The Cardiff Times

k a Man Sowetfil fir *4 pBy WILLIAM LE QU CHA PTE Li XXI. What Occurred in Dean's Yard, West- minster. Thai s.tjaa evening, attired in my wo.MoR clothes, washed Wins ice's chambers ra King- sUeet at tb& boot whoa 1 knew bis habit was to re'nrn to draw for dinner. From live o'ciocJitiil half-past seven I lingered frr tho vicinity.; ibeu returning to my botel in the Acfelphi I there met Hadd, whom I sent round to the man's chambers to enquiie when he would be in. Half-an-hour tauec my valet letarned with the iaiormutioTt that Mr Winsioe was not of town. and waa cot exacted back f(oX sevsial days. lIe had gOLe to the north, his ixuv.'i believed, bat he had no instructions to J'oewstud letters. Gone nort-h t Find lie discovered Tibbie's wboze&bctate aurl gone afivc ber ? Mine was a tantalising position, auable to return to tny own rocme, for fear that Winsloe and P.uham thoo.id di&cover that 1 was ittm alive. They believed me to be £ ead—that 1 had ¡ foao home," aa White leather reported. ffhat night 1 spent sev.unt bourn wandering tbiOagb those streets behind Kegent-itreet, try- ing to recognise the hawat> with the fatal ataii3. All. however* was to no parposo, 1 bad, I think, mistaken the direction which we had taken. Tired and worn out I ate supper abont 10o'clock in a smalt and ritthcn uncleanly little foreign restaurant in Dean-streot, rind ihen returned to the Adelpbi, where 1 sat a long time in my toots overlooking the Embankment and ihe Thames, host in the mazes of rayatety thai 00110 presented themselves. Wbcte was Eric Domville ? Whore waa Ellice Winsloe? Where was JohD Paiham, alias Hum piit&Ts ? Tibbie evidently knew a grea.8 deal wore than »be wo til d admit. She bid sold mo tba6 my fiiend was in Paris. How could she know ii she held no communication with anyoaa ? No -the more I reflected the more evident did it become that alta was playing a donbie game. As 1 sue at the window with the dark deserted gardens below uic, the row of gas Wnpa and ibe widt. rivor before me, I tried to analyse my real feelings towards the dainty little love of my yontb. Sbe was a woman guilty of the teriibje crime of murder, and yet I bad promised to sbield her because she had declined that her enemies intended to crushher. Had I really acted rightly ? [ asked myself. Tinlv I was endeavonring to defeat the ends of justice. Nevertheless, I recollected her wild, earnest appeal to IDe, now the had fallen npon her knees and implored my aelp ani protection. I remembered, too, that in her desperation the woo Id have taken her own !>fe rather tban face her enemies. What-did it nil mean ? So extraordinary had been the sequence of tmazing eventH that my mind failed to grasp the line significance of all tbe facte. Of one truth, however, I was well aware, samely, that the doll life of work-a-day Cam- berwell had workld a wonderful change in my little fiiend. She was moia sedate, moie com- posed, more womanly, while her calnrmc^s accentuated her sweetness of manner. Yet why j\d the wish to pOle as a married woman 1 What did she fear beyond the cxposuie of her srime ? She was fascinating, I own that. But npon bur baanty and grace was resting that dark, gruesome shadow, the shadow of the sword of retribntion, which hang over her, and from which she, alas, wonld never escape. What did the lamily think of her prolonged absence ? What did the police think ? I knew well that both old Lady Scaicliff and Jack were leaving no- stone aninrmid to try to discover ber, while Wydcombe bad left word with Budd that as scon as ever I letornei he nrifjted to see me. I won'd dearly have liked tobave Kone round to Curzou-streat, hot by doing to i saw that Jack would know I had been there, Ind he might mention my visit to Winsloe, who, Without d jubt, was still his friend. r.„ „My cipher advertisement had bpen so snceess- !ui that, after due consideration, I resolved to toy and draw White Feather," and ascertain the idsntity of that mysierioas persot:. Therefore I jat at the tabic, aud oftor half-ail- hour, had redoced to the cipher the following announcement. "To White Feather.-Maist see yon. Veiy argent. Meet me to-night at entrance to Dsan a Yard, Westminster, at nine, without fsi!.—3." If White Feather was in London be or she would certainly iceejx the apcpininient with Sybil. only fenftwas that she might see the paper op in, Newcastle and detect the forgery. Before tniduiftht 1 handed in the advertifment at the newspaper office in Fleet-street, and next morning had the satisfaction of seeing it in print. The 'da> I "Dent in cotfipsrajiya ijleness. Budd. to whom I explained my strange conduct by saying thtt 1 was still sugared in waiching someone, called with my letters and executed several commissions for me. I wiote to Mrs William Mot ton, at the Poet Office at Carlisle, and spent the alterncon reading in tho hotel. William Mot ton, at the Poet Office at Carlisle, and spent the alterncon reading mtho hotel. Eudd lisd instructions to let mo know imme- diately anything was heard of Eric, and was now acting as my secret agent, eager to serve me in every particular. It was a wet unpleasant, niffbf, as, a little before nine, I alighted from an omnibus in Vietaria-stieet, and passing np Great Stnith. street, appioached Dean's Yard from tbe Great Collegerstieet tida, tbe opposite enttance to the spot where the appointment was to be kept. Dean's Ysrd is a quiet square of ancient smoke-blackened bouses, a cioisier of the Abbey in the old days, quictt and secluded even in these modern, go-abead times. In all West- minister there in no quieter old-word spot, fie quented in tho daytime only by the few persons who nse it as asboit cnt to Tufton-street and Horaeferiy-road, and at night quiet and deseitod. Bntocing the email secluded squaro fiom the opposite side, I slipped along balf-way on tbo sooth side to a position where I could have a good view of the groat nrelied gate communi- eating with Victoiia-stveet, and there fonnd a deep dark doorway, which afforded me admirable concealment. I stood and waited. Scarcely bad I settled myself there when the chimes of Big Ban rang ont the hour, and then 1 strained my oyes towards the great ill-lit Gothic gateway. Pai'^aru and his linking accotriplices wsio evi- dently in fear, as they ne^ataled and disappealed, Not a sonl was in ifae place, not even » poli^eonsn. Presently a poor wooian with a shawl ever her bead burriod raat in :be falling Tain. and afterward* enrue the postma. who, voty fortunately, had no lottorll for the door whaie I stood ccncealed in iha shadow. The r-lace seemed dark, mysterious, almost ghostly, iu the dead silence of tba night. The qaarter chimed, but no person lingered u the gawway. Perhaps the a tvettijemerTr. ha? not been aeeen or, more likely," White bleather," was absent Irom London. At last, bowtver, I btard ilia rattle of a four wheeled cab ontaido tho g^ttwav. I saw i; stop, and a man alighted. Then the v chicle moved on t-lorvly. and "cain stopped, aa toongh awaivng hitn. A dark tjgure in blacK overcoat and low felt bat loomed up in the darkness of the gaieivay. snd enteiiug the yard, glanced eagerly around. Next moment another retscn, rather taller ncao, •u'?!ed and pa-;R« ii huri b-i. but without spoakirg. Indeed, tbey pay&tvi »». Hir!«ngers, sbo DU 0 strolling HIOWIV along the pacen-.pnt in the direction of nheHJ I ''VMS' bH:i>g. tie ti'fsd by ir.e, and UI; the ktrett hmll »b<»'4e KP°<» bl, face. I Fit" tlHt be was jon><g 'i|) £ fpMiii'-s were aquiline, daik and evil lookine. I bad ne\u 13 Rij knowledge seen hie befoie. He i seemed tvell-dreascd, for hiaovercoat did not con- ceai tho f«et that be waa wearing evening clothes. Iliscollas was tnrned up, bat be went on heed- less of th*. rain, his sbwp eyes searching every. where. My biding olace was a west excellent f oae, however, and he failed todoiact eny presence. A few minutes later a third man entered the yard, a youngish man with the air of Ibe Cockney from the East End. He wore a hard bat of the usa:d costerminger tvpe, a red woilcn comforter a.bont his neck, and his grousers were bell- bottomed and adorned with pearl buttons. He, however. gave no sign to either of the other two, although it nas apparent that they were ae. quainted, for sately throe men COllld not be keep- ing appointments at that unfceqaeDted epot at the same moment. Tho lirst comer still stood in the gateway, bnt too far away to allow mo to clearly distinguish his features. Ho stood back in the shadow, his lace turned expectantly out to the open road- way wilere ever and anon I saw the lights of cafc3 passing and re-passing. Meanwhile thet two, wen in He qui<>t little scluare had walked to thu op- posite gnteway. and there halted, thongh at a te*p»ctab!e distance from each other. Tho man wbo had arrived iu a cab stood for long tune in patience, the other two gtviog no sigu whatever of their presence. At tim I was half inclined to thinic chit the trio Wbreettangsis to cacb other, bnt on svatc'.iing their movenventa I saw that something was premeditated—bnt what it was I coord not gatbsr. While the man dressed liB a coatermonger -01, I perhop3 he WKS a real costormonger—remained nenr tho eXIt to the yard ready to give warning of anyo- e approaching, the man in evening clothes slowly repassed me, while at the satoti ticca tbo watcher at the gale came forward in hi* difCCt.'OB. It was abont a letter that I wanted to aae hi in—about a registe.ed letter. When not far from me he baited and struck s. vesta in order to light a cigarette. The fickle flame batruyed his countenance. It WAil the man, Jobn Parham, the parson be- lisved by his wife to be in India. What wits catiternplatod ? The four wheeled cab was still in waiting in the littlo open space which divides Dean'a-yurd from Vlctofia-atrtet, while the ox it to Great- College-street WHO being. watched, and tbe thin-faced maa Ih'iksd there ready for Sybil's Ktrivali Within myself I smiled to think that all their elaborate auacgumenta were fnJile, aticf wtto> derod if Parbnui was tho raau who signed him- self Whito Feather ? In Unit fellow's honso were the fatal stiirn, sbercfore if I followed him I ehoulcf now be enabled to fix the actual place to which I had, on thnt oever-to-be forcotteu night, been enticed. While the costermonger rem&ined on vigil, Parharn and bia companion paused and repassed, but Ktill without ncknowledging each other. Once the costermonger -nddenty beean to whistle a popnlar music-hall air, and tnrning I saw that it was a preconcerted signal. A man had enteied the Yard from Great College-street r and was crossing to wbere Parbam was standing, F6tfnHytbteequattetsof an hour they waited patiently until ten o'clock struck. Tben Parhani approached his companion, and they atooil in enrnest conversation. Almost at the same moment a female figure in deep black came swiftly through the gateway into the Yard, caneii g both to start quickly j and draw back: Next instant, however, Parhani started oR briskly, walking past me to A-bere theccstortiouecr was standing, while his thin- faced accomplice slipped past the uaw-comer t and disappeared into Victoria-street. It was evident thnt th«> woman's appearance had inatintly upset all their calculations. The new-coceer stoppod, glanced aronod, and strained her oyes into the darkness. She woro a close black hat, a long mackintosh, and carried an umbrella, yes >-o swiltly bad Purbam dioappeared that she had not noticed his pres- ence iu the yard, while the other man oatcl so clevnrly slipped oast her and ont thiougb tbe gateway that she had not seen his face. For a few mou-oiits she Btoorl expectant. I could aae that she had harried, in fear of being too late. Then, its tthe approached me, I discerned that she was tba girl O'liara. And of ber Parham and his lmkingaccomplices were evidently in tear, as they separated and disappeared. I wmto.hcd her standing there and wondered why ehe bad come. Was it io order to save Sybil Itom some plot that bad been piepared for her ? Was it tbei" intention to take hsr to that dfcik mysterious boa'-e with the fatal ataira ? I felt convinced tbat ic v.a-. The trath was plain. Thore wna a plot against Svbil. The c«b bad been In waiting there to convoy the, i sictiui to her grave. | CHAPTER xxn, Is an Echo from Charlton Wood. My bitterest regret was that I had not been t able to follow Parhani. and traco him to the bouse of doom, but at the moment of bis dis- i appearance I had been unable to emerge from my liiding-plaoe, otherwise the gill O'liara would have seen me. Perhaps, indeed, she might have-recognised me So, by sheer forco of adverse circumstances, I was compelled to remain there And see the trio eecspe under mj very nome. I bad learnt one important fact, bewover, namely, that a deep conspiracy was afoot against I Sybil. It was beyond comprehension how Tibbie, daughter of the noble and patrician house of Ssarcliff; couid be ao intimately associated with what appeared to Ulfj lo be a daring gang of malefactors. The tteatmont I bad received at thiiir hands jhowed mc their utter nnscrapulous- ueas. I wondered whetber what .be Dolico sus- pected was really true, that others bad lost their livt-j iu that bonse wherein I had so nearly loit mine. Wbat was the story tf Tibbie's association with them-a. romance no doubt, that hud had its tragic ending in tbe deuth of the cnirnown in Cbatlton 'Wood. To me it seemed plain tbut be was a member of the gang, tor bitd be not their secret cypher upon lIiuJ, ADd did not botb Winiloe and Par- ham possess bioi photograph ? I ic collected the receipt for a registered letter which I hid found among the letters in the ci:'Jaå man's pocket, and next morning told Budd to go and nnlock the dmwer in my writing-tablo and bring it to me. He did so, and 1 siw that the receipt was foe a letter banded in at the post office at Biandford in Dorset, addreMed lo CitM-Jes Denton, 16b, Bcilon-rd., Pendle- Lot), Manchester." I turned over the receipt in my band, won- dering whether tho slip of paper wonld ;eveal anyihing to me Then, after some reflection I resolved to break my journey in Manchester on my reloiri to Tibbie in Carlisle, and ascertain who was this man to whom the dead unknown bad sent a letter icgistered. Next afternoon 1 passed thrGDgb Salford in a tram-car, along by Peel Park, and tip the Bioad-atreet to Pendleton, alighting at the junction of those two tboroagbfarus, the one leading to aristocratic Ecclea anil Patricloh, and the other oot to buatliug Briton. The Bolton road is one over which much bellv, traffic ptt-tioi, and is lined viitb fmoll honst-e, a working-l»ss dsitriet, in tber" are many mills Iand lactones in the vicinity. I fc.und tbo boneo of winch I was in semcu, small, rather cleau- looking-placG, and a a I passed -i, honctly-looking woaiKii was taking in the mlik from the milk- man. Wi;hont beuitalior., I stepped, and addrassing ber, cxclsitiicd— 12x30*0 InC. tnurn, bnt do yea happen to know a. Mr UbnfclEs Deuicn V" with some bivt tl.al nltbongU a woiuing msLi 1 ttciuej iiighiv la^pcclabl«^ replied blnutly in a pronounced Liaucasbire dialect— Yes, I do, Whac- may you want with bim ?" .1 I wltnt to sen hitaou some important busi- ness," was my vague reply. Is ha at home No. be ain't, was the woman's response. Mr Daotoo lodges with- ni, but 'c's ap in London just now, and 'e s bsen there this four months." In London I I exclaimed. "Yes, bat I don' u know bis address. When 1 be goes away 'a never leaves it. He's lodned with me this two ycais, but I don't think he's been here mere than six months altogether the wiiole time Then yoa have a lot of letters for him, I sup- t,ose ?" Yes, quite a lot," answered the good woman. The letter sent by the dead caaa might be aiBO' g tbem. It was about a letter that I wanted to see Mr Deuton—about a registered letter. t'vo come from London on pnrpose." From London," ejaculated the woman, a stent, good-homonred person. Yes. I wonder whether Qiind me look, ing at the letters. If it is among thorn t'd kucw be had not received it. The f*o« is," 1 udded in conticlenee, there's a big lawsuit pending, and if he hasn't got the letter then ibe other sido c.a'a tal-a !toy against him. "TiIlen you're on bis sido t" she aksed ohrewdiy. Of course I am. I came down to explain matters to him. If I ascertain that he didn't got the letter then thatNj all I want. I'm a attanger, I know," I added. But as it ia in Mr Denton's inteiesta I don't think you'll re- fuse." She hesitated', sayicg aha tbongtot she ongbt to uk ber husband when bo returned froca the mill. Unt by ao^ricg ber of ber lodger's peiil, and that I bad to catch the aix-thirty train back to Landon, I at last induced her to admit me to the house, and thoie in a small, clean, tront parlour wblcb was given over to her lodger when lie was tbete, she took a quantity of letters from a. cupboard, and placed them before mlt. Aaiong the accumulated correspondence were quite a unmeet of registered letters, and several imle packets which most likely contained articles of value. W bile I ebalttd with th& woman with affected cfkrelessjuoms. pretendittg to be on very friendly terms with ber lodger, 1 quickly fixed upon the lettar in question, n registered envelope directed) in a man's educated hand, and bearing the Binudford po,-tmtiic. In ouler, however, to divert her attention, I took up another letter. declaring that to bo tile important one, and that the fact of his not hat- ing rECttivsd it was subicsent to prevent the action being brought. I'm very glad of tbat," she declared in satis- faction. Mr Uentoo i3 such a quiet gentle- man. When he'* bore bo hardly ever goes out, but ails hero leading and writing all day." Yes," I agreed, he's yory studious—always was- buI, a very excellent friend. One of the vetv best." So my Jmaband always says. We only wish he was here uieie." t, I eaw him in London about a month ago, I remarked, in order to sustain tho fiction. How I longed to open that letter that lay so tantalismgly before me. Bat what conld I do t Such a toing was not lo be thought of. There- fore, I had to watch the woman gather the cor- respondence together and replace them in the entoboftild. llOila and thanked her, aaying: I'm delighted io tbiuk that Charlie will cscapo a very disagreeable affair. It's fortunate be wasn't here to receive that IsUor." And I'm glad, too. Whon be retntna, I'll tell bitn bow yon came hero, and what yon said, Wbat naaua shall I give him ?" Williams-Harrr Williams," I answered, lie will fcnowj." Then as II walked ronud to the window I examined the room qnickly, bnt to my clemp. pointmeut saw that there were no photographs. lIe might, I thought, keep the portiaits of some of his fiiends upon the mantelshelf, like to many men do. Was this Denton one of the conspira- tors, I wondered ? Uis abfsrcco without an ad- dress for foaif months canead me to suspect that be was. Just aa I had given ber my assumed name, somebody knocked at the door, and she went to open it. Next iuetant a thought Sashed across to me. Should I take that letter ? It was a theft—tbat 1 recognised, yet waa it not in the iuttlrelitll of justice ? By that communication I might ba able lo establish the dead man's identity. There was Dot a tiecond to lose. I decided at once. I heard the woinau open the door and speak to someone, then swift aa thongbt I opened the cupboard, glanced at the packet of letters, and with quickly-beating heart took the one which bore the Biandford post mttrk. In a moment it WS8 in my pocket. I re-closed the cupboard, and sprang to the opposite side of the room jast as the good woman re-entered. Then, with profuse tbanlcs and leaving kind moHsagc« to tbe man of whom I spoke 1\0 fami, liaily as Charlie," ltook my leave and hurried along tbe broad roud into Salford, where I jumped upon a tram going to tbe Exchange. I na.i i u the train alone, in Ibii d class com- pariacut, travelling north to Carlisle before I dared to break open the letter. When I did so I found witbin a. scribbled note in cipher written on the paper of The Bear Hotel, at Devizes. After some difficulty, with the aid of the key which the writer had evidently used ia'peotiiotr tt, I deciphered it as follow# Dear Denton,— 1 saw you in the snvokitig-room of tbe Mid- land t Bradford, bnt for reasons which you know, I couid not speak. I went oat, and on my return you had gone, I searched, but conld not find you. I wanted to tell yon my opinion aboirt Ellica and bis friend. Tbey are not playing II straight game. I know their intentions. Tuey fLellln to. Rivo llîI away if they can. Sybil feats me, and will p»y. I pretend to know a lot. Meet me in Ohichoister at the Dolphin next Snnaay. I sbnll put up there, beeanse I intend that she shall see me. nowo and belp me, for 1 shall have a good thing on, ill whicb VOII cao ahme. She can alwaya raise money from ber, siuter or her mother, so don't tail to keep the nppointmaiit. Ellice has already touched a good deal of the Scarcliff's money itoni young Jack, and I now mean myself to have a bit. She )i do anything to avoid scandal. It's a soft tbin^— so come — Yours, R.W. The dead man was, as I had suspected, one of the fctog, and be was a blackmailer. lie had compelled her to meet him and had made de- tijands vLiiol2 she had Resisted. Yes-tbo lettec was the letter of a barefaced sconndrol. I clenched mv bands and set my tectb. I EOOD read the letter by tbe aid of the cypher key, Snraly I had done right toendeavonr to protect Sybil from snob a bnnd of ruffians. Once I had pitied the dead man, but now my sympathy was turned to batted. He had written this letter to bis fiiend Denton, suggesting that tbo tatter should assist him in bis nefarious scheme of blacbniuil. He confessed that be pretended to know a lot..What did he pretend to know, I wondered. Ab, if Duly Sybil wom3 speak— if only sbe would reveal to me the trotb. Yet, after all, bow could she when that man, the fellow wbo bad written that letter, had fallen by filr hand ? The letter at least showed that her enemies bad been and were still unscrupulous. WiDsloo. even now, was ready toaoad her to her grave, jost as I had been sent-because I had dared to come between The conspirators and their victim. And vet she trusted Nello-wboever the follow was. Who was the man Trenton 7 I wondered. A friend of the mysterious R.V." without a donb!, and a malefactor like himself. I placed my finger within the linen-lined envelope, and to my surprise found second piece of thin blue paper folded in half. Eagerly I opisnsd if and saw that it was a letter written in plain English, in bad Ink. and so faipt that with difficulty I read the Unas. It was in tbe scoundrel's handwriting—the same caligrapby as that upon the envelops. I read the)ineii, and so extraordinary were they that I sat back upon the abut utterly bewildered. What was written there complicated the aftair moi-a than ever. The problem admitted of no solution, for the myste-ly was by those written lines rendered deepor and more inscrutable tbaa beforo. Waa Svbil, after all, playing me fatte ? 1 bold my Lreath, as the grave peril of the silnation carra vividly home to mu. Yts—I hvJ tiusted her I bad believed her, She bad fooled mc, (To be Continued.)

I LOVERS FALL INTO A CANAL I Two mill-hands, Ellis Cooper (20) and Annie Ryron (22j, havti bean drowned in the Leeds and HnddeiafUkt Canal, nenr Stalybfidge. The two yonng people were levets, Hull were walking from Millbrook to Heyrod. Missing the way, howEver, to a bridge over the canal. (Ley walked ptrRight into the water and WE: Hi drowned. CropM was carr>ing an umbrella, which obscured the view of the Callftl. When talfon out of the water the loveis were found locked in eacb j other's arms

I Y GOLOFN GYMREIG. I AT y BEIRDD. I Edrnygir nertb cya^hacnedd syniwdaeth Gvveledvdd yo ei englynion 1\ Aaibenaetb." ar, efalhi, nad yw'r bardd yn credu Tennyson pan y dywed, "Thera lives more faith in honest I doubt, believa me, than in half tbe creeds." I Dichou. er byuny, mai ambenaeth anonest, I rodresgar biolio^ weileh" a rldylomir gan Gweiedydd. Bid a fo, awgryrair i rai o feirdd | y Golofn ganu ocbr oren aiiitiaaaoth, a chofio, i wrtb reswm, dan ganu, raui goren awen, gwir- t ionedd." Dian ybyddai dda gan ddarllenwyr v Go!ofn weled englynion ateb i rai gwir awgrym- lariol Gweledydd. Fel yn yr englynion ar Ambeuaetb," od- myaie nerth cynghannedd yr englynion i'r WOMOI," er nad yw'r syniadaetb mot hoew yn ei bualin. Diolch, er by»ny, i Gweledydd am ei snapshots hapua o's: wenol. Fel tipyn a ysoialdod, croesawir englynion Glasgoed i'r "Hen Lane Gwledig;" eitbr Did cvwir i cyd yr iaitb na'r gynghannedd y iro bwnn feiuilo at- aid i-a wneir yn Gymraeg ar lafar ac ar lyfr (gweler esgyil yr ail englyn) berf-nirl enw—yw "trig" (gweler asgell gyntat y trydvdrf ^nelyn, a cbymbarer ag aagell gynlaf yr englyn eyntaf) ac oblogld y seinir yr "ng" yu "Hwiangerdd fel ugH 1\6 V." yngbyd, 5ra'r "ns" yn ffrengig" Jet "ng' yo nuig, y mae'r gyoghannedd ya wallus yu asgell olaf y trydvdd englyn. Hoffir awyn a melnsder telyneg Toift i If Floaan'r Haf." CAn j'w nnvynhau ydyw. Mae defnyddiau citn anfarwol ym nabenlllion dwya a thyner, ond di gabol ac amherffaith, Rhya Davteo ac Floriau'r Bedd," 'Do^s ar iiya Davies ond sisien meistroli manylion cjelf y batda i ddod yo gantwr ewycb iawn.

AMHEUAETH. (Baddagol yn Eisteddfod Cwmllynfell, 1905.) Mwg meddwl, nifwl.'nos—vw amheuaetb, Gair to mvtvyd plantos; Noeth ddellni oi tbyivyllnos, Ddeil ffydd mewn tragwyddol ffoa. Yo nghryd euaid. angbrediniaelh—uthr iawn, Feithrin^ suibeuaetb; A dwR i golfedigaetb Froliog weiltjb yo farwol gaetb. Abercraf. Gweledydd.

Y WENOL. Faanaf, fwynaf wenol,—hon yrawal Yn Mai a.'o bro n reddlol; Wedi'r hif, hin bydrefol, l'r dwyrain anr hi dry'n ol. Wonol fad. c«oi:ohwai'i hadec,—aeres baf, Cwrs bon YIV ej belfen; Diwait ofnd yr henlwen Bery'n ir ar ei bion weu. Wencl fwyn wet bar o hyd,—mae 01 threm A'J thro 'u wystl o hawddfyd; A'i cbalofl yw dychwelyd O'r hydref Oer i'w d4t tyd. Hoaannl chwarens wenol,wiwferch baf, Ar ei chwrs blynyddol; Ar edtn fcnr cl»w yn 01 Wedi'r eynhwrf drygbinol. Wenol anwyl, i hinon—hoff yr hat Erioed ma«'n ffiyud calon Diti-ystryw ^dn, bedd-estron Y gaua' dig ydyw hon. Heinl' fronran breiniaf,—hon daria'n Y dwyrain trwy'r ganaf Ond daw'r wenol dirionuf In bro 'n 01 dan wybren haC. Wenol fertb, anwyjaf yw-o'r adar, Edwyn hOYdq amryw; Gwylia'r 11. rhag gauaf gwyw: Ond anwadai OdD ydyw. Aberctaf. Gweledydd.

YR HEN LANC GWLEDIG. Adwaenwr bywvd unig, -a'i heddweh Idclo'n gysegredig, Yw'r Hen Lane; hyd dranc y ttig A'i cbwaotb Vo od 0 cbwithig. Yo dlawd a didoledig — cwyd ei gri RhaR cadw gwraig ddiddig,— Bytb goledds, deimlad dig I'w cbynes wan lÙ cbanig. Draw o amodau thwvmedhr-y serch A chyda'r bwyr dyrch o'i drig Hwiangerdd liygod ftrengig. Trealaw. O. Hughes (Glaigoed).

BLODAU HAF. Flodan anwyi 1 yo y bor a a 01 noor siriol ynt I Gwenant dun y gwlith-gawodau Yn yr bnfaidd wynt; Gwvnant yo y tifSeyn tnwel, "Mogys plant difsi; Ac yn cliwareti yn yr swel Gyda'n dail mRe Mai. Sercbus ydywtnin y flynon b'y'n briallu'n llawn, Blodun 'MoDTn" ar y lasfron Fel am dclarnau gawn; Irel cariadferoh rlvwng y llwyai Yn tltf* gasglu thai'n, GweIaf Faj. ""I' hafyn llo^i'o « Fiiatn o'i ^wyrudd gain. Canol dyid |.vdcl ar y dolydd; Ilaiddwqb loa'd eigol ■< Lhvvrii ddawn^iant gan lawenyddt Blodau 'mlaen a 'nol j Dan y dynor gawod nrian— Dagrau'r prydfertb ddydd- Ac yu gwynn trwy y cyfan, G\Vên Mlllhofia sydd. Llygaid y Dydd ay'n fil o danf, Yn Hzianu'n wyn Bloilau'r Gog" sy'n galw ami, o clielu.n'r brro;, Grng y Mynydd e\lw eilwaith An ei cUwosni hardd; Ond cyn myn'd i'W pbellaf ymdaith, Try at tlodli!1" ardd, Daeth Qoipbenaf drwy y goedwig, Gyda hwyr y clydd; Clychaa Gleision bendigedig Yn ei ddwyl^w sydd; Galwant ar ho" lforfau't cyfnos I tlodeno'n hcdd, Cyn del llRw'r anafol ddunos I nodi man e' bedtl." Tlws yw'r "LUi yo y dyffryn, Dam o burdeb yw; U weh ei phen y chwardd y lihosyn" Mewri i^ogoniant byw Gyda llbosyn lao'r llreyui" Can ac englvn Raf • Tia mae'r baf va hwyrol blann Blodau Ffarwel iiaf." Flodan u.nt;<¡y1! p'*nt yr hafddydd, Ar feilionog dlr, A'o coslrelau'p llawn llawenydd Yu yt awel Illir ¡ Dysgnnt imi am brydferthweh Calon ddowiDl fyw, A dangoaant joi' ddedwyddwch Haf Traawyddcl Dow. Caeidydd. UeeJ nees (Teiti).

BLODAU'R BEDD. Trcais ar fy hvnt no ^^ddydd I hen fvnwent j dan fy mron Curai calon IQWn 0 awydd Deal I nod y fucbcdd bon. Both vw a mean bvwYct? hoiai, Fel byo Codai ynwyf ynab^'l^da'a Wnai fy uiyfyrdodau n syn. Yn v lynwent hona' da wel GenhodlsetbaV y P'wy Tra nK nfi'hanfffiV coed yi' Hfil Ganai'n dvner iddynt hwy. Dto- y beddan b^odau blanwyd Gan alafWyt lf^yddi n oi A dvfo,!ilHlt, UC9 Y gW¡¡lgwyd Yr ben fvnvvoDt fel y ddol, Djlanwadodd yr olygla Brnddrtidd ar if yabryd i; Yn nvBtawrwydd oer y dr;gt,«: Fy'ben galon waeddai'n h.v'~ Betii vw aoicaa by if yd. dywed Beth y w oj" ■ Ai byn 1" 01 ni eilir peidio clywed Lief y galon byf os rnyn 1 Yn fy helbul mi ddyrebefais F'yngolygon; a r ^an draw, Yno'n mhlilh y bl°datt gwelais Enoth fach, a<? Ynt (il,'[sw Swpoflodau. \Vrtb ei hnnan Trotddyno; iiid oedd hS Eto'n d&MI1 fodyl) nnmtn Neb yn agos fel lIlyfi, Safai yn ei dillad gwynion Gyda'i blodao yn al 111111\ A.raf dallal ei /i:OlyjtOD, h Droll V beddlld ymAt j?wi Gweledigaeth bndol ydoedd Yno vn y fynwent ado, Fel rhvw angel P«r ° r Yn ymwoi'd a:'f marnol lu. Troes fy pghamra" ?ywj5tyd; Clvwodd bitbao sWD ^broed, A dyrcbafodd y gwy^ebpjyrt Haidaaf welais erioed. D wedais wrthi,—" Bleniyn awynol, Hfith sydd yn y fynv.ent brudd All dy ddenn di o S»n0' Gogonianau'r mensydd rnydd? Gyda melus acen onaddai, Ac yn gwenu ar»a» *}< Cssalu blodau ar V bfddna Yn y fynwent fyddaf n. Yna gyda gwylder gvveddaida Troes ei llygaid Tra yn pletbu'i bysadd llnmaidJ Am y blodau per ou sawr. Casglu blodau ar y beddao 1 Rhoes fy Debalon ynwyf luun, A rhyw tyfedd ddryobfoddyiian Gododd get fy uoron,— labam? 0, yng ngoiriuu port y plentyo Llecbai y gyfrinacb fawr Oedd yn pocni'm calon gyndyn Ddydd a nOB, o awr I awr. Beth yw aiccan bywy<j'> Ni4 ai Be i ddynion 010 dd úd, A chael blodau ar ein beddau Wedi ini beidio bod? Blodau hoirdd, dlgyn^har rhiuwedd-- Blodau bncbedd beb un pla— Wrth ryw rai bregetbant fawredrt A phrydfortbwch pobpeth da. Caught blodau ar y beddau 1" Blentyn anwyl. genyt tj Mac cyfoeibog nv.gry'B'aciau I tarwoJlou te] IIY¡;I. Dyma deilwn« ncd i bibdyrj, Dytna'i nefoedd—gwlad yr hadd, — Gwedi'i farw y cuiff rhytvan I I Gasglu blodan Rf ei fedu i Bethel Maeateg. Rbya Davies.

FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. The Satin Slipper. By VERA CRUZ. A pirly of giris ware seated round tho table at Oaklauds, full of business and ehatter. Tbey .vere working for bazaar, and found their weekly meeting:) very enjoyable. Mother," said Kathleen Halsted. the daugh- ter of the honse, have yoa any more pieces upstairs that would do for thasa dolls 1 Tbey are too ranch alike." Let us go and see," answered airs Halated, and they were soon turning over mother's piece- drawer, and tinding treasures of brocaded silk and ancient chintz. Mrs Halsted was on the point of closing the drawer when Kathleen ex- claimed, What is this ?" and pnlied out a satin slipper, with very high beets. Foraging in the same corner she found its fellow. Both were worn into holes and badlv stained. They lock as if they had a history," remarked Kathleen. Mother smiled. indeed they have," she said. I will tell you the story, if you like." Of couise we like," ciicd Kathleen, and away she sped downstairs. Mother's going to tell the story of these old ulippers," she oried, planting them in the middle of the table, so that all tright see. MIS Hal- sted was greeted with much clapping of bands, and when all were settled to their morl: again she began. Thono slippers belonged to an ancestress of yours, Kathleen, named Margery Hastings. She lived, ax tbe time of my story, in a large old- fashioned house called I The Bartons,' which stood on tbe cliffil close to tho sea. Night and d.y the splaah of (he waves could be heard, and Margery was always restless and uneasy, on tbe few occasions when she was away from borne. Her father' held a pott at Court under the Georges, and Margery and her mother lived at The Bartona The girl was never doll or lonely, so long as she could get, by a stairway cut in the clifit, to the shore. Here she would wanddr for hours, sometimes adding to bar col- tectionofsheite and seaweed, but more often exploring tbe caverns which 180 under the cliff for a. great distance. Is is doubtful if anyone but Margery knew how far they went, for in those days people did not take much interest in the woodeta of their own country, and moat people were afriad of getting lost among the constant turns and abrupt ascents and desoents of the labyrinth. But Margery knew every turn and every chamber. She knew all tbe short cuts from one pussago to another, and by the feel of the wall, the sound of trickling water, or the clear or dull beat of the waves, could tell where she was even in the d<)nk. The nearest neighbour* a.nd best friends of the Hastings were a family of Jacobites, con- listing of Mr and Mis Halsted. Charles and Dorothy. In splto of the difference of their opinions the two families thought moat highly of one another, and neither wonld bava dreamt of betraying the other for any inducement that could be ofFecad. One oay: or rather evening, when Mrs Hastings and Margery were abont to go to bed, Mr Halsted was sliown in. My dear madam,' he said politely, I and my dear yonng Indy. fj-nigbt l with my family are sailint: for Franee. I need not tell you why. I have enemies, and I have roason to believe that my servants aru not to be trusted. Therefore, I am bringing to your charge, if yon will accept I;, this box, containing some of the family plato and some docaments, which certain parsons, wbo wonld like to possess my property, wonld be very glad to get hold of. know that yoc have more than one secret hidiog plsco iu this tine old honstl of yours, and if I may leave this properly in your charge, I shall travel with a lighter heart.' Of course," said Mrs BalBted. Hs did not get bis e.pjecii off unbrokenly as I have given It you, but that was the pist of his request. Mrs Hastings at once agreed, and, touching a spring, ohowed a cupboard, beside be lire-place, where ho placed tbe box. »• « I need not say, rnacU'D, to yon, who under- stand the position, Halsted, that the loss of that box would mean the loss of both property and life.' I ussnreyon, rnv good friend,' replied Mrs Hastings, that I shall forRet it is there as 30on as I can,' Then Mr Halsted took bis leave. Bot Mar- gery did not forgot. She had so few friends that sbo thought a good deal of those she bad, and abe was continually thinking of the valuable trust which had been confided to them. Not that she was anxious abont it No one but tboniselves knew how to open the cupboard, and thore the treasnro might lie for generations, if the owners did not come to claim it. Mrs HascinKa was suddenly taken ill, that aumtoer, and Margery'd' thoagbls toolt another ciiiection. The housekeeper did her best with simple old-fashioned remedies, declaring that reilt and quiet were wbat she needed, and in a dav or l\to nbe was able to ait up, but still con- tinued weak. One bnzbt moonlight night after her mother was asleep Margery wentto her room. She did not fbel sleepy, but stood for a. long time at her window watching tho moonlight on the eea. A boat passed inic the pathway of light, an 1 swiftly disappeared again, but sbo took Utile notice of it, Smugglers somatimoa came to the coast, bat their favourite biding place was lower down the coast. She went to bed and was soon aaleep. Wbat woke ber sue could not tell, bat she woke ancldenly with a sense of something wrong. She thought at once of her mother, and springing out of her bed she pot on a long white wrapper, and those slippora, and went out into the coiridor. The high heels want tap, tup, tap, on the polished floor, and J nsb as sbe reached the bead of the stairs shi beard a startled cry, What's that Y Looking down she SIlW in the moonlight a man siandiog at tbe library door. and a light inside. la aneresr to tbo cry, another man came from within and joined the one ou gaard. What do you mean ?' he said. The till)ping, I beard it r" said the first, breathlessly. .1 Tho fret thonght that stinck Margery was that they were after no good the next instant abe recalled with a thrill of delight thar ghastly legend of the honse. This was to the effect that a lady was sometimes seea, but more often beard, walking abont the bouso. audtho only sou-i.1 wan the tap, tapping of bar high-heeled slippora, now fast, now slow. WbaS was the object of her visit tbe story did not say, but it was agreed on all bands that the sound boded no good tq those who heard it. Keeping in tbe shadows Margory walkad once or twice backward aud forward, then bravely began to descend the stairs. The maa on guard lost biajncr/o. und, bidding his com- rade follow, started to rUll". Judging by the sonud Margery faucietl Ihat there wero two aaort: oren, and they were carrying tbe precious box between tbem. How they bad learnt the secret of the fastening, sbe conld uot guess, but lo a moment all fear denerted bor. Tba treasure mast be saved at all costs. Shaflew'down the sta;irs and followed tbe men along a passage, whore they disappeared through a door in the wall Margery had never eeen. Tbey palled it after them, bat it flew back, and she saw: by a lantern they csiriod a flight of steps cat in the solid rock. Down she went, the ninn could not go fast becausb 01 their load, and with a raoclting laugh Margery turned into one of tbe by-ways of the caverns she Icneivso well, and harrying ronud, met them on their way to the shore. In the silence the tan of her beels could be heard on the roclt, and wild with terror they turned aside to find another way to their boat. Again Margery met tbem, aguin audsrzain they board her laugh echoing gbostily through the long passsgoa, and nt last, convinced that the family ghost bad taken npon itself the defence of tbo treasme. they dropped the box and fled. The bravo girl did not lose eight, or, at least, sound of them, nutij she had driven them out on io the shore. And in the morning, when, plucking up courage, they re-entred the caves, toe box was nowhere to b" found. When Margery reached herroom. after push- ing and dragging the box into a safe cornet, ber wrapper was hopelessly torn, and her slippers were ruined. She had no time to pick ber t-tepli, and they were soaked witb water and worn into boles, while her feet were oat and bleeding witb the sharp points of rock. The next day the treasure was removed to a safer hiding-place, and bolts and locks were fixed on the secret door, whoso existence had bvon quite forgotten. When nt last, in tbe course ot events, tbe farces of the Pretender wore finally dispersed, the caverns formed a refuge for Mr Hastings and bis son, nntll tbe hunt for tho rebels died down. And hera Margery watched over tbem, and when the troops actualiv entered tbe caves io their zealous search, was able to lead them astray, and sond them aw"y unsatisfied. tint when in after years she became the wife of Obarles Halated, tbe sllppeia were put under a glass case, and occupied the place of hononr on the side board." Mrs Halstfcd stopped amid a. chorus of I "Ob's.' and Thank yoa'a" and manv com- plimentary remarks. Mrs Ualeted laughed. "I am afraid thu B&y.aar Committee will be sending me a petition to loll you no more stories, for I do not think any of you have done a single stitca since the ghost began to walk." So with a sigh and a laugh the parly took up their needles again and returned to the nnromautic duties of the 20th century.

Visitor: Aren't the fallsi running to day ? Native: Not to-day, ma'am.—Visitor Bnt" I CKOIO a long ivay to eee tbem.—Native Yon betier stay a few days, uui'am, uutil it rains, an' if it's a leal bald rain it may wet; over.

A Widow's Violence. --+- THE WALTON-ON-THAMES TRAGEDY. Serious Charge Against an Aunt. Ar the Kingston County Bunch on Saturday Emily Winslade, 47. a widowed laundreea, of 3. Albect-terrace, Sunbory-Iano, Walton-on- Thames, wss brought or on remand chargod with the wilfnl mardor of Esther Longman, & girl of 12; years ot age, on Friday week. The girl Longman was prisoner's niece, and had been staying with her for about two years. Mr S. Pqarc3 prosecnted on behaif of the Treasnry] and My G. Washington Fox defended. In opening the ease, Mr Pearco said the deooased was one of a large family who lived as Ilayling Island, near Portsmouth, and went to live with the prisoner two yaars ago She at- tended to honseho'd duties" and usistod in the laundry whic!] the prisoner carried on at the bottom of her garden, getting np early and work- ing late at night. Though of such tender years the girl had not beon to school for the past two yenva. The first witness called was Isaao Longman, father of the girl, a farm labourer of Haylmg Island, who repeated tbe evidence given by him at the inquest, lIe added that his sister, the accused woman, cams to eee him ou Aagast 27, and complained about bin daughter beine very troublesome and staying out all night. He told her on tbat occasion that if the girl did not be- have better the was to give her a stripe or two." By Mr FexHe meant tbat the waa to give her a thrashing. Witness said that whan his sister came to bim in August she looked very peculiar, like a per- son xoing mad." She came down to Hayling on account of the state of her health. Dr. Percy Burrall deposed to linding tbe body Jyins: on the bed, coveted with cuts and bruises, the skull being fractured. Tho prisoner said she did not ktipjv anything about I he wounds, bnt she said the girl bad been troublesome, and tbat day she had offered up A Jong prayer with her tbat øbe might bo a batter girl. Ethel Winslade, daughter of the acsused, sai.1 the deceased- gwl worked in the laundryon Wednesdays aad somaticnas bad to gather fire- wood. Writuee3 described the events of Septem- ber 1. About 4 o'clock she came up from the laundty mid found leather in the prisoner's arms. Prisoner Biid that Esther waa ill and told witacestogoforponne brandy. Tben she told her not to go, as Esther was dying. In reply to Mr Fox, witness soid ebe had never seen her mother treat the girl with nokindnasa. Only onco had she seen her beat her. That was last Christmaa. when Esther stayed out at night. Mr Fox Sho was beaten because sha stayed out,and did not stay out because she waa beaten ? Witneas No. sir. Witness added that Esther had never com- plained to her of ill treatment. Mrs Ellis, a neighbour, who waa fetched by the last witness, said when she Saw the girl's dead boiv lying on the bed ahe said to the priaoner, Wbat have yon done 1\' and the replied, Wbat llQ yoa think ?" The Chairman Where is yoar home f Witness 1 live next'loor. The Chairman And have yoa ever heard any acre-urns in the prisoner's hoaae i Witness: Never, air. air Fox If systematic cruelty had been prao tised by ptisoner you mast have heard it ? Witness Yes. Witness added tbat abe had heard the prisoner scolding deceased, bat never ill treating ber. priaoner had complained of her head some times, and witness advised her to go away on Angnst 24. When stbe came back on August 29 sbe seemed nono the better for tho change. Polics Sergeant Brock said when he arrested the prisoner she repeated what she had said bafore God knows I thrashed her. bot I did not think it would end like this." Superintendent Marks repeated prisoner's statement at the police station, in wbich the said thu deceased had dtiven her tu desperation by utaying ont ill eight aad not doing bar work. She aloj admittod at the same time thatabe beat her on September 1. This closed the CDse for the ptosecnticn. The Chairman said the Bea.ch wero of opinion that saEhcientpremeditation bad not been proved, and they would not send prisoner for trial on a charge of ninrder. The Boncb would commit her to the Assizes on a charge of uianslaughter. Mr Peaice pointed out that tbe verdict of the ooroner's jury was one of mnrder. The Chairman We have nothing to do with the coroner. You ba^o not proved pramsdttaticn. Prisoner was tben committed to tbe Assizes on a charge of mansfauzhter. Sbe pleaded not guilty and reserved her delocce. -4

BLACK WOMAN LIVES AS A MAN. Singular Case in London. At tba Mansion Hoane, London, on Saturday, Alderman Crosby, the proai ing magistrate, was informed thft,owing to unforeseen circamstances, the chargo against Paul Downing." aged 30, of being irresponsible for h|s action?, could not be proceeded M-itb at present. The story ii a at tango one, b^'bR another of the mtny rfruiarJSiibfa iiS^lal'liSos of a wortian adopting unnn's clothes and workfog for a Hying as a'mai!. Paul Downing was arrested earlier in tho week in ChaSham-place by the City poHce uo being a person of cuaouud mind. Srnurtly dres- sed in a jacketlllit, brown leather leggings, white frbirt and collar, and while felt widca.wake hat, "be" was noticed running after the 'busses crossing BlackfiiarH-britlg«, mounting the step, and engaaing the conductors in con- versation. Ilia Hcttonn becamo so conspicuous that inquiries were made, which revealed that tho supposed t&an was searching the 'bnsess for his loat wife. Being tutten to Bridewell Police- atn.tion ho was questioned, and,fromtbeutory told and the answers he made, it was dis- covered that the supposed mlln was temporarily insane. A search for property and weapons nt Bride- well did not reveal tbo supposed nnvn's eex, and Paul" was sent to ths Bow Inlirrrnrv, to await an appearance at the Mansion House. After having been in a. male ward for thipe days something prompted a further examination of the parent an examination which proved thai •• PHUJ V7SS a well-developed woman of abcut 30 years of ngs. The woman refused to give any otbor uame than that of Panl Downing, ani slated that she came from North Georgia. She baa a coal-black complexion, dazzling white teeth, is well built, and has a v«iy pleasant manner. (t ban tiaaspiffid that for some time pa?t ahe has bsen working as a man in London, bar last employment being with a Bermondsoy under- takar, by wbom aba wae employed io do odd jobs, gardening, and stable Wo;li. P.mi'n work was faiily satisfactory, but" he" paid too mnch attention to tho maids about the bonse, and so his sotvicos had to be dispensed with. The woman, apparently sane enough in all other particulars, still persists that she is PanJ Downing, that u ba in married, and that his wife went away on a 'bas, leaving him with a small parcel, covered in c.oar?c canvas, con- tiining sotrto male working appaiel, as bis ebaie of a beautifn) borne, I

TWO WELSHMEN DROWNED. Boating Disaster in America. Mr William Meldon (late of Holly Cottage, Caerphilly, now of Fayette City, Pa., U.S.A., j care of William Cmcubie, R.F.D. 22), sends the Mlowin^r details of a distressing fatality for the vriformation of friends in Sonth Wales Two Welshmen, by name Abraham and Morgan Evans, were drowned in the Monongahei* fiver, between Stockdale and Favettfe City, on Aagast 25 last. Tbey were botb well known in tbo neighbourhood of Pontypridd and Cilyfynydd. Thoy came tn this conn try in the first week of October. 1903. Tbey were araona^t those who were induced to go out by the Ellsworth Coal Company. Thpy wsraemployed by the Monon- gahsla River Consolidated Coal and Coke Co. at Little lledstono tnino, near Fayette City, Pa., On ibe 25th ult. the mine closed at middav for temporary repairs. Taking advantage of the warm day tbe two Evaaises and four Americans look a dogjboat for a tovy op the river. Tbey returned witbin 20 yards of tbo shore when dIU boat sprang a leal: and becoming ex- cited the occ.ipants jumped out and tbe boat tnrned over. Morgan Evans climbed to the top of the boat and stood up. At that moment his brother's head appealed above the water and Morcau dived in and was not seen again until fonnd two houis later. It is believed that be got nnder the boat. Tho brothers woie buried on Sunday, Aueuat 27, at Aabocn Cemetery, Fayette City. Daring their seven months' stay at this place they had found many friends. 1 called at the nndertakor'a on Saturday, Angnst 26, and waa informed that there bad been over 2,000 peonlo there that evening to view the bodies. The attests were thronged with people when the funeral took place. Tbe superinten- dent, Mr A. Neule, nnd mine foreman, Mr Frederick DreVer, tender their deepest sympathy to tbe friends and relatives in thair bereavement. Should tbis paragraph be read byaayofthe deceased's relatives, it is asked that tbey should write to Mr Meldon at the above addraaa, Riving fall particalars of relationship.

GIRL'S TWELVE WOUNDS. Boforo the rcagiatratea at Swjrds, co. Dublin, on Friday stood aberd named Thomas Gill, brought up on remand charged with bnviog at. tempted to mnrder a Bit! naaied Mary Doyle, I was alleged that he savagely attacked the gitl, aad then threw bor into a pond, leaving her as dead. Sho managed to scramble oat, and waa foand by her fatbyr in an nnconpcioas condition on the edge of the pond. Owing to bar sennas iajaries the girl was nnable to attend the cotitt. Medical evldonco showed tbat there wore 12 severe wounds on the heaj, caused probably by a hammer. According vo tbe doctor the girl's life is still in danger. On his arrest Gill resisted violently, and remarked that had he known he was to b" arrested ho would have shot the con- stable. A bloodstained hammer was fonnd on the eaves of hie bouse. He wae remanded,

PARAFFIN LAMP FATALITY. Early on Snnday morning Julia Bishop, aged 49. while going upstaira to bed, at Leicester, fell backwards and a paraffin lamp she waa-Cturv- ing tvw broken. Her elobim: became ignited and ahe died soon altarwatda. A man* named Day, wbo went to her assistance, <.vas «Uo burnt, and is in » serious condition, i

A Terror to Women. NIGHT OUTRAGES IN LEEDS. The perpetrators of tha violent and assault upon a Leeds policeman's W*1^ Wednesday night are still undiscovered, ment and anxiety prevail among the of Beeaton Hili. where the outrage toofe P' and the incident bas revived the feats crea^ few months ago when several women » mplested on different occasions, and tbo j of assanlt9 created snch an impression bolr women began to be really afraid to le.,e homes on even tbe shortest errand after dai** s Tbe district is a large aiea, which has 0*^ rapidly covered with small hoases dnriOR t p^t few years, and is still being Lying between two important thoroughl* Beeston-road and Dewsbuiy-road, h(J-. developed no important thoroughfare or picg district of its own, and there are eoore8. streets with no other light than ths Zljr lamps, where ono sees very after nightfall. Such district is e difficult for the police to patrol In 'he r'ecessary to prevent crimes of the kind th»« •" causing Bncb alarm. M, J 'The feeling of insecurity Is so strong d there is talk of vigilance measures by the I of the neighbourhood, eotsa of <*hom I obtain revolvers, and to use them if they D occasion.

ROBBED ON BOARD A STEAM* /PROSECUTOR'S SUDDEN DEATIt Tragic Affair at Haverfordwest. Ontbeartivai of the a a. Inniscara. Cork, ou Thursday it wa3 reported that -t-: passengers had bsen robbed, and eveatoaHy man named Jeramiah Mahoney was loeked P" ». charge of *be theft and bronpht to west, where he was remanded. Tbe two prose<JQ»° remained in Haverfordwest foi tbe which was fixed for Saturday last, bal»° meantime one of them,, a young msn bi^j Patrick Coleman, .died suddenly. An tvfis bald by the coroner, Mr H. J. E. Saturday evening,when evidence was given •W'J ing that deceased ate heartily oa Tba*J afternoon and afterwards went for a stroll r°° £ l) the town. Ou returning to his lodgiDg* went 'bed between eight and nine but be at ooce became very aick. Event* Ur. Lioyd was Bent for and prescribed unfortunate man, who however, died, Hi? entfering great pain, a fow hears later Hi* Lloyd, who.w«h the assistance of Dr. tJad conducted a post mortem examination, the b(jdyt said that deceased bad died fro0? yuptoie of aa nicer in the email inte«t'j pelting up peritonitis. The l«ty, tetm«*?* verdict in accordance with the evidence. Mahoney Convicted. At Koose Petty Sessions, Haver ford Saturday Jeremiah Mabanev was charged stealing a handkerchief, value 3d, and 15S» properly and tnontfy of Michael tlay* passenger on board the Inniscara, oa Thai*" .j last. Ha pleaded not guilty. Prosecntor that be placed the money on Wednesday in an inside pocket of biaveat. Priaonat-, paying some attention to bim, as be waa and in the morning when be woke op the waa gone. Wben prisoner was arrested a kerchief, identified by tbe piosecutor as bi't petty, was fonnd in bis possession. w There was a farther charge against prisoner of travelling on the boat withO" ticket, and Mr Albert Coie.obiefmataof laniacara,' said the man went aboard tbrOOK the cattle way. When asked for bia tic £ *c said be bad lost it. u to* Prisoner was aent to gaol foe one moat& ™ each offence. ■% -f:

BRISTOL MUSICAL FESTIVAL. Arrangements in connection with the P1' minary labours of the festival officials are *1, ing smoothly, and the omens point to an lent musical gathering in October. To i'JS by the eager applications for tickets financial success ia assured. When the closed nearly £ 1000 worth of tickets been aold; quite a record when compared the reBalts of former local festivals. Oa first day for the disposal of tickets in 189" jgfi sum received waa £ 296 in 1893, £ 251 in £ 475 and in 1902, £ 700. Special interest to be felt in the performance upon the day evening, when two fine and seldom he*0{ works will be presented. In the 89timaUOØ. many persons this will be tbe most concert of the series. Tbe fantastic sympb^ by that great master of the orchestra, Berlioz, will be followed by the comparat' unknown sequel, Lelio," and in the rendet' an attention to detail will be paid tbat oel ?{,# to secure a splendid interpretation, composition is to be given exactly as the c° noaec would have had it executed. Mr La-oreo Irvine will come before tho curtain and ta tbe passages intended to introduce the ge<il J i^bie Becoud part of the .concert is to bo toGBdiptw at Oolonus," upon wbW^ ,~j"g delsKohn bestowed ibe ntmaat Catej^41 ,j- muaic, witb the ample lesourcee of irnined choir and tlia orchestra, will be sIlre.. set off Ibo old Gresk drama to th# advantage. It is anticipated tbat then" a large demand for tickets upon tbia occaai00, i' 1 11 ■■

TOO LONG A HOLIDAY. Maesteg Miners Summoned. Oc Saturday at Bridgend a numbe*^ snminonses were heard against miners for[ |>>. seating themselvo* from work 00 tbe Wed^f dny following the Aagnst Bank Hoiid.tv- KenRho'e, Abeidare, appeared for Messrs ^'5^5, Navigation, Limited, who prosecnted, and W'Lj; K. Davies, Mtestog, defended. Dealing witb^^ 9 Level, Maesteg. Mr Kenuhole said tUe^J^ were employed under ibo Conciliation agreement, and tbe employers bad sentod to on If two holidays, the Monday bil i'nesday.'and the company posted notices to told effect. On the Wednesday, wben the men 9^° have returned to work only seven PnC'f.ti# appearance i>fo. 9, 121 being nbsent, d.. company sustained a loss oT £ 31 7s Gd in ing charges, apart from the loss in unraisad The company daimed 5s 2d fro*u absentee. Evidence WRS given by jj. David Evaus, 'manager, and Mc Tbom&s, overman, and oideri were "hgt for tba payment of the amonnt claimed, witb 4s coals in each eaaa, wilh five excepll0J^. two men having beBti in camp, two having r duced medieal eertiflcateB, and one having V santed himself for work. In respect of Maesteg Deep Colliery, 1#* monaes were takeft out and a claim of 5s pe' *Pg« was made. Two cases were dismissed and o*° were mAde in the others, with 411cosliil cltc:b.

J WELSH LANGUAGE SOCIfT*- ——— „t«d w I The South Wales snb-committce appoi"* the annual meeting of the abovo society to ai o" op IL syllabns of instructiop in Watsh an.}" Saturday at Pcmtvprldd. Mr Edgar Jones, "'jue Barry, presided. It has boon felt Hociety's scheme waa too general, ii*10* time has arrived to draw op a detailed for the guidance of teachers applicable!, j,a#* Welsh-speaking, Engliah-speaUing, and bih districts of Wales. The schemes which at in operation in North Wales and together with the valuable kngtfeat recently ouenlatcd among the membet» Council, formed the basis for discussion. fIl' foi these the snb-committse evolved a 8C^.8M|0t* Welsh-speaking and Englieh-spaaking 9i postponing for a fortnight the considet*"0" schQ|me foi bilingual diUriets.

MOTORING PEER FINED. Lord Aberdonr was fined £ 5 and coats castle on Saturdav for motoring at jJi^. speed on the Great North-road. A ,jjpj constable stated that defendant was tr*|,rotfS at 32 miles an hour, but defendant, g »t* bja solicitor, said ibst althoogb. dttw' flO* good eps&d be honestly believed going 10 fast as stated.

RAILWAYMEN'S PARADES. The annoal demonstration in the Abertillery branch of the An3* a Society of Railway Servanls was held jcF** day, when thf memberf, together with & Abertillery brass bands and the paraded ibe ptineipal streets, Ac°^ „to»^' aid of tbe Orphans' Fand being taken e A service was held at St. Michael s Oho* Kev II. S. Rees officiating.. ty On Sunday the Amalgamated >c Railway Servants held their annnal jjaiOft parade »> Penarth, collections en roo^' taken up on bshalf of their orphan fund. local benefit societies al?o joined in the Pr0 which was bended by ibe Cognn Military After patedint; tho principal ed" was held at THbernaola Baptist docteit by the Ucv, W. G. Daviee. J- l" a laige gatheiiug. The "^nnd aceoroP* bymiiB.