to be moving on, but in which direction? A 6gut upon the boaaetopa if they overtook him. was not an sliming pros- pect. ffe could hardly hope to worst thein )!" bs had done bafore—four ?av9ga 'cce, oil racklinjc with a bitter sense or defeat. CQAPTEL; IV. Ncel looked round anxionFly for a means of further evasion. From the point of "antBRe where be crouched at the s'eepl? sloping roof of 'k orrat mnnicn in St. Geo.-ge'ti Square, Gny Noel qaicklr tarveyed hia immediate eurrcund- irsK. He had tt secure footbrld on at flat narrow plitform or passage WI\Y wbicb seercpd to run all round the boose. He followed this at ouce, from the front wbere he bad landed to the back. seeking some exit and piacticabla way of des- cent, There iraq no time to lose. At any moment the collide of a pursuer might lihow above the balnatrade. Tbo view from tho back of the b)nse was of the kind so common behind great squares and atreets in the Wosl End. An enclosed area of lesser rcofs and buildings, with stacks of chim- neys and veniilatiDg roundabouts, water spouts, and bere and there short fligbta of iron Btrpi, intended co doubt as fire escapes, and pointing clearly to acme means cf dsliverance, come path II of tafety. Have yea beard of Ibe Baronesa Mayfield?" | commenced Colons Noel. AU tbia be realised, and took in ot a. "lapc"" thon followed it with a closer and more exhaus < tive scrutiny of the neighbourhood. Tht-te wu so-netbing strangely Jamiliu in VI hat bo ÐaW- < be seemed to recoguise things- tbcae old planks I and scaffold poles, the debris of terra cotta drain 1 pipes, the air-sbaft9, tha targle of crossing tele- ( graph poles. Sarely he knew the place surely 1 be bad been bere before ? Why, of coarse, Le I was at home bore. Ho was within a stone's ) throw of hia own chambers, and be was looking I out ou preciaoly the same prospect that met his ) eyes every morning, bat reversed and taken from ) tbo opposite direction. I Tbero were his windows, he could not be mis- I taken. He knew the blinds. The crimson cilk I puckcred up blinds he had pat np to all three t windows in a fit 01 extravagance, for which ho I was now propeily grateful. If he were only a bird, an impudent London sparrow, be might ( have flown acioaa the intervening space, and I alighted upon one of bis own window aills. Aa 1 it was he most depend upon personal ezertiona, I in which vital questions, aocb as waUchfc, *J*d I agility, and lorco of gravity were paramount. < One fact, however, was clear, he could not* ttffoidtobeBitatc. IJis eyea wandetec" to and fro for a few seconta and then be marked out a coarse, to which he dmingly committed himself without more ada. 1 Stooping over the low coping which beia re- « placed the balustrade, he caught at a metal 1 obiinlic) Bhatt, tthtch he found be conld jsat j embrace with his artna and legs, wbile bis ffet I found a firm foothold on the iron bands that tied it to the bricknork adjoining. Just belov, at no Itteat diattince, at the next level, so to spoak, was a raised skylight on an outbuilding on to 1 wbicb be dropped qnite easily, sliding and I slithering down, and doing no damage bat to ( bis clothes. t From this toof. wbicb was flat, bo pasted OD- impeded to where a party wall, carrying a chim. neT interposed, bat be surmounted it easily, I and found on tbe far aide a steep incline ending < in haif a dozeo ixon steps, which led him tip I and over a stractnre of wood and glass like a I photographer* studio. Abort thn ntaga a I amotbeied ablont from the direction in wbicb be I had come told bim that he had been discovered, I bat be cared little, for now be waa approacbing ( bia goal, and saw no reason why bo aboald not ) attain it witbont Jet or bindrance. But be did not hope to get in at bia own win- dows, lor he knew tbey were shut IIn:1 locked moreover thsy were on the second floor, and ia I the straight run cf a brick front unapproach able wliboat topo on some temporary plank bridge. But on tbo floor above, ttie third and topmost story, a small window stood invitingly open on thia hot summer night, and within easy reach of a brick paftition tbat abnt off the house the bouse next door. The top of this partition was steeply inclined but be soon scrambled up it, and with oce dive landed himself safely inside. t It was a lelvant., room, and there was some- one in the bed, too aonndly aaleeo seemingly to be dintarbea by this unconsidered intraaion. In any case Gay did not wait to apologise, but ma.de for the door, and dashed downstairs, let bimaeif into bio own chambers, and palling through the principal room, drew one of the crimson blinds a little aside to look .n:1 re- connoitio the enemy. But no one waa in alght. He ha J baffled tbem no dotltt by climbjol; on the brick partition, which he could see plainly in front of Lim, and bin aadden disappearance into tbe bodioom above. 1 It wonld be a fight on the housetops if they overtook bim. My word I" cried Noet. thoughtolly, as be 1 drank off tb9 stiff "peg" to which bo felt him- [ self entitled even at tbia hour. "That was a narrow squeak. Now I wonder whether it was » all a pure chance, just a common or'gardon case of garotting and robbery with violence, meant i for anyone who might be paeBing, or specially ( intended for me? ADJbow it was planned and 1 prepared, that's quite clear, a put-on-job,' as 9 they call it, a trap and I dropped straight in." > lIe wont on talking itnd communing with him- I self, R& be prepared, nothing lotb, 10 turn in. !> I should know one of thorn again anywhere, t tbe fellow whom I came across first in Pall Mall. s Bat tho other chaps were better diaased, in a a higher line cf busiam, I expect And they a wanted air keys. I beaid them when tbey were a hunting me, my keys to get in bere and make t hay, that was their game of.course. Why burgle t me tf all poopte ? Wb*t were they after bere In y a bachelor's chambers ? AH tbia fuss for my poor e belongings: half a doz^n spoons, a few acatf d pins and atodn — e No, by George I have it. It waa that C jewelleiy—I daie swear. Odd if it should be so, 6 pracioat odd, and it leada me to eome queer I- imaginings, which will have to keop for the ). present, for I'm dead wiibaleop. and would like ), to turn in. e Stop a bit. it's oil well to know that the bespily tljiorx pro safe I shall ileppallthe tl sotnler for it." Whhthmbotcckontthekey v. of bis eofo aftdnntoeked tne rccf;l),?tcle, takiijg o out Ibe jewel box be bad received from the s- Baronear. 11 A v:|>s»ing wiab to make perfectly ante tbnt b The -ialumbles were toside led him to oi;oli t),e j, box, aui voiify ibe coDl»u,f. Fei\ they were there safe enough, the five pieces, ju<t as be bad first seen them, /.hec the Baionosa had opened the box for inspection. Lying anvhow, a little carelesr.Jy bestowed for aucb precious toys, but tbey glitteied and sparkled in the morniDg light after the manner of well-cut stones. ide was tempted to eschew hi^ bod for a mo- ment or two louger in order th"t be might ex- amine tbem mo.e closely, and for this purpose hf? drew nearer the light of the window, the blind of which he ran up. Ha took them out one by one, and laid there on the dressing-table, after serntinisiHg each in tarn, and ibeu be looked at tbe bos, wondering if he could find any indication of its origin. Although faded and tattered, it had been a, smart box in its time, no doubt tarned oat bv a good firm, and ii wa« just passible eome trace of the address mizbt still remain. He conld jast cauka ont on the discolonred silk lining the traces of gilt lettering, tarnishel and indistinct, a trade address, encircled by a garter and surmounted by a crown. ".8, Royal Appointment," no doubt, sad the rest of it. Bat ho could not decipher the name, and determined to make farther examination by and bye with a magnifying glass. Ac that momeut an nncomfortable feeJiDg took possession of bim, snch as we have all experi- enced wben we are being watched by other eye:, a vsgue, indefinable sense of something uncanny, tome envsterions influence exerted nvau from a distance, and as ba looked up quickly bit cacshta glimpse of two man crouching behind an airahaft on an onpoaiietoof. where they had his window, lnd no doubt himself, in foil view. Of course they saif him, just aaheaawthem. and whtM were tbey doinK ? They weie signal- ling to ethers oehind, who had evidently jait climbed the brick partition by which Noel had gained entrance to tbe bou*e. ODe oC tbew IVai pointing iu tbo diiection of wbeie Noelslood at his window. The scoundrels. It will be juat as well if I take the chance of fixing their locks in my mem- ory." and he male for hia sitting-room in eearcb of a. pair of opera glasses. But a fresh and startling interruption now came. A wil j shriek, a, second and third pealed oat from the room abovo, througb which he bad but tttsly passed the servant's bedtoom, and Noel at once concluded tuat it was the girl her- self who waa giving the alarm. Its immediate effect was first aeen upon the men opDonne, who dropped quickly, no doubt on a signal from their accomplices, and thoae aJeo cnune sliding and slipping down the brick partition, after which all foar retreated in frantic baste, risking their rtecks to reach leUR firmB, Guy Noel d;d not wait to see the last of tbetn, but, having first re- D!i\ctd tbe jewels in tbo Bafe, wenc Ol1t on tbe anding, when he fame npol1 Gaudy, tbe hoose, loeter, and Mro Ganily just at tbey bad turned mt wilen first It's tbat girl, silly minx. She ougbt to be tapped for her fancies," puffed Mfa Gaudy, who *a short, stout, and quick tempered. Would have it tucre was somebody breaking nCo her room, declared someone IJRd passed hronph it She mast have been dreaming.1' GHY Noel knew something about tbat drea.m. "She aawaoaoeoca ou iba vviudow climb in," iddad Gaudy. Do 70a suppose anyone baa got into tuø louse ?" Can't say, Colonel, but if be has, be won't :E't oat again very easily, and I shouldn't like to listurb the rest of tbo gentlemen any more. ?orry if the littia idiot woke yoa— bat thuie, I ee you blHO not yot turned 1:1. No, I was vory lata homo," said Noel brief- y, but I sbill make np for it. Don't call me ¡II I ting." And bo went back to hill rooca, aud jrejent'.j, nothing loth, got between tbe 8beet.. Aa he dczad off he tanrmured to himself, Tbey acetzi joil? well detcrmiued abont some- liing. It must hf those jewels. I winder what heir nest move will bo ?" (To be continued.)

3LOGGED FROM TOP TO BOTTOM Mr Thorne, M.P., on the Parliamentary Machine. Mr Will Thorne, M.P., general secretary of the Gas Workers'TJnion, paid a week-end visit ,0 Swansea, and was eotertained by tbe Swansea netnber 9 of his Union at a complimentary linccr. Asktd his impressions of Parliament, he saic!, The majority of I be Labour party are ,-ory ml1c!1l1nuDyed at rbe slow way in which juestions arc pr-bed through the House, Tho Kbole cf tbe political machinery ie clogged from :op to bottom, and very little effective work can Of dono until the rules of procedure and tbe Betboda of Jiscassing tbe various questions are Jmcl ically revolutionised. The Labour party ,7ant to make it a business assembly^meetmg iot laterthan 11 II. m, in the day and Qniahing not ator than 7 in the evening." "There is," he lava, a lot to be done. The Labour patty are (oiug to make a big fight to make tbe Trades Disputes Bill what wo think it oogbt to be. .1 And then we are going to raise the qaeatton )f eecolar education with a view to pattine an end 0 tbo religions controversy. Tacteareafewot he Labour party who are not prepared to accept ibe secular provision, but unless they ameato igh* lo* aeeoUr cduc«4ion they are practically denouncing all the decisions, thas have been passed by the vaiioua Trade Union Coagressea lor the pact l^n years, So far ua I am able to judge I do not think ther" ars muny ruembels of either of the two political parciea who have any real intentions of sarrying cut any of the measures bat will materially anjjst t bo rack and lie of tbe workers. Though we are only 1 very email potty in (hÐ Vouse we have nado our powoi felt by forcing the Govern- ment to recognise the principles of Trade Unionism, and tbey havo agreed to pay Trade OUiOD mtet of wajjes to the various skilled irtinars in H.M. dockyards, which means an in. ■reaso in vvagoa for 33,000 workmen of from 38 to ¡iI a. v.eek.. So far as the Workmen's Compensation Bill a concerned we are going to maike a bit! bid to jave all the workers included aod to insist upon looipeneatioo being paid from the data of the uccidBnt. Tbe Government are shirking tbe ntrodnction cf theUnemployed Workmen's Bill, md the Labour party will insist, when the House ■e-aasembies, on having the Bill introduced at ,ha earliest opportunity, because tbe want )f employment is joa t as bid nON in many parts cf the country an it was last December." Labour and Machinery. Mr Thorne also liaited Merthvr, and in ap- pealing to local workers to jjiu the Union,,aaid ,bat owing to the rapid introduction of machinery the Dosiiion of tbe artisan was not aa enre aa it was, while tbat of the Ilenerallabcorer would bo mochtvofaaafsMyearaheace. If machinery waa only introduced in the manner it should be it would be a real blowing instead of corse au it really was. In illustration of thia point he remarked that last year, while more iron and fteel had been produced Ithan ever befoio, the number of uoemployed in tbat industry was 3uite ta great as in any previous year. The Tuff Vale decision, he added, bad compelled Trade Unions to take up a political attitude, and employers were alreadv beginning to recognise their importance and force. Some werebeRia- ning to cry out for mercy, but thev never bad any mercy on their workers, and the Labour party were going to take all ihey could get. He predicted that after the next election they wouli be ten times as strong numerically in tbe Uou">e of Commons. (Hear, bear.) Mr Thorne said ha bad come to the conclusion tbat tbete were many on both aides of ttta House who were utterly out of sympathy with tbe workers. Tbey were going to try to kill the Labour man with kindness, but tbey were very old birds and were not to be eaaRht by tbat kind of chaff. (Laughter.)

LADY WARWICK AND SOCALISM. General Election and Jewels. Maxim Gotby has written 10 Ibe Countess of Wo rwiek in roply to a letter Bbeaent to Mr H. G. vVilsbiro, a prominent American Socialist. According to tho New York Herald Lady Warwick said :— In othsi European countries, men of aU classes aro fotsnd in tbe ranks of Socialism, while here the wotd Socialism cannot be ?Dokt:n witbin tbe universities or drawing-rooms. Even millionaires give 10 Socialism in America. "Hera we are dependent on (he viorkers' ponce. Net one moneyed person in tbia countrv does anything for Socialism. If vou want philanthropy or chanty, 11 abounds. Rich men's choque3 aro tbeir Insurance against revolution. It is egoUstio to mention myself, but the 'I cornea into tbearpameat. I have a bir, inde. pendent income. I give all Icanapatefrom home. I sold overy jewel I possessed before the elections to get onr candidates to the poll."

BABY BROTHERS tN A POND. Sad Drowning Fatality at Penygpaig. Evan Tbomas Tborne (two years) and James Thorne (threo years), brothers, of Tylycelyn ,Joe j, Penygraig, whilst playing by a pond near the PeDygiafg Colliery on Handay afternoon, tetiimotbe water, which waa about four feet deep. Emtst Perrin, another boy, catled a etoker named Benjamin Edwaids, and bs pulled the little fellOAm oat. Both were unconscious. Drs. Bailey and Llewellyn, by artificial respiiation, restored animation to James, but E/an suc- cnmbed. It is surmised tbat someone most have opened II gato leading to the pond, other- wise the children coolant have got In, as It ia fenccd round to the height of about six feet.

Acr.ateur Mesmerist to Friend: Ye*, coes- mctifsn ill a wonderful tbiug. Why, I cf>n mca- mtruo t:r1Y wile, an:1 auka ber do aimpiy any- thing 1 tell ber to. It gives a man a wonderful power, I aaanio yoJ.—Sharp voica fioru adjoin- ing room John, YOll ir;nst cither throw awa? tbat horrid cigar 01 go atidsiESko it in tbcgardtc —lUStf-Dtly I

Y GOLOFN GYMREIG. I Dymunir i'n gobebwyr Cymreig gyfeiiio en go- bebiaetban, !jy(rao 1 w badolygn, &c fel y canlvn :—"Ifano, Gil Hedd, Berthwin-Btreet Cardiff." AT Y BEIRDD. Nawidiwvd cyrch G. L. j osB;oi'r groes-ncen oedd ynddo — 14 y Toriaid Heriog 1 droi heibjo." Hacus yw'rasgoll olaf Mao awen \sanh Glyn Ebwy mor ysgawn- galoti an erioed yn »' eufjvnion, er gwacled ieebyd y bardd yn ddiweddar. Hyderir yn gryf ei fod yn ahongco g.v ag Anian, ac y bydd am yc iasbaf a hi yn fn»n, buan. yau yc Hwvl i ,,GwiJi bsri i RyB.edd y«- tyried" ei ddiwedd. Gweil yw Diwygiad Cenech fal englyn na'i Gusan, n,cJ 8tn tod cytnaim o awenydd- iaeth ynddo, on-d e" fed yD gymbennucb ei eystrawen a » fJ"dr"tb- °3 ^hynga bodd i'r bardd nylwi, fa wel,R»° oca ynddo gyseod barf, o'¡¡,d 0111" ynddo froddeg. £ r tynnv, y mae yn llawn defnyddian carnpan. ynDy, y mae YD Etiglynion rhagotol yw rhai Treforfab a Myfvr Nedd. flbaid b««o Jj'1"0* W**m orphen si gan far i'r Gwanwyo u pbenni! ai, y Unfda°wf« fa^sai dal i Kaa?>lfy, a^ac y teatya ? Gwnsetli Ap Lhiaian gynnyg jjed at gann tynerweh ei destyo ond braidd yn rbyddieitbol yw'r riiyuegiaot- uichon toai y rbaswm pennaf am byn yw ei i bir, carlam cofied fod angen ben ,aW « d5"^ /"aatrodaetb ary meaur bwn. ^efyd, yw gwng fel prifodl y °J* '"J,0 eirma yn y Gymraeg a gyfodlant ag^cf dvna r p'am, mae-Q c|9bjg) y rhaid goddef P1"1-, pwag," a '« bag Panbillion » "a,*« o feddylddrychan nenvdclion P'VQ b yndclynt yw rhai Oiftal WilliftaiL;ian«°a 0rif fsi rbydd- iaitb ou '"y 8 n »e aew. Bai arall y dylai Cymto o waed a thafo-J fbj o. VV. ei wella'n ddiymdroi T«J{ediaiib BylWed y cyfaill ar y cyfoevsidiadau ami pajt^ea hyu.

barddoniaeth, PIHYS-EDJ) O«calololo5« ««'o«wr benBaw Ei riroi n bel Vr en BllW Paw y dyticl y svdd i B6n d Am liys-edd y Motrision, Gwili. CUSAN. Dibalog foe0 dtl ^^ofusau rbin ««rch: Gyfiin 9WyQ j^mladau- Cusan dld(!an rbwng dau,- Cieawdwr nof o*rUdllai wa« ata> Cenccb. Y DI^YGIAD. (Buddngol yn yr Yby»hic y Nadolig, 1905.) Dtvyf ftvvel o gyrbaedd Gwetm, -ereiniad" Duwagt'0. ▼« J piwyRud. A i ana^1 Lt ion a y wlad Ccnech, Y MOR. Swa taran av'c1 y ^jy.-cddifcwn I'w ddeddf wyllt yn ferw • Htvylia i r '•! ar )■« A Daw looaid ei Uqw> Treforfab. TRYCHINEB CASLLWCHWR. (Bnddagol yn MoeH^»wdd, y Nadolie, 1905.) Yn drwch dan d^en ^.llwehwr_a a oed(J Ac infl dwodwr • Gwvr 0 «wr i Kwr' Yd y PrbS yn na beotwr, Trefoifab. ETHOLIAD CYFFKEDINOL 1906. A Lloyd Georg. Yo erlid Jo. G.L. CYMRU AH etholiad DHVEDDAF. Gr°"' wfw A thoraia' pob Tori in Ian i'r b«n l«l BjDff3n cL Ob gallaf, °D-Uf'L^'ya-awvnol Mai aein"111 dalyn • A fcoed am byn Yn gwrel at "J Ruryn, Stockton-»r-Dees ^A88dI, Gjyn Ebwy< CRIST YN <3AEi0.e groes A'i fron glaf 1 FrYD 1 01 ROES. Dan wawd. barn, a (l wa8 Grewr ^^S^o'r Groe, A bono n llctaa aitnoea. Enelniog Daw Wp 4yn,~T «wir firi.t S Gar.ai'i Gross ▼ fcWr Grist Yn dlawd, i 'r'* R"asdlr/w' Aclh 1 a'aeth Ei sly*' Treforfab. FE DDAETH Y GWANVTSN GWYEDlS- F, ddctb r S«"»JO M»iaa I loni bro a b'Tn Ymgvfyd blod*° tyrdd Ar fynwes dol a glyn; Mae geman natur 0 bob rhyw Yn bardda'r byd 'ry'n Ed«n Wjw Ymchwydda'r mJn*dd by" o fswn ei hugun weidd; A r goedwig fetth y sy Yn nof i odafcordd; Fe gil'a'r ganaf llwtn« di-h»dd Yo oer a mad S.'n .01 w fedd: Mae'r tnoillion teff niewn bri, A'r briaill gwj^ chwardd; En sawvi p€r a i? Fyw wen ar lodcliau'r baidd Daw'r byfryd baf a 1 w«nau mwy'n I lenwi'r byd a nefol swyn, Mae nofol baf yo bod Ileb nuaf dan 01 ^'on Anfarwol yw ei Ni wywa'i flodan Hot; O! am gasl bod yn Aod'yn blydj 1 wenu byth yd ngwlad y dydd, Llandain. Clidoo VVyte DRWS ABDUDWY. Naturicl Ddrws, ymba" 0 fl*Q y dref, Lie toimla dyn agotaf J YB nghanol beirdd lyoyddau Meirion lan Yw Drws *\rdudwy idd°« awso, can. 1 Lie ba gwroniaid gwl»d3"r Cvrnru Fn A'n cleddau'u dan yn erbjn estrcn da, Yn awr teyrnaea breni" heddweh laeh, Yn mlodau'r giug, g»o wj'»o oeniK iaeh> Tyr'd gyfaiN «yda mi *r £ ai*h i'r l)rw8; Cyd-gerddwn Iwybrau cul Gwmnanicoi sciws* A drigwn ruiau y Rhnfe'Dwyr gynt, Fn'n croebi'r brynian »r ?*chfygol bynt- Nid sea yn awr yn yr eoctlton hyu Ond can y praidd a'r bn^ail ar y bryn; Yn mlaan mae llwydni ^oaint ar bob 'ael- Yn ol, gyohauaf gogoO0C,dQs, hael. Ni welwn yo y pflllder, U 7 dd*beulaw, YRhinfog f»wx; a'« Faeh yr 0ck. dtaw; Maenl yno'n gryf ftl d»a nlwrel gawr, Yn dew 1 eaaldiffyn po*lDyr.«dwy O'u penau gwelir Catla>r Wen, A pbelydr cynta'r bored at ei phen A Mawddacb bir, iltwy Jawer cnfniCg Yn c»nn csrddi biraetb y m!>«, Mae Maesvgarnedd obry y.n y P*nt, A'i enw'n cymbell can sr ■l*'V8f tant; Adgofiou oesau yn ei ft>rlR? J A chysgod rbamant ac J "lodus dy. I Gromwoll fawr bu yo ttYd A char o'i fewn i eamivy4"" el hd Ca'dd yma nodlfa rbag Dan leni carjad y caé!ridog hael- Yo mlaen ymlwvbrwn i'r uni¡;¡edd dr." A chieigiau fel }lIbrydiJn at bob llaw; Mae dwfn ddisiawrwydd yn ymgau, A awn tolynau bywyd Wrth droed y clogwyn ca »'<K'Td, A'i bron vn Ian beb byd; Ac ambell wvlan ar yr ochel graig Yn trwaio'i pbln ymbaM <> awu aig. Heaafol Ddrws I bu l!a^r .tolom „,a{ Yn euro arno, gan god» •> « Ei fod yn gyfwng,-«ed» *«'E« I Ar byd eangdor ynw. Onderbyn Urn mae'r dd»yccin yn ei bedd, Ac nid yw'r graig 7n eoft? 7 "tdd. Bydd awen yn y brynlao Heb ei Ja^"1 Tia dal 10 ^-)rwa Ardudwf ei gau. Caerdydd. WiUianaa< YR HEN GAPAIR WAG. Mewn bwtbyn hcnafol oedrtnat Eisteddai vn iinieyn ywyJJ A'i^halon ar dori gan Fu nnwailh yn oda wnob^djchacian Gofyoais yn dmon am belyD". *1 Ond melhai y 0 lan a rbci »«•■ Cvfeirial •' bysedd cryncdig thenau At ben gadalr wag oedd » hi. Dvwsdai Tn dairef ycbydijf °'j b*"es' A minan yn metbu a'1 deatl yn iawn Ond ciywais bin dweyd fad yr ulwyd yn gynbe Pan cedd yr ben gadair orddaeol yn llawn «t Ruyw olwg auafof sydd bi weithian, Er D«n y daeib angaa a'i • 1 J5'"1* Ao yn y' anigedd 'r«iyf beM^'1 fa edrycb yn Bye ar yr ben gadair wag. Fe buna fy tnhtiod bawd^%raj yn daweI Yu mynwent yr eglwys with odreu y ddol; Ond gwalaf ei wonau o byd Y" Y ooroul Uwcbben yr beD gadair a<J*?odd ar ol; Kid oeB yn fv mynwea Ie Ø)tV1 1 gvsnron Rhvw biraeth ofnadwy yo oniQo a ? hi; Ond 0, y mae parch yn fy nRhalon A erya byd angau i'r hen gadair wag. u Oa nad yw'r hen gadair ei ban yo B»*ara, Mae'l tblysni digymat 10 "ONt f, OJroo, Mile myrdd 0 adgofion fel /Jer yn lywyon Yn siriol o amgytcb yr ben gadaie Noo Ac er fod yr aelwyd yn oer » v A phobman yn edrycb yo brodd»id» a gwag, Yo ddyfnacb rn: caion y.add.1 fy ngoua Pe collwn am eilmd yi boo gadair wag. 'Rwyn cofio fy mbriod wrtb hon at ei ddeolin: Cyaegrodd ei aedd tyda'i fh-ft Wrth gadw '• dyledawyfld," w<ddl y" I'r ntifcocld fel aalin o'r ben advvytl lacb, gu Mae cdsain ei weddi yn aron. byny, Yn garol Bowinrua o atrtgvlel1 Jr As er fy moj fieitbian broo. b*°n newynu, Rbyw berl aombrlaiacfwy yw b»n gadair wag I Traoicf. J Ap liUtdun

« The Recruiters, I By LOUIS BECKE (Author ot By Reef aud Palm," &ct. One evening I ",as discussing with the captain of a Holybead-Dablin steamer tbe relative merits of the principal malt products of Scot- land and Ireland, when a big fa: man with sailor wtit largely oa bia clean shaven, tnbicund face, came to the cabin door ADd naked in a rich brcgno if he might come in. Be was hot and flustered and yet sroijing. I see ye don ç rsfuetabar me, Mr DanilSoD be said, t. I saw your bag with yonr name on it in the companion, acd 1 *>sz to the steward ia t'lia man that ewns this bag aboard.' He is," be.' 'Then tell him,'sczt,' that a niahn that knew him in tbe Island nigh on tin years ago, 'ud loike fo spake wid him. 4 He's Wid tbe captain,' soz he. bave yez t card ?' I have not,' sez I, 'bat ye tell him that Terrj Han • '°I jumped up and sbcok bands with fcim. Why, Terry, old mao, I didn't know you— yoxj hav5 grown 00 fat, and have no board now. Sit down. Captain P—, this is a verv, very old friend of mine. Ha was n:ate of tha barque Meteor, when I waa recruiter. Wo mado a ).;o:dmn.ry voyages together when v<e wore iu the Kanaka tuboHr tmdit in tha South Seas," 14 1 Nigger catchm and pJ^very,' the Dnraons called 'ot, sir," said Mr Uanlon, whose voica wan somewhat husky, as be shook bands with tho captain, and then Bat down, casting a casual eye at the decanter and glasses on tbo table. But Mr Denison can tell ys that WQ tratod tbem more liko paras^ cf tbe rolluni than savag- eroas cimnibalo that 'ud ate you widoat salt.' "I believo you," eaid P—, taking a glna9 from the rack. flolp yoarsel/, Mr Hanlon. Crossing with 03 ro-night ?" I am tbat. Ycur good health, captain vonr good health and prosperity to yon. I take it kindly r» yo to be so conshiderate av me, in jour own cabin too. Ob dear, I've bad a weary ti.ee in tbo tbrsin from London." Then he tunrned to and gripped my knee with hi* bnge hand. 'Tia a qtiare world, Tom —Bare I'll call ye Tom agu;n. Niver did I think we two 'lld iver meet again lITer dId 1 We rapidly pxchnnged our expariences eince wo parted in Lovnka town m Fiji ten yesus be- fore, and I learned tbat my former ahipmaie was new a mariisd man, and tbe proprietor of H thriving hotel in County Wicklow. He had been to London to sco a sister, and was now returning home. "D'ye moin that ciivil av a Pcocthor?"he said to mo 09 be pet dew;, bis glass. ,or. e Indeed I do, Terry. And do voa know that be is still alive and goiug strong.' I saw in a nowspacer Inst year that be hart got into trouble with theFrcnch people iu Nsw Caledonia for nmusglin!?. at'd vv^s put in prison." Prison Sure ba a the man that 'ud enjoy a, prison. Ah, ha'a a great wee mabti is Proehtor, wid bia_ wooclen leg—and a bad. bad mahn in some things, when bis timpcr was np, HO bis fingers gripped bia Winchester, bot a braver ■nalin niver drew breath. As for Marina tbo Poitngee, he was the ends and bight av a rogue, and was born dieboneat. lie couldn't help it—'twas the nature of tbe little baste. Ab, tbey were a quare pair, indada." I turned to the captain and explained. Proctor, Marina, and I were all employed as recruiters ill the Kanaka labour trade, and although in different ships, wo often met at vari- ons islands. I was cn lha Meteor, of #bich Mr Hanlon here was mate. Marins—who had onco been a street n;ate..Mllrlol-wbt:> bad; glass eye Pcoctor, a wooden leg, and both were decided characters, and known all over the Sontb Seas." •' Sure ou!d Nick Coached 'em wid bier fore- finger on the foreheads when thev were born," broke in tbe sx-mate d'ye moind the time at Mutavat wben Captain Niebuhr and yeieelf each lest fifty dollars to them ?'* Tell me tho yarn," said the Bolybea3 skip- per. It's refreshing to hear a new story tbat dcesn't come from a London magic-ball or from tbe unsavoury repertoire of a commercial traveller." Well, it's rather a Jong yarn, and is only one of a score about tbe two worthies. But first of all I niunt tell yon that JODSt before Proctor camo into tbe labour trade be had made humelf famous In Fiji by killing a chief of notoriously evil repnte, wbo had tried to morder bim urdor circumstances of the greaiest treach- ery To duly impress the chlei'« sobjaeiB, and also to make certain of bis man, Proctor loaded a whaler's bomb gun with a heavy charge of powder, and two pounds weight of iron nuts and hails and leaden slnga, walked into tbo chief's houEe, and hotly upbraiding bim for his UeacboT literally blew his bead off By a miracle be succeeded in escaping to hia boat and gotling away, after shoe ting dead with b.. revolver throe of hi? PnrsDeroj i__ <>" ;nrtn;r«,.i «• And had be then a wooden leg squired tbu Ye*mandT ve'ry g3od one it was,and is still, I suppose I bave seen bim running aa fast ao X suppose, x « 1,8 yours or if bis anatomy Orleans during mine« uRf- 'hJ.a a Sonthemer-when in the Rebellion «,nB&oat, whose deck# were command of a ljQe o{ coUon balea protscted from r.fle-H'O DV » 0DQ ranged along her npoe boar(Ji Rn ever, a Federal shell droppea Proctor found himself minoj WheQ was taken off below tbe Knee ,er fell, and the war was hXim in 1870. Q0 to Samoa- whore Niuafou, and I was appointed recrnitei to1 tn to tba Meteor. t^0 jjew Hebrides. He Solomon Rroup and atbe^ manner m j waa not very .pa,t^.nl84 bla„hbirds,' provide! he bOltrd, a.nd nnder 8fH\'elli"nce, be treate:! tbem woll enougb. Rut I'm enDuing away ham tbe uUrM.t«or .1 Bh"-| N"" £ «"{,« "°odi°8.»« •«"«»« 'S Nio.toa »nd M"'°'lbBr, ,ca brooKlit lo made their appears,^n1 proctcr WM annoyed quite close to tbe'barque. § at finding tbe Meteor » « whjfBt fca ninety-eight recrnit. cn each Thon ? "K'1 w J entire boats crew, which h^' h6 t slangbtered by the cativea been cut ii thjg hft(j Eot itn_ at Bougamvillo IbJa°a' aJs0 bad bad bad Droved his temper MariD # luck in losing a white «^^ it8 had jnn,ped natues, and bve 0wam 0Q ebore. He overboaid one a,a.h';daporfa?neso, with w bad was a little Pod«r-z.ef„0°aJd atop at nothing ,D reputatian—in ^act d /or this reason be tbe way of business,. "J t th8 Meteor, for wasneverawslcDme pBnor gR(Eo "Uhough wo were al emp- miin firm neither tbe caP'n^Dn°eD^Bed in a Paris Many years before, when bippodrome, he bad lost an_ addiejon replaced by »n artificial one m.fi- •his be also bad three or '°xl' r„e Tha«« later on by someone in J-'hese extra en ware of tbe most "J "«»«mosque combination of coloars one, »«Tmin^hnar( of a bright yellow, with a -Tih t bnpil another was an alabaster h„ j t'ny green pupii abont tbo all—h«<1 and another—the roast ,J three differently coloured small io whit^. Thesa extra eyes be cael occasionally for either amnrinv his ftioudB or T, £ natives, and be frequently boasted bat h beij was more sought after by t 3 Solomon Islands than that «3f 1any ol^heic white man in tbe Pacific, and that he was able t0 got more blackbirds than any other re- eroUei9 through curions nativeB desiring to conn6 into personal contact with the man wbo CQold change bis eyes.' Then, too. he made Dee of tbem in abotbor manner, which helped t0 bis pockota-be was supposed to bava sreat mana (occclt powers), and did a thriving business by aelling rubbishing little, wooden fo Is, whistles, cbarrns, etc., 10 the naJivos »b3 ojbeved that tbe articles were impregnated with Manna'a tnaoa, and possessed all sorts of power, °<h as ensuring a good crop of yams, pro- ving rain, anving imm nnity from poisons, lon- Reviiy,^0. There was scarcely a gamal house ■° the northern New Hebrides Ibat did not poa- soMtine of bis nodsenaiflftl things, whirb WAS 1 eaanred^ with other objects of veneration in linii hbuae, aod as he woctid accept nothmjr sheH'' ? dozen hogs, or £ 5 worth of pearl or ,vory-Duta for a toy tbat bncf coat bim ft busin70!,H0r tW0PeQce, he did a remarkably good fbr on boar^l Ibe barque bad called fOCtor aeked IDe H tbe 'Meteor' a boat ten Jii 1» big, oannibal town Kabaira R ^e" distant from tbe west side of even if ii.* j' 1 BBid. No, nnd tbat furthermore not riafc «? £ ?uBnt8d.t0 np tbe ship 1 would *os»ej m n 'bare with such a weakly manned with fevart *? third of onr cr»w down "'8 of in- "oyway,* T aded, 'wb4t is tba ship had evi.t°D.e- No labour bour i. chock fa fof r The bar- shlp once got i ►! aDd lid* aod if a by the nigcem 5 'here, she would be brnahed have their thro*^0 bands on board would that ever 5« fL^ 'D lime' No turned to his ahin °? Bb0,° at. Mutavat bas re- name oat in m.L "ont into an oven and three w.l«^orX:rer,/ TbeU 1 ,,amed ducky and cannot ^uouily, was aa an Hnnointed litrtA*3 a.W'iJ ea,• aT1,oogh such ■■Titfji-1- "iajBar1 P,oc'ot and twenty atnttTv^n1! m^°D to Refc at ,8ft9t fiva INTWODAYS?!OMYNOW FROM MUUV»« '"And as rnanv a,,eau- 'Pot Dios. Here mm r S. tae Portuguese. Samoa with »*o months out from scaly New Ireland «• naeasly-loobing 0.1/ 2'»5,h it; !s$'«r M •botrn to.'Vo'S IZSLS;1'"1'1, will one day land ron in a place whore the crowf Shn «' '36ck at y017-' Then Niebuhr, the skinper 0 the 'Meteoc' (a smart vouDg Gorman) backod me Up, and teada the same bet as I bad. you know that poor. Niebuhr vastest at sea, three vears ago, don't you, Terry I inquired oioorvjaitof, who was now p!acidly stretched out at fall length, having colIapscd owing to tbs tadious journey from London." Ho partiallv roused himself and opened one eye in a half-hearted manner-" Tbey were that, indade—-a pair av out-and-out divila. Sure when I said good-bye to Alice Brecnan, fifteen yeava ago On ould Darglo Bridgs, I niver thought I'd come nchrost secll A man. Fifty- two pounds ton shillings tbat leg cosht him — and sura Alice will pivo va both a welcome wid heart and a balf. There's not a finer wotnau annywherc in County Wicklow. I moind me the time—ah, bat ye'r dishcuaain sometbin' private, Im thinkin', so I'll not intbruda ou YGz." And hewenttoaieepHgaia. The two recruiters bada me srcl Niebuhr good bye, aaj went off to tbeir respective ships, which noon aftoi wards weighed, and stood awav serous the b-iy to Mutavat. Early next morning, havi: g finished cur wooding and watering, wo sailed, aiid two days later, at annset, tbn wind having: failed na, anchored under Capo bt. George at rhM touch ecd of New Ireland. Soon after dayl.'aht Niebuhr aroused me. Hero arc the Iserbcok. and the Ninafon, letting go aiuiOKt alongside of usi.' n I went on dcck with hIm, and looked tt tbo two veasalp. The Iserbrook, ai I have mentioned, was a big, tbe Niaufou, a big lamp of a fore and aft schooner. Boib Proctor aud Msrma woro on their respective after docks, and thsy acd tbeir captains, wbo were with them, bogaa to chaff tho Meteor. Say, now, Denison and Niebuhr, what about tbat Bot ?' cried Davidsou, the Gorman speaking b.'uenoFe skipper of tbe Iser- brook. Lome cn board and Beo a hundred ani twenty of tho degraded enssed cannibal resi- dents of Mutavat—male and female. We ha.po fifty dgbt here, and Proctor has mxiy-two on the schooner. Como aboard tha schooner and have aorno coffee." Niebuhr and I, boliaving tbat tbey vrsre only fooling os, had a. boat lowered, aud went on board of tho NiRufon. Proctor-a short equaro-bailt man with reddish bair and deep-set bard, grey eyea—met na at tba gangway and shook bands. ■ Look down there,' ho drawled, taking us to tha coamings of the main batch and pointing down. We looked down, and saw on the 'tween decks a sigbti doat to a recruiter'a heart-sixty orseventv stalwart natives, some squatted an their bands, smoking or chawing betel not moat eonteodediy, otheta lying asleep ou their mats. All around them wora their weapons—spears, jade-heaided clubs, &c., together with coils of dewarra (llle native cowiy money of Now Bri- tain) and their belongings. They were the wildost, moj: Hitv«ge-looking type of tbe Melan- esian savage I bad ever sten, Bod their placid and contented demeanour astonished ire. 1 Jnat look at liiofce three follows over tbero,' said Proctor in his lazy, yet fascinating drawl. Tbey are eating New Zealand tianed beef, and think it's a. tinned man, on account of the yellow fat.' However did you manage it ?' I exclaimed, 'why, thev ar j all as quiet aa lambs, I ve never Been euch a big thing before. And then yon havo left them all their aims too. Tbat isn't safe.' Proctor smiled. Thoy're all right, sonny. Everyone of them has bean deadly sea-sick, an3 B0 I didn't bother about taking away their weapons. And they will bo sick again before long, and then I'll get their fighting tools away. Once we are oot of Bight of land tbey will be too scared to do anything exiept to cling to me. Now come below, and I'll tell yoa how Mariua and I made tbe coop In the cabin we were joined by Marina and Davidson, and whilst ibe steward plepared aD satly breakfast, Procter told the sloty. At soon all wa got abreast of the village, and dropped anchor, Wt1 were sarroandsd by over a hundred ;anoes, moat of them carrying from eight to a dozen natives. Marina and I had spread about 5 cwts ol fine rod bcaits all over the dock of the brig and schooner, and we iuvitod the natives to como on board a.nd help themselves. Yoa never saw sucb a rush, Tom. They clambered up over tho aide and tumbled over each other in tbeir eagerness to got tbe beads, bawling and yelling, and ahonting like fortv thousand Btarvlug tiger cats, as tbey swept up tbe_beali< in tbeir filtbv bands, actl either pat themtotothoifbctet ont-baeketz.ot thruat them in bandfala into tbeir rnontha, uatit they coa!d disgorge them later on. Thon I Drought up a bucketful of red and blue beads aud slung them carelessly down upon tte main deck from tho break of the poop, and Marina did the same on board of 5he Iserbrook. Tbe yulls of delight wore enough to burst the uni- verse, and wben I told tbem that the ships had come from an island to the south where the beaches were composed cf red and white beads., they nearly went mad with excitement, and bandreds of tbem c'umourud to me to take them tbers. "'No,' I said, 'I cannot tsko so m\nv, for our two ships are small but I will take sixty of you in tbia ship, and Bixty can go io tho other ship. But yoa mast pay. ma something fortak- ing yoa to tbo island of beads, and bringing you back to Mutavat. What will yoa pay ?' In five minutes ibey agreed to give me 5,00) black-atlgo peail shell, and a. hundred green turtle, which I knew I should never soe, arid did not want to defraad tbem of, coPBideiing that I Was not bringing them back to Mutavat, and that every living soal of them meant a hun- dred (IOIIRIB bones to me, as soon as I landed them in Samoa. But [nij that tbat would do, anil that we only take strong Joung men aud women—one hundred and twenty men in all. Then Marina came on board with his njaal glaea eye, which be took oat, pretended to throw overboard, aud replaced it bv tho bright yellow one with the red pupil. The Matavat uiggera looked at him with open months. W< two are magicians,' I sRid, nothing can hurt us. Wø can take out oar eyes or our teeth we can gbaka off oar legs or our arms, and new legs and arms will grow; we can livo undar the sea aud become fish gboats. We have a great mana. If a man draws bows upon us the arrow passes through our bodies and then teturns to the bowman, and pierces hill loft eye and brain, so tbat be falls dead.' As I spoke, Marina unshipped bill yellow eye, and shipped tbu white one with the green pupil and a quavoring chorus of wonder came from the man-eating crowd as he lock the bright yellow eye, polished it with hia rud silk handker- chief, and threw it apparently nowhere, thoagh it renliy went np bill sleeve. "Thore was one particularly sancy young beck-ope of tbe three that yon saw eating tinned beef in tbe 'tween decks just now—wbo aneerej at my palaver, aud asked me, point blank, if 1 was willing for him to let him .acd an arrow through me, and aaid tbat be would take the chance of it coming back upon bim. No,' I said, yon are too fine .!1 man to waste yoar life from a feeling of vanity. My mana is too great and strong, and so I tana pity on yoc. I conld now, by touching your nose with my linger, tarn yoar face into the face of a hog, and mùe your body into the body of an eel. But as von are Buch a well-set np young man, I wili overlook yoar insulting remarks and spare Jon tbe ignominy of being turned into a pig-eel.' He looked at ma for a moment, balf-doabt- inglv. 'One of my legs is tired,' I said. I take hold of ray left foot, and pnttit off,' and I put out my foot to him. Ho took bold of it very gingerly. He tugged, anil as he tugged at my boot, I touched the catch spring of my wooden leg, and awav came the leg, aud tbe back went over on hIlt back with my leg in bis bands. Hegaveono teriifi'jd yell, and in another tea seconds bad leapt overboard, and was swimming ashore. tie name baek half an hour later with bitt two bro- ther to abow them the wonders. By two o'clock sve h&d mado our pick, and bad all tbe recruits we wanted from Mutavat, and in another bout we wore away." « Yoa had lack, Proctor, great look.' Yes, I gQES8 we havo had laefc. Now all Marina and I want is to pick np about fifty Solo- mon Island niaqers on the way back to Samoa, We can play them off against tuese New Britain cannibals if thev tnrn rusty.' Proctor, I said, it in rankkidaappinp;, and yoa will get into serious troable.' Jast you go slow, sonny and don't let professional jealousy watp your limitedtntetli- gence and over-qnlek judgment. Yoa know aa wellu I know that in threo years these bowling i cannibals will be half-civilined, and not baU of tbem will want to leave Samoa at tbo end of I tbeir tbrm. I think that us nigger-catchers tJe- eerve well of iba world, instead of being cried down ns monsters of iniquity.' "'Proctor,' said Niebuhr, as be twirled bis thick yellow moustache, yoa will ba hanged souin day.' •' Niebnhr and I paid onr debts bade Proctor and Marina «ood-byo and a. safe passage to Samoa, when Mariua asked us to wait a few minutes j net watch me play a bit with tbesa people, he said, showing hia white teeth in a catlike Bc'n- Two women were sitting on tbo main deck smoking bivmboo pipes. Marina bade them stand up. Rolling Ibe sleo»os of bis pvjama jacket up to bis shoulders, ha held up his arms arid ont- "preadhia bands in tbe usual ccajarorstyte. Then he asked the woman if tbey would liko soma red beads for necklacea. They grinned and showed their black-betel-nut stained tcetb, and Marina, with a swift movement, placed bin bands (now closed) on ouo cf the women's woolly bead, add in an instant a stream of beads come trickling through bit fingerr-j, fail over her naked shoulders, and tolled down upon tbe deek; then be performed the sarnie trick wrtb the othei woman, as a long drawn wcndei burst from tha watching natives. Both thobrif and sfebooner carried tbeii cniooBE Bilely to Samoa, wilhont any tronblc arising, and a fov mouths latey I saw tlie<«3 No. Britain cannibals nt workjon the big Germar plantation a.t Molifanus. They «emud qaiH eocteutcd .au woteless letoc-ioaa in appearance Of coarse Proctor Rnd Marina each rece' usual bonus—twenty dollars a bead." Wiiat a pair of boantico."eaid the ^'gyjiilf skipper, as bo rose to go to the bridg0> nyr? me to arouso tha now loudly snorin.Z Haoiou.

Double Tragedy in Bucks TERRIBLE CRIME BY A FARMER A sensation wti'.i caused in the \illtige °j. jjtr, Horwood and tlie adjoining town, W'n 4jjf Bucks, by » double tragody which occurred J on Good Friday, reuniting in the de» jj(f, Albert King, aged 50, and bis sister-'0" Eliza Jane KiDg i.57). jo Mra King lived with ber husband, A-?1 Q## one of two cottages which "tand in their b t grounds, the other cottago being oeeapi8<* drover named Unrst. liing'a brother koeps a small latm a mile a way, and was a Ill,- friend of Hurst's. Amos Kint: left for wor Oto- farm in the neighbouibood on Good Friday ing. Half an hour Later he heard ths reP01' nj riflo, but took no notice, thinking it was scaring birds. Later he relumed home to br* fast,*nd 011 going througb a barn hf was to see his wife's body lying in a pool of bloody the back door, wth a gaping wound in the Indoors be found bis brother lying on bis » with his head noarly severed rom hiu there was a razor in his hand, and in a c3rnfLjt tha room was » breechloader, bought bv A h*t on Tuesday The woman's iu juries showed \et tha Run had bsen fired at close t' heart being literally blown to pieces. AlJJe. King was lant seen on Thursday night ^eaVlDfei, local inn at 10 o'clock, carrying btot botU Bottles wnra found cvith his coat on Ho10 table on Friday by the police. The inquest was held on Saturday. From Q evidence it appeared that Albert King had be drinking heavily for soma timo. When ba W0 # to his brother's houeo be waa answered al • door by his brother's wife. The man painted gun at the woman's tuer.st and shot her d8*(.j The Gound of the gun report was beard by 1 neighbours, who ruebed out to ascertain *r cause. They found King bonding over S bodyof tba prostrate woman, aod,on an atteiBP being made to arrest him, he producad a ,a^°j | from bis pccket and cut h!3 threat. He fell near 1 be woman's body. 1 Sergeant Wooton deposed to b»ing called bf j man named Collier, and finding tbe bodies of deceased. Medical evideoce was given by Moboriy. Hupt was called, and denied tbat Albeit KIn: bad stayed with him on Thnradny niebt, ro<f made contradictory statements, and waa censor0? by tho coroner. Tbe deceased woman wile seen alive just before abomaft bava rne.ø8, death by Mr Joe Llenaon, a baker, who deiivere hot cross buns to her. Tbe jury returned a verdict tbat King wilfnlly mnrdered tho woman, and hitn»e' committed I!nicjde," Tba morderer al temptS snicide a few yearaaeo. when tbo gun failed' act; ho thou tried tocst bill (hroat..He ¡ brought before tbe magistrates and boand over. t

BIG BLAZE AT PENARTH. I Horses Destroyed. A fire of considerable proportions occurred • Panarth at 1.40 this morning in large sheds outbuildings at tho bottom of K.Hilway-ierTaC?' abutting en tho Taff Vale line, It was by P.C.'s Ban* aud Telford, wbo noticed saJok issuing from a put of the building ased as stable and in which wore a borse belonging Mr Gomer Wales, fruit salesman, of G'eb** street, and another owned by Mr Cardel'» batcher, of Windsor-road, Penaitb. The was full of flame ard smoke and it was imposoiW for the constablps lo savo the animals, which to be left to a teriifcle fate. The alarm given to the volunteer tire brigade of wbo promptly turned out under Captain **• L. Morii?, and wero soon on the spot bard work. Tho maiu building, which was m»i° constructed of wood, bluzed fiercely, and *boc £ there WAS a plentiful suprly of water and new fire engine was smartly got to work, it apparent /rom tha firht tbat the atructoio doomad. Tho main building was owned by ?"■. W. R. Roberts, a contractor, aod used as a PBl"g store and carponterB' workshop, and tho conteb' were necessarily of a highly inflammable Soon tbe roof foil in and a striking spectac) was presented as a great volcrne of flamu 8/)°. bigh into the air and shad clonda of partules that were wafted away by alight blf.S"d Several houses weie contiguous to tbe Bpo5 there waa some danger that the fire might commuuieatpd to them, but the brigade 1100 had the conflagration in hand and were ful in confining it to the group of sheds workshops. These were completely burnt and tbe damage, which is partially covered insurance, ia estimated at between £300 aD JE400. Outbreak at a Cardiff SweetShop* At 1.54 thia morning P.C. Handcock noiifi^, BHiokB^ issuing iron No. 77a, St. Oavdlff, and tba fit* bi igtdfl <t*to Qtk il9^ qnickly carre with the reel and an ■ 'eofti06" SuperintendentGt>eri found that box-s ori of tbe staircaso Jeadiug to tba cellar of tbe ""Jf* which is in tho occupation cf Mr W. confectioner, wore alight. The fire was eS""g gaished without difi&culty and tha damage w limited to the scorching of a door and » 8P bnrnt through on the landing of the No. 77, is the shop of Messrs J. Goodman aD Co., tobacconists, and in tbe room* abover Bide Mr Goodman aod bis family. The am1°a which was somewhat dense, reached the part of the bailding and Mr Goodman, bis and two eons were awakened from sleep and j* the place till the fire had been subdued, and the safety was assured. Mr Frank's shop had locked up since Saturday.

ROATH BROOK POISONED. Bucketsful ot Dead fish. Fishing by poison bas again to be report" in Cardiff distiict. Wbitcburcb was not so vet long ago tha scene of ibis most teprehensibl phase of poacbiDg. Now it i* the Roath Bro° where the outrage hta been committed. DurIO: Thursday ahildren pl-iying near the banks of stream above Routh Park mode the discovery t a number of trout tlontiug dead, aod the having been brought to the knowledge of Mr 'y Mirsh, the keeper of the Corporation ressrvo" he mado investigation,and cocamanicated wi* Mr Petligrcw, the ft oath Park supeiintendo0*' It was foaud that from tba point whore stream is crossed by the bridge on the edarne-roaj right down to the pool outsi Jo tblt paik tbo water had been so effectually poi«ono that it is doubtful whether a singla fiab escap0"' There weie some bucketsful of dead troui, and small, and myriads of miller's thumbs a.°, sticklebacks bad shared in the common rnlP, Anxiety was felt as to the possiblo effect on Ih stroam further down and tbo Roath Park L« itself. Fortunalely/hotvovet, the poison spent its viiulenco in the higher waters, aod was not foaud that any of tbe trout in the par preserve had suffered. What appealed to ba detnite clue to the perpetrator of the outraf! waa forthcoming. A man had been aeeft acc0C^ panied by two dogs, and currying ft bottle. which he appeared to be dropping Bometbioi1 into tha biook at various pointa as he The clue, however, came too latei to be of diata use, though the authorities are not hope of boicg able to Becure some fnrther i" _| matton. and a sharp qui vive is to be kll against farther operations of the miscreant.

NOTABLE POLICE-SERGEANT. Arrested a Cowbridge Murderer. Ex-Police-Sergeant William Martin, of the Glamorganshire Conotabulary, died deuly at Brecon on Saturday, succumbing to be# troubles. About 12 years ago he retired aft t about 2G years' service, daring which ho j stationed at Llandaff, Canton, Bridgend, Cowbridge. Whilst at tbe latter place about years back be arrested Rot>ert3, tbo Cowtrid^ murderer, whilst sergeant at Oowb'id? Deceased was al^o attacked by a police-onetsb^u who gonged one of bis eyes out, and for offence the coustsble was sent to penal servito^ Deceased was a native of Brecon, and since f. retirement canied on tbeduties of a bonae The man whom Roberts murdered was RS?1^* Thomas, and be was a far mar living near bridge Thomas had been diiukiog in a P°b > house ia Cowbiitlge, and sevoial lirnet too^ °° tag containing a lar^e "Qin of money in ordet pay for the drink. Roberts, who was in the loØ'of the time, observed that Thomas was a laige Bum of money, and waylaid bita °a ■«<. way home, and inuidered and robbed b»f(( Serfieact Maitin fonndl the money iu Robet* house, and also bffected lha arrest »y< regard to tha incident in which deceased's was gouged out, ulartin's assailant was a P0' man wi^h whom be bad b:id eome differed jjj The policeman, i5 was alleged, attacked and souged out bi-i eye. The defence wa3 du ing a scufflt) Martin fell with hi- eya a^°aen' door knocker. Hia as-ailant waf, bowavei» stilt tonced to 15 years' penal servitude. jjj liberation he has, we understand, &3 America.

PURIFIED BY FIRE. j. Asbestos Suits for Tramps- The Hungaiian tr&ops are supplied with as toa socks treated with a preparation aomo two years ago by an army tmrgeoo D.a yy Hogyes. It ii claimed that tbii footwear i' valuable on a long march and ontirely Pr footsoteness. # cOa' A representative of the Tiibnne." *nf veismion wiih tbe secretary of ono °l tb** largest asbestoo companias, waB infor^o> (pt the socks have been on the London eome IS monthB, and havo baen found to IG ¡. excellently. The German troops io SoW '^g. stated, have also been supplied with the ^tb Coits and even troupers base been Jji* asbestos, p.nd in Bulgaiiu a tramp j, „U cloihes taken from hira anil i.i supplisd^ etllire asbestos suit. Tbe asbestos clotu tb« aod, if not qniro as iioft as wool agBl! akin, i& nevertheless not nnconifortabl°- JJ Tbe Bulgaiian authoiities i:l<itn only onmes trumps to be known a* inco^'a leodfi to cleanliness, Andputhycr i,u'.f0t j' prevent th6 use of Raup and wattfii nod )t1,. clothes can juat bo thrown on tho ccs, wlJeO et/l I few nciuutes uro peifeeily clean. ,11,Ø pom.d to the air soon coul dowu aoBcieO pot on agnia. t