Laura Brayton — page 146: what you’re looking at

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LAURA BRAYTON, 137 f CHAPTER XXVIIL ~ ey TRUST YOU—WE TRUST You!” The disappearance, noiseless and almost instanta- neous, of Laura Brayton and her lover from that crowded room, was almost as mysterious to them as it was to those whom they had left behind. Eldridge Putnam had, as we related, retreated to the corner of the room, and had placed his left arm around Laura, while with his right he drew a re- volver. At that moment when Sharp’s shrill voice had declared that the marriage with Bartram should go on, a voice sounding almost in his ear the reply, astonished Putnam almost as much as it frightened Bartram when. he upset the lamp, plunging all into temporary darkness. _ At that instant a vcice whispered in Putnam’s ear: | “Lose not your hold of the lady; be silent and follow.” Instantly he was drawn from the spot with a powerful, yet friendly grasp, for it was not harsh in its grip, and as he clung to Laura, she having also heard the whisper, they were in a moment moved into what appeared to be a narrow passage. “Follow in confidence; afriend is your guide!” was again whispered, and for several yards they moved on; then their conductor paused. Listening a few moments, only a confused sound, as of conversation in the distance, could be heard, Eomichbooks (ee)