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Forth County Court.
Forth County Court. FRIDAY.—Before his Honour Judge Gwi- lym Williams. A Glydach Vale Collier's Claim. William Morris, collier, sued the Cam- brian Colliery Company. Clydach Vale, for L12, balance of wages and percentage for driving 70 yards roadway. Mr W. P. Nicholas, instructed by Mr D. Watts Mor- gan, was for the plaintiff, and Mr C. W. Kcnshtfle defended. It was stated that when the plaintiff finished the work the then manager declined to allow the extra pay, contending that there were no allow- ances under the Barry system. The pre- sent manager also refused to pay, as he said he was not in charge when the work was done. His Honour gave judgment for the full amount with costs, but remarked that it must not be assumed he was laying down a principle for the future. An Expensive Sheep Dog, Thos. Jones, Ton Awe] Farm, Trebanog, sued Thomas Morgan, farm servant at Glyn- fach Farm. nr. 'Porth, for £ 15, the alleged value of his sheep dope, which was shot by the defendant on the 21st of April oh a farm adjoining his employer's, Mr W. P. Nicholas representing the defendant. It was contended for the defence that the dog had been worrying the defendants sheep on the day referred to and on pre- vious occasions. The defendant had paid E2 and costs into court, His Honour said that £ 15 was a most exorbitant claim, and awarded jE3 damages with costs. Alleged Damage to a Bicycle. A claim of Cll 18s., in ileu of damage to a bicycle, was made by William J. Wil- liams, Aupletree, Dmas, against J. Freed- man, Penygraig, who, it is alleged, had driven a horse and trap into him when he was riding a bicycle. A verdict was given for the defendant. Injuries to a Horse. Windsor Gibbon, landlord of the White Rock, Penygraig, sued David Davies, builder, Penygraig, for injuries received by his horse which defendant hired on May 20th last. Judgment for tIO 10s. was given.
-----------South Wales Power…
South Wales Power B* t A special meeting of the Eiiond;'y i trict Council was held' on Friday, f lor Morris Morris. J.P., presiding; ^{l purpose of further considering the Coo, Wales Electrical Distribution pany's BiJl. It was reported by j > ter Morgan, the clerk, that ne w ceived a telegram that the COlllp3 e .aJl1e conceded to the Rhondda Council protective clauses as had been gire, Corporations of Cardiff, Newport a11 ^icl sea, and the Barry District Colll" rc)Sl will prevent the company from -t oO, it lighting powers in the Rhondda idditi06 the consent of the Council, and iIth t the company had specially agreed |0r9 Council not to oppose the applic;a 1 j ji Provisional Order by the Council 1 f|r to a'^ly themselves. It aPPe?rrto the terms were more favourable lodgilll Council than those offered before a petition. |
.Ttie Decoration of Generals.
Ttie Decoration of Generals. -<'éf8 • r The breasts of our great adorned with medals and crosseshoub iO; precious pieces of metal are. alth s 01 significant in themselves, the reQ tbe their unselfishness and devotion t Queen and country. Lord Roberts' Field-Marshall Lord Roberts is J er of the V ictoria Cross, tour s len clasps, and a bronze star, besi B grand crosses of Orders of is aiso e, Knight of St. Patrick. jjjo'r' throughout the Indian Mutiny 0K j)#' including the siege and capture where he was wounded. His 11- rle etioo under him a few weeks later. „e of iiolu.idshur he again had his while a Agra Kunoi his horse was At Bui.dhera he narrowly escapegg # captured while reconnoitering. rjor *> an activ-e part in the skirmishes and throughout the operations c with the Relief of Lucknow^ Clyde j also in the operations at_^ Mi™ from Nov. 28th to Dec. 6th, 185m #ctiO feat of the Guahir contingent, jj'D of Khodagange, the e t# tehghur, the storming of Meangu 0pef action of Koorsee, and the vari° tions ending with the capture of For these services he received of the Governor-General of 1°„reS^4 granted brevet of Major and was with the Mutiny medal with v (Delhi, Relief of Lucknow, was at Khodagunge that Lord { the Victoria Cross. When the retreating enemy on Jan. ce j\, Khodagunge, he saw-in the dist p sepoys going away with a standa y0il ting spurs to his horse the Sa officer overtook them just as ,t gC|i8 about to enter a village. They P ly turned round and showed fig" 1 senting their muskets at him, a ^jj the men pulled the trigger, but to f v the cap failed. The standard-" alld m cut down by Lieutenant Robert standard taken possession of by gfio'fy also, on the same day, cut sepoy, who was standing at bay and bayonet, keeping off a sowar. g 0f ant Roberts came to the y. y horseman, and rushing at the p U one blow killed him on the o" he was employed on special se ^0^ the expedition sent against aIjd the north-west frontier of India> ^e 0f present at the storming of ture of Umbeyla, and the distr fal Mulkah, receiving 'the India "e vice medal with clasp—Umbeyi^ gej,^{ sinia was his next field for act1 Kgis_j, in the campaign of 1868, when af1 j Quartermaster-General of the gade, and as senior officer of the of Zoula, he superintended the tion of the whole army, and was jjis .(< Sir Robert Napier as the bearer. despatches. He was breveted if Colonel, and received ^6Vl<, ge1'*$' medal. Returning to India, assistant Quartermaster-General of J Staff Officer with the Cachar co Looshai Expeditionary Force ^e was present at the capture of cjt' villages and the attack on the ^o0ps py Range. He commanded the$1 J gaged at the burning of the v*1, e goom, Jan 26th, 1872 for w^lC^ade & t t&f the clasp Looshai, and was aIid 0w The year 1878 saw him in com Koorum Field Force. He wa T ,$1 the storming and capture ifgh&'l jf Kotal and the pur spit of the1 Ae to the Shutargardan, also at the Mangior Pass, and during eS p a, tions at Khost. For these se^ fthe "j raised to a Knight 00^ Je* and received the thanks of bo fjufi Parliament. General Robert g 9iJ J the Cabul Field Force during W itiJ on and the occupation of y 2ejneIl and was 'present in the eI*f.e oVfal9 C'harasiah, and throughout Jo at Sherpore during the for which he received the Banjjan$ paniou of tlie Order of the He next commanded the O j f Field Force, which marched1^ a* # Candahar in the August 0 the j d1. lieved the garrison s^ut,U £ place on September 1st persing Ayub Khan's army^ jj0useSr C1 "it received the thanks of bot „ fol ailemnt, the Afghan m.e ^obul ^°rt0s6i (Peiwar Kotal Charasiar grand har), he also received the c 4 the Order of the Bath, -n j. Baronet. 1886 found path in Burinah, thus India11 -Buimah, 1880-7, to to » ServiQo medal. be Cgutiuueld), (To be Qn.
THE OLD FASHION-AND THE NEW.
( Copyright.) THE OLD FASHION-AND THE NEW. BY EVELYN EVERETT GREEN, Author of "Monica," "Arnold Inglehurst the Preacher," Over the Sea Wall," &c. She was just a sweet-faced, country-bred girl, brought up in the old-fashioned ways. She had never ridden a bicycle, or dreamt of emancipa- tion from the old-fashioned traditions of her home. She Bad seldom travelled by rail, and had only once been in London. She was the only child of her father-a real old-fashioned country sqiiire-and since the death of her mother, three years ago, she had been more than ever the companion and friend of her father. She knew every man, woman and child upon the estate, and, indeed, within a radius of ten miles or more. Everybody loved" Miss Dulcie, as they had always called her. She visited the cottages, taught in the Sunday-school, made warm clothes to be distributed in the winter months, and doled out soup and kitchen physic in times of sickness and emergency. And she was perfectly happy. It had never occurred to Dulcie Carlingford that her life was dull and tame, that women were meant to leave "voca- tions which took them away from the sphere in which they were born and she did not even know what was meant by the "New Woman," of which the newspapers sometimes wrote. Dulcie read the political articles to her father of an evening, and was by no means ignorant of what passed in the world without; but of modern literature and modern social upheaval she knew next to nothing. She read things on the subject without being able to understand them; and her father would stop her with a quick word, and bid her not trouble her head over such balderdash. So Dulcie thought that the world was a bright and happy place, and that if people would only be good they would be happy too. She hoped that they were growing better and happier, and she liked to feel that she was able to carry sunshine about with her in the little corner where her own lot had been placed. She was riding home now from an errand of mercy to some distant corner of the parish. Dulcie's one emancipation had been the per- mission to ride unattended about the familiar lai,eii within a five-mile radius of her own home. S.,e was not often as late home as this; but she had been detained by the necessity of riding r »und by the doctor's house on her return. She made a pretty picture in the gathering twilight; her fair face framed in its wealth of golden hair, her neat, closely-fitting habit shew- ing off the slight and rounded figure, the grace- ful seat betokening perfect horsemanship, the little gaunfleted hand controlling the mettle- some creature with perfect ease. j The horse was a fine specimen of an old- fashioned stock, of which the Squire was justly proud wide-chested, deep in the shoulder, with fine strong hindquarters, rather short legs, but fine long pasterns. Upon a horse like that Dulcie felt perfectly safe. Jack could be trusted to take care of his mistress, and, moreover, she was attended by several dogs, all of them devoted to her service. Woe betide the man, indeed, who offered to molest her now! She was drawing rein, for the road took a downward trend and there was the gate into their own park. It was a side gate, and there was no lodge to it; but Jack understood how to stand so as to let his rider open it easily, But as Dulcie rode up she saw something standing there in the dim light beneath the trees; and she paused in perplexity, whilst Jack snorted with a sort of fear, and the dogs rushed forward, barking loudly. Why," breathed Dulcie to herself in a state of considerable excitement, "it must be a motor-car! Oh, how I have wanted to see one I What would papa say if he were here!" For now that she could see more clearly she perceived that this thing was a little carriage on Jonr cycle wheels, with no horse in front of it. Behind stood its owner, turning a wheel round and round but the noise made by the dogs caused him to turn round quickly, and when he perceived Dulcie, only a dozen yards off, he took off his hat and came forward, say ing in a courteous tone, and with an unmis- takable gentleman's voice "Am I frightening your horse ? Shall I lead him past ? Oh, thank you," said Dulcie but he is not frightened, only surprised. I thought motor-cars always made a noise ? I wish mine would make a noise," answered the stranger, smiling; "but there is something wrong. I think the ignition tube is broken. It has been driving badly and missing fire for some time. I hoped to get it as far as the next village; but it came to a dead stop a few minutes ago, and I can't get it to go anyhow." "Can you mend the tube?" asked Dulcie with interest. Old-fashioned as she was, and not naturally prone to speak with strangers on the road, she was too old-fashioned to pass by any person in difficulties at her own gate. She knew that her father would never do such a thing himself, and she was his own daughter. "No; but I always carry a spare one, which I could put in. Only I must wait till the thing is a little cooler before I can make the change, and then it will be too dark for me to drive without lights, and, stupidly enough, I forgot to put fresh candles in my lamps before I started in the morning. Could you tell me whether there is any shed near at hand down this hill where I might put the car for the night ? I should see to it better by daylight to-morrow. I am touring about, and could sleep at the village inn only I should prefer to see the car under cover if possible. I can push it downhill easily enough; but it would be too heavy to take it uphill like that." "Then," said Dulcie quickly, "if you will open that gate and push it a little way down the drive there, it will take you straight into our stableyard, and I will ride on and tell the coachman to see it properly housed. My father will be so much interested to see a motor-car. He does not believe in them one bit. We are very old-fashioned people here. But be will like to see one very much; and it shall be well taken care of." "You are exceedingly kind," said the young man, as he hastened to open the, gate for her. "It is too good an offer to refuse; but I did not mean to take advantage of your kindness like this." It is downhill the whole way," said Dulcie, smiling as she rode past; and putting her horse to a gentle trot, she rode along the road, tad after perhaps a quarter of a mile of easy riding she passed through the big gates into the stable-yard. "0 papa, are you there ? I am so glad "My darling, I thought you were rather late out. I came to ask if you had not got home. Is anything the matter ? "Not with me, papa, nor wfth Jack; but just think of it I-a gentleman with a motor-car was standing by the spinney gate; and something was the matter, and he could not get on. So asked him to push the car down here; he can run it downhill quite easily. I thought you would like to see it; and I could not°go in and leave him in trouble, could I, papa?" "No, no, my dear; certainly not I Bless my 80ull a motor-car in my stable-yard I Who would have thought it ? Come, we will go and meet him. I always knew they would be no good. Give me a horse and an old-fashioned carriage. Motor-cars indeed Dulcie laughed. She had alighted from her horse, and was eager to go forward to meet the stranger. They started off up the road, and almost immediately she exclaimed: "Opapa! here he comes! He must have taended it after all! See, he is riding along in it! How nicely it goes; and it makes no noise at allI The car, indeed, -was now rolling smoothly along the road; but as a matter of fact it was travelling only by its own momentum down Qt ..t1. decline Tho motor wa. not woriiing. kather and daughter watched with much interest as it glided past them, and brought up neatly in the great yard, where the stablemen crowded out to look at it. The owner came forward, cap in hand, and was presented to Squire Carlingford. Dulcie lingered a little to hear the first words exchanged, and then slipped indoors, feeling that perhaps her father would not care for her to remain longer. She was much interested in the whole incident, and she told her maid all about it as her habit was removed and exchanged for a pretty tea-gown. And it was the girl who suddenly exclaimed "But to-morrow is Sunday, ma am The master won't like the young gentleman to mend his car on SundftY." Dulcie had not thought of that; but she saw the difficulty at once. Sunday at Carling- ford Manor was kept as a day of rest for man and beast. The carriage never went out unless on a real emergency; and it would cer- tainly go against the Squire's grain for any sort of work to be carried on on his premises on Sunday. Well, we shall see,* said Dulcie, as she prepared to go down. "I should have liked to see him mend it and go off in it; but I could not if ho did it on Sunday. Papa would not like it. I do not think I should quite like it myself." When Dulcie got down to the hall, where the cosy afternoon tea was always taken, there was the stranger in animated talk with her father; and as she came down to them the Squire said: "Dulcie, my dear, Mr. Talbot will remain our guest until Monday. His father and I were old friends at Oxford. Will you tell Mrs. Dobbs to have a bedroom got ready, and the luggage taken up ?--it has been brought in from the yard." Dulcie was very pleased, and her eyes shewed it. She gave the gentlemen their tea, and talked a great deal to Mr. Talbot about his motor-car, and laughed to hear the little passages of arms between him and her father. Mr. Talbot, however, was an ardent lover of horses, and was by no means disposed to ovar- rate his "new toy," as he called the car. He was wishful to test their capacities, as he said but his opinion was that it would be a long while before there would be any very great demand for them. There were so many things that might go wrong, and the strain upon them was great. "At the same time, when everything is going right, the power of flying along a good empty road on a down grade at perhaps twenty miles an hour is a great delight, Miss Carlingford. It is not often one can get a road where it is practicable to put on such a pace but when you do-well, it is a very delightful experi- ence. Dulcie's cheeks glowed, she felt she would like to experience it for herself; but she did not say so, for she felt sure her father would vow that the thing would explode and make an end of her, and she had grown up with a loyal belief in all her father's pet theories. Very soon she forgot all about the motor-car in the pleasure of entertaining its owner, Rupert Talbot was a singularly attractive man, simple-minded, open-hearted, without vanity and without self-suiffciency. He was not hand- some, but his brown face with its irregular features was full of intelligence and genial humour. He was not very young—certainly he would never see five-and-thirty again—but he bore himself with elasticity and ease. He had travelled much and read much; and to listen to him was a keen pleasure to Dulcie. The Squire enjoyed his company likewise, and the fact of knowing something of his family made a band at once, which was speedily strengthened. In fact, before the Sunday had ended, it had been settled that Rupert, should stay on for a few more days; and Dulcie felt her heart give a sudden bound as she heard of this arrangement. The hounds were to meet upon the Monday, and Rupert was provided with a mount. He laughed at the idea of wasting time over the motor-car when there was hunting in prospect. Dulcie had hunted at her father's side ever since she had been a tiny little maid upon a pony, with a mane of hair flowing behind her. She rode by his side to-day, never afraid to face what he faced, knowing herself perfectly saffl with him and to-day all the safer that she had another cavalier as well, in the person of Rupert. His fine horsemanship and eager pleasure in the run delighted the Squire's heart, whilst Dulcie felt as though she had never enjoyed a day's hunting so much in all her life. In the evening her father dozed over the fire, whilst she and their guest spent their time over the piano together. They were both extremely fond of music, and it was always a delight to Dulcie to find somebody who shared her enthusiasm for Mozart, Pergolesi and Purcell. Of the modern school of music she knew little, but the old masters of harmony were like living friends to her.. Next day nothing would serve the Squire but that Rupert should have a day amongst his pheasants. The motor-car again stood neg- lected. Dulcie brought lunch to the sportsmen at an appointed time and place; and found that the straight shooting of their new friend had pleased the Squire as much as his fine handling of a Borse had done the previous dsy. "You are one of the old-fashioned sort after all, Talbot," he said, "even though you drive a motor-car! "The old fashions have a great attraction for me, sir," answered the young man with a quick, half-unconscious glance towards Dulcie and the father's keen eyes faw that glance. For a moment a quick thrill of pain slot through his heart. To be sure, he had always looked forward to seeing Dulcie suitably mar- ried one day, and holding a child" of hers upon his knee but he had never before had occasion to feel that the wrench of parting with his treasure might be near. Hitherto his maid had been fancy-free and his very own, That evening, as he sat, in his Lig ci'air beside the fire with half-closed eyes, lie "watched the pair at the p ano, and found that did not come to him as usual. He went to bed v illi his mind preoccupied, and he was more silent than usual at breakfast the next morning. But Dulcie had somebody else to talk to, and did not appear to notice this. Her father ollen had letters that engrossed him on "Board-day and the carriage always came for him vtry soon after the close of breakfast. She put him into his coat and saw him off as usual; and then with a laughing look she turned to Rupert and cried "He will be away all the morning; now can't we go and see the motor-car ? Do you think he would mind if 1 had a ride in it? It was very interesting to Dulcie to see the car brought out, and watch their guest take out the ignition tube and examine it. "Just as I thought," he said; "the porcelain is cracked. It does happen to soinetitiies, after being in use a good while. Then there ill a leak, and you get no compression, and cannot drive. I will have the new one in in a jiffey and you shall have a new experience, Miss Carling- ford. Your roads round here are capital; and if we don't frighten your old-fashioned horses you shall spin along in fine stjle." Dulcie quite clapped her hands at the thought, She watched the insertion of the new tube and the connecting up of the electric wires and felt quite learned when the course of the current was explained to her, and the had switched the spark on two or -three times, and heard it buzz and crackle, and had been shewn where and how it fired the vapour of the oil through the ignition tube. lhen she watched Mr. Talbot do a few mysterious things with an index handle in front, after which he turned his wheel again, she switched on the spark, and the motor went off, wil h ft. series of puffs and explosions which seemed to betoken a %ast amount of latent energy. "Now, Miss Carlingfurd, will you take your seat ?—the vibration will be much less as soon as we put it into motion." And Dulcie got up into the car beside him, whilst the coachmm tucked a rug about her, smiling to think of hit young lady going out 011 a jnotor-car, arid taking respectfully if 'he own»r wm iur« that it would sot bvifc up," "muite sure," answered Rupert, laughing. "The worst that can happen will be that it will stop, but I don't anticipate any such casualty. Now, Miss Carlingford, are you ready ? Now, you tee this handle I turn it so, and that throws on the driving band of the slow speed. There—we have started now, and as soon as we have a little pace on I throw off this band and throw on the fast speed, and then you will feel how we can travel! A light, tremulous laugh broke from Dulcie's lips as the little carriage began to move, and when, after travelling at a quiet rate for a short distance, the change of the handles was made, and she felt the car gathering momentum, and springing forward with a peculiarly bounding, elastic movement, the laugh lost its tremour and became one of pure delight. "0 Mr. Talbot! it feels like a live thing under one It's not a bit dull and dead and mechanical! It's almost like a horse cantering -only so much smoother and faster What a pace we do go! Oh, it is a delightful move- ment I wish papa could see me now I I wonder if it was good of me to go without asking leave ?-but I was so afraid he would say no. Ho always thinks new-fashioned things will come to grief." It was delightful to Rupert to hear this gruwn maiden of two-and-twenty summers speak in this way of the relations between her- selt and lurfathr. Ifer simple, old-fashioned obedience and childlike docility and affection were like the sct-nt of primroses and lavender, fragiant, delicate, old-world. The whole atmosphere of this place had penetrated him with a s-erise of content and well-being. Might it be his good hap, when the day of his choice came, to find such a woman for his wife as Dulcie Carlingford he thought leaped into his head as he drove his motor-car along the wide empty roads at a tine dashing pace, end watched the fair face of the eager girl Leeide him. Her simple pleasure, her childlike confidence in his skill and know- ledge, her constant references to her father, all charmed him alike. "it is delicious!" she cried. "I never thought the movement could be half so pleasant. Of course, there is nothing like horses in one way but to fly along like this and never feel that you are tiring your horse—oh, it is quite delightful! So they dashed along mile after mile through the level riads, slacking and stopping some- times for the sake of nervous, horses but flying bn again in gallant style so soon as the obstruction was over. Sometimes they climbed a hill on the slow speed, with a considerable amount of pufiing; then, almost shutting off all g s, they would glide down the other side, with a breathless rapidity that brought Dulcie's soft laugh ringing out again and again. She was loth to turn homewards, but time was getting on, and it would never do for her father to get back and hear Hint she had gone out in the motor-car. He would be certain to think that something had happened. So round they turned, and set off towards the Mrnor ITonse; and suddenly, after they had travelled some miles, Dulcie shaded her eyes with her hand and looked along the road, exclaiming: Why, I do declare there Ts papa coming I driving along after us Oh how he is urgiilg the horses! Can anytliin;; be the matter? That is our ctirriago coming to meet us. Perhaps he has come to see how the car travels." The motor spinning in one direction and the carriage in another soon came to close quarters. "I think we had better stop," said Dulcie. "The horses will be frightened; they have never seen such a thing before." Rupert threw off the band and brought the carriage to a standstill, letting the motor run gently the while. "I will get out and speak to your father," he said, "and see if he wants anything. Per* haps he is afraid for you, and has come to drive you home in his carriage." "Ob, but please ask if I may not go home in the motor-car. I can drive in a carriage any day; and this is so delightful! Rupert laughed and walked rapidly forward to the spot where the carriage had rawn up, at a little distance from the motor-car, the Squire looking very red and heated the groom at the heads of the horses, trying to soothe their nervousness at the sight and sound of the throbbing vehicle in the road beyond them. Eupert swung himself up beside the Squire whose face was a study of conflicting emotions, and who seemed to have been passing through some considerable mental disturbance. Rupert spoke of their morning's pleasuring, and Dulcie's t'esire to finish her jaunt upon the car when the Squire suddenly burst out: "Then you are not running away with my little girl t "I don't understand you, air. I have taken her for a spin "Yes, yes; I have nothing to say to that. What I heard was that you were running away with her for good and all. A neighbour of mine declared she saw you, and was certain it was an elopement. I beg your pardon if I have misjudged you. Perhaps I am an old fool where my daughter is concerned; but what with all these new-fangled machines, and these new-fashioned ways-what is an old-fashioned father to think ? Rupert suddenly threw back his head and broke into a laugh; and then as suddenly grew grave again. He held out his hand to the Squire. "Sir," he said, "1 have seen something of the new-fashioned ways of the world, as well as the old. I don't say that all of them are bad. Yet the old have a charm for me which the new have never possessed. And I give you my word of honour that when the day comes that I ask a woman to be my wife I will follow the old-fashioned custom, and ask leave of her father first. On that understanding, will you let me drive your sweet Dulcie home again ? The Squire gripped the young man's hand hard. Not a word more pas, ed between them. Rupert joined Dulcie on the car, and after a little coaxing they got it past the snorting horse?, and were flying along the road again, whilst the Squire followed in his carriage. "We have left them quite, quite behind!" cried Dulcie, who kept looking over her shoulder. "Of course, no horses could go this pace she laughed, and Rupert laughed at her spontaneous enjoyment; but after a few more miles, as they were nearing home, she said quite seriously: "Mr. Talbot, do you think you could manage for something to go wrong, so that papa might overtake us with his horses and pass ua ? I think it would please him so very much. He is very proud of Robin Hood and Little John." Rupert laughed at the notion. "I'll tell you what we might do. One of the accumulators is almost empty if we changed to that the car would go no f ace at all, and perhaps come to a stop altogether. We're driving on the new one now; but, if you don't mind getting out, I'll put on the other, and we shall soon be passed. Dulcie laughed gleefully, and got out whilst the cushion under her seat was lifted and the change made. Then they got in again, and she soon felt the difference. There was a dragging motion the motor seemed not able to fly along as before. It went unevenly, and her companion explained that it was missing fire from the exhausted state of the battery. Sometimes the motor threatened to stop altogether and Dulcie laughed and clapped her hands as presently there hove in sight the carriage drawn by her father's favourite horses and just before they reached them the spark missed altogether, and the motor stopped dead. Rupert laughingly got down, and the Squire drove past them with a flourish of the whip. "Nothing like the old-fashioned carriages after all! he cried. "Dulcie, my dear, ahall I take you homo ? 1 » l 1 • » In the gay springtide there was an old- fashioned wedding from the old Manor House; and Dulpie made the most charming of brides. The only thing which was not old-fashioned about it was that the bridal pair started for tfaeir boneymgon trip upon a little motor-car, oil-, ttal END, w
Ton-Pentre Police Court.
Ton-Pentre Police Court. MONDAY.—Before the Stipendiay (Mr Ignatius Williams), Alderman R. Lewis, 11 Councillor J. D. Williams, and Mr D. W. Davies. Scorching. James Aubrey, Treherbert, was caught at Llewellyn S treet, Pentre, by Inspector Williams, riding at the rate of 10 miles an- hour. He had knocked one man down by his careless riding. The Bench, in attempting to stop this practice, ordered Aubrey to pay £ 2, or 14 clays' hard labour. He paid the fine. Overloading a Brake. Thos. Cory, of Treherbert, was charged by P.C. Griffiths with taking too many passengers at the same time, and for so doing he had to pay a fine of 5s. No Lights. Osbornc Morgan, of Treherbert, was seen with his brake minus lighted lamps. He thought as it was a "nice moonlight night" that the police would make an exception, but the Stipendiary told him that they could not make any exceptions whatever, and to impress him with the heinousness of this offence closely, he was ordered to pay 5s. fine. Obstructing the Pavement. Henry Payne, George Davies, W. John Blough and James Wilson, were summoned for leaving their bicycles on the pavement outside the Queen's Hotel, Pentre, while they freshed themselves inside. P. C. I Thomas, in proving the case, said that the four bicycles were side by side on the pave- ment, thereby taking more than halt of it as a resting place for their machines. One of the defendants stated that he was sorry for their carelessness they had no inten- tion in so doing, and the heason they placed them on the pavement was that a brewery waggon and other vehicles were standing too near to the curb stone when they en- tered. However, the Dench did not deaf hardly with them. They were ordered to pay Is. each. The Trealaw wounding case was further adjourned, and Alexander Allen was bound over, himself in £50. and two other securi- ties of L23 each. The Hot Weather. David Davies, of Ystrad, was found drunk by Inspector Williams, Pentre, at the Gelligaled, Ystrad,on licensed premises. lie was refused more drink by the landlord, and had been requested to leave. For bis obstinacy he was lined 15s. Fighting. Sam Ramsey and John Thomas, of Tre- herbert, were found fighting on July 14th, by Sergt. Gibbon, at, the Cardiff Arms Hotel, Treorchy. Ramsev. after he was separated, was taken to another room, he being a, relative of the landlord, while Tho- mas was arrested. They were both fined 15s. each for their misconduct. Drunk on Sunday. Rees Jones, of Cwmparo, was found ctruniv and disorderly knocking against peo- ple on the road, and maiimg use of bad language on Sunday, loth July, and also 4ibenezer Davies on the same dace at Cwm- parc. He gave his address as living at Dumfries Street, but P.C. Davies, on mak- ing enquiries, found that he lived at Wind- sor Street, and that his name was Richard juewis..both were fined 10s. Thomas Hall, of Ton, was found drunk and iiiaiiing use of very bad language by P.C. Grunuis at Pentre. He was filled los. Du^urtk and Disorderly. The following were fined for being drunk and (iisorcieriy: —Robert Parry and Samuel rany, iUs. James Fitzgibbon, Geili, tos. lorn. L/Oolmg, iUs., Davia John Henry, £1 John Davies, IUs. and William Morgan, lus.) all from Treherbert; liugh Davies, ids. William Jones, los.; ana Abraham Davies, IUs., all from Ton; Evan Thomas Jones, Uwmparc, 15s. John Gnftiths, weigher, Pentre, ds. Walter Thomas, Ton, ios. and John Bowen, 'l'reherbert, 15s. William Owen, of Pandy, was found in the small hours of the morning by P.C. ihomas, in deep slumber in a doorway at Pentre, for which he had to pay 10s. Deserting. Richard Davies, of the Carmarthen Ar- tillery, was handed over to an escort, being charged with deserting. Transfer of Licenses. Temporary transfers of licenses were granted to lliclward Uollins, Castle Hotel, xrenerbert Tees Davies, Stuart Hotel, Treherbert; and William Williams, Par- sridge Hotel, Ystrad. Destroying Property. John Thomas, John Phillips, Aneurin Davies, Jhn boineyi, James Marcli, and Di. nivalis, were charged with breaking an enioankment, where water was stored for colliery purposes, and bathing in a sheep pond, thereby tampering with the storage of water. The colliery officials lost througl1 scarcity of water 200 tons of coal that day, and they claimed os. damages trom each. The case was proved by P.C. Brew, and defendants were ordered to pay 10s. 6d. each. Assault case from Treherbert. I Elizabeth Price, of 14, Victoria, Street, Treherbert, summoned Cecilia Rowlands, lier husband, and Mrs Evans, neighbours, fOr assaulting her on Monday week. Mr D. xtees, solicitor, Pontypriuu, conducted the case ior Mrs Price, who appeared with eyes discoloured and gave an elaborate account of the llltreatmenc she received from her neighbours how they had pulled her hair, ana struck her with stones. They struck her in her side till she could not lie in bed afterwards. Henry Evans gave evidence, and also Dr. Hmde, who attended her, but the case against Mr Rowland and Mrs Evans was dismissed, but Airs-Rowlaiids was, however, fined 20s. Housebreaking at Gilfach Goch. Mary Matilda Morris. 13 years of age, residing wicii her parents at U, Auaie dtreet, Uilfach Goch, was charged with pulling down the sasii of a bacK kitchen window at the house of John Thomas, lV, Adare Street, and stealing one gold scarf pin, set of sleeve links, two fancy cups and saucers, four new spoons, two silk handker- chiefs, and other articles valued at 20s., the property of the landlord, between the hours of 1 and 7 p.m. on Saturday last. Mrs Thomas, wife of John Thomas, gave evidence, stating that she left the house with her husband about 1 o'clock, and when she returned about '.30, she noticed a cask had been moved at the back during their absence, and the upper sash of the back kitchen window had been pulled down. Going over the house she found drawers and cupboards open, and everything tum- bled about, and noticed that the articles produeta by feicrgeant Srnitlr were fcissing. Sergt. Smith said that on Sunday morn- ing he arrested the young prisoner and charged her with the theft. Mary Jane Coope said in her evidence that Tilly Morris had shewn her the articles and said she had them given her by her cousin. The mother of the child, in defence, sta- ted that other children were in the house besides her child, and she thought the others should be blamed as well, atlhough it would not exonerate her own child. The Sit,pendiary asked if she would rather have the case tried before a jury or go on with it to-day. She preferred having it settled then. The Bench then said it was a very grave charge, but they did not wish to deal hardly with prisoner (who was crying pitifully), and said they would fine her 10s. this time, and cautioned the mother to take particu- lar care of her in future, inasmuch as she would not have the option of a fine again.
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Porth Police Court. THURSDAY.-—Before the Stipendiary (Mr Ignatius Williams), Mr T. P. Jenkins, Dr. T. W. Parry and Mr D. Thomas. Hit with"a Brick. Thomas Lowrie, seventeen, collier, of Trealaw, was charged with unlawfully wounding William tlees, a collier, of the same locality, on Monaay. Mr J-. Phil- lips, solicitor, Pontypridd, defended. The eviuence of the prosecutor showed that there was a quarrel among a number of wro- men near the Yiiyscynon riotel, Trealaw. Defendant iliterfei-ect- and struck Rees on the head with a brick. The defence was that the prisoner had acted in self-defence. His sister was being kicked and "punched" by Rees and also he (prisoner) had been subjected to very rough treatment by Rees. When the latter was, in the act of kicking his sister Lowrie aimed a brick and struck him on the head. The case was reduced to one of common assault, and Lowrie was fined £3 including costs. David Davies, haulier, Pontygwaith, was summoned for placing the carcass of a horse in the river. Evidence was given by Police- constable Aldridge and by the road inspec- tor of the district council, the carcass hav- ing been seen in the river on the 10th inst. Dr. Herbert Jones, medical officer of health of the Rhondda District Council, stated that it was highly dangerous to the health of the public, especiall- in hot weather, and there were a large number of children bathing in the river. Fined P,2 and costs, Xl 19s. 6d. Imprisonment for having Matches in the Mine. A labourer employed at the Cymmer New Pit, Porth, named Hugh Owen Hughes, residing at Porth, was charged with com- mitting a breach of the 240th Special Rule by taking matches into the mine. The evidence showed that two matches were found in defendant's pockets on the 16th inst. Defendant said he was not aware that had the matches in his pocket. De- fendant was sent to prison for 21 days with hard labour without the option of a line. A Similar Offence. Walter Vicery, labourer, residing at Dinas, employed at the Cymmer Old Pit, was charged with a similar offence on the lath inst. Mr W. Kenshole, solicitor, Sberdarei, prosecuted on behalf of the colliery company (Messrs Insoles) in both cases. Evidence was given by William Jackson, night fireman, to the effect that the defendant had a match behind his ear when locking his lam- at the pit top. Wit- ness called his attention to the matter, and defendant took it off and apparently threw it away, Later on witness searched de- fendant's clothes and found a lucifer in his waistcoat pocket. Defendant stated that it was not the same match, bu no doubt it was a match which had been left in his pocket since he had been employed on the surface some time previously. Vicery was sent to prison for three weeks' imprison- ment with hard labour without the option of a fine.
Failure of an old Porth Trades-man.
Failure of an old Porth Trades- man. Mr Josiali Morgan, the owner of the Gwernymilwr Hotel and other considerable property at, Sengheilydd and elsewhere, and formerly an ironmonger at Porth, filed his petition at Merthyr Tydfil on Wednes- day. The liabilities are estimated to be between E17,000 and £ 20,000, but a great deal of this is fully secured, and the assets. at a rough estimate, are said to be about E15,000 of L16,000, and may exceed that amount. Mr Mprgan is well known in the Aber f«id Jthpn<Wa Valleys, Hq was Oleo, 4 ted at the last election a council 0 J Aber a id Caerphillv district, his seat a little while ago. He ^rjct respected throughout the colliery p0ftl Mr Morgan commenced bUslllestbel8 in 1883, and for some years carrie the business of an ironmonger Sn furnisher. The business was a ia „ with a turnover of about £ 8,000 a J jy, 1890 the concern was sold to a c flny i> and is still carried on by that which Mr Morgan had an inves over £ 3,000. When the sinkings1 r Universal Pits at Senghenydd IV" CO, menced in 1893, Mr Morgan t0° 1 all(3, i* siderable extent of building land, addition to the hotel, erected and cottages. He had great j^r obtaining a license for the hotel, six years of persistent effort he c0m- and the house is one of the ■ta.° modious and best fitted in the 111111 ut tricts. In order to help to carry 01161 ef, ventures Mr Morgan borrowed a able sum from relatives, and afterwards arose as to the amount tie ^et, renay. This dispute has caused c JjjJf able friction between the relativ0si n^l#( Morgan's failure is alleged to be all 0 of it. j.