The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-29
A TALE OF THE
WELSH MOUNTAINS
Nesting Under One of These Hoary
Peaks Lies EurOg.
SNOWDONlA'S FAIREST DAUGHTER
will Thomas was the Son of Flour
ishing Farmer, and Was One OF the
MANY Who Had Fallen victims TO
Bessic's Charms--Notes of intcrst
From Wales.

peaks of Snowdoua lies the little VII
lage of Eurog. Sequestered from the
hum of busy towns and cities, its IN
habitants live in a state of blisstul
content.
But once. i'm days long gone by, the
step of grim tragedy was heard even
there.
Fairest of its fair daughters was Bes-
sic Evans, and noblest of it's young
men was Tom Jones.
such a pair seemed to be born Tor
each other. as the village gossips used
to say. and they We're admired by all
but by VIII Tomos.
win was the son Of llOurishing FAR
mer i'm the neighborhood, and was one
Of the many who had fallen victims to
Bessie's charms, and the sight of an
other in her company was gall to his
jealous heart.
Pen Cribog separates Furog from its
companion village, Dinas, and at the
foot of the mountain the busy little
Cantmrwd finds its way to the sea.
over this mountain Bessie was re-
turning home. late on Christmas night,
7S3- She had been to Dinas to an
eisteddfod one of those literary meet
ings which fill "a Welshman's soul with
rapture.
Her lover had been called away ear
lier in the evening to mothers death
bed, and 50 she was returning alone.
Half way over the mountain she was
met by win Tomos. Allable ever, she
sWeetly wished him Good night and
passed ON. VIII followed. Renewing
the conversation, he taunted her about
her absent lover but Bessie was silent
Then little by little he enforced his
own claims to her love, and finally
asked her to marry him.
Bessie had listened quietly. but at
last her pure soul rebelled against the
tempter's wishes.
How lovely she looked there in the
still pale moonlight. Silvery as the
ripple of the Cantffrwd beneath was
her voice; her modesty like unto the
blushing mountain flower at her feet,
her radiance We'd with fair Lunas re-
Elections on the water below-but above
all was the sublime purity Of her faith
full love.
One naughty glance through those
flashing eyes gave to VIII Tomos an
unmistakable answer. But still he
continued his amour.
And still Bessie was firm.
While their talk had been thus pro-
tracted, their steps had wandered al
most to the brink of a precipice which
stood froWning on the clear pool be-
low.
Will had been driven to desperation
by Bessies firmness; and as they now
halted, he seized her arm with a fierce
grip.
once again he asked her love, but
BESSIE, now awed and almost fainting,
still answered, mo"
With a wild thrust he pushed her
from him. Bessie reeled, stumbled,
and fell over the cliffs to the water be-
low.
Forty years had passed since the
above events, and it was Christmas
again. A stranger had been seen to
visit the little churchyard of Eurog dur
ing the day. Some of the gravestones
seemed TO have q special charm tol
him.
Towards evening he had been seen
to ascend Pen CrbOg; and early next
morning a hat, recognized as belonging
to the visitor of the day before was
borne. to Eurog by the How of Cant
flrwd.
Search was made, and a body, fear.
fully manged, was found in the very
pun NiAclS Ipl y SGtllS ei7p Tic illclS79
yet beautiful corpse of Bessie Evans
had been found.
Thus was the murder of an innocent
girl avenged, and to this day the simple
dwellers of Eurog look upon that poo
in CantffrWd with respectful awe
Wales.
THE ROBERT MORRIS LAWYERS
In the list of active members of the
Robert Morris lodge We find the name.
of six prominent lawyers, five journal