The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 44: what you’re looking at

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38 . LHE GIRL FROM HONG-KONG. f » ™ the pipes, to tak ye awa’ to old Scotland. , They are the only consolation I find in all my wanderings.” Terry of course declares his pleasure at the prospect ahead, though truth to tell he is thinking more of Doris at the moment, ‘and hears her clear voice rather than the shgil] notes of the bagpipes. No doubt Sandy must havé some: knowledge of the singular mission that keeps his mistress traveling, and which now induces her to undertake a most perilous journey; but Terry considers it beneath him to interview a servant about the private affairs of his mistress, and hence makes no effort to learn aught of the mystery. If it is ever revealed to him it must come from her lips voluntarily. a Sandy is a-comewhat privileged ~tharacter, in his fane- tion of major-domo to Doris, exercising some of the duties of a guardian. A more faithful henchman could not easily be found, and Sandy is an almost universal favorite, even the baron smiling upon him, with the idea of securing his good will as a possible ally. _A peculiar thing happens while Terry keeps the old fellow company among the flowers, and at the same time feasts his eyes upon Doris as she moves about the apart- ments among those gathered to see the last of brave Colorel Averill. The man from London realizes that some one has com Teo Conn