The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 14: what you’re looking at

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8 THE GIRE FROM HONG-KONG. might be seen ‘whose attention is riveted” upon what is occurring near by. - | His features; thou gh beautifully tanned by the tropical sun, are undoubtedly those of an’ Anglo-Saxon. In /aeight-he is a-little below the average, and his form does not give much promise of ‘the gladiator; still, ike most exiles from: London, who roam this great world for busi- ness or pleasure, Ferry Donahue. has ‘ually béen able to take care of himself—it comes natural for one of his soldier race. | : Whatever his game.in India may.be, at this. time when all. Europeans. who are free. to..shake the dust ‘of the ‘plague-stricken country from their feet have takey a hasty departure, Terry appears to be deeply interested in watchin g all that. occurs, so that. one can readily imagine there may be a motive after all in his playing battledore and shuttlecock with the grim monster. . After all, the motives that could influgnce aman to accept.such risks might be set down as a yearning desire. to wrest a tempting fortune from fate, or that amazing love for a woman which has sent poor mankind. to the uttermost parts of the earth, and upon the most Quixotic errands imaginable. . Around him can be heard the clatter of many-tongues; A fakir, known as a: dickharrie, chants ‘the. virtues of his wares after the habit. of his kind, while from.a-wearé 4 comicbooks.com