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exercise of his craft at Cefn Ydfa, and thus he and the lovely Ann Thomas were thrown in each other's way. He used to take his meals in the kitchen, when she would send the servants to do outside work, in order that they might have an opportunity of communing together. But when the mother became aware of these proceedings he was summarily dismissed." It is to this period that the plaintive " Bugeilio ?r Gwenith Gwyn" is assigned. The lovers after this met sometimes in the wood near the house ; but this was soon discovered and effectually prevented. Ann was for a time imprisoned in her own room, where she suffered untold anguish. One of the servant maids, Ann Llewelyn, taking compassion upon her, acted then as an inter-mediary between her and her lover, and helped them to carry on a clandestine correspondence by means of letters deposited in the trunk of an old tree at a place called Corn-hwch. But this was also found out, and Will, rightly or wrongly, suspected the servant maid of having betrayed them. Meanwhile great pressure was brought to bear on Ann to accept young Maddocks, and this ultimately led to their marriage, on May Sth, 1725. Will then left for England, and settled at Bristol; but dreaming one night that Maddocks was dead he suddenly returned. On
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