The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 102: what you’re looking at

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96°. THE GIRL: FROM HONG-KONG.. ® Upon glancing -throngh the | little: window. whieh-he has purposely left-open for air, he. discovers a group of: men in the fantastic though regulation attire of the , sountry. - Music— heaven save the mark, it is really by long odds _the worst attempt at harmony Terry ever héard:in any country; yes, even the discordant notes of the Javanese orchestra at the Chicago World’s -Fair could not.holda candle to this band. | He calmly waits for them to cease, meanwhile thrust- ing his fingers into his ears to shut out the awful sounds, mentally-praying. it may soon be over. Then, as.the first rays. of jolly. old Phoebus flash into his face from between the hills toward the east, he sud- denly guesses the truth... It is a religious ceremony—these humble Parsee musi- cians are here in adoration to, greet the glorious rising from his couch of the fire god to whom they bow the knee, as the controller of human destiny. Hg fervently hopes the stay in "Teheran. may not be protracted so as to give him a superabundant supply of: this same weird music; and again he wishes for old. Sandy with his,bagpipes and the familiar tunes, such as. ““Bonnie Prince Charlie,”’ ‘‘the Campbells are Coming,” and ; Annie Laurie.”’ Doris appears to be j in good health and fair spirits. , comicbooks.com