Northern Weekly Gazette. — 1906-09-15 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

TER 15 3.92.  rushed at Carrington' but, before he came to clasp quarters, Phil had grasped him with one hand by the throat and held him at arm's length, struggling aimlessly. "How I should like to choke you," said Phil, his eyes glaring with angdr, his fingers.tighteaing their hold. "Don't tempt me too far; out with thetha, or by—" Ernestine gasped, fumbled at the tail pockets of his cost, and flung a bundle of letters on the ground. Then, flinging him aside, Phil picked them up, and secured them whilst Ernestine gasped for breath, and wiped the perspiration from his face, his ixxly shaking, his eyes glowing. "Oh, if I could only give you what you deserve," said Phil, furious that this was out of his power. "But, look hare • you must get out of London as soon as possible.'  Ernestine started at the words, but Made no reply. "For if I meet you in any elitb, I. swear I will knock you, down; blackmailer and marder tb.at you-are, you are not fit to mix with decent men."  Always cautious, Ernestine listered• in silence whilst he arranged his collar and waistcoat that had becn sully rumpled during the struggle. Though terribly eager to discover how inuc.h his assailant knew, he vas afraid to question or eimitradict him, and he believed that Car.rington's impetuous tef_ipez would Doan make him blunter Out all he knew.  "You ought to be in the dock," sa4d Phil, and, unheecling the greenish pallor that spread over his hearer's face, he continued: 'You ought to he tried for Murder; for it was you who killed Lady Gairngorin, aa surely as.if you gave her the chloroform that sent her out:of  ____ • . 'Ernestine gave a gasp* of relief, for nothing was said.of .the money he had embezzled: Cairngorm died 'of heart disease," he muttered. "An obliging family .doctor certified that she did; .but you know better. You 'know that to escape the scandal of her husband, eeeiag the kittens she. wrote to poor. Foster, that,t you, stole from round his neck when. he •died .of'.eateric fever at 'Pretoria, and which she 'had, not, money enough to buy froM you, she took an overdcee of ehloreform. But I .don?t' want to talk to a low beast like you. Clear out of this hones, and out of London, too, or I swear--" ' Before he ended, Ernestine,., straightening himself in the hope of assuming • seinething of defiance, hurried towards the door, at-Xious to get away, as quickly as pcssible. For now that there was no hope of his beieg able to refund the sum he had embezzled, his one chance 'was to abscond. Already he decided to crct the Channel that 'night, disguise hirneelf, and e6cace to Spain or America. When Phil unlocked and opened the door of the Red-room, Ernestine almost rushed past him, and a moment Later he was 'in the square outside, looking round for a cab to take him to his rooms, where he would pack his belongings. Not a single conveyance was to be found in the square, but in a diverging street he noticed a hansom trotting its leisurely way in an opposite direction. As there was no time to lose, he hurried after it, calling as he came near to attract the driver, who, hearing him, quickly pulled up. As iineetinf3 bounded on to the step the horse suddenly started forward and threw him. Then as he strove to move, he uttered an oath, and for a second the pain of his left leg made him almost unconscious. Bee ' covering, he boldly caught hold of it, anxious to discover the worst, and realised that he had beeken it. A sound that was a combination of laughter and imprecation came from his dry throat, as he realised that his fate was sealed. For nothing could prevent his fra.ud from being discovered within the next three. days, or could hinder ito being brought home to himself. In that moment all the horror, disgrace, and suffering of penal servitude rose before him, and when a couple of polieomen, summoned by the cabby, arrived to convey him to the hospital, he felt as if already he wa. their prisper.