The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 219: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

THE GIRL FROM. HONG-~KONG. 213 underground’ route,. his case will be won, and Doris’ heart be in his keeping. What will not: man do.for the love of a woman? In days of old he.sought adventure in the lists in order that, winning laurels, he. might lay them at the feet of the one he adored; or venturing across a continent, met the fierce Saracen in armed combat, hoping that when as a successiul Crusader he returned home the eyes that haunted him on lonely desert and amid the strife of battle would glow with pride and love because of the honors he had won. So our modern knight of chivalry leaves home, giving up all he holds dear, to go out into the world and battle against the contending dragons of business, in‘ order that he may wrest a place in life and make a nest for the one who rules his heart. Terry .Donahue counts the sacrifice he has made as small indeed compared with the benefit likely to arise from it. To win Doris there is nothing under heaven that is honorable he would not attempt, for the very fact-of his being given the chance to watch over and protect her is an abiding joy. They follow Smolensko. Of course he has a secret. panel in the wall—it. would not be a Russian. domicile without: such a relic of past ages. In ordinary countries such things are a rarity: comicbooks.com