The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 201: what you’re looking at

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TRE GIRL FROM HONG-KONG. — 195 the United States of America was a lesson the mother country took to heart and profited by. ‘Sir, I must believe what you say,”? he exclaims moodily, ‘that your coming here has an innocent motive back of it, and that you bave been simply used as a tool by the government to sound the signal for my downfall and disgrace.” Is the man really mad? thinks Terry. 8 Then like a flash it comes to him that this is Russia, where be was warned not to be surprised at anything. Evidently Smolenske has a secret-—many men under these skies are affected that way, since the very atmos- phere seems impregnated with mysterious plots and counterplots. ; The Nihilists of Russia made no demonstration during the coronation of the Emperor Nicholas. They had agreed to remain quiet and wait until he showed his hand. Hf sweeping reforms came, their existence as a menacing factor in Russian history would be ended; but if the ezar allowed things to drift along in the same channel as of yore, there would stil! be work for the eecret tribunal. Almost a year has flown, and the hoped-for radical changes still fail to materialize. No doubt the serpent has again commenced to writhe, and the state of torpor gradually gives place to a feverish unrest, coupled with comiclooks.com