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ALTERING THE TIME. I
ALTERING THE TIME. I Swansea's Chronologfct Gives Some Advice. When asked how the public clocks in Swansea, would be altered on Saturday night from summer to normal time, Mr. Walter Webber replied:— It is to be done quietly and noise- lessly, so that people will know nothing about it—that's all. Clocks will be altered as we can do it, late on Saturday night or early on Sunday morning, during the night. That is, the big tower clocks; me others will be done in various ways, eome of those inside offices and shops on Mon- day morning. No pendulum will be stopped. Many people are reading in the newspapers that it is very dangerous to t*rn a striking clock back. That is so; and what we shall do almost universally is to run the clock forward 11 hours. Some newspapers have advised stopping the pen- dulum for an hour; nobody but a madman wovild do that. If you stop the pendulum of a clock, even though it is a big one that is keeping good time, you disturb its rate. Just in the same way as the clocks were put on, so they will be put back, and no one will know. Clocks that are not strik- ing clocks, and watches, if they are good ones, may be turned back, so long as it is not done too rapidly. THE INTERFERENCE WITH NORMAL I TIME. Mr. Webber has the scientist's dislike of interfering with normal time. Normal time represents a natural division, reckoned from zero at mid-day and mid- night.
MOTOR VOLUNTEERS. I
MOTOR VOLUNTEERS. I Gtamorgan Battafion-Swansea and I District No. 2 Squadron. Weekly Orders.-Friday, 29th inst.. at 7.45 p.m., signalling instruction and musketry instruction. Saturday afternoon next, at 3.50. company drill ir the grounds of Brynymor, by kind permission of D. M. GJasbrook, Esq. It is of the utmost import anoe that all mafcibers attend this special drill. Uniforms to be worn: exempted men without uniforms to wear brassards. Monday next, the 2nd PfO:" 7.45 to 8.30 p.m., ambulance drill a instruction: 8.30 I to 9.15, sqnad drill. Wednesday, the dth pVi shooting practice \e officer on duty, i HaIfSouadron Commander C A. Seyler; I next for duty. Squadron Sergt.-Major Balsdon.—-Charles T. Ruthen Squadron Cort wander.
ISMALL MAN WINS V.C. I
SMALL MAN WINS V.C. I Private Albert Hill, V.C., Royal Welsh Fusiliers, is a hater, who before he was 21 enlisted at Hyde, near Manchester, four weeks after the war began. He is only 5ft. 3in.
-.CANADA—OLD AND NEW.I
CANADA—OLD AND NEW. I The output of 2,000 lbs. of butter per week at the Magrath Creamery, Alberta, is indicative of the change that has come over the conditions of life in Western Canada, and is still spreading. A very few years ago most of the butter ueed in Western Canada was imported from other quarters, much of it tinned, as were many other articles of diet now being raised on the spot. The average Western Canadian farmer of these days was literally a sower of wheat," and he found that the produce of an additional acre or two of grain sufficed to provide him with all the tinned vegetables, butter, etc., he required for his household. Then the country-side began to realise the danger if having all the eggs in one basket, with the result that mixed farming was introduced and rapidly spread. A large increase in dairy stock has taken place this year in the Magrath district above referred to, and a similar increase is taking place all over Western Canada. The heaps of disused tins are disappearing, the churn and the j kitchen garden are taking their place, I and comditions are rapidly approximating to farm life in the old country.
WINSTON CHURCHILL ON THE WARI
WINSTON CHURCHILL ON THE WARI Not for many years has such a sensa- tion been caused in the literary world as by the publication in the London Magazine of the first part of Mr. Win- ston Churchill's brilliant narrative, The War By Land and Sea." Already four huge editions of the magazine have been printed and the publishers have had their machines running constantly since Wed- nesday last in order to cope with the in- flux of repeat orders from all parts of the country. Certainly Mr. Churchill has never written anything better than this absorbing story of the Great War, and his interspersed comments and criticisms, based as they are on personal knowledge, carry an authority and a weight all their own. Peculiarly fascinating 16 that part of the story dealing with naval questions and dispositions.
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ISWANSEA.-I
SWANSEA. The bakers of Swansea, as a. result of I negotiations for a war bonus, have been i offered an increase of 5s. a week for the same number of thoura as they at present work. A successful concert in connection with the oltrb organised by the Old Boys of the Brynmill Schools was held at the school on Wednesday evening. Mr. John Williams, the headmaster, presided, and there was a representative gathering of U old boys" and their parents. The scholars of both the boys' and the girls' schools contributed songs, dances, sketches, tableaux, and scenes from Shakespeare, items being also given by Mr. Arthur Downer and Mr. Donald Davies. Sapper Frank Bowen has been on a short leave to his home in Aberdyberthi- street, Hafod, after having seen, service in France. He returned on Monday night, and his workmates in the Landore Engine Sheds of the Great Western Railway pre- sented him with a purse of gold. The death occurred on Wednesday morn- ing of Mr. George Bond, of Knowle, Braunton, Devon. The deceased formerly lived at Trafalgar-terrace, Swansea, where he was engaged in business as a ooaoh-builder and hard-timber merchant, but retired some 25 years ago to his native Devon. While in Swansea, Mr. Bond was attached, to the Brunswick Wesleyan Church, where he was a class-leader and lay-preacher. During his retirement, he acted as Sunday School superintendent at Knowle, where he was universally esteemed. He leaves a widow, and tljjee sons: Messrs. W. H. Bond (who is chair- man of committee of the Swansea Y.M.C.A.), H. J. Bond (an official of Brunswick Church and School), and A. C. Bond (an ex-president of the Swansea Devonian Society). The interment will take place at IIftacombe. The lectures on theosophy which have been from time to time delivered in Swan- sea were continued on Wednesday even- ing, when an address was given in the Unitarian Church Schoolroom by Miss Ransom, on the subject U What is In- dividuality ?
I LLANSAMLET.'
I LLANSAMLET. The funeral of Albert Davies, Carinel- road, took place on Wednesday. The Rev, Wm. Jones conducted a short service at the house and at the Mission Hall, assisted by the Rev. T. H. Jones, Tabor. Mies Whinstone played the Dead March."
I LLANDOVERY.
I LLANDOVERY. The news of the sudden death at Leices- ter of Sir Thomas Price, the distinguished South African Welshman, was received with deep regret at Llandovery and Llan- gadock. It was only in July he paid a visit to his cousins, Councillor T. Roberts, J.P., Llandovery, and Mrs. James, Glan- towy, Llangadock.
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ABERDULAIS. I Migs Evelyn Rosser, of Brynamlwg House, after an attack of typhoid fever, is progressing favourably. Miss Rosser very bravely came forward at the com- mencement of the war and offered her ser- vices voluntarily. She was trained at the I nursing home at Neath, and affer equip- ment was sent to France at her own ex- pense.
PEMBROKE DOCK..l
PEMBROKE DOCK. l A serious outbreak of diphtheria has oc- curred in Pembroke Dock, nine children, all attending the Parochial School, having been stricken down with the disease. They have all been taken to the Isolation Hospital, and the infants' department of the school has been closed upon the advice of the Medical Officer of Health (Dr. D. L. Morgan).
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MUMBLES. I Harvest thanksgiving services were held on Thursday at St. Peter's Church, New- ton, the special preacher being the Rev. R. H. Norby, Christ Church, Swaneea.. There is no reason why the beehive in- dustry should not flourish in tie district. Some of the garden all,otment-hol-dem take a good deal of interest in bees, and a few of the hives have produced over lOOlfee. of I honey during the season.
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PEMBROKE. I At a meeting of the Pembroke Educa- tion Committee, Aid. J. Lawrence presid- ing, a petition from the uncertified assis- tant teadhers, who recently were given an increase, WM received. They sta-ted that they regretted that the committee had not seen fit to put them on the same scale as the county, and also considered that they had been dealt with unfairly. The Chairman re- ferred to the petition ae impertinent," and it was decided to let it lie on the table.
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NEATH. The workmen employed at the Galvanis- ing Works, Neath, have just distributed another £100 to the dependents of their fellow-workmen who volunteered for ac- tive service in the early days of the war. Over X2,000 has been disbursed in this way in addition to the generous allowances made by the management. Concert night at the Neath and District War Hospital was this week provided by the friends at the English Baptist Chapel, the arrar-gements.,being satirfactori-ly car- ried out by Mr. F. G. Snow. The follow- ing contributed to an excellent pro- gramme: Miss Thomas (elocutjpnist), Mrs. A. H. Thomas (humorous songs), Miss B. Davies, Miss E. Semmens, Miss L. Lewis, Miss A. Jones, Miss P. Bowen, Miss E. Williams, Miss A. Hopkins, Miss R. Wil- liams, Miss M. Evans (mandoline), Miss May Noot (violin), Miss Lilian Jones, L.R.A.M. (piano).
LLANDEBIE.I
LLANDEBIE. At Salem Baptist Chapel, Llandebie, on Tuesday morning, Miss Lizzie Griffiths, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. Griffiths, Pen- tregwenlais, wae married to Mr. Dd. Pugh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Pugh, Glas- fiont, Pentregwenlais. The bride was given away by her father, and was at- tended by Miss Elsie Morris as brides- "naid, while the best man was Mr. Dd. íef>;s. The Rev. James Davies (pastor) officiated. Considerable interest was taken in the ceremony, as it is the first wedding solemnised at Salem Chapel, which, for the occasion, had been decorated. The parties were presented on be»alf of the chapel authorities with a Bible, The Llandebie Colliery suspended work ,)n Monday so that the workmsgj might at- tend the funeral of the late Mr. Willie Rees, who was killed at the colliery on Thursday. The funeral took place to the Taliaris Church, and hundreds of the de- ceased's comrades went up there. Wreaths were\sent from officials and workmen. Two wounded men, Corpl. Dallen, of the R.W.F., and Pte. J. Walters, of the Welsh Guards, are now home recuperat-; ing. Pte. Jenkin Res is also home on i leave from France. He is serving with a I loca battalion.
J-BRITONFERRY.
BRITONFERRY. Heavy rain fell at Britonferry on Wed- nesday and some of the low lying streets and back lanes of the town were flooded, and entrance to the houses had to be made I by means of planks.
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I NEYLAND. lihe work of re-painting and ren-ovating I Bethesda Baptist Church has just been completed by the minister (Rev. B. C. Evans), assisted by one or two of the male members of the congregation, who have accomplished the job in a most creditable manner.
IKIDWELLY.
I KIDWELLY. I AU the Kidwelly men whose appeals, were dismissed by the local tribunal last week have taken steps to join the Army at once, and not to wait for their "call- up:' About sixteen of them will there- fore leave the town on Monday next. Twelve months ago this week three Kick- welly boys laid down their lives on the field in France. On September 25th Mor- gan Morgan and John Tuclaer fell, and I on the 27th Ivor Emanuel fell.
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I PORT TALBOT. I On Wednesday night, a meeting was I held at Calfaria Baptist Church, Port Talbot, to bid godspeed to Miss May Evans, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I David Evans, Crown-street, Port Talbot, who is about to sail for East Africa as a. missionary, under the auspices of the East African Inland Mission. Mr. Taiiesin Morgan Rees, the secretary of the church, presided, and on behalf of the members, Mr. John Bedford, the oldest deacon, handed to Miss Evans a beautifully-bound I Bible. Several members engaged in prayer and others gave fervent addresses. Miss Evans, who has already done good work in the slums of London and of Ireland, acknowledged the gift.
I - GLYN-NEATH. j
GLYN-NEATH. I The committee of the local Y.M.C.A. Hut Compaign met on Tuesday evening. I The Rev. T. C. Harries (Bethel) occupied the chair. The secretary gave a report as follows: House-to-house collection, < £ 30; sale of flags, tl5 6s. lOd.; total, £ 45 6s. lod. The employes of the Vale of Neath Brick- works collected separately Y,4 9s. A let- ter of thanks was read from the organising secretary, Mr. W. Gordon Griffiths, on be- half of the National Council. The Rev. Dd. Hughes (C.M.) moved, and Mr. L. J. Thomas, cashier, Rock Colliery, seconded, a vote of thanks to the Glyn-Neath workers, including the Rev. T. C. Harries (chairman), Mrs. Glyn Davies (treasurer), and Mr. T. Williams, Council School (sec- retary). On Tuesday afternoon and evening, the annual thanksgiving services were held at Aberpergwm Church. The" special preachers were the Rev. Fredk. R. Wil- liams, M.A., chaplain in a Welsh regi- ment, and the Vicar of Cyfarthfa. The ancient church was profusely decorated with vegetables and floral gifts.
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I LLANDILO. I Bergt. John Morgan, son of Mrs. Mor- gan, late of the Rose and -Crown Hotel, Llandilo, who was wounded in the landing at Suvla Bay, and since his convalescence has been acting temporarily as Quarter- master-sergeant, has now received his dis- charge. A public meeting of rbhose interested in the Belgian Refugee Fund was held on Tuesday evening under the presidency of Mr D. Pritchard Davies, Chairman of the Urban District Council. Members of the Council turned up in force, but the attend- ance of the general public was somewhat disappointing. Mr. Williams, London City and Midland Bank, and Mr. Hugh Williams, solicitor, were appointed audi- tors. The mem bers of the ladies' com- mittee wrote tendering their resignations, and these were regretfully acoepted. It was decided that the committee consist of the members of the Council, with power to. add to the number. It was resolved to make an earnest appeal to the public to continue their subscriptions. There is at present an adverse balance, but this is to a great extent to be atributed to the fact that no subscriptions have been collected during the last three months.
CARMARTHEN. I
CARMARTHEN. I The death is reported in hospital at Malta of Sifffcer Frances Ethel Brace. The deceased was a native of Pemjbrqke Dock, and had been four years at the Carmar- then Infirmary up to June last, when she left to serve under the Queen Alexandra Imperial Nursing Service. She worked in a field hospital at Salonika, With reference to the decision of the Carmarthen Borough Tribunal not to deal with the cases of married men until tho Government had taken up the question of coming out Irishmen and single men at munition and other works, the Mayor (Mr. Jno. Lewis) announced at Wednes- day's sitting that the Local Government Board bad replied to their resolution stat- ing that everything possible wa.s being done to make arrangements for dispensing with the serricee of single men at muni- tion works and comply with the wishes of the tribunal. An inspector of the L.G.B. had also visited Carmarthen and told them that they oould not act in the way they did, and that they had to consider all cases. The cases of married men would therefora be considered.
GORSEINON.I
GORSEINON. I n aid of the w idows A successful concert in aid of the widows and orphans of employes of the Swansea Navigation Collieries who have fallen at the front was held at the Electra Cinema, Gorseinon (kindly lent for the occasion) on Wednesday evening. Dr. Trafford Mitchell presided and stated that he was glad to see such a full house, as it was evidence that Gorseinon could respond generously whenever a good cause was concerned. A good musical programme was gone through by the following artistes: Soprano, Madam S. J. Thomas. Llanelly; contralto, Miss BUodwen Wil- liams, Loughor; tenor, Mr. Llewellyn Evans, Llangenneoh; bass, Mr. J. Morlais Evans, Llangennech; elocutionists, Mr. Jno. Thomas, Pontardulass, and Miss Gwynebh M. Thomas, Grovesend; assisted by the Gorseinon Glee Party (conductor, Prof. W. J. Bowen). Miss Gwladvs Davies, L.R.A.M., acted as accompanist. A vote of thanks to Dr. Mitcheill and the artistes was proposed by Mr. J. R. Wil- liams, seconded by Mr. Noah Davies. These gentlemen, together with Mr. Charles, also of the Mountain Colliery, Gorseinon, were responsible for the ar- rangements in connection with the concert.
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Lying on his back with his gun resting on his right arm and the back of his head blown off, Charles Henry Falcon, a barris- ter, on the Northern Circuit, was found at Kirkgate, Loweswater, Cumberland. For leaving a shaft coupling unguarded so that a boy was caught in a sawing machine and so badly injured that he may be crippled for life, Messrs. C. H. Glover and Co., box-makers, of Ormside-street, Old Kent-road, S.E., were at Tower Bridge on Wednesday nned £ 50 and costs.
) Our Short Story,
) Our Short Story, ij THE GREAT 1, II EXCEPTION. It, BY PHYLLIS BOTTOME. It was a day of heat and richness; the sky was filled with light summer clouds piled high in shining whitenver the undulating hills. Kathleen Travers, lying back in a lounge-chair, felt a sense of physical well- being and content, which became enhanced as she saw her husband approaching across the lawn. I If she had been told before her mar- riage, two years ago, that she would find pleasure in the Master of Hemmits, she would have poiitely disbelieved the state- ment. It was improbable that she would have admitted it now; but as her husband stood before her, acoompanied as usual by a bulldog and two fox terriers, she felt the same sense of serene enjoymez- t with which she regarded a satisfactory dummy- hand at bridge. With what she had her- self, and the exposed cards of her husband, she felt herself to be extremely capable of pulling off the game. She did not repeat this reflection to Algernon as he sank into a chair beside her. She was not in the habit of repeating her reflections to him unless they dealt with the activities which formed his sphere. He had as much taste for abstract ideas as a dog has for red pepper. They did not make him sneeze, but they left him dazed. Kathleen -turned her eyes to his and emiled. Algernon's handsome, good- natured face wore a puzzled and vexed expression. After a few moments' silence, he burst out impatiently: Hang it all, Kit, I'm in a hole! I want you to help me about something, and yet I don't much like to ask you. A man never knows his own sister. Of course, I'm awfully fond of Pam. She has been everything in the family line to me since my mother died. Told me what to go in for and keep out of, don't you know; and sometimes I've done what she suggested, and I've never been sorry afterwards. But when it comes to knowin' anything about her-by Jove, She might be a girl in the moon! What's a fellow to do ? Pamela St. John's greatest friend crossed her extremely pretty feet, and gazed up into the chestnut tree above her. It had come at last! She was the only person who knew Pamela's story. She had always wondered if Algernon would ever ask her; and she had decided very often not to tell him because she was Pam's friend, and then to tell him because he was her husband. She dropped her unfinished cigarette upon the ground. I suppose you have a reason for wanting to know? she asked. Algernon was not the kind of man who wanted to know things without a reason; on the contrary, he preferred not to know things at all. He wanted to think life very simple; it is difficult to think this without a good deal of carefully cultivated ignorance. I'll tell you just what I do know," said Algernon, pushing one of the fox- terriers off his knee, which was imme- diately supplanted by the other one; then I'll tell you why I want to know more, and you 11 see what there is to tell me. It seems such a rummy thing to do to talk about one's sister. Besides, a per- son's either all right, you know, or else they ain't; and, either way, the less said about them the better!" Kathleen nodded her head. She knew her husband's code, and for the most part she agreed with it. "Well, I liked St. John awfully," Al- gernon continued. He was a first-class shot and a downright good fellow, the kind of man one would like one's sister to marry. Pam was twenty, old enough to know her own mind, and young enough not to have much mind to know (first-rate age for a girl, I think). I was only a kid at school. I heard she was holdiner off a bit; so I wrote and said. 'You're jolly lucky to hook the beggar at all Don't be a fool ip And Pam wrote back, 'You're quite right, old boy; but only fools are jolly lucky!' I didn't know what she meant, but I remember puzzling over it at the time. "I didn't see her for some while after her marriage. When I did, St. John had "one off to Canada, nobody knew why. My mother said it was absurd and horribly unwise; but his people were awfully nice to Pam; they stuck to her all through. A fellow once said something to me about her, and I knocked him down, of cowrse; but T didn't find out. That was eleven years ago, and St. Jotm hasnt been back, and naturally I've never asked or anything; but I've often wondered. The aunts would have told me, but I've stopped them off. I'd be hanged before I'd listen to an aunt. And then, after all, Pam goes everywhere—and you were with her!- "Yes; T was with her," said Kathleen very quietly. "I came to her six months after St. John had left her, and I've been with her more or less ever since." Six months after?"'ber hitgband asked, dropping the hot ash of a cigar upon the Bulldog's nose, who promptly mistook it for a fly, ate it, and looked disgusted. Six months after," repeated Kathleen. Algern-on cleared his throat. u Well, the name the boy said Xthc boy I knocked down, you was Clifford Lynn; tall. dark fellow, with narrow eyes. D'you ever see him?" Yes." said Kathleen tonelensly. Weil, he took up painting (funny thing for a Lvnn to do; most of 'em sol- diers), and then he married a rich wife She died the other day, and left him a heap of money." a Oh, I didn't know that." said Kath- leen quickly. I didn't know she was dead!" "They were living abroad, you know- some rummy artist place with a funny Italian name—and now the chap's back. He did me a very good turn in the City the other day: just something he'd happened to catch on to. about rubber (it was an extremely useful deal. I should have had to let Hemmits if 1 hadn't made it), and he asked if he might come down here for a Sunday; said he hadn't seen Pam for ages. I've got the letter in my pocket, but I wanted you to see it before I answered I say. Kit, you're not cold?*' Kathleen had shivered. It seemed to her as if a small grey cloud had suddenly come between her and the sun—as if the glory of the day was blurred by the smudge of a careless hand. Let me see that letter, will you? she asked indifferently. Algernon did not repeat his question. He noticed that a*« she read it her hand shook. It was one of Kathleen's peculiarities that she never shewed anger by any other sign. and she only trembled when she was ex tremely annoyed. Have the man here," she said, handing Algernon back the letter. By all means have the man here. I'll let Pam know." Is there anything that you'd better let me know?" her husband asked anxiously. Kathleen was angry, but she smiled. It \Va" so evident -to her that Algernon's supreme desira was to be let off knowing anything. I think you had better leave it to me," she added. He won't suppose, you see, that you're aware of there having been anything at all. You were only a child at the time. It would never do to have him think Pam minded meeting him Yes; I think he'd better come." Her husband rose, looking very relieved. No revelation had disturbed the quiet of his naturally placid mind. No doubt there was "something"—one of those vague and -indeterminate affairs women are so apt o consider mountains, the kind of thing that, to a man of the world, bareli exists as a molehill. It would have been infernally awkward to tell the man not to come, anyhow after that useful deal, and Kathleen would manage things all right. He gave his wife a shy look of boyish admiration and gratitude, and laid his hand on her shoulder a little awkwardly. You've got an awful lot of sense. Kit,' he said. approvingly; then he went off with the dogs. Kathleen sat for a long while after he left her. Her eyes were half shut, and she rolled and smoked cigarette after cigarette, with hands that trembled. She was living over again the most tragic episode of her life—an episode of somebody else's life. Kathleen had been through hard times herself, and had borne the bitter ache of disappointment and the hidden smart of unavailing tears: but she had never suffered for herself so fiercely and so im- potently as she had suffered for Pamela St. John. Poor, pretty, clever Pam. who at eigh- teen had irretrievably lost her heart to a young artist, too poor to marry her! Poor, malleable, gentle Pam, whose world-wise mother had broken her romance as a heed- lees hand might prick a bubble, and had reconstructed her life for her, with the unswerving rigidity of the world's know- ledge. Poor, heart-broken, shrinking, cowardly Pam, marrying a man she did not love, because the man she did love did not come forward to stop her; because her mother told her love didn't matter; be- cause St. John was kind; because the world was hard and she was young. And then the girl died for ever, youth died for ever; and Pam was a living woman, pas- sionate, headstrong, desperate; and Lynn came back. He was not brave enough to keep her, but he had courage enough to tempt her; and St. John was a gentleman. ft was true, that, as much as possible for the world he lived in. St. John hid the damning fact that he hadn't a single mean or cruel "sensible instinct," that he was chivalrous and generous and clear- hearted. But he did not hide it from the woman he loved. He knew nothing about Lynn till Lynn came back, but the moment he did know he went away Everybody said what an extremely un- wise and foolish thing to do; and his wife thanked God, and forgot all about him for six months. When Kathleen remembered St. John her face softened a little; but her mind went back to the story she was re-livirg, and it hardened again. Pam was not a wise, or a very braye or at all a far-seeing person then; Clifford Lynn was the only idea she had in the world, and she had it very badly. She was ouit,, reckless, and the more she gave the more he took, and he less he wanted what he took St. John wrote that be would have given her her freedom if he could but they were both Roman Catholics—it was not as easy as that. There was no freedom. From first to last there was for Pam only un. relieved and cruel pain—the pain of hav- ing what she wanted, and the pain of doing without it: she had them both. And though she loved Lynn better than her life, better than the whole of all things, she knew, in the fresh knowledge that came to her day by day. that he was not worth it. There was not one wholly fine or strong thing in him-she was giving all and getting nothing. But while she was giving she knew some joy, as all women, know who give for the sake of the man they love. The bitterest was still to come, —the inevitable moment when she was face to face with the truth that she oould give no longer. Stripped even of giving she must bear the jeers of the blind world. All that meant anything to her ceased to live; there was nothing left. She had burned all her boats, and she was alone on a desert island in an empty sea. She couldn't believe it, of course, at first; she expected him to comr back. She told herself that he still loved her, that he had to be away. Then, when he announced his coming marriage, to her, she found excuses for that; an artist must have money, an artist is not like other men; but her soul began to grow-she refueed to see him after his marriage. She nursed for a long time in her heart the last of her delusions, that he was still, in spite of everything, even if ha wasn't hers, not anyone else's. This, perhaps, was cold comfort for a proud woman. But it was the only com- fort she had, and people who have no other alternatives must take their com- forts cold However, Pam was not left even this comfort very long; she found there was someone else-not his wife, but someone else. Kathleen Murray had always been her friend; Pam had let her go with the rest of the world; she had almost forgotten her existence. But one day, in the miles of dead faces that seemed to haunt the sea of London hours, she saw eyes that really looked at her-that really saw her. Kathi leen said, "May I come to tea?" And Pam had let her come to tea. Afterwards, they talked for an hotjr ibout nothing, and then Kathleen said that.she was glad to have seen Pam again. She said it as if she meant it, and it wag such a shock to Pamela St. John to hear that someone was glad to see her, that she began to cry (a thwg she hadn't done since the days of her girlhood). And she found such a surprising relief in teara, that she went on crying for several hours, while Kathleen stayed with her and smoked endless cigarettes, and the sun was hot on the London blinds, and nobody called. Kathleen remembered just how Pam's drawing-room had looked and the stripes on the awning over the balcony, filled with nots of hanging pink geraniums, and the bowed figure that fteemed twisted knd tor- tured with srrief upon the -,ofa.. Then Kath- leen thought of the letter her husband had shown her; and she set her teeth and prayed that God would for once, just for once. punish thp man Lynn. and her husband whom she had not seen for eleven years, but remembered as being kind to her, were the only men who had ever played any real part in Pamela's life. For a year or two after Lynn's desertion she had been for several men a dangerous woman, but that phase of her pain ceased and left her generous and kind; and, in the meantime, all sorts of merciful other things had taken place. Pamela had developed into a woman of many interests and profound originality. Her beauty had become astonishing; life and sorrow had made out of her face an exquisite picture; her mind had awakened, and her whole being had become richer, stronger, and more alive. Kathleen's friendship had turned the London tide.. John's people had never thrown her over (he had taken care of that). Lynn married and went abroad; and Kathleen Murray lived with I Pam. Kathleen was an heiress and a personality, and she would take no favours and no invitations that Pamela did not shaN. (To be Continued To-morrow.)
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