The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 277: what you’re looking at

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

THE GIRL FROM HONG-KONG. 271 now, but an opportunity to meet him. It seems to me this is a Heaven-sent chance.’’ Later on Terry has great cause to change his mind with regard to the quarter from whence the opportunity proceeds—we often find ourselves in a better position to judge things after an-experience, and in this case the experience is destined to be one that will haunt Donahue to the day of his death. Doris catches his idea at once. ‘““Why not?’ she says; “‘the carriage is ready, and perhaps the hour may be an auspicious one. Shall we gor’ For answer Terry again assists her into the fiacre and calling the puzzled gendarme speedily satisfies his scruples, so that the officer goes away smiling, though casting a side glance of curiosity at the strange couple on account of whose antics he has had this plunge. And so Terry Donahue, together with Doris Evans, heads, for the grand Charity Bazaar,the very existence of which has been unknown to them until within the last ten minutes. It is half-past three in the afternoon of that day in early May when their vehicle deposits them at the cov- ered entrance where princesses, duchesses and titled ladies by the score have passed in, taking charge of the gay bocths. 7 | comicbooks.com