Laura Brayton — page 130: what you’re looking at

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LAURA BRAYTON. 121 CHAPTER XXV. PLANS OF RESCUER. After securing the door of the room in which he left Laura, Enoch Sharp went to that usually occu- pied by Nathan Sloth. His face fairly blazed with anger, when entering it so suddenly, he surprised his clerk emptying a large-sized tumbler of liquor. Two or three hops, and he was on him. With one hand he sent the clerk reeling across the room from a buffet in the face; with the other he hurled the bottle after him with a force that, had it hit its mark, his head would perhaps have necessitated a coroner’s inquest. But Nathan dodged, and the bottle was shivered to atoms against the wall. “Miserable beast, do you dare to drink when I have work on hand for:vou?” screamed the Jawyer. “Oh, good sir, I was so dry, and there wasn’t any water in the room, and you told me to stay here. Oh, please don’t hit me again!” And Nathan crouched in terror as Sharp seemed ~ to be about to advance on him again. “Dog, I would murder you for a song! Go in- stantly and find Jake Bartram. Tell him to find a priest or a magistrate who will marry him to Miss Laura, and to come to me without delay. Start now, and the sooner you return the better will it be for you!” “Yes, sir!” -And in an instant Nathan was on his way. S) comicboo com —