The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 140: what you’re looking at

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134 THE GIRE FROM HONG-KONG. lous in the eyes of the woman they both love, for aa yet he hardly seeks the other’s life, though it bids fair-to "presently reach that desperate point. When the fact is taken into consideration that Dona- hue is such a homely chap, and his Russian rival so gifted by the gods, this desire of the baron appears more remarkable than ever—it clearly demonstrates the extent of his demoralization—that as a lady’s man of long ex- perience he has been able to read between the lines, and realizes how thoroughly his goose is cooked unless by some heroic action he may be able to turn the tide in his direction. Hence these tears and dark plottings. Apparently matters have beea systematically arranged before the coming of night, and those in the plot but await the signal of their employer te set the machinery going. Terry has lighted a cigar after Doris entered the ina and stands there leaning against a post as though figur- ing over the possibilities of the strange game in which he has embarked. . Then along comes a native, peering up into his face in an inquisitive way that makes Terry laugh, as he removes his shako. ‘Take a good look, my dusky friend. Perhaps you will know me when we meet again. Do I owe } any- comic Coo Onn