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24 LAURA BRAYTON. CHAPTER IV. “LUKE WITHERS LIVES AND I AM LOST!” That same night, the lame lawyer sat in his easy-chair in his office, apparently studying the flickering, changing figures made by the blaze of a Cumberland coal fire in his grate. He seemed to be lost in speculative thought, and a shadow of annoyance darkened his face when the door opened and Nathan Sloth said: | “*Kre’s a letter, sir, that was left a minute ago by a sailor-lookin’ chap, who said you’d answer it at your leisure.” “Ay, and read it in the same way. It is time you were abed, man, so you can get up some time before noon to-morrow.” | | And Sharp took the letter. Nathan retired with- out any further words, and Sharp was about to toss the letter on the table, when he saw in one corner of it these words: “For immediate notice.” “T’ll see who it is from, thonek Iam done with business for this day,” he muttered, and he opened ~ it. But from the instant that his eye marked the first line, he did not look up or pause until every word was read, And then, trembling from mingled mM | comicbooks Eo