Liverpool Weekly Courier. — 1893-10-07 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

YIN." said Ernest, laconically. yo' bin t from this neighbourisood 1 Likely you've come a long way r' "From Preatoo, air ; that is all. ' "On foct 1 Well done, sir ; it's • good ,walk."  Not all on foot." And where may you be making for 1"  " Just to Warrington ; no further." On this the rest of the company turned their attention to Bruest, much to his dieone ventured to remark to the laud I.wast,and  read— " Well, mister, the man appears to be well ale to walk. I wish I bad the legs he's got. Ha's • fine strapping young fellow." Ernest groaned inwardly. They were already remarking his personal appearance. Why had he ventured into the place He was further discompoeed when the currier said there was nothing like the Scotch young men after all, and he liked to 800 them patronise their native industries by wearing such first-class stuff as he had on. " It's the oats that do it," said another.  "'Look what Met home we've got in England, and what fine men they've got in Scotland. It's all oats." Ernest saw that he had made a great mi.Mite in entering the house at all. Already they were able to describe him by his ap. peitrance and his nationality. And doubtless if there had been any search for him he would have found this conduct of his fatal tante chances of escape. But the law had one victim, and it was satisfied. 'The carrier who had come from Liverpool thin made Ernest simply shake in his shoes announcing— " There was a devil of a Murder last night inadverpool. A fight in a public-house. One fellow stabbed another there, and then out sway." " Haven't they caught him yet ir " Not as I've heard of," said the carrier. "Well, well," said Grindon deprecatingly. "'Fancy • fellow getting away red-handed like that I What is the good of our.constables, I'd like to know." " What's the matter with you to-day, landlog11" retorted Gough, the carrier. "I never said the fellow had got away altogether. I saki I haven't heard as how he's been copped. Ike, may have been already ; and if he hasn't, there's plenty of chant* ot &eau it rm. 1141 have to be a clever one to get away oat of Min part of the cogstry." Ernest's heart enitic within him. All the company appeared to him to have fixed their eras on him at once. They memei to be compering him with sone imaginary desertp. , Mon which was in their general poesessios. The landlord himself appeared to Emetic te ber intently examining his neck from behind with • view of finding out how it would look ' Mei rope, and what length of drop would be required to dislocate it. This was all imagination, of course, and presently Ernest was infinitely relieved te hear the continuation of the convetsation. Those who have studied the course of curs rent gossip on the occasions of them tragedies will observe that about the usual degree of truth and accuracy WU imported ion) the carrier's subsequent description this case. " What sort of a fellow VIM the nut. 'deter, now 'I" asked Grindon. " Well, I'm told he's an undersized fellow, dressed in a black coat and a box hat, sod that his victim was a luau double his size ; that he'is a regular boozer at this taverna