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PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. CARDIFF. T HEATRE ]It OY AL. Lessee and Manageress.Mra. Edward Fletcher. Theatre Telephone. 362. Friday. Dec. 17th, Mr. J. L. Shine's Company, including the celebrated Comedian, GEORGE THOltNE, in the actual production of an original Farcical Comedy, in three Acts, entitled rjlOMMr JJOBJ), By Osmond Shillingford. Hon. Thomas Dodd Mr. George Thorne. Mrs Goodwin MiR8 Alica de Winton. A Crowded House Last Night Voted "Tommy Dodd" an Instantaneous Success. Roars of Laughter. The play produced by J L. Shine. Time and Prices as Usual. Booking Offices Messrs. Thompson and Shackell's (Ltd.), Queen- street. Telephone 521. Important Notice.—This Theatre will remain Clcsed until Xmas Eve, Friday, December 24th, owing to the extraordinary preparation of the "Royal" Seventeenth Annual PANTOMIME, ROBINSON CRUSOE (UP-TO-DATE), written expressly for this Theatre by Geo. Thorne and F. Grove Palmer. I ook Out for Special Bills. 57249 RAND THEATRE Lessee & Manager, MR. CLARENCE S0UNE8 LAST TWO NIGHTS OF qriental A MEKICA. Popular Prices—4d. to 10s. 6d. Doors open 7.10 (early doors 6.45); commence 7.30. GRAND NOTICE.—Look out! Good Wine Needs no Bush." BOXING DAY, December 27, Production of Mr. CLARENCE SOUNES' Fourth Grand Xmas Annual- JJOBINSON CRUSOE. By the ORIGINAL LEOPOLDS and Their Grand Double Company of Pantomimists. 57249 THE E M P IRE. Managing Director OSWALD STOLL. *Tii not in mortals to command success, but we'll do more—deserve it." TO-NIGHT! L OCKHAPTT'S E LEPHANTS, Including B 0 N E Y Elephants Riding the Tricycle! Elephants Standing on their Heads! Elephants Playing a Drama! Elephants Simulating Intoxication. Elephants Exciting Unbounded Applause and Laughter. THE FAMOUS BOISSETTS, FRANK, WILLIE, and ALBERT, and Troupe, hi That Uproariously Funny Pantomime, "THE BRICKLAYERS," Depicting the Humorous Side of a. Labouring Life. THE BOISSETTS IN "THE BRICKLAYERS and LOCKHART'S COMIC ELEPHANTS Head a programme comprising also VENTO, the Popular and Novel Ventriloquist. SISTERS DESMOND, Duettists. LILIAN VENTO, in her Prismatic Dance. HARRY KENT, Comedian. E. J. RICKARD. Vocalist. DEXTERIA and DOUGLAS, and the Mystic Cabinet. Next Week— H THE DAIRY MAID." Box Office open daily from 10 to 4; Saturdays, 10 to 1. Also from 7 to 10 each evening for book- ings for subsequent dates. Two Complete Performances Every Evening between 7 and 9 and 9 and 11. HILH ARMONIC-H ALL, CARDIFF LAST TWO NIGHTS CLOSE SATURDAY NEXT, DECEMBER 18th. x R. JOSEPH J>OoLE'S MYRIORAMA and VARIETY CONFEDERATION. The Largest and Best Touring. Every Even- ing at 7.45, Wednesday apd Saturday at Three. Doors open 715 and 2 30 Early Doors 3d. exti-a. Prices, 3s., 2s., Is., and td, Must Close Saturday Next. 56515 NEWPORT. THE EMPIRE. Managing Director OSWALD STOLL. TO-NIGHT! The Augmented Karno Troupe in "JAIL BIRDS." Which has scored a triumphant success at Car- diff during the past week. Three big scenes throughout the Performance, of which the fun is convulsingly laughable. Permane's Bears, Bros. Artois, George Brooks, The Gerrettos, Prof. Dunning, Miss Kahn, and Syd May. LYCEUM, NEWPORT Proprietor MB. CLARENCE SOUNES THIS EVENING AT 7.30, THE GREAT LONDON SUCCESS, JgAlNTS AND SIN NERS, Prices 6d. to 91 Is. Box Office open Dafly Ten to Four. Telephone 158, Nat. Next Week: Arizona. Joe's "BLACK HAWKS." 55694 THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER THOMPSON'S BURDOCK PILLS Overcome the worst forms of diseases, and the foulest state ot the Blood, Stomach, Liver, and Kidneys; they go to the core of every disease, where no other medicine has power to reach. In Boxes, at Is. lid. and 2s. 9d. each. Sold by all Chemists, or from the Burdock Pill Manu- factory. 44. Oxford-street,-Swansea. MANUFACTURER. HORSFORTH. OFFERS m HIS OWN tit HDDS UlUECi from the LOOM nt MILL PRICES, viz. Serges, Fancies, Cashmeres. Bie yes. Meltons. Man le Cloths. Patterns sent free (n application. Save all intermediate profit Special Lot of Dress Meltons, all shades, ai per yard. Njortimer's Mixture PIT Croup, Whooping Cough, Coughs, a Col. Of all Chemist*. Price, 1/156 PUBLIC NOTICES. CARDIFFSCHOOL BOARD The Board have decided to REDUCE THIi FEE Payable in tli'ir EVENING SCHOOLS from 2s. to Is for the REMAINDER of the SESSION. The Reduced Fee will be returned at the end of the Session tu all Scholars who make NINE ATTENDANCES in Each of Two Subjects. The Schools will RE-OPEN after the Christmas Holi- days on MONDAY, January 3rd, 1898, but Scholars who are desirous of Joining the Classes are specially requested to do so at once. J. J. JACKSON. Clerk of the Board. Howard-gardens, 13th December, 1897. e6608 SOLD IN BOTTLES. Is.; BY POST, Is. Id. ^o^ACHF j. DAILY TESTIMONIALS OF THIS GREAT CURE ARE BEING RECEIVED FOR THE FOLLOWING;- FOR TOOTHACHE, FOR HEADACHE, FOR NEURALGIA, INFLAMED GUMS. AND IT WILL CURE ALL KINDS OF FAIN; IN FACT. A REALLY GOOD PAIN KILLER. AGENTS: Cardiff: Anthony and Co., Chemists, St. Mary- street. „ Hicks and Co. (Limited), Chemists, „ Queen-street. „ Hicks and Co. (Limited), Chemists, Duke-street. u Hicks and Co. (Limited), Chemists, Cowbridge-road, Canton. „ A.- J. Bellamy, Chemist, 61, Paget- stHcet, Granpetown. M Messra. Duck and Sons, Chemists, St. John's-square. „ E. Edwards, Chemist, 2, Mackintosh- place, Albany-road. „ F. Millward, Chemist, 60, Woodville- road, Cathays. „ R. Mumford, 60, Castle-road, Roath. „ R. Mumford, 17, Meteor-street, Splot- land. M C. Clarke, Chemist, 2, Coburn- street, Cathays. M Howell Phillips, Chemist, 253, Bute- street. „ R. Prust, Chemist, 14, Broadway, Roath. „ Jesse Williams and Co., Chemists, Queen-street. „ D. Thomas. Chemist, Penarth-road. „ Anthony and Co., Chemists, St. Mary- street. Aberavon: Mr. Thomas Nicholas, Central Supply Stores, Water-street. Aberdare: Mr. Tudor Williams, Dentist, Xedical Hall. ,Aberg,vynfi Richards and Son, Grocers. Abertillery: Morgan Bros., Carmarthen Butter Stores. Barry Dock: Hicks and Co., Chemists. Blaenavon: Messrs. D. Davies and Co., 100, Broad-street. Blaina: Thomas Jones, Liverpool Stores. Brecon: Mr. W. Tudor. Chemist. Brynmawr: Messrs. H. Connop and Son, Grocers. Carmarthen: C. E. Davies, Chemist, 10, King- ) street. ° Cheltenham: Mr. J. James, 5, Promenade. Clarbeston Road: Robert Reid, Grocer, New Shop. Cowbridge: Mr. J. G. Harold Bird. Ebbw vale: Mr. David Hughes, Grocer, Victoria-street. Hereford: Messrs. Clarkson and Son, 9, High- terrscc. ° IJantwit-Major: Mr. William Cuinmings. 'Llanstephan: Evan T. Davies. The Emporium. M( rthyr: Messrs. G. M. and R. Gunson, 67, I and 68, High-street. Morriston: Mr. L. Bevan, Medical Hall. Neath: Mr. C. Hutchins, Chemist. Newport: Messrs. T. Cordey and Co., High-st. Newport: Phillips and Son, Drug Stores, 92, Commercial-street. Penarth: Stranaghan and Stephens (Limited). Pembroke Dock: F. J. Tallett, 14, Diamond- street. Pontypridd: Mr. Isaac Prothero, Grocer &c Pontypridd: W. H. Key, The People's Chemist. Porth: Messrs. Thomas and Evans. The People's Stores. Porthcawl: Mr. T. Langdon, Grocer, John- street. Swansea Mesrs. Taylor and Co. (Limited), Wind-street. Tondu and Aberkenfig: Co-operative Society (limited). Tredegar: Mr. C. J. Price. Manchester House. Treherbert: Mr. Enoch Davies, The Stores. Troedyrhiw: W Morgan and Ce. Sole Manufacturer: — pHIL PHILLIPS, 24, ST. MARY-STREET, CARDIFF. jgHAKSPEARB FOR SIXPENCE. THE CHEAPEST BOOK IN THE WORLD. NOW READY. THE £ ]OMPLETE WORKS OF gHAKSPEAEB. SIXPENCE NETT. Cloth, Gilt. Title. Superior Paper, la 6d. Nett Consisting of nearly 400 Paies-Size 12 J in. x Bin. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY TUE WI^ST^N MAIL LIMITED, CARDIFF AND LONDON, AND CAN BE OBTAINED FROM ALL NEWSAGENTS. 65070 BUSINESS ADDRESSES. PARTS I. TO XVI. NOW ON SALE rj^HE w ESTERN illAIL jQNCYCLOPuEDlC J^ICTIONARY IS A COMPLETE DICTIONARY, COMBINED WITH AN 6 TTP-TO-DATE jgNCYCLOPAEDIA EVERY STUDENT, TEACHER, CLERGYMAN, LAWYER, FARMER, MECHANIC, INVENTOR, APPRENTICE. HOUSEWIFE NEEDS THIS £ JJ.REAT WORK rjTHE WESTERN jy^AIL jQNCYCLOPEDIC J^ICTIONARY THE -^TESTERN MAIL •p^NCYCLOPEDlC JQICTIONARY pARTS I TO XVI. N OW READY JpRlCE 6d. PER PART, o If ALL NEWSAGENTS. I ESTER N MAIL CYCLOPEDIC DICTIONARY, CONSISTING of 5,336 PAGES, 2,500 J more than the Imperial, or 3,800 more than Webster's Unabridged, contaiti9 180,000 Words (exclusive of compounds), and numerous Illustrations—SO,000 more Words than any English Dictionary yet printed, and is an exact duplicate in Text and Illustrations of the ENCYCLO- PAEDIC DICTIONARY, in the compila- tion of which some of the most learned English scholars, artists, and scientific men were engaged for a period of seven- teen years The original cost of it in seven volumes was seven guineas. It s now offered to "WESTERN MAIL" READERS only, at the cost of paper, printing-, and distribution, SIXPENCE PER PART. pARTS I TO XVI. N OW READY. JpRICE 6d. PER PART. CLOTH CASES, WITH GOLD LETTER- ING. for binding each SLX PARTS into ONE VOLUME, will be furnished by any Newsagent for Is., or will be forwarded by "WESTERN MAIL." as below, post paid, to ANY ADDRESS il. the UNITED KINGDOM, upon receipt of Is. 2d. in cash. or stamps. DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF ii ^TESTERN MAIL E NCYCLOPEDIC DICTIONARY. ITS THOROUGHLY ENCYCLOPEDIC CHARACTER. It is hardly possible to attach too much im- portance to this feature of the work. It is not only a comprehensive dictionary, but also a complete encyclopaedia to all branches of knowledge. The editors have not rested con- ten,, with giving merely a definition of each word, but. wherever necessary, have supple- mented the definitions hy short articles con- taining a concise description and history of that which the word represents. Especial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the scientific informatioh, the chemical and natural science nomenclature being: h"ht to fvorv ],)fe,.t (hte.- ITS COMPREHENSIVENESS AND ITS WIDE- NESS OF RANGE IN POINT OF TIME. THE LARGE NUMBER AND PRACTICAL CHARACTER OF ITS ILLUSTRATIONS. The numerous pictorial illustrations, although eminently artistic in character, are in no sense niwe embellishments, but in every case help to elucidate the text. THE RICHNESS AND COMPLETENESS OF THE ILLUSTRATIVE yUOTATlOiNS. In botli of "lIese most important points the "Western Mail" Encyclopedic Dictionary stands alone. The editors have endeavoured to trace cu; and show to the reader, by illustrative quotations, the history and development of each word. and such a system is for the first time fully carried out in the present work. In ns other dictionary will there be found such a richness and fulness of illustrative quota- tion. In the "Western Mail" Encyclopsedic Dictionary each meaning and each sub-division of each meaning is. in nearly every case, illus. trated by a quotation, the whole work compris- ing a collection of examples for the gathering together .)f which a very large number of books of all classes and of every date has been Epecially read. The ordinary English Dictionaries have been content to register such words as are univer- sally recognised as "English," and are to be met with in the writings and conversation of every-day life. But, bejond these, it is impos- sible to open any book or paper without meet- ing with words of a scientific or technical character the exact meanings of which, essen- tial as they are to the full understanding of the passages in which they occur, no ordinary dictionary supplies. In such cases the reader or student must. consequently, have recourse to seme dictionary or glossary specially devoted to the collection and explanation of terms in use in the particular branches of science or art to which such wo-ds belong. The "Western Mail" Enevclopaedic Dictionary by combining in one all these special glossaries or vocabu- laries, effects a double saving—an economy of time and of money. OF A U, NEWSAGENTS. OR DIRECT FROM 'J'HE STERN l\IAIL t'Ul I C E 'IA R DLFF 0 A R DIFF i i '— j PREPAID ADVERTISEMENT. "EVENING EXPRESS." OSCE. THll,5E 1 SIX OXCE. TIMES. I TIMES -1-1- 20 Words 0 6 1 0 j I 6 -_1_1_ o0 Words o 9 1 6 2 -1__1_- 40 Words i o 2 0 H 0 50 Words 3 3 0 o 6 I Notloo to Advertisers. IMPORTANT.—Advertisements to be classified must reach tliis office by 10.30 a.m.; but they can bo inserted up to 4.45 p.m., under head- insof TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION. The boxes provided for answers to advertise- ments appearing in the "Evening Express" are not intended for any other purpose whatever, and cannot be allowed to be used for the distribution 01 printed or written advertising circular or announcements of any kind. The above ciiarges apvlv only to consecutive insertions of thp following class of advertise- ments :— Situations Wanted or Offered. Apart- ments. Money Wanted. Partnerships. Lost and Found. Miscellnniinug Wants. Businesses, Houses. Shops. Offices to Let or Sell. Specific Articles for Sale Privately. Name ard Address to be counted. Orders sent through the post to be accom- panied by Postal Order or Halfpenny Stamps. Advertisements are received also Lt the following snb-offlces:— NEWPORT TREDKCAR-RTREET. SWANSEA — CASTLE-STREET. MERTHYR VICTORIA-STREET. PONTYPRIDD .4a. TAFF-STREET. HEAD OFFICES: CARDIFF: ST. MARY-STREET. BICYCLES. SPECIAL Clearance.—Six Solid Safeties, 38s. 6d.; 4 Cushions. 50s.; 4 Pneumatics, £5; cash only.—Morris Bros.. Cycle Works, Prnty- pridd. Repairs, Plating, and enamelling promptly. cl947 DRESSMAKING. DRESSMAKING.—Ladies' Tailor-made and Braid Costumes. Wedding and Evening Dresses, Mantles, &c., Made in the Latest Style; fit guaranteed.—Address Lewis and Evans, 78, Wyndham-crescent, Cardiff. eaS-K POULTRY. POULTRY.—If you want your birds to pay -L you write for prices and samples of food to Noah Rees and Son, Hay, Corn, and Seed Merchants. Cardiff. e6115 PERSONAL. the Gentleman who was Travelling T T Third Class to Barry Dock about Noon on Saturday, November 20th, Dressed in Black Coat, Corduroy Trousers, with a Rough Sack of troods, and accompanied by a Lad, and who also J'ound the Ticket on Carriage Floor that could not be produced at Dynas Powis Station by his Fellow Passenger, kindly Communicate with H. Warwick. 21. Strathnairn-street, Car- diff? Evidence important; liberal reward. ezl7 MISCELLANEOUS. OLD Engravings, purchased at late Dean Vaughan's Sale (grand selection); also have Antique Furniture, China, Glass, Curiosities.- 18, Castle Arcade. Cardiff. el0563z20 OIBACCONISTS Coiniiiencixig.-See lirust,ra.teft T Guide '259 pages;, od.—Tobacconists' Out- fitting Company, 186, Euston-road. London. Hairdressers fitted. Manager, Henry Myers. ei0566d EARTHENWARE and China.—Seconds X2 E. Crates; best JEo; or will send 15 dozen Seconds Articles for 17s. 6d. Write for Lists.— Webbe and Co., Longton, Staffordshire Pot- teries. o6034 IS Your Watch Wrong? The Best and Cheapest Shop ia Cardiff for the Repair of Watches of every description, English or Foreign, is 38, Castle Arcade (third shop from Castle-street), by James Keir, for ten years with Mr Spiridion. Clocks and Music Boxes Cleaned and Repaired. e4209 SHOP ASSISTANTS WANTED. A DVERTISERS are Cautioned that Post- A masters are Not Allowed to Deliver Letters Addressed to Initials or Fictitious Names at any Post-office. Letters addressed to Initials or Fictitious Names must bear the address of the Advertiser or one of the Offices of the Western Mail. GROCERY and Provisions.—Wanted imme- diately after Xmas, Single All-round Assistant; willing, quick, and obliging.—Full particulars first letter, Young, Barry. 2510z23 GROCERY tnd Provisions -AVant ed, goo I c- Junior, at once.—Apply Heal, Salisbury- road, Cardiff. 2442z22 GROCERY.—Wanted, a trustworthy, expe- rienced Assistant; well up in provisions; Welsh.—State full particulars W. D. Thomas, Sun Stores, Dowlais. 2423z21 GENTS Mercery—Smart Junior Wanted; Welsh.—Williams and Co., The People's Hatters, Alertliyr. Z4277,17 CI ENTS.' Mercery.—Wanted, a sharp Appren- X tice.—Apply Williams and Co., The People's Hatters, Merthyr. 2426zl7 DRAPERY.—Wanted at once, a thoroughly experienced Young Lady as First in the Lace Department: personal application pre- ferred.—Evans and Allen (Limited), Newport, Mon. 2410z21 DKAPERY.—Wanted, a Young Man for Manchester Department (good salesman); must speak Welsh.—Apply, stating experience. saiary, and age, Thomas Yorath, Swansea. z21 OUTFITTING.—Wanted, a sharp, pushing Junior.—E. Siedle and Son, Merthyr Tyd- fib 2357z20 GROCERY and Provision Trade.—Wanted, for January, smart, up-to-date Managers and Assistants for South Wales; must be good sales- men and window-dressers.—State age, if single, salary (out), and full particulars of last situa- tion, to W., Star Supply Stores, Pontypool. z2íJ OUTFITTING.—Wanted at once, smart Im- prover good stockkeeper and salesman.— Apply, stating full particulars, S. Roderick and Co., Glyn-Neath. 2283zl8 AGENTS, etc., WANTED. A DVERTISERS are Cautioned ihat ?ost- JTX masters are Not allowed to Deliver Letters Addressed to Initials or Fictitious names at any Post-office. Letters addressed to Initials or Fic- titious Names must bear the address of the Advertiser or one of the Offices of the Western Mail. A GENTS Wanted Everywhere, Canvassing i Shops, Hotels, and Principal Families, in Town and Country: liberal commission and salary; good reference.-Apply, by letter, U 12, Western Mail Offices, Swansea. 2498z23 WANTED, by a Firm of Brewers, a good Traveller, with experience in Carmar- thenshire, Pembrokeshire, and Cardiganshire Districts; good salary; references required.— Address L 31, Western Mail, Cardiff. 57315 AGENTS residing in Cardiff and Swansea, Call- ing on Grocers and Ship Chandlers. May Hear of Additional Commission.-K 88, Western Mail, Cardiff. 2309zl6 ENERGETIC Mai of good appearance Wanted in Cardiff, to Solicit Business for Well-established Firm; special terms to capable man.—Address L 1, Western Mail, Cardiff. zl8 WANTED immediately, trustworthy^ and energetic Men to Represent British Homes Investment Corporation: application by letter only.—28. Richmond-road, Cardiff. 2268zl8 A Good Opening.—Energetic Man~with Spare Time Offered First-class Agency: excellent terms.—Address K 94, Western Mail. Car- diff. 2227zl7 BRITAIN Insurance Friendly Society, 15, Queen-street. Cardiff.—Wanted, Ten More Agents in Cardiff District on permanent weekly salary and commission.—Young men of good character and connection only need apply to V. Huzzey, District Manager, 2204zl7 CLERKS, etc., WANTED. ADVERTISERS are Cautioned that Post- masters are Not Allowed to Deliver Letters Addressed to Initials or Fictitious Names at any Post-office. Letters addressed to Initials or Fictitious Names must bear the address of the Advertiser or one of the Offices of the Western Mail. WANTED, in Coal Office, Junior, able to Write Shorthand.—Address L 34, Western Mail, Cardiff. 2480z20 WANTED, respectable Young Man at once as Clerk for Butchering Business; must be good scholar; good references; wages El per week.—Address L 32, Western Mail, Cardiff. zl8 KLONDYKE Research Syndicate Require a K Few Gentlemen at £200 each, to Complete Expedition of about 20; syndicate have own light draft steamer now building to navigate upper waters of Yuk m. carry a year's provi- sions, &c.. and to be members headquarters.— Apply Office, 15, Baltic-buildings, Liverpool. zl7 WANTED, a Junior Clerk; knowledge of v v shorthand and typewriting.-Apply A. F. Lowry, Neath. 57295 WANTED at once, respectable Lad for an Accountant's Office.—Address L 18. Wes- tern Mail, Cardiff. 2377zl7 WANTED, an Office Junior.—Apply, bv letter tt only, to Se-f-iions and Sons (Limited,, Penarth-road, Cardiff. 2318z23 il- WANTED, competent Man for Builder's W Office; mst be able to draw, take off quantities, and assist generally.-Apply. stating wages and references, to J. Jenkins. Canal Wharf, Merthyr. J 2305zl8 YOUTH Required who can Write Shorthand and Work Typewriter.—State salary and experience Powell, Cooke, and Co., Auctioneers, Bridgend. 2246zl7 Ol .—An Income of 12i 6d. to £1 per Week cfc/JL Can be Earned in Spare Hours or Even- ings by Either Sex who can Write.-Proof sent free anywhere to anyone sending self-addressed envelope to T. Smith and Co. (Department 9 B), 79, St. Helen's-gardens, North Kensington. Lon- don, V L12562 MISCELLANEOUS LALES. ADVERTISERS are Cautioned '-hat Post- masters are Not Allowed to Deliver Letters Addressed to Initials or Fictitious Names at any Post-office. Letters addressed to Initials or Fictitious Names must bear the address of the Advertiser or one of the Offices of the Western Mail. —■ FOR Sale, large-sized Kennel, in excellent con- dition, cheap: can be seen any time; no use to present owner.—Apply A 1, Evening Express, Cardiff. e6546 1 000 Business Cards, Memorandums, or Bill- J heads, 3s.; 10,000 Useful Handbills, 2s. 6d.: samples free.-Fisher and Co., Machine Printers, Broadmead, Bristol. e44l8 FIREWOOD at Cardiff Union Workhouse, 2s. F per Cwt.; delivered in anv part of the borough.—Orders to Master, Workhouse. e6574 LARGE Assortment o, Christmas Cards Now on View.—Stationery Department, Wes- tern Mail. Cardiff. e53430 PARLOUR Games, Is., post free; Obstacle Race, Quoits, Japanese Billiards, Chinese Bagatelle, and the Latest Novelty, "The Penalty Kick Table Football.—Stationery Department, vV est ernltai 1, Cardiff. e50430 t-vCii Thick Buff Copying Sheets; extra strong; specially adapted tor typewritten letters; letter-size, 2s.: foolscap. 2s. 6d.—Stationery Department, Western Mail, Cardiff. 50430 SIXTY Years a Queen .—Part I. Now Ready; 6d., postage 2d.—Western Mail Limited, Cardiff. INVOICE and Letter Files. All the leading styles.—"The Sequence File," "The Warwick File," "The Standard File," "The Common- sense File "-Stationery Department, Western Mail, Cardiff. 50430 SAVE Time" Letter Cards, 25 for 4Jd., post kD free: an improvement on the Govern- ment card.—Stationery Department, Western Mail, Cardiff. 504^0 THE "Handy" Book Marker, 3d., nost, free.- Stationery Department, Western Mail, Cardiff. 50430 1LB. Cream Noteponer and 100 Envelopes, is., -L in Two Sizes, Private or Commercinl.- Stationery Department, Western Mail, Cardiff. /I ILKSELLER'S Delivery Book, Is.— I Stationery Department, Western Mail, Cardiff. 50430 THE New Game. Table Football, Is., post free.—Stationery Department, Western Mail. Cardiff 50430 ADHESIVE Linen, Tape for Renairins: Music, ,*c., 3d., post free, per roll.—Stationery Department, Western Mail, Cardiff. 50430" A UTOMATIC Constant Level Inkstand; Is. 2d.7 V iiO«t. free.—Stationery Department Wes- tern Ifail, Cardiff. 50431] 1 000 Page Letter Copying Pook: ha.K hound calf. 5s.; special line.—Western Mail Sta- ticrery Department, Western Mai), Cardiff. mIlE "Tryoograph" Copying ApparatusTprc^ i. duces thousands of copies from one hand- writing or typewriting.—Price list on applica- tion to Western Mail Stationery Department, Cardiff'. 50430 S TYPOGRAPHIC Fountain Pens. \?.. post 0 fice: invaluable to every business man.— Stationery Department, Western Mail, Cardiff. TAKONARDS, for addressing boxes, Ac.. Id T and 2d. per packet.-Western Mail Limited. Cardiff. 50430 STONE'S "UniversaJ'' Portfolios for Letterrj Price Lists, Ac., Ac.; from 4d. each.—Sta- tionery Department. Western Mail, Cardiff. ADJUSTABLE Drawer Partitions, 5s. per box! —Stationery Department, Western Mail. fDATENT Automatic Office Paperweight and ..L Monthly Calendar for Four Years, is.- Stationery lepartment. Western Mail, Cardiff. f pHE Latest Improved Letter File, The JL Morden File; 4s. 6d.—Stationery Depart- I ment. Western Mail, Cardiff. e50430 [ APARTMENTS TO LET. 1 THIRST Cliss Apartments—Drawing-room and One or Two Bedrooms.—56, Cathedral-road (close to Park Entrance), Cardiff. 2491z23 PENARTH.—Lansdowne Private Hotel; exten- P sive Channel view; superior accommoda- tion; moderate charges; special terms to per- manent boarders. 2803d PUBLIC.HOUSES, TO Let, Two Fully-licensed Public-houses In Pembroke and Pembroke Dock.—For full particulars apply to the Pembroke Dock Brewery Company (Limited), Pembroke Dock. 2507z20 DUKE, Principal Bristol Valuer and Agent, JL7 13, Clare-street, Bristol.—Selected L:st 'lora and Country Houses for Disposal, post free. 57324 Ij^REE Spirit Vaults, in centre of City; proof payments to brewers draught beers alone over JB50 monthly; £ 350.—Duke, Bristol. 57,524 WELL Paying Corner Public, in densely-popu- lated district; taking £ 17 weekly; £ 263 everything; money-making concern; yard.— Duke, Vainer, Bristol. 57324 COMMANDING Corner Market Inn, taking c JE140 monthly: sub-letting clears rent; stabling; several clubs held; £575 cash oily required.-Duke, Bristol. 57324 DELIGHTFULLY Situate Country Full; D licensed Inn, with garden, orcharding; trade approaches £ 80 monthly; £ 300; leasg; splendid inventory.—Duke, Bristol. 57324 £ 60 Cash.—Fully-licensed Inn, near shipping; x goot dwelling-house; wonderful oppor- tunity. Another, £ 40; splendidly-fitted concern. -Duke, Valuer, Bristol. 57324 RARE Opportunity.—TO Let, a Full-licensed Public-house in One of Suburbs of Swan- sea main thoroughfare; thickly populated; doing a splendid remunerative trade; imme- diate possession.—Appty- C. LI. Watkins and Co., Hotel Brokers, Swansea. 57311 FOR Sale, Free, a Full-licensed Hotel in New- port; doing large proof trade; immediate possession; part purchase may remain on mortgage.—Particulars Young, Auctioneer, Newport. 2414z21 THE Lease of Beerhouse (Five Years); JE15 L weekly, proof; rent £ 32; genuine.—Younjj, Newport. 2414z21 ROADSIDE Inn; famous trade doing; ingoing R £ 80; last tenant 24 years; fifteen other housf.s; call.—Hillman, Auctioneer, Bridge- street, Newport. 2409zl7 TO Let, the Bull Inn, Caerleon.—Apply on the Premises, or to Searle and Herring, near Bridge. Newport. Mon. 2356z20 PUBLIC House to Let.—Apply Wm. Hancock and Co. (Limited), Anchor Brewery, New- port. 57253 CARDIFF.—Fully-licensed House, in Central Position; doing excellent trade; fourteen years' lease; cash about £ 750.—Powell and Co., Borough-chambers, Cardiff. 2274zl8 NEAR Cardiff.— Fully-licensed Country House; N capital position. main road; good lease at low rental.—Powell and Co., Borough-cham- bers, Cardiff. 2274zl8 SPIRIT Vaults; busiest thoroughfare Bristol; bound draught beers only; profitable SPIRIT Vaults; busiest thoroughfare Bristol; k-7 bound draught beers only; profitable trade. X30 weekly: last tenant made fortune; guaranteed genuine; ingoing Y,750 down.— Apply Tebbs, Valuer, City-road, Bristol. z22 MISCELLANEOUS SITUATIONS VACANT. A DVERTISERS are Cautioned that Postr A masters are Not Allowed to Deliver Letters Addressed to Initials cr Fictitious Names at any Post-office. Letters addressed to Initials or Fic- titious Names must bear the address of the Advertiser or one of the Offices of the Western Mail. WANTED immediately, Non-Union Iron Moulders; top wages paid for first-class men —Only good men need apply to Stothert and Pitt (Limited), Bath. e6609 WANTED, a young and active Man as Store- keeper in Ship-repairing Works: must have had previous experience in same position. Also a good Man as Donkeyman; one used to tugboat preferred.—Apply, with copies of testi- monials cnly, to L 35, Western Mail, Cardiff. 57334 WANTED, for Estate Work, a Sawyer; one that can do rough carpentering.—Apply, first instance, by letter, giving testimonials, reference. Ac., to W. M., Post-office, Llanarth, near Raglan, Mon. 2335z20 WANTED, an energetic Working Foreman Moulder Where Four or Five Others are Kept.—State experience and wages to L 29, Western Mail. Cardiff. 57314 BAKERS.—Wanted, good Bread Baker, with B a Knowledge of Smalls.—Apply, with parti- culars, at once, S. J. Mules, Castie-street, Swan- se-t. 2403z21 GROCERS' Warehousemen. — Smart, active Men Wanted, in the Cake-packing Depart- ment.—Apply D. Jones, Dickinson, and Co. (Limited), Dowlais. 2383zl7 ~Y\f-ANTED, an Improver, Shoeing and Jobbing It Smith, for Country Work.—Apply A. Wil- liams. Smith, LIangibby. near Newport, Mon. zl7 WANTED, a Cupola Man and Dresser.— Apply Pengam Foundry, Pengam. 57313 ELECTRICAL Engineering.-Messrs. Sydney E F. Walker and Co. Have a Vacancy for One Articled Pupil.-For terms apply Cardiff Electrical Works, Severn-road, Cardiff. 2325z20 WANTED, a Colliery Mechanic, to Take < V Charge of Steam and Electric Machinery. -Apply Hedley's Collieries, Neath. 2235zl7 WANTED, for Manchester District, good Non- Society Pattern Makers, Fitters, Turners, Machinemen. and Blacksmiths; to good men constant work and good wages.Address, stating references and further particulars, to B 75, Wos- tern Mail. Cardiff. 55335 (GARDENER Wanted, Willing to be Generally X Useful- state wages, with and without house. &c.: no application considered without fullest pnrticulars of experience, Ac.—L 33, Western Mail, Cardiff. 2479z23 WANTED, Groom-Gardener; must tho- roughly understand flowers and kitchen garden, and care of good horse.—State age, qualification, and wages, L 15, Western Mail, Cardiff. 2347z20 MISCELLANEOUS SITUATIONS WANTED. YOUTH Seeks Situation; Pony and Garden preferred; good reference aged 17. —Apply J. Brian, llesolven Vicarage, Neath. 2453zl8 GARDENER.; single-handed: be generally useful; used to glass: three years in pre- sent situation; ten years previous; single- handed; can milk; married; good references — W. James, Heath-gardens, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 2422zl7 SITUATION Wanted by"Young Man"as Groom" °r to Look After Horse and Trap, in Gen tleman s service: excellent, character—Address L 1.3. Western Mail. Cardiff. 2341z2u \/f/ ORKING Bailiff Wants Re-engagement t After Christmas, through gentleman giv- ing up fanning; experienced: wife dairv and poultry; good reference.—A., Dantwyn, Pontar- dulais: 23Q2zl8 YOUNG Man (21) 8eeliS";<t Situation as Groom- -t- abstainer; from Devon.—Address L 12 Western Mail Office, Cardiff. 234Oz20 WANTED, by respecable Mnrried Man7 Situa- WANTED, by respecable Mnrried Man7 Situa- TT tion as Crardener; experienced in all branches.—Address Gardener, Maeavcoed Pent pridd.. 2220zl7 'yUAMLD, situation as Groom-Coacbman ■ T married, no encumbrance; ride and drivf single or pair; two years' good reference from last place.-Apply Coachman, 17, Alexandra- street, Neath. 1850zl7 •
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Penarth. z22 HOUSE Parlourmaid Wanted; aged about 20. *-J- —Write, stating age, religious denomina- tion, and where last in service, to Mrs. De Ferry, Kilymaenllwyd, near Llanelly, Carmar- thenshire. 2443zl8 WANTED, General Servant, Able to Do Good Plain Cooking, for a small family; housemaid kept; comfortable home for suit- able girl.—30, Richmond-road, Cardiff. 2434z22 \ATANTED, Cook-General; able to do plain t T cooking; housemaid kept; good refe- rences required.—Apply Miss Thomas, 223. New- port-road. Cardiff. 2431z21 HOUSEMAID; family three;: £ 20; parlour- maid and boy kept. Also Plain Cook; early dinners; £ 25; young kitchenmaid kept.- 71, Park-street, Bristol. 2421z21 ANTED, General Servant; housemaid r v kept; references required.—Apply Mrs. Cordey. The Grange, Stow Park, Newport. z21 WANTED, a clean, steady General as Plain Cook; aged about 25; good character; kitchenmaid kept.-The Matron, High School, Carmarthen. 2417zl7 'jANTED,• a General Servant; good wages given.—Dumfries House, 32, Caroline- street, Cardiff. 2388zl7 ANTED, January 13th, Useful Maid; good T Y plain needlewoman; lamps; assist house- work; thoroughly good character.—Mrs. Jones, Penyroch, Llandovery 2389z21 WANTED, a goo.; General Servant: able to f T do plain cool.lng: must have good refe- rences.-Apply Davies, Chemist, Rhymney. z21 do plain cool.lng: must have good refe- rences^—Apply Davies, Chemist, Rhymney. z21 TAT ANTED, good General Servant. 20 to 25, l v Able vo Do Plain Cooking.—Beer. High Mead, near Abergavenny. 2394z21 WANTED, in January next, trustworthy ft General Servant, to Assist in Bar; refe- rences required.—A-iply to A. Delafield.. Mon- mouthshire House, Abergavenny. 2379z'51 WANTED, Nurse Attendant for Private Asy- lum £ 1G, rising £ 2 per annum to £ 24; sunerior engagement.—71, Park-street. Bris- tol. 2364z2_0 WANTED, by Welsh family in London, com- petent General, with Knowledge of Plain Cooking; good references indispensable.—Apply, stating wages, Mrs. J., 85, Niglitingale-lane, Wandsworth Common, London. S.W. 2332z20 GOOD Cook Wanted; £ 28; family four ladies, good situation. Kitchenmaid, £14 (General would do).—92, St. Miehael's-hill. Bristol. z20 WANTED, after Christmas, experienced Ilcuse-Parlourmaid to go to Ireland w'th a Lady: small family; good wages; agad 25 to 30—Apply, by letter, Mrs. Baldock, Cmty Mawr, Talybont-on-Usk, Breconshire. 572M WANTED, a Nurse for One Baby of Five Months; must have good references from similar situations.—Apply to Mrs. Gunson. 20, Church-street. Merthyr Tydvil. 2303zl8 ~T ANTED, good Cook-General; baking and I dairy essential: to live in country wages £ 25 per annum.—Apply Croesonan, Llangibby, Mon. 2253zl7 ANTED. Useful Maid. Gentleman's Small Tt Family; good wages: must understand dressmaking. Also Sewing-maid: X18 to £ 20: .11') drossimking.—71. Park-street. Bristol. 2243zl7 WANTED, a good General Servant; used t children.—Mrs. Eowles, 49, Grange-ear- dens, Grangetown, Cardiff. 2213zl7 WANTED, an experienced General Servant, Able to Do Plain Cooking.—Apply Mrs. Herne, Suffolk House, Llandaff-road. Car- diff- ?2 -6z17 WANTED. Early January, a good Cook- »» General; aged from 25 to 35; two in family: nurse kept: must have good personal 1 character from last place; two mile, from town: good wages to competent person.- Renly U 10, Western Mail Office, Swansea. 2235zl7 Ii NURSEMAIDS AND SERVANTS WANT PLACES. LADIES Suited with All Classes of Servants; iJ Situations Secured for Servants. Fee, ls.- Miss AValters, 30, Page-street, Swansea. z25 COOKS, Housemaids. Parlourmaids Kitchen- maids. Generals always Disengaged. Ladies suited daily.—Mrs. Stuart, Queen-street Registry. 2, Frederick-street (near corner Queen- street), Cardiff. 2482z23 GOOD General Disengaged; aged 22; two years' very good character; can cook well; good class servant.-Maggie, 92. St. Michael's-hill. Bristol. 2474z22 rpHOIlO'l"GHLY Good Plain Cook Disengaged A Early in January; one year and six months' good character; clergyman's family. —F. A., Brooklyn-chambers, Bristol. 2420z21 A3 General; plain cooking, wash, iron; strong and healthy; three years' refe- rence; £12; country servant.-9, Radnor-road, Canton, Cardiff. 2282z18 WANTED, a Situation as Cook in Gentle- man's Family; country preferred; kitchenmaid kept.-Address to U 9, Western Mail Office, Swansea. 2234zl7 WANTED immediately. Situation Barmaid: used quick counter trade; could assist house duties; good references.—A., Commerce House. Saint Helen's-road. Abergavenny. j21 WANTED, by Young Lady. Re-engagement f f as Barmaid; thoroughly experienced; good references.—P., 24, Alexandra-road, Can- ton Cardiff. 2342z20 BARMAID Disengar-ed; aged 23: experienced; B good references.—Address L 2, Western Mail. CaTdiff. 2293z18 PREMISES. CONVENIENTLY Arranged 7-roomed Villa, situated North-road, Maindy, Cardiff; bay window, bath, lavatory, w.c., gas, blinds; plea- santly and healtlkly located; frequent 'busses passing; low rental.—Inquire 128, Albanv-road. 2506z23 CATHEDRAL Road.—To Let, convenient C House; three reception, seven bed rooms. bathroom, usual oflices, &-c.; rent only £ 50.— Apply Hern and Pertwee, 94, St. Mary-street, Cardiff. 2492z23 CT Pierre Estate. Monmouthshire.—To Let, O an Eight-roomed House, with stable, necessary outbuildings, orchard and garden; situated within j-mile of Portskewett Station.— For particulars apply John Williams, St. Pierre Farm. Chepstow. 57327 "L'UIINISHED House to Let at Chepstow; ten A minutes from station; beautifully situated; terms very moderate.—Mrs. Worsley, Upper Hardwicke, Chepstow. 2486x24 TO Let. 45, Claude-road, Cardiff; immediate possession: rent moderate—Apply New- man. Dynas Powis. 2478z23 n">0 Let. Treoda Villa, Whitchurch; nine A rooms; batli ihot and cold): large con- servatory garden.—Apply The Elms. Whit- church. 2476z23 •7Q Park-street (opposite new Post-office)?— id i Commodious House; low rent.—Evans and lluglies, Estate Agents, Wharton-street. Car- diff. 2462z22 X^RESHLY Papered and Painted, 160, New- A port-road. Also Smaller Residence near. Both large rooms; sanitary.—Apply 168, New- port-road, Cardiff. 2440z22 et, The Lawns, Usk. a charming Resi- X dence on the banks of the river; good stabling and coach-house.—Particulars Young. Estate Agent, Newport. 2414z21 OEHOE'I'AN, Clive-place, Penartli.-Seven Lt Bedrooms; modern improvements; good view of the sea.-Apply 101, Cathedral-road, Cardiff. 2375z2t BANGOR Street; six rooms, bath-room (hot B and cold water). Neville-street; nine rooms, bath-room (hot and cold water). Hamil- ton-street; seven rooms, bath-room (hot and cold waters—Apply 7, Hord-gardens. Car- diff. 2349zl9 fPO be Let or Sold, 79, Stacey-road, Cardiff7 A ten-roomed house: rent £ 40 per annum.— Apply Se-ssions (Limited), Cardiff. 2319z20 rpo Let, 2 and 3, Dudley-place, Bute Docks? A at 12s. 6d. per week inclusive.—Apply Gott- walb, Bowrihg, and Perry, 11, High-street, Cardiff. 2270zl8 BUSINESS ADDRESSES. THE WEST END TAILORS or DUKE-STREET AND THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. All Orders Entrusted to Us Up To and Including the 21st inst. Will Be Executed by the 24th December, GUARANTEEING FIT AND FINISH TO PERFECTION TOOTHEZIA99 REGISTERED. FOR TOOTHACHE. e64titi AMERICAN DENTISTRY. 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NINE SWORDS OF MORALES. BY GEORGE HOMEKMKYKK. SPECIALLY SET FOR THE EVENING EXPRESS. (CONTINUED FROM YESTERDAY.) "Ab, Senor Gonzales, at last- A late guest, but wlfat news doerj he hrino; of the greater laggard?" "Where is Donna Panelui?" whispered Gon- zales, stooping over old I;ivas, where the latter sat at the upper end of the hirbe apartment. "In her roo.n with her nutide is She will bo here presently." "But cannot I speak to her there for a moment first?" "ISarety; you know the house. Rap at her door and one of the girls will come. Then you can send her word." Gcnzales hurried ofl, and Ri.as gazed after him curiously. But the old ranehero was to,) easy-going, and also entirely too completely under the dominion of his daughter, to worry his indolent brain much over the actions of those whom that daughter chose to treat as close friends. "Perhaps he brings a message, thought the c-ld man,and so dismissed the subject. Meanwhile Gonzales hurried on, and a moment later had followed the advice given him, and sent in a message to the young mistress of the casa. tie waited nofV-ng for an answer, for. e, en before he had expected it, a hand was laid upon his arm, a pair of dark tyes were gazing into his, and a voice, musical, if a little high- pitched. uttered the single word: "Wei! ?" Pa'tcha Rivaa was a. very lovely girl* albeit there was a flickering, fickle light in her dark eyes, which, to one who looked beneath the surface, might have somewhat marred the per- fection of he" beauty. Gonzales' own eyes lit up with passionate longing as he saw again the fair face whose influence upon him, alas; had thus f:ir not been I for good, but he paused not to g:17,e, dear to his scul as was the sight before him. "He is coming." he uttered hoarsely. I "Coming Manuel?" said the girl, speaking in a half whisper, her eyes lighting strangely. "Yes, Manuol. He will be here before mid- night." A strange, tremulous ripple of laughter I esc aped the red lips of the girl, though it seemed that she shuddered in her merriment. I "Before midnight!" she echoed. "Why, then he will keep the tryst I made for him." "And you?" "I. senor? Why. if Manuel, after all, is true, you would not have me faithless?" Again she laughed, and to the man who stood beside her. with his dark faco drawn and rigid, he,- i.iirtli vas maddening. "And I-I am nothing?" he murmured, half under his breath. Pancha shrugged her shoulders. Suddenly Gonzales tlungs himself upon his knees, and words, tremulous and imploring, poured from his lips. There was no hypocrisy in either speech or action. He had eomc into this I iirl's presence with a. black lie a'r^idv framM to tell that he might thereby move her to his will. But now it seemed that something -no ordinary s(ru})le-;mpelled him to strive to triumph without this last crowning act of ti eaehery. "i'iinclia, I'ancha!" he said, passionately. "It is all trne. He is coming. He will be here. Rut must I loss all- -I, who love you so madly; I. whem you have taught to beli ive you preferred to him who held your childish promis?? Did you not tell me that he would not coitie? Did you not tell me you had sent your message late that you might win tho freadem I believed you wished only that you might give yourself to me? Oh, Pam-lia, Pancha, love of my Are you, indeed, as fickle as the wind? In days past men have said so, Panchitu, and I —I have forced them to retract even while I prayed in my s< ul that there m.ight be something of truth in their wcids—just enough, Panoha, to cause you to turn from M iiiuel to me! Oh, mi que- r;da! tell me that I did not win only to lose again. What if he comes, indeed, now so lat.e? Laggard he is to claim a bride at the eleventh hour. Is not your heart mine, Pancha? Givj me your hand, then, while there is time. The l-rlest is here. He would do the bicl ling of your father, and your father lives only to gratify m pry wish, every whim of vours. Pancha, Panchita, my heart, my very life is in your bands. If you lrwc no thought for yourself be mHciful to me!" The words came forth in a torrent, pitiful, imploring, but the very spirit of perversenoss and coquetry had seemingly entered the girl. Surely she could not otherwise have turned from the kneeling pleader, i-iying, so coldly: "I think yon have had your chance, Senor Gonzales. I am sorry for you, of course, but I eaimot but Relievo that wers I a maui and in your place I could have seen to it that my rival did not kesp his tryst." "Dies!" exclaimed Gonzales, starting to his feet. shocked both at the suggestion itself, as coming from her, and at the consciousness of tho vain treachery with whi-h he had antici- pated it. "You do no mean that I should have "I do not mean that you should have done anything," she said, speaking with yet great coldness. "Rut I think that 1. in your place, might have managed to detain him. and that, too, without harm to either. You, senor, seem to have lacked the mind to plan sueh a :-stntagem- or was it the courage to carry it out that was wanting?" Gonzales' pale cheeks flushed red at the cruel words, and when he spoke again all the passion v-ords. and when he spoke again all the passion and pleading seemed to have gone out of his voice. "Spare me yonr taunts, senorita." lie said, coldly. "I would have spared you—but now I have that to say which it will not please you to hear.* She turned upon him with a swift suspicion. "Speak!" she said imperiously. "What is it that you mean?" "I mean that Don Manuel de Guer) a is indeed on his way hither, and he will be here before midnight. But -he is not coming alone." "Who is with hill'?" "The brothers Morales "The Nine Swords," exclaimed Pancha, smil- ing again. "They will be brave guests at a wedding." "You Interrupted me," said Gonzales, hoarsely. "Someone else accompanies Senor de Guerra and his friends. Someone else—a woman or A.h!" said Pancha, a fiery light flashing in her eyes, "Dolores Morales!" "you have said it, Donna Panuha-' renlied Gcnzales. "That was her name—a month ago." Pancha's cheeks grew livid. "Go cn," she whispered "Now she is the Sencra Manue! de Guerra." For one moment Pancha did not speak, stand- ing pule and motionless, with dilated eyes fixed upon Gonzates. "Married?" she murmured at last. "The stories were true, then? And he brings her here -here, to me! It is thus he answers my SUPl mons. And I, I am to be shamed before my people and my guests! Oil, how has he dared to put this affront upon me? I—poor, feeble wretch that I am '—I am but a woman. only a woman! Yet how dared he? Does he dream that my father and my kinsmen will pass this by? Ah, no. no! He cannot think it Good cause, indeed, to bring the Nine Swords! But. oh. Manuel. Manuel, who would have dreamed that you could do this thing!" "Senorita!" said Gonzales, as if eager to break in upon her passionate speech, "I would have spared you this humiliation. I could not bear to ted you what I knek, but I wo.'ild have made the triumph yours and the mockery and confusion his. But you would not listen She turned to him swiftlv and clasped his arm tightly vith her trembling hands, then pushed him fiercely from her. "Go!" she said. "Bring my father here." The tapers burned before the improvised altar, the incense from the swinging cense*- perfumed the air Bride and bridegroom knelt in their places, she with face pale and rigid, he with eyes that ever sought the floor and with hands which trembled with every breath he dre'.v. There were locks of doubt and uneasiness, too, upon the faces of the guests, for this seamed a strange and, to many, an ill-omened wedding. There had been no explanation of Gonzales' appearance as the bridegroom—only a brief, alm .st stern j statement from old Don Pedro that his '< guests had been entirely wrong in believing that Manuel de Guerra had been ex- pec-ted as anything but a guest. But there was a dark look upon Rivas's face as he made this statement, and now, as he witnessed the rites that were making his child a wife, the gloom of his countenance did not lighten. It was over at last, the last prayer said, the blessing pronounced, and, as bride and groom and the kneeling guests arose and found oppor- tunity to glance about them, the massive clock which old Don Pedro had at infinite pains and excessive expense imported from Mexico in the first year of his settlement in California, struck the last hour of the night. But the strokes had not begun when the attention of all was attracted simultaneously, as it seemed, to a group of men standing just within the door- way, through which they had entered silently and unnoticed during the concluding cere- monies. The strangers stood somewhat in shadow, and there was something in their grim silence which irritated Rivas out of his usual habit of un- questicning and indiscriminate hospitalty. It was with something of suspicion that he spoke, suddenly and sharply: — "Who are you, senors, and what do you wish of me?" It was Carlos Morales who stepped forward and made answer. "We wish nothing of you, senor, well or ill. We are the Morales, and we were not bidden to your wedding feast, but we have one with us who was." Then the group opened, and four of the brothers came forward holding the corners of a large serape upon which lay, as in a hammock, what seemed the body of a dead man. Onward they walked, Carlos leading the way, and the startled guests moving backward as they advanced toward the altar place. -There, at the feet of the white-faced bride and her trembling husband, they laid down their silent burden. Francisco Ilerrera, who walked with the group, knelt beside the motionless form of his friend, with the tears flowing down his cheeks, but the Nine Swords stood about them, dry-eyed and stern, and with hands that seemed prone to rest upon the hilts of the weapons that they would not willingly draw in the presence of women and a priest of God. To Carlos they still left the office of spokesman. I would grieve to frighten so new a bride, senora," he said, fixing his eyes pitilessly upon the white face before him, so I hasten to tell you that I believe our friend here is net dead. If the scul has. indeed. left his body, then, senora. you have the comfort of knowing that your will was his even to the last, for he died as a trite man should, striving to fulfil the behest of her who held his pledge of faith. He did fulfil it. lady, for we. his friends, can vouch that he was here before the clock struck twelve. Lh ing or dead, then, senora, Manuel de Guerra kept his faith, and if others have chosen to make that faith a folly, why, his is not the blame." Pancha. struggled with herself as if striving for strength to speak. Then her white lips moved. How was he hurt?" she whispered. "Ask that, senora, of him who stands beside you. Ask of him whose was the ambuscade, whose the treacherous attempt at murder." "You—you!" gasped Pancha, turning with fierce eyes to the ghastly-faced man at her side But the Nine Swords gave no heed to this, nor did Herrera. Silently the bearers lifted their burden again and moved towards ..ie door. —— Then it seemed that old Rivas awakened as fiom a dream: Leave him here," he said. He is my foster soq." But he stays not beneath the same root with that dog," said Carlos sternly. Gonzales started forward with a cry. "'Dog! he screamed. "1 will have your life yet for that word "Come not too speedily to seek it. Senor," sair Carlos. "I should be loth to make so fai'- a bride too early a widow." And the scorn in his eyes, as he turned them from one of the two pale faces to the other, seem to cut like a scourge. Then the group of friends passed out into the night. Now Pancha, turned again to her husband. "C(n)e with me." she said. He followed her to the room where he had scught her earlier in the night. There she stopped. Then it was all a lie?" she said. He could not meet her eyes, but she heard him n'urmur five words half under his breath: It was for you, Pancha." She sprang forward and struck him in the face with all her strength. and he staggered back against the wall, startled, outraged and wholly miserable. Then this strange girl laughed with a quick catching of the breath, and held out her hand to him—the hand that had struck him. "If I had had my dagger." ghe said, I know I should have stabbed you. But, as I did not, and since you are my husband, and I have lost forever the one true man in all the world for you, I think I will forgive you. Now, let us go back and cheer up that frightened set of wedding guests." Manuel lav that night under the hospitable roof of the C'arillos, but with the coming v of the next Jay his strength had so far returned that it was deemed safe to take him back to the Casa Morales. So. borne in a titter, and guarderl by the Nine Swords and his recovered friend Herrera. he made the journey, moving by easy stages and with many rests. It was even- ing when the journey's end was reached, and Manuel found himself once more within the v alls where he had but twenty-four hours before vcwed to sacrifice nis heart to honour and duty. They laid him upon a couch in the great living room, and then, somehow, it seemed as if everyone suddenly fled and left him to himself. But his loneliness was only for a moment, for a soft footfall sounded in the room, a swift step crossed the floor, and in the dusky half light some one knelt beside him—some one who lifted his weary head in soft, loving arms and pressed her warm lips to his cheek, whispering so softly and so tenderly: Manuel, Manuel! I sent you away. but you have come back to me! Oh, Manuel! I am so happy, so happy!" THE END.
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Mrs. Outertown: I understand that your husband has gone to Klondyke, Mrs. Littleville? Mrs. Littleville: No; he started for there day before yesterday, but fortunately lie got into a railway wreck before he had gone a hundred miles and had both arms broken and his head split open. They brought him back and he is in bed upstairs now with three doctors working on him. Rev. Dr. Primrose: You say if you had a good suit of clothes you would be able to make a living ? Weary RaggleS: Yes, sir. Den dey wudn't chase me away from de free lunch. Cobwigger I understand Terwilliger has a broken leg. Did you hear how it happened? Merritt: He bought a horse that was adver- tised to be so gentle that a woman or child could handle ik