The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 169: what you’re looking at

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THE GIRL FROM HONG-KONG. 163 Of course the burden of Terry’s song is in connection with the chances of his getting out of Teheran at an early hour, and whether he can overtake those he follows on the route to the Caspian Sea, where a steamer will carry them to Russian territory, for by this route Constantinople will be avoided, though a tedions journey by diligence over the mountains must be taken in order to reach the nearest railroad town. Twelve hours may sometimes seem an eternity, and it is especially the ease when one beloved is journeying further away with each passing moment. Terry does not know how he can pass the night and await the hour of his release. Teheran will always remain a horror in his mind—a good place to get away from in theory, but wretchedly poor in practice. It is only fair that Sandy should be taken into his confidence, at least partially, and he therefore explains to the Scotch henchman the peculiar chance that was thrown in Doris’ way whereby she could have the com- pany of friends all the way to St. Petersburg. Sandy has learned to respect the London man more than ever since witnessing his coolness in the hittle engagement with the caravan robbers, and this affair of Kaja Mulie’s only goes to add to his desire that Terry may win in the game which is being played between the Russian and the Briton. comicloooks.conm