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t v f IN THE ? feBy RICHARDJWAR5H-^ CIIAPrER 1. I The Two Players ) PhiHp Ford waiched the comedy with amuse- t. The geotlarnan bad wou again the lady had lost: and she so obviously did not like losing She was so young, so pretty in that place bo alto- gether unusnal. Almost u girl, tbere vvas t,, air <oi freshness atbont her which many girls mibt envy. Her dress was simple, inexpensive, in stiiking contrast to many of these abolat her. In tfr* casino a.t Monte Cailo there are so many I jvoaaeu to whom their dress is their fortune. ijorp ally, Mr Ford felt convinced, her mood was sunny, Now she was in a rsge Like a child in a temper which came ;erf near to tears. In. cited, it was her childishness which made her soom so out of place in such sutrouudings. Ford found hiineelf wandering who she could be. She wajs apparently alone. So far Iii he had seen not a soul had spoken to bar, anctyshe had spoken to no one. She was her own banker, carrying her aioney in a little leather satchel which hung abcut her waist. Philip Ford Vla3 beginning to inspect that t-here was not much ieft in it. He WRpid have iiked to ba>? of her to ceaae to play, if for no other reason than that lock was so per- sistently against her. Sbo had lost contiunoualy. Not large snafiH though he was pretty aure that they ware large to ber. She hid commenced by staking two or three leuts at a time, now she had descended to Ihe-frapc pieces and bach piece Memed to linger looser between her fingers be- fore sbe jet it go. At Inst tbere wasun end of them. lIe felt sure of it. She glanced inside the satchel. lie would bave been prepared to tot that it was empty becaoso she snapped the ç1:) with such a furiouslittle suap and because ghe bit ber pretty Mps.hs if trying to keep the apgry tears ont of her ahildlike eyeB, And the asm won, nJI the time, as he ha3 been doing from the first. Ford dor.btod if ho bad lost half a dozen ccuvs- It tickled him to notice tbat, in appearance, the fellow wes not unllko himself. Tall, thia, sulfa a slight stoop, black if air, parted in the centre, short moustache, mqnocle carried in his right eye so far. the re- semblance was almost waird. Yet the difference were sufficiently marked to make it difficult-to mistake one for the other. Ford's peculiarities wqlo written large all over him. To look at him oof cqpld easily have believed that he was an anchorite, nndsr a vow of lasting. He was thia, almost to the point of attenuation. There was an aloofness abont his manner wbioh induced Strang era to regard him as uustere. lie wis Je. aerved, celf, antoined prone, one might say, to speechlessness a maD, one Xelt, who could be ulent in many languages. The man who wa-i winning handfuls of gold was, equally obviously, of a very different type. "No traces of austerity about him, nor of reserve. His were eyes which had looked often upou the wine when it was red, and other (ignore also, to say nothing of those various delights which ap- peal to the carnal mind. His lips were pandu. lons, the ted wice gleamed through his cheeks, his eyes were muddy. This was not tbo first time this man bad played roulette for nlttkea which jfwnted. Indeed to judge from hi adocaeiluonr, the pursuit was such 4 familiar one that it had seasbd to interest bim whether be won or lost. Be picked up the money, which the cioupier's rake continually pushed in his direction, with a listless air, as tfaocgb, if anything, it rather bored him to have to pat himself to !so much exertion. As the girl came to the conclusion that her little bag was really and truly emuty, the man had the maximum on 14, and the number tnrned. fte bad bad the maximum on the winning num- er a few i»iculas before. since when he had been backing different combinations, with nearly mi- vatying'BuccasB. A murmur went round tha- table as be won again. The girl glanced in bis direction with envy in liar ejea. Ford noticed that desire for what the feHow was winning Wdired to cauze the whole expreasion of her face to chango. He turned itway, unwilling to coa- iiouo any longer to bo the" i tne39 of a spectacle which did net please him. Tue thing was fanni- ftar tbele, ?Jjn would win, and women would fise tbetnaelses in exchange for eouie cf their winnings. Only Ford did not care to associate pretty young English girl with such reflec- iions. She was English, undoubtedly. Tbat Was. in fact, the pity of it. What vaa no fair a compatriot doing in such an atmosphere ? lie lid not ItL-e to thin-k. It was, perhaps, half an hour later, when, hav- ing had mora than enough of the Uaaino, he went one into tbe night. TAoott and starr. fleamed from a clpmjieas sky. It was cool bat beautiful, Buttoning bia coat aboat bis neck he walked briskly from teriace to teiiace, up and down, to ,and fro. Thp moon was almost at the fall. The nea. was like -H silver lake. Only the faintest breeze was stirring. A yacht, blazing with the illumittatio.ua, stood oat lilto thing of beauty. It wk-ir an Etril tbat VOtCCII, trmsic, laughter, travelled to biip from its deck acroers the water. He knew wliat the yacht was, and the meaniov, of theWaaa of glory. The boat the -1 Uoosiet" was t o property of In Van Volst, the widow of a* notorious, rather than famoOK, American malti-aiiliionaire. she was giviog a dinner on board, to be followed by a dance. Had he chosen, Philip Ford might have been among the gueatR. Now as he stood tbere, solitary, listening, Wl. Ech. ing, he rather wished that ho had consented to join the revels later, do would have at least been heeto fallow bioi mood. The sight and the sound seemed to accettuate bis fseliug of fplitude. Ho tnmed. to go to bis hotel. As he did so be fimost knocked over someone who was standing 80 close beiiirid him that it was almost impos- sible for bim to move without coming into colli- fion. Uc dtcw b&ck with a half-uttered apology. I heR your pardon but Then be htoppeel to Blare. The person whom- he had nearly overtutned r-as a woman—to his astonishment, the girl of the Casino, who ha.1 always loat uutil at lust, he had I:een sure, her aatchel wss eoipty. Bbe w^s diessed eiitcliy ss be L-sci gesn her last, without oven a cloak thjrawD o.ar her stiouldeis. From her,left wrisie Was still suspryidt-d the empty satchel. It was the titigularity of her attitude which Jtailled him. Her right arm was raised, in tbs mauuer of one who is about to strike a U!oa while in her band Romethiiig glbarntd. lia saw it but ¡In instant but. in the mcoulight ho saw it' clear of steel. In lass than six seconds after tie had turned'an(i they had k!een each other, ber aim lell, her hand vrjit behind ),ar-too lct(fs to hide what was in it. Both were sjl&p.t. and both, appaienily, for tba same reason because she seemed to be us much quipiited its be was. If "he was not the quicker to regain bet pretence of mind she was at least the first to ipoak. Her voice waa not only musical, unmis- takably a lady's, but she spoklj with a si-niiing ,:almne-s.,i which amazed him mo;e and more. v v He wiilei its if it were bia to command and mia# to obey," she soliloquised. "When wili man learn- 1,11 Do yon know, it Was lucky for yoa-indeed, it was lucky for both of as, voii turned. I was \lro'o*t—as cearly its Possible-witkingrA mts. take." In the moonlight she wu Vzct'- or than ever, HHi more of a child. Of what nature ?" She palled a. iittio face. "It's very odd but there's vowabodv 4sise exactly Ilka lon, from the Lack-ho-le, in Monte Carlo. I've been watching yon-oh, for somu minutes, and yoa quite deceived mo. When you turned it gave me such a shock. but, as I -laid, it was lucky for both of tt. yoa did tarn—nut then—very." She nodded, lightly. Raily, oareJe.sIy tUn before he could apeafe agafn, -ittocl tlong «a» path a-t ct paze which was half a ran. She bad vanished before it occurred to him that there were questions which it would perhaps have been better if he b-d ptit to her. Her bearing bad been deboniir tbere was abont her such a sne- geation of being amused that it had been diffi- cult to associate het with anything bnt comedy. And yjat why had abe stolen np to him so softly tbat, even in tbe intense stillness he had not beard her coming and his hearing, as a rule, waB so acute ? Wbv had she approached ao close to him, vvitlain touching distance of his back ? Why had her arm been raised in so ominous an attitude 1 What was it she had been holding in her hand ? A knife, beyond a doabt. If saoh was the case-of wbicb be was convinced—then was it conceivable that she,a mere child, a seem- ingly innocent girl, had meant to stabbit- in the back 9 To the question put so bluntly, tbe answer was a negative. She b-td not meant to etab him As she herself had explained, she as nearly, ns possible had made it mistake. He bad all but r;.Ilen a victim in a case of mistaken identity. The opJõfted blade had been meint for the for- tnuRle gambler, bv whose likeness to himself Mr Ford had been struck. If there was a iseem bianco between them, as seen from the front, fropn the back possibly it was greater still- especially in the moonlight. Seeing him in the gUmcur of the moon, from behind, the gill had supposed him to be the Juckv gambler, whose pockets woie staffed with the Casino spoils, and bad piCDoseU to bury her knife in his back. As she had said, it wis lucky-for both of thera- that he h"a turned— jnst then. In another moment her error might have been beyond un- doing. On the other band, ought he to have let her go —scot fre-e-suspecting her of such au i atontion What did it matter ? He was not a policeman. He was not pvzn particularly interested in the preservation of law anzi ordier. He distinctly objected to being dtaggei into the public gaze. Tueie wers all sorts of poople in aionte Catlo the whoie wofid knew it let them all take care I of themselves. So, strolling leisurely back to his hotel, Phiiip Ford slept the sleep of tbe joet. I lie saw it but au instant, but in the moonlight he saw it cleatly-the flash of sleel. The following morning, as ho was thinking, j VHguely, of where he should breakfast, a waiter i tbiust a telegram into his hand. He tore it J open, with the inclifference of a man to whom telegrams are common things but all indiffer- ence vanished when he read the contents i Sir Gecfftoy has been seriously lpjqred, and Mr Geoffrey killed, in accident to motor car. Uocloia say Sir Geoffrey's condi.tion is vary ¡ grave. Come at once. -jgnwaon. I The words were ao startling that he bad to read them a second time before he began to apprehend their full meaning. Sir Geoffrey's condition very grave ? His only brother, from wbom he bad had a letter mo recently &at y;pster- day, in which the writer confessed himself to be in the best of health and spirits. Mr Geoffrey yonng Gtoffrey— killed 1 His brother's one child of whom the father had been ao proni, I and who had bad in him the making of to fine a man. What—even in the first moments of the shock tbe thought would obtrnde itself. What a difference these things aight tnake to blln. But the thought was Lanisbud a* quickly as it came. Qo recalled his brother's face aud the boy's, yonng Geoff's, Unshed with yontb, and health, and bappiaess: aDd he wondered, couscions of an nowonted strsin somewhere within him, bow qaicktv be could get borne. While lie wandered nomeope spoke to him- Major Down! whose acquaintance he had first made in the Piinjmub and who, at Monte Carlo, had shown the inclination of the solitary, but gregarious, man to attach himRelf ialhet more eloiely than PbiliD Ford riesiled. In L-pite of his pre-QCC a pat ion, the major's words seemed to penetrate his brain with curious distinctness. Shocking affair, Ford, eh ? I have always paid, and I alwava shall say, that Monte Carlo is the sink of Europe, and that something ought to Lie done. It is my firm couivction th-tt mora crimes take place here than people in Genera) have tbe faintest notion of. They hush 'em up that's what they do, they hnah 'em up deviliah clever these fellows heie at hashing up." Apparently something on Philip Foid'a iace hinted thitt his remailcs were uoioielligible. Wbii t-bavou't you )Aoard ? Tbe whole place is taliciog abiat it, no wonder I Tbey wo u be able to hush it up thiii time. Tbat poor chap who was winning at ronlette last iligiit-won no enti of c, lot -I saw you wtttctjin.g bitry. I don't know if you noticed it but it struck me tbat there wiiis a kind of libeot«a between you two, as it he was a sort of ^alf-brothot of youts, don't you know ?" The major laughed as if he had made a joke. Wbat's happened to him?" lie spoke as it in joply 10 an unuitejetf question, The Rorst, my dear sir, the very worst. Tie's ht;en found dtad in the Casino gardens, without a farthing on him nfter all his winnings. lie's bten lying theie nil night, murdeted-itbbed and murdened." The major's voice dropped to au impressive semitone. "Stabbed in tbe back." -0 J, t. CHAPTER II. In My Lady's Chamber. Mro Thatatori was jo tht, best of tomparit. She generally was, even when .1000 which is latber rarer than some think. Persons who are cotoiious for their sunny ctispoaitiopi— in public, are fiequenily reqnsukabla for something quite different when tbere is no oop there but them- selves—and the m^sk comes off. lint it was ch iraoterisiic of Mrs Tbnrrsion tbat she was apt 10 be merrier in private than wbeu other persons were present, if the tbiug wele possible. On the present occai-ion ioometbing seemed to be tickling her immensely. '• To think," 3lie exclaiuud aloud, as if tome- oue she bad been there to hear, that all this is mine, audit might—no easily-have been hers. 1 Mine tdmine I all ruine It really is a most, mag- nificent jest- fur me 1" She laughed, daintily, musically the sound coating from tiles pretty threat w sweetly as if it were the so-g-of aouna light hearted bird. And bow Ipng ago is it bince I was a governess on thirty poondsa year ? U seems ages, but in reality it's only weeks. Uoar me, what vielissitudes I have known in my ):oj t life." She ftiltked-a figb whiofa did net ingest distress, foe laaphter was duncing io her ey;-s. What a iojm 1 had at Mrs Wellby's quite a respectable loom for & governess vreature, I'll admit, but, still, compared to this, vshich is something like a room." Shp sighed again tbid time a sigh of sheer content. As she observed, it was something like a room, the one In which ttbe was as charming au apartment as even the son) of a beauty-'oviog %vomiko could very well desire. A canning mix- ture of tbe old and the new. Shaded electric lights looked down on furniture which would bava delighted the counoisseur's heart, and ytít which was all tbat one could wish in she way of comfort. The windows were draped with costly haDRiugs. The half-dozen water-colours which h i»g ngsinst the daintily colomed walls were delights to the eve. Costly knick-knacks wore 3citttered bets and hete, with a profusion wbieb spoke not only of an attistic sense, bnt also of a well-tilled parse. Indeed, e/ery article which the rootii contained was a thing both of beauty and of price. And the wont beautiful thing iu it was the lady who owned it all. Very ebafnnrig it was to note the Vi-ut which came to her from the mere joy of c^uesaion as like a child, ahe passed from trefute to treasure, admiriue, fondling each in lorn. Aline, mine, oil mine I The most wonderful part of it ail is that Aliip-of all people In ttie world—should have snob rooms—for tba feed- room's Almost »oi« exquisite than thta, au4 VbQ drawingfroom's dr-ailm. When I first met Alan 1 never should have guessed bim to be the owner of sueh a house as this. Money, ye?, Alan emanates money bnt-teste dear Alan's ,,ist(, is excellent or I shouldn't be bel's but it 8 not equal to tbis. Dear, dear Alan." Again t'ie musical inngbtar, which, in such a connec- tion, oue hardly i:new bow to take. "It only cbowa that dear Alau is cleverer thmn one would think, or he would never bave guessed that, in some ditections. he wasn't clevsr. Tbis Sir Philip Ford mnat be by way of being a cotiopity That Alan tbiu-kshim r tin god goes for nothing; he btts a Rood many tin gods, b,.a Alan, and be has no idea how tinny some of them are. The dear, dear boy. Fancy Alan asking him to fornish his boose for bi«i, aoa -faocy Sir Pbilip doing it. I a«ked him,' 8ay3 Alao, tc, make of it a per-fact house for a, porfect woman, and you'll find be's done it.' For once in his life Alan was right-Sir Philip has doce it." The oaau naust be a geaiss. I've mean some fine bounea-in oue W&T ot apathor-btit I do believe tbat tbia is the eaoat perfect of them all. Aud it's mine—-flajne-r»ll muie." Once mcre, the laughter, which, tbis time. snsmed noro in place. The point of the joke is tbait I am per- suaded that she was the porfect woman fct whom it was all designed that it wan she whom Alan bad in bis mind's eye when be set Sir Philip to work. Poor clear. ill-treated young woman—I coald see it in her face as she entered the room. Of course, she never would bavo come if it had not been for her mamma. N%ilat,,uti affliction a mamma must be. I bave found her a trial on those occssioas on wbich T have been compelled to have one are times when a lone, lorn maiden must bave a female parent bot a per- manent mamn2a-bow thankful I ought to be when I consider that I always bave been saved from tbat." The little lady, stretchiug herself full length apou a couch, passed from the consideration of how delightful it was to be without a mother, to admiration of tbe amall pair of rei shoes which poeped from under the hem of her skirt. What pretty fees I have-retallv pretty be. cause irma are feet which don't owe their beanty to the aboenaker. Aid that's the tiecret of it itil-I am so pretty altogether. It mlres it so delightful. In a female creatare beauty and brains are the two things mcst to be desired ;and since I have them both, how thankful I ought to be, Men may pose its they please, but they find' it impossible to be bard on a. really pretty and clever girl while tbeaverage masculine will for- give ber anything. He likee to be twisted round a pretty woman's pretty fingers Of course, there are Exceptions it is they who give to life ita aatoar. i fovea iuan who can be a brute to me—if only because it supplies me with such a very adequate teaaon why I should be a bruts to him. Ob, dear, how sick I should get of always honey." There was a tap on the door. A maid, enter- ing, advanced towards her with an envelope upon a salver. The person who brought it, madam, is wait- ing for an answer." Mrs Thurston skimmed the briof note which the envelope contained. Sbe locked up with a smile. Go into the other roem and wait. I'll have an anuwor ready in a minute then I'll ring." The mtiid retired. The little lady re read the note, this time more carefully, bat still with a smiling fact. There iif one of the brates. I wondered bow long it would joy before tie appeared on the scane. Funny boy. He writes as if it were bis to command, and mine to obey. When will mea learn?' Seating herself at a writing-table, which was so exquisitely fnahionetl that it acqmed aluioat desecration to use it far ita avowed purpose, ecritbling a few hasty lines she crammed the tihapt of paper on which they had been written into an envelope then hesitated. Shall I put any name outside ? Better not." Touching a bell, which wat in front of her, RhtJ baudod the blank onvelop3 to the maid. "Give that to the person who is waiting." Alone again, sue glauced at the clock 011 the mantel. fu notirly bolf an boor in which to compose my mind, aud prepare myself for the very worst. So here gooff for preparation." Moving to the piano she began to sing a song which had recently been the rage in Paris but which was hardly the sort of song one might expect that a young married woman would sing, even in the solitude of her own chamber. {To be Oopilnnad.)
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-J- BANDS AT CRYSTAL PALACE. Success of Tonypandy. The annual national brass band contest was hall a, the Crystal Palaee on Saturday. There was a total of 25 bunds in the championship competition for the thousand-guinea tjophy tbu Welsh entiants including the kbernmeti Silver (conductor. Mr Valentine). Abertillery Silver (Mr H. Bentlev), Ferndale (lir S. Iti-deliffe), Powell Tillc-ry (Mr Anty), and Mountain Ash Volunteers (Mr J. (jrttfBtht) The winners were Ircvell Springs Baud. Aberaman took ninth place. Ottier-coupDalitious were :-Grai.)d shield Reaior section, in which the Or more Valley Temperance entered, won by Staitliwaite brass j band competition, junior section, in which the entiants inelnded the Tylorstown Silver Band (Mp A. J. fjockaby), won by Copley and Skii- coat. Preliminary shield aeption. m which the Pontlottyn Workmen 'a li;md (Mr ThreJfall) took part, won by Kildwicb and District. Prelimin- ary cup see.iow, In wbioh the Cwm and Dis- trict (M.r J- H. Probett). Albion Colliery, Cwm- brau (Mr L. Edwftdt). contested, won by Hibsraia Silver Band, Touypandy, of which Mr C, Thomas is conductor. With the exception of [ the 3Donypapdy combination neither of the i vVebh bands made any greclt show. In tbe cbam. pionsbip class a weak test piece was abs-4 fan tasia on Kolaud a lioncevaux, by Kermet, aud the Welsh competitors seemed hampered by I a desire to play according to English style." The insult was a tame show in every esse, with very little five aod spirit.
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DESPOILING A COAL TIP. More than usual interest was taken at Newport on Satnrdayincasesii) which Edwin Winatone, Hittca, was cbaroed with stealing coal from a tip owned by the United National Collieries Com- pany. Edward Bryant was also charged with aiding and abetting. Winatone pleaded gaifty and Bryant not guilty. Mr Horace Lyne, who prosecuted, said defend- ants bad damaged thatipeonaiderablv with picks ami shovels. Btyaut was reputed to be disabled and waareceivingcompensation,and he suggested that Bryant pleaded not guilty because he feaied be woald lose his compensation if he wa? coo victed. Replying to one of the Bryant admitted that be was pn the tip but did not take any c1. Both defendants were found guilty. Colonel Walli3 (Chairman) said tbat they took into con- sjiiei&iiou the state of affairs i the Valley, and would only impose a fine of IO4 each.
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-4_. GENERAL SIR FORESTIER-WALKER AT A BAZAAR. Church Work at Giffach Bargoed. Mra kotojstiex-Walixar, wife of Me C. E. Forestiar-Walker, .T.P Peogana, opened a bazaar ill conueetion with fbe Gwertbooar Mission Boom at Gilfach, near Bargoed, on Satuiday. General Sir Foreatier-Walker and Mi* Maneeil, wife.I Colonel Mansell, weta also present. It is intended to raise fund* to ereet a church in place of the existing sorrugatad iron building, and it was in aid of this fund that the bazaar was held. Wbe mission is in charge of Mr R. H. Wells, lay reader, nnder the Buner- y vision of Rev. T. Jesse Jones, M.A., the rector of Gelltgaer. The rector Introduced Mis Walker to the gathering, and said he was proad to see present also General Sir Forestier- Walker-(boar, hear)—and Mrs Mansell, wife of Colonel Mansell, a soldier "ell beloved. He xeferred to the rapid development of the district, and said the greatest power to lif people to,t higher level of life and conduet was the power of the Gospel. Mrs Walker then declared tho bazaar opan, and expressed pleasure at being present to assist in suell a "ood work. General Hit Foreatier-Walker, Mr and Mrs Walker, and others visited the stalls and madeparchasim. Tho bazaar will be opened to-dit t by Mrs Colonel Lindsay, Ystradmynficb,
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I Clara YGlD don't mean to say yon have been skating all the afternoon I I should think you'd be awfully tired. I suppose tueio was no place where you could sit down ?- Kate Ob. yes there were places all over she (toad. I ojed thsm all, I gueas.
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io WR SHoRTSritoK^ The Light-Seekers. I By. THE HON. LADY ACKLAND Author of Love in a Life," etc.) Wa were a, small party on Christmas night, in the great Atlantic liner that was crossing to N'en York. Few Engiiah or Americans care to leave home 'I' just at Cbriatmastido, and besides tbis the weather bad been cold and stormy, so tbat all those who could do so deferred their passages in hope of improvement. We left Queenstown on Chrismas Eve in a gale of tuna and snow, but the next day the weather moderated, and about thirty of all assembled in tbe saloon for the great dinner with which the 1\8, conipauy tried to make amends for our lost feas; at home. Among the passengers the most noteworthy to my thinking an old man witn a snovv- white beard and very vivid blue eves. To say that they were blue is hardly correct—they were more the colour of alsctric light, if one may use such n comparison or, to put it another way, their light was so intense that it was batdly possible to realise what was tbe colour of the pupils. This old man sat just opposite to me. so I bad good opportunity for noticing that he ate sparingly and drank nothing but water. lIe also rarely spoke, bat his eyes were constantly turned towards the curtaiued portholes, as if he could watch the waves, whose thunder we beard a.3 they aashed themselves against tbe Bhip's side. It is a dark night," I said at length. Uark to those who cannot see," he replied, and relapsed into silence so profound that I did not liko to disturb him again. When dinner was over at lentb, a few 01 lis younger mou lighted our cigars and walked up and down tbe deck; but the piercing wind soon drove me in, and I Bat down quietly in the music saloon, where about a dozen of both sexes had collected around the piano, and had been singing carols. The music was jnst over when I entered, but apparently story telling had begun, and I listened with the uaual thrill to tha usual tales oi the Supernatural, which so seldom are told at iifet band, and therefore lie open to all sorts of explanations aud emendations. Presently tbere was a pnuse, aud then a young girl turned to the old Tan, who was seated, silent, in a corner, and said to him Have you no strange experience to relate ? I cannot belp hncyioRthat you bave. May we not bear them ?" Her voice was musical, and her manner vary gentle. Gently the old man answered her If you will, my dear—but it's a story you will not understand." Never mind, tell as," they all cried, anri he began— I was born in a manufacturing city of tho uorth of England. My parents were pros- perous folk, and as I was the only son I was expected to learn and carry pn tbe business, Unfortanaiely I bad no aptitude for it, and after many struggles I told my father I could sit at the desk do longer. I tried to explain to him that material thing?, lb" ordinary occupa- tions of life, failed to inieieht me, that the arta of civilisation were tbroitn away upon me— except indeed in one particaar. Where light was concerned my indifference vanished. As a child, I could never sleep in the dark. a boy, morning after morning I would creep oat of bed, and watch the aaucise, and would walk any djstance to see the aon set. Even with artificial light it was the same. A ciiiplay of fiiewotks wu; to me rapture, and a line of street iamps gave me sensations of pleasoto I could never explain to other lads. As I grew older, the different processes by wbicb light is manufactured became of absorb- ing interest to me, and nt length I implored my father to yut someone ehe into his business and to give me »ntficiant money to enable me to fol- low my own iaclihation. He WRllllnry at firat, bat eventually a grudging consent, and for a few years I studied the ways of producing and pmi'ying the different sorts of oil used for lamps, besides the manufacture of gas and electric light. I mads many experiments and some useful inventions, but the intensity of the ligbt was never sufficient to satisfy me. Nothing dazzled mo, no brilliancy woaried my eyes or brain, 1 only longed for more light. Qaviug learned all I could be aaRbtin England I\I1.j the United States of the practical working of artificial liglit, I studied all the scientific wotka I could get bold of which any bearing .on my favourite eubjcct. aud one day in the Bpttieli Museum I hit upon an old bouk wbich turned my thoughts in a fresh direc- tion. It was a mystical treatise wr'tton in Mediseval JLatin, and the very difficulty I had in understanding it impressed it moie deeply in my mind. The author begun by stating that Ligbt was the first creation of God, tbat it had, tbcrtlfote, tbe ptioritv over all His other gifts, aud that without it all those gifts would be of no avail. He went ou to say there were three kinds of Ligbt—the Light Uncreated, wbich was God HialeaH; the outward ligbt tllllt illumines the world and tbe inwaid ligbt in the soul of man? which enables bim to per- ceive, as i a mÜror, the Light of tbe EternaL He then described how by a life of puiitv and asceticism the gross body of mlln might become clearer and clearer, till tbe inward light ahone through it as through a civstal vase, and ended by an iiccouut of some ancient Cbiistian sect of which a remnant might still be found in the Arabiau desert, who had always practised austerities and devotions to snch an extent that though living io caws and underground ptaeee of the earth, for fear of persecution, they needed 110 artificial light, but were to them- selves their own illumination. This little book fiied me at cnce with an eacer desire 10 go to Arabii and discover if thia sect were yet in existence, but before I could start there were many prepai ations to make. I knew nothing of the language or customa of tbe country through which I must travel, and it was many months before I felt myself well equipped for my journey, All J was at lengtu about to start, my mother fell ill and died. Sho bad always regietted my refusal to carry on mv futboi'q business, and had never expressed mtrcb sympathy with my in- vestigations, but in8* bc-foie bar death she startled all 'the watchers round her bed by suddenly exclaiming quite audibly, whilo she pointed at me right. The Light is tbere.' They wem the last intelligible wordn alio uttered. Isballsoon know now what she meant." Tbe ol<J man paused, bnt uo one spoke a sott of awe, a bill tauuner. ruther than his wordr. seemed to have fallso upon us. Do I weary you ?" he naked, after a moment:" I muat make the rest of my story short." No, no," we cried tell ns everything." Lie emttod iDdul¡(8utly, a father does at his little children's curiosity, and began again in the same low, cle"r voice; After my mother's funeral I left England and travelled by sea to Adeo, There I rna je myarrange- merits, collected 8.ud other neccusaiop, and started off lufO tho interior, where J remained for three years, I eed not go into the details of those wanderings, for they do not concern my sLory; snlfice it that I could find no trace of the sect of which my little book had spoken. Trne. its geOrapbica.1 directions had teóQ of tbe vaf?u.e8t> aDd in some part of the Iobo theBe mys/terjoas people might yet be livipg but it seemed on the whole more prob- able that they ha.d died out, and that farther rearch was n^eie^s. "I should perhaps have given up in despair. had not coy servants suddenly deserted me, and so placed retreat out of tho question. The fact was, tbat tbe remittance from my father, on which I bad id way* depended was for coins ieasou in aneais, &tld could not pay them fally what I bad still less give ibem an increase for which they had been clamouring. Tbey wished to reuuaini in the city, where I was collecting provisipa* for a. fresh start, bot 1 thought I bad persuaded them to go with me f jtcne month lonAer, onder the promise that I would tbeuluturu "oj pay them; for by that time another post EU1(land wonld have arrived. We dirt, In hct, mnke Our btart liS usual, and I had no reason to suspect they were contemplating any tteacbery, when, on I nwaking at daylight on the fourth morning, I found myself alone in the dcEBrc — not a. mail nor a. cal})el could be seen. they had left me nothing bu a bancl1 of dates and a hottlo of water, besides a small amount of money I had in iny waist-belt» uncl a little compass I alway carried. "You reelings of dismal. Around me Wh the limitless desert, above me the pitiless sky. APparenLly tbe only possible thing was to retrace my steps towards the city, which was three days journey to the north- east whether IHhOold ever leach it waø, another question. But seemed to hinder me from going back on tbe contrary. I rose and walked dQdll tbe euly morolD ,hootll in a southerly direction I rested till the moon rose, and walked ast»'D- was aware I made but little prOftt«a« w,tb *Ua utmost economy I could only make my provisions last two days, I would gladly bave finished ibe water tbat first evening, but I struggled on throogh the second day; want of uounahment, however, began to make my head ■w,™« a'icl was obliged to finish the dates aud the lukewarm liquid Jeft at the bottom of the skin bottle. WiLb the rising sun, tbe agonic of thirst awoke me from my sleep of exhau»Uou, a.;d how I passed through those houre of unbearable heat I kuow not-I pray that none of you may ever have such an experience. Whei> «he sun wentdown I was so dazed and faint that I conIg hardly stand my skin was burning, my tooRoe dry aad swollen but a faiut sound roused me from my stupor, and to my astonishment I_ saw a white pigeon fluttering about ,n front of me. Tbeie was no Otber living thing in Bight, except a vulture, who, as I noticed with sick horror, was hovering above my head. But the pigeon that must mean some human habitation close by. If I coald find i, tbere might still bo I hope for me. So moch 1 could understand, ¡ thcuzli my bead felt as if all tbJ cataracts of the II earth aud all the winds of heaven were rash- ing through it. I realised I canst make one mo,te offott, and 1 tottered on a few paces after the bird, tben stumblsd and fel^ and I remember no more," At tlJiR point the old man paused again, and said. with a smile "Up to now T have told yon nothiaf you need think incredible. The rest of my tale is also tmo, but you will not believe it. Shall I proceed ?" Thare was a slight movement in the circle. One elderly lady excused herself from remain- ing, saying she w»s tired, and wonljl bear the rest of tho story from her niece in the mor.iog and one or two men took the oppoitunity,ef departing at tho same time: bat tbe lady'" niece, the young girl who had naked the old man to begin, never took her oyes from hie face, and looking at her Lo resumed his etoty. "I was some days, I believe, before Ire. covered consciousness wben I did I found mayself in what appeared to be a cave; tbe atmospheie was very cool and pore, and throngh an opening I could see the waving of a palm tree and I heard the &veet sound of falling water. I was dressed in clean white linen, and was lying on a mat, with a pitcher of water on the Banded floor beside me. The ligbt at first seemed dim, bnt perfectly clear it was different from any ligbt I bad sesn before j it pervaded the atmosphere like sunilght, bat it did not come from tho sun. The tone of it was infinitely satisfying, bat there did not seem to be enough of it. and my old craving for more light awoke with greater force even than the naluial longings for food and drink. As I lay and watched, almost too weak to move, a veiled figure came towatds me -a. woman, no doubt. Sbo ottered a cry of joy on seeivg that I was conscious and at once gave me 110 drink, and as she moved I notice a curious thing—the light in the cavern seemed to increase, a. sort of luminous haze floated ronnd her and then it suddenly flashed across me Here are the people yon have come to seek. Thia is tbe goal of your plJri mae. Tbe woman said something in R. tongue I could not at that understand then I realised it was Greek-not the modero Greek of the Bazaars, nor yet the English Greke I been taught at school, but sotBethiuat moia like the Greek of the New Testament—a fine language in any of its forms indeed, but more than beaati- ful to m8 as she spoke it. That woman-ber name was Zoe-became a second mother to me. To her tender care 1 owe my recovery to health and strength,and to her influence with her people I was indebted for what I cared infinitely more, my instruction in the mysteries I had come 80 far to seek. The sect consisted of perhaps twenty or thirty families, scattered in various oases of the desert and in a few ontlying valleys where the water supply was sufficient to a Now of cultiva- tion. They lived a. vary simple life, owning just enough sheep and goats to support themselves, but chiefly occupied in the traditional studies which ha.d survived so many centuries of change and disturbance in tbe world aronnd. Perse- cuted from time to time by their wild Moslem neigh bonra, they had yet beon protected from complete extinction, and the secret they had acquired was banded tfonn from generation to generation as a religious possession, and always treated as a sacred thing, to be carefully guarded from tho knowledge of tho profane and unbelieving. When Zoe, going out for water in the even- ing, found me unconscious a few hundred yard from bar door. having been attracted ternf prostrate form by tbe uneasy fluttering of ber favourite white pigeon, she at once called ber husband and son. who carried me in and laid me in the cool CRverp, where I presently revived. When I could spauk they questioned mo as to my race and religion, and when I explained that I was actually searching for their settlement, that I might become their disciple, they were overcome with joy and Bnrpiise bnt before they would admit me as a member ot their family and a learnar of their mysteries, I was obliged to so through sort of novitiate, living lor some montbs an almost solitary life, and submitting to hard and serious study, as well as to rnlea of food, drink, and sleep, which to one fresh from English luxury would have seemed extreme asceticism, but which came easily enough to me after my long wanderings in tbe desert. "Meanwhile I iievt.r saw Zoe unveiled, and though 1 knew there were young giils in the family, I saw nane of them. The Oriental rule of seclusion for women was iu full force, and of course I respected it absolutely. Hot at length my period of probation was drawing to an end, and Zeo's husband, Philip, told me that they would no longer hold me back from foil know- ledge of their uiystsriex if I would take his daughter Uboda for my wife. nnd thus become out of the family bat he a.dded that it was their Ouftom, wiieti a mareierge waeptoposed, lor the man nod maidjn to oue and COD- veYee, as by this means only eould tbeir matnat preference, or toe reverse, be ascertained, and be therefoie invited me to join them ia tbeir evening meal that day. Now, though I bad not been taught, nor discovered, the seciet wbich I had come to esainine, my peic^-ptions had growii much more acute daring the month? that und passed since my illness, md I could now see that the faint luminosity I had noticed round form ivaa produced by millions of tiny rays tla:>hiiifc oat from ber ill all directions; and not only from ber did these rays proceed, but also from Pbilip and their son, and indeed fiotn anyone with whom I converted. To my lutensejoyl began to be cGimcioua that similar lays were emitted from myself, and that I was now never in the dark. but that a beautiful radiance surrounded me cv&n in the blackest night. It was when I told Pbilip this, one dny, that he said my probatioa was over, and tba.t only one test more remained for me. It was to this test that I must submit that night. When I entered thf cavern where tbe Bitsple meal WIiS spread, Zoe led me ap to ber daughter's side, and I Rhoda for the first time." The old man passed his bauds over bis eyes, as if the memory were almost too much for him. Tben he said very simply I To see ber was to Jove bar. My whole soul seemed to go oat to meet her, I ws aware of flashing rays from me seeking for return rays hom her. but, aha I those rats from her were fow and faint. said bnt little to each other she watched me fiom under her Heavy eyelids, and now and then a friendly spark seemed to warm my heart aodthrillthrouglia.il my veius, bot 1 realised in 1\ moment that complete i-ympathy was want- ing I failed in that last test, and in bitterness of spirit I withdrew that night to my solitary abode, Next morning Philip came to me. Hia fsce was grave and his voice sad. It is useless at preaent, mv son; ha said. Something otauds between you and Libocfa. Question your heart maybe some foigotteu tut repented fault of your youth is theie which the maid feels, though you do not, But do Dot despair yon have all but eoaquored, you may yet win.' All day Ita* in gloomy thought, and atiasttl decided to leturo to England and visit ray father. Philip approved of my resolution, and I made my piepaiations. My farewell with Zoe was painful ill the extreme, but she assured me I should coma back and that all would yet be well. "1 cannot describe to yoa what I suffered dm returning to what is called civilisation. The ciiit and nouo— the terrible waste, of time flittered away un meiess struggle* after luxury aod amusements tbe awful contrasts between iicfa and poor—these things affsited me almost beyond endurance. But I found my father ueeded me.; he was feeble ind ailing, and I re- maii ed with liim till hie death. In the end he said be forgave me for tbe trouble and disap- pointment I had caused lim, and as be !poke I felt Rhoda'a eyes uron me, though so many hnndied miles away, and immediately after the iuneral I returned to Ambia. llhoda bad waited for me. There waa now no obstacle to our maniage, nor to my complete initiation ioto the mysteries of tho learning of the Light-Seekers, and I lived among them for twenty roars that passed-as one day of perfect happiness. Then Rbodda died, and I was obliged 10 wander once more. It has been my duty to travel over tbe world and examine the last de. velopmentn of Western Science, that we might teat them and pee if we had anything to learn. But all regards Ligbt we know more than thoee who have discovered lhdiom and we bave the secret of the origin of Matter. Much I bave written in a book, but tbis 1 will say ulatter begins and ends in Litbt, and one day the world will learn that Ligbt alone ie worth seeking after. Bnt the secret can only be fully understood by the pare ia beart." He smiled at the young girl, tben rose and sniftly went down the stairs. We never saw him again. Next morning his cabin was foand empty. There was not a trace of him to be discovered anywhere. The passengers said be was crazy and bad jumped overboard in Lbe night, bat the watch wete certain that they would have seen him if he had oome on deck. The steward indeed declared that frhen walking along the passage late at night he had noticed a very curioas light in the old man's cabin, wbich had staitled him so much he bad almost decided to call the captain, but that when be looked again all was dark, and he thought he mast have been misiakeu. However that may be. no explanation of the stranger < disappearance was aver discovered.
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DRUNK WHILE ON DUTY. Colliery Engineer's Serious Offence. At Bridgend Police Coart on Saturday, John Jcbu, 89, Oakfield-terrace, Nantymoel, engine- man at the Wyndham Colliery, was for being drank on duty. In consequence of his condition he let some trams run wild. Mr R. Scale, Maesteg, prosecuted.
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THE USUAL WARRANT. Mr W. H. Pethybriilge, solicitor, one of the secretaries of tbe Cardiff Citizens' League, waa. summoned on Saturday for non-payment of the edacation portion of the poor rate. 1 havu paid the poor rate," said Mr Pethy- biidgs, in renly to questions, but I refuse to pay tbe sectarian late." Tbe Deputy-Stipendiary made the nsaal oider for a wane at.
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-4 Dymnnir i'n gohebwyr Cymreig gyfeiiio en go. hebiaetbau, llyfrau i'w hadolygu, &a., fel y canlyti" Ifaoo, Cil Hedd, Berthwin.atreet,. Cardiff."
AT Y BEIRDD.
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AT Y BEIRDD. Enfyn Cethin i'r Golofn dri "eoglyn" heb linnell gywir ynddynt ood yr olaf, sef— Caro boel i Ia.v>, Cariad." Wrlh reswm, ni ellir eD cyboeddi byddai eo Rweled mewu argraft yn gymaint oddolur llygaid | j'r awdVl r yaihen vcbydig flynyddala ag y byddai en gweled hecldyw i feistriaid y gynghannedd. Ond wrth on gwrthod fel englynion," diogel, yog ugolea'i linnell gywir ac ymadroddion ereiil o'i eiddo, yw proffwydo dyfodol gwych iawen a cbynghannedd Cethin. Cyhoeddir y pauhilljon coffa sy'n y Golofn yr wytbnos bon yn unig o gydymdermlad â,'r rhieni galarus. Nid oes tiemor ddim yn orbyn esgivii Joseph: lienry i'r Nvmphfl" ond pbnliwyjni'r negall gyntaf, A thra yr hoBir desgrifiadaeth aweo- yddol ei englyu ar "Yr Olygfa OJaf," anodd dygymod â'r ansoddair gosodol" yn vr asgeli olaf. Fe wSI yrawdwr befyd j'r Go1. DeiVid yr asgeli gyntaf barth syoiati a ebleghantiodd, er osgoi'r ddau fai cerdd dafod oedd ynddi, aid amllen torr mesur a fieddf-i-thaigion: selsill yw'r asgeli gyntaf i fod os seisill yr atl, onits ? a di-rwyn"-nid 11 dirkrn yw'r sain briod. Mae telynogion blinon Wyre a J. D. Jones, Glancynon, fel arfer, via felus ac yatw.vth. Llongyferchir Gallofydd ar ei destyu pryd- fertb; ond rhaid galw ei sylw at y gormod thyddiaith sy'n yr ail a'r trydydd pennill.
BARDDONIAETH.
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BARDDONIAETH. Cyflwynedig i Mr Robert Sampson a'i Btiod, M-1" ol eu hanwyl fab, Edward John Sampson, 17 mlwydd oed, yr hwn a gyfarfn lIï ddiwedd yn nanchwa echrydus Wattatown, Gor. Hog, 1905. Ehedeg waaeth oich Edward John I fyd svdd well i fvw; Mae yno'n ddedwydd 80 ya lion, YD nghwmni lesu gwiw. Mor falch i'w waled oedd ei daid, A'i aawyl fwyq f-amgu, Sydd yno'u eann ya ddibaid Am farw Calfari. Ac yn y cor mae Edward John "i, r Yn tino yn y gan, Yn ber ei lais a iach ei fron. A'i wisg yn wen a glfia. Lich dagrau sychwch, riamt mad, Ma, leau'n gwrando'cb lief; Cewcb pwiddyd eto'n nhy eich Tad- Mae ch plentyn yn y nef. Trehetbtrt. W. Thomas.
Y NYMPHS.
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Y NYMPHS. 0, Gwyryfon hawddgar faafau,—gorhudol Gariadon y dnwiau; Lion eu hwyl, yn JJawenbau Yn hedd IIODyddy llynan. Drefach. Joseph Reary.
YR OLYGFA OLAF.
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YR OLYGFA OLAF. Angylion vo hebrwng heuliau—adref 0 odreu t wybrenan; See ddiagyn, i'r glyn yu glau 0'0 go8odol gysawdiau. Drefach. Joseph Heory.
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-4- TAWELWCH Y NEFOEDD. Dwyfol ddydd tragwyddol Duw YdY\If'r Nefpedd, Cartref emid g^yn ei liw Yn oe^ oesoedd; Yno ni cha Crist\ou pur Deimlo dfyd Try ei ing, ei boen.y'i gar, Oil yn wvufyd. Yu y glyn diflaau wok Ei ofidlau, V Gedy'r bvd am f)thol h*, Bro'r wybrebtn; Yoo'n it ar dir y b1,W Iilentyn beddwcU Erya byth ar feusydd 1>aw' Mewh tawelwch. Harrow on-the-bill. v lAmos Wyr.,
• BRYNIAU'R WYNXA.,"
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BRYNIAU'R WYNXA. Myn'd i fryniau'r Wyofaftloa v Mae'm cyfeillion, i. I oleuni'r wlad ddi-nos, ? At ai.gylion; n Haul Cyfiawnder gwyn a phui Wenti'n hyfcyd Ar I nercbsln'jr dwyfol dic- Cartref bywvd. Daw Ei Elnn yw Haul y wlad -Dftd-wydd hono; Ciiiff yr enald wir fwynbad Hftboi yno; Crovi-c',Ncf. Llnniwr byd i At Ei otsedd. •Yn mivwrbau'r olygfa ddrtrd Me.vn tangnefedd. Enaid maw) a bywvd can Ydyw'r Nefoedd, SeintinQ fyrdd mewn synau glau Drwy'i barckaloedd; Oesant byth mown gwynfvd par Uwchltw angau, Lie nIL thorwyd beJd ar dir Ei gororau. flatrow-on- tho.-Hill. Llinos Wyia.
Y BEDD.
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Y BEDD. Rhwng cangau ywen btadd Y fynIVent dawel. Yn cwynfan nos a dydd Maerdynerttwei: 0'1' lasfron glir, ddi-len, Disgleiria haul y iiea, ) A gwena'r lili wen At fedd yr anwel. Mudandod dery'r fan A tbonan biraeth, Cnriadsu'r galon wan A chwvdcla'r slasth. Un anwyl aoth o'r byd I fyn wes beddrod lyd; Mge yn ei arch yn fnd Yn mro marwolaeth. Er nad oes maen nwch beo 1 nodi'r enw, A r tech fy nehalon wen Fe erys hwnw; N i IWYWIIo yo rv mron, Tra gti-ftea yn livviohdn* Mau'n fwy na'r ddaear gtcn, A L)uw a ei Ilanw. Y badd yw'o'af dy Y tenia drDOI, Mae angau erch roor hy' Mewu byd daearol; Fo ddaw adgofion cu Fel engyi gwynion la llenwl 'ugbalon i O'r fjuwent Wywol. pA-n fyddo lleui'r qos Ya toi pedryfan, Motdytteracmordtoa Ye liuna anian; Delweddau llawn o hedd Un anwyI sy'n y bedd Yu oer a gwael ei wedd, ? Ueb nerth i yngau. Dadcbru WDIIo cyn hir, D:Aow'n Ir i fyny 0 fedd daearol dir; I fythol wenn; EsgvDa dl wy y lien s- I or or Nefoedd wenj Caift goroa ar oi ben Yn Ngwlad Goleuoi. Harrow,on-the-Hill. Llinea Wyie.
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—* CENAD SERCH. Cynyddn mae fy ngbsrisd Bol) diwrnod atat ti, A. hoffder mawr fy llygad Yw gwel'd dy wyueb eu; Anesmwyth yw fy mynvves Gan hiraeth ar dy of; A dyma. fnni nelZOW Yw'tb wawdd yn ol i'm col. 1 x Pa both Rv'n bod, fy nghoflaid dlOl. Pj fod yn cefQU arnaf fi Sy'p hofii cael dy gwmni di, lieb flino arno daydcl na riois? Fy nghalou øy. bron myn'd ya ddwy At ol cymdeithas un mor fwjn Oedd genyf fi j ddweyd fy Qshwyh*. Dy golli sydd i'm brou yn glwy'. Anwylaf un, os deui '001, Dy bleser fydcl cael gweiia'm poon, A rhoddi imi berffaith hoen, Trwy orpbwys eto yn fy nghol. O tyr'd yn ol, fy ageneth *en: Coi roesaw cyneS can dy fllldd- I ddaogos RtVedd by wyneb bardd Sy'n berfitith ddel fel set y Den. Os eefnn yw d'ewyllys di, Dymuuaf iti iyyd hir, A dedwydd ou heb loee na thoti Ac anghof gad fy Dghenad i. Glancynon. J. D. Joaaa.
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HEN DDERWEN. Hen dderwen gadaro godai'i brig, A phodi wnai ei pbien; Goruwch oil goedydd tal y wig Gwatwarai wynt y tien. Yn nghesail ei cbangheaau bi Yr adar lechai yma'n llu; Ond ayrtbio wnaetb beD Deyrn y Coed, Ac baddy w gwelir bi dan droed. Moc bruddaidd ydyw gweled ttem Hen dderwea at y llawr, A ilannedd llif a bfryall lam Yn ebwaiu'r cangau mawr. Yr bon oadd gynt yn ncb. phau, A'i gwallt yn nofio yu y nen, Ei ubnawd sydd heddyw megys gwellt, A'i breiohiau preiff yn fauloo ddelit. Maa'n rbaid i'r byd mrrth dderw cryf, Fel trwastiau trwy bob peth, Er dal ystormydd mwyaf hyt A rhwymo'r bvd heb feth. Mae llaoedd o ral llai ea gwerth, A tbrwy ea handeb maent yn nerlb; A byn yw'r banes geir o byd- M:r mawr a'r bach yn warth i'r byd. Llwynypl*. Gallofydd.
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I TAlUmTWIUOr a FOR BOYS AND GJRLS. Etta's Adventure. By S. L. HEWARD. I say, isn't this jolly ?" queried I«D»" ,ja I should just think it is," returned the place seems made for ns." Tbe two boys were atandin? at the edge cliff, overlooking a placid sunlit sea. Ou right a deep gorge led to tbe shore, by a of steps cut in the rock, and behind them lay large garden of the furnished bouse which Vr Mason had taken for the summer holidays*. was etill early, and as the party bad not a0l(t( till after dart the night before, this was tbe» view they bad bad of their surroundings. jt .j What a lazy giil Etta ia, to be sure." Bertie, after a time, "she might have early this morning, one would think," be a grumbingly. As be concluded Etta came tanningloo the grass towards them. I'm sorry to be «o late," she said. "lss" eoming down, but I had lo help with baby-*j- "That's all right," remarked Ian, pa >' ingly, "girls have such lots of things be went on in such a funny tone that laughed. 3be was well used tb her littio ways, and rarely minded what tbey Isn't it glorious," she paid, when tbe^^J breeze had tboroaghly rumpled her hair, much better than stuffy London." Yes, and it's so jolly having the sea so a cove all to ourselves, and a good garden, t0°' replied Beriie. And all the better for being outside j village," added lan, but there's motbe* the bieakfast bell," and the three started a' so speed for the bouse. Iu a very short time afterwards tbe folks were making their way down tbe faBO'^j] ing staircase to the shore, where mother fo".0*^ them when she had arranged about the til to and (he five hundred other things that be ween to on moving to a fresh place. had lunch brought down there to them, og did not return to the hoaee outil it waB cop! in the evening. The house was near for everything necessary to be, fetched and they carried down tbe kettle aud bou*a on tha shore in true gipsy fashion. flavejyou enjoyed your day ?" asked œoCb as tbey sat round the supper table. Yes, indeed," cried all three together, Ian added, "we haven't bad such a time II wo went to the Zoo." pp Ah I yes," said mother, who bad con»*^0 before to make arrangements. I haven't» yoa since. Did you have a good day ? and did you see ?" Oh we saw everything, aud dad got of some such nice keepeis who told of things we should not have found oat, Beriie. "Yes," pat in Ian," one of them .0 hyeua laugh, and another fed the seal and lnm bark, and another told us a lot abolit snakss." Ugh I" said mother, you did not 1 I sbould think." vrffiff "No," repied Etta, bot they are inteieatiog, I think, and be talked to ua their being tond of inusic and all that, had heard lots of interesting atoriesaboat Mother smiled and iislened while tha tB unloaded their budget, and tben they weot io the garden until it was dark.. (]1 The holidays flew by as holidays will, the days were fine. They went lor some Mons and weut out iu boats, but on the they liked picniciug on the sands at tbe bo*' of the steps better than anything else. One day they had taken all thsir books woik aud sketch blocks, aud wbat tbey to do down the steps, and wete conofo* settled when mother cam. down. I W here's baby ?" said tveiyone at ones- 0 She seems rather cross this rnaining, at nurse is going to keep her 00 tbe lawlI ø. she has had her eleep," answered mosller., and by mother begun turniug over the fancy work she had brought down witU ber. Dear me, I have left my tUiaabla V stie «»«#. Will yon mn back a'nrf f*Tch it l me, Etta ? an:1 at ay; she added, as Eita st«*v you bad better take my bmihhade, it is 'tetta toilad up the Hteca rather it was a nuaianeo to be called up frota bdpli lo go and fetch au old tbimble« saw to heiself. But when sbe reacbed t" aad nauie tbroagb tho gate on to tbe la* I saw It sight that made her foiget all aboa gtambiiiig. For there, lying ou a rug failt Tc\^ I was bapy, with a shining snaked coiled i-P .0, beside ber, and nurse waa nowheic to bo Ettas ueatt neatty stood btill V%Iltil tio-foo iwl ber first thought was to run back as Ii sl ei she could. But wbat would be the #k1 ei she could. But wbat would be the #k1 ? Mother coold not kill the snake |J n^re ibad Bhe could, and what if 'c op add bite baby before sbo c0° « e*' ih^a. If eKly father were beie He vva psolfd tc-diyr, but would not come »D• j & afteipoon. U*i would know wbat to do able (P do it. While she was thinking H j j t ttnro tai**d its bead and moved 0, slid he ati, Etta t^arly steamed, but all at opes ,t rewemèHed wbat the keeper bad toltl her it Him bee rni^c. Pulling herself to* Jt with a t!eme°d&uf^ • ft01*-Bhe fcsgan to siuPj^f was a croouir^lullaby song, tbe &r8 came int4 her IH.iÀ.If sue could only e eGG! wretch at^y «.bv, then somebody come aad »<• At first it seamed i0,o0K<t^ no noticta bat altar- a time up and to listen. It's ugly bead » from side tt side several times, and then B j,»<> slowly dowS ou the grass, nd baby, Who 0 io stirred a settled (own to sleep quietly. Bi$dated nAstop wonld never coma Pick baby A? Present. ■erpei.t bcglf W uucoil Usel^and move 11 —very slowl^rtowaids hor. VV'bat 0vr seemed last joiot of itt tail the odgo of LEP lUg I BAbv "its safe 1JOW tf could cJllor elJlI anei callabe, did, for Of enemy was between her and the ^nse. pr came running at bar rail, for she oew sb,, no business to t'3e baby so long, sbo saw the sLrao^3 ibing oil tba lawu sue and ran back to the house, scieaaiing ty. ber might. Too sftaiadto kuow quite was she r»u eat at the lrout j oor, flfor almost foil into tlle atmu Of an ei(iosl,v get man without a oat. wl10 locked a egitated as herself. "Thesnako! tbe dreadful snake! £ tffr the gill, and the gbl,t.J,ellla.n who btif)pguaj Val the ow-itr (If the creitore and had co look for bim, lan into house withon j a By tbis time tbe Uous#nittid had anal ,,gr baby, and Etta with bee courage ,»• crouched in a heap ou th4 lawn waiUn« knew not what, Andromeda I" oried the b0 0 fally, how could yon serve down ou tho grass a laige basket wa'J° ej brought. The horrible looking thing la^jfhl*( directly, aud as the gentleman began to it crawlei into the basket. I assure you ho is quite harmless," he said, bnt Etta felt as if .> neither move nor spauk. What's tho matter I whst's all tbia j f eaid a well-known voice, ana a V Etta was sebbieg in ber father's arms. By this time Ian bad arrived on come to ieo the cause of the delay R J[-' greatly astonished at wbat he saw. A bit at a time tho story was told, ati" end the stranger chimed in with less, my dear sir, 1 assuie yon, quite bar"'jgtlC Very likely," replied Mr Masofli f" grimly, but tbe next time ho takes bad better tie a label round hia neck." You may fancy what a fuss was made .dwHH that day, and many daya after, even Iftt|« ling that it waa not bad for a. pitl, øi Etta considered almost as saiiafeelory is w as tbe Victoria Ciose. Uow lucky that we had that t»™, Jy snakes at the Zoo," said Bertie. j Yet- replied Etta, "I should ag M thought of it but for that." Mother bad not said very uaucb, -8 been bugging Etta aod baby by turhBi J | added quietly t You see. you never kno'w what v'O till you try." ,1 •Ejl It was a long time before Etta c 13 the sight of a snake, but father encou to try, for, he said ,l if you don t get d*" jf. once you never will." II So when the carious old gentleawi tbum all to come aod see his collectlf^t" snakes, Etta want too, ond la share her brotbeis' interest in tbeir strawpjj1 and habits. As for the boys thay consideJ*l| beat piece of loak that had ever happene»T Kj to become aiquaiated with a j naturalist," aid learn leasona in aa&uf f at first hand. f
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BURGLARY AT PENMA* Arrests at Cardiff. On Thnisday, doting the absence of *i C. Mcrtivor and his family, the vie** f4|| Pammarli was entered hy thieve* open a b*^k dojOr. Upon tbe family I on Satorday it was discovered (ba.t 11 and othsr articles to tbe value of £ 5 II stolen. On Sunday P.C. Sfedm^n t ■ from fenmaik, visited Cardiff ind Jlfb ■ Thouus Morgan, a pedlar, and T' mm linmyo. both of whom bad beeL ■"«» fl village on Thursday. f
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"Ob, Lacy, where did yoa get tbat '■ f hat?" asked Mrs Fotsdiek of Mr ly 1 frank gave me ibe money to buy it. i j slate out of a fortunate invoatmeu 4 1 *|Uth a Mr John Pott." 1 .-A