The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1905-10-28 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

THE -• CORNER ROUSE.  IT I'VAD W. WENS.  ••••••••11.  OILAPTIIR Fat tilp kit *mita bar lite Luso lithig• Colt tadial to atoo op the struiptio Tara Itkitittoor oho ovoid fats ow over ogatatot brot. The shook ot thems surmise was test brookiag doom =ato ota7oo. _ .  filZetood there face to taco Ina the last man in the world ohe desired to see. Her breath UAW fast as if she bad beim running far, there was not a trace of colour on her ohmins. Obazitoo could see the blear pupils dilating like those of • oat. The woman had been brought to boy. If at, could only pat away! Bak Charlton stood between her and the door. He would recognise her now as his . tato wile's oompanion. but once her disc:two:l &avocado would he recognise the The shock was dying away. After al, what was the aommotioaF And yet Charlton was looking at her with the eyes of a man who has foaled out everything. They stood emetrong_ one another for came time in silsmeo. It woe Charlton who fast six,sica He maw a atw or two awmor. ea'autemsbwoo mot at last," be said. "Weil, ?" "That is a ward that does no harm" Leona said. "What. hem I done?" _ . .  -17-vr•;l7 ba.4-47MC.i0-1119—ardered my wife as sandy as if you had drivea knife into her bread. Elh• foiled you out in my absence. And te shield yourself and come between husband and wife you forged an infamme letter. Oh, you well knew the emotional natam yen had to deal with, yea counted on it. That forgery had the Is. Sired elect, aid my wife poisoned herself. You would hem get that latter bank. bet I returned unexpectedly. I kept that letter which would Moe sawed my mood name, but I preferred to remain silent so that it might ge to the werkl that my wife had towed no suicide's gram. I ham that let" 1 don't doubt It, Lime mid ceellY. Her restkee eye, sore seeking • way of escape. "But many wankd say it was no forgery at all. You cannot prom that I had anything to do with it. Them, let me pass." Ml* seivesoed, but Charlton waved her back. "Not yet," he said. "1 am not going to throw this chance away. I came here to see Mr. Isidore, and I elected to wait. It was one of the beet hoter's werk I ever did. When you leave her. it will be for a gaol." Leona smiled sermfally. She had no fear of that. "On what charge. may I ask" she demanded. "On a charge of theft. You robbed my wife and Me found you out. One of the servaats found you sot as well. Ton had bandy time to emesal those jewels and Pt away. After a time you came back for them. TOG etele them from their hiding-place." "Ali, this is serious. How did yea kaicar that r "Became I saw yon—you and your bk. Lamm accomplice %Mayne." "This it really was your fame in the window'" Leona cried. "There, I have admitted it, though I lad not meant to do so. Not that it matters. I meld swear that I had denied it all along. If you ham witnessee—' "I had witnesses; I was not in the house 1 alone. There are ether people Interested in I the Baila woman with the fair hair and mantilla-4he woman who was in the Corner House at the timeof the  The scornful smile tress on Lecona's face. She had utterly forgotten for the moment that elm stood Moe to face now with two grave perils. The name of year witness?" she demanded, hoarsely. "All is good time," Charlton "Now I have found you onoe again I can Punish yen and dear my wife's good name at the same time. / have only to lock the door and summon the police by way of the window. If everything elm fails I can have you punished for the theft of those jewels." "That is If you um lad any trans of than.' "I have ern them; I have had them in any hands." Charlton was shoat to say more, but he checked himself in time. After all, the woman and her secompliee had not stolen the real gene but the paste imitations. But Lawreace would be is a position to clear that point. "If I confess," Loma soiggested—"if I orerams will you proraise---' "I prongoie nothing. Your are in no position to dictate terms. Sit down and Mil me the history of the forgery." The W 011111261 *yea Saaked arena. All this wan taking time. Babaayse would wonder what had happened to her. Prom tbe bat. tom of her boort she yea pitying that he might come up and sm. Not that there was much real hope if that—physical courage was net one of Louie 's strong Points. No. if there was a way to safety she Weld 116 Te to find it hermit. And dome was a bag knife Mier the folds of her dram U she maid oily at a charms to nee it. After that the fair Spaniard would disappear. never to be men again. Of her real this man could not possibly know. -rn tall you.' elm said. —I meowed I lobter of yours. I out out words here no there, and made • long latter of the. Then I had the whole thew photographed. After that my task was eery. it wee only • matter of time. Byes from a Child I always had a gift that way. If you will give me paper and pen I will show you.' ChaTlton complied. Leona Wage wed the pen, whisk As erroemed herself as vary dissatisfied with. She called for another...  -611707 ;ia;." head down. Like a cat Leona sprang forward. Something bright glittered in the air. The man turned just in time to save the steel creaking between his ribs, it glassed at between km shoulders, there was • sharp spasm of pain as be fell. Jost kw an instant Its was unconscious. Then, as suddenly as it had gone, reason came hack to him. Ste beard the trip of feet darn the stairs, be heard the rattle and hanging of a door. Be was bleeding freely, but he managed to drag himself to the window. "Murder," he yelled. "Police, arrest that woman; she has tried to kill are."