NEW SERIAL STORY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13485, 11 May 1907, Page 6

NEW SERIAL STORY.

"NEITHER STOREHOUSE NOR : §L|| : . BARN." -. '.. . .*,'■' ~..,- " BY ALLEN" RAINE. ! '. In.to-day's Supplement, will be found the first" 'instalment*^'-• of a charming /new, serial . story, "Neither, Storehouse . nor Barn,'' by Allen the famous Welsh writer, authoress of "The Welsh Singer," and ■ other widely-read novels. "Neither Storehouse nor Barn," is a Welsh romance, and gives the reader an' interesting, glimpse at Welsh life and, Welsh character with which . the," gifted authoress is so familiar. v, •01 wen • Meyric, motherless, -and nov fatherless, is the daughter of the Vicar ; of Llanidris. A man of pious habits, simple tastes, and quiet, cultivated mind, he rears his'daughter, exactly in the -way a woman should jgo, and the result is seen in the , . story v When it opens Olwen is hot only an . orphan, . but homeless, and practically penniless- But she bethinks her of her ■father's teaching concerning the birds of 'the air. ''They have neither, storehouse nor barn, yet He careth. for them." Fur- : nished .with such thoughts as these and // j; her tiny store of wealth v she steps bravely [ f forth on a long , tramp from Llahidris to 'i Aberlaswen,/the summer resort' of father . and daughter. <■> On the way thither she meets Gwil- Parry, a maker of sweet music,; <■ and curious models in machinery ;. an [unsophisticated youth whom she has always i\ known as a'village lad who sang in tho ; ; y choir, and! of whom her father had spoken highly. But he had worshiped her from afar. There is a disturbing element in the / ! shape of' Miss Kitty Price, hard, worldly, and" vindictive. Together the two wend ,: their, way,": uwil helping Olwen to find her / / night's lodgings*, himself resting where he ; . may. Their intercourse is idyllic in character, reminding ■ older folk of the loves- of "Paul and-Virginia." Kitty Price brings - her.heavy hand to bear on Gwil's mecban- /■ .' isms. But heavier still is the hand she '/ ' ,! lay' on Olwen Meyric, bending her down with ''sorrow,' ,and crushing her to the : ■ ground.' But this is after she has reached Manchester, the. home of her aunt, Mrs.' Peris'' Jones. That worthy dame is a lady • in one acceptation of the word. /Propriety is her watchword. - To be perfectly; comme ......il faut •is the one desire of her life. So far does she carry her intention of ; being w absolutely correct in all things, tliat her husband— is rather a jolly sort— a weary time of it, poor thing! He welcomes ~ his niece with joy/ Indeed' they are both.; ' •.... kind to her arid she is surrounded by every luxury.; Were it not that her heart cries out [.""': for Gwil and Wales, her dear home, she : "mights have accommodated herself to this jelly-like existence, and done no more than what was expected of her for the rest of her. life. But Kitty Price intervenes, and there is a long illness, and another setting- .: out, this time with sorrow as her only companion. After many adventures she finds, herself, once a more in her beloved Wales. It ja only after she has engaged herself, as servant to a ferryman, and, in i~: , . the.;performance '--* of duty, is rowing a stranger over the ferry, that she discovers / //:he is no stranger, and. Gwil finds her .whom, •his soul was seeking. But he has had his trouoies and adventures, and it is only at the end that they 'find their barque floating on the safe and untroubled waters of Peace. ■ A second instalment of Neither Storehouse., nor Barn" will appear on Wednesday next, and the story will thereafter be continued every Saturday and Wednesday ' till its conclusion. • ■■-, \ Next Saturday we commence publication {of an interesting humorous romance, ! " Sirocco," .by Kenneth Brown. , \ '.. ■■■'-■