The American Marquis by Nick Carter — page 139: what you’re looking at

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THE AMERICAN MARQUIS. pS carga “‘T struggled. He took the knife away. «<*T’ll give you something to remember me by,’ said he and he slit my nose. ‘<I grabbed the knife and cut my hand. He laughed — again. “Then he threw me away, and said, ‘Pick up that money.” ‘7 said, ‘ No! * He laughed, and broke my arm with a chair. ‘«* Pick up that money,’ said he. << And I picked it BP. But I hate him. I can hear him laugh now; and I tell you, monsieur, when I am well, he dies!” It was an uneasy night that Alphonse nassed, He, too, seemed to continually hear the diabolical laugh of Clinton. CHAPTER XL. THE MISTAKE ELISE MADE. ‘‘ How are the turtle doves to-day?” Bras-de-Fer had unceremoniously entered “the apart- ment of Elise, and had caught Tete-de-Fer with his arm about her. | ‘«< At least,” growled Tete-de-Fer, ** you might knock.” j ‘<'Tush, Robert, ” said Elise, smiling sweetly at the in-— truder. ‘e You are too formal. Between friends no cere- mony, eh?” ‘Quite right, my pretty Elise; but your Robert is such a gentleman that he believes in knocking. He always does it himself. J remembera bank we visited once to study its system—or wasn’t it at that bank you knocked so hard? Never mind; it was some bank, -and he thought the janitor’s head was the door. Ciel! how he knocked!” Bras-de-Fer treated Tete-de-Fer to one of his provoking laughs, and then continued, addressing Elise: ‘‘ We are going to bid you good-by, my butterfly!” ‘Wee Who? ‘* Your Robert and [.” “1!” exclaimed Tete-de-Fer. ‘* Where am I going?” «You are going to D’lberri after five thousand francs.” *‘ And you, where are you going?” Gomicbooks €oO