The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 76: what you’re looking at

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ng THE GIRL FROM HONG-KOMG. the remains of dead horses, broken-down vehicles, and a - number of freshly made graves. Undoubtedly the travelers have been attacked by Bedouins of the Afghan wilderness. A royal conflict must have ensued, and Terry’s blood reaches fever heat as he examines the detail. In imag- ination he can even see the furious assaults of the dark- akinned raiders, and hear the spiteful crack of the guns that sent a hailstorm of lead among them. That the robbers had been beaten off is evident from the fact that those of the caravan buried their dead, and continued on their way. Safety could not as yet be theirs, for these Afghan tribes are possessed of a bulldog nature, and though once hurled aside are apt to recruit their forces for a second and a third attack. Doris has been deeply affected. She surveys the scene eagerly, and stands over those seven lone graves with a wistful look upon her face which Terry rightly interprets as anxiety to know whether this 7 person whom she secks may be one of those who lie “buried in the wilderness, swallowed up in the immensity of space, to be ever forgotten. Without a word from Doris on the subject he makes inquiries, and before they leave the sad scene explains ‘how one of the merchants of the company proved that comiclooks.com