The Illegal Marriage — page 98: what you’re looking at

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90 THE ILLEGAL MARRIAGE. him. “It’s nigh onto sundown. Bring me the paper in an hour.” “Where shall I find you, Hawks?” “Somewhar in the pines, on the right of the road. Can you hoot like an owl?” SAAN try. “Don’t try ef you never did. Give us the night- hawk—it’s easy enough. I sha’n’t be fur off.” Guerry started homeward, but had gone but a few yards before his arm was roughly seized by old Hawks. “Look a-here, boss—another word of very private conversation with you. Don’t you go to being a fool. You'll be a-shaking in your boots before many days. but ef you go to showing it I’ll make it onhealthy for you, too, d’ve see. You get me that money quick, d’ye hear? I want to travel for my health.” With a laugh that was terrible to the young man, and which made the woods ring around them, old Hawks flung off the arm that he had grasped and plunged into the woods. An hour later, Alfred Guerry came to the place of meeting, with his contract with the demon in his pocket. comicbooks.com — 7 ll «9 Ra 2 he eeu Peed on oe y*