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[ALL EIGHTS NNSNNVKO.] J I ATTIC-BORN I BY I Mns. J. S. NORTH. AUTHOit OF "The Rose of Dean Glen," "The Dungeon of I Fontaine." "W!tal. Santa Clans Jjjought, 5 etc.. etc "We are only calling to make sure of your re- turn, Mr. Percy," explained Dr. Stafford, as ho siook the youns; man's hand very heartily. "Wel- come backJ We are right down glad—as we York- shire men say—to see you home again! "Thank you, sincercly," returned Percy, almost overcome by the heartiness and kindness of their greeting. And fully appreciating their gentle tact in avoiding any mention of what might embarrass him. The mystery of the accident had to be told, and discussed; but it could jist be explained away; and the three callers left them as fully preplexed a3 themselves. The Staffords stay was short and immediately following their departure came Air. Weston alone. "I am not come to intrude, my friends," raid he hurriedly as he entered, "for I see the traveller has returned. You will want him all to yourselves, I know! You are better, eh? Get all right again ? You look so, upon my word, Percy," laughed he, shaking his hand and eyeing him from top to toe. "Either felling trees or broken bones has agreed with you!" "Thereby hangs a mystery, Weston," interposed Dr. Reid. "Percy has neither felled trees nor had broken bones, neither has he received my monsy." "What! you do not say so? How is that?" ejacu lated Mr. Weston, takoQn aback. "That is what we should like to find out. Percy knows nothing about it." "No, I know nothing. It must be a fraud." "Did you not receive the money I sent you, either?" questioned their visitor. "That you sent? Iadeed no; I have never sent to anyone for money. I have not needed it; at, least not during the last four years or more." "Dear, dear! It is a mystery I" and Mr. Weston told them all the letter had said.. The mystery in- creased, but re-doubled when he told them what he hd only learned at the breakftwt table that mor- ing, that Ethel and also Walter Lupton had re- ceived letters similar. He concluded by saying that he "must confess he had been very doubtful about Percy having mended his ways, for it had an ugly look writing to so many for money." The only conclusion they could arrive at was it was a fraud! A well-laid scheme for getting money easily. Who was it had planned it ? A suspicion quickly dawned on Percy's mind, but he was silent until Mr. Weston suddenly said, "I say, Percy, I could guess at twice whose devilish werk this is!" "Could you, Mr. Weeton?" es, and you could too. or I am mistaken. It is that scamp of a Rowlands. I dare forfeit my honour on that!" "it may be. It is jutt like him," agreed Percy. "As we have told you he saw me set sail, and said ¡ he should then go up country." "The hardened scoundrelf" muttered the older fcentieman. es, if it is he who has don* it, and it seeiM very probable, he is hardened; indeed, to do it and look the fellow in the face!" agreed the doctor. "We aught to liut MM matter mto s*m«body'« hands. Enquiries should be instituted at once. It is rather part a joke all of you losing your money in that way, and for my Plake too!" said Perey. "Yes, something must be done that is quite clear, though as for the money we may as well say 'good- bye' to it with a, good grace, we shall never see it snore. We shall only have to send ition after it to find him. But he deserve* punishing, the seamp "You appear to take it for granted that it is Rowland's doing," broke in M?r». Reid. "No doubt of it, none whatever in my opinion, Mr?. Reid. .Poor Mrs. Rowlands, it would be hard for her to know it, and so ill as she is too!" "And I had such a hoet of glibe messages from him for her," said Percy. AIr, Weston's stay extended itself until tea was served. Immedtately after Cyril and Willie dropped in. Each one wishful not to intrude yet anxious to show a welcome to the wanderer. The mystery was ■o.perjstexing that the time for onee was forgotten "antil MY. Weston suddenly sprang from his seat, exclaisTiing, "Look you at the time! Come, you young fellows, -we were not going to intrude, ol4 course not, and here we are. still. Come, come! Here I have been-< nearly four hours and only in- tended ae many minutes!" .Although the dectorpmd his wife were well wora out by excitement, and having no sleep the preceding night, it. was with difficulty they could bring them- selves to part from their boy until the morning. Ar for Percy his mind, was too full of-very varied thoughts to sleep that night. f CHAPTER XXII. "To thine own self be taw; And it must foBow as the night and .day, Tnqu cans't not then b«.f#lse to any man." I h The Christmas which followed immediately upon Percy Reid's return was a memorable one. A happy one too to all our RishtoR friends. True, there was still the mystery about Esther West en's disappearance, a, mention oS -which would ruffle Mr. Richards' plumage for hcuct. He was disgusted with ¡ himself at his non-suceefrs. True, too, that the elond often shadowed life's 1 brightness at Woodde*e atid Crosstones Hall especi- I ally, but human nature does not dwell too closely j upon the troubles of the past ae a rale. As time ) tramps along with his steady, consistent tread, lie scatters new joys and new sorrows in our path, and our gaze is diverted from the old onee. 'l'he keen ,1 edge is worn off and the 'piercing points rubbed down, until we almost wonder at the shortness of j the mourning times in some persons experiences. -j The poignancy of their grief overwhelms them for 1 the time, but like an April ram cloud it passes from J their sky! It is not -always FQ, or with all. It | was not so with^most of our Rishton friends, but the years has lessened the sorrow and brought new joys I Mr. Weston, although grown graver than of old. j was still genial and kind, and would often chafl j the young people about their lave affairs. Telling 1 them it was <»verpow«ring to have so many engaged couples on the premises. In faet, .most inconvenient j for he never knew where or when lie might suddenly I intrude upon some other's privacy. What it was to be blessed with so inany daughters Here he would find Gertie audwillic in earnest converse, i :not loye-making, of course, oh, dear no! yet some I iliow the conversation would suddenly drop when a, j tthird party appeared. Then, perhaps in the draw- ing-room, would be Ethel and Percy; of course Percy had only just called about a book, or, or ;BOUie other similar trifle. Or going into the con- servatory lie would come m contact with Cyril and. ■FI cirri e Lupton. Florrie, of course, had only come over to take tea with Mrs. Weaton, or tGertie, yet «anaehow there was always a, fresh bloom en one of the trees to be inspected, car its fragrance to be in- 1 haled?! j And men he did coma upost them they ktiew they must staaid his pleasant banter. It was lovingly eaeant and merrily taken. Gertie,, his baby-girl he woul-a sometimes call her, noiwithstejiding her well-developed figure, and Willie had his full»consent to marry eventually, though he laughingly told them they were too young yet. "Now" father," Gertie would cunningly my "I am already years older than you were!" Then he would shrug his broad shoulders. and with a grimace turn away. That Cyril should have fixed upon Squire Lup- ton's daughter as a "sleeping partner" was highly satisfactory Both te himself and Mrs. Weeton. So far matters wefa all right and shaping them- $,elves well. As for Percy's proposal for Ethel, that was a mat- j ter for oonsideration, thought Tie at first, but Perpy was f0 evidently in earnest not only about his pro- posftl. bnt about, settling down to Ib'awnsw and prov, 71? lip Contuivf I i

THE PEACE CRUSADE. I PROGRESS OF THE MOVEMENT. I BY W. • T. STEAD. By I The Crusade prospers bravely. The Duke of Argyll many years ago spoke of the House of Lords as "the house-top of the world." That the same phrase may be applied to London the proclamation of this Crusade is a notable example. The echoes of the word which has been uttered in favour of an international movement in favour of Peace have gone round the world. It has produced immediate and excellent results in the places where, of all others, it was most needful to make its influence felt, viz., in the Governments of Russia and of I England. The great meeting at St. James's Hall and the strong expressions of sympathy from influential leaders of English opinion have done much to encourage the Emperor of Russia in his resolve to persevere in his philanthropic designs. From the first time the Peace Rescript was issued, opinion in Russia has been divided, very much as it is here. The Emperor's initiative was hailed in some quarters with enthusiasm; in others was regarded as Utopian and impracticable. The latter party, consisting largely of the old men, the Czar's uncles, the Grand Dukes, and the cynical pessimists who abound in high places, did their best to minimise its significance and to pour cold water upon the Czar's enthusiasm. They declared that he would make Russia a laughing-stock, inasmuch as no one really cared a fig about arresting the growth of armaments, and that England was certain to meet the proposal with the deadliest animosity. The long delay which took place in the despatch of Lord Salisbury's answer to the Rescript gave the party of reaction a great chance and the preparations for war carried on in England, in view of the Fashoda difficulty, I tended in the same direction. The hopes of the party of progress, with the Czar at its head, sank steadily, until at last they were eo discouraged as to contemplate getting out of an impossible position by the expedient of reducing the Conference to a mere confabulation of the Ambassadors at St. Petersburg. It is not difficult to imagine with what joy, therefore, the proclamation of the Crusade in England has been rceeived in Russia. It has been as a sudden outburst, of light in a very dark place, and the Russians, who are keenly sensitive to the movement of opinion on the Conti- nent, note with surprise and delight that the action of England has already produced a sensible effect upon the Press of Europe. If the English initia- tive is followed throughout the country, no one can predict how far-reaching may be its beneficent results. A very striking instance of the value of public meetings and of popular expressions of opinion was afforded by Lord Salisbury's despatch to the Russian Government acknowledging the receipt of the Rescript. In the ordinary course, that despatch would not have been published until the meeting of Parliament. Its publication is a slight, but significant, sign of the goodwill of the Govern- ment to the Crusade but still stronger evidence is afforded by the passage in the despatch in which Lord Salisbury, writing to the Russian Govern- ment, calls the special attention of the Emperor to the public meeting which had been held and the resolutions which had been passed in England in support of his proposal. After such a friendly lead as this from the Prime Minister, it is felt that no true Briton need hang back from participat- ing in the agitation. There is, indeed, no reason to think that they will hang back. The Christmas holidays are barely over, but already it is evident that people will manifest th<yr wishes and aspirations in this matter with a unanimity and an earnestness for which previous agitations afford no precedent. Brighton is not exactly the most enthusiastic place in the world, that in which advanced political movements find their most congenial soil, but the report from that precious city of the southern coast shews what may be expected where interest in public questions is much keener. The local magistrate who took in bawd the requisition to the Mayor for a town's meeting on the subject obtained at once the signa- tures of the leading men in both political parties, and when their names were seen at the head of the requisition, the aldermen, members of the Town Council, and the School Board at once appended I their signatures. In the whole town, of all the leading householders to whom application was made, there was not a single refusal. The Mayor, therefore, will call a town's meeting at an early date. Equally good results are reported from the great eiticg whose identity is merged in the metropolis. London, which really consists of a dozen cities the size of Birmingham or Manchester, can only act through its constituencies, and before the week is out what are practically town's meetings will be arranged in several of the largest and most I ki8«ential divisions of the metropolis Throughout the week the task of sowing the seed and spreading the light, in the shape of the dissemination broad- cast throughout the country of 1,000,000 copies of the Crusade broadsheet containing the Czar's ij*t, *4* Manifesto of the Crusade, and a report of the Conference in St. James's Hall, has been energetieally carried on. At the headquarters at first considerable misgivings were entertained as to the possibility of distributing 1,000,000 copies of so lir_-e a broadsheet: in such a short space of J time The paper alone weighed twenty-seven tons. The task has been accomplished, however, with such celerity and ease that the conyiiittee is already considering whether the issue'of another million copies may not be necessary. To quote even a tith-. of the letters which have been received at the offices of the Crusade would fill arnny columns. Men and women of all parties I and of all creeds have vied with one another in I' expressing their sympathy, and in urging the neces- sity of a truly International movement. The clergy are throwing themselves into the Crusade with an enthusiasm which promises to be contagious. Sup- port, however, does not come alone from the pulpit. and from those whose names are associated with eTery philanthropic movement. Men like Colonel Rofcton and Mr. G. R. Sims, whom nobody would draam of accusing of being visionaries or senti- mentalists, luvve not hem behind in their expres- sions of approval, the former remarking that "no one realises the horrors of war more keenly than those who have practical experience." The Crusade his this week established its journalistic organ in the shape of a penny weekly paper entitled War Aoainstt, lVar, the Chronicle of tht> Crusade. The first number is a curosity in journalism, and a phenomenon absolutely without reoard in the annals of peace propaganda. 1 he middle pages of the paper contain, besides an original drawing by Mr. Holiday, alle- gorical of the triumph of Peace over War, a collection of autographs of eminent, men and women, which, for number, variety and interest, has no parallel in the history of British journalism. The firat two signatures among the autograph I benedictions with which the new organ appears in the interests of peace are those of Lord Wolseley, Commander-in-Chief, and one of our Admirals, Sir Anthony Hoskins. Altogether there are about fifty autogiaphs reproduced in fac-mmile, a collec- tion wh.ch makes the first cumber of War Against War unicue. Besides the cbrciiicles of the Crusade, the new number contains a very important s'gned article by Mr. Bryce, concerning the bearing of the Anglo-American Alliance on thg, future of peace. This is supported by signed -Jetlfrs from many of the most famous American ftalesinen and senators. There is an illustrated character-sketch of the Czar, which will be followed kin other j numbers by sketches of leading in the cause of Peace. Mr. Kipling's Reces-iiofel poem, | which he published in ihe Times is republished by permission as the first cogpfribution to the ].s:i't 'r of the Crusade. OnjgT hundred thousand copies of the first number wilFbe read^ j lor issue to the trade oa Eaiday. j

A PROxMINENT ANARCHIST AT BARRY* DISCUSSION ON ANARCHISM v. SOCIALISM. MADLLE. ZOLYYMAXS VIEW'S ON "FREE LOVE." | On Sunday evening last Barry was visited by a noted Anarchist of the Krapotkin clique in the person of Mademoiselle Rochella Zolyyman. Mademoiselle is a lady of some 22 summers, of attractive personal appearance, and an impressive orator. Madlle. Zolyyman attended a meeting of Socialists held at Rosser's Temperance Hotel, Barry Docks, when a debate took place on Socialism v. Anarchism" between Madlle. Zolyyman and Mr C. L. Buzzo, a member of the Barry School Boaid. Mr D. Sheppard took the chair, and Mr Buzzo led olf. Socialists, he said, sought to reform society on the basis of co-opera- tion. They wunted a social form of government on democratic linis. Anarchism he claimed, meant absence of order, absence of authority, chaos !—Mademoiselle Zolyyman, on the other hand, said Anarchism did not mean terrorism. True, there were those who believed the path to their idael lay through violence, but they were in a minority vand acted solely on their own initiative. Anarchists in England believed in educating the people. Representative government was an im- possibility. How was it possible, she asked, for one man to represent another ? He could repre- sent himself, and himself alone. Anarchists did not believe in laws. -Obedience to laws meant loss of liberty.-The debate was taken up by several of those present. In the afternoon on Sunday Mddle. Zolyyman attended a meeting at Cardiff, and explained to a select audience the practical steps favoured by the intellectual Anarchists for the realisation of what they admitted;was yet but an ideal. First, they would abolish Mrs Grundy, solve the sex question by making women economically free, and by abolishing the legal ceremony of marriage. Free love was essential. They were materialists. They would turn men's thoughts from the Christian Heaven and cause them to seek a heaven here. "This," concluded she, in a burst of passionate eloquence, is more to me than a mere bread and butter question. Nor do I want to live on grand ideals. I want to see the people free This speech quite staggered mademoiselle's auditors, and a few of them, who belonged to the S.D.F., asked questions, but Rochella Zolyyman was more than a match for mere theorists.

MAJOR WYNDHAM-QUIN. M.P., GOING ABROAD. HIS INTEREST IN THE BRISTOL CHANNEL DEFENCES. For some time past the health of Major Wyndham-Quin, the member for South Glamor- gan, has been indifferent, and his medical attendants have thought it advisable to order him abroad for a change of air and rest. The gallant major, accordingly, left England an Wednesday last, to join the steamer Egypt at Marseilles en Thursday for Cairo, and will remain abroad until the end of February. His constituents and his numerous friends and acquaintances outside South Glamorgan will, we are sure, sincerely hope that the change will effect a cure, and that on his return to England the hon, member will be able to take up his Parliamentary duties with renewed vigour. In the midst of preparations for his departure, Major Wyndham-Quin has found time to make personal inquiries as to improved coast defences in the Bristol Channel, and has ascertaintd at the War Office that the batteries planned for Barry Island and Lavernock Point are to be proceeded with at once. The question of fortifying the other centres along the Channel is still under consider- ation.

BARRY SHOP ASSISTANTS' UNION. THE EARLY ICLOSXNG MOVEMENT AT BARRY. The monthly meeting of the Barry branch of the National Shop Assistants' Union was held on Tuesday evening lastat the Glamorgan Restaurant. Barry Docks, Mr W. S. Lewis (president) in the cbiir. The monthly report from head office was read, and showed that during the past month ther,e bad been an increase ntimericaJJy and financially in the ranks of the Union. The Revs J. C. Honey, T. Pandy John, and J. Mydyr Evans, the members of the deputation appointed by the Free Church Council, attended, and stated that the petition in favour of the closing of the various places of business in the town at eight o'clock Bad been signed by the large majority of the shopkeepers, but some had remained stubborn, and bad refused to close at the hour suggested, pleading that they did not employ assistants. The deputation was convinced that the movement would prove a success, and then they should try to secure a still better Lour of closing. They had, they stated, been received very courteously by the shopkeepers. The canvassing at Rarry had been done by the Rev H. J. Horn, and at Clldoxton by the iÜv W. Williams.—The Chairman said he was exceedingly pleated with the report of the deputation. They had done far better than the shop assistants had ever been able I to do with a petition.—A hearty vote of thanks was then accorded the deputation and the other .1 ministers who had interested themselves in the uiatter; and it was decided to circulate through- out the district handbills and posters askings the inhabitants to shop early, so as to help the suecess of the movement. Mr W. 8. Lewis (president) and Mr D. JOAC* (secretary) were appointed delegates to the Trades Council.

APPOINTMENT OF SUPER- INTENDENTS OF LASCARS AT BARRY AND CARDIFF. Mr Frederick Shaw, superintendent of the I Board of Trade at Caidiff, and Mr Charles Baker, superintendent at Barry, have been appointed by the Secretary of State for India the officers aafc these ports respectively to superintend the trans- fer of Lascars from one ship to another. It is illegal to transfer Lascars flom one ship to another withouta certificate from one of these gMtthanea, and the letter &dds that the terms of the Act will be strictly enforced.

BARRY RAINFALL. Date. 9 a.th. Inches. Wednesday, Jan. 4 0-10 Thursday, 5 001 Friday, „ 6 0 01 Saturday, 7 0-02 Sunday, „ 8 Q-<fc Monday, „ 9 Q.10 Tuesday, 10 0-43 E. \V. \Y AITK, Engineer. -L-

BARRY STEAM VESSELS BILL. Tn November last the directors of the Barry Dock: and Railway Company gave notice topromcte a Bill in Parliament in the coming session ttutlu»eiEiug ^he^ to .prorpo^e or subsidise a line, of W steamships to and frcmi Ifersy. bKt, it heists the Barry Dock 2Ve«« prognosticated'w-srfe-$month age, now beendec id td to withdraw the schemS'^ the present. Thus tiie Welsh Parliamentary Bill session will be even m..re barren th..n bad been anticipated. In all fr. bability, t&. Bill will be brought forward aiam next year with :m.- enlarged scope.