The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 252: what you’re looking at

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246 THE GIRL FROM HONG-KONG. ered cart has completed the business, and shown this girl from Hong-Kong that no other man on all the broad earth can ever be to her the same as Terry Dona- hue, who deems_no ‘task too great, no peril too severe, when her interest or happiness is at stake. By and by he discovers that Doris must be sleepy, and though their quarters are exceedingly limited, it is found posstble to make her comfortable with the aid of a few cushions; and presently the brave girl forgets her perplexities in refreshing slumber. ; So during the night the sky travelers speed on. Terry himself dozes at times, and upon awakening invariably feels the queerest sort of a sensation as he realizes the fact that he is taking the most remarkable journey of his life, a mile above the earth’s surface. Evidently there are more ways of quitting the terri- tory of the White Czar than enter into the philosophy of his mcat trusted lieutenants. As for the aeronaut, he remains on duty every minute of time, for the slightest neglect of his duty may precipi- = a terrible disaster. ' Hour pass. The gray dawn finally steals over the earth below, but long before this our friends in the clouds have caught the glow of Phoebus’ torch in the east. tt ‘sa wonderful spectacle that unveils itself to their comicbooks.com