Laura Brayton — page 35: what you’re looking at

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26 LAURA BRAYTON. have you for questioning my will, or hesitating an instant to obey my orders?” . “None but this. If I’ve got to hunt all over town after him, I want money to buy a drink with when I go into porter-houses to look for him.” “There, take that! If you get drunk, I’ll have you in jail for robbing me. Now begone!” “What shall I do, sir, if I find him?” “Come and let me know instantly where he is. He must not know that you are on his track.” e Yes, sir” “ And keep the matter to yourself, d’ye hear?” “Yes, sir.” “Kspecially from Laura Brayton.” “Lord! sir, I never talk to her. She is too upper- crust for the likes of me.” “Well, well, begone! Do your duty, and I’ll give you——” “What, sir?” asked Nathan, eagerly, as the lawyer paused before he specified his intentions in full. “A holiday!” said the lawyer, as he pushed Nathan out and closed the door. “Can it be possible that Ben Hawk is yet alive? I paid the price of a dozen lives to have him put out of the way. He was reported shot dead in a gam- bling quarrel at New Orleans, and I have a certifi- cate of his burial in my safe. He is my enemy. to the death, if he yet lives. And no one else could write such a letter; and no one else dare - comicbooks com