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CHAPTER VI. , . - ;■,
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CHAPTER VI. Seba. 7 own had apparently seen tliegrey- figure at -he doorway, for lie started to his feet with a jasty apdiogv, white Olwen sat en unobserved In the deep window seat. C- I beg your pardon,'sir," said Gwil. am ■»i "fraid I have taken :1, great, Ji t,('¡.ty-l. in ice- seeing the organ, I could not resist t. You loveitso much 1" said the old n an in a hollftW, "far-aWay voice. ies, yes. loin Imagine that," and drawing nearer, he ,-tei cl in Ihfc full stream of the moonlight ns if \im. on3 tim-giofit, and Olwen saw that he was rd tjJd, and stooping in the shoulders, and that is head was crowned with snow-white-hair. Y C::i, yes," he said, in a jerky manner, and holding out his nerVOu;3,trerul>!in.; hands t.ards Gwjl, Play a&ain. go OD., don't stop, I am always longing for it. and so seldom do I hear it. so seldom," he repeated, while Gwil, n'.1ssm"cù, sat down again, and began to play. \h, how he played For Gwil Parry 3 nature -was saturated with a passion for music, as mallY of his forbears had been. How the swelling tones that filled the hail reached the hearts of his listeners. The old man, perhaps physically weary, sat down on the f,ta.¡rs, where in the shadow only his face and the crown of white hair were risible. Olwen sat on as if spoil-bound, while Gwil, gliding froil1 one melody to another, seemed to wander through the whole range of his musical memories, and the time slipped hy unheeded. Go on. go on," the old Juan said, when lometimes the player seemed inclined to bring bis music to an end, until he stopped in reality, and rising, said Thank you very much, sir, ?/»• Itiffirirr ntr* 1""I1!i""U' T Viftirn f'n;n""pd it .1 .1J" -4L' J' "J 'J And 1." said the old man, I too—but why must you stop ?" It. is late," said Gwil, "and I have yet to find lodgings for the night." "Lodgings for the night exclaimed Abel Hubes; for of course it was he who had thus been attracted by the music Dear, clear But surely there is a bed here. heba," he tailed, is-i't there a bed hern for the young man and Seba appeared round the corner of the organ with a smile, half of amusement, and half of pity on her gentle face. X:1. no mishteer bach," she said. Don t vou remember? There are plenty of prunty rooms here, but no beds one or two old sofas perhaps." 1, C-111, that would do for T)ie," s;ii(i Gwil eager- ly catching at the idea of spending a night at Ilhosnior. I can sleep anywhere." Nvell, but oniyasofa," said the o!(l man, d.istrc-ssed. J. cannot tllow tliat-dear, ,dear- Isn't there a bed in Jenifer's room And t here's the red room—couldn't he sleep I there" }"O, sir," said Seba, no bed at all but there's plenty of quilts for him on the sofa." That will be splendid," said Gwil, f, and 1 will be very thankful to be spared seeking iora lodging." Oil. certainly, my dear sir," said the simple Dld man, if you can put up with such poor iccommodation." "And we can have some more music to-night if you please," said Gwil, and a little to- morrow mot ning before I start." tat'i!" said Abel Hughes. Where are poxi going Why can't you stay here and play to me 6wil smiled. I wish I could, but I am on 31 y way to Liverpool, and from there to America." Ts. t-, said the old man. What a pity-hut there sit down and play again." and to please him Gwillet his fingers roam over the tevs ones more. :Twas the Moonlight :0' nata now that was streaming through the old flouse, until with the last chords Seba said, I must take miss vach home." At the words, mi-s vach." old Abel Hughes jeein^d to awake suddenly from a dream, and fatching sight of the girl's figure, seemed to shrink :nto himself and withdrew more into the jhadow." I will go and row them across the river," said Gwii. Well, well Como back," Yes. sir.'I promise, To s!cep on this sofa, klid to give you S'-Ht1e music in the morning." and Seba disappearing for a moment, returned with a ru and a quilt. "Oh. 'twill bo splendid," said Gwil, "a bathe in the river in the morning, and some music before T start. kyllit could a king want more ? And wha.t could he have b -tte" ♦« Oniy his breakfast." said Seba, laughing, and that you shall have with rnis3 vach and me. because mishteer here doesu't get up till twelve." ,Pel'Mp$ I will to-morrow," said the old man. dreamily You see t -.iover have any- cal' me tin, but perhaps I and ir)t. good-bye." he said, extending a long, thin hand towards Gwil. Thank vo-i so much. sir." Thank you. sir," said the old man. yon will giye me s^rue music, before you go .\inst certa inly," said Gwil. and they left Abel Ilnchos sitting there alone in the moon- light. He heaved a long sigh as they disap- peared. and outside on the grass velvet road Olweii drew a. long sigh too. If you could only have stayed on here and played to the old man, there's nice it would have been Yes, if you could have S1,t on at the win- dow" Oh. indeed, it was beautiful." she said, as they followed Seba down to the river- I didn't, know vou could play like that it seemed as if you were speaking to us," and there was a little tremor in her voice. Well, I suppose, when you love music very much, you express through it what you cannot put into words," said üwil. Yes. I suppose great thoughtp and beau- tiful dreams." Yes, and-and hope. Olwen. I was trying io speak to you, but I'm afraid you did not anderstand my message." Well, indeed," said Olwen, stooping to gather a flower to hide a hlufoh which spread over her face, 'twas beautiful whatever, Gwil." Thev had reached the river's bank, and Seba was already getting into the boat and taking her oar. Gwil, too. stepped in and held out his hand to Olwen. but she sprang in ligh tiy after him, som" subtle embarrassment making her avoid the protfere-I help. i Gwil said notiatag, but tooK his oar silently. Oh. what a night said the girl. The moonlight was flooding the brown river with silver. ) nder the trees the shadows were dark and still from the misty meadows on the the other side came the call of a corn- crake. Let us float down the stream a little way' Gwil, and there's nice the niclaclorc would be," she said, and slipping it over his shoulders Gwil played a few long drawn chords. Let tis sing then, The star on the river," and their voices blended together on the night air. Olwcn sat quietly in the stern, a Hood of strange feelings if not thoughts laying a mys- terious spell of silence upon her. Seba moved an oar occasionally when the boat shifted ton near the hank, and the water hens splashed cut from their nests behind the rushes the round moon bung over them, ar.d a How of the river came softly on the breeze. Nvc"i. my little children,"said Seba at last, we must turn and go home, for we can't live upon music, though in my dee 1 it. NVill make up for the loss of things. You see, I have always been living with the family of Hughes at Rhosmor. and they were all full of music." Were they s i id Gwil, eagerly. Oh. yes," she said, shaking lie- head, every one of them, even old Mishteer had a flfae voice, and it is making me shocking sorry sometimes to see him sitting down to the organ alone, and playing his old tunes till I am tired of blowing. Come, we must turn. When they reached the little gate under the cottage, Gwil said, now you are safe, 1 will go back to Rhosmor, perhaps the old man expects inc." "Wait till we fetch you some bread and cheese machgen-i,"said Seba,and running into the house, she returned with a. hunch of both, which Gwil thrust into his pocket. "Good night then," he said, before beginning to scull himself across the river. "Have I said nytbmg to offend you to-night, Olwen T Your face is so serious." Oh, no, indeed How could that be ? Good night," she said in a voice that, did nit seem quite as steady as usual, and she repeated ."Good night, Gwil," when he was half across the river. Call back from the "ther side," said Seba, "then we will know you are safe," and soon ran, p a el c, ar li 0;, hoi from the opposite bank, and they turned to the cottage satisfied. After supper, sitting in the red. glow of tho calm fire, Olwen timidly asked, Could I stay longer with you. Seba ? Perhaps 'tis because vou are Posy's sister, but I am sure 'tis partly because of your kindness, and because I am so friendless and lonely that 1 feeLso sorry to leave you to-morrow. I thouht my aunt in Manchester would be ready to receive me at once, but she can't for another nine days, so as 4. must stay somewhere on the road, there's igiad i- would be if you could keep me till then." Dear, dear as long as you like," said Seba, her large heart warming towards the friendless itirl. The longer the better you are company for me merch-i, and somehow I am growing verv fond'of you, and of him, too, the young lad." Of course IwiJ1 pay you," said Olwen, I am very poor, but I have enough to pay my Ibdgings, and to carry me to Manchester, and th'-n f suppose I will be all right. Oh, Seba, to sleep every night in that little white room, with the flowers all round me, and the bees humming, and then to be with you all day, I ■would like it to last, for ever. *• And what Will become of the bacbgen ?" Oh, he will seek lor lodgings for himself, and for work to lc), or perhaps," she said" ho will go on his journey alone, it was only a chance that we met." Well," said ?eba, 'twas Providence I think, merch-i, for it would be very lonely for you tr." so far by yourself, and coming from If hydvser here all the way on your feet, you mast be tired .already." r- Recalling* that journey, although she only P lio, I was not tired," the toemorv i r of those days of idyllic life in th" woods brought with them a pang of regret. I will go to bed tn<>w, though, I think," she said, and in the little white-washed r.,Ofil, with its dark ratters, and moonlit window she sat down to think. L'rom the next room she heard the sam" soft monotone that had greeted their arrival, it ,1.:3 Seba reading her chapter, and Olwen pictured the old brown finger moving down the page, and as she laid lie- head upon her pillow, a St:3!1g:! sense of s felyon(I blessing seemed to flow in upon her from that gentle voice. But in viiii she tried to sleep, for she still seemed to hear the organ at Rhosmor, a"Ü Gwil's music. instead of soothing and calming, had only a. disturbing effect upon her. She felt as if she had coine to a turning in the path of 1'fe. where she would leave the golden pa.st b- hind her to face the dry, uninteresting road, that stretched towards the future and Manches- ter. She tossed restlessly on lier pillow, and tried to past from her the unreasoning depression which had suddenly fa lien upon lier spii its Gwil was different to what she had thought him, a youth—a lad—yes, one of the village lads he had appeared to her when she first met him. in the woods of Coed du, less than a week ago. Was t hat possible ? Could those few days have altered him so much ? In the swelling tones of the organ he seemed to her to have revealed his inner se! F-a youtit in longer—a man lull of tioble thoughts, of beautiful dreams-of hopes he had said. What did he mean ? A conscious blush suffused her face which she was glad there was no one to see, and again in farcy she heard the rich harmonies that had fioated through the old hall, and started into life the deep mysterious throbbings of a woman's heart. Let us sjn" The Star on the River," and thoir voices blended on the uiglit air. Had those few days in the woods of Coed du the power to change tier too ? And she tried hard to shut out the dawning truth that she too was altered in spirit. In the early morning she fell asleep, to dream of a deep flowing river on which she and Gwil floated down with the stream—suddenly they were in the rapids, in the foam and flood, and she awoke with a cry as she saw the boat sink, while she and her companion were separated and borne away in different directions. Oh, it was a terrible slic said, as Seba. roused by her cry. came in to inquire, but Olwen told her nothing more. Your breakfast is on the table, merch-i." she said, ber.IU:5e I must go to Rhosmor. I am going early to take the old mishteer his cup of tea," When she returned at ten o'cio(,] she br0u¿;ht the news that Gwil was gone, had been gone for hours but had kept his promise and delighted the old man by playing to him before he had started on his journey. Dear anwl, poor Master was quite sad," she said. 'Twas a pity to hear him say, I wish he could stop with me, Saba., bttt; poor fallow, he mast finish his journey alone, like me Had vou ever anyone belonging to you ?" said Olwen. Yes, husband and two children, mi: vach, but I am r.ob unhappy Caton I'awb I wouldn't be selfish they are happy and safe, while I am here waiting At slept, as he would have expressed it, like a top," never waking till the sun wa-i high in the sky, and the song of the birds came in through the open window like a psalm of rejoining. The blackbirds spoke to him JJxmusical phrasing from brnshwood and briar as he ran down the woods to his bath in the river, and hurried back to regale himself and his kind old host with a least of melody, ending up with TSecthoven's Adieu," -lior zi whole hour he sat at the organ, and then with a sign, wondering when he should next havesuch a glorious chance, lie left the house and turn- ing away from tha river began his journey ini, an opposite direction. Yes. he had slept noundly, but he had dreamt so vivid a dream that it tinged his .thoughts, and directed his course for the day. lie had dreamt that he stood amongst a, com- pany of toilers, some had worked with pon- derous sledge hammers, some had delved in the ground, some had wielded the pick axe, and dug out the blocks of coal others had bent over folios of paper, while others had stooped to the weaving—he, too, desired nothing more than to work with the rest, and eagerly tried to reach to a coil of wires, of rings, and cog-wheels which lay on a ledge beyond his reach. Will nobody help me to get at my work ?" he cried but all were too busy to heed him and still he stood with empty hands, looking up at the ledge on which stood the implements which lie desired to reach. -< But what is it Olwen? What is the I matter?" he asked. -T- Disappointed and saddened he turned a way to see in the distance a white shining figure, who approached quickhr through a golden haze^— with a beautiful, tender face—an arg(-I-a woman with outstretched hands. A heavenly smile was on her face, a smile that Gwil thought must have been like his mother's, so loving it seemed, so strangely familiar. IIi3 heart bounded to meet her—she would helphim, she would reach down his tools and let bim work like the rest, and he eagerly begged her assist- ance, pointing up to the ledge where they by beyond his reach-but. that angel visitant, with a heavenly smile still illuminating her face, pointed also, not. up to the ledge, but down to the ground, where, lowering his eye, he saw a heap of tools that looked like implements of b usban(Iry-a s pade, a plough, and beyond them a stretch of green fields and brown furrows He stared at them in puzzled bewilderment, and raising his eyes to ask the meaning of his dream, he found the vision had faded away; and it wa3 full five o'clock when he awoke from his heavy sleep, with his dream vividly impressed upon his mind, and he started up with a feeling strong upon him that surely here in Rhosmor his mother bad drawn near to him, and had smiled upon him. A farmer," be thought: "well, in my deed, if I had only a farm, I would be content, but at present ray road seems to lie in a different direc- tion, and f must try that path. It would never do at the beginning to be t urned from it by a dream," and he tried to forget thcstrange sug- gestion of his vision, but kept the memory of the radiant smiie that seemed to speak to him of a mother's love. I The dream was in his mind as he sat at the organ, and delighted the old man upstairs with his muaic*. f It was in bis mind, tod, as he bade Seba good-bye, Sa'yiiig, No, I won't, come to breaktast with you, for I must be early at the farm if I expect work in the I)av.fold s- i can do well till the ten o'clock meal, and perhaps you won't see me to-night, Seba, but if I can I will c' me bark. Tell Miss Ohven she must not start alone on her journey ten her I shall b? back in good time." Very good, machgen-i. I won't try "and per- suade vou. but look here," she said, laying her hand on his arm. and looking earnestly into his face. I didn't like to ask miss vach, so I must ask you. You are nnt brother and sister- What are you to each other then ?" Gwil flushed to the roots of his hair, the question arousing a host of hopes and fears. Nothing • dear anwl. nc." he said at list, -only friends we are, who have met by acci- dent on the road we are from the same village, and I am sure lie- father (he is dead) would be glad for ill2 to take her safe to the end of her journey- I must go, or f will be late for the hay-fields," but Seba laid her hand on his arm- Are you sweethearts What should he say to this woman whose face and presence impressed him with the truth and goodness of her nature. "r-.¡o, we are not," he said at last, looking up at t he placid face, but I wish we were. 1 hopa you did not ask her such a question, such a thought has never entered her mind." Well, take her safe to wherever she's going: Jet. no hCT'nl come to her, for she is the sweetest little lass I have ever seen, No harm shall come to her," said Gwil, but I must go, Seba—bore da." Go you straight to Werngoppa." she called after him," most likely thej will hire you. Over there where the cocks arc crowing it is," and with this vague direction Gwil set out, and it was not long before he came in sight of a white faun house surroo.ndcd by its fields of waving crops. The cocks in the yard were crowing lustily as he entered. This must be Werngoppa. he thought, now good luck attend me, tnough in my deed I didn't notice a. scythe in my dream," and he knocked at the open farmhouse door through, which he could hear the clatter of the early breakfast. The Uligtress and two or three of the men came crowding to the door, and in answer to Gwil's request for work looked him well over, and seemed struck by his strong arms and broad shoulders. Well, indeed," said the farmer's wife, the harvest's begun, and we want a good work- ulan." Canst mow ?" said one of the men, looking critically at (-i,il, and thinking that in spite of his broad Welsh, and his free and easy manner, there was something different in him to the men of the countryside. Humph," said Gwil, give me a scythe and see Aye, aye There isn't much in the way of work conies amiss to me," and in the meadows he soon proved his words, mowing down the meadowsweet and harebeUs appa- rently with as little compunction as the best of them-moreover. comporting himself in such a, friendly good-humoured way that before the last swathe was laid low in the evening he had become a general favourite. At the supper table, which was spread under tho sycamore tree in the farmyard, he drew long sups of his cawl in good rustic style, and held his long slice of bai ley bread almost at arm's length, as the others did, endeavouring in everything to accommodate himself to their ways and manners, and all confessed he was the smartest, most taliedd man in the hay- field (J wil saw the favourable impression he had mad" and rejoiced, for it meant work and wages to him, more money and more "wheels," for his mind was set upon repairing the injury to his model, and he knew without the sinews oi war he could do nothing. You can sleep in the barn if you like," said the.miscress. as she paid him his dr.y'g wag'- —jiie had liked his open face and his steady work, and was anxious to keep him on the farm as long as she could but Gwil was not to be baulked of the happinness. the prospect of which bad gilded his toil all day, and promis- ing to return next morning he sauntered slowiv out of the farmyard. Iloi." shouted Ifan, the head servant, after him, Will you come and have a blue with me V" "Yes, wiU I," said Gwd, and together they clumped down the road to the hamlet, where at the Plough Inn" they drank a blue apiece, for which linn paid, and then another, for which Gwil paid, and having thus passed through the usual peasant test of good com- radeship, he took his 1¡13.ce in Han's opinion as agood sort of a tidy labourer. Entering quite into the spirit of his new 9 circumstances, he parted from his companion with a. friendly good-night, and turned into the woods of Fbosmor wiih a cheerful whistle, little heeding the heavy parcel of groceries v. hich he had purchased at the village shop as he passed. Reaching tho more wooded part of the valley, and peeing a wreath of blue smoke rising above the trees, he put. on his coat and hurried his footsteps, for he knew that smoke must rite from. Seba's hearth, and he pressed on towards it, smjrmg as he went. As a matter of fact he had not intended to return to the cottage this evening, but the memory of a fair face. with gold brown hair and dark eyes, had drawn him irresistibly, and he had thrown discretion to the winds, for why debar himself from a happiness which would soon be beyond his reach ? This was a terrible thought, and be recalled the happy days of their woodland wanderings with a longing which he felt would only incrcae with every moment oi separation. Oniy to think that she had been close beside him all those days to call to her, and to hear her answer at once. Such joy could not be expected to last, and yet he knew that henceforth his life would be in- complete and empty without it. When lie reached the wooded river banks hope and courage had returned, and with every step that brought him nearer that wreath of b!u' smoke, the romant ic dreams of youth and love rcw stronger within him. The little gate was open, and entering the cottage he found it empty—out in the cwrt a glance around showed him tho old boat moored by the steps on the other side of the river. Seba was at Rhosmor then Olwen, had she gone too V And he turned eagerly towards the little garden, where a t the further end he saw her sifting on the ground amongst the thyme and marjoram with a basket of weeds before her. With a wa.rm glow at his heart (;wil wel- comed the sight, and imitating the slouch of a tired labourer, his broad shoulders approached between the gooseberry bushes. Dei anwi there's beessy you bin," he said, in the Welsh English patois of the peasant, but he stopped suddenly, bis hands fell at his side, his eyes clouded, his face blanched a little, for Olwen was not, weeding now, but was leaning against the hedge, her hands hangiDg listlessly on her lap, her brown eyes hidden by the droop- ing eyelids, but white and still as she was, a. glance showed him she was not asleep, for he saw two pearly tears well through the dark lashes, and trickle down her cheeks. At Gwil's boisterous greeting she started up, but stooping again over the herb bed tried to hide the blush which had spread over her face at the sound of his voice. But what is it, Olwen ? What is the mat- ter V he asked. (To be continued).
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Milford Haven's Future. NAVAL BASE PROPOSAL At Friday night's meeting of the Milford TTaven Urban District Council, a letter was read from the PembrokCand Milford Chamber of Commerce on the subject of appointing an influential county committee to f-urlhei the claims of Milford Haven as a naval base. Beside3 the establishment of a naval base in the unrivalled harbour of Milford Haven, the committee will discuss and arrange for the carrying out of other suggestions which would benefit the locality, special attention to be given to maintaining the efficiency of Pem- broke Dockyard. It is pointed out that there is every reason to believe that the Admiralty have under con- sideration the reorganisation of our naval bases, and that a petit ion from the Cardiff Chamber of Commerce for the acquisition of Lundy Island for this purpose was not enter- tained, the Admiralty having rcard to thr. superior claims of Pembroke. Suggestions for the establishment of a torpedo and small cruiser squadron as a nucleus base in Milford Haven have also heen put for- ward, and Mr Owen Phiiipps, M.P., has laid the matter before the Admiralty. Mr W. Here, Mr J. Wheeler, and Colonel Roberts have been appointed to represent Milford Haven on the County Committee.
STIPENDIARY'S NEW JOKE.
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STIPENDIARY'S NEW JOKE. Aberdare Minister's Protest. The J. Ilorgin Jones, PiLA., of Taber- nacle Congregational Church. Aberdare, on Sunday evening delivered the first of a series of sermons on the New Theology. In a pre- liminary passage Mr Jones said Among the good effectr, Qi the New Theology discussions it must not be forgotten that it had provided their stipendiary niagistrat-e, 'Sir Marchant Williams, with a new joke-^one of exceeding thinness, it was true, but still, apparently emart enough for a magistrate in extremis to bait his unfortunate prisoners with. As New Theologians, they did not object to making contributions to the gaiety of a dismal Police Court, but they preferred it to be at the ex- pense of the hardened lawyer than of the juvenile offender in the dock. The contro- versy had also, if rumour be correct as to the authorship of an article in The Nationalist," provided the same gentleman with an oppor- tunity to threa ten all who had any leaning towards the New Theology in Wales with pains and punishment worse even than the effect of brimstone-so familiar to the Old Theologian.
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SILENT, DEPRESSED AND MOROSE. Hollybush Farmer's Suicide. Mr J. R.Walford. district coroner, held an in. quest at Hollybush, Tredegar, on Saturday, on the body of David Davies, farmer, Hollybush. who was found dead, hanging from a beam on the previous day. Deceased was 66 years of age, and had been sutlering from weak- ness, which made him low spirited. He was of a religious disposition, and had never threatened to commit suicide. Deceased's daughter said her father was very averse to suicide, and re- garded it as a very wrong thing. John Davic-s. deceased's brother, said he cut the body down. Dr. Johnson, Blackwood, said deceased was silent, depressed and morose he was suffering from acute melancbolia. and chronic lung trouble. A verdict was returned of Suicidc whilst of unsound mind."
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Sportsman I wonder what's become of Mike I told him to meet me here. Driver: Ach, 'tis no use telling him anything Sure, sorr, ut just goes in at. wan ear aud out at the other, like wati" "W "1'MlY' hap.
Y GOLOFN GYMREIG.
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Y GOLOFN GYMREIG. Dymunir i'n gohebwyr Cymrei* gyfeiria eu gohebiaeth.au. llyfrau i'w hadolygu, etc., fc! y canlvn IFAXO, Cilllcdd, Berthwin- street, Cardiff."
AT Y BEIRDD. /
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AT Y BEIRDD. Nid a.r y Gol. y m-tc'r bai nad yw ei foirniad- aeth ar Eisteddfod Llandyssul, y Grogiith, wedi ei chyhoeddi yn un o'r papyrrau lleol: addawodd yr ysgrifennydd y gwelai efe ei bod i ymddangos yu fuan. Y mae yn rhy faith i'I' Goiofn. Dyna'r ateb i gais caredig Daw v o goecl Doi-Ilan." Ileblawfod testynau Jenkin James a J.D. yn rhy leol, y mac eu cyfausoddiadau yn rhy bell islaw safon y Goiofn iymddangos ynddi. Rhaid gwrthod hcfyd hall" englynion lawellab, a'i benillion i'r Gwanwyn yr englynion am nad oes un o honynt yn gywi, a'j- peniilion am fod en sacrniacth a'u cystrawen yn rhy anghelfydd. Y mae ganddo, er hyny, grap clilst ar y gynghanedd; ond rhaid iddo ymgydnabod t'i rheolau cyn go- beithio ei meistroli. Ac fe arbedai hynny iddo lawer o lafur ofer hefyd. Doniol a difyr yw Eoglynion Ymgom Dewi Alaw." Twt ddigon hefyd yw Hen Lane Tonfab. Wele engraifft arall o dalent Myfyr Cynffig i ganii yn ei ddull da, naturiol, ci hun, ar ei destynau ei hun. Diolch iddo am rywbcth byw, newydd, am y gwanwyn a'r gog. Prydferth iawn a chelfydd yw Afon Hydfer" Handel Jones. Eithr osgoed y ffurf an. Nghymreig ddiweddar, "rhodda;" "rilydd" yw'r un Gymreig, gyson ag arfer lien yr oesau. Rhagorol ymhob ystyr yw englynion Trcfor- fab.
TAN Y TAFOD.
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TAN Y TAFOD. Gyrll dinas ragorol-yn orwyllt Wna ei ciriau brathol; Hraw a dacn, wvbrau a dol, Hhng ei adwytt ergydiol. J. L Jenkins.
— Y CYBYDD.
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— Y CYBYDD. Rhifo ei arian rbyfedd-wna o hyd Yn ei hoen a'i wacledd; Da selio 'i gwd a'i sylwedd Ei nwyd a fyn hyd ei fedd. J. Lewis Jenkins. —
DYNGARWR.
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DYNGARWR. Cenfydd ei enaid wyniau y cwvnfau Lunia i heddweh alaw anyddan; A daw i era ill, o'i fywyd eirian, Oriau diddos diaclios i duchan I r ysig lef. o'i ras glim,—cyfrenir, A da hwn gonr tr-K-y'r hyd yn gyfan. Ynysforgan. J. L. Jenkins.
YR HEN LANC.
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YR HEN LANC. Hynodol ei anian ydyw—yr hen lanes O 'r hen Jwdn digyfryw; Ei aidd ef drwy ei ddydd yw, Byw'u fynaoh lieb ill) fenyw. Tonfab.
CAPEL.
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CAPEL. Adeilad y duwiolion—hedd-aelwyd Addolwyr twym-galon, Yw'r eapel, llawn dirgclion Gras a Gair ein gwresog Ion. Trcforfab.
YR ENFYS.
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YR ENFYS. (Ruddugol yn Llundain Mawrth, 1907.) Yr Enfys. wrth odreu'r Wynfa,—a ddwed Na ddaw mwy i'n dii'a. Ddiluw dAr,pol) gwr a ga Wenau bywyd mown bwa. Bwa. Duw, or beiau dyn,-v-w yn siwr, ITeh na saeth na l'linyn; A'i lw, yn ngidaer seithliw'n nglyn, lleddyw weinia'n ddi-wenwyn. Trcforfab.
ENGLYNION YMGOM A'R PEDRAWD,…
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ENGLYNION YMGOM A'R PEDRAWD, ASAPH (,LYX EBWY, MABON, D. EMLYN EVANS, A CHADRAWD. CyNvf-irier-tyner tanan—hen delyn Deilwng cyn-flynyddau: Yma, Asaph, mae eisiau Ei mwyn don arnom ein dan. Dihuna; gwel, nid yw'n gaeth Lanber delyn brawdoliaeth. Can, Asaph, ncs rynhesir-dy enaid Ag hen donau'n brodir Mae'r hen hwyl yn Nghymru'n wir, A'i nodau ni newidir. Doh re' I mi' I yn daw'r Ai--iien,- Ac yna 'rwy'n gorphen (a ganaf Ag Asaph -dengar, braff brcn, A gwïaildeublyg Awcn. H wnt ac yma, bydd Alabon--yn drwmpyn, Ar dramp bythol-gyson, Yn ceisio pcrswadio Sion Fod draw'n mhell well eaillion. Cawr amlwg yw'n car, Emlyn ;i'r cerddor Cordda, ef ymenyn; Efo'r gcrdd, ar fara gwyn, Fe'i doda yn fwyd wedyn. Yntau, Cadrawd, frawd o fri,—yrr wreichion l'r uchel wybreni: A then ei eingion,mae hi Yn fyddarol gryf ddyri. Dewi 'n wir sy'n myn'd yn hen ;—" Maddeuer Im' ddywed ei awen Llwyr y llysg allorau lien Hyn o aberth aniben. Pontypridd. Dewi Alaw.
IEBRILL ELENI (1907).
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EBRILL ELENI (1907). Yn Ebrill eleni Ni chlywa,is y gog! A yw wedi rhoddi Ili thctyn yn nghrog? Y llynedd yn gynar Yii 'ror-dd hi Yn ngyngherdd yr adar Yn eanu i mi. A yw yn annghofio Kod plant Gwlad y gan" Yn dystaw glustfeinio Am glywed ei chin? Ai ynte i'n dysgn J'w charu yn well Mac'n aros o Gymru Y'n rhywle yn mhell? Mac'r gocdwig yn pallu Ymdrwsio mown gwyrdd, Ac ni ddaw'r brialiu ] ochrau y ftyrdd. Dihoena y dyffryn Yn oerni yr ocl Am nad yw aderyn Y gwanwyn yn dod. Mae'r nefoedd dan niwl-len, A'r awel yn oer, Ac wyneb yr heulwen Mor welw ;1' lioer; Ac erys yr eira. I'r mvnydd yn glog —— IUww Ebrill ysmala Yw Ebrill heb gog. Llwynbedw, Porth. illyfyr Cynffig.
AFON HYDFER.
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AFON HYDFER. Yn mlith afonydd aml y hyd Rhai yn eu hyd ymffrostiant, Ac ereill hrofant trwy ei llif Mai hyn yw'r prif ogoniant; Ond tm yr Hydfer, tystio wnaf Tra genau gaf i'w chanmol, Nad un o't, rhain er maint eu bri A'i gwna i mi mor hudol. Ei dyfrocdd oerion, gloew, glan, Sy'n scinin cln,%vrtb dreigio I laiwr mor frysiog tua'rmÔr- Hyn ydyw'r stor sy'n d'urddo. Ac uwch afonydd teg y hyd. Fy mryd ar Hydfer roddaf, Tra yn y hyd yn mhob rhyw fan ni 'n anwyl fyth a garaf. 0 fru y Fan yn gornant fach Mor iach y tardd hi allan; Yn mysg yr uchel rug a'r brwyn Mae 'i swvnol gryd tlws, eirian At. yna i lawr dros greigiau certh Yn brydferth yr ymrolia, A'i brys ni thafla drem yn ol— Mor hudol yw'r olygfa! Gan seinio can, y dyffryn lion Yn union hi gyrhaedda, Ac fel i syllu ar ei swyn, Mor fwyn yr ymarafa Yn awr ei dyfroedd gloewion rhad I'r mad drigolion rodda Ac yna'n sydyn gyda rhwysg I Wysg yr ymarllwysa. Y nentydd man yn ngwres yr haf A gaf yn araf gilio Ond am yr Hydfer, fel y dydd 0 hyd hi fydd yn llifo Bryd hyn fe ddaw y defaid blin I ddrachtio'i gwin yn gyson A gorwedd ger eu glanau teg Y bydd y gwartheg blithion. Ei pbyllau erch, rhwng ereigiau croch, Yr eog a drywana Ac yn ei rhydiau gloewon, iach, Y brithvll bach chwareua 0, Rvdfcr Ian, wyt lawn o rin [ ddyn ac igreadur; Am hyn trwy 'ngban rhoi diolch wnaf I dy Oruchaf Awdwr. Cwmhydfer. Handel Jones.
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A movement is on foot in Mid-Rhondda td establish a Liberal Club on temperance lines at Penyjgtaig.
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FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. The Escapade of Bennie Brown. By L. STEPHENSON. Benn:o Brown was a clever little fellow, but he had one uncomfortable failing. If the other boys did not play the games he liked, or if mother refused something he specially wanted, Bennie would sulk for ever so lon^, and fancy himself a very badly used boy indeed. Bennie lived at a quaint little village called \Y alworth. Walworth stood on the south bank of the Roquet, quite close to the North Sea. It was a charming place. Along the sea-coast were lovely green links, and great stretches of silver sand, where pretty shells of many kinds were plentifully strewn. But it was far from any large town, and was never crowded with fashionable visitors. One summer, however, Walworth was lively enough for a whole week. Two thousand Church Brigade lads, with their officers, camped in the sheltered valley that spread along the north bank of the Roquet. A temporary bridge was fhed over the river to accomodate the military strangers. Civi- lians were charged a toll of one penny. Bennie spent the savings of months over this bridge. He never tired of roaming among the camps, or watching the boys drilled by their captain. His soul was fired with martial ambitions. Long after the grey camps had disappeared from the peaceful valley, Bennie cherished the wild dream of organising a brigade at Wal- worth. This brigade would be quite independent of Church or State, a.nd he would, of course, be commander-in-chief. The boy discussea his scheme on every possible occasion, and after much persuasion, induced Johnny Yvliitc and Willie Green to become recruits. Each of the boys possessed a disabled air-gun. Willie Green's sister promised to supply them with smart belts made out. of white book muslin. Bcnnie undertook to make the swords himself. Not deadly steel swords, but harmless weapons fashioned out of soft wood laths. Tommy was busy with his swords. The tiny chips and shavings fell in gentle showers. Some clung to the table-cover others fell over the nevvly washed floorcloth and carefully brushed hearthrug. Youll get wrong when mother comes downstairs, remarjkeu little Mollie, gravely. Bennie was dreaming of great military achievements, and never heard the kindly warnings. One sword was almost finished. He was nailing a short cross-bar on, to form the handle, when mother peeped in to see what all the noise was about. Bennie, whatever are you doing ?" she ex- claimed. You are never out of mischief. The bouse is never fit to be seen when you are in it. Why can't you stay outside and play ?" Mother was very tired, she had been working hard all day, and she liked to see everything neat and tidy, so she threw Bonnie's sword and laths into the fire, and told him be must pick up every chip before supper time. Then she went upstairs to finish her dusting. Bennie thrust his hands into his pockcts, and looked defiantly at the scattered s:.raps. I'll help you to pick them up," announced Moliie, and don't cry, Bennie," she added soothingly. I'm not crying," asserted Bennie, sullenly, it's only babies like you that cry." Moliie did not resent this ungracious remark, but hopped about, carefully removing the ob- jectionable litter. You know, Bennie." she remarked with the confident air of au irpportial judge, "it's very provoking you making all this dirt, when mother's so busy spring-c.eaning, and wants everything nice for Uncle Fred coming." I daresay you would be all glad if I got drowned in the quarry pond, like Tommy Short," commented Bennie. Oh don't, Bennie, don't, talk about poor Tommy Short," pleaded Moliie, and her blue eyes filled with sudden tears. I think I'll emigrate to some desert is- land." continued Bennie. There arc no desert islands at Walworth," asserted the child. "I might join the Germ.an Gypsies," conti- nued Bonny, sullenly. "I heard father say this morning that there were a lot camped on Bramshaugii Common, and the polka are going to malee them move on to-morrow, and keep them moving on till they're obliged to go back to Germany." All this time, Moliie had been working indus- triously. "There now," she exclaimed, cheerfully, every bit's picked up, and the room looks quite tidy." Bennie put on his cap. "Where are you going, Bennie?" askpd Moliie, with a note of anxiety in her voice. I'm going outside," answered Bennie, "and I might stay outside always, I'm only a nui- sance in the house." When Bennie reached the Jane he caught sight of his promised recruits waiting with expectant looks on their faces. He walked off in the opposite direction. He really could not tell them about the humiliating collapse of his military preparations. Are the swords ready yet ?" shouted Willie Green. But Bennie took no not ice. He walked on briskly, and the road he took led towards the quarry ponds. The boy had no intention of exposing him- self to any sort of danger or discomfort. He had, however, a very decided desire to give poor mother and Moliie a big fright, and he meant to stay outside till loIl g after bedtime. After walking about, two miles Bennie turned homeward, for he suddenly realised that night wan failing with alarming rapidity. A white mist mingled with the deepening shadows till the hedgerows loomed indistinctly from either side of the lane. Bennie quickened his pace. It was a lonely spot, and darkness at any time tilled his heart with strange, indefinable fears. He walked a long. long way. but the lights he looked for so eagerly never appeared, for he bad taken a wrong curve, and was wandering further and further from home. A short dis- tance from Walworth two paths branched oil at right angles. A few false steps and the mis- chie! had teen done. The possibility of making such a mistake never enterad Bonnie's head, till unfamiliar objects arrested his attention. Quite close to the path huge rocks towered far above him, dim and eerie looking, but un- doubtcdy substantial matter. A sudden bend of the road revealed a strange sight. Grimy little tents, lanky horses, uncouth figures, flick- ering lights, all massed together in bewildering fashion spread out before him, and he knew he had wandered to Brainshaugh Common to t'nc very verg? of the German gipsies encampment. He drew back, and crouched trembling under the shadow of a great rock. His first thoughts were of mother and Moliie. Would ho ever pee them again ? The prospect of daylight break- ing was too far away, and the possibility of friendlv travellers coming along too uncertain to give him any comfort. But help was close at hand. The sound of wheels and two jets of lights pierced the dark. ness. A motor car driven very slowly loomed insight. As it passed Bennie the lights fell full on his shrinking figure. A voice that sounded pleasantly familiar shouted," Hallo!" It was Uncle Fred. He was touring from Edinburgh to Carlisle, and intended breaking his journey at Walworth. Au hour later Benny had safely reached home. More trouble awaited him there. The fright he had planned for poor mother had proved more disastrous than he expected. When darkness fed, and Bennie did not return home, mothcr became seriously alarmed. When night wore on, and he could not be found, her anxiety became unbearable. She had a fainting fit, which lasted so long that the doctor had to be summoned. It was almost morning before she was well enough to see Bennie. The bov crept softly to her bedside, very penitent and humble, and grateful too. He meant to say how sorry he was, but the words were never uttered, for mother understood, and Bennie never forgot the lesson he had learned that I memorable night.
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MERTHYR GUARDIANS IN AN AWKWARD POSITION. Rev. J. O'Reilly presided at a meeting of Merthyr Tydfil Board of Guardians on Satur- day. A committee appointed to consider the position of the board in face of the refusal of the Local Government Board to ratify their promise to add ten years to the length of ser- vice of Mr J. H. Williams, late relieving officer for the Merthyr Upper district, presented their report. They recommended that the clerk be instructed to forward a resume of the transac- tions and a copy of the correspondence to the local members of Parliament, with a request that. they see the J'resident of the Local Government Board and urge him to reconsider his decision, and that emphasis be laid upon the fact that the attitude of the Local Govern- ment Board, in disregarding the almost unani- mous opinion of the guardians, placed the guar- dians in an awkward position in their relations with their oflicers generally. The adoption of the recommendation was moved by the Rev. J. HathrenDavies andseconded by the chairman, but Mr John Prowle moved and Mr Augustus Davies seconded an amendment that the ma tter be dropped. Two supported the amendment, and the resolution was carried. The Clerk presented a return showing that from April 23rd, Iy04, to April, 1907, 30 eases of scabies were admitted to the Workhouse from three common lodging-houses, two in Merthyr and one in Aberdare.
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-rl"l. Wife Every word you speak is a lie.—Hus- band You are quite right, my beautiful and gentle ladv I
MR W. CHURCHILL. .
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MR W. CHURCHILL. STRONG SPEECH IN SCOTLAND. The: :Pothouse Press." COLONIAL "PREFERENCE. Door Banged, Barred, and Boiled. C) On Saturday night, the Right Hon. Winston Churchill addressed a great meeting under the auspices of the Scottish Li be: a'i Association in the King's Theatre, Edinburgh. Mr Churchill, who was received with loud cheering, said the Liberal patty had to con- front a most powerful and a most unscrupulous newspaper organisation—{.loud cheers)—which day by day in many thousands, eveti hundreds of thousands of copies at a time, perverted the truth—(hear hear)—misrepresented every action and every motive of his Majesty's Gov- ernment—(hear, hear)—and sought to produce by the basest methods a reaction against Liberalism in all parts of the United Kingdom. (Hear, hear.) They need, however, have no fear as to the power of the Libera,] aud Radical platform to beat the Tory and Protectionist. Prc;3S. (Cheers.) They had done it before they could do it again. (Cheers.) Since his visit to Edinburgh much had hap- pened. (Laughter and cheers.) They had been in office nearly 18 months, and that had been a period of peaceful consolidation abroad and active iegisation at home. The finances of the country were utterly demoralised by the late country were utterly demoralised by the late Government. Expenditure ran riot. Debt ac- cumulated without any adequate provision for repayment. Esti mates bounded up year by year. Taxes were piled upon the shoulders of the people. The who!e apparatus of Ptrlia. entarv cri ticism and control over expenditure, whether in gross or in detail, seemed to have become utterly ineffectual. In no other sphere of government was the need of reform and control more apparent. In no other sphere of govern- ment did the Liberal party speak with a more decided voice and promise reform with more exp'iicitness, and in no other sphere had relorm been more rapid or more effec- tual. (Cheers.) They followed the Glad- stone and Peelite methods of finance. They did not admit that the revenue system of Great Britain was not capable of consider- able elasticity and expansion, and he was sure that by adhering to a strictly orihodox system of taxation, and by stimulating the prosperity of the country and increasing the earning powers of the people, they would be able in the future to proportion their taxation always to the ability of those who were taxed to contri- bute to the national expenses, and to provide very considerable funds for the purposes of social reform. (Cheers.) If they could by any means make an effective attempt to strike from old age some of the sorrows a.nd miseries by which it was in too many cases unhappiiy sur- rounded he thought, that they would have accomplished almost the most important social need which lay before them. (Cheers.) Thev saw in the existing financial position and its possibilities much to encourage them to believe that. in the near future a practical attempt might be made to grapple with that most important social question. (Cheers.) COLONIAL PREFERENCE. There was another aspect of the financial pro- blem—the demand for preference for Colonial produce, for the putting on of taxes againsttbe foreigner on foreign bread, and meat and dairy produce, and also, he made no doubt— although it was always denied—upon wool and leather and timber an d other ra w "mat erials, in order to be able to give an advantage to the Colonial supplies which reached this country. He said nothing about some of the speeches which our Colonial guests had been delivering at various places except that they were the guests of the Government, and that the laws of hospitality, which were among the most ancient and sacred, imposed obligations not only on the host, but also on the guests. (Pro- longed cheers.) He referred to the demand for preference which had been made at the Colonial Conference, and which was repeated day by day with strident clamour by the Tory party and the Pothouse Press which supported u them. (Laughter and cheers.) They were told the Government had banged tha door. Weil, upon what had they banged the door ? They had banged the door upon Imperial taxation of food. (Cheers.) Yes, they had banged it, barred it.andboitedit. ((.'beers.) It was a good, stout door of British oak, and the largest Liberal, Radical, and Labour majority ever seen in the House of Commons had their backs firmly against it. (Cheers-) That door would never be opened, not a chink would ever be opened, so long as Sir Henry Camp bell- Ranncrman was made the National Hall Porter. (Loud cheers.) The Liberal party stood like a. rork between the 9 masses and all who would exploit their iood supply and squeeze some shameful iittje profit out of the scanty pittance of the weak and poor. (Loud cheers.) Popular or unpopular, in ofiice or in opposition, that was the line on which they fought. They would not, concede one inch. They wonld not give one farthing jirefe.vonce on a single peppercorn; {Laugrhter' and cb cer, i A NOT i 1 ER FIGHT CO .Vi ING. He was disposed to agreo with ,nn1C of his Tory friends that perhaps, aiter all, there would be another battle fought on the same question. There had been undoubtedly a re- crudescence of the Protectionist sentiment in the Tory party. Mr Chaplin had been returned by the intelligent electors of Wimbledon, Mr Balfour had put his unsettled convictions once again into the nielting- pot-(, ug,itc-r) -iird Mr Austen Chamberlain, having donned an orchid regardless of expense—(laughter)—and screwed an eyeglass into his eye regardless of personal (I is comfort- (I aLi gh ter and applause)—was pre- pared to put. himself at the he.,i(I -i f they could call it a head—(laughter)—of the tarifireforin movement. All that be had got to say to aU that was Come on" (Loud cheers.)* The conference was over, the mischief-making Press —eavesdropping misrepresentation, dealing in word pictures and dissolving views—(laughter) —tale bearing, not shrinking from wilful and persistent falsehood-had done their best to make ill-feeling between the Colonial repre- tentatives and the Ministers of the Crcwn, and to do them justice they had not altogether in some respects been unsuccessful. Luckily the forces of unity which were at work within the British Empire were strong enough to make the exertions of such mischief makers and mis- chief mongers vain. ( Cheers ) GENERAL BOTHA. But there was one feature of this conference which no amount or machine-made linotype calumny —(laughter)—had been able to affect. What, more remarkable spectacle could have been presented to the world than the arrival of General Botha ? (Applause.) What more dramatic or impressive application of the old high traditions of British liberty and of British institutions could have been made than that which had called the formidable general of hostile armies to the position of Prime Minister of a British Colony and Privy Councillor of the King? (Cheers.) Nowhere had Liberal principles been more drastically, mora unshrinkingly applied than in South Africa. Nowhere had success been more apparent. What they had tried to do in South African affairs had been so to direct the course of events that the sacrifices made should not go for noth- ing. They had found room in the British Empire for the French Canadians they were tindintrroom for the South African Dutch, and he thought tho day was inscribed in the book of Fate when Ireland would be brought into the circle of Empire in spirit as well as in name. (Cheers.) Mi* Churchill's concluding reference was to the House of Lords, which, be said. was a foot- pad waiting fora dark night, to stab the Libera! Government in the back. When the next elec- tion came they would appeal to the electors tn join in defending Free Trade from the jingoes and monopolists, and. to rescue the land of Britain from the Lords. (Loud cheers). APPEAL TO LOUD ROSEBERY. Subsequently Mr Churchill was entertained to dinner by the Scottish Reform Club. Referring to the question of land reform and Lord Rosebery's position, the Colonial Under- Secretary said that if it could be thought, that a man who had held greltolliceina Democratic party and had been leader and head of Liberalism had been influenced at all by his own personal possessions in the world to take a hostile view of a great social reform that would be a. great injury to his fame and reputa tion in history. Speaking as an admirer and friend, he most profoundly hoped.that his Lord- ship's unequalled talent and genius for com- manding the attention of the country might be permanently devoted to the purposes of pro- gress and reform, and that he would be for them and not against them in that great con flict into which they were most steadily drift- ing. (Cheers,)
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VV ATCH REPAIRER ARRESTED. Alleged Fraudulent Bailee at Cardiff. There were five charges, all of a similar charac- ter, preferred against Henry Sticlder (52), at Cardiff on Saturday. The alleged offences were tba.t between the 4th of February and the 29th of April he being the batlee of watches valued at. 30s, £5, £3, £5, and jE2, the property of Mary Crute, Alice Latham. Martha West, William John, and George Small, respectively, did fraudently convert the same to his own use, and feloniously steal the same. The owners of the different timepieces all told the same story of how they had taken their watches to be repaired at prisoner's sbop in Cvi'arthfa- street, but when they failed to get their property returned the matter was put into the bands of the police. As a result Stickler was arrested at Frpme. Ac ting-Detective Jlossev stated that he searched the house (vhere the prisoner had resided in Cyfarthfa-street, and in a box found 21 pawntickets relating to watches, and also a list of pawnbroker's names, with the numbers of pledges against them, and the name and address of tho owner of the watch. Replying to questions by Stickler, witness admitted that when he had had occasion to complain to the prisoner previously he (Stickler'} had told him that he bad Jriends in Frome and wanted to get there, asking at the same time whether it would be safe for him to go. The officer had also been shown some pawntickets ior watches abuut which com- plaints had been made. Prisoner,who did not call any witnesses in his defence, was committed to take his trial at Quarter Sessions, bail being allowed himself in £ 20 and two sureties of £ 10 each.
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I King and Woolwich Men. MESSAGE OF SYMPATHY. i. f T rafal gar-square D e m o n sir at ion,. I have duly laid before hU Majesty th<* King the petition from the Vv oolwich men which you handed to me on Wednesday, His Majesty commands me to say that he 13 "grieved; to Hear of "f lie distress and want of employment which the petition brings to 1> nL)" i- He understands that it has not been found possible in the altered.conditions oi peace timo to avoid reducing the number oi men em- ployed at Woolwich Arsenal, but lie is confi- dent that no jiiian W. be discharged whoso labour at the Arsenal can be proCtably utilised in the public service, and that everything will be donl to mitigate., flip hardships of such dis- charges as proi-(-k to- He has referred tho petition to the Secre- tary of State for Wir, with ::n expression of his personal wishes to this e3>cf." This expression of the Royal sympathy with the distressed workers of Woolwich was read on Saturday to the gathering of soma 10,000 workers and sympathisers in 'j r.iialgar-square. It was in the form of a. reply by Mr Herbert Gladstone, the Home (Secretary, to the Wool- wich men's petition to the King, handed to Mr Gladstone by Mr Will Crooks, M.P., last week. The workers saw in the King'.? sympathy a ray of hope, and received the Royal message with enthusiastic cheers. Mr Crooks said, as soon as the cheering nad stopped sufficiently for him to be beard, that while the letter did not contain all they wanted, the Woolwich men were at least proud of what his Majesty had said. They, at least, were of the opinion that their labour could be profitably used in the public service. Mr ,1enkin Jones, who acted as chairman of one section of the meeting, read a telegram from Mr Keir Hardie, M.P., which was as fol- lows Wish gathering success. Government treats Woolwich workers scandalously. Offi- cials and machinery to be kept intact we workers have to go. We shall change all that oncdav." Mr Jones moved the following resolution, which was simultaneously moved from the other platforms That this mass meeting of the Arsenal workmen and citizens of London nere as- sembled calls on his Majesty's Government to stop the discharges of workmen from W oolwich Arsenal bv utilising the nation s workshops and valuable plant for work required by all the Government departments; and further urges his Majesty's Government to realise that by the discharge of over 10,000 men the Ar- senal has already been reduced considerably below its normal peace strength, and that fur- ther discharges constitute a serious menace to the well-being of the State." Colonel Lockwood, M.P., said that not ordy Woolv/ich but the English nation was con- cerned. Should war arise tp-morrow and one never knew how quickly it came—these men who had been discharged to starve on tho streets or emigrate were the men whom they would want and not he able to get. Was it possible that at a time when the English na tion had most want of bone and sinew these men had been handed a paper telling them how to get their living in a foreign country
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= "ENGLISH ENVY." Germany's Growing Competition. Berlin, Saturday.—Apropos of the inspired article in the IvoeinLsehe Zeitung on _\IP Haldane's speech, the Hamburger Nachrich- ten" discusses the supposed animosity between England and Germany, remarking that tho explanation of it given by the Koeinische Zeitung is calculated to deceive the public mind. The journal regards it as lacking in shrewdness and dignity on tho part of the semi-official Press to praise every- n v thing said abroad intended to delude Germany provided it sounds conciliatory and peaceable and falls in with their fear of conflicts. ID one passage the article says, The chiefmotive lor Knglish irritability towards us un- doubtedly tobe found in the ever growmg envy and iiJ-will with which England regards our rise as its chief competitor." other tl,ngs, i he journal continues, "like the Kruger tele gram and the Pres3 controversies ha^ o helped, but these were mere side issues compared with English envy, Moreover, the fact should not be overlooked that King Edward s podev to- wards Germany has far more meaning than all the diatribes of newspapers It was precisely Mr Haldans's intention to turn public atten- tion away from this central fact to secondary matters,Reutee, Constantinople. Saturday.—The decision of the German Government to send a Minister Plenipotentiary to take charge of the Embassy here during the absence of Baron Marschall Von Biebersnen has given rise to some com- ment as betraying certain nervousness in view of the more active policy shown lately by Great Britain and France regarding Turkish affairs. It is also 1aken to ino, ite Ciermany',i i csoi veto continue her efforts Jo JSAMFJ^IN. her present position in the domain and industrial enterprise, wfi;c-h received a lather serious r'jr.-z bv th-- recopf acquisition of quays in Constantinople Ij^i va powerful Anglo-French syndicate.—EoutoJ
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W RAW SAUSAGES FOR /NFANTS. Strange Tastes at Clapton Park. Violet Walker, aged 31, had been delicate from birth, and the doctor told her mothep (who lived in f ilyti-road. Clapton Park) to feed her on rice and milk. Last Tuesday, however. the mother varied that diet with a raw sausage. and at t he inquest on the child on Saturday the coroner asked the woman whether she had ever done snch a thing before. The Mother She often asked foe it and I have given it to her. The Coroner Is it customary 10 this dia. trict to eat raw sausages 1 Do you do it your- self? Witness No. The Coroner: Yet you think they are quite good for your children ? Witness: Well, she asked for it. The Coroner It was hardly what the doctor ordered. W ii ness: You don't like to bear them cry. ing. What's good for you is good for the chil. dren. The Coroner Not always. Henrietta Lewis, of the same address, ad. mitted that she gave her children vaw sausage if they asked for it. The Coroner Do you eat them raw your. self ? Witness I have had a piece raw, and I like them better raw than cooked. The Coroner: There is no accounting for taste. Dr. T. Bloementhal stated that he at first suspected the raw sausage as a cause of the illness, but the autopsy showed that death was duo to pneumonia. The Coroner Do you find raw sausage is a common form of diet for young children in th:s district. Witness Oh, yas. The Coroner It is scarcely a proper form of diet even when cooked The Doctor I should not feel disposed to eat. any myself. A verdict of Death from pneumonia was returned.
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LADY FOUND SHOT. Tragedy Near Stafford. Miss Hannah Perkins, 19 years of age, was found dead on Friday with a bullet, wound In the head and a revolver by her side in;), ticid near her residence, at. Gnosa 11, near Stafford. Miss Perkins, who is sbted to have possessed inrlependent. means, was a 'well-educated and attractive girl. If appears that shnrtly after 1 o'clock on Eriday afternoon Miss Perkins went into the grounds, taking with her a small revolver with c:ll-trid£c3, and saying to her sister, I am going to have another try at those birds Ay she did not. return about tea time her sister went in search of her, and was horrified to find her lying full length on the ground, bleeding from a wound near the mouth. It is under- stood that Miss Perkins had been in the habit of shooting birds. A statement has been made to the police by the surviving sister. She and the deceased had been discussing the future, and the deceased had said, "XVhataL good time I shall have when I come of age." This remark is supptysed to refer to money she was entitled to under hes father's will.
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EXPRESS CARRIAGE ON FIRE. Alarming Incident on the G.E.R. An alarming mishap occurred to an express tra.in proceeding from Liverpool-street to Colchester on Saturday evening. It was noticed on reaching Witham that one of t,ht, carri:1 ges was on ore, and prompt measures were taken to remove any possibility of tb. flames spreading. The train was brought to a stop and the smouldering carriage detached, the passengers being removed to other com- partments. The train the»> proceeded on it* journey.
SPANISH CONSULATE AT CARDlfry
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SPANISH CONSULATE AT CARDlfry An Interesting At Horns." Don Francisco Javier do Salas. the Spanish Consul, and Senora do Saris heid an t home at their house on Eriday evenirp- lastw in celebration of the birthday ol H M. the King of Spain. Practically all the principal Spanish residents in Cardiff were present. The King's health was proposed by Sr. tialas in a tDM; happy speech, and met with an enthusiastic receptiou.'A very pleasant evening was passed, and many Were the expressions of thanks to both the Consul and his wile, not only for their splendid hospitality but also for the opportunity given their compatriots of uniting in their expressions of loyalty, and for the social inter- coursejthe occasion afforded. The Consul was warmly congratulated upon this achievement in getting the consulate in Cardiff raised to one of first- class rn1;
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JII:r. Henry Eing.a T.V.-H. sigur'ilman, Cambrian* place, Treforost, was found dead in bed bv his wife on Sunday morning. Deceased appeared to be in his usual health on Saturday night. Death t is attributed to failui.'e of the heart.