The American Marquis by Nick Carter — page 150: what you’re looking at

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146 PET AMERICAN MARQUIS. “Ves,” indifferently.. ‘‘ Forgery, murder and all.” ‘Alphonse ground his teeth. «« And you believed him?” ‘“Why not? He made you do those things very key. Oh, as he often says himself, he is the devil, I think.” ©] will kill him.” ‘No, you will not.” A Why “ihe | “You cannot. Only a few days ago he said to me, | ‘ Elise, get behind that screen and you will see some fun, © A man is coming here to murder me.’ ‘ ‘7 pretended to be alarmed for him. He laughed at me — _ —that laugh of his which seems to say ‘I know your real ~ thoughts.’ a «Then he said, “My pretty Elise, the fun will be your 7 disappointment when the man fails.’ 4 ‘<Mon Diew! He wasright: I would give my teeth, one © by one ”—she showed her gleaming white teeth—‘to have : him dead. 4 ‘‘But see how it happened. The man came. A perfect 4 Hercules of a fellow. Monsieur mocked him and gibed him | till he was crazy. 4 «Then he pulled a Hie knife and jumped at him. “Grand Dieu! I thought I was free. q ‘*No, monsieur only laughed and—ah! it was frightful — how he punished the poor fellow. q ‘‘Then he said to me, ‘I will put a paragraph in the © papers saying [am dead. My dear brother will read it and ~ be happy foraday. ‘You, too, may read it, and per haps 2 it will make you feel good for a moment.?” ‘* What a monster! exclaimed Alphonse. 3 “Yes, indeed. Oh, he cannot be killed! When he first © met me | was fierce. I thought no man could master me. ~ _ He did it by laughing at me, and I hated him. Isaid I — would kill him. if ‘One day he was asleep on the lounge, and I took my — dagger—l always carry it now, he makes me. I have to © show it to him every day, and then he laughs. Ah! howl — hate him. 4 ‘Well, this day I crept up softly, intending just to ~ stratch his face—there is deadly poison on the point. It was only an inch from his cheek, when he had my wrist in ~ his hand, and he was laughing. J Gomicbooks.com