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TO THE SOUTH POLE.
TO THE SOUTH POLE. THE VOYAGE OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS. M. Borchgrevinck's expedition to the South Pole will start in a few days. His ship, the Southern Cross, furnished by Sir George Newnes and built by Mr. Colin Archer, lies in the Thames, taking in provisions and coal. There is nothing in the expedition so sensational as the voyages of either Nansen or Andree, but it is not at all inferior to these in point of interest. An area twice the size of Europe has yet to be explored within the Antarctic Circle, and even the south geographical pole has not been located. Practically all that is known of the physiography of this tract of about 8,000,000 square miles is that it is probably land, and a high irregular plateau. M. Borchgrevinck, who is a Swede, was first moved with the idea of exploring it when touching at Cape Adair, in South Victoria Land, as a member of the crew of a whaling expedition. There, after renewing her supply of coal at Hobart Town, the Southern Cross will land the major part of her crew of thirty men for the winter. Thev will form a camp, like Mr. Jackson's, make short overland expeditions, and get acclimatised in readiness for a possible advance by stages to the geo- graphical pole, distant some 1,200 miles. This is to be undertaken, if at all, not earlier than the spring of next year, when the ship, which M to winter at Hobart, will have returned with fresh provisions; but instead of it M. Borch- grevinck may take advantage of the break-up of the ice to make a coasting trip. The Southern Cross is built for such a purpose somewhat on the model of the Fram, and her captain, Jensen, is a Norwegian with long experience of the Polar Seas. But, unlike that of the Fram, her crew includes a number of Englishmen. Lieu- tenant Colbeck, R.N.R., is the first magnetic observer, and for some time past has studied at Kew. He will be assisted by Mr. Louis Bernacchi, of the Melbourne Observatory. The medical officer is Dr. Klovstad, of Chrietiania University. Mr. Hansen, of the British Museum, and Mr. Hugh Evans will serve as zoologists and collectors.
YACHTING FATALITIES.
YACHTING FATALITIES. Mr. P. O'Connor Glynn, jun., a young yachts- man of great promise, and a gentleman whose name has not transpired have been drowned about two miles north of Bay harbour owing to the capsizing of the Aroon, the property of Mr. O'Connor Glynn. sen., of the Dublin Bay Sailing Club. The Aroon, which was one of the Colleen design class of the D.B.S. Club, sailed at Bray regatta on Tuesday and Wednesday, and left the harbour for Kingstown on Thursday evening. On the run for Dalkey Sound a heavy squall, it is stated, struck the little yacht, which was at once swamped and turned over. The bodies have not been recovered. Three young men, named Daniel M'Intvre, Adam Turnbull, and Duncan M'Vean, left Balloch the other day in the Kittiwake, a well-known Loch Lomond racing yacht. When on the return journey a nasty squall caught her sails, and the boat, lurching over, filled with water and sank. The occupants of the boat got clear and made for the shore, two hundred yards off. Only M'Vean, however, managed to reach land, his two com- panions being drowned when within a few yards of the bank.
SUICIDE OF A MEDICAL MAN.
SUICIDE OF A MEDICAL MAN. At Bermondsey Town Hall Mr. Wood, deputy- coroner, has held an inquiry with reference to the death of James Allen, aged fifty-two yenr: late a medical assistant, living at Southward Park-road, who committed suicide by takin.; morphia.—A daughter stated that deceased been employed by Dr. Nichols, of Kotherhithe. as an assistant for sixteen years. That gentle- man sold his practice a few weeks since to Dr Hall, who engaged deceased as a disponsc-r. L the afternoon he returned home and complained of not feeling well. He lay down, but I afterwards his wife entered the room and him drinking something. She inquired what j! was, and deceased replied that lie had t-il e> morphia. Dr. Hall was immediately called, h: death took place the same night. — Dr. Hall sai. he purchased Dr. Nichels's practice and en, -ployed deceased as a dispenser permanently, SI, that he had no trouble on that score. On Tues day rooming deceased complained of !'(*< 'ir>l queer, and witness told him he need not tetur in the afternoon. Soon afterwards witness wa called to deceased's residence and found hin Buffering from morphia poisoning. Witness di all that was possible, but he succumbed jlL-" before eleven o'clock the same night. one grain of morphia would prove fatal.—L answer to a juror, witness said that dece-igf, had seemed worried of late, and had complainei of failing memory.—The jury returned a verdict. of suicide while temporarily insane.
DEATH OF COLONEL WARING, M.P.
DEATH OF COLONEL WARING, M.P. Colonel Waring, M P. for North Down. die Tery suddenly at Waringstown House on Friday morning. He was one of the Ulster members, the so; of Major Waring, and the grandson of an Irisi- Dean. He was educated at Trinity College. Dublin, was High Sheriff of Down in" 18G3, arc- was an active nnlitia officer. lie was a strooj. opponent of Home Rule, and an Orangeman 1 the type of Colonel Saunderson. lie was sixty- seven years of age, and had been three tim": married.
NAVAL OFFICER'S DIVORCE SUIT.
NAVAL OFFICER'S DIVORCE SUIT. In the Divorce Court, on Thursday, Mr. Justice Barnes had before him the petition 01 Edward John Bishop, a petty officer in the Kcyal avy, for the dissolution of his marriage with liiB wife on the ground of her misconduct with the co-respondent, also a naval petty oflicer. There was no defence.—After hearing the evidence, his lordship granted a decree nisi, with costs against the corcsrondent, and gave '1e petitioner the c;,¡..i;v,1 vi. "e children.
Death of the Rev Morris Thomas,…
Death of the Rev Morris Thomas, Missionary, Vizagapatam, India, WHILE ON HIS WAY HOME ON 1 UK- LOUGH. We deeply regret to record the sad news of the death of the Rev M. Thomas. According to intelligence received this morning (Tuesday) he and his wife were on their way home, on fur- lough, as the deceased had been ailing for some time. They should have arrived home three months before this, but owing to his debility they were obliged to wait longer. On Sunday morning last he died at Madras, and was buried on Monday. Mr Thomas had been a most de- voted and energetic missionary in his sphere of labour for the last 20 years ,and his death Las caused a gap which the London Missionit:i Society will find difficult to fill. Mr Thomas was a native of Merthyr. He bad worked him- self up from being a collier, and gained admis- sion to Brecon Memorial College, where he was trained for the ministry. At the end of his college career, he was bent upon entering 7 he mission field, and was ordained and put apart tc. the work at Zoar Chapel, Merthyr, where his mother-church assembled, and the ytfung mis- sionary left his native land amidst the good wishes of all his acquaintances. Ug prove himself to be a most devoted and tnccessi'il missionary for the years mentioned; but ala! he has been cut down while it was expected that he had yet in store years of usefulness in the Master's vineyard; but he has been taken away from the scene of his labours to the land of the blest. We deeply sympathise with Mrs Thomas, who has been left lonely among strang- ers. May the Lord and Master of the mission field console and strengthen her, and permit her to reach the land of her fathers in safety
Independent Order of Oddfellows…
Independent Order of Oddfellows (M.U.) Friendly Society. PONTYPRIDD DISRICT. The half-yearly meeting of the above district was held at the New York Hotel, Porth, on Monday, when Grand Master Thomas Jones, Bryn Amlwg, Tonypandy, took the chair, and P.T.G.M. John H. Davies, Porth, D.G.M.'s chair instead of Edward Dawkins, Graigwen, Pontypridd, who was away on his holidays in France, and unable to attend. The district secretary, R. J. Richards, Porth, and Mr Daniel Williams, Pontypridd, district trea- surer, were also present. A very heavy call was made on the funeral fund of the district, when 2205 was paid out to the lodges, the largest amount paid out for many years in funeral dona- tion. A very long discussion took place in re- ference to the course to be adopted, as to keep- ing in compliance the members now out of work owing to the coal strike. Sixteen lodges was represented at the meeting. Several nomina- tions were made for the deputy-chair and dis- trict auditor, and D.G.M. Edmond Dawkins was elected Grand Master for the year 1899. At the close a hearty vote of thanks was given to the Grand Master for the very able manner he conducted the meeting; also the host of the house for the good spread. The next meeting will be held at the Hope Lodge. Pontypridd.
PONTYPRIDD GUARDIANS.
PONTYPRIDD GUARDIANS. APPOINTMENT OF FOSTER-MOTHER. The Guardians held their weekly meeting at their offices on Wednesday, when a moderate attendance was presided over by Mr Godfrey L. Clark. Mr R. L. Phillips moved that the recommenda- tion of the Visiting Committee, to the effect that B. Roberts, be sent to Porthcawl Rest for a few weeks, be adopted.—This was agreed to. A letter was received from the Local Gov- ernment Board assenting to the proposal of the Guardians that the school mistresses at the Homes should be allowed to reside outside. Mr Charles Richards, Ferndale, made an aIr plication for a boy at the Cottage Homes, and this was granted. Five applications were received in response to the Guardians' advertisement for a foster- mother at the Cottage Homes,, the applicants being Emma Morgan, Berw road, Pontypridd. Mary Ann Tucker, Tonteg; Sarah M. Mayden, Cardiff; Marian Jones, supernumerary, Cottage Homes; and E. Bartlett, Merthyr. Some discussion took place as to whether the appointment shoiuld be made that day, Mr R. L. Phillips contending that the appointment should not be made until the applicants iad been before the Board or a committee. However, it was decided to proceed with the appointment, as the present foster monther was desirius cf leaving immediately. Mr Isaac Prothero noved the appointment of Miss Morgan, Pontypridd, whom he considered a candidate eminently suited for the position. Mr Rhys Davies, Mrs Hill- Male, and others, simultaneously seconded Mr Lewis Williams proposed ,and Mr Thomas Lewis seconded, that Miss Marian Jones be ap- pointed. The voting resulted in 22 votes being recorded for Miss Morgan, and 10 for Miss Jones, the former being subsequently vcani- mously appointed.
CAN STAMINA BE IMPARTED IN…
CAN STAMINA BE IMPARTED IN SUMMER? To the Editor. Sir,—The answer to the above important ques- tion is decidedly "Yes." No matter whatever physical or mental labout is meant or even if, as is too often the case in the summer, an excess of either has to be accomplished, Dr Tibbies' Vi-Cocoa will prove of inestimable service. The summer jadednesb and tiredness which characterises thousands of 3oung men and women of the present day too OTten resolve3 itself into a question of diet. Children and young persons do not require so much food as nourishment, and a partially di- gested Food-beverage, such as Dr Tibbies Vi. Cocoa, gives strength, stamina, and builds up and strengthens the tissues. The disinclination for further effort and exertion so often exper- ienced will become a thing of the past: and heat in summer and all the uncertainties of our trying Miniate can be faced with Dr Tibbies' ViCocoa, which his concentrated power of nu- triment, and imparts stamina and staying powers adds to powers of endurance, and enables those who use it to undergo greater physical exertion and fatigue. Such great ill4edical authorities as the "Lan- cet' 'and "British 'Medical Journal" commend Dr Tibbies' ViCocoa for its sustaining pronerties, and the claim of the proprietors of "Merit, and merit alone;" is certainly a just one. If Dr Tibbies' Vi-Coeoa was universally used during the summer months, as its merits deserve, it would do much towards relieving the distress caused by carelessness in choice of food. Yours truly, SPECIALIST. JjCiluGrl, xl.vv.
Pontypridd,
Pontypridd, FRIDAY-Before Dr. R. C. Hunter and Mr Gordon Lenox. Emily Bates, Pontypridd, was charged with refusing to quit the Park Hotel on the 8th inst. Mr Treharne, landlord of the hotel, said that sha was in the hotel on the day in question and became very uproariots- When asked to quit, she declined and threw a glass at witness, which luckily did not hit him. P.C. Adams said that he went into the house about six times for the purpose of ejecting her, but she walked out each time. A fine of 10s. 63. was imposed, or a fortnight's imprisonment. John Sullivan, labourer, Pontypridd, was fined 10s. for being drunk and disorderly in Taff street, Pontypridd, on the 23rd ult. Thomas James Peter, a nine year old lad, was charged with stealing a brass tap, value 5s., the property of Mr W. V. Rees, ironmonger, Pontypridd. Police-sergeant Evans said that on Wednesday the 10th inst., he saw the defen- dant in the Colliers' Arms Hotel, Pontypridd, with the tap in his possession. Mr Phillips, the landlord said that the boy had offered it to him for sale. The tap was missed from the back yard of Mr Rees, the ironmonger. The police said the boy roamed each day up and down the valleys. Inspector Ruff said he would tak4 proceedings against the lad's mother, subsequent to which, he would probably be re- moved to a home. The lad was then remanded to the Pontypridd Workhouse.
Pontypridd.
Pontypridd. WEDNESDAY.—Before the Stipendiary (Mr Ignatius Williams), Councillor P. Gowan, and Dr R. C. Hunter. A Pontypridd lad named Thomas James Peters was charged with gteajing a brass tap, value 6s. Supt. Coles asked for a remand, and stated that the boy was of weak intellect. Peters' parents were also summoned by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children for neglecting him,and in this case also Inspector Ruff asked for an adjournment. Both applications were granted, the boy in the meantime being taken back to the Workhouse. F. W. Flooks, collier, Pontypridd, was sum- moned by the Inland Revenue Officer, for keep- ing a dog without a licence, and was ordered to pay the costs of the case. Morgan Llewelyn, haulier, Cilfynydd, was similarly charged, and ordered to pay the cost of the licence and the costs of the case. Mary Rees, Treforest, was summoned by hr sister, Margaret Murphy, Treforest, for unlaw- fully cutting and wounding her on the XOth dnst. The prosecutrix \did not appear, and Supt. Coles stated that she wished to withdraw from the case, and refused to give evidence. The assault was alleged to have been com tutl Bd with a knife. P.C. Dalby said he arrested the prisoner on Wood Road, Treforest, conveyed her to the Pontypridd Police Station, and charged her with unlawfully cutting and wounding Margaret Murphy on the face with a table knife. In re- ply to the charge she said, "I told you once I did not do it." Witness added that the wound was a clean cut, about one and a half inches long. Supt. Coles stated that he had examined the wound, which he found to be a clean cut. evi- dently done by a sharp instrument. Prisoner alleged that she and her sister had been drinh- ing together, and she (prisoner) carried a smndle of umbrella steels under her arm, which duvirg a scuffle no doubt brushed her sister's face. She had no knife in her hand. The Stipendiary r.- marked that there was no doubt but that the wound had been infGcEed by a knife ,and the prisoner would be remanded for a week, bail being allowed. John Thomas was summoned by his wife, Martha Thomas, for persistent crueiby. Com- plainant stated that she had been married fr-r 28 years, and her husband left her on the f¡1 b June. She now summoned him for maintenance. The Stipendiary pointed out that the summons was for persistent cruelty, and before that charge could be proceeded with she would have to go back to reside with her husband. Com- plainant then left the Court. Elizabeth Allen was summoned by Anj Bees, for assault. The complainant now wanted to withdraw the charge. The Stipendiary remarked that the defendant (whose face bore marks of violence) looked the more assaulted. Complain- ant said she wished to withdraw the efcarg?, be- cause there was "quite as much fault on one as the other." The Stipendiary: Did you make these marks on the woman? Complainants I don't know, air. The Stipendiary: What was it-a fight? Complainant: Yes., sir. The Sti- pendiary (to the defendant): Alright, yon can go. As the complainant was about to leave, she was asked for the cost of the summons, and her erstwhile opponent promptly nanded her the necessary 3s 6d. The 'parties then left the Court together, the difficulties apparently hav- ing been satisfactorily and amicably set tie J.
A Pleasant Substitute for…
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ifo.vJ-.yW.) BY ORDER OF THE…
ifo.vJ-.yW.) BY ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT. BY EVKLYN SWAN, Author of "'Twixt Love and Fear," "Little Sally's Luck," &c. "Yes, Mr. Morpeth, you have my consent. I give it willingly, for there is no man I would rather Inez should marry." As he spoke. Colonel Gamba held out his hand and clasped mine in a firm, strong grasp. Leon Gamba was a striking-looking Cuban, stern, reserved, with swarthy, rugged features. I returned his hand-clasp in silence, too happy for words; for I loved Inez Gamba with all the passion that was in me. We were sitting in the garden of his house, The Laurels, in South Kensington, smoking in the full enjoyment of the sultry July evening. "Inez has no fortune," he said, after a long pause, in which he had lighted a fresh cigar. "But you will not care for that ? "No, I have enough for both," I replied. "Good." Then after another pause: "You know nothing of my history, nothing of my family, nothing of my rast." "I know Inez. That is enough for me." I was very much in love. "Good," he exclaimed again, in a short, sharp, emphatic tone. And you are content not to know and not to ask ? "I am content to know that Inez loves me," was my answer. "Good," he cried for the third time, with much feeling. "Spoken like a Cuban lover." He paused, and then continued: "You wish the marriage to be soon ? He took the cigar from his lips and turned questioningly to me. "The sooner the better. I should like it to- morrow. "Now you are more Cuban than a Cuban," he said. "I also should like it to be as soon as possible. Inez will want a protector some day perhaps soon, perhaps suddenly." He spoke the last words musingly, in a low voice, while the look on his face was as stern as I had ever seen it. ::Why? I asked. "You are not ill ?" "Ill, boy ? No, I am not ill; but I wish to provide for all that may happen. I am going awav to-morrow, and shall be away for some weeks. If I come back the marriage shall take place immediately on my return; if anything happens to me and I do not return, then you must marry Inez in my absence." I looked at him in amazement. "I don't understand," I bogan, when he cut me short. "Ask no questions now, Morpeth, and say nothing to Inez of what I have just told you. All is uncertain. But this at least is true, that you have done more to-night than anyone elae could have done to lessen my anxiety at a time of crisis in regard to my child." He rose and took my hand and pressed it affectionately, and laid one of his on my shoulder, as he added: "God bless you, Bernard, and deal with you as you deal with Inez." "I say Amen to that," I answered, as he went into the house. Then I leant back in my charr, thinking over what he had said about his movements, a good deal puzzled and mystified, and certainly very curious as to what he meant. But my lover's delirium soon put all other thoughts to flight, and I began dreaming the delicious dreams of a newly-accepted lover, as I sat on the little wicker garden chair, puffing out the blue smoke and watching it move heavily away on the breezeless air. Suddenly from behind two Boft arms were passed caressingly round my neck, a warm, silky cheek came nestling against mine, and I turned to look into the face of my betrothed, whose eyes were bright with the light of happy love. "My father has told me, Bernard," whispered the voice whose little foreign accent made such music in my ears; and I gathered my beloved in my arms and kissed her with a passion and fervour that fully equalled her own. Then we sat down close together, hand in hand, and talked sweet lovers' talk in low, soft accents, about our great love and all the happi- ness that lay just ahead of us and almost within reach. There were many long, sweet pauses in our talk, when we were both tonguetied with emotion, and when it was eloquence itself just to feel the rush and swirl of passion as our hands were locked together, or our eyes met in long, lingering glances of love. We remained thus till the twilight fell and deepened and darkened into night, and I had to go. I felt almost intoxicated with bappineas as I left the house. I drove to my club-a large political one- where I happened to remember that I had an appointment. I was hours late for it, however, and after I had roamed aimlessly about the great rooms for a time, and tried vainly to read the evening papers, I resolved to go home to bed. Then 1 found, to my annoyance, that someone had taken my hat from where I had hung it. One was left on the peg above it, and as it fitted my head, and as there was no other near, I took it, and explained matter3 to the porter, in case any inquiries should be made. My momentary annoyance soon left me when I got into the delicious air, and I walked home to my chambers almost as it were on wings, thinking of my love. The last thing in the world that troubled me was the fact that I had some- body else's hat on my head. Yet uneasy may lie the head that wears a changed hat. I had a very restless night, restless from pure excess of joy, and I rose rather late, having only fallen asleep when the clocks were chiming four or five. At breakfast I debated with myself how I should kill the time until the afternoon, when I was to go to South Kensington to Inez. I was at the Bar, but without any practice or inten- tion of seeking any, and my only intentions were that some day I would make an effort to do something in literature. But the plans were of the vaguest, and certainly gave no present occupation., Then I recalled the incident of the changed hats, and I picked up that which I had brought home, and examined it to see if there were any marks to shew its owner. I turned back the lining in my search, and discovered something which profoundly astonished me. It was a long thin strip of parchment, doubled over, and on it, written in Spanish, I read the following:- "The Brotherhood of Vigilance and Justice of Cuba. Authority to Juan Questado. General Campanas has been adjudged a traitor, and the Brotherhood have declared his punishment to be death. Convey the warrant to Leon Gamba, who is decreed executioner. By Order of the President. London, July 8th, 188—. The Punishment of Refusal is Death." I read these words over and over again, and stared at them, lost in wonder and amazement. Then I laughed heartily. What on earth could it mean ? I had often heard Colonel Gamba speak bitterly of the op- pressive policy of General Campanas, but was it possible that he could even think of assassinating him ? I shuddered at the thought, though willing to make all allowance for hot Cuban blood and temper. He was my friend, I had taken his hand; he was the father of my betrothed-could he be a murderer even in thought ? It was dreadful to contemplate. Then I smiled again. I knew little of the ways of secret soc ieties, but surely the members could not be such fools as to write murder drafts and leave them about in large clubs. Yet here was the parchment, and it grew more and more villainous-looking every time I gazed at it. What was I to do with it ? I might get myself mixed up in a mess if the thing were genuine and it was known that I had had it in my pos- session. The best course for me, clearly, was to send it back to the club inside the hat just as it was, and to pretend to know nothing about it. I took the hat in hand to put the document back where I had found it, when someone knocked at the door and entered without cere- mony. I had just time to put the hat on a table behind me and to thrust the paper into my pocket. "Mr. Morpeth?" "Yes, my name is Morpeth. What do you want, and why did you come in without knock- ing at the outer door ? I asked, rather curtly. My visitor was a short, dark, foreign-looking man, with an olive-coloured face and strangely scintillating eyes that roved everywhere, and a voice that was as soft and sweet as the cooing of a dove. "My name is Questado, Juan Questado. I am a member of the National Club, and in mistake I took your hat last night and left mine, which I believe you took. They told me this at the club this morning." "Yes," I answered, a little absently, as I was wondering how I could get the paper back into its hiding-place before returning him his hat. He looked narrowly at me, and noticed my manner. "Ah, I see you have my hat the. Will you give it me ? Allow me to restore yours, with ten thousand apilozies for my misMka." iù.1 XLF SO A. al1":l the I across to him and took my own. The moment he had it in his possession he seemed very pleased, and with renewed apologies left the room. In a minute he was back again, however, excited and agitated. "Excuse me, Mr. Morpeth, but I am under a strong impression that I left an important document under the lining of the hat, placed there for security. Have you seen it ? and his eyes flashed at me like jewels. "A document? What sort of document ? 11 1 asked as nonchalantly as possible, and got up and pretended to look about for it on the floor. But I think he could see I was acting. At the moment I was stupidly ashamed to confess I had taken it. "A document that may mean death to one or both of us," he said. "Death ?" I cried, turning to look at him. Then he laughed, very musically, but, as I could tell, with forced effort. "Don't let me frighten you. If it were serious, the loss of it might mean death. I am an author, a writer of plays. I jot down my ideas on loose pieces of paper and keep them. On this I had an idea of a play founded on a secret society, and what I have lost was an imaginary order from the society." He was lying now—I could see that easily euough-and I felt more uncomfortable than before. I murmured something about being sorry. "My idea is that of a society whose commands must be instantly obeyed, disobedience or treachery or disclosure bringing death in its train. A society so deadly that even knowledge of its proceedings gained by chance would mean death to the man who gained it. A society whose agents are disciplined, vigilant, and numerous, and whose proceedings are not recorded, save as men disappear secretly and mysteriously, where death comes swiftly and suddenly from unknown hands and whose symbols are the gleam of white steel and the gurgle of the red blood." Now he was trying to frighten me; and as he said this his look was passionate, vindictive, and even murderous. I resolved now not to give up the paper. "A very pretty idea; light, and graceful, and soothing," I said, with a laugh, "and suited, perhaps, for the Spanish stage-or the South American "—his eyes met mine, and lighted up with mischief as I said this- but to our English ideas, too absurd. Englishmen would laugh at such a thing. Oh, no, it wouldn't do in Eng- land. "No?" he said, with his honev voice. "Well, I suppose not. But my ideal society would even choose this very England for its headquarters; and if anyone had done, for instance, what you might have done in finding such a document as this, they would decree death as the only penalty." And again the fellow's looks were wild and malignant. "Well, if they did, they'd find the police getting considerably in their way, that's all. No, no, Senor Questado; you must do what we lawyers call change the venue, and make your plot where it would be practicable." "I will," he said, and bent another of his piercing looks on me. Then he left. I laughed, partly, I think, to reassure myself, for he made me a little uncomfortable, and then I took out the paper and read it again, and speculated whether there could be any- thing in it; whether it could be possible that Colonel Gamba was mixed up in such a busi- ness and whether I had done foolishly in getting thus concerned with it. I said nothing about this extraordinary visit to anyone, and did my best to assure myself that it had produced no disquieting effect upon me; but I was not quite successful. Despite the dream of delicious ecstasy in which I passed the next few days of constant companionship with Inez, I was a little disturbed by a curiosity which at times verged very closely upon anxiety. For some days after Questado had called at my chambers, I began to observe, moreover, that I was constantly meeting him. In the streets, in the club, 0:1 my road b or from South Kensington, he appeared to put himself in my way, and I caught him watching me so frequently that I began to think it could not all be the result of chance. Then something occurred that gave my thoughts a special direction. I was entering the Inn where my chambers were, when a shabbily-dressed man came up and asked, with an unmistakably foreign accent, if I was Mr. Bernard Morpeth, and gave me a letter; and before I could open it he dis- appeared. When I read it in my rooms I found it was headed from the same society, and ran thus: "To Bernard Morpeth. Warning. Restore at once, or take heed." And, like the other, it was signed, "By Order of the President." I laughed at it, but the incident ruffled me a little, when added to the fact that Questado seemed to be keeping me under a kind of sur- veillance. I know nothing more irritating than the sense that one's movements are being watched. I found myself looking constantly to note if Questado were anywhere to be seen; and gradually the idea grew on me that, either in person or by means of others, he was always spying on me. Many times I was on the point of going up to him to demand an explanation; but a sense of the ridiculous restrained me. I should look such a fool if I were wrong, and I stopped myself with the consoling thought that as soon as the Colonel returned I would have the matter out with him. But a week or so later an incident occurred that nearly broke through my reserve, and caused me the greatest disturbance. I had occasion to go down to see a friend at Turnham Green, and, coming back at night, had to cross the Green to the District Railway station to catch the last train to town. It was a thick, rather foggy night, and as I was passing the archway that runs under the railway em- bankment about the middle of the common 1 found myself the object of a sudden attack at the hands of a couple of scoundrels. They had laid their plans well, but a stumble of one of them gave me a warning of what was intended, and I had time to put myself on my guard. I have plenty of strength, and know how to use my fists too well to be afraid of any two average rascals of such a type. I let out with my left and sent one of them sprawling on his back in a moment, and turned to tackle the other. A quick trip with my foot, and a lucky thrust with my right arm, and the fellow was down. Not a moment too soon; for the other had got on to his feet, and, with an oath in a language which I could not catch, he had drawn a long knife and was preparing to make a rush at me. Before he could attack me, however, his com- panion called to him, in a muttering guttural tone, and the pair of scamps turned and sped away in the dark. I started to follow, but gave up, thinking of my train; and, as I stopped, one of them turned and looked back, and as the light of a rather feeble gas-lamp under which he was passing fell on his face I could have sworn that I saw the eyes of the Spaniard, Questado. I have no hesitation in saying that the affair alarmed me, and I now began to fear personal violence, and to consider what steps I ought to take. Does the Colonel take much interest in public affairs in Cuba ?" I asked Inez, one day soon after the attack upon me. She looked at me with startled, questioning eyes. "Yes, Bernard," she said, after a pause, speaking very sadly. "It is one of the greatest troubles of my life." "Well, your people have a fiery time of it, now and then," I answered. "Very different from our colder methods." "We suffer great injustice at times," she re- plied, her face flushing and looking beautiful in her enthusiasm. "Politics with us is a game where life and death are the stakes," and then her cheek paled, with cue of the sudden changes which were very characteristic of her. "This General Campanas is really a bad man, then ? » "He is a villain," cried Inez very earnestly. "A bad, black-hearted villain." What is the Brotherhood of Vigilance and Justice, I Inez ? Is it a secret society ?" I asked this as indifferently as I could. "I do not know-that is, I do not know for certain, Bernard," and she looked frightened, and almost trembled as she came to me and threw her arms round my neck, and spoke in a low tone. "I am afraid when I hear the name of it, dearest. I am no true Cuban in that; I am a coward," this with a slight sad smile. "Don't let us speak of it; it is-it can be nothing to UB." I comforted her and caressed her, and then added: "And who is Questado, Juan Questado ? She started so violently, and was so evidently frightened, that I myself was affected. "Do not mention that fearful, fatal name, my dearest one. Have you ever spoken to my father of these things ? Ah, Bernard, Bernard, my all but husband, I implore you for God's sake to seek to know nothing of these things. Be ignorant of them even as I am, or our whole life may be cursed by the knowledge," and she burst into tears, and implored me in such passionate terms that I was deeply moved, and soothed her with all a lover's fervour and methods. I said nothing more to her on the subject, of course; but when I left her that evening I went back to my chambers feeling more op; ressed and uncomfortable than I had ever been. 1 smi n't* asVn-.o-'l to ernfef, moreover, that IIIID lUca ui ULA-IQ ù":).p,l io U CliJULC of iiiU.Sii- nation frightened me, and the gleam of that lon4 knife and the ernifhi: l^ure of ntf *x7 were constantly before me. I used to laugh away the fear that was ?h*vi*i upon me, but Inez's manner and he terror made this increasingly difficult. I resolved to talk over the whole ma .^6 an old friend of mine, Belfort, whose jj) were nearly opposite to mine acros8 veaing' 1 garden; and when I was in there °n<5 # told him everything. Belfort was di V tf treat it all as a joke, and made a goo fun over the mysterious document warnings. ld && you've been frightening yourselt, o a lo» he said. "You've let yourself get X? state of tone—being in love is a ^acyi°* j lowering business—and you've been of that some confounded organ-grinder J berth has drawn a dagger on you on „ongen9'j Green, by order of the President.' .tterrtP* ■ my dear fellow. That was just a comm°n y<js ■ to rob you, Morpeth, that's all, and W | hit the scoundrel that crack on the jaw n his knife. As for the glittering da;k Spaniard fellow, that's all fudge. If J g a""j 1 to prove it get him watched for a feW > then you'll find it's all moonshine. ITTI in "S "Come here, Belfort. Isn't that a lig"c jjjua W? 1 rooms ?" I asked him suddenly, calliBfJ t j the window.p »t Eh ? Why, yes I believe it is. 1 *>e?" a.»A 1 "No one with any right," I answere do with that we both rushed out and ran igfi I my staircase. We went quietly up to my ^0 r and when I tried to open it 1 found 11 fastened on the inside. J)# » When we gpt it open we found the ,^f j room in confusion. Every place where I tl* f papers had been opened and searched, and contents lay strewn about the floor. But not sixpennyworth of property stolen. Even Belfort looked grave at this. Mjp "It's curious," he said; "and 1 should it's no ordinary thief's doing." boo. "He jumped from the window. See, tbo are the marks," I cried, excitedly, as I **75* marks of a boot heel on the paint 01 JS ( window. "There goes someone," I addedo caught sight of a man running fast across thO grass; and in a moment I leaped frOD3 window to follow him. ^fl< But in jumping down I turned my foot, spraining my ankle, and was glad to limp into my room to rest. There was no longer any room for doubt the affair was a serious one, and Belfort, consultation which we had together, urge" a strongly to put the whole matter into the of the police without delay..A I was unwilling, however, to do this had had an opportunity of talking it over 01 Colonel Gamba. His name could not be tiJI out of any disclosures I might make to police, I felt, therefore, that my hands were tied; J The fact that Colonel Gamba should be up with a set of murderous thieves affec^ me very strongly, and even my great Inez could not hold completely in check the P1^ judice against her father which began to foral my mind. iog,. The days that followed were thus very tij1 I did not see nor hear anything more of mysterious assailants; but the shadow of tb iIJ intentions was upon me. Inez saw the change tD me, and sought in her winsome, loving a f ease the anxiety and to learn its cause; tit. could tell her nothing, and could do nothing ot wait, with such patience as was possible, the Colonel's return. He came at last, looking so haggard, ag^i and worn that, if I had not been so full of own matters, my heart would have been stri to see him. As it was, I felt almost stem &11 f bitter as I asked him for a private interview:& "I want to know, Colorkel Gamba," I &K* without any parley or preface," what is the known as 'The Brotherhood of Vigilance Justice of Cuba,' and who is Juan Questado' A stern look came over his face, and a as of wrath, flashed for a moment into his eJ as he bent them on me. What do you mean by that question ? asked, in short, peremptory tones.. A "I wish for the information. I have reasons," I answered, meeting his look firmlY, Why do you ask me ? And then, before could answer him, his manner changed to oa0,A gentleness, and his voice was as soft as of Tell me, my boy, what is it that brings you me with a question of this kind ? "Is there such a society, Colonel ? I asked* "Yes; it is a secret revolutionary 300'e!S with the worst of members and the most dead'X of methods. Questado is the name always as the instrument for carrying out its decree* e and its decrees, Bernard, are alwavs decrees 0 death. Are you a member, Colonel ? I felt a littlo tremor in my voice as I spoke. "A useies6 question that," was the rep^L "If I were, I should be bound by oath to dei'X it. But why do you ask these things ? Surely you are not going to mix yourself up in th» affairs of our unhappy State. Don't do that, fo* Inez's sake. Let me be a warning, my boy. have just returned from there—from an un. successful attempt to overthrow the Govem* ment, one of a chain of many such and this time I am a bankrupt in health* estate, everything, except honour." His voice faltered as he ended.. "I have been unwittingly mixed up this Brotherhood already, while you have beell away-have accidentally learnt something of its proceedings." "My God, how is that ?" he cried, excitedly. For answer I put the parchment and the I had received into his hand, and with anxiety watched the effect. He read them carefully and slowly, one after the other. Then I told him of the spying, the attack on me, and the ransacking of my rooms. "Bernard, my son, you have worried yourself about these affairs. I saw there was something strange in your manner to-night. Did yoo think that I—I, Inez's father, was likely to be aø. assassin ? I hesitated. "Men do not look at these things always in the same light, Colonel," I answered. "I understand. Well, I am not yet fool enough to mistake murder for politics," he answered rather bitterly. "I am not a member of any such secret society as this. But that is not your only mistake. I can see what has happened." "But what do all these things mean J. cried impatiently. "I will tell you. These are from no secret society. Such bodies do not write decrees and fill in the names of victims and agents, and then leave the whole story in large clubs for all the, world to read. If it had been their work 7ott would have been a dead man weeks ago.' I shuddered. "This is all the work of a crack- brained fellow, only a harmless lunatic, named Questado, who is mad on the subject of secret societies, and is always drawing up imaginary decrees, and then setting to work to follow and spy and track imaginary victims. He was active once in politics, but now his whole life is spent in these delusions. He has been following that assassination order to recover it." "But what of the knife drawn on me that night ? "I don't think that would be his work. H» may have had someone acting with him rogue enough to join in the hope of some plunder, and villain enough to draw a knife if struck, as you. seem to have struck him. If it was Questado, he was after the paper, which he thought might be on you. I can soon stop all this. I know him, and he knows me; so yo*1 have n» more trouble." He was as good as his word, and when I next met Questado at the club he came up and talked of the whole matter as it we had been old. friends. It was a tame ending to the incident, but I over looked the absurdity in the relief which I felt. I did not tell Inez anything about the business of the Brotherhood, although she was very curious to know the cause of the sudden change, in me, for I was almost ridiculously light- hearted and merry that night. I put her off with such lovers' excuses as occurred to me, and when I was leaving I made- her blush very bewilderingly as I whispered seriously into her ear that there could be but on* cause, and that was that our marriage couli now take place very soon, since the Colon J had returned. And it did. [TRY END.
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EIGHT PEOPLE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
EIGHT PEOPLE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. News has come to hand of an extraordinary affair which occurred during a violent thunder- storm in the early part of the week at Bewcastle, an out-lying part of North Cumberland, close to the Roxburghshire border. Mr. and Mrs.Moscrop, of Underwood Farm, with their family of six, and an aged woman, Mrs. Nixom, were hay- making when a terrible storm burst over them. They all took shelter behind a pike of hay. Mr. Moscrop was holding a horse, which was frightened by a peal of thunder and dragged its master away from the hay. Immediately after- wards there was a vivid flash of lightning, and Mr. Moscrop saw the pike of hay was all in flames. The ground was ploughed up, all the eight people who had been sheltering were lying unconscious,1 and three greyhounds were quite dead, the hair being burnt off their bodies. A neighbouring farmer, who had also been hay- making, went to their assistance, and the eight people were taken home in a cart. The mother and the eldest son, aged nineteen, soon recovered consciousness, and the rest came round the next day, with the exception of a daughter aged seventeen, who was unrecognisable, and was ( bleeding from the nose and mouth. She had a mark as if made by a red hot poker round her neck, and she is not likely to recover. With all speed a doctor was sent for to Newcastleton, in Roxburghshire, the nearest town, and he is attending the family.
A NARROW ESCAPE.
A NARROW ESCAPE. A navvy engaged on the works near Sandwich in connection with the Dover National Harbour had an extraordinary escape from a terrible death. It appears that after the fire of the large engine had been laid, to be lighted in the morn- ing, a navvy got in and went to sleep. Early on Friday morning the watchman set light to" the fire without noticing the man. Before the fire got any hold he was startled to hear screams proceeding from the furnace, and assisted the man to escape from his danger.
POLICE-CONSTABLE SHOT.
POLICE-CONSTABLE SHOT. A policeman attached to the Barnes Station, Police-constable Ware, was shot by some un- known person on a lonely road between Kew and Mortlake, shortly before twelve o'clock on Thursday night. The injured man was found lying on a bank in a dark country lane, supported by a constable who had been attracted by the report of firearms. He was moa"'ng faintly, and had been shot through the b"Jy..Asked whether he saw his assailant, he replied "Yes, I saw him. He jumped up from the bushes, and skedaddled. I chased him round once or twice, and then he shot me." A cyclist messenger {brought up the ambulance from the liclimollj SPolice-station, and Ware, after being attended to on the spot by a doctor, was conveyed to the Uichmond Hospital. The bullet, a large one, had passed right through his left side near the he-art, and lodged in his shirt at the back. He bad bled profusely; but the doctor thought there was a chance of his recovery. A large p'osse of police were sent to scour the country in search of the assailant; but Ware was unable to give. ii,,v definite description of his would-be assassin. The police theory is that he was intent on burglary in the vicinity, ar:d that whon disturbed he shot the constable to escape arrest.
Portfy.
Portfy. THURSDAY.—Before the Stipendiary (Mr Ig- natius Williams), Mr D. Thomas, and Alder- man Dr H. N. Davies. Richard Lewis, collier, Penygraig,was charged with being drunk and disorderly at Tylacelyn road, Penygraig, on the evening of 26th ult. P.C. Meads proved the case, and defendant was fined 5s. Archibald Cook and Thomas Griffiths, colliers, Penygraig, were charged with refusing to quit a public-house. On the night of the 26th ult., P.S. Meads was called to the White Rock Hotel, Penygraig, to eject the defendants, who wejre fighting in the bar. They refused to leave when requested by the landlord. Griffiths who appeared, was fined 10s., and Book, who did not appear was fined 15s. Morris Davies, ripper, Ferndale, was charged with being drunk and disorderly, and doing wilful damage to the cell at the Ferndale Police Station. P.S. James deposed that about 11.30 p.m. on Monday he saw the defendant lying down across the road in Rhondda. Road, Fern- dale. With the assistance of a constable the sergeant succeeded in arousing Davies, who subsequently becaffle very violent, wishing to try conclusions with the police. He refused to furnish the police officers with his name and address1, the natural consequence being his removal to the police station. Whilst in the cell, he broke every pane of glass in the windows the damage done amounting to 5s. Defendant did not appear. A fine of 5s. was imposed upon him for being drunk, and he was ordered to pay the amount of the damage and costs of the case. John Hopkins, George Edwards, John Henry Jones, Thomas Mainwaring, Thomas Fry, Edward HowHls, John Price, Richard Davies, and Thomas Jones, collier boys, Hafod, were charged with doing wilful damage to a tram- road belonging to the Lewis Merthyr Colliery Company. On the night of the 28th ult, the lads were seen playing with a tram at the top of the colliery incline—running it down the incline. The tram-road was damaged, and a pointer was missed. The lads admitted the offence to P.S. Davies. They were discharged after being reprimanded by the Bench. Alfred Kinbery, collier boy, Tonypandy, was charged with stealing coal on the 8th inst. P.S. Markham said that about 4 a.m. on the day named he saw the defendant collecting coal near the screen on the Nantgwyn Naval Colliery. Defendant admitted the offence and was fined 10s.
Ystrad.
Ystrad. MONDAY.—Before Mr J. Ignatius Williams (stipendiary), Alderman R. Lewis, Councillors D. W. Davies, J. D. Williams, M.F.H., B. S. Griffiths, and Mr T. P. Jenkins. John Bennet, collier, Llwynypia, wae sum- moned for being drunk and disorderly at Tony- pandy on the 6th inst. at 11.30 p.m. A fine of 5s was imposed. Arthur Morris and John Griffiths Morris, er- rand boys in the employ of Treorky grocers, were fined Is each for conveying handtrucks upon pavements at that place. P.C. Griffiths gave evidence. DaTweT John Morgan, another lad, was multcted in a penalty of 2s for a similar offence. Gwilym Roberts, collier, Treorky, was fined 10s for furiously riding a bicycle at Treorky on the 8th inst. P.S. Lewis, who gave evidence, stated that when turnin- a corner the defen- dant's bicycle knocked down a girl. Defendant was travelling at the rate of about 12 miles per hour. The Stipendiary remarked that the best way for the police to judge the pace at which cyclists travelled was for them to adopt the practice of the London police, viz., to measure a few yards and then multiply to discover the rate for an hour. Moses Thomas, collier, Gelli, was summoned for keeping a dog without a licence on the 13th inst. He had since taken out a licence, and was now ordered to pay the costs of the case. Edmund George, Trealaw, was fined 5s for being drunk and disorderly near the Miskin Hotel, Trealaw on the 6th inst. P.C. Watkins proved the case. Henry Edwards, collier, Treorky, was fimed 10s for a similar offence on the 6th inst. P.S. Rees proved the case. Annie Warner, a married woman, residing at Trealaw, was fined 5s for being drunk in the Ynyscynon --otel, Trealaw, on the 30th ult. William John Morgan, collier, Cymmer, was charged with stealing a pair of boots valued 5s lid on tlie previous Saturday night. He was seen taking the boots from outside the shop of Mr Rodd, bootdealer, Porth, bv a lad named Powell, whom he cautioned not to betray him. The lad, however, gave information to Mr Rodd, and Inspector Gill arrested the prisoner at Cym- mer. When charged he said he had bought the boots. There were 26 previous convictions recor- ded against the prisoner, who had only been liberated on the 18th ult., after having served a term of nine months for burglary. He was row r:j.:niUcd to take his irial at the nest Quarter Sessions. Thomas Rees, collier, Treorky, was fined 5s for being drunk and disorderly at Treorky on the 23rd ult. P.S. Lewis proved the case. Richard Davies, collier, Trealaw, was charged with stealing a quantity of wood, the property of the Glamorgan Coal Company. P.C. Bowen said that on the 20th of June last he arrested the defendant at his home and charged him with stealing the wood on the same day. In reply, he said, "I took some; I was not the only one." The defendant was then bailed out to appear on the following Monday, but he did not turn up. He was then re-arrested. A fine of 91, including costs, was imposed. Gteorge James, collier, Trealaw, was sumr moned by Thomas Rees, of the same place, for assault. The prosecutor said that on the 6th inst. he was returning home from Tonypandy, in company with a young woman. He met de- fendant near Trealaw, and a number of ques- tions were asked him. Prosecutor did not feel disposed to answer them, and he was then struck by the defendant, who also continued to hold him. Prosecutor then went to a house near by. but the defendant followed and struck the land- lord-named Bolton—also. A fine of El was imposed.
Caerphilly.
Caerphilly. TUESDAY.—Before Mr Henry Lewis (in the chair), Alderman Henry Anthony, Dr Maurice G. Evans, and Dr Edwards. Lewis Williams, collier, Llanbradach, was summoned by George Biggs, of the same place, for assault committed on the 1st August. A story of the usual quarrel in which mutual blows were exchanged was told the Bench, who bound both men over in the sum of j65 each to keep the peace for six months. William Williams, collier, LIaobradacb, was charged with being drunk and disorderly on the 6th August, and was fined 53 and costs. A like penalty was imposed upon George Hoskins, woodcutter, Caerphilly, for a similar offence committed on the 14th August upon Abel Wilkins, collier, Crumlin.