The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 288: what you’re looking at

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282 THE GIRE FROM HONG-KONG. The first one through is a high-born duchess, w..use cry of thanksgiving T erry will never forget. He stands there hastening their exit. Doris lingers, and, noticing this, he takes hold of her arm. Above alf else she must be saved—his work has been inspired by that hope. “Go. I will find you later at the hotel—somewhere!’’ he shouts. “But you—remain?” her lips frame. * “T must—I cannot leave while there is hope of saving another life. See, the good fathers are helping them over the wall. Go—Doris, my darling!’ It is the second time he has called her so—her eyes look in® his brave orbs, as though soul would read soul. In that minute all else is forgotten save that she loves this brave man, and that, not content with saving her, he - remains in the hope of directing others to the little avenue of escape. As though inspired by some powerful motive which it is useless to resist, the impulsive American girl suddenty clasps her arms about his neck, while she cries brokenly: “God bless, you—God watch over you, Terry !” And then and there, ere he pushes her through the opening his arms have wrought, with the roar of the fire demon and the awiul shrieks of the dying filling twéir ears, ‘l'erry reverently kisses her, much as we nright kiss those loved ores whom we may never see again. He turns to beckon several wretched girls ‘whose clothes are beginning to burn with the falling drops of blazmg tar, strikes out the sparks and shoves them through to blessed safety; for just beyond Fathers Bailey and Am- broise are helping them up,a ladder and through a window into the printing-room o of the newspaper “La Croix,” where they can breathe in security and send word to friends of their escape. Fully a score and a half of the prisoners in the fire- trap escape through the opening Terry’s ax has made in the side of the building, and by means of the gallant priests, while five times that number owe their lives to the proprietress of the hotel, who has nemarged at the window in her wall directing the rescue. His heart filled with gratitude because Doris has been comicbooks.com