The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 302: what you’re looking at

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BOOK V. How THe GAME ENDED IN MExIco. CHAPTER XXXIII. UNDER THE SKIES OF MONTEZUMA LAND. Just as Terry has figured, the Campania. arrives ‘many hours in advance of the French steamer. That his father-in-law is aboard the La Champagne he has been assured by the receipt of a wire just previous ‘to his own embarkation,-proving that the secret agent whom he hired across the Channel has been faithful to ‘his trust. Once in New York, Terry proceeds with his wife and suite to the Astor House, from which coign of. advan- tage he can watch the movements of the enemy. He knows the value of assistance in a case like this, and secures the services of a detective, to whorit he con- fides as much of the story as may serve to give him a general idea of matters. Saturday passes and no signs of La Champagne have been discovered. As the hour grows late, it is evident that she will not come to her dock until morning at any rate, so Terry leaves the affair in charge of his represen- tative. While he and Doris are at breakfast a message comes. that calls for his immediate attention, and, jumping into- a cab, he bids the driver make for the landing of the French liner at all speed. _ Success greets him. Those whom heweeks have not yet left the steamship, though ‘she lies at her dock. Terry is enabled to learn comicbooks.com