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t- — BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS, AND IN MEMORIAM. Notices appearing under these headings are charged at the following rates:- If inserted in the "EVENING EXPRESS," "WES- TERN MAIL," and "WEEKLY MAIL," 3s. for 30 Words and Id. for each Additional Word. If inserted in the "EVENING EXPRESS" and "WEEKLY MAIL" only, Is. for 30 Words and Id. for every Two Extra Words. No notices rf this description will be inserted unless authenticated by the name and address of the sender. Telegrams or telephonic messages cannot be acted on until confirmaa in writing. BIRTHS MARRIAGES & DEATHS DEATH. HODGES.—July 9th, William Hodges, 23, Victoria- square, in his £2nd year. Funeral Monday, Three o'clock. STONE BROS.. FUNERAL FURNISHERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS. Personal Supervision to AU Orders, Bat. Tel.; Cardiff No. 704, Barry Dock No. i7. Telegrams: "Stone Bros., Cardiff," "Stone Bros., Barry Docks." f WORKING STREET, CARDIFF. O, and ^lOljHOLTON-BOADjjaABR^IJOCKSj^ PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. CARDIFF. rjTEEATEE JJOYAL, QARDIFF. Lessee and Manager.ROBERT REDFORD. CLOSED. RE-OPENING AUGUST 4th. al4192 GR A N D TH E A T It E Lessee and Manager EDWARD QUIGLEY. TO-NIGHT AT 7.30 .JJJAN'S JJJNEMY. NEXT WEEK: PRIEST OF THE TEMPLE." 1- 'Tit not in mortals to command success, but we'll do more-deset-ve it."—Addison. THE CARDIFF EMPIRE, QUEEN-STREET. fanagins Director OSWALD STOLL. TO-NIGHT. FRED KARNO'S New Musical and Panto-, inimical Extravaganza-THE I-) A N D y RP H IE YES. Scene 1—Gardens of Miffin'a Mansion on the Thames. vant- Scene 2—Exterior of Miffin's Emporium, bourne Grove. « Scene 5—Interior of the Emporium- VENIE CLEMENTS, Of the Winning Ways, in Song, and Dance. ADA CERITO, A Cheerful, Hearty, Brisk Comedienne. THE BROWN-KELLY COMPANY Of Laughable Sketch Players. E. W. SELMAN, Comic Singer. THE BOSANQUETS, Musical Comedy Artistes. NEWHOIISE AND WARD, From the London Hippodrome. Surprising Cyclists. FINE BIOSCOPE PICTURES OF THE QUEEN REVIEWING COLONIAL TROOPS. On the Horse Guards' Parade on Wedneadav last; and other up-to-date Subjects of Interest. Next Week: VESTA TILLEY. Bievelol Stored JFrec of Charge. Two Performances Nightly. Early one between 7 o'clock and 9; late one between 9 o'clock and 11. Box OSice Open Daily (zrit-b exemption of Saturdays) 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m. Saturdays 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Plan of Grand Circle. No booking fees. NEWPORT. J^EWPOR T JJJ M P I R E CHARLES-STREET. Managrins Director OSWALD STOLL TO-NIGHT. The Bright and Popular LIL HAWTHORNE. "Ventriloquial NOBEL. JESSICA GRACE. JOH O'GORMAN. MARZELLA and Her Wonderful Birds. JAS. HOWARD and FANNY ST. CLAIR. in a Comedy Sketch entitled "Walter Wel- lington's visit." PHILLIPI BROS. MAXFORD and O'NEIL. SERVAIS LE ROY. PUBLIC NOTICE. CARDIFF AND COUNTY HORTI- ) CULTURAL SOCIETY. ANNUAL SHOW JULY 23rd and 24th. GRAND PRIZES FOR GROUPS. PLANTS, OUT FLOWERS, FRUIT, AND VEGETABLES. Challenge Trophy, value Twenty five Guineas, and Cash Prizes for Societies Affiliated with the above Society. Art Section, Painting and Photogrraphy. Classes for Honey, Appliances, and Manipula- tions with Live Bses. For Schedules, &c.. apply AAiar GILLETT, Secretary. a1418o 66, Woodville-road, Cardiff. C R 0 S S B ROT HER S, IMPORT EXPORT MERCHANTS, SHIPPING & DISTRICT AGENTS FOR NOBEL'S EXPLOSIVES COMPANY (LIMITED). 21, 22, and 23, WORKING-STREET, CARDIFF. BEST GALVANISED CORRUGATED SHEETS. 5ft. Is. <td. 8ft. 2s. 2d. per sheet. 6ft. Is. 8d. 9ft. 2s. 6Jd. „ „ 7ft. III, Hd. 10ft. 3s. 03. „ „ BEST QUALITY ROOFING AND OTHER FELTS. 3s. 3s. 9d. 5s. 9d. per roll of 25 yards. GALVANISED WIRE NETTING, IN 50-YARD ROLLS. 3in. x 2ft. 2s. lid. 2in. x 2ft. 3s. 6d. 3in. x ift 4s. 4d. 2in. x 3ft. 5s. 3d. Sin. x 4ft. 5s. 8d. 2in. x 4ft. 7s. Od. el0173 9 NOTICE OF IMPORTANCE. THE SECOND SALE Of GENERAL DRAPERY during 11 years' Trading in Cardiff is now in full swing at STOATE KNIGHT AND GO'S, 36. QUEEN-STREET. THE WINDOWS WILL INTEREST YOU. Please remember four worde, EVERY ARTICLE GENUINELY REDUCED. el0215 :=- BUSINESS ADDRESSES^ ACROSS BEOS- o THE CAKDIM,IR,?RToTBEBI. 3 AND GT. JYJARY FA ■ COMPETITION PARCEL i 36 ARTICLES J_5[. P0ST rA 6 1 4% NRSSERT FORKS TABLE KNIVES H £ { £ SEK'I' W*OONS BKSSERT .KMVES R-6 TEA SPoONS 'I'ABLB FOKKB I U IN «■ ca 4 of each for 10a. Or 3 of each for 7«. 6(1. ^p^oVED OF. MONEY RETURNED IF elQ08 B BECHAMPSU LS r ,f,rc A VD NEB70US DISORDERS, CUBE BILIOUS TJEADACHK, CONSTIPAT O/, BIC|PSIAI Infa^Sl'jlA^Hg^P3 STBTHAIRT p I L L S KJEM0JE S^UGGI'SH ^INT0^1^eLIVERSACH' ABOUSE SI/OB ASSIMILATION of FOOD, the STORACIL. F, F, CA M' S PILLS MAKE rou LOOK WELL, FEEL WELL, and WELL. KEMOVB^r^I'ES and BLOTCHES 0. tag r fv^tlie foundation of GOOD HEALTH. SUITABLE for OLD and YOUNG. _d' B E E C li A M S p I L L S PURIFY the BLOOD and REMOVE SCURVY. ARE MILD, but EFFECTIVE, In their action. REMOVS the result of OVER-INDULGENCE. CUBE RESTLESSliESS and INSOMNIA. -B E E C H A M' S pILLS Are SPECIALLY SUITABLE for the DISEASES and AILMENTS COMMON t. FEMALES. IMPROVE the COMPLEXION". REGULATE the SYSTEM. BEKCHAM'S PIi^LS have stood the test of over SO years without tha publication of testimonials, at thsy RECOMMEND THEMSELVES. BEECHAM'S PILLS eS456 SPECTACLES. 15, Mansiield-street, Portland-place, W. My Dear Sir,- | Your GLASSES have been a great comfort to me, especially with regard to the tint. Those Mrs. Lennox Browne is now using afford her more comfort than any other she has employed. Yours faithfully, LENNOX BROWNE. Mr. J. Morse. Birmingham. Dear Sir.- « Ilia Lenses have given me the greatest comfort. Yours truly, LAWSON TAIT. FROM SIR SOMERS VIXE. ¡ê,a FRANCIS KNOLLYS mentioned the matter to Dr. Critchett, who fully concurred in recommending Sir Francis to obtain your GLASSES. FROM SIR WILLIAM GULL (Lato Physician Extraordinary to the Queen). I have usui Mr. MORSE'S SPECTACLES, Concjye and Convex Lenses, ani lind the a'dVautage. The above testimonials are from the most celebrated London Specialists. FROM LORD WOLSELEY. The Spectacles are now used exclusively. Mr. MORSE, of London, may be Consulted DAILY. 8, QUEEN STREET, £ JARDIFF. el0209 EYESIGHT TESTING ROOMS. PARK-PLACE, CARDIFF (Opposite Park Hotel Entrance). ^Ist™ [B0NNER M0HGAN' ATr'BTLm F.8.M.C. (Lond.). QUALf/^P OPHTHALMIC OPTICIAN. OPTICIANS Will be Glad to Advise, WITH- ONLY. OUT CHARGE, in all Matters Relating to Defective Eyesight Hours: < and the Wearing of Spectacles. 9.30 to 7. elOOS SUNSEARAIN SERGE (Regd.) SUNSEARAIN SERGE (Reg d.) SUNSEARAIN SERGE (Regd. Warranted to stand the SUN, SEA. OR RAIN. SUlT TO MEASURE, 558 SOLE AGENTS: STEWART & STEWART THE CASH TAILORS, 27 9 CASTLE ARCADE, CARDIFF. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. EB?S» JJOLL TOP DES K S. NEW STOCK NOW ON VIEW IN LARGE SHOW-ROOM. INSPECTION INVITED. STATIONERY DEPARTMENT (GROUND FLOOR), WESTERN 1VIAIL, L IMITED, 0 A R D I F F. rpUDOR pRINTING ^'ORKS, CARDIFF. — THE LARGEST AND BEST EQUIPPED PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT IN WALES. ALL CLASSES OF pRINTING, LETTERPRESS, T ITIIOGRAPHIC, PINE APT, rjpWO-COLOUR, GOOD WORKMANSHIP GUARANTEED. MODERATE PRICES. COMMERCIAL, COMPANY, AND LEGAL PRINTING RECEIVES SPECIAL ATTENTION. SIZE OF ORDER IMMATERIAL. Prices and Particulars can be Obtained from the Chief Office. "Y^ESTERN MAIL J^IMITED, CARDIFF. •1642 Published 7.30 p.m. Printed on White Paper PREPAID SCALE. Small Prepaid Advertisements are inserted in the "EVENING EXPRESS" at the following iates:- ONCE. TH,ll!E SIX TIMES. | TIM ICS. S. D. S. D. S: D. 12 words or lessi 0 3 I 0 6 0 9 13 to 19 words.j 0 5 0 10 1 3 20 to 26 words. 0 7 1 2 19 Each extra 7 n 9 n a n Each7 words 0 <s 0 4 0 6 COMBINED SCALR for Small Prepaid Adver- tisements in the WESTEKJS; MAIL" *nd EVKNING EXPRESS WORDS. ONCK TIntK|r" SIX • Tntrcs. TIMFS. j 10 S I). S. D. s. r>, 12 or lass 0 8 1 4 2 0 to 19 i 2 0 3 0 20 to 26 i 4 2 8 4 0 Each extra 7 « words 0 4 0 8 10 In all casei the name and address are counted as part of the advertirernant. MEDICAL. CHEMISTS' Assistants.—Junior; honest, steadv; abstainer preferred; home comforts.—Evans, Bryn- mavWl Y11 CIOUTH Wales Medical Agency, R3, Orenvlile-terrace, sfmrtP-t « f~ I'enens and Assistants available at de°ts cn'hJrTtic? anrl Partnerships negotiated; ae.us co,l<xi.e<], and medical accountancy undertakpn — ielegrams: ""{edicus, Cardiff." cm*li WA5rp. r«'Pectable, middTe-a^'d_~N^rse~foT^fn- V gentleman; pome experience necessarv domestic dutiea; good needlewoman; abstainer preferred.—Address, 3, Romilly-road, Barry. el047n!5 SCHOLASTIC. EXPERtKXf'KD daily Governess wanted after August ——Oakfield-strcet, Roath. el028nl4 DOMESTIC SERVANTS. ClOOK General, immediately .—Apply Mrs! Fiddian", i The Walk. Cardiff e!066n!4 COOK-General and House-Farlourmaid wanted for small family of 3.-Apply Airs. J. H. Stone, Holms- wood, Clytha Park, Newport. el016nl4 HOUSEMAID in iarmnouse wanted; young girl; -Housekeeper, Pentrebane, St. Fagan's, Cardiff. el012n!4 HOUSEMAID Waitress wanted for high-class boarding-liouse.—Apply The Berkeley, Llandrindod «ils. e975nll h eUs. e975nll NURSE.—Wanted, a thoroughly competent Nurse for 1 two small children; a permanent place in com- fortable home; seaside until end of August; wages £30. -Apply, euclos-ing photograph, to R 84, Evening el035nll WANTED shortly, good plain Cook under thirty; also young House-maid; lady going Ireland for winter months; return May; small family; good wages. -Mrs. Phimstead, Southerndown, Glamorgan. e932nl2 ANTED I)y 1, Cook-General; also WANTED by August 1, Cook-General; also House- maid; good references required.—Address, Ely Vicarage, Cardiff. el013al4 ANTED, respectable Person, about 35 years; general housework; widower; no small child- reu; good wages; comfortable home.—Bees, Exchange, Abergwynfl. el046nl5 WANTED, Cook-General, or one who haw been kitchenmaid; housemaid kept.—Mrs. Jones, 19, Westboume-crescent, WANTED, superior general; plain cook; family 2. Weardale, ANTED^^eneraFServanTf about 20.^Apply" 109, tardifl— taoasais, WANTED Ioamedintely, good General; good home; references required.—10, Beauchamp-street, Car- diff. entail WANTED, Little Girl to take babYOut.-31, The f f Parade, Cardiff. WANTED for the country, good Plain Cook; aged about 35; able to manage small dairy; help given in afternoon.—Apply, by first instance, K 18, Evening Express, Cardiff. W "ANTED, Laundry-maid for country house.- Apply Mrs. Bowen, Glynhew, Boncath R.S.O., Pembrokeshire. el058nl6 WANTJESD, for Penarth, a good plain Cook, or one who has been kitchenmaid; good wages.—Apply, with particulars, Mrs. H. Cousins, Glynne Cottage, Pcrthcawl. el054nl6 WANTED, for country, a young Person, not under 20, to help in housework mornings; kitchen work afternoons;; 3 other maids kept.—Apply, by first instance >S 16, Evening Express, Cardiff. el0223 WANTED immediately, young General; small fam'ly; good references.—Manchester House, Whitchurch. e!05ocl6 ANTED! General, also Nursemaid; references W required.—Mrs. Chorley, Clare-road. el057nl6 ANTED, good General; over 20; references W required.—Apply, after six, Mrs. Hepworth, 25, Windsor-place, Cardiff. e1048nll WJANTED, immediately, a Mother's Help: good f V references,—Apply Mrs. Williams, Victoria Hotel, Barry Dock..e10224" ANTED, experienced General; do plain cooking; referenoes indispensable; family two.—Apply between 6 and 8, 140, Newport-road, Cardiff. el022nl4 HOTEL SERVANTS. BARMAID, experienced, wanted; also assistant Bar- B maid, immediately; references required.—Mrs. Turner, Royal Hotel, DAVIES'S Emigration and Employment Offices, 48, Charles-street, Cardiff (the oldest and largest in Wales), require Blale and Female Servants for town, country, seaside, and abroad, viz., Chefs, Waiters, Bar. men, Boots, Porters, Butlers, Footmen, Coachmen, Grooms, Gardeners. Also Housekeepers, Managere?ses, Barmaids, Chambermaids, Housemaids, Governesses, Companions, Parlourmaids, Nurses, Cooks, Ladies' Maid, Shop Hands, Sewing-maids. Vacancies London Bristol, Ilfracombe, Weston, Tenby, Llandrindod. Rail fares paid. e9899 WANTED, under Barmaid for vaults; must be quick "f at counter and smart appearance.-Apply Marine Hotel, Barry Island. et0228 WANTED, good Ocllarman; smart and thoroughly imtferstand collarwork; f ako full charge of cellar; must be willing and obliging.—Apply, with full particulars, Marine Hotel, Barry Island. el0225 MISCELLANEOUS SITUATIONS. ARTICLED Pupil wanted bv good firm auctioneers and accountants in Cardiff; moderate, premium required.—Write, Po. 70, Evening Express, Cardiff. BOOT Trade.—Wanted, steady good all-round man; well up in repairs; constant employment and good wages to reliable sober man.-Apply Davies, 2; Bargoed-tcrrace, Treharris. el003nl2 CLERK wanted, aged 20-21; energetic and capable: must have good references and some experience in office work; book-keeping, etc.-Apply Fieldings, Ltd., Hayes, Cardiff. e9811112 DRAPERY.—Wanted, smart young Man.—Glass and Roberts, General Drapers, Milliners, Neath. e973nll EAST Indian Railway Loco Department.—Required for India, three Loco Fitters; three Boilermakers; (loco or loco signal and light plater's work); two genuine Millwrights; one loco Turner and Machinist; one brass Finisher, used to Injector and vacuum brake-work. Four years agreement. First-class men of thorough experience only.—Apply by letter, to H. Pierce, Culross, Bassaleg-road, Newport, Mon. elO?17 ) ."UTTERS, Turners, Porters.—Non-Society men accusrumed to Loco work; also railwaymen of all grades wanted.—1, Mill-lane, Cardiff. ('933n12 ("^ ENTLEMAN (34;, Freemason, desires position as J" Secretary, Book-keeper. Manager, Traveller, or any other situation; urgently wanted, and would accept remuneration to commence; references.—S 19, Evening Express, Cardiff. elwn 12 GROCERY. etc., a respectable young man as Assist tant; used to soliciting.—Enclose references. R 43, Evening Express, Cardiff. e9 £ 3nl2 GROCERY.—Wanted immediately, Improver cr Junior, out.—Evans, Emlyn Stores, Tudor-road. e992nl2 GROCERY.—Wanted, smart Junior; good prospects; suitable young person.—State age, references, wage.q, (outdocr).—Davies, 2, Bargoed-terrace. Tre- harris. CONFECTIONERS and Bakers.—Improvers wanted; must have good references, and willing to get on.- Stevens, Confectioner, Queen-street. el0221 RCA'J'H Sanitary Steam Laundry, Marl borough-road, Roqth Park, require experienced Ironers; con- stant work; best prices; hygienic surroundings.—Apply Manageress. el033nl5 WANTED at once, several smart Lads to ride bicycles.—Apply Evening Express Office, Cardiff. WANTED, Man to retail coal; bag trade, must be respectable, good salesman and understand horses.—Apply Barker, Aberdare. el008nl2 WANTED, respectable Lads lo sell the Evening: Express nightly.-Apply to Manager, Evening Express Office, High-street., Newport. el0220 ANTEI), young l,pdy Assistant, and a (ieiaerat WANTED, young Lady Assistant, and a General for Dunn's, Post. Office. Mumble! el020nl4 WANTED at once, an experienced Wagon Repairer. Apply, with references and state wages required, to David Harry and Bros., Bynea. Llanelly. el0229 WANTED, smart Messenger Bov; wages, 5s. per Week, and uniform.—Apply Manager, Western Mail, Cardiff. — yr- — READ SPORTS. "EXPRESS" EVERY SATURDAT. MISCELLANEOUS SITUATIONS. Continued. WANTED, for Bargoed Branch, an obliging Junior V t for counter and delivery.—Wagea required, out- doors, references, &c., Manager, New Tredegar Co- op('n'tiv'- 1051nl6_ WANTED, experienced Groorn-Gardener; aged ?0~- vrages, £ 20; indoors.—Dr. Richards, Tonau' Bridgend. elO58nl6 WANTED at once, a fuliy-qualffied OfficeTioilieiy Clerk; a good salesman with first-class refe- rences; none but a superior man need apply—State salary and experience S 20, Evening Express, Cardiff. el065n] 2 VOUXG Lady seess engagement as Waitress or JL some light business; age 19; Apply Wiili'ams Roadside House, Garndifiaith, l'ontypool, Mon. el045nl5 2?s. 6d. Weekly.—A salary of 7s. 6d. to 22s. 6drofferrd to either sex (who can write) for their spare moments; work may l,e done evenings.—Particulars sent free to anyone sending addressed envelope to M. Truscott I and Co., 6a, Glendower, Torquay. elOOSnl4 PARTNERSHIP. I PARTNERSHIP wanted in coal or metal business.— P R 41, Western Mail, Cardiff. e974nli APARTMENTS. MINEHEAD.—-Osborne" Boarding-house, .1, The Avenue; within 3 minutes' walk of sea front; pleasant lawn; every home comfort; liberal table. Apartments. Moderate inclusive terms.-Apply Mana- ^ess._ • e8J4d PRICE'S Victoria Cafe, 6, Plymouth-roadr Barry Island; splendid accommodation for visitors; sea view; picnics and parties catered for. e895nl5 F,N-A-P.TH.-S.peric,r furnished Rooms; suit 1 orl p Ctentlemen.-26, Windsor-terrace. el0?3nl4 SOUTHSEA.—One or two Bedrooms and Sitting-ioom, furnished.—Potts, 70, Harold-road. e987nl2 TO let, large Sitting and 2 Bedrooms; good looking T and attendance.—Mrs. Morgan, Brvn Dery, North- street. Abergavenny. el027ni4 TO Let, Furnished Room, or Lodgings.—Apply-29, Thesiger-strc-et, Catliays, Cardiff. el062nl2 WELL-FURNISHED Apartments; terni3 moderate. w 102, Newport-road, Cardiff. el034nl5 FURNISHED HOUSES^ TO LET. TO let, Furnished (4 or 6 weeks from August 1), school-house; 7 bedrooms, 3 reception-rooms; situation healthy; near Bays; terms, 3i guineas.— Pendeeu, Mumble3. el024nl4 To Let, furnished, St. John's-road; two receptions, five bedrooms, bath-room, garden; splendid posi- tion; good centre for show places, water trips.-U. Z., Western Mail, Newport. tl032nl5 PORTHCAWL.—To let for July month capital Furnished House; close to beach.—Atkins, Estate Agent, Newport. c984n12 PREMISES. -E S-S-R s HERN, AND PF.ItTWICP,, m AUCTIONEERS, VALUERS, SURVEYORS, HOUSE AND ESTATE AGENTS. t For List of Business Premises and Houses to be Let cr Sold see "Western Mail" daily. Printed Register free. Offices, 93, St. Mary-street. Cardiff. Established 1349. 22, Moira-terrace.—Comfortable set of large Rooms on ground floor, comprising bedroom, sitting-room, kitchen, scullery, with use of laundry; closo to trams, trains, and college; rent 6s. 6d. per week.—Apply R. Penrose Kernick, Edgcumbe Chambers, 85, Bridge- street, Cardiff. C10232 02, Moira-terrace.—Cosy Flat, on first floor, compri,s- jU inyr 2 largo bed;corns, sitting-room, lltchen, scullery, and use of laundry; rent 7s. 6d. per week.—Apply R. Penrose Kernick, Edgcumbe Chambers, 85, Bridgo street, Cardiff. elG232 I)IILY o J. T. Iaun(le;s, Auctioneer and Estate Agent, 29, St. Mary-street, Cardiff, for following properties to let: Daisy-atreet, 5s.; 78, Saitmead-road, 8s. 6d.; 43, Wyndham-crescent, ICs. 6d.; 29, Tudor-road, 17s., &0. e2944 CRICKHOWELL, Usk Valley; exquisite mountain riyerjind lake neHr good golf links; pretty country residence; most con- veniently situated; 3 reception, 7 bed and 2 dressing- rooms; commodious offices; stable, coach-house, xiico veniently situated; 3 reception, 7 bed and 2 dressing- rooms; commodious offices; stable, coach-house, xiico garden and lawn; to let furnished; available to end of September.-R 61, Evening Express, Cardiff. e990nl2 FOR Sale, Nos. 3 to 25, Cathays-terrace, together or separately; also Nos. 53 to 57, Cecil-street, Cardiff.—Apply, S. Rooney, 9, Quay-street, Cardiff. e998nl2 FOR Sale, St. Radigund's, Radyr, charming Country Residence: delightfully situated, standing in its own gro inds of about 2 acres; close to T.V.R. Station, and within 5 miles of Cardiff; hous,, contains 3 recep- tiou-rcoms, large hall, 7 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, w.c.'s, kitchens, larder, and flower gardens; stables, coach- houses, &c.; also coachman's cottage; additional land at a merely I aminal rent could be obtained if required. -Apply Mr. Tregerthen Dunn, 27, Mount Stuart-square, Cardiff. eS30nl2 HOUSE and Shop, 26, Meteor-street, Roath; plate- glass windows; suit any business; moderate rent. Apply 25, Howard-gardens. eS62nll Ninian-road.-—Several commodious Residences; 7bed"- rooms.—Venning, 59, Mackwiosn-place, Cardiff. Ol043nl5 ROATH Park.—Two Houses. Boverton-street; 4 i>ed- rooms.—Venning. Mackintosh-place, Cardiff. nl5 RADlR. To let, pretty Villa near station; two R. reception, hve bedrooms, bathroom; usual domestic offices; well-stocked garden: heated conservatories. For rent, apply, T. Cascajo, Radyr. el001nl2 SHOP to Let temporarily, High-street, Merthyr.— S Apply Lewis, Auctioneer, Merthyr. e41 £ 3n!6 rpo let, 20, Pembroke-terraca.—Apply W. Jones, 202, JL Newport-road, Cardiff. e758d TO Let, corner of High-street and Rickard-street, large Shop, with living room and i bedrooms; suit butcher; rent £ 25.—Evans, 38, High-street, Pontypridd. el010nl4 U Windsor-esplanade; sea view; 11 rooms; re- j decorated.—Apply Hallett, 70, King's-road, Can- ton, Cardiff. 1050nl5 DENTISTRY. ALL work done by thoroughly experienced dentists. Every case guaranteed. COMPLETE Sets, one guinea, single tooth, 2s. 6d. c Consultations free. eS9G2 ORALTITE Sets, 2 guineas; single tooth, 5s. Quali- fied dentists in attendance. e9962^ AI-NLESS Gas Extractions, 5s.; by Ethel Chloride, Jr 2s. 6d. e9962 ENARTH. Barry Dock, Aberdare, Pontypool, .Vber- gavenny attended. e9S62 EETH. —Morgan. Dentists (Ltd.), 56, Queen-Street, Cardiff. Set from £ 1 Is. e9962 TliEfHi—Morgan^ Dentists (Ltd.), 30, High-street, Newport. Painless extraction by_gas._ 5s. e9962 rpEETH.—Fares^allowed to country patients coming X to Cardiff or Newport. e9962 {: COAL FOR SALE. COALS.—Telephone 01024. Ffaldau, 24s. genuine international, 23s. 6d.; Selected, 21s.; good Large, 20s.; Range Nuts, 18s.; Ocean Nuts, 23s. per ton; send direct; no agents.—West .End House Coal Mer- chants, Canton, Cardiff. e987d RETAIL Ccal Business for sale; established seven years; suit energetic working man with £ 100; reason for selling, through continued illness.—Apply R 71, Evening Express, Cardiff. el007nl2 ARK. Coal Co.. Salisbtu-y-rcad, Cardiff.—Agents for North's Red Ash Coals. Nat. Telephone, 599. e956d MUSICAL. MANDOLIN, Banjo, lfiarionet.—George 8in- .1: :1. clair, L.L.C.M., Stuttifs Queen-street, Cardiff. e908n29 j PIANO.—A^b^utif^rcoFuS^n^^1"^11 haud" 1 some P.osewood case; S» good 33 1,ew> nnly £ 2S cash; a unique bargain.—'Thompson and Shackell (Ltd.), < 24, Queen-street. Cordiff. 5, e9767 i PIANOFORTET £ 19 i9sj^tho Challeag e Model; | delivered free to any iwjdress; guaranteed for 20 | years; ail modern improvemfe?-*0811 0Ql5' 5 of Thompson and bhackell. (Ltd.), 32, Castia-street, SwaMea. Ac.. &c. eS767 "IVTEUMEYER Piano, in jianil^ouio ehomsed came, li ualy slightly used. in every particu- lar; only £ 35 cash; a genum opportunity of securing 1 an undoubted bargain; wor«i nearly double.—Thomp- son and Shackell (Ltd.), 24. (jjueen-stroet, Cardiff. e9767 PIANO by Broadwood WkE«>, 10*- '< mar- i veilous bargain, wh c&i ibould not be lost; in ( splendid order and of lovgy tone.—Thompson and ( fhackeU (Ltd.), 24, Quee.n-sij»et, Cardiff. (19767 PIANOFORTE.—A £ enula? Schreiber, only £27 10s.; PIANOFORTE.—A £ enula? Schreiber, only 10s.; ■ listed at 60 guineas; pafcteot in every respect, with ( Patent Resonator Attachment.—'Thompson and Shackell (Ltd.), 23, Commercia)-straet/K**P°r^' 1 BR1 XSAIEAD J'!an.,t..r'»,'iffhandsome rosewood ease; choice marqucterio pautf; iron frame; full tn- chord: best cheek action: cash.—Heath. PI A N OFO RT E~by \Vaiid Eigtou j b1' rr waluni case; trichord; in grand con^on; 419 19?; Also \an- j dtrbolt Pianoforte; £ 12 12.>-Heath, Cardiff. j PIAN01'0:VIK t,y (^i7v*r hurr^walr.ut case; in splendid condition; a ..bargain; £ 18 18s. Also < D'AlmaiDo Pianoforte: 21 guineas—^Heath, Cardiff. 1 OR'^AN'^T^ und"^eoudSsBd," fr;T-n £ 3 17s. 6d. Reoairs j^ aUl branches.—Heath and Sons._76 Queen-street, Canlrfr. flOlO IF you wantTTl'iano or O^nTdo not be persuaded by any interested pcrton'to purchase until you have to ascertained the extraordinaii value wo are offering. You will save manv pounds/b" most liberally treated, and get the easiest possible^terms1 by purchasing from us.—Duck. Son, and Pinker ifee Great Piano Merchants, Pulteney Bridge, Bath, and at Bristol. Catalogue and bo°* of advice free. (Nam^ihis paper.) PIANO, costing £ f guTneaSr S-guineas cash. 12-stop American Organ, mirror top; original price, 24 guineas; take 14 guineas '«aSh. Both guarranteed; every improvement and cqutl «ev..—22, Hanbleddian- gardens, Cardiff. el0121 FURNITURE. 1 ."TURN ITT IRE Bargain*-Z^'fid Oak Suite in real J leather, ill 35s.; Solid T>ak Sideboard, 8 guineas; Kassiva Dining Table, 4 jfuinca3; Largo Bedroom Suite, eli made, unique <V?sign, £ ?1; another £15; Brafs Bedstead, 1:3; aU Hair'Mattress, 2 guineas; Drawing Room Suite ia Silk Tapestry 12 guineas; Chippendale Mahogany Cabjeet, 84 guineas; Ax minster Carpet, 4 yards by 31, 4 guineas. All brass (solid cast; Brags Firusuite, 10' gutnca^r'H'arns's, The Market Furniture Depot, Newport, K.B.—Harris's is only 2 minutes walk from railway 'stMlon. c!0048 HOUSE or'Furnitur?"f5r'riBer'^m0-'t nRW; yor* suitable to couplo alioit to bo married; owner going abroad.—Apply 62. Coliisn-road, Cardiff. e!0S4nl6 ROATH Furnishing Co.Cas'l*-10* ana Vere- street, Roath, < lard iff' }7MKsT-class stuffed back Leather Suite, £ 8 15s.; fs. 6d. weekly, or 10 pi. oiscount for cash; great variety. regsin ■J^IRST-ciass Dressing OeW Bedrooni Suite, £ 4 15s.; A'' 2S. weekly, or lOxe, Ci^wint for «Mb;_any colour. iTIlfiST-ciaas Saddlebag"SufaT^s' weokly> 01 ^-0 per cent, discount iffr cash; all patterns. 1jVlRST-c!as3 Kmbossed VliiviSnSuite, £ 7 10s.; 3s. L wc'3'- or 10 p.c. disco«t for cash; anyjsolour. WE upLolstcr every auite^"ftr»eiir*1»d give » guaran. tee with each one. ■ ROATH FURNOTIIROI'.RCW^RT* HOUS9 F,URNISHER»- Jb 42.. Castle-road and Vere-^treet, Cardiff. IpLLKj RCLOTHS. Li^ulcunrf, Carpets. Rugs, Mats in endless variety ■n easy .'terms, or cash discount. BEDSTEADS and Bed<!ing^in"*ll~~1U3dIUe5 ioT caah or easy payments to suit 111 comers. WE sell nothing but Puziflsd Bedding; a guaran- tee with each article.. FURNITURE suitable for ,if classes to be obtained F on e<t.sy terms or caph Owunt. "VfO one should think of^Furnishing befors first 1> Inspecting our inamen:io stock. DEAL wjth a firm Of a gjod reputation, which is s guarantee in itself. ROATH Furnishing Cofh^Ss a first-class record for D1NING and Drawing-room Suites from guineas to 25 guineas; easy terms arranged. 0-M LARGE stock of Bedroom Suites; complete; from 6 LARGE stock of Bedroom Suites; complete; from 6 guineas to 40 guineas; all woods. OOD selection of Brass and Black and Brass Curbs, X 1' ire Brosses: curbs from 10s. 6d.; brosses from 2s. 6d. SIDEBOARDS, Overmantels, Hall-stands, Dining and Drawing-room Tables; all sizes. PLEASE note~ouronly Address. We have no con- nection with any other firm. BOATH FiirniBhing~Co., 4%, Castle-ro*d, and Vere- • street, Cardiff. Factory, Oxford-lane. el0189 DOMESTIC ARTICLES. GREAT Bargain finger's Treadle Sewing Machine; G latest make, drop leaf, five drawers, and cover; JB4. 4s.—S 17, Evening Express. Cardiff. e!060nl2 "T say, what a charming paper!" "Yes, I bought X that at Robert Lewis's, Custom House-street, Cardiff." "Then I'll go there for mine." e9668 SPENCER, The Universal Provider for Babies, 6t. John's-square, Cardiff. S~~ PENCERTTOT Up-to-Dato Perambulators^ See his Showrooms. SPENCER, for fatestTdesigns in Mail-carts. Send for price lists. OPENCER is noted for Summer Canopies and O Summer Shades. O Summer Shades. SPENCER'S celebrated "Nokabout" Baby Chairs, 5 positions, 10s. 6d. SPENCER'g Bath Chairs, Invalid Chairs. Send p.c. O for lists. SPENCER'S Wonder of the Age Sewing Machines, c'ompIrt3, for 56s. 6d^ (^1 PENCEE'S Mangling and Wringing Machines, O Washing Machines. OPENCIR'S Knitting Machines. The Eclipse Is the O Best Knitter in the World. ^^PENCER'S only address is St. John's Churcli- lO squaro (apposite Church), Cardiff. el0204 CARRIAGES, HARNESS, &c. RALLI cart (BuUer-BirtiU); good condition ;~suit 15 hands.—Wolvesnewton Rectory, Chepstow. nl2 LIGHT Waggon, suit cob, 14 hands; prico £ 5 10s.— O'Neill. Penypeel-road, Canton. e996nl?. LICENSED Landau for sale; mare and harness^ Fitzgerald, 90, Clive-street, Cardiff. e956nl2 MISCELLANEOUS. IS >our Watch Wrongr1 ITie best and cheapest shop in 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. PALMISTRY, Phrenology—Professor Proctor, Whsr- ton-street, Cardiff; consultations daily; write for particulars. e739d SPORTS and Games; Cricket, Lawn Tennis, Croquet, s &c. Every requisite. Illustrated list can be had by calling, or will be sent post freo.—Norton, 126, Queen-street, Cardiff. el0063 SPRING is coming, and this house ought to be re- papered.—Lewis's, Custom House-street, for cheapest, newest, and best designs. e9668 VANS, Vans.—When Moving employ the British VanT, which arc of the improved type; largest, therefore the cheapest.—Proprietor. Evan Jones, British Coal Co. Head Office—1. Senghenydd-road. Nat. Tel., 524. el0113 TRIPLE Telegram Books, 2s. 2d. post free?—flta- tionery Department, Western Mall Limited, Car- diff. ee55(l BICYCLES, Ac. ARTHUR Steele and Co., Cycle Makers, Ac., 2, Charles-street, Cardiff.—Royal Arthur, as road amr, £5; Royal Arthur, with free wheel and 2 rim jrakes, £ 7; Rex Cycle, as road racer, superior finish, >r with free wheel and two rim brakes, plated rims in :ach case, £ 8 10s. Speciality—Machines built to order n Eadie Fittings or to Specification. n Eadie Fittings or to Specification. RINGER Motor; best and simplest; highest efficiency; J on view; illustrated catalogue free.-The Singer ilotoi Agency, Rhydwalyd, Whitchurch, Cardiff. e450d A Lady's Central; a Condor Special Lady's Free- wheel; a Gent's Central; 2 Pioneers, and many other second-hand cycles for what oners.—Pioneer IVorks. cl0130 A Few Pioneers still left in stock; Perry fittings; Clipper tyres; finished in our well-known style; C3 10s., to clear, 12 months' guarantee.—Parsons and Jo.. Pioneer Works, Tynycoed-place, Donald-street, Cardiff. cl0130 FOR disposal, Gent's Safety Coventry, free wheel, rim brake, silver-plated Westwood rims, genuine i V.R. Velox tyres, 1902, guaranteed; costly machine; t luite new; not soiled; sacrifice £5 105., lowest wiil I ov' lend on approval; genuine bargain.—K. Gill, Wavcrley Villa, Beach-road, Weston-super-Mare. el5d AYLIFFE and Sons, manufacturers of the weil- known Daisy Cycle. Write for catalogue. Daisy overhauled free of charge for two years wlien juilt lu order. One grade only in Daisy Cyclc:r- aighest obtainable. Ladies' and Gent's 1902 models. and silver lining, with plated or Reman rims, will ■ 3e found an ideal mount. Daisy Cycles cannot be !xcelled. Featherweight Racers, Boad Racers, and light HosdsterOl-for finish and easy running the most I up-to-date Cycle in Wales.—Address, Ayiiffe and Sons, Daisy Cycle and Motor Works, Cardiff and Newport, N'at. Tel., 832 Cardiff. e9763 j AYLIFFJS and Sons for Plating and Enamelling. Daisy Cycle Works for repairs to any make cycle. Ayiiffo and Sons for 2-speed gear and free wheels. Daisy Cycle .Work3, Cardli for Morrow Hubs and accessories. REPAIRS if sent to Morris Bros., Cycle and Motor Works, Pontypridd, always give satisfaction. Over- haul, enamel, and re-plate for 2bs. if sent at once, Accessories to trade at wholesale factors' prices. eJ947 A Choice of Kigh-grado Cycles—Singers, Triumphs. .i. Raglans, Royal Enfields, Humbers. Inspection invited. Catalogues fr" Best house for Cycle Acces- f sories, Free Whet. Srakes, Tyres, Pedals, &e.. to your 3ld machine.—Norton, 126, Queen-street, Cardiff. c9630 1902.—You want a new Cycle. Don't liuv until you have seen tho 1902 Humbers. Beeston Humbcrs are acknowledged to be the finest cycles in the world. Humber Cycles, with free wheel, from £ 10 10s. Special Standard free wheel Humbers, splendidly finished, C12 12s. Inspection invited. Catalogues post free. Gradual payments if required. Humber Motor Cycles from £ 45.—A. E. Norton. 126, Queen-street, Cardiff. HORSES, LIVE STOCK, Ac. PAY the Rent in Bacon.—Squire Giles's Pig Powders cure colds, wheezing, and inflammation, and cause pigs to fatten in half the usual time; 12 powders for lOd. ,,10045 SQUIRE Giles's Worm Powders for PigF-the most S successful remedy known; 4 powders Is. Of all seed merchants, &c. d0045 MISCELLANEOUS WANTS. WANTED, Lessons in Boxing; terms moderate.— w S 1, Evening Express, Cardiff. el04Snl5 MISCELLANEOUS SALES. 4 splendid Mongooses: the best animals for killing rats; price, IO3. each.—O'Neill, 4, Caroline-street, Cardiff. e997nl2 I^OR Sale, Dunnage Boards, Scantlings, Battens, Scaffold Poles; also Russian and Dunnage Macs: cheap.—Coles and Son, Top West Buto Dock, Car- diff. e944nl6 BARGAINS.—Our Sale has commenced previous to removal into new promises; 20 per cent. (4s. in the £ » off watches, clocks, jewellery, &c.—John Elliott and Co., 44, Royal Arcads, and 30, High-street Arcade, Cardiff. e9695 APERFLANGINGS, Paperh&nglngs.-Have you seen PAPERHANGING5, Paperhanglngs.—Have you seen J. Robert Lewis and Co.'s (Custom House-street) Pattern Books? Drop a post-card, and they will be sent to your house. _n_ TILKWBERRIES direct from garden s.-I 21 bs., 4s. and 55., rail paid; list one sta.mp.-Fruit Co., STRAWBERRIES direct from gardens.—I2!bs., Growers, Rowanf.eld-road, Cheltenham. eS72nll 1Ior3é', Cart: and' nick Harness, &.c.-Fred O Horse, Cart, and Rick Covers, Harness, be.—Fred Morgan Co., Makers, Cardiff and Penarth. el0023 ABLE Tennis Bets, 3s. 6a., 5s., 7s. W., AOS. 6d Stationery Department. Western Mail Limited, Cardiff. eS550 S~ PECIAL Line.—Three-well Inkstand, for office or home use, la. 6d. post free.—Stationery Depart- ment, Western Blail Limited, Cardiff. e9550 CORONATION- Badges, i4d. each, post tree; 12 assorted for Is., post free.—Stationery Depart- C assorted for Is., post free.—Stationery Depart- ment, Western Mail Limited, Cardiff. e9550 ARWiuOD'S Milk Seller's Daily Delivery Check jjL Book, Is.; postage 2d. extra.—Stationery Depart- ment. Western Mail Limited. Cardiff. e9550 OVERDUE Account Reminders, containing 25C o forms; 5 different kinds; 15. per box.-Stationery Department, Western Mail Limited, Cardiff. e9550 SPECIAL Offer.—Nine popular Novels. The set, as below, will of forwarded, carriage paid, for 6s.:— ALICE, OR THE MYSTERIES. ERNEST MALTEAVERS. JANE EYRE. MARY BARTON. THE CAXTONS. SCARLET LETTER. IVANHOE. LAYS OF SCOTTISH CAVALIEBS. VANITY FA IB. Tho set of 9 novels, 68., carriage paid.—Stationery Department, Western Mail Limited. Cardiff. e9550 CARD Case and Diary, with insurance for_ £ o0j7 cyclist, £ 1 per week II disabled by accident; Is. Id. post free.—Stationary Department. Western Mail Limited. Cardiff. e2550 THE HanAv »l foct) Boxwood Rule will go in vest pocket' 6d.—Stationery Department, Western Mail Limited, Cardiff. e9550 MRS. Beeton's Cookery Book, is 2d. post free.— Stationery Department, Western Mail (Limited), Cardiff. rpHE favourite steel grey Note Paper, in 2 sizes, 7Jd. X per pound packet; envelopes to match, 7Jd packet; postage, 4d. extra for the two packets.—Stationery Department, Western Mall Limited. Cardiff. e9550 HARDWICK'S 'traders* Cheek Book; for buying and selling by the hundredweight, ton, or measure; 2s. 9d. post frec.—SHtioaery Department, Western Mail Limited, Cardiff. e9550 COMPASS and Divider, with re-fill leads? ls poet free.—Stationery Department, Western Mail Limited. Cardiff. GOLD Bronze Powder, used with water for Picture i ramos, 4c., 6d. per packet post free.—Stationery Department, Western Mail Limited, Cardiff. 0050 new Cement for repairingHglasi, T china, &c.; sticks anything and everything; 6:1. per tube, post free.—Stationery Department, Western Mail Limited, Cardiff. e9550 THE most useful Present is a Swan or Watermar Fountain Pen; fine, medium, or broad gold nie, 10s. 6d., post free.—Stationery Department, Western Mail Limited, Cardiff. eS550 OLD1NG Blotting Pad, with diary memo, tablet. Is. post free.—Stationery Department, Western Mail Limited, Cardiff. e9550 THE Best Table Tenn's Net; can be fixed on any table; no screws or elamps; 3s. 9d. post free. Stationery Department, Western Mail Limited, Car- diff. e9550 SAVE Time Letter Cards; 4jd. packet of 25; pesuge" Id. ^xtra.—Stationery Department, Western Mail Limited, Cardiff. can SET of Private Account Books, cash book, ledgl^71 £ d day book, 3s. td. and 5s. per set; postage 6d. extra.-Stationery Department, Western Mail Limited Cardiff. e95E0 INDEXED Letter or Invoice File, for private or affice I use, 2s. id. post free.—Stationery Department, Western Mail Limited. Cardiff. 118550 "EVENING EXPRESS" ADVERTISEMENT ORDER FORM. Small Advertisements relating to Situations Vacant or Wanted, Apartments, to be Let or Sold, Lost and Found Miscellaneous Wants and Sales, can be, if prepaid and ordered for consecutive days, inserted in the "Evening Express" at the cheap rate as shown on the attached form. 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Elastic Stockings, &e.; repair* or ic-coverinr done;, iady atten- dant. Catalogu-J free.— Note only twldiesses," Allen Teaiee. 7. Charles-street, Cardiff, and Broad mead. Bristol. SURE Curr for Sciatica, Rheumatism, and Gout, r'^r testimonials anù rr Terences apply :-=- ijatjj. street, Hereford. tiOnOcli FARM AND GARDEN. RUBBER Hose Pipe in soft, lengths. 10s. 6d. j>"r lougtJi: 30(t. Jongtiis, £ s. 6d.; siiorter pieces, ed. per foot.—Be van. Cattle-street, CardjiT. el 0214 NEW Pattern Hose Ree4; will take fn>rn 50 to-100 N yards of pipe: only Ss. 6rl. ei0214 TANNED (harden Netting for flower beds, fruirtrees. TANNED (harden Netting for flower beds, fruirtrees. Tennis Netting, ate., in pieces 50 yards x 1 yard! 2s. lid.: 50 yards x 2 yards, 5s. 3d.; 50 yards x 4 yards, 10s. 3d. per piece, or from jd. per yard.- Bevan, Castle-street, Cardiff. o;0214 MACHINERY, &C. rilANKS for sale, second-hand; from 37 to 5.000 j. gallons; severs.! new Contractors' Skips, and 2 second-hand 4 bop. 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The Terminal Deposit Bonds pay nearly 9 per cent., and ara a safe investment. A. WILLIAMS, H. J. TALL, Joint Managers. ENTLEMAN has £ 1,200 to ineest on mortgages; £ 100 and upwards.—R 27, livening Express, Cardiff. nl7 HIVA'I E ADVANCES FROM £ 3 fl'WARDS in Town or Country, Quickly and Cheap, On approved Note of Hand. Re-payments received by port. £5 re-payable 3s. weekly or 12s. monthly. £10 5s. weekly or 20s. monthly. £ 20 lOs. weekly or 40s. monthly. £30 to £500 on special terms. For full particulars call or write— THE SWANSEA FINANCE COMPANY (LTD.), 149, Penarth-road, Cardiff. e865d HERBERT UHIER, Manager. UKS FROM £ 20 10 £ 3,000 ADVANCEDAT s SHORT NOTICE. On Approved Note of Ilund, Personal, or Other Securities. Charges Arranged bftfnro Transactions are Completed. Mortgages oa Property Effected at Current Rates of Intiveat. Tourists' and Season Tickets Purchased and Arranged for Clients un the Paymeiu Principle. Money Advanced wfctKxjnd-MoTigages. ■- Apply I. W. Lloyd. 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QUft SHORT STORY. A VOICE IN THE CROWD. CHAPTER I. I do not know why I tell this story. Although its details are impressed upon my mind with an ever-present distinctness, it is pain inexpressible to me to record them in writing, and I am conscious that the record will reeult in a tale that may seem unsatisfactory to many readers. As a mere story it violates most established rules for the artistic con- struction of a work of fiction, for it delics probability, raises a mystery which remains practically unsolved at the end, and. indeed, in be orthodox novel-readers sense of the word, il has. so far, no end at all. All that I o;ui urgre in its favour is that it is 110 fiction, but tho simple truth, tho plain unvarnished narrative of an episode in which I was ail actor about ten years ago, that had its effeel in determining the course of my life onward fronl that point, leaving ine now an nn- settled man, with the consciousness upou me of an unfulfilled mission in life, a duty to be performed, the attempted execution of which makes me a wanderer upon the face of the earth, without hope or inclination to settla down and contract those domestic ties to which a man looks forward as the legitimate finish of his youthful career. But to my story. It began with an entirely inexplicable incident-the reception of an incomprehensible message from an unknowu voice in the crowd and noise of a London street. This sounds rather ridiculous to people not inclined to be superstitious. I am not so, and never was, but I was, to say the least of it. impressionable, and my attention to the words of my unseen interlocutor was almost involuntary, and resulted in a chain of events the links of which are bound around my life. The occurrence to which I have referred took place on Thursday, the 9th of November, 1874. At that time the conditions of my life were by no means favourable to the cultivation of morbid or imaginative thoughts. On the con- trary, all my surroundings were of the most distinctly prosaic character. I was then three and twenty. I had been in London three years, and was filling a situation in a large mercantile house in the City. My mother and sister lived in the country, so I took to myself lodgings in Camden Town—a neigh- bourhood not favourable to the cultivation of romance or mystery- My days were spent from ten until five making entries and writ- ing letters in Austin Friars, and from six o'clock onwards, barring an occasional visit to a theatre, in giving as much time to serious reading as my landlady's loquacity would allow me-she, good soul, being in the habit of cheering my loneliness by inflicting upon me from one to two hours' gossip nightly when she came to remove my tea things. I have no doubt she meant kindly; indeed, I have heard that she declai-ed nerself to be inspired towards me with the feelings of a mother. It might have been so, for she with- held from me none of her family secrets, con- fided to me ail the details of her financial embarrassments, told me stories about the neighbours of the most pronounced scan- dalous character, and frequently wound up by getting a week's money in advance, after which she sent the "gal" out for gin, and I saw her no more for that night. The sus- taining of the filial relation under these cir- cumstances became at last so intolerably irksome that after much timid hesitation I screwed my courage up to the point of giving my adopted parent a week's notice, and on the morning of the Lord Mayor's Day in ques- tion I was seriously exercised in mind over the trouble of seeking a new home. In the afternoon I had a business call of importance to make in the city, and on my way back tc the office I was, tb my great annoyance, cul off by the returning show. Jammed against a lamp-post in Cheapside. I was an unwilling spectator of the usual exhibition of tawdry imbecility, inwardly cursing the whole thing when a woman's voice, clear, low, and dis tinct, speaking close to my ear, as if for rn3 hearing alone, distinctly uttered the words "Number 13, Duke-street." It seemec so palpable that somebody had addressed m< personally that I turned quickly to discovei the somebody, but I could find no possible owner of any so melodious an utterance any where in the crowd about me. My nearest neighbour's gruff inquiry as to "Where I wo: a shovin' te," disposed of his claim at once and the next nearest was equally out of th< question, a fat woman with a basket, who wa; talking all the time in wheezy and oleaginou! tones to a decrepit old man, who answered it a high-pitched and reedy treble. The incident made an impression upon m< which would not be shaken off, so much ec that on my return to my desk I got dowr I the Post Office Directory, and looked up al the Duke-streets in London district (no smal task), carefully studying the names of th( tenants of the numbers thirteen, to see ii any chance explanation of the seeming mystery would present itself. No help camt from this course, and I went home. An hom afterwards, with pencil in hand, I was lean- ing over an open sheet of the "Daily Tele- graph," carefully marking all the most favourable-looking advertisements of bachelor lodgings, when I suddenly sprang to my feet with a cry of surprise. It was not on the face of it. however, a very startling advertise- ment "Apartments for a gentleman engaged during the day. Well furnished. Terms moderate. Apply No. 13. Duke-street, —— Square. "I will go and see those rooms to-morrow," I said to myself, with a slight nervous shiver, however. To-morrow! why not to-night? No voice now sounded in my ears, only its re- membrance came back to me with a force so irresistible that in another minute I was in the passage putting on my bat atnd coat, and, unreasonable as the hour was for lodging hunting, in a few moments more I was travelling as faat as hansom could carry me towards the goal to which I had been so mysteriously bidden. When I reached No. 13, Dnke-street, I at once recognised it as having been on one occasion pointed out to me by an acquain- tance as a house with a mystery. Evidently inhabited, as it was kept in good order, there were nevertheless no signs of life ever ap- parent about it. The windows were never seen to open, no faces were visible at them in day time, no light of fire or candle shone from them at night. I paid little heed to these things at the time they were mentioned to me. London is full of mysteries, if one like to search them out, and not knowing that this adventure was one that the Fates had reserved for me to undertake. I thought no more of this particular mystery. Now, how- ever, as I stood knocking at the door, the re- collection came back to me. Within a measurable space of time after my knock I heard the sound of leisurely footsteps within, a heavy chain was deliberately unfastened, and then the door opened, and I found myself face to facc with an unpleasant bilious-look- ing woman of about fifty, perhaps more. possibly less, drcMed in ruety black, a, kind! Of shabby genteel party, the woman who "had seen better days," and might reasonably be expected to tell interminable stories illus- trative of their betterness. But no! I did her an injustice; there was no sign of loquacity 11 about that thin-lipped, sternly-compressed mouth, Jll) evidence of a confiding disposition in those cold, cruel grey eyes. I "I believe, madame, you have apartments to let." I began. "Yes," she replied, with a keen ecrutinisms look. "I am aware," continued I, putting on my most extra-polished society manner, for I really felt extremely uncomfortable, "that this is an unreasonable hour for troubling you." "res," stonily remarked the unpleasant woman again. 1 "But I am engaged during the day." I wenti on hastily, "and have no other time to look after these things. Can I see the rooms to. nigiit or not?" "1 es," after another pause and deliberate stare. "Confound the woman's monosyllables." I ) thought. "They are as nerve-irritating as 1 Mrs. Brown's chatter." fnsiftc the rooms I could get little more from her than singla fired off by efforts. as if the machinery of speech had got rather rusty from disuse. Tho apartments were coid, comfortless, and miserable. There was something about thenf struck me with a painful sense of depression. Possibly. I argued with myself, it might only be the effect of their having been long unin- habited, for the rooms were large asd well proportioned, aud the furniture, although heavy and massive, was undoubtedly hand* j some, and far superior to what might hava been looked for in lodgings that were going begging at the ridiculously low weekly rent that the rusty woman demanded. "Wheu can I come in?" I asked, having agreed terms, and given the name and address of my city employers as evidence of my res* pectability. I, "To-morrow." "To-morrow be it then." said I. "By the bye, I added as I passed into the hall, and the remembrance of tho ponderous chain flashed across me, "I &hail want a latch-key. of course." Y., "A what?" "A latch-key." "You won't get it then. There is no latch, key to our door." "Oh! nonsense," I said, "you will have to get one. A man will put on a lock in ten minutes. I will pay for it. if you like. but I must have a key. You would get no man to take your rooms without." "I did not think of that," she muttered, half to herself. Then, looking at me again. "Ara you often out lata ?" "Very seldom," I replied. Well, then, when you are, you must take this key, and she produced au old-fashioned appliance about six inches long, weighing at a moderate calculation about a pound and ;t hall this or nothing. >.o workmen wilt come to this house." "All right," I said laughing; "then I shall be here to-morrow." The episode of the key was useful, as it had the effect of amusing me, for I am bound to confess that in other respects the prospect of taking up my abode under the roof of Mrs. Green (for such I learned her name to be) had given me an awful depression of spirits and a presentiment o! approaching ill so strong that had it not been that I felt that pome mysterious iniiuence was upon me compelling? me to the course, of my own free will, and to please my owa individual taste. I had rather have take;i up my abode in a dry railway arch than in the gloomy parlours of No. 13» with the ghoul-like Mrs. Green to wait UpoIl me. On the following day I decided to get tha "I plunge over, and having parted with Mrs. Brown, humid-eyed either from excess of emotion or unsweetened gin, I know not which, I drove to Duke-street. Under the influence of a blazing fire and cheerful lamplight, thd apartmen.ts looked more habitable, and. havi ing arranged my books, lit my pipe, and set- tied myself down for a quiet evening, I began > to feel that it migfht be possible to make l myseif comfortable, even under the stony, observation of Mrs. Green. The woman was r perfectly impenetrable. To every remark that i- I hazarded I got only monosyllabic replies, or simple grunts, so at last I shut up in despair, and having briefly intimated what my general r habits were, at what hours I rose, breakfasted. I came home, &c., I resolved to have nothing I more to say to my unsociable landlady, but j leave it to her to take the initiative in future r conversations. 5 In this resolution, however, I decided ia despite of fate. When I got into bed that t night all my uneasy feelings came back to s me with redoubled vigour. A sense of some ¡ over-shadowing trouble hung over me, and it was long before I was able to compose myself s to sleep. In the pages of a very stupid novel ionly did I at last find a soporific. I had slept t but a short time, as it seemed, when I awoke L suddenly, with the impression upon me of hearing a woman's shrill scream. Whether it were a dream or reality I know not, but the feeling of doubt and uncertainty was too un, endurable. Hastily putting on some garments L I lit a candle, and went upstairs. On the l landing of the next floor I met my hoetet-s des. 1 fending, fully dressed. She bent upon mo a look of searching inquiry. "Do you want anything?" "No." I said, "but I thought I beard a scream, and, fearing you were ill, or that an accident had happened, I could not rest. Is all right?" "Quite right," she said coldly, "I suppose I should thank you fo:" your trouble, but it was not necessary. Never trouble about screams in this house I sleep badly, and dream, and often call out like that. Good-night, sir." "Good-night," I replied, unwillingly enough. "But arc you sure you are well? Are you alone in the house?" "Good-night!" repeated Mrs. Green, without paying any attention to my queries, so I had no alternative but to betake myself again to bed, speculating, however, rather curiously a4 to whether it were my eccentric landlady's invariable custom to go to bed fully clothed, so as to be prepared to come down and give explanation; of her nightmare at any moment. There was something wrong about it all. something uncanny about the house and its I mistress, and the longer I Etayed in it the stronger the impression grew upon me. I heard nothing of any other inmate of the house beyond Mrs. Green and myself. She seemed to have no servant and no family. and such fishing questions as I put to her were so entirely disregarded, and evidently created so much suspicion in her mind, that after a few trials I found out that my best policy was to bold my tongue and trust to my own detective talent to find out what I could not discover by questioning. So far as I could judge no tradesmen ever called at the house, and it was clear that, as supplies must be got in at some time, Mrs. Green must on occasions go out marketing, and on one or other of these occasions I promised myself an exploring expedition in the upper regions that I hoped might bring results. Mrs. Green, however, I soon found out, never left the bouse while I was in it. and as my habits were extremely regular, it was very easy for her so to arrange her goings as to do all that was necessary in the shopping way while I was engaged in business. I determined to circumvent her. however, and was at some pains to devise a plan. I was not expected to carry about the ponderous door key unless I were likely to be out late, so for two days it did not come into my possession. Then, as an idea occurred to me, I improvised an cveningr engagement, got the key into my hand, and: forthwith carried it round fo an old locksmith, who had done some work for me before, and was not likely to be suspicious, and with very little difficulty procured at, exact duplicate of it for a few pence. I had it, oiled carefully, and then, filling up my time by a visit to one of the theatres, I returned home. I tested my new purchase, and, finding that it acted per- fectly. I restored the original key to its proper position on a hook behind the street door. carefully locked away the duplicate, and pre- pared myself for an innocent burglary in tbL4 course of the next few days. (To bo continue^ tomorrow.)