The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 105: what you’re looking at

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THE GIRL GROM HONG-KONG. 99 > CHAPTER X. LOVE’S VAGARIES. Perry is shrewd enough to disguise his feelings, and give no sign of recognition, yet further ally glances reas- sare him that he has made no mistake, and that it is really Kaja Molie in the ffesh. All his ofd suspictrons gome to the surface again, and with redoubled force. Why is this man alive and here in the horse mart of the Persian capital? ; He vanished the night of the battle, and it was believed had fallen into the hands of the fierce nomads, whe would put him to death or at least sell him into slavery. To see him alive is enough for Terry, since it con- vinces him the yellow-skinned dog is a traitor and that he joined the caravan with a distinct purpose in view. In whose pay could he be—who is so anxious to get ‘possession of the girl from Hong-Kong? That is what puzzles him. He only knows of one man, the baron, sa remember: comicbooks.com