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:=3:=:=-=:I .;= =:=:== =:===:Al I [ALL Rights RESERVED.] I I In the-Grasp of the Dead i'i BY vm SI MARIAN COMYN. 'I u 'I -BY 1IIII 'h ::=====:= := = =-=!3-=-t:'j?: ==-==s-=;s===-=-==.= =:;29 CHAPTER XXVI. A Desperate Rush. At the moment when the Russian's fingers closed over his revolver a shadow fell on the window; it was one of the gardeners crossing the lawn to fetch a ham-me- he had teft behind when nailing up a stray creetper. I/esler went on speaking without a change of face or voice. As Sir Richard Vaux knows, I also was condemned by a paternal govern- ment to eternal slavery in the mines, and there 1 met the unfortunate Princess Vera, and her young husband, who was dying of consumption. In a few months he ^as deud, and she, it was clear, would not long survive him. She had a daughter, another little Vera, whom she beggod me to protect", and when the mother died, I looked after the child, and resolved to take her with me if a chance of escape presented itself-which eventually happened. I got the child away safely, and placed her in a convent school in Belgium, where she remained until she was seventeen. A nd yon, I suppose, mixed yourself up. again with the revolutionary schemes that had proved so disastrous to the princess and her husband?" put in Sir liichard, interrogatively. Losler shrugged his shoulders slight- ingil. I was a free lauee-a soldier of fortune, with hardly a penny to call my own. My estates had been confiscated, so had mv uncle's. He lived in a little house in England, which lie had bought for a mere song, and where I went to see him occasionally. Hut ho is dead now— he died a few months ago—and so I am quite alone. Von see I am absolutely frank with you. Sir Richard, and ready to answer any questions you may see tit to ask me. You have not tnld us how you obtained possession of the rubies, J suppose I may take it that your object in coming to I l i,, ( 1 (-, i ro i.o g--in West wood Court was the desire to gain thenir queried iiit, baronet. LesW hesitated momentarily. Once more the window was blotted by the form of the gardener, who was crossing the lawn, hammer in hand. The Russian faleuJated to a nicety how long it would take the man to get back to his work in the kitchen garden. Yes," he aid. my aim was. as you pay, to gain the rubies to which indeed I itilli, a legal claim. r. am a blood relation of the i'l incef* Vera, and s he made over to me her rights in the jewels, on con- dition that J acted as guardian to her daught er. I bad an idea Lady Westwcod had hidden them somewhere ill the Court, find I iancicd she must have discovered a secret '•haiuber. in which she had placed t!m. 1 t herefore examined "the bouse j'iom top 10 bottom by means of a plan I had seen red. but I met with no suecess. Ther was no secret chamber, and :-o 1 did not find it." Here then was the explanation of those nocturnal prowl.togs of his, which helix had surprised on his return from the (teaching expedition. (0 And. where svere the rubies hidden. Once more Lester hesitated. Felix had nsked the last question, but it was Sir Richard who answered it. •'Tliev were hidden in Lady Wcst- coilin | ,><1. • i!i!)de no attempt at denial— probably becao.sc he thought it would be useless. Sir Kichard spoke with the air o! e?ic v.'lio knew—and indeed his quick mind had leapt to the conclusion by au infallible intuition. '• It is true." replied the Russian. They were hidden in Lady Westwood's flin -rlrtced there by Rebecca Whit- more. her tnMr<Ws dying miriest. But fr,iiiid it out if Rebecca had not talked in her sleep, for ?h. o'd woman had ?woru not to ]'enaJ t))? ?eeret and she would have kept her tilt, liai-e .k-ppt -lier <h? morning in the early hours—1 went, to h'-r f->tta»:e intending to get the secret out of b?r i? po?ible. for I felt ?ure ?e. if anyone, had been in Lady Westwood'S ermhiicnee. found her asleep, and she Jet fall some words that gavo me the clue. Before I «eu!d get away, sho awoke, and I had to put a gag in her mouth to prevent her from crying out. 1 had no wisli h hurt her. olease understand; in- deed I have a friendly feeling towards her. for she had been very kind to my ward, YCTa." "Your ward:" repeated Felix, with blanched lips. The prineess.s daughter. I will show you her portrait, my lord. I think you will recognisc it." lie placed a miniature on the table. Felix bent down, knowing instinctively what the pictured face would be like. Y.Cf', it, was Miynonne. At the same moment Lesler snatched up the rubv necklace, made one spring towards the window, dashed it open, and was outside before Sir Richard—who had been momentarily thrown off his gnard- could recover himseli. Felix, by reason of his wounded leg, was out of the run- ning—a fact he had really forgotten when he gave permission for the handcuffs to be removed. "What a fool I was!" he exclaimed aloud, trying to rise, and falling back V,elples>ly on his couch; unable even to jvach the bell. Lupus, on the alert outside, heard the smashing of a pane of glass, as Lesler made his desperate rush. and suspected what had happened'. Finding the door would not open, he threw his whole I ?ht agaiD5t it, but without moving it  l{Us.all. as 1 too(l .near It, dIrectly :fter I the detPdi\'e's d£,partuc, had contrwed to wedge it with the thin end of a paper weight" that. had heen l,ying on th flor, and M Sir kuluird x_ a:-s this time in hot pursuit. Felix 1 ou.ua,f alone> while Lnpu. battered away excitinjr The situation was ?nicientlyMC?n? but it was complicated by the sounds of a womb's shrieks, and the deep baymg of a hound outside. Then came the sharp report of a revolver, followed by a pcream of terror—whether from man or woman it was impossible to SaY. Lupus, convinced by this time of the futility of his efforts to force an entrance to the study, had rushed round to the main entrance, and so through to the study window. He just gave himself time to see that the sole tenant of the room was Lord Westwood, then turned his attention to the jewels. « Jfa that scoundrel taken any of tJiem ? lie gasped breathlessly. Yes, the necklace, I believe. But he surwly won't bo able to make his escape with it. Sir Richard is after him." And others as well, but he's sharper than any of them! exclaimed Lupus, whose faith in his former prisoner's agility was pretty strong. I'm afraid he'll cheat us yet." He ran out and round the angle of the Court, on tbe other side of which a desperate struggle was in progress. On the terrace stood Lady Dunsmuir, shriek- ing in wild terror; on the gravel lay the protjirate form of Lesler. whose throat was held in the deadly grip of Brand, the hound. Sir Richard Vaux was doing his best to get the dog away, but Bra-up re- Liukod to lessen hi6 hola. It was a sickening spectacle, and it brought Lupus to a sudden pause. no knew the savage nature of the beast, and his lion-like strength. Felix alone coui4 control hun and Felix was unable to I come out—disabled by the very man whose life was being throttled out of him inch by inch. And on the path, lying across it like big biota of blood wero the rubies—surely stortes with a curse upon -them! "Fetch my oousin, fetch Lord West- wood sdmeked Lady Dunsmuir, who was so far unaware of Felix's accident. She might easily have gone in search of him herself, but in her terror she seamed c.ompletely to have, lost her head. He will get the dog off -no one else can." Sir Richard tore back into the study. Take my arm. West wood, and see if you can hobble round to the terrace. That brute of it hound has pinned Lesler down, and I'm horribly afraid he will kill him." .His fears were justified. When Felix reached rho terrace, and pulled Brand away, Lesler sank inert on the stones. Felix had arrived too late, and Lesler had gone to reckon up his acoount to a higher than any earthly tribunal. In his lifeless fingers was gripped the revolver, with which ho had made an in- effective attempt to kill the -bound-with winch indeed he would not hare hesitated to kill any man, woman, or child who had stood in his way! CHAPTER XXVII. Explanations. I Later on in the. day, Aliguonne came to the Court in answer to an urgent request from Lord W&stwo >d, and the news of ivesier's death was broken to her as gently as said very little, but tears tell Oil her clapped hands, and ::>t was with tender and reverent fingers that sh-ø raised ilie white cloth, and looked on the hand- some. and resolute face of the man who had dominated her life with his evil in- huence. He was always kind to me," ohe said, and this was his requiem. It was not until after his funeral that Felix asked her to give him The explana- tion she had promised, and by this time Rebecca, had so far recovered from the effects of her stroko as to be able to speak fairly distinctly. She was inclined to ha reticent over her past experiences, but Felix insisted on perfect candour, telling her that tho time had gone by for pre- serving silence. J. promised my lady I would never breathe to a human being- the secret of where tlie rubies were hidden," she said sulkily, and I never did! That man thought he would wring the truth from me, but he vever would have done it df ho had not heard one chattering in my sloop. You believe me, :fr.Felix? .y I believe you wero faithful to your promise, Rebecca, as long as faithfulness could av ail," he replied, gravely. But now the jewels are found, and no reason for silence exists." I buriod them with her, as she told me to do," the woman said, tears running down her withered che,kr,. I knew they had been the cause of her quarrel with Lord Westwood because 00 wished her to give them up. Sli., swore s'b-e never would --in life and deitii they f-hould not leave her, he l'aid. So I put fli-ran on her, the necklace round her beautiful throat, and the crown in her hair, a.nd she looked like a queen as sh? lay in her ,,offin Oh. my lady, my lady, you laid a heavy bur- den upon me, but I bore it-I was true to you to the last Yes. In her narrow-minded way she had been true. The cne interest of her life had centred in guarding her mistress's secret. Oblivious of the claims of the liv- ing, she had sacrificed them, and herself. to the dead. With a perfectly unmoved composure she beard ol I.-efler's terrible fate. Ho deserved it," sha said grimly. It was a just. vengeance that overlook him. rf he had not wounded Air. Felix, Mr. Felix might have and him." As for Mignonne, sbe told her story quita simply and fra )k)r, now that her confession could brim; no lurrm to the man who had taught her to call him father, and for whom -phe had felt a cer- tain amount of affection. Her own father she could not remem- ber, but she had a faint recollection of her mother—the poor young princess who had died in exile. After Lesler—to give him the name he had last assumed—contrived to escape with her from Russia she had spent the whole of her girlhood in the Belgian con- vent where he occasionally visited her. It was not wonderful that be should im- bue her with his own spirit of discontent, and rebellion against the authorities of his native land, and with an intense hatred of Lord and Lady Westwood, whom she looked upon as the veritable mur- derers of her mother. As soon as she left the convent he per- suaded her to join the secret society of which he was a member, and he also told her the history of the famous rubies, which he was firmly convinced were in the possession of Lord Wistwood. To obtain these rubies had become the aim of his life. They represented a fortune in them- selves, and Mignonne, to whom they be- longed, readily waived her claims to them in his favour. He had educated and brought her up, and she was anxious to repay him. With the generosity and enthusiasm of youth she threw herself into his plans, and came with him to England, he having in the meantime taken lodgings in the county town near Westwood, and. made himself thoroughly familiar wjih the neighbourhood. Knowing the evil repu- tation of the Lady's Lodge, and the fact that Rebecca Whitmore on her occasional visits, confined her attention to the. lower parts of the house, he took possession of the observatory, and here, secreted the balloon by means cf which he intended to carry off Lord Westwood if he refused to deliver over the jewels. a. It was a bold scheme, and LJrit8 very daring had a chance of success. The balloon had been made in the first place at Bittermere, the old Essex house where his uncle lived, and from there various trial trips^had been taken. The only dis- advantage was that he could not manage it alone, and for this reason he toot Mignonne with him. On the night of Lord Westwood's death they had- taken the balloon over to the Court, and secured it to the fir tree of which mention has been made, Mignonne remaining in the car, while Lesler entered the house through the study window .And here things fell out ouite dineren?y to his anticipations, ?or tord Weetwood. prepermg perhaps for a possible attack, had a loaded revolver in ])08Slh' hip po?et, and showed every in- m lIS y h' Jf '1 t clination to defend himself wtt 1 it. Leeler however, succeeded in wresting it from him, and in doing eo pulled the trigger, with the result that the bullet kdged in Lord W Mtwood s breast. Thereupon the Russian had carried the wounded man back to the fir tree, with- out telling Mignonne that the shot had QU (" l 1-e" t'l t1 1 been a fatal one. It was not until they reac h ed the Mat lie dM covered the truth, and the shock of it proved too great a strain for her. She •tainted and fell into that 6trange state of coma from which Captain Maseereene's exertions finally roused her. Thus she was quite unaware that Lord Wrestwood's body had been hidden in his wife's tomb. Lesler himself believed her dead, and here the man's curioua super- stition betrayed itseif, for he had been at some trouble to secure tho was candles which he lighted round her bier, and which had been the mt-ane of attract- ing the attention of Felix What his final intentions were it is im- pcssible to say, but on the day after Felix's return, he had gone back to the Lady's. Lodge, and secured the balhxm by means of whidl he made his escape lrom the observatory, and at the 6ame time learned of the young girl's recovery. It is probable that he thought under the circumstances, it was besi. to iave her ow hare sIte was, in tb*. care of Kcbecea Whitmore, while lie still prosecuted his eearch for the jewels. The reader is aware in what manner he ob- tained too bi-Ass coffor, but after that he was afraid to remain in the neighbour- hood, and having taken possession of the contents ho hid the coffer near the ohapel of the I/odge, and made use of it later on as a receptacle when he finally succeeded in finding-the jewels. Not until the day "which was CoTtave been her wedding day did he see Mig- nonne again, and then she had recovered her memory, and realised thai tiio man she called Father" was in effect the murderer of Lord Westwood. After Felix left the lodge Lesler con- trived an interview witti the young girl and parsaaded her to go back to the Con- tinent with, him. It wii.,3 to his interest to sepa.rate the lovers, and the poor child naturally shrank from confessing to Felix the pant she had innoconitly played in his father's death. Later, when she found the Russian in- tended returning ito Westwood Court., her fears on behalf of Felix were awakened, and she resolved to follow, and do her host to protect ham. Forby this time she had learned enough of the man 's "real character to thoroughly distrust him. Accident favoured her plan, and she con- trived to get herself engaged as maid to Lady Dunsmuir. (All this she told Felix, and added to wha.t he already knew, her story eoiabled him to mate a connected whole of the events that had followed bis arrh-al from India. Hor memory had pairtially re- turned at ig-ht of rthe little golden token, that had fallen from the of what was to have been her wedding dress—the token of membership of the Society of A7.rp.el, into which she also had been initiated. Whether Lesler had placed this in the old oaken -chest containing Lady Westwood's dresses, with the idea that h,- mi,,ht that she might, see it, or whether it was the identical one that had belonged to Lady We.sftwood herself cannot be said. The result was tie same. It awoke faint echoes of recollection, although it was the sig-ht of Lord Westwood's dead body that finally swept away the last shadows that had clouded her momery. And now that you know the truth— now that you know Loeler was not your father, but only a distant cousin of your mother—age you willing to fulfil your promise, and become my wifeFelix asked, taking her hands, and looking down into the sweet eyes that (laxed not meet his. For a minute she was silent. Then she glanced up at him, demurely shy. Yffi-jf you are quite sure you want me, and-like me better than Ijady Duns- muir Folix laughed, but grow a little red [ all the snme. I have no doubt wliatever on the point. rplwro is only one thing that worries me." What is that?" Tho rubier. They belong to you, and you shall have them, but I hope you will never want to wear them:" SI).o j'nivered a little. krke your mind easy on that score. "rn,c,v have been tho cause of too much s iu and misery for me to desire them. If I had my will, I would never look upon them again." I'hen I'll tell you what well do. The rubies shall be presented to a hospital, and wel'll hope that in euch a way the curse that has followed them will be re- moved!" There was the usual nine days' wonder over Lord Westwood's wedding, but it tiooli died away. and Mignonne quietly too kher place as one of the great ladies of tlirj county. There is no gloom banging over West- wood Court now. Children's dancing footstep, re-echo in the old corridors where Lesler searched in va in for the hiding place of the jewels, and baby laughter makes happy music in the erst- while darkened rooms. But the Lady's Lodge is there no longer. It was burnt down on the day of Lester's death, whether accidentally or not, no one knows. And its secrete perished with it! [THJC HWD- I
TWICE REPORTED DEAD. I
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TWICE REPORTED DEAD. I Private J. W. Barratt, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Barratl, Oxford-street, Swansea, who has died of wounds received in action. It will bo remembered, that when Pte. Barratt was wounded in the Battle orf the Aisne in September his parents were erroneously notified of his death.
A LLANSAMLET " CHALLENGE."
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A LLANSAMLET CHALLENGE." At Neath County Sessions on Fridav. Thomas J. Thomas. tin work or, Llnasam- let, was summoned by John Woolwav, farmer, Peniel Green, Llaneamlet. for assault. Mr. Edward Poweli prosecuted. Complainant, who appeared in the box with a black eye and other scars, said the row commenced over defendant's fowls. After he was assaulted, defen- dant challenged the whole of the parish, and sent him the doctor's bill. Defendant admitted striking Woolway. but under great provocation. A fine of .1.08. was imposed.
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Mr. Balfour will on July S unveil in the .Art Gallery of the Cuildhall a marble bust of the late Mr. Chamberlain. Teas for t-Po staff of the Deptford Borough Council are to cost the Council Sd. instead of (id., ov. ing to Uie increased price of provisions.
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I SAVE! SAVBS SAVE! s SAVE! SAE! SAVE! I FOR NATIONAL REASONS: TREMEN. DOUS FIGURES FORESHADOWED. A fetter has been published in one of the London papers over the nom do plumo of A Banker." The letter is the most important contribution to the economic questions raised by the great war now raging. It points out the true ?ues and also the duty of the ra-qk and file of the population of the British Tjsl,t-- The following extracts give the salient features of the letter That economy is vital is not rery clearly or widely grasped by the com- munity at large. Nobody has taken the trouble to expla in to them the pressing reasons for it. It is true that Mr. LLoyd George has insisted upon it in his latest! speeches. But a specch in Parliament is not in these days sufficient. Means must be found to bring home to evory man, woman, and child not only Ore fact that: economy is vital, but why it is vital. Hitherto there has been a widespread be- lief that economy and saripg are not' sacrifices which a nation, so rich as we arc. need bother about. There was too much talk some months ago about bottomless purses alid silver bul- lets," and though hnancial strength is one of our most important weapons, we are throwing it avay by extravagaiwe. Government Departments have seemed indifferent to the cost of the war and have plunged into an orgy of lavish ex- penditure and waste, as if they were cap- tured by the theory that no expense matters, so long as the money goes out of one pocket into another, and that it all increases the circulation of wealth and so the general prosperity. The true fact. on the contrary, is that both public and private economy is demanded to enable us to meet successfully the financial problems before us. These problems are in the main two-fold, first, how we axe to raise sufficient internal loans, in order to meet the Government's colossal war ex- penditure, a.nd secondly, how the com- munity as a whole, including the Govern- ment, is to make its external balance- sheet meet, or, in other words, how we are to pay other nations for the enor- mous purchases, which we and our Allies are making and must make from them. Pay we must, if we are to main- tain our financial and credit edifice in- tact. If a nation cannot meet its debts, its credit suffers just as an individual's does. The Government has already raised one loan of £ 330,000,000. Over and above that it has issued Treasury bills up to £ 200,000,000- Another huge loan can- not long be postponed. We shall have to raise by Government loans probably ESOO,000,600 a year. Usually we have for public investment in new issues in Lon- don surplus income amounting to about £ 200,000,000 a year, w-) that somehow or other out of savings or capital we must find another £ 600,000.000. It is obvious that saving is imperative. Unnecessary expenditure involves the diversion of labour from war purposes, larger imports, ¡ and less exports. It is true that rigid economy and the suppression of many kinds of demand will hit many people hard, especially all trades producing any articles of luxury! or superfluity. There must be a great i deal of shifting of labour and difficult periods of transition both for trades and j individuals from peace to war conditions. Yet, hard though this may be, no sacri- fice ought to stand in the way of the war mobilization of the nation's forces by every possible means. So far as is possible the labour of the whole com-I munity should be employed either in actual fightiug or be organized to produce either munitions of war or the neces- saries of life or exports which may help to pay for the goods which me must im- port. That, and not the business as usual," should be our aim. We are far I yet from being properly organized to I these ends. Danger of Increased Consumption. 11 It must be remembered thnt owing to changed war conditions there is a great I risk of our consumption actually increas- ing. One effect of our lavish expendi- I ture is to transfer a large amount of in- come from the wealthier to the poorer classes. A large redistribution of wealth is in process. So far so good. In itself, no doubt, excellent, but not if the money which ill the hands of the wealthy would be saved is in the hands of its new pos- sessors simply spent. The class which is ev greatly enriched by the war is not the very poorest class, in which case extra expenditure would be justified, but mainly the artisan and better-paid work- ing class which is already comfortably off. It is not as if savings were any sacrifice to them. Their own interest and that of the State absolutely coincide. It is, indeed, madness of them not to save in this period of their exceptional prosperity agalnst the certain day of shrinkage i? the future. And tho StAte is in need of their savings and will pay them a good rate of interest. Tn the last German War Loan the number of subscribers was stated to be only just short, of 2,000.000. It would be surprising if the subscribers to our War Loan numbered 30.000. How- are we going to pay our debts to other countries? Take the national ba lance- sheet of what we owed and were Ol"Pd,! say, for 1913. On the debit side we had l to provide for two things—nrst. for our real debts, i.e., the cost of our net im- ports. which in that year amounted T. 96?19,00,000, and, secondly, for whatever sums we choose to advance to forei?i nation or the rest of the British Em- pire, i.e., about £190,OOO,O, T1]i ?um, it js true, was not a debt in the ordinary ne, hht money bad to be found to pay Theso two itNIIS amounted to £ 849,000.000. On the credit side we were (ywpd £ T>25,000.000 for our exports, and the balance of £ 324,000.000 was due to us, roughly, for the following:—For interest on capital invested abroad t!HI.000,000. for shipping freights and for banking f)oyyiuiifKion. £ 40.000,000, bringing the total now is the position this year? In the first place, a large increase in our im- ports is inevitable owing to the immense amount of war material we have to get from abroad. In the second place, our exports, owing to war conditions, are bound to be greatly red uced. For both reasons the balance will go against us very heavily. Jf wo fake the figures for this year to the end of May as our guide, we find that our net, imports were then at a yearly rate of £ "f7,000,000. and our exports at the rate of £ 361.000,000, leav- ing a balance against us of As against this Lloyd George esti- mates, perhaps optimistically, that what ir, dlle to us tor interest on our foreign investments, for freight and com- missions, will .be a'( x),-i t the same as before the war. He puts the figure at That leaves a balance of against Ib, In ordinary circumstances we should balance our account by simply not mak- ing such large loans" to foreign coun- tries. but, as things actually stand, while practically no private loans for foreigners are bpin? raised', the amount we should ordinarily lend tbe:n iu the way '? b,isi-I neas is bein? replaced. !md unfortunately more than replaced, by what: we are ) forced to lend to foreign Governments to help them to carrv on the war. The amounts we must lend to them and to our Dominions is put by Mr. Lloyd George at £ 200,000.000. Now that Italy has come in, it win certainly be more, j and, if more neutrals join us it will be more still. Let us add another ti-we debit balance against us to £286,1)1)0,000. But as it ap- pears that the official figures quoted above leave out of account goods hought by the British or Allied Governments abroad, and as it is known that these Government purchases will be very large, it is probable that the balance against us on the vear will- reach to well over £ 400, roo, !()Ú Hnw-*n-Pav Them- -1 [ 'iiifi balance will have to be provided ) I either by borrowing largely in America, a course to which there are serious diffi- culties and objections, or by selling I sufficient American securities to cover the deficit, or by sending gold. It will at best be an extremely difficult business. We cannot meet, the difficulty by raising internal loans or by increasing our paper currency. Excessive increase in paper currency is a very attractive means open to a Government for meeting its internal indebtedness. The note circulation of Germany, Austria, France, and Bussia has increased since the outbreak of war by hundreds of millions, representing so much extra money borrowed by the Gov- ernments of these countries. Even our note issue is up by £ 40,000,000 or £ 50,000.000. But it is no good offering an American merchant foreign bank notes or Treasury notes. If you offer him I currency, you must pay him in his own dollar currency or you must offer him gold, something that i6 valuable in his own country. "There are only two other ways of easing the burden, the one to increase our ex- ports, the other to reduce our imports. To increase exports is difficult, especially in view of the demands of labour for mili- tary service and for Government work. But that our ordinary imports—i.e., our consumption of foreign good-can be largely reduced by economy there is no doubt whatever. Germany ordinarily imports annually over worth I of goods. »Jsrow she is importing practic- ally nothing, and yet her warlike energies I appear at present unimpaired. She has succeeded in changing her whole indus- trial system over from a peace to a war basis. She produces what she must have, and her population has to be satisfied with what she produces. What we, too, ought to do. and are not doing, is to re- duce to a minimum what I may (-all our ordinary private consumption imports. If we fail to do this and exhaust all | other means of paying our debts, one of two things must happen. Wo must either export a sufficient amount; of gold to bal- ance the account, or, if we cannot or will not do that, wo must watch our exchange go more and more against us and our credit deteriorate; we must pay ever more and more for our imports. England is the only country left which pretends to be a free gold market and to let gold leave the country, when conditions warrant it. In all other belligerent countries specie pay- ments are suspended- Gold is exported in order to raise Government credits, but I is not usually obtainable otherwise. Rus- sia is at the moment paying nearly 30 per cent, over the normal price for all her imports, Germany over 13 per cent.. Aus- tria 20 per cent., Italy 10 per cent.. France about 3 per cent., and we ourselves about 1-1 per cent. We are brought back again then to tbf I paramount necessity to our country of economy, such economy as is being prac- tised to-day by the German people. We import nearly £ 300.000.000 a year of food, I about the same amount of raw materials. and of manufactured articles. Every pound's worth of food I wasted, of meat, petrol, rubber, tobacco, or any other article which we can econo- mise. unnecessarily consumed means a pound's worth more import and a pound more in the bill against us. We should import only absolute necessities and pro- duce everything in this oountry that we possibly can.
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ABUSES WiPED AWAY. The special sub-commit toe of the Swan- sea Corporation appointed to enquire into the feeding of school children met at the Guildhall, Ald. D. Davies presiding. The Clerk (Mr. A. W. Halden) ex- pl&ined that at the commencement mem- bers gave instructions to the echool care-I takers to give meals to each child, and when Alderman Miles, himself and others told the caretakers only necessitous cbi!- ? dren must be fed, they took no notice. He then wrote the Mayor that such an expcn- diture as was then being made was un- justified; £ .198 per week had, however, now been reduced to £6 Its. 6d. The Chairman eaid from August to the end of last year, the expenditure was about £ ti,000. He was satisfied there was no justification for this. They ought to make it impossible for anything of the kind to happen again. Alderman Miles pointed out. that the sub-committee were carrying out the in- structions of the Education Committee. The Chairman moved that in future no committee of the Council should be authorised to spend money for extraordi- nary purposes of this kind without first obtaining the sanction of the Council, of which a special meeting should be called. if necessary, to consider the matter. The resolution was agreed h. the Chair- man remarking that he wa? quite satis- fied there was now a good system. Alderman Miles pointed out the number of investigations and arrangements neces- sary to bring about the pre?enr ptato f affairs, and Mr. F. J. Parker said he d:d not believe any injustice had be*n done to anybody in 1 he process. u' I
GARNANT FLOODED. I
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GARNANT FLOODED. I During a terrible thunderstorm a cloud burst on tho Black Mountain, near the Frwdiau, aud the Fedol iu consequence, flooihd (o all alarm- ing extent, the water rising to upwards of eight feet. Ilight down the valley the udpcenl j fields and gardens were devastated, trees, huge boulders, the Aberguai;i bridge, and several outhouses being carried away by' the force of the flood. 1'art of the road j leading to ;bo Twym, a suburb of Gar- nani, was Mvept away, elosing the mean:' of communication between the two places. The houses near the coiif'uenre ot the ] Pedol and the Amman were flooded, and I the water, forcing its way across the. road near Liwyn Nicholas, cut the means of communi cation between Garaatit ami Glanamman via the Homey-road. It is feared/that a number of cows and ;heep perished. The nearest. approach to this flooding was about fifty vtSars ago, when the Pedol overflowed its Ltinks, but not to such an extent.
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Ifr. William Rogers, of Bc-rwir-k, Ba?- pett, Wilts., himself all old soldier, has eight soiis serving with the coloulb.
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.7 YOU ARE STRONGLY ADVISED 'I never to disregard or treat lightly any apparently small ailment of the digestive 2 ? system. The discomfort may only be slight, and you may think that it win 2 y soon pass away; but it must be remembered that the disorder, however 3 Ii: insignificant it may seem, is one of Nature's Warnings, and probablf a call < I for timely assistance. Many people make it a rule I TO TAKE 1 I Beecham's Pills Immediately any irregularity appears in connection wfththc organs of digestion. Remarkable success in the treatment of stomach and 4 liver troubles has attended this excellent preparation for the lengthy period of >1 ^1 seventy years. People of all ages, and in every walk of Lite? h<t? be= HSe H kept in perfect health by tak1n¡ BEECHAM'S PILLS. jj ? Sold everywhere in boxes, price 1/11 (56 pills) < £ • 2/9 (168 pWsL
A PRINCE OF INDUSTRY. t -I
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A PRINCE OF INDUSTRY. t I Mr. Daniel Edwards, J.P., Attains His I SOth Birthdav. Mr. Danl. Edwards, J.P., Morriston, at- tained his SOtii birthday on Saturday, and was the recipient of many telegrams and letters congratulating him upon the happy event. Mr. Edwards, from his earlieet age, has led an active and strenuous life. He commenced work as a boilermaker's boy. In 1848-9 he was working with a monu- menial inaso i in Cad ox-ton, and from there he went to the Neath Valley, where he was employed on the railway which was being constructed. ilr. lid wards was the youngest stone dreeser oa the undertaking, his employer being Mr. Evans-Bevan, grandfather of the prestent Mr. Evans-Bevan, the weU known colliery proprietor. Young Ed wa rds remained in the Neath Valley until the completion of what was the first railway :n this neighbourhood. Subsequently, he went into busines-s as a monumental mason and stone dresser on his own amount. Time passed on aDd Mr. Edwards found himself at the Ul) PCri loTest Tinplafe Works, wtich were then owned by a -Air. Hallain. After working there for several years, ked at the I Beaufort Tinworks, then owned by Mr. John Jones Jenkins (now Lord Glan- tawe). Built Morriston Tabernacle. Mr. Edwards was a founder of tbp Worcester an d Upppr l'orest Tinplate Works, and from his plans the present, works were erected. Ajf?r comp?ia? these v<?r?. he was approached with a view of building tbp Tabrnade Chu:'dl,! Morrision, one of the f'u?d, religious buildings '!?. Pou?h WaJes. and known as the on('onf'nnit5 CaJhedr-aJ. The church took t?? years to complete, and Mx. ]ward, who has been a faithful member, con(?t<?d tQwards its funds up-I wards of = £ 1,117. On March 1st. 1873. Mr. Edward? ?tajtfd bT)Ud?n? the Du?ryn Tinworks. In fact, ho was fbe fpnndcr of these wdl known tinplate works, and is the inventor of the Edwards Tinning Pot, a marvellous piece of ingenuity, by the use of which the price of labour in the tinning do- partment was reduced from sevenpcnce to fourpenee. British Association Tribute. I Mr. Edward." has been one of -the Princc-s of industry in this neighbour. hood, and is a familiar figure in commer- cial circles. Many years ago, when the British Asso- ciation visited Swansea. Mr. Edwards w, p:Ùrl a very nice compliment by the late Dr. Siamen. A large company of the dis- tinguished vi si tors, amongst other works visited the Dunryn. then considered 1 he most morÏcwn works in the trade, and 1111." Lnndore Steel Work# Included in the pani.v was the late Lord Kelvin (t.hen Sir j William Tliompj-on). At the subsequent luncheon, held in a large marquee. Dr. Si emeu announced i that the steel bar proeess at Laudore i Works was a success and that it had (omo to stay, and he added that he could not sit down without bearing tp-?imnnY *o the assistance h? received from Mr. I>aniel Edwards in consummating that end.
CHASING THE TURKS. )
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CHASING THE TURKS. ) (Psssed by Ccnsor.) I .Mrs. Lowe, wcoed. (ilanamman, li.-? re- ceived an ;))tcr?:tutg !c?cr frora ])r lins I band, wh., is 8fr,in: (",11 a battleship in the: I Dardanelles, and h.b been hi the thick ol the fisrhiing sines t11: outbreak of hoatilitie- He wriie.j. under (.late May 2M. ,s Our shin is now hack at. the Dar- danelles, and v-c o.i board a sail.. Our time on iand was most exciting. were continually d-vtgrinp Turkish shc'J-- which were brill, itred [1. 11.. Fe ri una.ely. tl1c'y did u,, no harm, far: ore ti.i;e ,'11 "land j «>& w Man i cr) ]!>;<■ ,sights, which ] shall nc\cr able to forget or • describe. j i'o-day we at -it <■ v. in..[i-Ir~ 1Ill Tt.'rk-. with some shell-. the YCln: men at ^Tianinitnan ao-l Oth er  cr.nld 'mi ro^U.-n.- what we have to do. and wt- t?frih? h < ?o have f. t-. i (  they wmld h -ita ?"r a moment ".ome tn hf'n OUJ' brothers aro fi<r?itinjr—-y«\ eVcn nolo death-givjinr 1 their hvf\s ;n SRrrHic?. -c': t?Ti? ttirjr Kiti'. ] art! <miiry valuihle b'iT). a'?i yrt to k'vm | cud think td aide-bodied «. oong t;uu j-t iJli t: JJ'(; ::( J¡";I ;'i' iciwpUnsr to a.ssX i;; a .shiroe..mo a Svn-cc. I t -c] onre tli- t'ro- If. hand wh ?n E.H csj'zoV' BT-T; ?;j' ha .'f ?. do t r 1-
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A jndh-sJiair, Moor, Surrey opened on Saturday a m.ilitc ry hot pi* a 1. s ha*, mg erj uwi]>orj xor jh; purpose by Air. L. Byron Peter?. Accommodation ia provided tor in wounded m-oi. Annual services were hcid a* >'cw Welsh Congregational Chapel, Landere, on Saturday evening: and throughout Sutidav. and wilt be continued till,- evening. The | puipit was occupied by the R. T. Kye< u Oavirs <AV«x>dford Gretn) and D. tt-mlcy f Jones (Cat varioEj. t
PONTARDULAIS FOOTBALLER.
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PONTARDULAIS FOOTBALLER. I Mr. Fred. T. Cloe^pe, ex hen. eecreitary of the Pontardulais United A.F.C., and a well- known and msrt popular figure in Swansea District Association football circles. He joined the Boyal Engin- eers, was badly "fouled" in action, and is now lying in hospital at New- caetIe-on-Tyno.
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Labour members at Newport (Mon.) Beard of Guardians on Saturday objected to a police pensioner working 119 hours aL a shilling an hour in one week.
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BETTER THAN SPA WATERS As a Curative .A.gt in cases of Dyspepsia, Disordered Liver and consequent poisoned state of the system, many English and Continental sutfeners consider KERNICK'S VEGETABLE PILLS (combined with rest) are unsurpassed. Sold by any Chemist at 7Jd. and 13-a. per box. 1/ti We claim that 2/9 DR. TYE'S DROPSY, LIV&R, AND WIND PiLLS Cure Constipation. Backaehe, Indigesteon, Heart Weakness Headache and Nervoos Complaints. Mr. John Parkin. 5, Eden Crescent, West Auckland, writes, dated March 21. 19X2:—" I must say they are all tha.t you represent them to be; they are splendid; indeed I wish I had known a.bout them poonor. I shoJl make their worth known to all who suffer from Dropsy." Sole Maker: S. J. COLEY. LTOm 57. HIGH STREET. STROUD. GLOS. ELLIS'S HERBAL PILLS. Made from prescription of celebrated Ssurse ior Aiiaeinia, Bloodiessneas, &i- Send stamp for free sample and particu- lars; alt-o testimonials. Prices Is. Sd. and 4s. 6d. post paid, under cover. Advioe Free. MRS. ELLIS, 12. YALLAN CE ROAD, HOVE, STBfiEX. LUNG HEALER t will irnmr d:ielv arres: the coarse of the N j disease and „uard against ail ill effects. It t X possesses marvellous heaiingstnd tonic prop- erties. and gives instant reiief to Coughs Coids, Hoarseness, Bronchitis, Difff. Coids, of Breathing, etc. it is very < t culty t beneficial, and has irorvc2 for many years a boon and, biasing to ttu,-iscnuis of sufferer*. | REMF-MGERI N'egitcted Coughs and B Colds frequently turn to Bronchitis, Asthma. etc.. and are often the forerunner of that dreadlul disease—Consumption. Pric,' 1.'1 and 23. of aj: Ciiemisrs and Stor*. g 1,3 or2 6trom the j¡e proprietors and Inventors G. DEAKIN & HUGHES. t THE INFLAMMATION REMEDIES 80.. B SLAENAVOK. MOi4. DEAKIN S FEVER and FEVER and INFLAMMATION REMEDIEI AND PILLS 1,"i ?'? ?'' of aU 'A"M'O rn.t? Chemists and StorC8. fHE GREAT PAIN A DISEASE KILLERI 1/3 A-ND 2/6 DIEECT FBOM:— Q. DEAKIN & HUGHES, Cbe Inflammation Remedies Co., BLAEMAV0 ? MOTHERS!? vahtee 2!s.s' F ELniinem of hw alild eboaJd un J HARRISON'S POiWABE.9 E One t,,MIication kills all Xi a.nd Tarmla, ? Leau=es ana =Ongt'hens tb'B R" In TIUS, 4?d. & 93. Postage ldo tí SOLD BY ALL CRKm5TS. << 1 ?Mtst 00 ??M<j ??j&Bf.so?s POKWS* IJ ? fcu & WTRRLWX *NOW& BLMM Agxnu- .NEAT ii L-In;n.'rt Sod. Aber- avon: G. D. l^oveluck. ('•vrma^on: H. b. A rnold. Yaih: J. G. Isaac. Port Talbot: T. B. Baminrd. Swansea: T. Davies. Brvnamman; E. M. Morris. Garnact: J. W. Eyan". Glnnamman r J- W. Evans, Laudore: T. Dnyd-en. roDt^,rdaw»i 6- Griffith. Clydach: Davieõ Bm*.