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{JOSEPH EVANS, Auctioneer and Valuer, Desires to call the attention of the Inhabitants of Rhy and the surrounding district, that he is prepared to andertake all kiuds of SALES AND VALUATIONS Personally, on the most Reasonable Terms, with prompt Cash Settlement guaranteed on Day of Sale. Also J Evans is prepared to buy for Cash Household Furnitnre or other Effects; or Parties can Store any Furniture in the Sale Room until Day of Sale Free of Charge on applying to tbe Auctioneer 18 WELLINGTON RD., RHYL. SYDNEY GIBSON, F.A.I. Auctioneer, Surveyor, Valuer, Land, House, Estate &Insurance Agent Auction Sales and Valuatons of all Real aud Personal Property undertaken Special Attention given to Land and Agricu J tural Matters. Surveys Made and Plans Prepared. Personal and immediate attention in all Auction Estate OtJice- MARKET STREET REYL. (218 WILLIAM HALL Successor to the late rl. C. AMOb, Auctioneer, Valuer, Estate and Insurance Agent, &c., TOWN HALL, RHYL. 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[PUBLISHED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT.] THE LADY FROM NOWHERE A DETECTIVE STORY. BY FERGUS HUME, Author of "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab," "The Third Volume," For the Defence," "The Lone Inn," &o., &c. [COPYRIGHT.] CHAPTER IX.-KIRKSTONE HALL. The day following his conversation with the little solicitor, Gebb left Waterloo Station for Norminster in Hampshire, and arrived at that quaint little town about mid-day. On making inquiries he learned that Kirkstone Hall was a mile distant, situate amid some woods near the banks of the Avon. As it was a fine morning, and Gebb was fond of walking, he used his own legs to reach his destina- tion and. after a pleasant stroll through rural lanes, and across flowering meadows, he reached a pair of finely wrought iron gates which stood wide open. The gates themselves were covered with red rust, the lodge beside them was shut up, and the stately avenue which curved upward between noble oak trees was overgrown with grass. Even on the threshold, as it were, of the estate, Gebb espied the ruinous economy of the late Miss Gilmar. On coming in sight of the Hall, he found the hand of Time still more heavily laid upon the works of man. It was a quaint Jacobean building of red brick, set upon a slight rise, and surrounded by atone terraces. From the main body two wings spread to right and left, but the windows of these were all closely shuttered. The hall door was also closed, and—so far as Gebb could see—no smoke curled from the stacks of chimneys. The terraces were grass-grown, the gardens untended and in disorder, and the whole place had a silent, melan- choly aspect as though the soul of the house had departed. It was the palace of the Sleeping Beauty, enokanted and spell-bound, and it seemed as though there were a curse on the place. "And no wonder!" said Gebb, looking at the gaunt mansion, grim even in the sunshine, seeing the kind of people who lived in it, and the crimes they committed." He ascended the steps and rang the bell, but before the sound had died away he was aware of » brisk step approaching, and turned to see a young lady walking along the terrace on the right. She was tall and dark, with fine eyes and a handsome face. Her figure was shown to perfection by the trim sailor.made costume whioh she wore. In her hand she carried a silver- headed cane, and walked smartly towards the de- tective, with the air of a woman fully alive to the importance of time. When she spoke, her voice was deep and full, but the matter of her speech was remarkably businesslike. On the whole Gebb judged Miss Edith Wedderburn—for he guessed that this was the young lady referred to by Prain— to be a clever, plain-spoken woman, with few of the weaknesses of her sex to hamper what she con- ceived to be her duty. Good-day!" said the lady, with a comprehensive glance. "May I ask what you want?" I wish to see Miss Wedderburn." Well, you see her now. I am Miss Wedderburn. Can I do anything for you?" Yes," replied Gebb, becoming as curt and as business-like as herself, "you can give me a trifle of information. "Can I?" said Miss Wedderburn, dryly. "That entirely depends upon my humour and what you want to know. Also, why you want to know it. Who are you?" "My name is Absalom Gebb." "I am no wiser," interrupted the girl, with pointed insolence. Of New Scotland Yard, Detective," finished Gebb, coolly. This time his reply made a decided impression on his hitherto cool auditor. The rich colouring of her face vanished as by magic, and she became pale even to the lips. Nevertheless, she forced herself to smile with some composure, and controlled her emotion by a powerful effort of will. Startled as the was, she even attempted to speak lightly. And what does Mr. Absalom Gebb, Detective, wish with me ? she said in a low voice, her eyes fixed on the man's face: "He wishes to ask you a few questions," said Gebb in the same vein. "About what? About whom?" A "About Miss Ligram." i "Ligram! I don't know the name," said Edith, calmly. Who is Miss Ligram?" The owner of this place." "You are wrong there, Mr. Gebb; the lady who owns this place is called Miss Gilmar." "I am aware of the faot. But it suited her to take other names while she lived." "While she lived!" repeated Miss Wedderburn, raising her voice in surprise. What do you Dlean 7" "I mean that Miss Gilmar is dead "Dead!" 1 "Murdered!" "Murdered! Oh, God! When? Where?" "In a suburb of London called Grangebury on the 24th of last month." Edith looked rigidly at the detective with horror in her dark eyes, and for the moment seemed scarcely to comprehend his news. She appeared to be genuinely astonished and shocked; yet her next question conveyed to Gebb a hint that she was not altogether unprepared for the information. "Did he kill her?" she stammered, laying her hand on Gebb's arm. He! Who?" asked the cunning detective, trying to trap her into a hasty speech. Dean! Marmaduke Dean!" said the girl, breathlessly. "What do you know about Marmaduke Dean?" "Everything! No doubt I know more than you do. Have you never heard of the murder which took place in this house?" "In the Yellow Boudoir. Yes." "Ah! you know the story!" cried Miss Wedder- burn, suspiciously. I do; and I have come down to see you about it. Please take me inside, Miss Wedderburn, and show me the Yellow Boudoir in which Dean mur- dered your cousin Kirkstone." My cousin Kirkstone. You seem to know a great deal of our family history, Mr. Gebb," said Edith, drawing herself up. "I know as muoh as a report of the Kirkstone murder oould tell me: and as muoh as Prain the solicitor knows." "You know Mr. Prain?" r "Yes I I was with him yesterday. But I'll learn no good from this desultory conversation, Miss Wedderburn. Please take me indoors and we can discuss the matter quietly. I am the detective in charge of the case, so you need have no hesitation in telling me all you know." I know nothing," cried Edith, vehemently, nothing." "It is for me to judge of that," retorted Gebb, dryly. The keen look he gave her and the significance of his tone and words seemed to startle the girl. She glanced defiantly at his watchful face, and strove to match his gaze with a. steady look of her own; but whether from fear or modesty, her eyes fell, and she turned away to obey his request and lead him within doors. Gebb .followed her in silence along the terrace and round the corner of the house, wntil they both paused before open French window which led into a. pleasant sunny apartment of no great size. Before entering Edith, who had evidently been considering his last speech, turned to excuse herself. Mr. Gebb," she sa-id, with an air of great dig- nity, your words seem to imply I know more than I dare tell. I assure you that such a suspicion is unjust and unfounded. The intelligence of Miss Gilmar's death is terrible and unexpected to me: and any aid I can give you to bring the assassin to justice you shall have. Whatever questions you ask me I will answer; whatever you desire to see m this house I will show you but in justice to myself, I must ask you not to credit me with guilty know- ledge." My dear young lady, I am the last person m the world to do so," said Gebb, quickly. ° not for a moment suppose that you know anything of your cousin's unhappy death. I disclaim the eentiments with which you oredit me; and I must admit that there is no neoessity for you to exoul- pate yourself as you are doing." "I am not exculpating myself in the least," re- joined Miss Wedderburn, ooJdly, but you detec- tives seem to be so suspicious that you se" ill where none exists." Gebb laughed. II You have been reading detective novels," said he, indulgently; believe me, we detectives are not so black as the novelists paint us But as I said before, this desultory conversation is not useful. I would rather see the Yellow Boudoir." Edith nodded and led the way into the house. Gøbb followed her through the sitting-room, which faced the terrace, and down a wide passage, on the wall of which hung many pictures, mostly ancestral portraits. At the end of this passage his guide unlocked a door, with a key selected from a bunch which dangled at her girdle, and threw it open, so that Gebb oould pass into the room before her. He did so without hesitation. This is the Yellow Boudoir," said Miss Wedder- burn, following the detective it was in this room that the unfortunate Mr. Kirkstone was killed twenty years ago." I, By Dean t" "Not by Dean," replied Miss Wedderburn, sharply. "From all I have heard, Dean is as innocent of that crime as you are." Then who is guilty?" asked Gebb, artfully. I am not detective," said Edith, moving towards the window, so I cannot give you an opinion If you will permit me I will admit air and light so that you can see the room to its fullest advantage." When they entered, the Boudoir had been m a kind of semi-darkness, M the shutters of the one window were closed; but now MIBS Wedderburn ithrew these open and the sunlight poured in. The dust raised by tYieir feet danced m motes and specs in the sun's rays, and Gebb, dazzled by the strong lare, felt his eyes somewhat painful. However, they soon became habituated to the flood of glorious light and he looked with deep interest at the original óftJae room wnicn ne had seen in raraaxae apartment was larger than that whieh had been occupied by Miss Gilmar in Grangebury, but in every respect the furnishing and appointments were the same, as she had carried out her whim with the utmost care. The furniture in place of being cane was Chippendale; the window and door GSENTDISEREOTLY PLACED'JFRJJI Tim*. But the predominating hue was the same the earpet WM yellow, sprinkled with bunches of pale primrose flowers, the walls were draped with costly hangings of golden tint, and, from a domed ceiling of drawn silk depended an exact copy of the Arabian lamp studded with knobs of yellow glass. The furniture was cushioned and covered with yellow silk; the vases and metal-work were of brass; there was even a brazen tripod and chafing dish standing in the same position as its imitation had occupied in Paradise Row. The main differ- ence in the room lay in the absence of books, nick- nacks, flowers and magazines, which showed that it was not in daily use; otherwise all was the same. Gebb almost fancied that some genii of the lamp ha.d transported the Grangebury palace to Nor- minster. "It is just the same!" he said aloud, having taken in these details. "What is the same?" asked Miss Wedderburn, who was standing near the window. "This room; it is similar to that in which Miss Lig—I mean in which Miss Gilmar was murdered." The girl looked puzzled. You are making a mistake," she said. It was Kirkstone who was killed here, not Miss Gilmar." Oh, but I am referring to the room at Grange- bury," returned Gebb, quickly. "Miss Gilmar's lodgings you mean?" asked Bdith, still perplexed. Yes. Her room was furnished like this." Impossible. From what I knew of my cousin the would not have spent the money in furnishing a costly room." "Nevertheless she did," replied Gebb, coolly. Of course the imitation was somewhat gimcrack, and done on a cheap scale; but, for all that, I assure pou the resemblance between the original and the copy is marvellous." "Strange!" muttered Edith, sitting down on a primrose-hued couch. I wonder why Ellen Tell me all about this terrible murder," she broke Qff; II all-from the beginning." CHAPTER X.—STRANGE BEHAVIOUR. After some refleotion Gebb concluded that Misa Wedderburn was quite ignorant of the causes which bad led to her cousin's death; also of the details, and of the death itself. He therefore told her as concisely as possible the story of the tragedy from the time Mrs. Presk had been brought to the Grangebury police station, down to the visit he had paid to Prain the solicitor. Some points in the story he suppressed, others he amplified; but, on the whole, he gave her a very fair and unprejudiced account. With attentive ears, and her eyes fixed on the face of the narrator, Edith sat listening, her hands clasped loosely on her lap. Several times she asked him questions, but as a rule let the account flow on uninterruptedly. When Gebb ended, she heaved a deep sigh, whether of relief or pity the detective could not say, and rose to pace up and down the room. Evidently she was more moved by the tragio fate of her wretched cousin than she chose to admit. Gebb having told his 6tory, waited for her to recover, and comment on the matter. "Poor Ellen!" said Miss Wedderburn at length, but speaking to herself rather than to her com- panion. A miserable ending to a miserable life; but I am not astonished." How is that?" said Gebb with a sharp look at her. Surely the tragedy is unexpected enough." Miss Wedderburn shook her head. "Ellen always •aid that sooner or later she would be murdered." "By Mr. Dean?" Yes replied Edith quietly, by Mr. Dean." "Oht" said the detective, taking a long breath. I thought you believed in the innooence of Dean." So I do; I never said I didn't. I only remarked that Ellen declared Mr. Dean would kill her." Well, she has been murdered, and in the moat barbarous manner. Do you say Dean is the criminal?" "Do you?" said Edith, answering one question by asking another. "I don't know what to think," replied Gebb, crossly. "Neither do I," responded Miss Wedderburn; and then for quite two minutes there waa a dead silence. It was broken by Gebb. Was Itliss Gilmar unpopular in these parts?" he asked. "Very unpopular; the people round here called her Mrs. Harpagon from her miserly habits." Did you like her, Miss Wedderburn?" "No!" replied the girl, coolly, "I did not; neither did she like me. There was no love lost between us. She wanted a caretaker and I wished for a. home. My staying here is a simple matter of business." But surely you are sorry to hear of her murder?" I am not utterly without heart, Mr. Gebb, although you seem to think so. Yes, I am sorry. I would be sorry for anyone who met with so cruel a death." Had Miss Gilmar any enemies?" asked Gebb, impatient of this fencing which kept him at a dis- tance. I told you she was unpopular," said Edith, slowly, "but I don't know that she had any enemies bitter enough to murder her." "Except Dean I" "Of course," she replied, unmoved, "always except Mr. Dean." "Then he must have killed her." "It's not impossible," retorted Miss Wedder- burn, coolly. Gebb, a rare thing for him to do, lost his temper completely. Madame!" he oried, in a rage, will you or will you not answer me plainly?" There is no need to raise your voice, sir. I am answering you." "But not plainly!" What do you call plainly?" asked Edith, with t provoking smile. You know what I mean," said Gebb, testily. I call black black and white white; you call both a kind of grey." I believe they are grey when mixed. However, I see what you mean, Mr. Gebb, so do not lose your temper. You wish to know why Miss Gilmar left this place, how she left it, and why I am in oharge." "Yes, I shall be glad of the information." "Very good," said Edith, calmly, "then you shall hear my history." It will be just as well for you to tell it," said Gebb, dryly, at least, so far as concerns Miss Gilmar. Every detail is of value in connection with this case. Please go on," and he took out pencil and pocket book. I am an orphan," said Miss Wedderburn, tak- ing no notice of this action, as I lost my parents some five years ago. I was then eighteen years of age and at a school in Canterbury, but on the death of my father and mother I was unable to continue my education. Therefore, as I had no parents, no friends, and no money, I was in anything but a pleasant position." Did your father leave no money?" inquired Gebb, with sympathy. "If he had I should not be here, sir. My father died so poor that there was hardly enough money to pay his funeral expenses. I tell you all these details, Mr. Gebb, so that you may understand my position here. When I found myself thrown on the world I did not know what to do, as I was unable to obtain a situation either as companion or governess. Then I remembered Ellen Gilmar—a relative of my father's, who I knew waa living a quiet life in this place on the money left to her by Laura Kirkstone. I wrote to her and explained my position; and, as she no doubt found life here ex- tremely dull, she asked me to stay with her as a companion, but without a salary. The offer did not attract me greatly, nor did Ellen on our first inter* VIew; but I was in that unenviable position when beggars can't be choosers, so I was forced to accept her offer. I have been here for the last five years, and on the whole I have no reason to complain of my lot in life." "Was Miss Gilmar kind to you?" Edith shrugged her shoulders. As kind as sne could be to anyone. We quarrelled once or twioe." About what?" "I don't see that you have any right to ask that question," said Edith, quietly. "Still, to show you how candid I am, I will answer it frankly. W. quarrelled about a certain Mr. Alder." W'hat I John Alder the barrister?" "Yes," said Miss Wedderburn, rather surprised; do you know him t Not personally; but I heard about him from Mr. Prain." Mr. Prain seems to have been very confidential. However, this gentleman wished to marry me, and Miss Gilmar thought that I ought to acoept him, as he was the heir to the Kirkstone estates and also because the intended to leave him her money." "Without a provision for you?" Oh," said Miss Wedderburn, indifferently, "Ellen was not bound to leave <me her money, seeing that she had provided me with free board and lodging. But she advised me to marry Mr. Alder, and so make certain of being comfortable for life. But I did not like him, so I refused to become his wife. Now, I suppose he will turn me out of doors." Would he be so cruel? said Lrebfo, with a glance at her handsome haughty face. "He might, and he might not. He is much liked by his friends and, I suppose, has as much charity as most people; but whatever he decides, I can't stay on here, now that he is the master. Does he know that his cousin is dead?" I can't say. I don t think so; unless like myself and Prain he discovered her death through the newspaper descriptions of the Yellow Boudoir." He'll find out soon, I've no doubt," said Edith, and come down to offer me a choice of being his wife or leaving the Hall. I shall certainly go. But to continue my story. I remained with Miss Gilmar, and got on fairly well with her. She told me all about the murder, and her fears of being killed by Dean. Often she congratulated herself that he was in prison." And what did she do when she heard of his '^She was beside herself with terror; and, think- ing he would come down here to murder her, she determined to leave the Hall. She made all arrange- ments as regards money with her solicitor, and asked me to take charge of this place. I agreed, and she went away over three years ago. I have never," said Miss Wedderburn, with emphasis, set ggew tne course of her wanderings?" Sometimes, when she wrote to inquire if Dean had made his appearance at the Hall, but as a rule I heard nothing, and knew not where she was. The last time she wrote was about six months ago, but the did not say then where her next resting plaee would be, and as she was not inclined to be confidential I did not ask questions." Did you know that she carried about a duplicate of this room?" No, not until you told me. I never see the newspapers down here." "Can you tell me why she did so?" "It it hard to explain," said Edith, with a pussled look. "When Ellen was here she sat con- stantly in this room, and seemed greatly attached to it. I do not know why, seeing that it had been the soene of her cousin's murder. But I suppose the wanted to keep the threats of Dean to kill her fffflttollll itv wirni —A frajm. |f|inHna|a nl this room that she might not forget her danger and run the risk of being lulled into a state of dangerous security." That would hardly account for her strange fanoy for the room," said Gebb, shaking his head. I can supply no other reason," answered Edith, reflectively. Ellen was very eccentric, and one could not always account for her whims." She was superstitious?" Believed in omens and fortune tellers and all kinds of rubbish. Yet I fancy she had not always been so weak-minded. It was the dread of a violent death that made her consult these people." Did she ever drop any hint about the murder?" She dropped no hint, as you call it," said Edith, stiffly, but told me the whole story very plainly. She quite believed that Dean was guilty." Yet she might have killed Kirkstone herself," said Gebb: after a pause. That is impossible. She had no reason to do eo; and moreover if she had been guilty, she would certainly have betrayed herself to me. It is no use speaking ill of the dead, Mr. Gebb." Yet you cannot say that your cousin was a good woman." "Perhaps not," retorted Miss Wedderburn. "On the other hand I cannot say that she was a murderess. Well, sir, I have told you all I know and you see I cannot help you in any way." I am not so sure of tnat," replied Gebb, coolly. "I have not yet closed my examination." Edith flushed and looked uneasy. "I don't like that word," she said in irritable tones, "it sounds as though I were a criminal in the dock." That is a strong way of putting it, Miss Wedder- burn why not compare yourself to a witness in the witness-box?" Oh, call me what you like," cried the girl rising impatiently, but let us finish our conversation as quickly as possible. I have told you about Miss Gilmar, about this room, about Mr. Alder; I know nothing more." "Nothing, Miss Wedderburn? Think again." I tell you I know nothing," said Edith, now crimson with rage. What do you mean by your hints?" I mean that you have another lover," remarked Gebb, acting on the advice of Prain, but quite in the dark as to what it would bring forth. Miss Wedderburn sat down promptly again on the couch as though her limbs refused to support her, and the flush on her face gave place to a deadly pallor. She shook in every limb, as though over- come with terror. Arthur!" she faltered. "You know about—" her voice stopped and she fell baok in a faint. (To be Continued.)

ARE THE WELSH A NATION? DESTROYING ANCIENT MYTHS. The following is a portion of the address recently delivered by Prof. MoKenny Hughes, at the University College, Aberystwyth, :— This question of temperament and character is generally raised as part of the theory of separate nationality. Had I scrambled up on to the corner of a platform to try to win applause by imposing upon an ignorant audience at some popular gather- ing, I should have been expected to speak some- what in this strain:—We, the ancient British race, tenacious of our idiosyncrasies and proud of our history, we who drove the greatest of the CaBsars twice across the main, we who have re pelled the invasions of Saxons and Normans, shall we now tamely allow the English to take posses- sion of our land, shall we permit English architec < to build houses upon Welsh soil, bribing the poor harassed natives with English gold to carry out their selfish obiects—and so on-yon know the sort of thing. # What right have we to call our- selves the ancient British race P It was not the Roman policy to exterminate. And, though some of the natives may have moved on from certain districts, there is no reason for supposing that the Belgoe, or Iceni, or any of those who met the early Roman invasion were pushed back into Wales. The tribes already in Wales would pro- bably not have welcomed them. To hear some men talk yon might suppose that they claimed Boadicea as their great grandmother. The mere handfuls of invaders who landed on our shores throughout the troublous times that followed the withdrawal of the legionaries cannot have occu- pied the land had they not been absorbed into, assimilated to, or accepted by the pre-existing population. Let us regard this idea of a separate nationality not as a matter of sentiment, but, as becomes us in a university gathering, from the point of view of the sciences of anthropology, ethnography, and history. Do you really believe that the inhabitants of Wales belong to one raoa and that the whole body of the people is different in any essential characters from the whole body of the inhabitants of England ? A visitor from England went into a pasture field not fifty miles from here and saw a large-boned, large-horned, white-faced red cow. a small black and iron grey heifer with short, somewhat up-turned horns, a lort of strawberry roan with forward horns, and a brindled red aud black. He gushed to his friend, Here you see the ancient breed of cattle driven into these fastnesses by the Romans nearly 2,000 years ago and still holding their own in their mountain home. His friend, who was a bit of a iarmer and a practical man, said he did not think that could be 10, That large-boned, large horned white-faced red cow was a nearly pure Hereford, the small black and iron grey was one of the varie-! ties of the mountain breed the strawberry roan was a shorthorn and the brindled. cow was a reversion of type very common in many parts of the country. Nothing would persuade him that all those cows were the descendants of the cattle carried by ancient Britons with them into the fast nesses of Wales so long ago. Will any sensible man who knows Wales and the Welsh maintain that the various types of form, feature, and col- our that we see in groups perhaps here and there, but varying as much and in the same direction as in the same classes in England belong to a different race from any found in Eng- land or even to one race of any kind. The short, swarthy gwyr Ardudwy, probably remnants of the Ordovices, are very different from the Silures of Carmarthen and Glamorgan, aDd easily distin- guished from the big-boned, large.featared straight, haired Cardy of the interior. I may say of the interior, because the Welshman of the sea coast represents another race altogether. The sandy hairad, reddish brown:or light haired mor- wr, who is so common in all our seaports, is an I obvious relic of the Scandinavians and Finns nrho, whether as a Norwegian, Danish, or mixed Baltic race, landed and stayed on all the British coast line. Do the Cochion Caio belong to the same nationality as the Gwyr Eryri, or the dwellers in I Lloegr fach tuhwnt i Gymru the same as the rest oftheHwntws? Of all the various races that have gone to the making of the present inhabitants of Wales, whose temperament have we inherited ? Turn now to England. Dark people varying locally ab do the dark people in Wales are found Bot only in the northern counties, in the highlands of Scotland and in Devonshire, where they may be supposed to have originated in much the same way, but we find them locally in Norfolk and other parts of the eastern counties; and all along the coast we find the very same varieties of sandy reddish or fair people as we see round the coast of Walee. There are more of the dark people in Wales and the West ot England, more flaxen hair people in some parts of eastern or central England, but the ancient races are all scattered about and mixed up so that no large area is occu- pied by any one nationality. To talk of seperate nationalities among the mixed people who make up the population of the British Isles is to talk the most arrant nonsense. Now, let us turn to an- other point of view, Who are the inhabitants of Liverpool, Bristol, Manchester, London, and other large towns of England p How shall we form an opinion P Let us walk about and look at their faces. From that inspection we should certainly not infer that they were very different from the inhabitants of Aberystwyth, Bangor, or Cardiff. Certainly they do not all belong to the fair type which we are accustomed to call Saxon and which we find represented in some of the inland counties of England. Let us next leok at the names on the doors and over the shops. Here we find an enormous proportion of those patronymics with which we are so familiar in onr own country. Wales for the Welsh indeed! The Welsh have gone forth and possessed England. The Welsh have great adaptability to and versatility and when they have trained themselves, often by individual effort and late in life, they have shown great ad- ministrative and financial capacity. What was the burden of the song that has inspired the great and growing expansion of Germany P Was it Germany for the Germans ? One of the most popular poems in Germany from about 1813 to 1873 was that written by the patriotic poet, E.M, Arndt,' Was ist des Deutschen Vaterland," What is the Fatherland of the German?" In which he asks shall it be restricted to thegeographi- callimits of mountain and valley or the political boundaries of surrounding nations P But answers Oh no, oh no, that ne'er can be, The German's home a wider range must see." Whenever there is work so be done and waste places of the earth to be re-claimed, where truthful and trusting men stand shoulder to shoulder in the battle of life, there the German finds himself at home. What a large view of life! But what have we been brought up on—what historical recollections, what high aspirations ? A few noisy demagogues mar- ching along like the three tailors of Tooley-Btreet, proclaim themselves the representatives of the whole Welsh race and cry, Wales for the Welsh." Wales for the Welsh indeed! Remember that means England for the English. When we have gathered.the Welsh in from Canada, the United States, Africa, Australasia, and India, Wales will not be large enough to contain them. If the Welsh are, as I believe they are, holding their own in the increasing population of the British Empire, there should be reserved for us a proportionate share of that Empire-a piece nearly as large as all Europe. Wales for the Welsh indeed !—a fair share of the world for Welshmen say, I. Wide as the world the Britons' home! What a motto for our flag. Let this University College investigate the question, how much of the ancient British blood runs in the veins of the average Englishman ? At any rate, we need not be ashamed to claim kinship with those who are known as the British race all over the world, and may feel the same proud security in being able to say I am a British subject as did the ancient who could command respect by the simple statement, I am a Roman citizen. This University will also have to face the question of our language with more knowledge and more common sense I hope than is usually brought to bear upon it. Of course we feel the sentiment attached to it as laith enaid a thanau." It would be more popular to approach the question with the motto, Oes y Byd i'r Iaith Gymraeg," and to say nothing about any difficul. ties that our experience tells us lie in the way of or accompany any artificial bolstering up of it as the vernacular speech of the country. But what position shall we take up as sensible people who have to do with education who have met this even- ing to consider what is best for Wales. When it was proposed to submerge the village of Llanwddyn in order to provide a supply of pure water for a popu- lation greater than that of all Wales, I went to see the plaee with the late Sir Watkin and my father, whose consent was required before certain parochial changes could be made. I strolled by myself into the sohool to see what was going on and I found a large number of women with babies sitting round, and a medical man with vaccination appliances taking them in order and carrying out the object of his visit. I ascertained that the doctor could not speak Welsh and that none of the women spoke English. May be that in that healthy place, where, in the absence of doctois people mostly die a natural death, there was seldom any delicacy of constitution that would render it desirable to postpone vaccination or to prescribe any special regime after it, and I daresay the skilful practitioner could have detected symp toms suggestive of any exceptional state of health in the patients submitted to his inspection, but it did strike me that there ought to have been some medium of communication between those mothers and the medical man. If you wish to have any message delivered it does seem only in accordance with common sense that the messenger should be able to speak the language of the people to whom he is sent. But there is a practical limit to even this. In the discharge of judicial functions, for instance, it would seen desirable that the prisoners, advocates, jary, and judge should understand one another, but in practice this cannot be carried out in ordinary case in Wales or in India, or in appeals to our highest couits. Fancy ruling that no mem. bers of the House of Lords who could not speak Welsh should be allowed to sit in judgment on a Welsh appeal case. The great disadvantage of bringing up a large part of our population without a competent knowledege of English is obvious, but while that difficulty exists we must do what we can to insist upon having messages delivered to the people, as far as possible, in a language that they can understand. It is a high and praiseworthy object to aim at the perpetuation of the purest and most beautiful and expressive of the Celtic langu- ages, but as sensible men let us ask what price we have to pay if we endeavour to keep it up as the vernacular. Psammiticus wished to try a very interesting philological experiment. He observed that children acquire the language and even the intonation of those with whom they live from in- fancy. He wanted to ascertain what language a child would speak who was brought up under conditions which would prevent his ever hearing any human voice. He ordered two babies to be isolated and brought up by goats. When the children began to develop articulate sounds, the bleating of a goat was all they could utter. Psam. miticus, to make the sound fit in the theory he favoured, said the baa of the gaot was the Phrygian for bread. Fathers and mothers of Wales, will you, for the sake of a philological experiment, sacrifica your children and bring them up uttering only the melodious, but to the rest of the world unintelligible bleating of the natives of their own rocks. Look what it means in practice. My father was once attracted by a crowd gathered round two men on the platform of the railway station at Birmingham. He enquired what was the matter and found that there were two passengers who had missed their train and no one could under- stand or make them understand. He found two Welsh lads within a short day's journey of their k home as helpless as if they had been among the natives of Central Africa. Look how students are handicapped by not being perfectly familiar with English before they come here. You acknow- ledge it in your prospeotus, and have very wisely provided for it. And yet there are people who would perpetuate this isolation. Let these so-called patriots put their hands in their pockets and find chairs for the study of language and literature of Wales, but do not let them keep up the language artificially at the expense of the social, intellectual and commercial progress of the sons of Wales. Let there be, by all means a chair for teaching and research in Cymric language and literature in this University. Let there be here the best library of Celtie literature in the world. Let it be well endowed, but let us not do anything to binder the acquisition by all the children of the language in which they must ask of everything; the language of the people from whom they must hope for every- thing the language which is fast becoming the language of the world. I do not suppose that there are many educated people who would now advocate anything being done to hinder the acquisition of English by every Welsh child, but I would go further and urge that a great effort should be made to spread the knowledge of English language and literature throughout the country. And how can it best be done ? I will again refer to Psammiticus. He tried another similar experiment. He said that the children should be brought up by women, but had the women's tongues cut out. Cruel Psam- miticus What bodily and mental pain he inflict- ed for the sake of a philological experiment. These poor women not only suffered in themselves but also saw their children grow up dumb. Wise Psammiticus He well knew whence came the early efforts at articulate speech. May we not learn from him P If we would teach our children English we must offer the gift of tongues to their mothers. We most look to the education of the women of Wales. The conditions of life have been much changed since the monks of Bangor Iscoed were cut off by the Saxon foes, because that cen- tre of culture and light and leading strmgthened the Welsh to hold their own. The facilities of education are very different from those which were available when Ystrad Meurig was founded, but many of the old questions and 'old difficulties are still before the new University College of Aber- yswyth in the choice of an intellectual policy, and these call for calm judgment and fearless assertion of truth, even when unpopular, and for the exer- cise of far-sighted wisdom even when immediate advantage must be sacrificed to permanent solid progress. (Loud applause).