The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 122: what you’re looking at

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116 THE GIRL FROM HONG-KONG. The brawny Scot has a faculty for consoling people— to somé‘he aduynisters soothing music, to others words of good cher, while not a few may be hypnotized with a glass of ‘stout liquor--almost equal to the’ genuine old Scoteh mountain dew. It is Sandy’s mission to cheer up the world-and dispel the blue devils from the minds of his fellow-travelers.: od ao ** ~ No sooner does Terry gain tha side of the Highland. -piper than he realizes one thing—Sandy has no intention of giving a free concert for the benefit of Teheran’s citi: zens—at least just then. He has left his beloved wind-bags behind -for once. ‘It is difficult to conceive of: Pan without his pipes, and Sandy himself always feels awkward when his fingeis wander in vain for the. familiar stops upon which they are wont to play. ' There are others in the Persian tavern, but the canny. Scot-has sought a spot by the open window. where even the keenest ear may not catch what he has:to say.’ i “Sit ye down, Mr. Donahue, sor, and listen ‘to. my little tald of woe. I ken full_well ye-air the: best: friend’ the ‘sweet bairn has outside.of Hong-Kong or her own country; and I’m dependin’ on ye for advice this’ same hour; so Lam.” .* ° | - 3 Terry jumps to the conclusion that fortune, always the most yemarkable. things, -has ey _ Aelighting in doing * eomichooks-com