George Warburton Lewis

Name: The Return of Paul Slavsky
Author: George Warburton Lewis

The Return of Paul Slavsky (1923)

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“The Return of Paul Slavsky”, published in 1923, is a work by George Warburton Lewis. It explores elements such as Seagraves, Brandon and Olga.

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George Warburton Lewis, The Return of Paul Slavsky (1923)

“ You see his spirit cannot rest until his murder is—ah, my very bad English!—avenge'."
"You're a very foolish woman, Olga," admonished Seagraves. "If you refuse to listen to my warning, you're going to find yourself in lots of trouble. I want you to understand that."
Then the drowsing tigress put out her claws.
"You threaten me!" she fairly hissed, tossing away her cigarette and rising. "I am a free woman. You are, after all, like my own people. You would make slaves of all who cannot buy their freedom of—of thought and action." ”

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George Warburton Lewis, The Return of Paul Slavsky (1923)

“ He recalled that the last victim of Olga's brother, mutilated, headless and repellant, had been found in this same neighborhood, if not in this same house.
"Please—please forgive me," the strange girl was pleading. "You see, I forgot that you are not like—like Brandon. For him there is no forgiveness. He must perish. But we—you and I—why must we be enemies?"
"There's but one reason, Olga," replied Seagraves seriously, "and that is a strong one. It is simply the nature of our respective callings." ”

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George Warburton Lewis, The Return of Paul Slavsky (1923)

“ Olga like her brother, was a staunch exponent of the Terrorist doctrine.
What Brandon expected soon came to pass. The strange girl, whom men called beautiful and women envied, was promptly elected to her brother's place in what was known in the underworld of unlawful secret orders as the "League." In this way she immediately crossed swords with the man who had ended the career of her brother Paul, and ere long she became aware, through members of the League detailed as spies, that still another noted criminologist, Joe Seagraves, was unpleasantly hot on her trail. ”

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George Warburton Lewis, The Return of Paul Slavsky (1923)

“ Like most of his ilk, the Terrorist in physical combat was a hard man, and he really fought a great fight, but he fought it with a master craftsman in the conquering of such as he, and inevitably he lost, with many of Larry Brandon's bullets in his great body and only life enough left in him to greet—and almost at once to take final leave of—his favorite sister, Olga, who had arrived in Europe, a little late as it transpired, to join her brother in his sinister calling. ”

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George Warburton Lewis, The Return of Paul Slavsky (1923)

“ Seagraves noted casually that, besides themselves, their car boasted but two other passengers, and though they might have been snugly asleep in their respective berths, they had apparently elected to sit out the short run, evidently preferring reclining to rising and dressing at 1:30 or 2 o'clock A. M.
"Do you see the man sitting all alone in the last seat with the handkerchief over his face, to keep the light out of his eyes?" Olga's ruminant voice finally broke in upon the monotonous clackety-clack of wheels upon rail-joints. ”

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George Warburton Lewis, The Return of Paul Slavsky (1923)

“ Brandon warned Seagraves, when they were ready to start back with their prisoner. "I'll never consent to any Pullman for her, even though we ignore the law and handcuff her to the seat. One of us is going to have to keep his eyes on her constantly." ”

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George Warburton Lewis, The Return of Paul Slavsky (1923)

“ Among the many treasures which they found in the tomb were royal robes, embroidered with precious stones, the state throne of King Tutankhamen, portraits of the king and queen, incrusted with turquoises, lapsis lazulli and other gems, two life-sized golden statues of the king, with gold scepter and mace, and four gem-studded chariots. ”

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George Warburton Lewis, The Return of Paul Slavsky (1923)

“ Having thus counseled the prisoner, Seagraves was thoughtful for a long space; then he looked over at Olga, saw an odd, uneasy expression on her pretty face and quickly said:
"Here—have another cigarette, Olga. Burn 'em up!"
At midnight the conductor passed through the car.
"We'll make the city a little before two o’clock," he said in answer to a sleepy-voiced interrogation from Brandon, who seemed to have banished sleep and was blinking about the car.
"What—we all alone?" he asked Seagraves. Then he caught sight of the two lonely passengers at the far end of the car. "No ”

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