The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 240: what you’re looking at

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nat THE GIRL FROM HONG-KONG. CHAPTER XXIV. ~ 5 THE DESPERATE CHANCE, _ Tue day is passed under the shelter of this hospitable roof. | | Whether the baron’s_influence has anything to do with the matter in directing pursuit to another quarter, or fortune chooses*to be kind, they are unable to say, but throughout the day they are not alarmed by the appearance of Cossacks or troopers. | Terry makes no mention of*the baron—that will do to tell at some future date when they are safe beyond- the danger. line. Besides, there can be no good done in arousing a feeling of admiration in Doris’ mind, for her other lover. The seeds of jealousy are not quite dead— it is the natural feeling a plain man like our Briton must ever feel toward one upon whom a prodigal nature has showered her gifts. | | Another night—this is to witness the culmination of their hopes—ere dawn they will be beyond the jurisdic- tion of the czar, or have lost all. It may be readily understood that anxiety hange heavy upon their spirits. , Terry speaks once in awhile, ee \ comicbooks.com