The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 35: what you’re looking at

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THE GIRI FROM HONG-KONG. 25 which he is entering, for the: road to success is strewn with obstacles—here a Scylla threatens and a Oharybdis yearns to wreak destruction, so that to escape the ragged rock and roaring whirlpool the mariner must: have a steady hand and a bold heart. | “IT would give. something to. know. what: urges Doris - upon this singular chase—whom she seeks so eagerly. Her life seems wrapped up in the matter, Perhaps— Heaven may be kind—some time in the future she may see fit to tell me. That would be a pleasure indeed— Doris’ confidant—it could only come through a perfect trust—through love.’’ . , | And there Terry..staps,; since he has reached a point where angels fear to tread, the sacred confines of the love god’s domain. When the evening wears on his uneasiness grows apace until he can no longer hold out. -Pekoe Tay is summoned and together they sally forth. not to storm a battery, but to run the gantlet of a pai: of dancing eyes that have more power over Terry than the most dreadful,munitions of war. _ . The cautious Mongolian induces his master to .ake a palkee gharry, in the hope that once behind the gurtains of the ridiculous vehicle their identity mey not. be guessed, and no accident happen to the master. ; Pekoo Tay. has:.a healthy-respect for . the, great secret. comicbooks.com