The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 343: what you’re looking at

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THE GIRL FEOM H ONG-KON G. 337 | Minutes drag along. That their enemies have not for- gotten them they have frequent positive evidence. Now it is a volley of stones—anon the discharge of guns, but they try no more fire balls. Terry worries over one thing. Sandy has not shown - up after his successful move to dislodge the fellows lo- cated above the little fort. For a time they imagine the Caledonian piper remains in his hiding-place in order to maintain his advantage; but when an hour, even two, pass away, Doris grows uneasy and communicates her fears to Terry. He is over the barricade again. - > The danger of such a move increases, because it is no longer pitch black in the canyon. A remnant of a once . glorious May-moon has arisen, and while but a minute portion of her light enters this great yawning fissure, it ~makes a small difference, since those behind the rock fort can faintly see each other. Terry makes no bones about carrying out what appears to be his duty. - When he returns a little later his report rather staggers the others, for he has been unable to find the slightest trace of Sandy Campbell. Had .the rocks opened and engulfed the Highlander he could not have vanished more completely. This causes them to feel dismay. ~~ Gradually their strength is being sapped, until they will be utterly unable to meet a fierce assault. ‘Terry for the first time feels a qualm of fear as he takes his wife in his arms—this love for a woman has a strange effect upon men, making heroes one minute and cowards the next. . He resolves to leave her no more—his duty is at. her side, the paramount issue, in his mind, her safety. Still, the mystery surrounding Sandy s disappcarance continues to annoy him. Even the general is unable to hazard a guess as to the possible nature of the calamity that may have over- ~whelmed the daring Scot. They have heard no signs of a struggle, and Sandy is certainly not the one to yield tamely. comiebooks.coan