The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 303: what you’re looking at

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~ THE GIRL FROM HONG-KONG. 997 all this by going ‘aboard and chatting with one of the Stewards, who has been on the alert all the while, anxious about his expected fees. Thus he is enabled to see Warren Evans leave the vessel, go through the customs ordeal, and drive away with his wife and a vast number of packages, without which a French woman would never travel, even if bound for a desert island. After this the game is easy. So far as Terry can see, the gentleman appears to be in his normal state of health—he swears at drivers quite naturally, and the man who buncoes him must get up early in the morning. According .to Terry’s notion, it would be wise if an interview were arranged at once between Doris and her runaway parent, whose strange wanderings she has so long followed through many lands; but she so dreads the ordeal, and insists that he must still be out of his mind or he would not act so strangely, that, as usual, Terry repeats his rash promise to follow him to the uttermost parts of the earth if it will give her even a small amount of pleasure. During the honeymoon a man cannot be expected to do what his good sense might dictate—his one desire in life is to please the dear girl who has given herself to ‘him. Three days in New York—this is doubtless due to Madam Evans’ desire to see something of the city, for the mine owner would have pushed post-haste for the Mexican border if given a free rein. _ Terry also takes advantage of the time and oppor- tunity to indulge in carriage rides with Doris, so that every hour of their stay is enjoyed. _- On Wednesday they are off. ' ‘They have purchased tickets for New Orleans by way of Cincinnati, and the long railroad ride is made inter- esting by the constant care necessitated in order that ‘Warren Evans may not discover Doris. There is Sandy also—without doubt he would be recog- nized if seen, and with a heavy bribe Terry induces the wild Highlander to remove the crop of red whiskers that comicbooks.com