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Gwynne Ellis soon found himself quite at home at Brynderyn, and enjoyed

the freedohbourhood

To Cardo, who had hitherto been so e, and though Ellis was a complete contrast to hie of cos, when, his father shut up in his study, and

the old parlour but di

rather heavily He ont to relieve the tediu hour

by strolling into the kitchen, sitting in the rush chair, always looked

upon as the young ossip of the farm-servants He was much amused at the enthusias fro border country, was charmed by the unconventional ways of

the Welsh coast He threw a glamour of poetry and romance over the

most commonplace incidents; and Cardo, to tease him, would often assume

a stolid and uni

On the whole, they pulled well together, and the acquaintance, begun

accidentally, bid fair to beco friendship

I, Gwynne Ellis, armed with

brushes, palettes, and divers other encu with hi the hbourhood, which his deft brush

had transferred to the pages of his portfolio He was a true artist,

and,in