The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 172: what you’re looking at

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166 THE GIRL FROM HONG-KONG. betakes himse#f out of the game he will continue to give his British rival the nightmare. It is to bea battle royal to the finish, with the odds largely in favor of the iord of the North so far as looks, i money and position go; but the race is not always to the swift, and Terry believes he has the advantage when it comes to a woman’s heart. Still the future is so uncertain that he views it with a feeling of uneasiness, though ‘eager to grasp the condi- tions and win or lose all on the cast of a die. comicbooks.com